From left to right: David Rockwell, Michelle Martin, and Jack McHenry of the Edmonds Petanque Club present this year’s donation of $10,500 to Tracey Peterson, Kathy Hare, and Sherry Ogur of the Edmonds Food Bank.

Tuesday morning, directors of the Edmonds Petanque Club presented a check for $10,500 to the Edmonds Food Bank. The petanque club raised these funds at the annual Edmonds Petanque Food Bank Tournament, now in its 14th year. This year’s contribution brings the total amount donated by the petanque club since the first tournament in 2011 to $100,123.

On hand to welcome the petanque players were Tracey Peterson, Community Program Manager, Kathy Hare, President of the Edmonds Food Bank, and volunteer Sherry Ogur. Tracey Peterson explained that the Food Bank now serves 1200 households weekly. Even as the number of households served by the Food Bank has increased, funding sources have become less certain. Peterson pointed out that, as a result, continuing community support is more important than ever. Support from the Edmonds community allows the Food Bank to fulfill its Nutrition Policy of providing fresh produce and dairy products, offering nutritionally dense foods to local households experiencing food insecurity.