This MONTH'S Most Needed Items: Holiday Foods!

We receive many requests all year round -- "what do you need the most at Fishline?"  During this time period, the answer is:  Holiday Food Items! Please use the following list when shopping for items to donate to those in need in our community! Turkeys and hams can be dropped off at Fishline; all other non-perishable items can be dropped off at a number of locations, including Albertson's and Central Market, or any of the ongoing food drives in our community. Click here to visit our calendar and to see where those are happening near you!

Turkeys and Hams 

Chicken Broth 

Cranberry Sauce 

Canned Yams/Sweet Potatoes 

Canned Fruits 

Canned Vegetables 

Stuffing Mix 

Peanut Butter

Cereal 

Progresso/Hearty Soups 

Chili 

Boxed Meals

Mayonnaise 

Vegetable Oil 

Coffee 

Tea

Visit our webpage for a handy printable list.  

Would you like to participate in our online holiday food drive?  Click here!

This Week's Most Needed Items: Diapers and School Supplies!

It's all about the kids this week at Fishline! 

Our most needed items this week include:

Diapers, sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6

School supplies:

Glue sticks
Colored Pencils
Looseleaf paper-college & wide rule
Composition books
Pencil pouches
Plastic supply boxes
Washable Color Markers
Pens (blue & black)
Pens (red)
#2 Pencils
Erasers (pink pearl)
Spiral paper –college & wide rule
Pocket folders
3 Ring binders
Metal edge rulers
Backpacks


Click here to see all of our drop-off locations!

This Week's Most Needed Items

Fresh fruits & vegetables. As your gardens start to yield their crops, please think of us at North Kitsap Fishline. We gladly welcome fresh fruits and vegetables at the food bank for distribution to our clients. These garden goodies are much appreciated by all!

Canned soups.  We are in need of chicken, chicken noodle and vegetable canned soup.  This is a basic item in our E-boxes, and a convenient food item for those in need, especially those who may be displaced from their homes. 

Plastic grocery bags. Do you have piles of plastic grocery bags laying around?  We need them!! We recycle these bags in our front market for our clients.  Please drop them off between 10am and 3pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and from 10am to 7pm on Wednesdays.

This Week's Most Needed Items: Peanut Butter & Jelly (and more!)

Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option. 

Jelly (you need with peanut butter!) With the summer months approaching, and kids out of school -- peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are an easy meal that children can prepare for themselves.  (Note:  we cannot accept homemade jelly!)

 

Canned Chili can provide a round meal option for our clients.  This item can be donated at any food drives or collection bins at Albertson's, Central Market, Red Apple Grocery Store, or Starbucks in Poulsbo. 

 

Diapers (Sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6) There is always a need for baby/toddler sized diapers 3, 4, 5, and 6. These can be dropped off at the food bank, Albertson's, Red Apple, or Central Market!  

 

Cat food (and dog food) are an important and sometimes overlooked donation that is much needed at NK Fishline.  Many people who have come upon hard times have pets that depend on them, and helping to provide for all our family members is important!  When picking up food items for donation, please be on the look out for good prices on both wet and dry cat and dog food, our furry friends appreciate it!
  

This Week's Most Needed Items: Volunteers!

This week is Volunteer Appreciation Week, a few days set aside to celebrate the gift of time and energy given by so many in our country and community.  Fishline could not accomplish its mission without the hundreds of hands and hearts of its volunteers, and we never take this for granted.  Each day, you are all an inspiring example for our town, selflessly devoting your enthusiasm and commitment as you keep Fishline and Second Season able to provide for its struggling neighbors.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do, and for how elegantly you do it. ~ Mary Nader, Executive Director

Do you have time and talent to share? Join us! Our volunteer coordinator is looking to fill the following positions: 

Drivers:

5am driver to pick up produce from Central Market on Tuesday

8am driver to pick up from Albertson’s on Thursday

Front Market receptionist and checkout person:

Wednesday, 3pm to 7pm

Friday, 9:30am to 12:30pm, 12pm to 3pm

These people check the market customers in, and check them out, just like at a grocery store.

