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Donate to Support
Our EMERGENCY RESPONSE
to the Food CRISIS on Pac Hwy
https://gofundme.com/aileens
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![Aileen's is a peer-led community organizing and hospitality space by and for women working along the Pacific Highway in south King County, Washington.
[Screen shot of the film WE ARE AILEENS] [QR code for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlRcjZHO9q4 ] watch our film on youtube!
Like millions of Americans, our women and their children are worried and scared about the coming food crisis as SNAP benefits are suspended amid government shutdown.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z6xstbgytyydhntgeyge3dcm/bafkreidwzmthbglt64sb7z6wq3nsjvikh7zre5v22nmaqeqymddikiudty)
![When COVID lockdown resulted in massive loss of access to food and services in 2020, peer leaders of Aileen's came forward to distribute food and other necessities out of a parking lot for folks in need.
[photo of food distribution site in parking lot] [photo of food stuck full on table and inside fridge]
And we are once again scrambling to address this crisis now, until SNAP benefits are fully restored.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z6xstbgytyydhntgeyge3dcm/bafkreifrtne5xwjol5ewdd7wknxkmmjknm6cou4odyihjjrc4mm5mwuum4)
![We will begin handing out gift cards to grocery stores starting Nov. Ist, but will switch to running our own pantry and/or preparing food ourselves as well if the situation persists beyond a couple of weeks.
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We know that lots of people are suffering right now, but please, if you can, consider supporting our peer-led mutual aid efforts by donating via QR code above.
To donate via other methods, or if you have cute winter clothes, boots, socks, tents, blankets, and other items to donate, please contact admin@aileens.org.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z6xstbgytyydhntgeyge3dcm/bafkreifpn6imlydfonqtojigefpbaxkhrpc2xm3u3crzmt7h7lzs2jybiq)
