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Bumbershoot offering 2,000 free tickets to volunteering locals

Bumbershoot Gives Back hopes to tackle food insecurity in Western Washington by giving away 2,000 free tickets encouraging to locals who volunteer with local food banks.

A group of Amazon volunteers unload bags of donated rice at the Asian Counseling & Referral Service’s (ACRS) Food Bank in the Chinatown-International District.

To kick off Bumbershoot Give Back, Amazon donated 30,000 pounds of food at the Asian Counseling & Referral Service’s (ACRS) Food Bank in the Chinatown-International District.

Photo by Jim Bennett

Two things are true — you love free festival tickets and local nonprofits love volunteers.

Bumbershoot and Amazon are putting two and two together through their new Bumbershoot Gives Back program, which is exchanging 2,000 free festival tickets for volunteer time at local food banks.

To cash in on this deal, sign up at one of seven listed local nonprofits over the summer and boom — you’ll be gushing over the cat circus in no time.

Nonprofits participating in the program include Asian Counseling & Referral Service, North Helpline, University District Food Bank, Rainier Valley Food Bank, Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank, Tilth Alliance, and Teen Feed.

As part of the program, Amazon is donating 90,000 pounds of food to regional food banks. The first 30,000-pound portion was distributed last week to the Asian Counseling & Referral Service, with the rest to be allotted over the summer.

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