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Services

  • Estimated number of people who ate meals from an emergency food box in an average month: 192,000
  • Emergency meals served: 4-million
  • The Oregon Food Bank network moved 57-million pounds of food.
  • Average number of children who eat meals from an emergency food box each month: 72,000

Agencies in statewide network

  • Total: 919
  • 356 pantries
  • 176 soup kitchens and shelters
  • 378 other helping agencies

Food sources

  • 63 percent from food industry
  • 15 percent from food drives
  • 12 percent purchased
  • 10 percent from USDA

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
 

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