Eloise's Cooking Pot Food Bank

Making A Difference Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization with the mission to make a difference in the lives of others, one person at a time, by helping them acquire the most basic needs: food, housing, encouragement, and opportunity. We have grown from providing scholarships and funding for third world humanitarian mission to direct services to clients in the Puget Sound region of Washington with several dynamic programs including: Eloise’s Cooking Pot (ECP) Food Bank, home delivery food service, ECP Garden, Blair’s Sanctuary Garden, Nurturer Program, Children’s Snack/literacy program, Transitions Backpack Program for the homeless, Joy Box ministries, and the Home for Veteran program. Regardless of service, the focus of MADF is on meeting the needs of individuals and families in a direct and meaningful way. 

In 2010, Eloise's Cooking Pot fed over 33,400 people, providing over 836,000 pounds of food to the people of East Tacoma. In 2011, the demand increased to serving over 85,700, and providing over 1.3 million pounds of food to the community. In 2012, we served 86,600 clients, providing 790,000 pounds  of food, where as in 2013, we served over 100,000 clients, providing 1 million pounds of food. As of December 2014, we have served over 94,000 clients and have provided over 973,000 pounds of food. In 2015, as of October, we have served over 80,000 clients and have provided over a million pounds of food.  In conjunction with providing food from the four basic food groups, we provide ethnic food, household products, pet food, baby items as well as weekly home deliveries to provide for our senior and disabled citizens.