You will find Care To Shop volunteers outside grocery stores on the days listed below.

Just pick up a shopping list. Then, as your do your grocery shopping, throw an extra item or two into your cart for Lifelong’s food program, Chicken Soup Brigade. As you exit the store, drop the paid item into our food barrels. Your donation will go directly into the grocery bag of a person living with HIV/AIDS, or other illnesses in the Puget Sound region.

You can find Care To Shop between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at these great grocery stores:

1st Saturday of the month
QFC Totem Lake -- 11224 NE 124th St, Kirkland

2nd Saturday of the month
QFC -- 416 15th Ave E, Seattle
QFC Broadway Market -- 417 Broadway E, Seattle

3rd Saturday of the month
Thriftway (9am -5pm) -- 9740 SW Bank Rd, Vashon Island
Central Market Mill Creek -- 15605 Main St, Mill Creek

4th Saturday of the month
Trader Joe's Queen Anne -- 112 West Galer, Seattle

Special Care To Shop Dates in July:

Friday, July 17
Fred Meyer Everett -- 8530 Evergreen Way, Everett

Saturday, July 18
Fred Meyer Everett -- 8530 Evergreen Way, Everett
QFC Totem Lake -- 11224 NE 124th St, Kirkland
Cental Market -- 15505 Westminster Way, Shoreline

We particularly need items like:
• Cereal
• Canned Tuna
• Canned Meals (Soup, Stew, Etc.)
• Canned Beans
• Peanut Butter
• Jam/Jelly
• Canned Fruits & Vegetables
• Macaroni & Cheese
• Dry Pasta
• Jarred or Canned Spaghetti Sauce

Store gift cards or cash donations are also always appreciated!

Looking for a FUN and FLEXIBLE service project? Organize your own Chicken Soup Brigade Food Drive! We need your help collecting non-perishable food items to help fill grocery bags. Food drives are a great way to get involved! Talk to your friends, your church or community center-get others to help! Talk to your teacher and classmates about making this into a service project. Focus on one item-it could be a cereal drive or even a peanut butter and jelly drive! For more information, call (206) 957-1776 or volunteers@llaa.org.

Are you a grocery store looking to get involved in a rewarding community program? Become a Care To Shop grocery store! Please contact Emily D'Andrea, Corporate Relations Coordinator, at (206) 957-1654 or emilyd@llaa.org.

Questions about Care To Shop? Contact our Warehouse Coordinator at (206) 957-1662 or warehouse@llaa.org.

Thank you to the volunteers who make this happen. Thanks also go out to our community partners at Wells Fargo, QFC, Thriftway, Town & Country Markets, and Trader Joe's. Next time you shop at these stores, why not thank the store manager for helping us help so many people in need?