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VOL. 101, NO. 18

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By Jessica Keller

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When Gov. Jay Inslee ordered that restaurants modify operations to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Washington, Seattle resident Larry Morris wanted to do something to help.

With some help from a friend in San Francisco, Morris launched a Seattle chapter of Frontline Foods, a national nonprofit that raises money to pay for meals that are donated to frontline workers.

The program’s mission is two-fold: It supports local restaurants by hiring them to produce meals, and it supports the healthcare workers who

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Photo courtesy Deborah Drake Pasta Ya Gotcha’s co-owner Daniel Murray, left, and brand manager Benjamin Gomez prepare hot lunches for Evergreen Health Totem Lake Geriatric Care and Sleep Services in Kirkland on April 15.

Frontline Foods Seattle lead Larry Morris launched his chapter of the nonprofit because he wanted to help both frontline workers and local restaurants.

Queen Anne Farmers Market to return with modified format Season will run from May 28 through Oct. 8

nitely a gem on the hill.”

Last season, the market hosted more than 75 vendors, including farmers, ranchers, fisherman and food artisans.

“We’re looking at creating a vendor

By Jessica Keller roster similar to last year but with very QA&Mag News editor exciting new additions,” Kelly said.

Right now, the farmers market roster The Queen Anne Farmers Market will has about 70 vendors on it, but Kelly said people should not expect as many return on schedule but with a different vendors in attendance as in the past. Like look this spring.

The 14th season of the Thursday farm- other farmers markets that have recently opened for the season — in University ers market kicks off from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. May 28 at West Crocket Street and District and Ballard — the Queen Anne Queen Anne Avenue. The season runs for market will be following strict health and safety protocols in the wake of the 20 weeks, ending on Oct. 8. coronavirus epidemic.

“It’s a really exciting place,” Executive Director Matt Kelly said. “This season will definitely look different, but it’s defi MARKET, Page 8

People asked to donate to upcoming fundraising campaigns To help ensure the Queen Anne Farmers Market success for this and future seasons, people are asked to donate to the Giving Tuesday and Give Big campaigns, which have been combined this year and will take place May 5 and May 6.

This year, the QAFM Board and an anonymous donor have pledged to match donations up to $10,000.

Early giving is already taking place, as well as opportunities for people to create a personal fundraising page to support Queen Anne Farmers Market. Go to www.givebigwa.org/QAFM to donate.

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Seattle residents rise to help animals in need

By Erica Browne Grivas Contributing writer

Shelters can only handle so many animals at a given time.

As initial word of state-mandated shutdowns spread due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, animal shelters put out the call for new foster homes in case shelters were closed or people were unable to keep their pets due to illness or loss of work. National news stories appealed for people to use this unexpected time at home as an opportunity to help an animal in need by fostering or adopting.

Seattle’s response has been remarkable.

Laura Follis, director of marketing for the Progressive Animal Welfare Society, www. paws.org/, which operates a temporarily closed cat adoption center in Wallingford and its main shelter in Lynwood, said interest has exceeded her expectations.

“It’s been an explosion,” Follis said. “It’s wonderful — definitely more than typical, which to me is a statement about our community of people.”

Seattle is a very “animalfriendly” market, Follis said.

Many places let employees bring their dogs to work — in

Amazon’s case up to 7000 dogs join their people at work every day, she said.

Follis says PAWS is welcoming foster applications, because “spring does not stop.”

“Babies will be born,” she said. “Our hope is to expand our foster network, and we are actively working on that.

Follis said fostering allows shelters and rescues to accommodate special-needs cases, from whole litters and their mothers, to dogs who need behavioral training, or animals healing from a procedure.

As for adoptions, Follis said, while inventory is lower and the process slowed by the new “appointment-only” system, “as soon as an animal is on the website we get lots of attention.”

Happily, PAWS is not seeing an increase in owner surrenders, Follis said.

“People here will do everything they can to keep their pets,” she said.

Seattle Animal Shelter, www.seattle.gov/animalshelter, in Interbay saw a 50 percent initial drop in adoptions after closing its doors, but since employing an appointment-only system to allow for social distancing, adoptions have picked up and remained steady, Joint Information Supervisor Scott

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“It’s a great problem to have,” he said.

In fact, Seattle Humane temporarily shut down applications after being swamped by 1,000 adoption applications in the first three days of its appointment system.

The majority of their animals are in foster homes, and it is not taking in new animals.

