One meal at a time.
Project Refill gets nutritious, familiar food straight to families across the Greater Seattle Area. Students run the food distribution, and we back up the farms and pantries our community already leans on.
843
Items collected
$1,842
Raised
6
Partners
34
Volunteers
34 volunteers · Chinook Farms · January 2026
843 items
Food collected
$1,842
Total raised
Numbers from our first year: food drives closed, greenhouse built, community partners locked in.
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Items Collected
+69% over goal$0
Dollars Raised
+23% over goal0
Community Partners
Goal met0
Volunteers
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Service Hours
Partnerships
We worked with six organizations in our first year and generated $6,002 in total community impact, including ~$4,200 in food value and $1,842 in direct donations. Now we're building new partnerships to grow that impact month over month.
Partner with us$6,002
Total community impact
Year one
~$4,200
Food value generated
843 items collected
$1,842
Cash donations raised
16% over goal
Our first year in action: a greenhouse restored and a food drive completed.
A 4-day fundraiser at Brown Bear Car Wash where we raised $1,842 in cash donations — every dollar that funded Project Refill's first year of operations. Students stood outside handing out brochures and talking to community members about food insecurity on the Eastside.
Three Saturdays, 34 volunteers, 174 service hours. We dismantled a storm-damaged greenhouse, relocated the frame, and installed new poly so Food Bank Farm can keep producing fresh food year-round. The restored structure is expected to yield ~30,000 lbs of fresh produce annually starting in 2026.
Our first food drive collected 843 non-perishable items, 69% over our 500-item goal. That's roughly 414 lbs and $4,160 in food value, all donated to the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank.
Year two and beyond
Built on $6,002 in year-one impact, we are moving from supporting other organizations to running our own programs: a monthly pop-up pantry, an Emergency Assistance Fund, and a path to 501(c)(3) status.
Register as a 501(c)(3)
IRS-ready bylaws are written. Next: seat the board, launch programs, file for tax-exempt status.
Monthly Pop-Up Pantry
Free food distribution on the same day every month at a fixed Eastside location. No ID required.
Emergency Assistance Fund
A board-governed hardship fund for families in acute crisis. Cases reviewed, vendors paid directly.
Volunteers power our drives, help with distribution, and keep the pantry running month to month. Let us know how you'd like to help.
We started Project Refill because hunger should never be a barrier to opportunity. When students, farms, and neighbors show up together, hope travels faster than scarcity.
Angad Kochar & Raj Sukumaran, Co-Founders
