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Meet Edgar Alquinta
“I see people come here who had a great job and never thought they would need the assistance of a food program … but here they are,” says Edgar Alquinta, who oversees an emergency food pantry at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hillsboro.
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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 935 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 more than 340 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?
Distribution of emergency food boxes and the number of people served throughout the Oregon Food Bank Network escalated to historic highs during fiscal year 2008-09. Need remains at alarmingly high levels.
Emergency food box distribution increased 14 percent, from 785,569 in 2007-08 to 897,142 in 2008-09 – an increase of 111,459 emergency food boxes.
In addition, soup kitchens and shelters provided
3.8-million emergency meals and other programs in the OFB Network helped more than
96,000 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
During our first year in our new Meyer
Memorial Trust Oregon Food Bank Building OFB distributed 34-million pounds of food, an increase of 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
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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