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Upcoming Black History Month Events
At Oregon Food Bank, we acknowledge that meaningful, societal change requires the individuals directly impacted by inequities and injustices be heard. Only then can we effectively work alongside them as allies to support their [...]
Winter Storm Food Assistance and Resources
EN ESPAÑOL The winter storms that moved through Oregon over the last few days have impacted thousands, including over 330,000 Oregonians left without power. If you’ve lost [...]
Our 2021 #EmergeStronger Legislative Priorities
This legislative session offers a meaningful opportunity to address the harmful policies and systems that drive hunger. That's why we're prioritizing three key issue areas this year [...]
Portland Open Bible Launches Online Food Assistance Orders
In March 2020, over 1,300 pantries and distribution sites across the state rushed to make changes to keep our communities safe from COVID-19. Overnight, pantries overhauled distribution models to accommodate social distancing [...]
Black History Month 2021 Determinations, Resources and Opportunities for Learning
Throughout the month of February, Oregon Food Bank will be celebrating and observing Black History Month to appreciate and recognize the achievements, contributions and sacrifices of Black Americans the country over. Black [...]
How do you measure a year? What about love?
“Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth. Only love can give us the strength to go forward in the midst of heartbreak and misery. Only [...]
CORPORATE DONOR OF THE MONTH: Portland General Electric
February 2021 – Oregon Food Bank is pleased to honor Portland General Electric as our Corporate Donor of the Month. The PGE Change Drive Fund grant supports purchasing two electric vehicles and a [...]
Inauguration Reflections and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Call-to-Action
So many of us are breathing a huge sigh of relief this week — not due to any particular partisan or electoral outcome, but because our nation’s Inauguration Day went off largely [...]
Community Connection: Isabel
En Espanol My full name is Isabel Martinez but everyone calls me Isa. Right now I am employed by Metropolitan Family Service but I started as a [...]
Community Partnerships: Joining Together
As we reflect on 2020, we see the challenges our communities have faced: COVID-19, economic devastation, racial injustice, wildfires and a protracted spike in food insecurity throughout Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Before the [...]
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Acknowledgment, 2021
”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Today, Oregon Food Bank (OFB) honors and celebrates the life and legacy of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. for his contributions to [...]
Pacific Foods Donates More Than 35 Truckloads of Soup to Oregon Food Bank
More than two decades of partnership continues with a donation of over 320 tons of food, the equivalent of over 533,300 meals. In response to the ongoing pandemic and recent wildfires, Tualatin-based Pacific Foods [...]
Resolving to Defend Inclusive Democracy in 2021
by Susannah Morgan, CEO I had intended to come to you today with Oregon Food Bank's resolutions for the new year. But the attack on our U.S. Capitol and anti-democratic [...]
CORPORATE DONOR OF THE MONTH: Nike
January 2021 – It is our honor to recognize Nike as Oregon Food Bank’s Corporate Donor of the Month. We celebrate their dedication to ending hunger and hunger’s root causes throughout our region. [...]