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tion in mid-March to fly in 10 puppies from Oklahoma through its “Lifesaver” program; all 10 were adopted in three days, with both adopters and staff wearing protective equipment.

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How does the internet actually work?

If you wrote me a physical letter, it would take a few days to reach me. You put the letter in your mailbox. A postal worker picks it up. Then it travels between different post offices on its journey from you to me.

But within seconds of you sending this question over the internet, it was sitting in my inbox. How can this be?

The whole internet works like the mail system — but much faster. That’s what I learned from Adam Hahn, an assistant professor of computer science at Washington State University.

You can think of the internet as one big network connecting different devices. They’re all able to “talk” to each other because they follow the same rules, called protocols. Computers all have their own address, called an “IP address.”

An IP address is a long combination of letters and numbers.

The internet carries information through electronic signals, invisible to you. But it needs physical things to carry these signals. Special devices called “routers” pick them up and push them to their destination, using wires and cables.

Some computers play a special role as “servers.” Servers are like filing cabinets, keeping all the information of a particular website. They receive

Seattle school district expands its meal services program Seattle Public Schools continues to provide meal services to students during novel coronavirus pandemic.

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your request for information, find the right file and send it back to you.

When you search for something, your request goes from your IP address to the nearest router. That router bounces it to another router, and so on, until it reaches the server.

The server sends information back to your IP address the same way, through the router network.

But what are those electronic signals made of ? All the information on the internet travels in the form of “packets.” Packets are broken-up pieces of a file. They’re written in a language of 1s and

0s, which computers can read.

Everything you send or receive is made of packets — whether it’s this question, a Google search, or even a video call with family far away.

“You can think of a packet like an envelope, and your IP address as like a zip code or mailing address,” Hahn explained.

If you wrote me a letter, you’d send it in a single envelope. But on the internet, your message travels as lots of packets.

Imagine writing a letter, cutting it into tiny pieces, and sending them in their own individual envelopes. When

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These schools provide sack breakfasts and lunches prepared by our central kitchen for all Seattle Public Schools students from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Seattle Public Schools also is providing student meals by bus Monday through Friday throughout Seattle. People can see the timing of the routes

or find the school closest to families by going to the district’s online maps at www. seattleschools.org.

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 SHELTERS, from Page 3 our staff. At the end of the day, the hope is to save lives and complete families.”

To keep people safe while still allowing animals to get adopted, Seattle Humane has since launched curb-side adoptions.

Amy Calvert, Queen Anne, decided the time was right to expand her family and found Ash at Dog Gone Seattle Rescue right before the state’s shutdown order. A cosmetic tattoo artist, when her Belltown studio closed, Calvert realized she would have time to offer consistency and training to a new dog. Having a soft spot for senior dogs, she fell for Ash’s slightly gray muzzle and masked eyes online at Dog Gone Seattle’s site, www.doggoneseattle.org/. At approximately 6 years old, Ash is a feisty, smart Chihuahua-mix weighing less than five pounds.

Ash was in a high-kill shelter in California, and Dog Gone flew him up with several other dogs.

“He’s the greatest little companion, and truly Joey (her partner) and I are so happy we adopted him during this time,” Calvert said. “He’s given us something to look forward to and

provided something positive to focus on.”

Jenny Nordin, director of Dog Gone, said in an email the organization has had so many foster applications, they are running out of crates and supplies to give new foster parents.

Emerald City Pet Rescue, www.emeraldcitypetrescue.org, likewise saw a “huge influx” of foster applications.

All the shelters say donations are needed at this time. One thing that is down, Follis said, is fundraising. The spring gala planned for April 19 has become virtual and will be held for almost a week from May 24 through May 31.

“We are continuing to provide essential services, and we rely on the generosity of the public,” Follis said.

PAWS has a donation page, www.paws.org/ donate/, for both goods and monetary donations.

Seattle Humane also has a donation page, www.seattlehumane.org/ways-to-give/, and a virtual wish list on Amazon for supplies.

Thomsen added monetary donations are always welcome and, should pet owners or shelter animals need more support in the days and weeks ahead, the organization would access its “Help The Animals Fund” to support any costs associated with this.

the letter arrives, it would have to be taped back together!

But on the internet, information travels faster sliced into pieces. Packets take different routes to arrive at the same place.

When all the packets arrive, your computer puts them all back together like a puzzle.

This all happens in under a second.

