The Seahawks announced today plans to host a food drive at the team's Football Fest on Aug. 3rd at Lumen Field. In partnership with KING 5, Safeway and Northwest Harvest, fans attending the game are encouraged to bring non-perishable donation items to support the Home Team Summer campaign. The Home Team Summer campaign aims to highlight the increased rates of childhood hunger, especially following the discontinuation of pandemic-era SNAP emergency allotments and the expiration of the federal Child Tax Credit.
Lumen Field will have donation bins located outside the stadium, including in front of all entry gates, for fans to easily drop off their donations prior to entering the stadium. Gates will open at Noon for Club & main gates. Practice is at 1 pm.
Seahawks Football Fest
Seahawks Football Fest presented by KING 5 is back at Lumen Field!
Kickoff your weekend on Saturday, August 3rd with this exclusive practice and a day full of FOOTBALL. FAMILY. AND FUN!
Tickets are on sale now and start as low as $12!
Suggested donation items with the greatest need include:
- Granola bars
- Cereal bars/breakfast bars
- Individual cereal bowl/boxes
- Shelf stable milk (white and chocolate)
- Instant oatmeal (flavor variety pack)
- Juice (individual sized)
- Fruit roll ups/fruit snacks
- Raisins (individual sized)
- Applesauce (individual sized)
- Fruit cups
- Pudding cups
- Jello cups
- Bear graham crackers
- Crackers
- Pretzels
- Corn chips (individual sized)
- Snack items
- Peanut butter
- Jelly
- Corn cups
- Beef sticks
- Chicken salad packet
- Tuna salad packet
- Shelf stable hummus
- Microwaveable mac n cheese
- Microwaveable/ready to eat beans and rice
- Chicken noodle soup (microwaveable)
- Instant/microwaveable noodles
- Instant/microwaveable pasta
All donations will go to Northwest Harvest, the state's largest hunger relief agency. Northwest Harvest distributes food to every county in Washington, working with a statewide network of 400 food banks, meal programs, and schools. Northwest Harvest also works with partners across the region to address the systemic root causes of hunger.
Fans not attending the game can also show support for Home Team Harvest by donating online.
Northwest Harvest has secured a $40,000 matching gift for the Home Team Summer campaign: meaning that all cash and canned donations will be matched up to that amount.
Anyone who donates can enter a sweepstakes to win a pair of tickets to the home opener against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 8th .
