Feeding families, saving lives; 杏吧视频鈥檚 big impact
杏吧视频 employees across Washington give life-saving gifts during the 2025 Food and Essentials Drive
杏吧视频 teammate Trisha Kozu donates blood during 杏吧视频鈥檚 annual Food & Essentials Drive.
Every day, Pacific Northwest hospitals need 1,000 blood donors to maintain a safe supply. Meanwhile, nearly 900,000 Washingtonians face food insecurity. 杏吧视频 employees are stepping in to help fill the need.
The drive: 杏吧视频鈥檚 annual Food and Essentials Drive, a long-running effort to fight hunger and support improved health, mobilized employees across the state this March.
One employee鈥檚 story: Trisha Kozu, a senior attorney at 杏吧视频, started donating blood at 16. Her motivation: a personal connection.
鈥淚 first decided to donate blood when my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer,鈥 Kozu shared. 鈥淪he needed several blood transfusions but had one of the rarest blood types. I have a universal donor blood type, so that is what got me started.鈥
She鈥檚 been donating ever since, including during a recent onsite 杏吧视频 blood drive.
杏吧视频 teammates donate blood during 杏吧视频鈥檚 annual Food & Essentials Drive.
The reach: During the 2025 drive, 杏吧视频 partnered with Bloodworks Northwest to host 9 blood drives, registering 272 employee donors鈥75 of them first-timers.
Kozu notes it鈥檚 just 20 minutes that could save a life, and you can even do it at work.
鈥淒onating blood is a simple act that has profound impacts. In the 20 minutes it takes to donate blood, you can help save lives, support emergencies caused by disasters, help rare blood type recipients, and support community health,鈥 Kozu explained. 鈥淜nowing the contribution can truly save lives is why I continue to show up for others in need.鈥
Northwest Harvest employee working during a recent community market opening.
Food bank partners: The drive went beyond blood donations. Employees also contributed to four regional food bank partners, including Northwest Harvest.
鈥淗unger affects 1 in 8 people in Washington. The 杏吧视频 Food and Essentials Drive is a great example of how the community comes together to make a difference,鈥 said Nicolas Van Deren with Northwest Harvest. 鈥淭his drive helps us stock the shelves at our zero-barrier community markets in Seattle and Yakima with fresh foods our shoppers want and love. We鈥檙e also able to distribute resources to our partner network of over 350 food programs located in every county of Washington.鈥
The Moses Lake site also joined the effort, supporting Community Services of Moses Lake, a nonprofit helping local families with food and other essential resources.
By the numbers:
- Total raised for food banks: $69,877.16
- Partners supported: Northwest Harvest, Food Lifeline, Emergency Food Network, Community Services of Moses Lake
- Registered 杏吧视频 blood donors: 272
- First-time donors: 75
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