Building community abundance

Room for All

The Room for All Campaign is transforming Rainier Valley Food Bank and South Seattle — a community food hub where everyone has access to nourishing food and community resources, support, and care. When our new home opens in Fall 2025, it will include: 

• A more welcoming and dignified shopping experience — where every guest feels respected and seen.

• Expanded cold and dry storage — to distribute more fresh, local, and culturally relevant food.

• Gathering space for community connection and collaboration — where service partners and neighbors come together in care and solidarity.

As we near the finish line, we’re launching the Abundance Fund, the final $3 million of the $17 million campaign. This fund ensures our new space doesn’t just open — it thrives as a center of community care and resilience for generations to come.

We are completing construction on our new home — now, we’re bringing it to life together. We are in the final stretch of our campaign — and inviting you to find your place in it.

The Need

Our neighborhood deserves more than a stopgap. We need a true community food hub — one that responds to urgent hunger needs and supports long-term solutions to food insecurity.

We are rooted in the belief that there is already enough — enough food, care, and community will — to ensure no one goes hungry. But to grow that abundance and make it accessible to all, we need a space designed for the future we’re building together.

Even as 40% of food ends up in landfills, 1 in 4 people in South Seattle experience hunger. We’re here to change that — together.

impact

We envision a future where the power of food as a catalyst for building community is fully realized. Access to culturally relevant food allows a mother from Vietnam to pass on a family tradition that shares their cultural identity and history. Sharing a meal with a neighbor nourishes connection and provides a sense of belonging. Growing a garden with each other reignites an appreciation for food and our responsibility as stewards of the earth. Each of these is a puzzle piece that comes together in our community space to honor our shared humanity and love of food.

Community Garden
to grow culturally-relevant seasonal crops and forge new connections.

Our community hub is a mechanism for change, empowering us to:

• Expanding our programs by 10% and increase overall number of people we serve

• Improving community members' physical and mental health by reducing stigma around accessing services, cultivating a sense of connection and belonging, and providing access to care

• Building meaningful relationships between guests, volunteers, and community partners as together we share meals, learn new skills, and engage in collective action against hunger

• Eliminating hunger in South Seattle

• Advocating for food justice and equity, addressing the underlying causes