Please contact Jackie, our volunteer coordinator if you are able to volunteer for one of these open positions or fill out our online volunteer application here! Thank you!

We Need A Coffee Grinder!

Do you have a large coffee bean grinder that you are not using or would like to donate?  NK Fishline is in need of this very useful piece of equipment.  If you have one you are not using, please consider donating it to us.

Canned fruit is a great option for our clients, all throughout the year.  Collection bins for NK Fishline at Albertsons, Central Market, Red Apple, and Starbucks.  Please consider picking up some cans of canned fruit and dropping it off at these locations.

Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option.

This Week's Most Needed Items: Pet Food!

Cat food (and dog food) are an important and sometimes overlooked donation that is much needed at NK Fishline.  Many people who have come upon hard times have pets that depend on them, and helping to provide for all our family members is important!  When picking up food items for donation, please be on the look out for good prices on both wet and dry cat and dog food, our furry friends appreciate it!

Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option. 

Canned fruit is a great option for our clients, all throughout the year.  Collection bins for NK Fishline at Albertsons, Central Market, Red Apple, and Starbucks.  Please consider picking up some cans of canned fruit and dropping it off at these locations.

We are always in need of diapers, sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6.  Please drop these off at the food bank or other collection locations listed above. 

Do you have gently used camping gear that you are no longer using? Are you updating your old gear to buy new gear?  We are in need of tents, sleeping bags, and any other camping gear that you can provide! We have many homeless in our area that depend on these items to stay warm and sleep well.  Please contact Shannon, with Fishline's Housing Solutions, if you have any of these items available!

This Week's Most Needed Items: CAMPING Gear!

Do you have gently used camping gear that you are no longer using? Are you updating your old gear to buy new gear?  We are in need of tents, sleeping bags, and any other camping gear that you can provide! We have many homeless in our area that depend on these items to stay warm and sleep well.  Please contact Shannon, with Fishline's Housing Solutions, if you have any of these items available!

 

Bottled water can be donated at Albertson's in Poulsbo, Red Apple, or Central Market.  Large multi-bottle packages can also be dropped off directly at the food bank.  

 

While we focus on canned and non-perishable good for food drives and other collections around the community, we also accept fresh produce at the food bank.  We have a shortage of fresh items this time of year for lettuce, broccoli, and other greens.  We also accept fresh fruit and other vegetables.  Donations of these items can be dropped of at the food bank between 8am and 3:30pm on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday and as late as 7pm on Wednesdays.  

 

Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option. 

 

Canned Chili can provide a round meal option for our clients.  This item can be donated at any food drives or collection bins at Albertson's, Central Market, Red Apple Grocery Store, or Starbucks in Poulsbo.   

This Week's Most Needed Items

Do you use a shopping list?  For many people, this is considered the best way to stay organized, save money, and most importantly:  not forget anything! 

For Fishline clients, the luxury of a shopping list is not always possible.  Some clients struggle to make their monthly, weekly, and even daily needs.  We are happy to be available to help with our Daily Market and Eboxes, just two of the food services that we offer. 

When you are making your shopping list this week -- we hope you will remember Fishline, and add a few of our most needed items to your list!

Canned fruit is a great option for our clients, all throughout the year.  Collection bins for NK Fishline at Albertsons, Central Market, Red Apple, and Starbucks.  Please consider picking up some cans of canned fruit and dropping it off at these locations.

Canned Chili can provide a round meal option for our clients.  This item can be donated at any food drives or collection bins at Albertson's, Central Market, Red Apple Grocery Store, or Starbucks in Poulsbo.   

Bottled water can be donated at any of the above locations.  Large multi-bottle packages can also be dropped off directly at the food bank.  We also recycle and collect empty water bottles.  These can also be dropped off at the food bank.  

Diapers (Sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6) There is always a need for baby/toddler sized diapers 3, 4, 5, and 6. These can be dropped off at the food bank, Albertson's, Red Apple, or Central Market!  

This Week's Most Needed Items: Second Season Donations

This week, on our most needed items -- Second Season comes to the top of the list.  For those of you that don't know, Second Season Thrift Store is located on the waterfront in downtown Poulsbo.  All the profit from the store goes directly to support NK Fishline.  

