Washington Food Coalition

Solid Ground

Food Lifeline

Washington State Farmers Market Association

Northwest Harvest

Faith Action Network

WithinReach

Community Services of Moses Lake

Children’s Alliance

Emergency Food Network

South King County Food Coalition

United Way King County

Over the years, the Coalition has successfully advocated for strategic policy and state appropriations to maximize federal nutrition programs, reinforce our community-based emergency food assistance system, and link local farmers with the needs of the hungry.

In these tough economic times and with substantial cuts to statewide hunger relief programs, the work of the Coalition is critical; your voice would be a powerful addition to this effort.

Our goal is to ensure the Coalition has representatives from an array of issue areas including Basic Food, school nutrition programs, WIC, emergency food, senior nutrition, and sustainable food/agriculture, as well as representatives from statewide, local, faith-based and tribal organizations serving Washingtonians in urban and rural communities across the state.

The Steering Committee of the Coalition is made up of 15 members, each of whom commit to serving for two years.  Steering Committee members agree to attend monthly Coalition meetings (this includes our annual Hunger Action Day in Olympia during legislative session). Meetings include those for only the Steering Committee and for the membership as a whole. Meetings generally are held in King Co. but always have conference call capacity.

Steering Committee Members support the work of the Coalition; expectations include:

1. Help develop the agenda for membership meetings throughout the year:

• Summer – elect Steering Committee; provide information and initial input on emerging issues for the Coalition’s legislative agenda
• Fall – develop and approve legislative agenda; develop strategy to achieve success on agenda’s issues
• Winter – Hunger Action Day
• Spring – debrief legislative session’s bills and budget; invite agency staff to present updates

Additional meetings as needed, or as set on annual calendar

1. Share information and vet legislative issues with your professional networks
2. Help expand coalition membership and recruit leaders
3. Work with membership to organize Hunger Action Day and increase participation among your network
4. Develop strategy and work with state agencies for effective service delivery and program policies that support hungry Washingtonians
5. Assist with day-to-day organizational decisions to build a strong coalition
6. Prepare and provide leadership for membership meetings, as needed
7. Serve as resource to and a public face of the coalition and anti-hunger and nutrition issues

If you are interested in joining the AHNC Steering Committee, please contact us at 253-394-2787 or ahnc@wsahnc.org