It was one last frenzy of donations on Christmas Eve before a significant change at a well-known Seattle food bank.

Northwest Harvest is helping thousands of families prepare their holiday dinners. But at one well-known food bank in Seattle, it's a final frenzy of donations before a significant change.

“We've served thousands of people, we've had thousands of volunteers,” said Katy Bourne, volunteer coordinator at the Northwest Harvest Cherry Street Food Bank.

In some ways, it's business as usual. But it's not lost on the team that this was their final Christmas Eve serving the city from the longtime First Hill fixture.

“The Cherry Street Food Bank really is a Seattle institution of sorts, it's the face of our organization and certainly a pillar of Northwest Harvest,” said Bourne.

In a few months, they'll clear out of their home of more than 35 years and relocate to Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. The food bank received a 12-month notice to vacate in February after the building’s owner decided to convert the space into a high-rise tower.

“It has wonderful character, and I'll be sorry to see it go,” said Linda Kelly, who has been volunteering for 12 years.

The new location at Fourth Street South and Holgate Street should be open by mid-spring. The location will be built like a market, rather than a traditional food bank to let customers select a wide variety of foods, according to Northwest Harvest.

Many of the volunteers plan to follow the operation to its new location.

“I’m sad that we won't be here, but I don't feel that we’re going to lose that community at all,” Bourne said.