Fast facts

Services

• Estimated number of people who ate meals from an emergency food box in an average month: 240,000
• Emergency meals served: 3.8-million
• The Oregon Food Bank network moved 66.2-million pounds of food.
• Average number of children who eat meals from an emergency food box each month: 86,400

Agencies in statewide network

• Total: 935
• 391 pantries
• 176 soup kitchens and shelters
• 368 other helping agencies

Network food sources

• 53 percent from food industry
• 16 percent from food drives
• 16 percent from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
• 15 percent purchased

Meyer Memorial Trust Oregon Food Bank Building

• Cost: $7.7 million
• Total square footage: 108,000
• Freezer: 8,500 square feet
• Cooler: 4,000 square feet