Ballard bakery and grocer Salmonberry Goods (6405 32nd Ave NW) says it raised $3,147 for the Ballard Food Bank during a recent pay-what-you-can fundraiser.
In a social media post, the bakery said customers ate 235 bagel toasties in one morning during the event. Salmonberry Goods said it partnered the fundraiser with a pay-what-you-can model so that “anyone [could] be able to walk in and grab a bagel for breakfast.”
“Our bakery is just down the street from the Ballard Food Bank, and we see them providing nutritious food to long lines of our neighbors all day,” the bakery wrote in the post.
Salmonberry Goods, which opened in Ballard in 2024, said it was initially “a little nervous” about combining a fundraiser with a pay-what-you-can approach, but said the community response exceeded expectations.
“But when you let your guard down and just let people be people, magic happens,” they said.
Photo: Salmonberry Goods