Pedaling Relief Project
Community bike-powered food rescue and delivery in Seattle — volunteers ride cargo bikes to move groceries from food banks to food-insecure neighbors. Multiple weekly slots.
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Cargo bikes feeding the community
The Pedaling Relief Project is Cascade Bicycle Club doing what a cycling club with 15,000 members can do: organizing a meaningful food rescue operation powered entirely by bikes. Volunteers use bicycles and cargo trailers to collect donated food from distribution centers and deliver it to food-insecure individuals across Seattle and Bellevue. Multiple weekly slots across five days make it possible to plug in when your schedule allows.
The operation runs to several food banks: U-District Food Bank (Wednesdays and Fridays), Byrd Barr Place in the Central District (Wednesdays and Thursdays), Hopelink in Bellevue (Thursdays), White Center Food Bank (Thursdays), and a Food Not Bombs Pop-Up (Sundays). Each slot is 1.5-2 hours and cargo trailers are provided — you don’t need your own cargo bike to participate.
Sign up through cascade.org/outreach-advocacy/pedaling-relief-project. The project also runs an annual Cranksgiving event for a concentrated volunteer day. For Cascade members or Seattle cyclists looking for a way to make their bike miles mean something beyond fitness, this is one of the more concrete opportunities available in the city.