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This is a review of the Anacortes Salvation Army's food bank service. They have many other services…read moreas well as church functions, but the food bank is the only one I've ever had experience with. It is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 1-3:45. You can come once a month. You can go in for bread, I believe, as often as you need. First, I would like to say that I really appreciate the people and the service provided at the food bank. They really help people who are down on their luck, so to speak, and need a helping hand to get back on their feet. The way the food bank works is first, you have to sign up. You do this by bringing in IDs and address verification (a piece of mail, for example) for everyone in the household. If you have children, bring in their birth certificates. The good thing is that once you are in their system, you stay in their system even if you do not go for a year here and there. It is all computerized. After you sign up, you come in and take a number from the table in the middle of the room and wait to be called. Once called, you sit down with the intake specialist who will ask you whether you need toilet paper, a bar of soap, dog or cat food, and anything else specific. They try to meet specific needs if they have it in the back. Once your order is taken, you go back and sit down (yes, there are lots of chairs) and wait for your name to be called by the workers in the back. They will roll your groceries out on a cart that you can use to take the food to your car. The Salvation Army is very disability friendly with chairs and carts to help people who can't stand very long or carry things very far. While you wait to have your number or your name called, you can browse the bread and produce in the front room and take as much as you need. There is usually a free table as well that has odd things on it or expired things that need to go right away. The Anacortes Salvation Army gets an A+ for helping persons in need with food and for providing a disability friendly environment. The workers are very kind and compassionate, make eye contact, and smile. I highly recommend their services to supplement your food if you find yourself in an emergency.

I went to go drop off food at the food bank but I did not realize it was Presidents' Day on the…read more21st but I just wanted to make sure that the food you know that I'm not eating could be used to get used to someone I took all the expired food out though because I didn't feel comfortable giving expired food

Joining Boys and Girls Club was the best thing I've ever done in my life. I was shy and not…read moreconfident of myself because of my English language skills, and this prevented me from applying to work easily. But with training and advice, I became more confident and was able to apply for a major office job and applied for a program at BCIT. I'd like to thank all the instructoo there, especially Carol.

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If we could rate this place less than one star, we absolutely would. Recent events and the deeply…read moreupsetting, biased letters and communication approved/circulated by the co-op management and a select small group of residents have compelled us to share our profound disappointment. Sadly, St. Andrew's, once a joyful and welcoming home for its elderly residents, has deteriorated into a deeply distressing and unhappy environment, particularly if you're not part of the "favored few" or the inner circle clique. After another visit to St. Andrew's, today we feel incredibly disturbed witnessing firsthand how our elderly loved ones and other vulnerable residents are being treated in this co-op. The emotional pain, loss of dignity, and overwhelming distress inflicted upon them is unacceptable, prompting us to speak out now. 1. Innocent, vulnerable, elderly residents who raise legitimate questions or voice concerns about decisions or management practices are shockingly dismissed and told outright, "the board can do whatever it wants without member votes." We feel this attitude is completely unethical and undermines the very spirit of a cooperative, which is supposed to operate democratically and transparently. 2. We feel utterly appalled by the small clique and co-op managers who repeatedly intimidate, nitpick, harass, verbally abuse residents, and even invade personal privacy by rifling through residents' private recycling and garbage--actions we've personally witnessed and find utterly disgusting and invasive. 3. It appears rules are selectively enforced, creating a highly toxic and hostile living environment for those who aren't favored. This double standard highlights severe leadership shortcomings and reveals the despicable true colors of the management and favored residents. 4. We have painfully observed residents living in constant fear, too frightened to speak out against injustices for fear of eviction--a senior's greatest nightmare. We feel the atmosphere is more like a dictatorship than a supportive, democratic community. 5. We feel there is clear evidence that fairness and equality are absent at St. Andrew's. The promised collective, democratic environment is nowhere to be found. We question whether proper ethical training has been implemented, as required. 6. It deeply concerns us that the co-op appears to consistently disregard its own conflict-resolution policies by accepting and acting upon verbal complaints rather than written ones, as clearly outlined in their own procedures. This inappropriate practice fosters unfair treatment and perpetuates ongoing conflicts and hostility, creating further distress for residents. 7. The behavior of co-op representatives, along with the nuisance behavior they allow from their favored residents, severely undermines mutual respect, fairness, integrity, and community spirit--directly contradicting their stated mission and vision. We feel deeply concerned and saddened to see our loved ones and their vulnerable neighbors subjected to such despicable mistreatment. If you genuinely care about your elderly family member's mental health and wellbeing, dignity, and happiness, we strongly urge you to steer clear of this place. We do not feel safe to approach the co-op given their behaviors and pattern of outbursts (and this is echoed by other residents as well), and do not want to cause any retaliation for our family members (we are keeping their names confidential for fear of a very real threat of eviction).

I have lived in this co-op over 20 years and it is a wonderful place to live. We have a really long…read morewaiting list of seniors that would love to live here!