The Lopez Food Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit entity. All donations to the Lopez Food Center will be tax-exempt.
Core partners include the San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild, the San Juan Islands Food Hub and Lopez Island Family Resource Center Food Share program and Recovery Cafe.
The Lopez Food Center is directed by a Board of Directors with support from planning, Fundraising, Building, and Programs and Outreach Committees.
Board of Directors
Barbara Schultheiss, President
LIFRC Executive Director
Sarah Pope, Secretary
SJI Food Hub Manager, Farmer
Dennis Egan, Treasurer
Banking Expertise
Joan Egan, Board Member
Finance Expertise
Elizabeth Romney, Board Member
Finance and Business Development Expertise
Advisors
Nick Coffey
Ursa Minor Owner/Chef
Pedro Mendes
LIFRC Food Programs Manager
Consultants
Nitsan Yomtov
Project Architect
Partner anchor tenants:
The San Juan Islands Food Hub is an online marketplace for local food and agricultural products, to buy directly from farmers and food producers across the county, on one convenient storefront. The Hub links growers and customers, coordinating orders and distribution to Lopez, Orcas and San Juan island customers.
The Lopez Island Food Share, a program of the Lopez Island Family Resource Center, (LIFRC) a grocery style model food bank, committed to preventing hunger and building a more resilient hunger relief network. The Food Share offers high quality food, some from local farms, in a dignified manner, and is open to all people on Lopez no matter their economic status.
The Heart and Soul Café, also a program of the LIFRC, is a weekly, therapeutic, peer support setting for people 18 and older who are in recovery. A healthy meal is served and participants in recovery find positive support and community.