AT&T employees from Bothell volunteered at the Hopelink Food bank in Kirkland on Oct. 2 during the United Way Day of Caring.

When a family doesn’t have enough food stability in other areas is impossible. Hopelink provides food for survival and nutrition education for self-sufficiency. The United Way Day of Caring makes a difference in the lives of the 1,100 families supported by the Kirkland Hopelink center.

The 35 AT&T volunteers donated 250 pounds of food, sorted donations, restocked shelves, repackaged bulk product, organized, cleaned work spaces and more. As a result of the effort 38 totes of toys were inventoried in preparation for the Hopelink Food bank Gift Room, 2,000 pounds of food were sorted, 600 pounds of pet food were bagged, one freezer of meat was sorted by species, two boxes of mangoes were bagged, one warehouse was swept and two pallets of goods were consolidated.

For more information about Hopelink, contact Ted Richardson at TRichardson@hope-link.org.