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Why Pigs?
In 1971, the citizens of Seattle voted to save the Market from the wrecking ball and also to ensure vital social services for low-income people. The Market Foundation thought a piggy bank could help raise money for these services. Georgia Gerber, a local sculptor, designed Rachel, the Market’s piggy bank.

What Is the Market Foundation?
The Market Foundation was established in 1982 to support Pike Place Market’s services for low-income people, including the Pike Market Medical Clinic, Pike Market Senior Center, Pike Market, Downtown Food Bank and Pike Market Child Care & Preschool. The Foundation also supports the Market’s heritage programs, public improvements and repairs to the Market’s historic buildings, development of new low-income housing in the Market, and programs that assist the Market’s farmers.