I’m glad the internet does this work for us. There’s nothing more exciting to me than reading your curious questions.

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SEATTLE OPTS FOR EXPERIENCE OVER PROJECTS IN DRAFT CLASS

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer

SEATTLE (AP) _ The Seattle Seahawks were not in search of projects in this year’s NFL draft.

That might have to do with the changes to this offseason made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic.

Known for gambling on players with potential to develop, the Seahawks appeared to seek a bit more certainty this time around, focusing less on the quantity of selections and more on players who can be successful contributors without major makeovers.

They believe first-rounder Jordyn Brooks can contribute at linebacker right away. They think pass-rushder Darrell

Taylor can address their biggest weakness from last season.

They believe Damien Lewis is the right guard of the future and could start this year.

Even some of the five players taken in Saturday’s later rounds have a chance to be contributors as rookies. ``Absolutely. I mean, not necessarily an emphasis from a conference standpoint, but an emphasis to try to find people that we’re going to be able to click with our coaches and vibe with our locker room and be able to do that in a very very quick manner,’’ Seattle general manager John Schneider said.

Seattle made eight selections, tied for the fewest by Schneider and coach Pete Carroll during their tenures. Getting to that number required a late trade, sending a 2021 sixth-round pick to Miami to move back into the seventh round.

All eight of Seattle’s picks came from Power Five programs, and none appears to be a major developmental project. ``We’re really in the mode of adaptation, through everything,’’ Carroll said. ``Look at what we just did. Everything is kind of fluid, and on the move and you’ve got to be flexible.’’

ROUND 4 For all the success Seattle has enjoyed on the final day of the draft, the fourth round has brought some busts, particularly with wide receivers. This year, the Seahawks went with a tight end and a pass-catching running back in Round 4: Colby Parkinson of Stanford and DeeJay Dallas of Miami, respectively.

Parkinson may struggle as a blocker early in his career but at 6-foot-7 is a huge target for Russell Wilson. Parkinson had 48 catches last season and in 2018 had seven touchdowns on 29 catches.

Dallas may be the more intriguing option. He was recruited to Miami as a wide receiver before moving to running back and leading the Hurricanes in rushing last season. He’s also considered an exceptional pass blocker and would appear to be an ideal option for the Seahawks on third downs. ``My favorite part of thirddown situations is protecting the quarterback,’’ Dallas said.

THE SEATTLE WAY Syracuse defensive end Alton Robinson already has a feel for what Seattle expects from its pass rushers. Robinson did his pre-combine training in Bellevue, Washington, at the same gym where Bobby Wagner, K.J. Wright and several other players work out in the offseason.

One of the people Robinson got to know was former Seattle defensive end Cliff Avril. ``When I got work with Cliff it was one or two days out of the week, and it was very positionspecific,’’ Robinson said. ``Like body mechanics and things like that, which will be the difference between getting to the quarterback and getting the sack, and getting close to the quarterback.’’

Robinson also addressed his arrest in high school on a burglary charge that cost him a scholarship to Texas A&M. ``The situation, I’m sure you can find it, it was very embarrassing,’’ Robinson said. ``I embarrassed myself, and my high school, my family and everything like that. I definitely learned from it.’’

CATCHING ON Seattle used its final two picks on pass catchers with unique traits. Florida wide receiver Freddie Swain’s ability to make the roster may largely depend on how much he can help in the return game. Swain had 38 catches and seven touchdowns last season for the Gators, but averaged 10.2 yards per return on punts in 2018, including one touchdown.

The trade with Miami allowed the Seahawks to take another big target for Wilson, LSU’s Stephen Sullivan. The 6-foot5, 250-pounder played mostly wide receiver but moved to tight end for part of his senior season. Stephen would be the one project Seattle drafted with the uncertainty of how best to use him between tight end or wide receiver. ``This is one of my favorites because this is a guy that you to look at and really have to project what he’s going to be like and we were willing to do that,’’ Carroll said.

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Queen Anne Helpline looking at new ways to raise money during pandemic People can help by donating to upcoming fundraiser to benefit nonprofit organizations

By Jessica Keller

QA&Mag News editor

Queen Anne Helpline is hoping local residents will help the nonprofit organization offset any losses it may face later in the year by donating to an upcoming fundraiser.

Annual fundraisers benefiting nonprofits Give Big and Giving Tuesday have partnered for two days, May 5 and May 6, and MaChell Duma,

 FRONTLINE, from Page 1 are treating people in hospitals, including patients with COVID-19.

