January 17, 2012
Big day at OFB presented by Bank of America
Nearly 450 volunteers sorted food-drive donations and repacked produce, pasta, rice, oats and pinto beans at Oregon Food Bank on Monday for a day of service fighting hunger to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Volunteers sorted and repacked 154,840 pounds of food, exceeding the day's goal and processing more food in one day than is processed in a normal work week.
January 16, 2012
Oregon State University is hosting the 2012 Food Security Summit this month, the biggest event of its kind in the state. With the anticipated participation of more than 350 Oregonians from all facets of the community, summit participants will assess current conditions leading to food insecurity, create solutions and take action.
January 4, 2012
After 29 years serving as a leader in anti-hunger policy and the development of a nationally recognized hunger-relief network in Oregon and southwest Washington, Rachel Bristol announced that she will retire as CEO of Oregon Food Bank, June 30, 2012. See recent media coverage of Rachel's retirement on KGW and OregonLive.com.
December 21, 2011
Demand for emergency food continues to grow even as resources decline, according to Rachel Bristol, CEO, Oregon Food Bank.
“I have never seen the demand for emergency food this high,” said Bristol. “After exceeding one million emergency food boxes distributed last fiscal year, the Oregon Food Bank Network reported a 13 percent increase in requests for emergency food in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Long-term unemployment, new layoffs and home foreclosures continue to take a tremendous toll on our families throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.
December 8, 2011
Oregon Food Bank was named the Most Admired Nonprofit Organization in the Portland Business Journal's 2011 survey for Oregon's Most Admired Companies.
December 6, 2011
Drop off a bag of nonperishable food at Jiffy Lube or U.S. Bank, Nov. 14 to Dec. 31, 2011
Fill a bag this holiday season and help Oregon Food Bank respond to record demand for emergency food. Simply drop off food donations at any Jiffy Lube or U.S. Bank. Or donate funds online. Simply designate “Fill the Bag” on the online donation form.
October 12, 2011
Portland fans give back locally as part of Foster the People's "Foster the Future" Tour
Twenty-five Foster the People fans boarded the Do Good Bus, a transportable community service venture, this afternoon at the Roseland Theatre in Portland and embarked on a trip to an unknown location for a mystery service project. The Do Good Bus dropped them at Oregon Food Bank where Do Good Bus volunteers packaged 9,693 lbs of onions for Oregon Food Banks’ network agencies to distribute to families in need. Riverpoint Farms in Hermiston donated the onions to the food bank.
October 4, 2011
featuring former Trail Blazer Terry Porter
Slip into your blue jeans, add a little bling and mosey down to “Home Grown,” a fundraising dinner and auction, presented by Oregon Food Bank Board of Directors, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.
Begin the night shooting baskets and getting your photo taken with former Portland Trail Blazer Terry Porter. The cocktail reception also features a silent auction, bluegrass by Jackstraw Trio and hors d’oeuvres by Provvista, New Seasons Market, Tastebud and Oregon Ice Works food carts.
September 30, 2011
For the first time ever, distribution of emergency food boxes in Oregon and southwest Washington topped 1 million as growing levels of long-term unemployment forced more and more people to fall into poverty and to seek emergency food.
September 28, 2011
Food Banks Report Increase in Frequency of Use
A new study, Food Banks: Hunger’s New Staple, released today by Feeding America finds that many Americans chronically depend on food pantries and other charitable food services to feed themselves and their families. The study provides an inaugural in-depth look at the frequency and duration in which low-income families seek food assistance from food banks and the agencies they serve.
Food Banks: Hunger’s New Staple study found emergency food from pantries is no longer being used to meet temporary acute food needs – instead, for the majority of people seeking food assistance, food pantries are now a part of households’ long term strategies to supplement monthly shortfalls in food.
