{"id":104738,"date":"2025-11-06T13:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/?p=104738"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:11:07","slug":"seattle-community-fridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seattleschild.com\/seattle-community-fridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Community Fridge: Give or take what you need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When COVID lockdowns forced layoffs and closures all over Seattle nearly six years ago, thousands of people struggled to feed their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID stripped bare the failures of our current system to keep people well and supported,\u201d said Seattle resident and community volunteer Reid Branson. \u201cA lot of people were going hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to that need, a group of \u201cenergetic\u201d young people founded the first community fridge in Seattle. The worldwide community refrigerators movement offers a free, anonymous, and localized way for people to access fresh food, such as produce and dairy. Branson is a member of the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlecommunityfridge.org\/\">Seattle Community Fridge (SCF)<\/a>, which now helps keep seven community refrigerators stocked.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Community Fridge is not your typical charity. As a mutual aid group, SCF is a voluntary, non-hierarchical organization where resources are shared unreservedly to address a community need. There are no conditions or criteria for receiving resources, no paid staff, and a minimal budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no concept of \u2018deservingness\u2019 and no inherent political agenda,\u201d Branson explained. \u201cIt\u2019s just people who have a lot giving to people who don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Community Fridge currently has six locations, with one on the way. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phinney Ridge: Woodland Park Presbyterian, 225 N 70th St.<\/li>\n<li>Dunlap\/Rainier Beach: In alley at 48th Ave. S &amp; S Thistle St.<\/li>\n<li>North Beacon Hill: 1307 13th Ave. S<\/li>\n<li>Capitol Hill: St. Joseph Parish, 745 19th Ave. E<\/li>\n<li>Inside LGBTQ+ Center: 400 E Pine St.<\/li>\n<li>Burien: 12027 10th Ave. S<\/li>\n<li>Coming soon: Estelita\u2019s Library, 241 Martin Luther King Jr Way S<\/li>\n<li>Though SCF doesn\u2019t collect data on people who visit the fridge, relationships form organically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, SCF member Reily Ingram-Sowell would pick up food from the Delridge Farmers Market to stock the Rainier fridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep a pretty regular volunteer schedule,\u201d Ingram-Sowell said. She began to notice a small crew of familiar faces every time she dropped off food. \u201cWe didn\u2019t speak the same language, but we were able to communicate what they needed, and now I see them pretty much every time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, when Burien SCF volunteers noticed a small community of Afghan people visiting the fridge, they started stocking items traditionally used in Afghan cuisine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about taking or giving fresh food:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlecommunityfridge.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seattlecommunityfridge.org<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s just people who have a lot giving to people who 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