About

LFFC Overview Photo

A Note on What Gets Stocked
Current Stocking
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Thanks

7014 42nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118

The Little Free Failure of Capitalism (LFFC) is a distribution point for necessities for anyone who needs or wants them. People suffering from houselessness or impoverishment may need things like soap, socks, wound care materials, and similar items. People who are, or who live around, people suffering from opioid addiction may need naloxone (Narcan). People of all stripes may want zines, art, native plant seeds, food plant seeds, or on-demand short stories. People with a need to use a phone, or who are curious what on earth a free public telephone there is doing in 2026 (it is actually a phone! It’s just also an art project) may want to use the phone. All of these can be had at the LFFC.

A Note on What Gets Stocked

At a high level, our goal is to provide necessities. As a corollary, we want not to duplicate other resources in the neighborhood. For instance, there are a couple of free pantries nearby (as well as a church that does semiweekly food box handouts), and we don’t wish to steal their spotlight—food is, of course, absolutely critical. Accordingly, we are not doing food here. Similarly, there’s a (city-provided) needle/sharps collection box at Othello Park, so while that’s another great service to provide, I’m not doing it at LFFC.

Planned and hopefully at LFFC very soon will be a map with pointers to other potentially-useful resources in South Seattle, including free pantries, free fridges, Little Free Libraries, and similar.

Current Stocking

As of September 2026:

Supplies:
- Clothing (socks and disposable ponchos)
- Safer sex: condoms, internal (“female”) condoms, and lube
- Narcan (naloxone) in both nasal and injectable formats
- Wound care: nitrile gloves, ABD pads, non-adherent pads, Vaseline, CoBan, Band-Aids
- Sanitation: soap, body wash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, hand sanitizer
- Period products: tampons plus five sizes of maxi pads
- Masks (KF94 and N95, individually wrapped)
- Miscellaneous: Sunscreen, earplugs, pencils, ibuprofen, paper bags
- Winter only: warm hats, warm gloves, disposable handwarmers
For use:
- Phone: This is a phone (it’s inside a birdhouse, which is a convenient rain shield). You can dial any number in North America for free. Press 0 to speak with an operator (one of Futel’s mottos: “Operators are Sometimes Standing By”). Press # for the menu system, then press 2 for voicemail; anyone can set up a free voice mail box, which others can leave messages at by dialing 503-468-1337 and following the prompts (they’ll need your mailbox number). Other numbers lead to other interesting results! (There’s a directory below the phone.)
- There is also a sign speaking a bit about what is in the LFFC at the moment (changing as new things are added).
- WiFi: We have free WiFi, courtesy of our friends at ShadyTel. The phone + WiFi combination has been so popular that we’ve modularized it as the Connections project and started installing it at other sites.

There is also a comments ~~box~~ birdhouse, and provided comments paper (and pencils) so people can submit ideas and suggestions.

Thanks

Thanks to Mask Bloc Seattle for hooking us up with masks to distribute.
Thanks to Futel for providing phone service.
Thanks to the Washington State Department of Health, Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program for providing naloxone (Narcan) to distribute.
Thanks to King County Public Health and their HIV/STI/HCV program for the condoms and lubricants. (It turns out to be difficult to provide a variety of condoms, and in particular, a variety that includes non-latex condoms, unless you can purchase in pallet quantity; they do, and they are kind enough to let us distribute some!)
Thanks to all the people who have written small notes of encouragement, sent emails to us, or shared information about what we’re doing with people in need.