From Graham to Southeast Tacoma and from Edgewood to Lakewood, Nourish runs seven food bank locations, many supported by the generosity of the faith community and other community organizations. Our mobile Food Bank, also serves another 17 locations- places in Pierce County where the need is high and there is little or no other access to a food bank. Walk into any Nourish Food Bank and you'll see a room organized much like your local grocery store, with one notable exception; at every aisle - produce and fresh vegetables, pastas and rice, dairy products and protein- a kind volunteer helps busy parents and elderly shoppers alike. And while our goal is to provide each individual or family with enough food to make three meals a day for three days, Nourish is so much more. Hugs are as plentiful as the food. Stories are shared, lives touched. Because we Nourish our clients and each other - with compassion, dignity and respect.

Nourish provides services throughout Pierce County, Washington. To cover this vast geographical area and meet the needs of clients no matter where they live or work, hours and days of operation vary. Clients are free to shop at any location. We ask them to limit visits to once a week, yet no one is ever turned away. More than 1000 committed volunteers also help us to provide services. In fact, the hours contributed by volunteers add up to nearly 40 full time employees.

As the oldest and largest network of food banks in Pierce County, we continue to leverage our size to keep costs down and to feed more people.

Our goal is alleviating hunger among people in need in our community. To make sure we are meeting that goal, Nourish monitors the number of people we serve and the pounds of food we distribute. On a single visit to one of our food banks, we share enough food for every household member to have 3 meals per day for 3 days each week. To ensure that we meet our clients's needs, we survey our clients regularly. We also invite external experts in to assess the amount and content of what we distribute to ensure that it is appropriate.

In 2018, Nourish shared food with 61,000 people, meaning 7% of Pierce County visited a Nourish food bank at least once. We distributed more than 6 million pounds of food totaling more than 4 million meals for people in need. Through our 24 distribution locations, we serve food to more people through our food banks than any other food bank in Pierce County.