Morris said what appeals about this effort is it benefits both healthcare workers and the restaurants, who have been hit hard by the shutdowns.

“That is really integral to what our mission is: keeping our restaurants afloat,” Morris said. “It’s as much about the restaurant as it is about the hospitals.”

Morris said the idea of having restaurants deliver meals to healthcare workers appealed to him. First, he has many friends in the restaurant and wine business. Second, all his charity donations go to hospitals in support of family members with health problems, and he already had the right connections.

When restaurants shifted to curb-side takeout or delivery and it became apparent COVID-19 cases were spreading in Seattle, Morris could not order foods from restaurants any longer because his daughter is immunocompromised, and it was unsafe to bring outside food into his home.

“It then switched to how can I provide the money to the restaurants, but we’ll give the food to someone else who can use it,” he said.

Frontline Foods Seattle chapter launched four weeks ago, and the efforts have moved fast.

Morris, who is a software engineering manager at Microsoft, recruited a few coworkers of his to help him.

He said they did a lot of their preliminary fundraising by reaching out to people on Facebook and have only re-

Queen Anne Helpline communications development manager, said these fundraising opportunities are crucial this year.

When Gov. Jay Inslee ordered non-essential businesses to close and restaurants and bars to modify their operations in a sweeping attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 cases, Queen Anne Helpline was barraged with calls from people seeking help from the organization, which offers financial assistance for housing and utilities, as well as a food, hygiene and clothing bank.

“We’ve always kind of served as that bridge,” Duma said. “We’ve just been crushed with people who need our assistance.”

The Give Big campaign will play an

cently reached outside of their regular community.

“As I see that I have more money available, I’ll add a couple more restaurants and a couple more hospitals,” Morris said.

Right now, Morris has recruited five restaurants — Jack’s BBQ, Pasta Ya Gotcha, Nue, Raiz and The Box and Burgers Eatery — to provide meals. They are being distributed at Evergreen Hospital — Kirkland, Duval, Canyon Park and Redmond; Swedish Hospital — First Hill, Ballard and Redmond; Harborview Medical Center/University of Washington; and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

Morris has received requests from 40 restaurants to participate in this program, but he said he has been very selective in his choices because if he used all 40 restaurants, he wouldn’t be routing enough business their way to benefit them. And if a restaurant had to bring back an employee to help make the meals, it could actually cost them money.

“We’re very focused on making sure that we’re helping the restaurants,” Morris said.

He said when restaurants apply to work with Frontline Foods, owners are asked to indicate their average meal price, including tax, tip and delivery.

The majority of restaurants fall in the $10 to $15 range.

“I do consider pricing when selecting restaurants, but a key part of our mission is to help keep our restaurants afloat, so I would never ask them to sell to me at a loss,” Morris said in an email.

When this first started, Morris was reaching out to restaurants where he knew the owner. Now, with a big restaurant pool from which to draw, he is enlisting restaurants partly based on region

important part in the helpline’s efforts to aid people this year.

“Corporate matches are very strong if people give on those days,” Duma said. “So we’re hoping that this year, that will be the case.”

Duma said, normally, people would approach people in their offices about donating, and in some cases kick off an inner-office competition. Hopefully, she said, the people working from home will fill the void.

She said it is important for Queen Anne Helpline to do well during the Give Big fundraiser to make up for any lost revenue from future fundraisers.

Out of necessity, Duma and helpline staff and volunteers are also looking at other ways to raise money for the organization. In the past, fundraising has

been event-based, but with the coronavirus pandemic leaving everything uncertain, Duma is thinking outside of the box.

For one event coming up, Queen Anne Helpline is partnering with a neighborhood restaurant, Bite Box, for a Happy Hour from Home. The event will feature boxes people can purchase with their choice of wine, sparkling water, champagne and assorted appetizers and desserts. On the evening of the happy hour, Duma said people can enjoy the boxes at the same time. All proceeds will go to the Helpline.

“So I’m kind of stoked about that because it’ll be a fun little initiative,” Duma said, adding she is looking for  HELPLINE, Page 8

Photo courtesy Deborah Drake Frontline workers at Swedish Hospital in Ballard give a thumbs up to the meals made by staff at Raiz in Seattle and delivered to them by a Frontline Foods Seattle volunteer recently. Larry Morris said his desire to start a Seattle chapter stemmed from wanting to help hospital staff and restaurants.

and partly by what they can provide. Morris said he is really looking at restaurants who can provide breakfast meals for the frontline workers ending the overnight shifts.

