Project Wishbone

On Bainbridge Island, hundreds of families regularly find themselves without adequate food to put on the table. This past year, more than 750 families used the Helpline House food bank.

Project Wishbone is a Helpline House project that matches the generosity of our community with those Bainbridge Island families in need. Due to our limited space and facilities, we don't serve a hot Thanksgiving meal, but we try to make it possible for anyone who wants one to cook their own.

Individuals, families and groups are invited to supply the foods needed for the Thanksgiving holiday. The need will be greater this year. Won't you help? Working together, we can meet the need.

How Can I Help?

  • Assemble a box containing "fixings" for a complete Thanksgiving meal and deliver it to Helpline House
  • Arrange a mini-food drive for holiday foods or basic foods for the food bank
  • Donate cash or grocery gift cards to defray costs of fresh fruits, vegetables and dairy items.

When can I deliver Holiday food?

Check back in November, 2010 for next year's Project Wishbone donation schedule.

If your household or one of your neighbors is in need of assistance, confidential help is available at HELPLINE HOUSE. Please visit our office Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm or call us at 206-842-7621.

Community Response

Helpline House gratefully acknowledges the entire Bainbridge Community's support for Project Wishbone. With your generous donations, we were able to provide Thanksgiving meal boxes to 219 Bainbridge Island families this year. Thanks for reaching out to your neighbor: It matters more than ever now!


  

  


WISHBONE 2009 DONORS

List of organizations who donated cash for Wishbone: (Please let us know if we inadvertently left your organization's name off this list.)

  • A Kitchen That Works
  • Bell Thompson Dental
  • Bainbridge Island Women's Club
  • Bainbridge Performing Arts
  • International Commercial Television
  • Island School