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Mary Ruhl chooses carefully how to spend her time
Mary Ruhl lives her life like a leaf and chooses carefully how to spend her time.
For the past 10 years, she has volunteered her design skills to OFB, creating 10 annual reports and Thanksgiving cards to help OFB raise funds and -- designing a fabulous learning garden adjacent to OFB's new warehouse.
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OFB Services
Oregon Food Bank is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It is the hub of the Oregon Food Bank Network, a statewide network of 20 regional food banks and 919 agencies and programs serving Oregon and Clark County, Wash.
Oregon Food Bank recovers food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources. It then delivers that food to 20 regional food banks covering OFB’s service area. Regional food banks distribute this food and additional resources from local donations to nonprofit programs serving low-income people in their communities.
Sixteen of the 20 regional food banks are independent charitable organizations. OFB directly operates the four regional food banks serving the Portland metro area, southeast Oregon and Tillamook County. Those four centers distribute food to 348 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other programs helping low-income individuals in Clackamas, Clark, Multnomah, Washington, Harney, Malheur and Tillamook counties.
OFB also works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through advocacy, nutrition education, learning gardens and public education.
Through its regional food banks in Portland, Hillsboro, Ontario and Tillamook, Oregon Food Bank distributes food to more
than 348 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other programs
helping low-income individuals in need. These local participating
agencies receive food through Oregon Food Bank and collect additional
food and raise funds to help serve their communities.
Oregon Food Bank sites in Portland and Washington County also operate community food programs to enhance their emergency food efforts. These programs include gleaning, nutrition education, Learning Gardens and supplemental food programs such as Community Basket and Harvest Share (fresh produce).
Regional Food Banks:
- ACCESS Food Share
(Jackson)
- CAPECO Food Share
(Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, Wheeler)
- Clatsop Regional Food Bank
(Clatsop)
- Columbia Pacific Food Bank
(Columbia)
- Community Connection
(Baker, Grant, Union, Wallowa)
- FOOD For Lane County
(Lane)
- Josephine County Food Bank
(Josephine)
- Klamath/Lake Counties Food Bank
(Klamath, Lake)
- Lincoln County Food Share
(Lincoln)
- Linn-Benton Food Share
(Benton, Linn)
- Marion-Polk Food Share
(Marion, Polk)
- Mid-Columbia Community Action
(Hood River, Sherman, Wasco)
- NeighborImpact
(Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson)
- OFB-Portland Metro Services
(Clackamas, Multnomah, Clark - WA)
- OFB-Southeast Oregon Regional Food Bank
(Harney, Malheur)
- OFB-The Regional Food Bank of Tillamook County
(Tillamook)
- OFB-Washington County Services
(Washington)
- South Coast Food Share
(Coos, Curry)
- UCAN Food Shares
(Douglas)
- Yamhill County Food Bank
(Yamhill)
Useful contacts
Oregon SafeNet
Information and Referral for food stamps, Oregon Health Plan, school lunches
1-800-SafeNet
1-800-723-3638
Governor's Advocacy Line
Call to report problems receiving Department of Human Services (DHS) assistance
1-800-442-5238
Oregon Helps
Information and referral Web site for social service programs. www.OregonHelps.org
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