Tenino Community Service Center/Tenino Food Bank Plus

06/20/2026

Follow Berry Brennan the Bear on his different adventures serving the community.

06/19/2026

Much Love and Respect to Joes Place for giving us a place to safely distribute lunches this week. 70 lunches and 25 weekend bags were handed out.
Cheri and her crew will be back in the North Room of the Community Center Monday June 22nd 11 to Noon.

06/14/2026

Huge thank yous go out to the car clubs that came out yesterday to support Cheri's Kids Food Program. We brought in $1,572.00, which will go to running Cheri's Kids Food Program. Here are a few pictures of the 52 entries we had.

06/12/2026

Update on the lunch distribution for Bucoda Kids from Cheri’s Kid Food Program.

We will be distributing lunches from Joe’s Place within their fenced-in area. A huge thank you goes out to Joe’s Place for providing a safe space for us to continue serving the Kids/Families in Bucoda.

So come see Cheri and her crew on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 11 to Noon. If you have any questions, please reach out through Messenger or call me at 360.688.3277

06/08/2026

Come see us for more information on SUN Bucks!

OLYMPIA—This summer, as many as 577,000 Washington children will receive SUN Bucks––funds to help buy food when school is not in session––through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The SUN Bucks benefits, a one-time payment of $120 per eligib...

06/07/2026

National Bingo Day is June 27th!!
So get your Bingo on for mystery prize Bingo at the Tenino Eagles supporting Tenino Community Service Center/Tenino Food Bank Plus!
We will take reservations for parties of 6 or more, so grab your friends and family (kids are always welcome to play).

06/04/2026

Crossing All the T’s and Dotting All the I’s.

A huge shout-out to Seth Sharp Realty for answering my call and bringing his knowledge to the table to get us across the finish line as winners. With Seth's knowledge and professionalism, the contract/purchase was completed as painlessly as possible.

Thank you, Mayor David Watterson and the City of Tenino-Government, for working with us to get the Tenino Community Service Center into its forever home, sorely needed to continue serving an ever-growing community.

05/27/2026

Big Shoutout to Nisqually Valley News! Thank you for the article about the our new location. Check it out for more pics of the event and info about the services at the new location.

While the weather may not have been cooperating, dozens of locals still came out on Friday, May 15, for the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the relocation of the Tenino Community Service Center …

05/27/2026

This has been a very long road to a happy ending. There were tears and laughs at the ribbon cutting. We are proud to serve the community who got us here and came together to make this happen. If you missed the ribbon cutting come out and see us at our new location at 798 Sussex Ave W, Tenino, WA 98589.

We have so many people to thank getting us to this point:

Thank you to all our volunteers as we navigated this crazy endeavor. Thank you for coming along. You all are my rock and foundation.

The City of Tenino for a chance to own our own property.

Tenino Lions Club for all your Support. Much Live and Respect.

Master Electric and your team of sparkies for riding the crazy train with us. We got it done!

Thank you Doug for going with us on this ever changing journey.

Nick Larson the mover of dirt and rock! May we always to level!

Tenino Eagles for house our fundraisers to get us where are are today

Ryan Ralkey keeping the us looking good with all mowing and weekwacking.

Tammy Schroder Towers thank you for creating our beautiful sign.

Seth Sharp Reality for his knowledge in helping us through all the all the ins and outs of the purchasing this property.

Steve and Crew with Sanitation Plumbing getting our propane generators ready for anything mother nature throws our way.

Mike Thompson with Tri County Fence for keeping us safe and sound.

Allen Acosta for the new flag and such a wonderful flag presentation.

Christian Slinkard with A Rightway Painting. We are almost ready for your beautification.

Carlee Petshow for your tireless accounting magic and ballon arch skills.