Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival
July 2-5, 2009

Plant a Row for the hungry
Your garden can help fight hunger. Have extra produce? Donate it to a local hunger-releif agency in your area through the Plant a Row program. Learn more >

Ride to fight hunger, Saturday, Jun. 20
Join the Great Owyhee Ride for a day of fun, fitness and beautiful scenery to benefit Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank.

For more information or to register, visit www.greatowyheeride.roundtablelive.org or contact Peter Lawson, 541-889-9206, plawson@oregonfoodfbank.org.

Demand for emergency food at all-time high, up 15 percent statewide
Requests for emergency food continue to reach record levels throughout Oregon.

According to the Oregon Food Bank Network of regional food banks, distribution of emergency food boxes increased 15 percent in Oregon between July 1 and March 31, 2009, compared to the same period last year.

You can help.

Donate online today >

Governor announces Emergency Jobs Program for unemployed Oregonians
Governor Ted Kulongoski has announced an emergency jobs program to help put at least 12,000 unemployed Oregonians back to work this summer.

For more information about the program and about job opportunities, visit the Oregon Emergency Jobs Program Web site.

Oregon Business Hunger Initiative
Hunger is a business issue. Many Oregon businesses are stepping forward to make short and long-term commitments to fighting hunger through the Oregon Business Hunger Initiative, which has already raised more than $240,000.

Learn more about how your business can get involved.

OFB named one of Oregon's Most Admired Nonprofits
More than 2,000 Oregon CEO's selected Oregon Food Bank the number two out of more than 170 nominees for Oregon's 2008 Most Admired Nonprofits.

New partnership will help families meet basic needs
In response to increasing need in the community, OFB is partnering with United Way on its Community Relief Fund, an effort to help low-income families in the Portland area meet their basic needs for food, rent and utilities.

Learn more >

OFB launches 2008-2012 Strategic Plan
Read OFB's new five-year Strategic Plan >

Hunger hurts health
New online course to provide health care professionals with tools to help families who are hungry
Now, doctors and nurses have a new tool to help them identify at-risk children and families to intervene in the clinical setting.

The Childhood Hunger Initiative (CHI), Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon Food Bank jointly announce during Oregon Harvest Week a new, online course to help the medical community identify and work with children and families struggling with hunger.

Learn more about the Childhood Hunger Initiative >

Take the course >  Read more >

Volunteers inducted into hall of fame
Three of Oregon Food Bank's dedicated Nutrition Education volunteers, Ellen Damaschino, Mary Kay Gehring and Allison Lew, were among seven chefs to be inducted into Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline Hall of Fame.

Read more >

Oregonians share their stories in 2008 Voices report
PORTLAND, Ore.-- "It's either buy food or take your medicine. It's a real hard choice."

"There are times when you have to choose between milk and diapers."

Those are just two comments from OFB's 2008 Voices report summarizing focus-group feedback from emergency-food recipients around Oregon.  Read more >

Go paperless
In 2009, OFB will offer you the option of receiving electronic solicitations, thank you letters, donation statements and newsletters. Let us know your preferences >

Share your story
Have you recently accessed emergency food? Have you recently lost your job? Are medical bills hitting you hard? Do you have trouble paying for housing?

Your story can help inform OFB's efforts to address the root causes of hunger. Legislators, the public and the media need to hear your voice.

Please call 971-230-1637 to have your voice heard and make a change.

We're partners
Oregon Food Bank is an affiliate of Feeding America, a national hunger-relief organization. This affiliation provides access to food donations from national companies.