Where the meals are being sent to also depends. At the beginning of the outbreak, Evergreen Hospital needed the meals at its Kirkland location, which was the site of the nursing home that was hit so badly

by COVID-19. Morris said now hospital administrators are reporting flare ups happening in different locations.

Meals are sent to hospitals with the greatest need.

“Every week, I typically get a slightly different answer,” he said. “So we very much leave it to the hospitals to tell us where they are seeing the biggest problems.”

Morris said each week he and his team contact their hospital representatives and tell them how much money is available and let them know what restaurants have been available.

Hospital representatives know what meals each restaurant offers and the average meal price. They then give the Frontline Seattle representative a list of locations, times and quantities.

As of last week, the Seattle chapter has delivered about 1,500 meals. The volume varies by hospital and how many people are on during a shift.

When Morris first started Frontline Foods Seattle, he thought only to help the hospitals with frontline workers treating COVID-19 patients.

He soon realized, however, that the COVID-19 outbreak has affected other hospitals, as well. Morris said he added the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to the list of hospitals because he learned that when the outbreak hit Seattle, the restaurants and food vendors at the hospital had to shut down, leaving staff providing health care but without any onsite food options.

“It definitely opened my eyes to what are the different

ways you can be impacted by COVID,” Morris said.

Morris said Frontline Foods Seattle is currently helping out as the first wave of COVID-19 cases wraps up and numbers level off. Work will not stop there, however.

While the Seattle chapter volunteers can choose to dial back fundraising efforts, Morris said they also have the option of diverting funds to benefit other areas of the country in great need, such as New York. Most likely, he said, they will continue their current course of action in case a second wave of infections springs up in the state.

“We are starting to plan our budget around what that spike would look like,” Morris said.

He said 100 percent of all donations made to Frontline Foods Seattle is used to pay restaurants for the meals made.

To learn more about how to help, to donate or sign up a restaurant or hospital, go to http://frontlinefoods.org/ Seattle.

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 HELPLINE, from Page 7 other local restaurant partners for future happy hour events.

Another fundraiser benefiting the helpline is its annual 5-kilometer run.

This year, however, it will be a virtual run from home, featuring digital courses of popular spots in Queen Anne, Duma said.

“We like the idea of getting people moving while they’re stuck at home,” she said.

Duma said they are hoping people might be able to go out for some of the runs, but for now it will be a digital event with people encouraged to use safety precautions. She said she’d like it if people who signed up received something special, like a Queen Anne Helpline mask.

“We definitely don’t want people to break [safety] restrictions,” Duma said. “The masks just seem like a good product people need.”

The helpline’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Taste of Queen Anne gala in the fall, will also likely be a little different.

 MARKET, from Page 1 Kelly said he is working with health department officials on ensuring a safe, sanitary market. That means, the total number of vendors and the types of vendors will be reduced, at least at the start of the season, initially. Vendor booths will also be spaced out to allow for social distancing.

Organizers are limiting the number of customers coming in at any given time, and a perimeter will be placed around the market to allow for only one entrance and exit. Demonstrations, music and activities are cancelled until further notice. Hand washing and hand sanitizer stations will be placed throughout the market, and customers will also be limited to one per household.

People are encouraged to preorder and prepay with vendors.

“Really it’s a shopping opportunity, and we’re trying to prevent people from congregating,” Kelly said.

So, for at least the start of the season, vendors will be limited to selling produce, proteins and packaged bakery items.

“We’re not going to have the dinner options, at least for the start of the season,” Kelly said, adding that will change based on guidance from public health. “We will have those options when it is allowed by public health.”

The vendor directory will be listed on the website, www. qafm.org, before the season starts. It will list options for pre-ordering and pre-paying and arranging for curb-side pickup where market staff will deliver orders that are already

Duma said she is already contemplating her options for the event, whether people are together but distant or if restaurants put together meal kits and the event is hosted online.

“This year, if we are able to work with restaurants, we’d like to give back to them,” Duma said. “We’ll be purchasing the food from them, but the reality is, we probably will not all be together.”

Duma has some time to figure out how best to plan the Taste of Queen Anne, but she is still looking at other ways to raise money, such as monthly campaigns to support the organization throughout the year instead of waiting to raise the bulk of the funds at one event in the fall.

