Faith Family Village

01/09/2025

Faith Foodbank is a 501c3 organization doing business as Faith Family Village. They are one in the same. The state of WA and the City of Everett invested in construction of the Village. $125,000 of start up costs was loaned by Faith Food Bank to Interfaith Shelter to pay for personnel costs, supplies, fixtures, etc. With City funds you must pay for things up front and the city reimburses you. Interfaith did not have funds but was in charge of financial things so all I could do was loan the money to get us started.
Unfortunately this shelter did not turn out to be the wonderful place I dreamed of. in 12 months only one family moved directly from the Village to an apartment. There were issues with background checks, fights between residents, filthy homes, people not trying to get jobs, etc. Yes some people did get their i.d. and social security cards. Some got jobs. Some got jobs and lost them right away. Some were under the influence. Police were called at least 6 times. No consequences were allowed for bad things happening or no effort being made.
When I tried to get things back under control, I was met by resistence by both Interfaith and the City.
In November we stopped taking new families. Now there are no families.
I have withdrawn my support for Faith Family Village and notified the Department of Licensing so my nonprofit is no longer responsible.
What will happen? It is no longer my responsiblility.
I am signing a new rental agreement for the food bank so that will continue as it has the last 10 years.
Now it will be up to Faith Lutheran Church to decide if it was to rent the church property where the Village is to someone. Or if the church wants to allow the City to take back the pallet homes. It is a very complicated issue. If the Church were to decide to continue on its own, it would probably be 2 months before the pallet shelter could start again and they would give it a new name.
This was a very tough and sad decision. I worked very hard for 3 years to get it opened. I invested a lot of money that will never be returned. I saw families so happy to move there with their kids but saw them leave just to go to another shelter or sleeping on someones floor. I wanted this to work so bad..........
In the Bible Ecclesiastics says there is a time for every season.
a time to laugh, a time to cry
there was a time for me to take on this challenge
a time to work so hard but now it is my time to rest
and hopefully someone else will use this time to recreate something that works.
After lots of quiet time and contemplation, God told me its okay to let it go cause I tried my best.
Please pray for me and also for all those moms and dads who remain unsheltered.

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12/11/2024

Faith Family Village is on the verge of closing.. I’m no longer working there. The church and foodbank nonprofits no longer have any say according to julie Willie with the City of Everett. She is trying to force us into
A contract which will not provide for the safety , security, and good health of families needing warm place to stay. Or for those in our community
There is one family remaining in the village. They will leave in the next few days.
My nonprofit put up $125,000 to get the shelter started. This money was to be repaid but the city of Everett now says that won’t happen which means my nonprofit will suffer severely.
I’ve kept quiet for 3 or 4 months trying to follow what the city wants but now I have
To reveal our situation.
If this doesn’t get worked out, I don’t know what will happen

10/11/2024

Foodbank now-noon
Drive through 6708 cady rd everett
Lots of produce. Eggs Costco dry goods bread more
Please come now

09/28/2024

Warning!
There are organizations using the Faith Family Village name to collect cash donations. Your donation will go into their general fund to be used anywhere and for anything. That’s ok if that’s what you want
But
Faith Foodbank dba Faith Family Village will use your donations only at our sites.
If you would like to
Volunteer and see first hand the work we do please contact us
Thanks for your support. You are changing lives

09/18/2024

From a friend Tarah: Thank you for the encouragement everyone. I was reminded of this verse in regards to my hurts: Galatians 6:9-10 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Please keep her and me in your prayers

09/18/2024

Faith Family Village has a lot of grapes growing next to our homes. It’s great to
Show kids how our food grows

09/13/2024

Need volunteers asap at Faith Foodbank. 6708 cady rd. Everett.
Now til about 11:30
Plz come help and get a big Costco dessert and other food to take home@

09/06/2024

Back out at Pallet today. Curious kids pulled off the heater/air k***s. Got one set for now and another just in case pair. Thanks Pallet. We are so blessed to be your neighbor

09/03/2024

Faith Family Village has a beautiful,fun mural inside its Pallet home space. It was painted by Jennifer McGarvey. She is a preK to 5th grade teacher with Montessori who worked hard to get this done before her school started. Evan from Bunker Arts Collective helped with prep work and supplies.
You may check out more of Jen’s work on seeker and dauber on instagram
Bunker Arts Collective is looking for donations of brushes, rollers, and monetary They are starting area trash cleanups again this month. Donations for garbage bags, cleaning supplies, and money for dump fees and vehicle gas would be appreciated
Thank you for all the wonderful work these people do for our community

09/03/2024

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It’s exciting to see this vibrant mural taking form at the Faith Family Village here in our hometown of Everett!

Thank you to Jen and the Bunker Arts Collective team for the hard work in bringing this colorful project to life for families living onsite.

09/01/2024

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Today, our executive director, Meg Zaletel, had the opportunity to provide an overview of the state of homelessness in Anchorage — and what we are doing to solve it. She compared the situation in Anchorage to new national statistics and found that overall, Anchorage is doing alright. We're making progress!

"It's so important to understand the local landscape in light of the challenging national news on homelessness," she says.

The national report is here: https://ow.ly/n4pH50Tah6H

Thanks to our partners at the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness for this summit. The packed room shows how much people care!