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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
FROM: Adiel McKnight,Deputy Clerk of the Board
DATE: October 20,2025
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION re: Proclaiming the last Saturday of October 2025 as Food
for All Day
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Jefferson County Food Bank Association operates four(4) food banks in Brinnon, Port Townsend,
Quilcene and Tri area. They serve over 3,300 households per month and rely on community support to
fulfill their purpose of providing nutritious food with dignity, respect and care to anyone in need.
For forty (40)years churches, community organizations, neighborhoods and businesses have come
together to create a What A Valuable Experience (WAVE) food drive of donations during the month of
October. The last Saturday of October marks the culmination of this campaign and they would like to
declare this last Saturday, each year as "Food For All Day" in Jefferson County.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners declare the last Saturday of the
month of October as "Food For All Day." This recommendation is to recognize the long-standing
support the community has provided to the food banks and the tremendous partnership this campaign
demonstrates each year.
REVIEWED BY:
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Josh D. Peters, County Administrator Date
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, in the month of October, for the past 40 years, churches, community organizations,
neighborhoods, and businesses have come together to volunteer to gather food to donate to the Jefferson County
Food Bank Association to help neighbors experiencing food insecurity; and
WHEREAS, this effort known as What A Value Experience (WAVE) is welcoming to all and is to the
benefit of anyone in need in Jefferson County experiencing food insecurity; and
WHEREAS, food insecurity is not just a missed meal, an empty stomach or an individual experience.
Food insecurity is a community-wide symptom of exclusion, of not having enough nutritious food, income or
represented voice and where hunger is a symptom of barriers to employment, education, housing and
healthcare; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County Food Bank Association serves over 20%of households in the county
throughout the year and relies on the generosity of individual donations of time, money and food to meet this
need and distributes over 1 million pounds of food each year with dignity, respect and care; and
WHEREAS, the WAVE campaign helps build awareness of this need and demand; and
WHEREAS, together we can build a community that does not go hungry and where every voice matters.
We can build a community that shares responsibility for each other and well-being; and
WHEREAS, Jefferson County residents, recognize food access is a fundamental and public health
imperative;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners, do hereby proclaim the
last Saturday of October, 2025 as
FOOD FOR ALL DAY
in Jefferson County, and encourages all residents to join in recognizing the WAVE Campaign and its benefit to
the Community and all residents.
PROCLAIMED this 20th day of October, 2025.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SEAL:
Heidi Eisenhour, Chair
ATTEST: Heather Dudley-Nollette, Member
Carolyn Gallaway, CMC, Clerk of the Board Greg Brotherton, Member