As most of you know, we have been unable to hold the Sustainable Renton Free Grocery Store at our previous location this month due to the current COVID-19 situation. This decision was made with a heavy heart, but was necessary in order to comply with current health department guidelines and to do our part to discourage large groups in an attempt to flatten the infection curve of the virus.
I am happy to report that we have been able to secure a location for an outdoor, remain-in-vehicle Free Grocery Store!
Starting Monday March 30th, Sustainable Renton will restart our Monday evening stores at our new venue, The Brewmaster’s Taproom parking lot, at 2000 Benson Road South. Hours will be from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
As you can imagine this will be a little different than our previous stores. Customers will enter the parking lot via the South Puget Drive entrance to enter the line, then be directed through the parking lot until they arrive at a row of tables which will be stocked with produce and dry goods. Volunteers will fill bags with what the customer requests and hand them through the vehicle window. The customer will then leave through the Benson Road South exit of the parking lot.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer non-food items at the drive through Free Grocery Store and will have to limit the amount of food that each customer is able to receive. This will vary based on the number of persons they are shopping for and the amount of food available at each store. These changes are necessary both for space constraints and in order to ensure that the items we have are shared as equitably and among as many customers as possible.
All volunteers will be wearing gloves and DIY face masks for the protection of all and will be following current guidelines for social distancing and hygiene.
Another change is that we will NOT be accepting any monetary or other donations during store hours. People wishing to make monetary donations are encouraged to visit our website Sustainable Renton and donate via the PayPal button. Those wishing to make donations of food will need to email sustainablerenton@gmail.com to set a pick-up outside of store hours.
Thank you for your time and interest and we hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Scott Kreidermacher
Gleaning Project Lead
Sustainable Renton
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