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True Story

Meet Nike's Arnie Gardner and Mary Roney
Hundreds of Nike employees volunteered more than 500 hours to Oregon Food Bank during the past fiscal year. Moreover, Nike donated $10 for every volunteer hour for a total of $5,000.
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About Oregon Food Bank

Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes ... because no one should be hungry.

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Who we are
We're the hub of a statewide network of 919 hunger-relief agencies. We serve all of Oregon and Clark County in Washington.

Oregon Food Bank recovers food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources. It then distributes that food to 20 regional food banks across Oregon. Sixteen are independent charitable organizations. OFB directly operates the four regional food banks serving the Portland metro area, Tillamook and southeast Oregon. Those four centers distribute food weekly to 348 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other programs helping low-income individuals in Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook, Malheur and Harney counties.

OFB also works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through advocacy, nutrition education, learning gardens and public education.

Who is hungry?
The Oregon Food Bank Network distributed 752,044 emergency food boxes in Oregon and Clark County, Wash., between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007.

In addition, 176 soup kitchens and shelters provided 4-million emergency meals and 378 other agencies helped more than 88,000 people.

Those most likely to need emergency food are children, working families, the elderly, the retired, the disabled. They are your neighbors, and they need your help.

We're effective and efficient
We distributed 34-million pounds of food through our new Meyer Memorial Trust Oregon Food Bank Building in its first year of operation. That was nine-million more pounds than the previous year—a feat that was only possible because of our efficient new building.

Our new building enables us to plan for the future. We've developed an ambitious Strategic Plan to fight hunger in Oregon and southwest Washington.

We're financially responsible
For every $1 you donate, Oregon Food Bank can collect and distribute 5 pounds of food through its food distribution program.

Less than 5 percent of expenditures goes to fundraising and administrative costs (revenue includes the value of donated food and other goods and services).

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