“What I’m looking at now is helping transition into more steady, affordable monthly donations for people, which is better for the budget and more affordable to everyone,” Duma said. “Hopefully people will become more acclimated to this style of giving.”

To donate to the Give Big event, go to www.givebigwa.org/queen-annehelpline.

People can also go to the Queen Anne Helpline website to learn other ways to give, queenannehelpline.org/

prepared to customer cars.

“We know that this is a difficult situation, but it’s now more important than ever to support farmers and our local food system,” Kelly said.

At the same time, they are following city and state guidelines to make sure they are operating safely.

“It’s going to be different is what I keep trying to tell folks,” Kelly said. “We just need to get through the pandemic together and safely and follow the guidance of public health.”

To start the season, people can expect root vegetables and leafy greens, along with beef, lamb, eggs and poultry.

In mid-June berries come in.

“That is a huge draw for the market when folks come out for berries,” Kelly said.

The arrival of cherries in early June kick off the start of the stone fruits, including apricots, peaches, plums and nectarines, which come in June and July.

In August, corn will arrive, as well as other protein options like goat cheese from Tieton Farm & Creamery from Tieton, which are a “huge draw at the market,” Kelly said.

The farmers market will not host flower vendors, as that is not an essential agricultural item, Kelly said, adding he hopes they may come when guidelines are loosened a bit.

Kelly said he is excited about the new and returning vendors this year.

He said the market is welcoming Tallgrass Bakery, which is based out of Ballard and offers a range of items, including artisan breads, cookies, pastries, granola and more.

As well, Aslan Brewing Co., based out of Bellingham with

Photo courtesy Carrie Sohn Queen Anne Helpline’s Lisa Barnes accepts locally made hand sanitizer from donor Carrie Sohn. The community has supported the nonprofit in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but future fundraisers, including the Give Big and Giving Tuesday campaigns May 5 and May 6, will be important to Queen Anne Helpline moving forward.

ways-to-give/.

Currently, Queen Anne Helpline is not accepting clothing donations because the facility is currently at capacity.

The organization still accepts food donation drop offs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays. Volunteers also

deliver a bag of groceries and hygiene items to people in the 98109, 98119 and 98199 zip codes.

Shelf-stable groceries and unused hygiene products are always welcome donations, Duma said.

For more information, go to queenannehelpline.org.

Queen Anne & Magnolia News file photo People peruse the fresh produce and proteins for sale at the 2019 Queen Anne Farmers Market in this file photo. This year the market will open May 28 with a modified format emphasizing safety and hygiene.

a tap room in Fremont, will be at the market on select weeks.

Salt Blade, a handcrafted meat company that is sourced from Olsen Farms in Colville, Washington, is a returning vendor.

“We’re really excited to bring back many of the returning farms that the community knows and loves,” Kelly said.

Those include Collins Family Orchard; Our Family Farm, which grows strawberries and blueberries from Skagit Valley; and Little Big Farm, an organic grown vegetable farm out of Olympia.

And while they won’t be starting the season, Kelly said the market will feature a “stellar line up of food trucks, which are a great draw.”

A new addition will be Alaska Weathervane Scallop Food Truck, featuring hand-seared

Alaskan scallops that are caught off the coast of Kodiak, Alaska, by the same people who run the truck.

“We love to have that farmto-fork option for people, and we know that it’s going to be a big hit with the community,” Kelly said.

Another crowd pleaser is Brothers & Co., based out of Ballard, serving ramen and tacos using all locally sourced ingredients.

“So it’s going to be a really tasty market for sure,” Kelly said. “It’s going to be a different market for sure.”

The farmers market website will also have a link directing people to food vendors websites so people can support them by ordering takeout and deliver.

“We’re really feeling for all the small businesses that

are really struggling through this, especially all the vendors who were looking forward to participating at the beginning of the season,” Kelly said.

The farmers market poster, created by a local artist, will be released May 4, which Kelly said have become collectors items. Kelly plans to schedule a poster signing at some point, possibly in August.

“It’s gonna be different this year, but it’s still going to be an excellent season, and it’s still going to have delicious food for our neighborhood that we are so excited for,” Kelly said.

People with questions or concerns about this year’s market are encouraged to email Kelly at director@qafm.org.

For more information about the farmers market or this year’s vendors, go to www. qafm.org.