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Nutritious Groceries

We provide nutritious groceries delivered right to your door to help manage chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, HIV, cancer, kidney disease, and other life-challenging illnesses. All our grocery bags are packed with a balance of proteins, grains, vegetables, and fruit with enough ingredients in each bag to make seven well-balanced, nutritious meals.

We offer six different grocery options for a variety of cultural and dietary preferences, delivered on a set day of the week:

  • Healthy Standard: These groceries have a balance of different protein sources both animal (chicken, fish, beef, pork, eggs, milk) and plant (beans and nuts), grains, vegetables, and fruit.

  • Low-Cook: These groceries are provided for people who have difficulty preparing and cooking food due to physical ability, kitchen access, or limited cooking skills. All foods provided require minimal cooking, and nothing more than a microwave is needed. These bags also include eggs and milk. 

  • Vegetarian: These groceries are provided for people who prefer to avoid animal proteins. Each bag contains plant protein sources including, beans, lentils, nuts, and other vegetarian proteins, along with eggs and milk.

  • East African: These groceries are provided for people who prefer a typical East African diet. These bags do not contain pork products. Common foods include chicken, fish, lentils, rice, pasta, carrots, leafy greens, sweet potatoes, bananas, and oranges.

  • Latinx: These groceries are provided for people who prefer a typical Latinx diet. Common foods include chicken, beef, fish, beans, corn tortillas, rice, tomatoes, peppers, bananas, oranges, and limes.

  • Asian-Pacific Islander: These groceries are provided for people who prefer a typical Asian-Pacific Islander diet. Common foods include soy milk, tofu, fish, chicken, rice, noodles, bok choy, cabbage, and bananas.

If you are interested in a different grocery type, please contact us with your suggestion!

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Live in King, Island, or Snohomish Counties and be low-income. If you live outside of these boundaries, you may be able to get meals through our healthcare partnerships.

  • Live with a life-challenging illness such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, kidney disease, or other illness.

  • Have documented difficulty preparing or accessing nutritious foods due to your illness, treatment, or other disability.

How to enroll:

If you are interested in enrolling or referring someone to enroll to receive services, please call us at 206-957-1686 or use the form below to receive a response in 1-3 business days. If you are a current client, please reach out to your care advocate for changes to your service.

If you need immediate support, please call 2-1-1. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 9-1-1.