Fly Washington Fall Food Drive

The Fall Food Drive is COMPLETE!  Food collected at participating airports was donated to local community food banks. THANK YOU for your support!

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TOTAL FOOD COLLECTED DATE: 
18,022 LBS

2022: 9,122 lbs
2021: 7,500 lbs
2020: 1,400 lbs

2022 Participating Airports:

- ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (485 lbs of food + 2 boxes and 4 bags of clothes & blankets)
- AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (1,609 lbs of food)
- BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT (6,714 lbs of food)
- CREST AIRPARK (4 large boxes of food)
- DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (49+ lbs of food)
- HARVEY FIELD (95 lbs of food + $1,050 in cash)
- OLYMPIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (70 lbs of food)
- SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (100 lbs of food)

Thank you EVERYONE. You make the Fly Washington Passport Program proud!

The Fall Food Drive resulted in 9,122 lbs of food and $1,050 in cash donations to food banks across the state.

Bremerton National Airport and its local donors rose up as the 2022 Fly Washington Food Drive Champions! They collected and donated 6,714 pounds of food. Auburn Municipal and Arlington came in second and third. Well done all!

Previous Fall Food Drive winners:
Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) and Orcas Island Airport (KORS)

Honoring 2021 Fly Washington Passport Food Drive champion Auburn Municipal Airport: Auburn Mayor Nancy Backus spoke, Auburn Food Bank Executive Director Debbie Christian, Auburn Airport Manager Tim Mensonides, and Warren Hendrickson (formerly of Bremerton Airport, currently with Olympia Airport). Auburn Municipal collected 4,675 pounds of food, raising the bar on this competition for future years!

2020 Fall Food Drive winner: Orcas Island Airport. Accompanied by Passport Program board members, ORS Airport Manager Jeannie Sharpe displays the coveted Food Drive trophy.

Harvey Field received the 2020 appreciation certificate for their food drive contribution. After seeing the trophy presented to Orcas Island, Kandace at Harvey Field noted that they are "gunning for the trophy next year!"