Share the Sea With Those in Need

‘Tis the season for giving and sharing special meals with those you love. For many, the year-end holidays are a time to splurge for the special occasion by eating seafood. Yet for food bank and feeding center clients, seafood is a rare commodity to come by at any time of the year.

One organization that is trying to change that is SeaShare. The Seattle nonprofit recently launched its Million Seafood Servings Challenge, “Share the Sea.” Every dollar raised in December provides eight seafood servings to a food bank or feeding center. The campaign is slowly gaining traction, and they could really use your help.

I’m on SeaShare’s board of directors, which gives me an insider’s view to how much work it takes just to get seafood into a food bank. They can’t take donations of whole fish, it has to first be processed into a usable size. After processing comes costs associated with cold storage, freight and distribution — you get the picture.

While SeaShare’s partners are generous with their product and service donations — especially the Pacific Seafood Processors Association that raised the funds to launch this campaign — the organization relies on financial donations to keep everything running smoothly. Your donation to #ShareTheSea will ensure the supply chain operates without interruption so Feeding America clients can get the seafood they need for a healthful diet.

This is the season for helping others and giving back, and I hope you will consider giving the gift of seafood to those in need. This brief video encapsulates the need for seafood donations and what SeaShare does.

Thank you and happy holidays!