Think of Second Season when starting your spring cleaning this year.  Our donation bins are in need of restocking, and we would greatly appreciate your gently used items.  

We accept clothing, home decor, small kitchen items, linens, and books in  gently used and excellent condition for resell.  You can drop your donations off during business hours:  Monday to Saturday, from 10am to 5pm.  Our address is 18825 Anderson Parkway, directly across from the waterfront.  

Please note, we do not accept the following items:  electronics, baby furniture, mattresses, used toys, exercise equipment.


Other needed items this week:

Please continue to think of NK Fishline when grocery shopping.  

We are still in need of fresh produce.  While we focus on canned and non-perishable good for food drives and other collections around the community, we also accept fresh produce at the food bank.  We have a shortage of fresh items this time of year for lettuce, broccoli, and other greens.  Donations of these fresh items can be dropped of at the food bank between 8am and 3:30pm on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday and as late as 7pm on Wednesdays.  

Diapers
Diapers! We always need diapers! Please drop off your diapers at the food bank or at any of our collection bins located at Albertson's, Central Market, or Red Apple.  

This Week's Most Needed Items!

Just in case you are wondering, later today...say...around 3pm:  would be a GREAT time to go grocery shopping!

When picking up your groceries this week, please keep NK Fishline in mind.  Below is a list of this week's most needed items:

Did you know we accept fresh produce?  While we focus on canned and non-perishable good for food drives and other collections around the community, we also accept fresh produce at the food bank.  We have a shortage of fresh items this time of year for lettuce, broccoli, and other greens.  Donations of these fresh items can be dropped of at the food bank between 8am and 3:30pm on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday and as late as 7pm on Wednesdays. 

Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option. 

Diapers
Diapers! We always need diapers! Please drop off your diapers at the food bank or at any of our collection bins located at Albertson's, Central Market, or Red Apple. 

This Week's Most Needed Items!

When you are out shopping this week, please keep NK Fishline in mind.  Here is a list of our most needed items:

Coffee
We distribute both regular and decaf coffee as part of our monthly E-boxes. Both whole bean and ground coffee are accepted. 

Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is an easy and delicious way to add protein to your diet.  For those who are homeless or children in need, it is also a very convenient meal option. 

Diapers
Diapers! We always need diapers! Please drop off your diapers at the food bank or at any of our collection bins located at Albertson's, Central Market, or Red Apple. 

Coffee Grinder
We are still looking for a large or industrial size coffee grinder. If you happen to have one, please let us know!

This Week's Most Needed Items: Do You Have a Coffee Grinder You Aren't Using?

Do you have a large coffee bean grinder that you are not using or would like to donate?  NK Fishline is in need of this very useful piece of equipment.  If you have one you are not using, please consider donating it to us.

For our clients in need, especially those who may be homeless, bottled water is a useful and convenient option.  This is an item that we can always use.  We also collect recycled water bottles to distribute laundry detergent.  Please drop these donations and recycled items for use at the food bank.

Canned fruit is a great option for our clients, during the holidays and all throughout the year.  Collection bins for NK Fishline at Albertsons, Central Market, Red Apple, and Starbucks.  Please consider picking up some cans of canned fruit and dropping it off at these locations.

We are always in need of diapers, sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6.  Please drop these off at the food bank or other collection locations listed above.

This Week's Most Needed Items: It's Getting Chilly!

This week's most needed items at NK Fishline include:

Canned Chili
Canned Chili can be donated at any food drives or collection bins at Albertson's, Central Market, Red Apple Grocery Store, or Starbucks in Poulsbo.  

Bottled Water
Bottled water can be donated at any of the above locations.  Large multi-bottle packages can also be dropped off directly at the food bank.  We also recycle and collect empty water bottles.  These can also be dropped off at the food bank.

Frozen Meats (Packaged meat from meat department that can be frozen)
We accept fresh pre-packaged meats that can be stored and frozen and have not passed their expiration date. 

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Diapers (Sizes 3, 4, 5 & 6)
There is always a need for baby/toddler sized diapers 3, 4, 5, and 6.