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Seattle, WA. (March 23, 2009)—ShareNet is the 2009 winner of Food Lifeline’s “Agency Excellence Award” for Excellence in Community Resource Development. For its excellence in community resource development, ShareNet receives $5,000 to continue expanding its mission, and to increase and better its capabilities to serve the hungry people in the Kingston community.

Food Lifeline presented the Agency Excellence Awards at its Annual Agency Conference in Shoreline, on March 23. The conference hosts expert leaders from Food Lifeline's 300 member agencies all throughout Western Washington, connecting them with each other, opening channels of communication and highlighting their successes.  The awards, presented to four individual agencies excelling in their mission to feed hungery people include:

• Excellence in Community Resource Development, sponsored by Food Lifeline
• Excellence in Collaboration, sponsored by Pacific Continental Bank
• Excellence in Food Resource Development, sponsored by Food Lifeline
• Excellence in Client Service, sponsored by Food Lifeline

As the Excellence in Community Resource Development award-winner, ShareNet demonstrated its exemplary approaches to ending hunger by implementing strategies that raise awareness of hunger and developing resources to address it. The winning best practices included anticipating demand, the needs of the community and ensuring continuity and quality of service. ShareNet developed its first media-integrated fundraiser, Neighbor Aid 2008, enlisting the consultation and participation of the entire community. The fundraiser surpassed its goal, allowing ShareNet to continue serving hungry people after an 80 percent increase in clients in 2008.

 “These awards are a way for us to honor excellent programs that are making a real difference in communities all across Western Washington while building the capacity of the system we serve. With the generous support of Pacific Continental Bank we can continue to invest strategically in the solid work of our member agencies,” says Food Lifeline President & CEO Linda Nageotte.

To learn more about ShareNet and its best practices in community resource development, please contact Mark Ince, Executive Director.

About ShareNet

ShareNet's mission is to fight hunger in a manner that respects the dignity of those it serves.  ShareNet operates a food bank and thrift store, its service area is the North Kitsap High School district, including Kingston, Hansville, Eglon, Little Boston, and Port Gamble.  For more information about ShareNet or to make a tax-deductible donation, log onto www.sharenetfoodbank.org or call 360-297-2266.

About Food Lifeline

Food Lifeline is the largest hunger relief organization in Washington, efficiently serves the local Western Washington area by using 95% of revenue to directly feeding hungry people. Last year the organization delivered more than 17 million meals to hungry people through its network of more than 300 neighborhood food banks, hot meal programs, shelters and other food providers. Food Lifeline is also a member of the national organization, Feeding America. For more information about Food Lifeline or to make a tax-deductible donation, log onto www.foodlifeline.org or call 206-545-6600.