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
6/6
Partners
34
Volunteers
Greenhouse restoration · Chinook Farms · Jan 2026
Numbers from our first year — food drives closed, greenhouse built, community partners locked in.
Items Collected
✓ Exceeded843
Non-perishables donated to the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank — 69% over goal.
Dollars Raised
✓ Exceeded$1,842
Part of $6,002 in total community impact value.
Community Partners
✓ Goal met6
Farms, food banks, schools, and local businesses working alongside us.
Volunteers
34
People who showed up across three Saturdays to rebuild the greenhouse.
Service Hours
174
Total hours contributed across food drives and the greenhouse build.
We worked with several organizations in our first year and are now building new partnerships to support the monthly pop-up pantry and Emergency Assistance Fund.
Our first year in action — a greenhouse restored and a food drive completed.
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.
We're pivoting from one-time drives to ongoing, direct service — food you can count on, not just campaigns. Here's what that looks like.
Free, low-barrier food distribution on the same day each month at a fixed Eastside location. No ID or proof of income required — just show up.
A board-governed hardship fund for families in acute crisis. Donations go to the fund (never earmarked to a specific person), the student board approves each case against written criteria, and we pay vendors directly.
Collect
Drive food donations through schools, local businesses, and community partners.
Distribute
Channel meals through the Issaquah Food Bank, Food Bank Farms, and pop-up pantries.
Sustain
Invest in long-term structures — like the Chinook greenhouse — so fresh food flows year-round.
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
