Ching to receive national award for volunteer work at OFB
“Through my work as a nurse case manager at Kaiser Permanente, I’ve learned that hunger isn’t merely uncomfortable for children, it’s dangerous,” Ching says. “It can jeopardize a child’s health and development, impeding readiness for school and future productivity. Thousands of people in Oregon – including children – go to bed hungry many nights. I want my volunteer work to help change that.”
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Upcoming OFB events

Blues fan?
Don't miss the 22nd annual Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, Thursday, July 2, to Sunday, July 5, 2009. It's the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi, and the second-largest blues festival in the nation.

OFF-SITE LINK: www.waterfrontbluesfest.com >

You can do it! Run your own event
Want to organize your own event? Hundreds of community members organized drives to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds of food and thousands of dollars to fight hunger. Oregon Food Bank can help you organize your event.

• Find out most-wanted foods and where to drop off food donations.
• Complete a Food and Fund Drive Barrel Request Form to request a barrel for collecting food.
• Or download a complete Food and Fund Drive Kit.

Sponsor an event
Corporations, schools and organizations sponsor exciting events throughout the year to help fight hunger. For example, Regal Cinemas sponsors the Cans Film Festival. Jiffy Lube and U.S. Bank sponsor the Fill the Bag Food Campaign. And the National Association of Letter Carriers Union sponsors the state's largest one-day food drive. Read about other fun sponsorship opportunities.

• To help sponsor the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union, contact Clay Fuller, cfpromo@aracnet.com or 503-297-2700.
• To sponsor other events, contact Christine Hames at chames@oregonfoodbank.org or 503-282-0555, Ext. 221.