Latinx communities are disproportionately affected by COVID, other serious illnesses, and poverty. As racism continues to be a public health crisis, we’ve been working with organizations in our area to better fight for those facing illness and injustice alongside those who work closest with those communities.

As our community continues to become more diverse, our food and nutrition program, Chicken Soup Brigade, has been hard at work to provide more culturally-relevant meal options.

Alex has participated in our annual Seattle AIDS Walk event for the past two decades and donates to support our vital health services, and recently signed up to deliver nutritious food and our quarterly home essential kits to neighbors in the greater Seattle area, but even so, he wanted to do more to give back.

At Lifelong, we know we’re stronger when we work together. That’s why we’ve partnered with Wasat and local Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) chefs during Ramadan, which began April 12, to make and deliver iftar meals and culturally-relevant groceries for Muslim neighbors in need.