Portland, OR. Oregon Food Bank once again transformed its warehouse into a dinner and event venue to raise funds to fight hunger and its root causes in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Loyal Oregon Food Bank supporters Bonny and Mike Fazzi were among the hundreds who attended the October 20th benefit. Sponsors, partners and their guests helped raise over $700,000 to feed the human spirit in neighbors experiencing food insecurity.
Special guest speaker Cindy Solari
Dinner and live auction
Tillamook County Creamery Association President & CEO and OFB Board Chair Patrick Criteser
Oregon Food Bank CEO Susannah Morgan
Oregon Food Bank supporters Fawwad and Lubna Qureshi
Silent auction
From Oregon Food Bank:
We’re probably not what you expect when you think of a food bank. In Oregon, we do things differently.
We started off like most food banks did back in 1988. That’s when Interagency Food Bank and Oregon Food Share merged to become Oregon Food Bank, and we distributed USDA Commodity Supplemental Food to over 200 hunger-relief agencies.
Today, Oregon Food Bank collects food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources. We distribute that food through a Statewide Network of 21 Regional Food Banks and approximately 1,200 food assistance sitesserving all of Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
It seems like a big job, and it is. We absolutely could not do it alone. But, distributing food is not the entire job. Like we said – we do things differently in Oregon.
Portland, OR. Music lovers at the Waterfront Blues Festival have donated more than 10 million dollars over the past 30 years. Since 1987, Oregon Food Bank has brought in headliners like Chris Isaak to raise funds and awareness to fight hunger in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. This year the Waterfront Blues Festival runs for five days, on four stages, and features more than 150 eclectic performances.
This is the Oregon Food Bank’s largest annual fundraising event, it is the largest blues festival west of the Mississippi, and the second-largest blues festival in the nation.
Susannah Morgan, Oregon Food Bank CEO, thanks the crowd for feeding the human spirit for 30 years.
Fantastic Negrito
Ty Curtis
LoveBomb Go-Go
Elvin Bishop
Festival Director Clay Fuller and Artistic Director Peter Dammann have been feeding the Human Spirit for 30 years.
Headliners include: Big Head Todd Blues Club, Chris Isaak, Joss Stone, Galactic, Elvin Bishop, Fantastic Negrito, Canned Heat, JD McPherson, Bokante, Pine Leaf Boys, MarchFourth, Pimps of Joytime, Booker T Stax Revue, Cedric Burnside Project, and Sonny Landreth
Additional acts include: Chubby Carrier, Southern Avenue, Greyhounds, The Revelers, Blynd, Jontavious Willis, Brother Yusef, Dirty Bourbon River Show, Donna Angelle, Dustbowl Revival, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Eric Gales, The Suffers, Chris Cain, Monkey Junk, Sons of the Soul Revivers
Our mission: To eliminate hunger and its root causes … because no one should be hungry. Since 1982, Oregon Food Bank has been leading the fight against hunger in Oregon and southwest Washington by collecting and distributing food through a network of four OFB branches and 16 independent regional food banks. The OFB Network helps nearly one in five households fend off hunger. OFB also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through advocacy, nutrition education, garden education and helping communities strengthen local food systems.
Did you know …
For the first time ever, the Oregon Food Bank Network distributed more than 1 million food boxes to families in need – a 12% increase over last year.
Growing levels of long-term unemployment are forcing more and more people to fall into poverty and to seek emergency food.
33% of those receiving emergency food are children.
Children who are hungry get sick more often and have more trouble learning in school.
Portland, OR. Stormy weather didn’t deter people from attending Oregon Harvest Dinner at the Oregon Food Bank’s NE Portland warehouse. A record breaking $670,000 was raised to support hunger relief programs in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. “By coming together we can feed the human spirit and end hunger,” said Susannah Morgan, CEO of Oregon Food Bank. “I was delighted to hear from so many people about their desire to make sure no one is hungry.”
Oregon Food Bank board member Syd Hannigan chaired the October 15th benefit which was emceed by Ken Boddie and Jenny Hansson of KOIN 6. Fred Meyer was presenting sponsor and other major sponsors included Whole Foods, First Tech Federal Credit Union, Hampton Affiliates, Northwest Farm Credit Services, and Safeway Albertsons.
The event also honored the 2016 Hunger Hero Award winners. Sponsored by Mike and Libby Crawford, awards were presented to just a few of the many individuals, business and groups for their commitment to eliminating hunger.
Blues legend Reggie Houston provided entertainment for guests at Oregon Harvest Dinner.
Oregon Food Bank supporters Judy and Brad Johnson attended Oregon Harvest Dinner.
Oregon Food Bank Board Chair Josh Hinerfeld (Interim COO, SeQuential) and board member Kerri Hoyt-Pack (VP, Global Brand, Direct-to-Consumer, Nike).
Libby & Mike Crawford, John Gehrs (Pacific Foods), Susannah Morgan, Peter Stoll, Molly Ott & Isiah Ott (Polehn Farms), Patti Whitney-Wise.
Board member Arnie Gardner (Nike) is retiring from the board and was honored for his 16 years of service to Oregon Food Bank.
The five Hunger Heroes awards given included:
Donor of the Year – Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger (OLAH): For their humble and relentless commitment to raise funds for Oregon Food Bank and support the mission.
Food Donor of the Year – Pacific Foods: For their significant and ongoing donations of healthy food to ensure everyone has access to good nutrition.
Jackie Fearing Volunteer Award – Peter Stoll: For his boundless energy, dedication and compassion in helping others who struggle with hunger.
Leadership Award – Polehn Farms: For taking action to ensure people living in the Columbia Gorge have enough to eat
Jerry Tippens Advocacy Award – Patti Whitney-Wise: For her tenacious efforts to fight the root causes of hunger by promoting food programs and working on policies to provide pathways out of poverty.
Next year’s Oregon Harvest Dinner has been set for October 21, 2017.
Portland, January 18th, 2016. On the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, more than 100 Bank of America employees and their families spent the day giving back to the community through service. The volunteers – and others from Pacific Power and the local community – were repacking food and sorting donations at the Oregon Food Bank during the fifth annual day of service sponsored by Bank of America. Together, 548 volunteers repacked 98,327 lbs of food.
Bank of America’s Oregon and southwest Washington market president Roger Hinshaw and Monique Barton, senior vice president of corporate social responsibility at Bank of America, help repackage food at Oregon Food Bank’s fifth annual day of service sponsored by Bank of America.
Bank of America and other community volunteers help Oregon Food Bank pack more than 100,000 pounds of food for the Martin Luther King Jr. day of service.
Roger Hinshaw, Oregon and southwest Washington market president at Bank of America, and Susannah Morgan, CEO of Oregon Food Bank
Corporate volunteers partnering with Oregon Food Bank at the Portland and Beaverton locations packed almost 100,000 pounds of food – the equivalent of 83,000 meals). Bank of America has partnered with the Oregon Food Bank for six years now, awarding $30,000 to Oregon Food Bank last year to support their ongoing efforts to end hunger in Oregon and southwest Washington. This grant provided 66,000 meals to individuals, families and children in communities struggling with food insecurity and poverty.
Together, Bank of America and Oregon Food Bank are working to address basic human needs in the Portland area to help build a more stable and secure future for those in need.
Those interested in helping can sign up for a future volunteer shift at oregonfoodbank.org/volunteer.
Portland, December 12th, 2013. Representatives from Bank of America and New Seasons presented Oregon Food Bank with $15,000, capping off this year’s KINK Homegrown Music partnership. Nicole Frisch from Bank of America joined Cheona Philabaum and Whitney Krebs from New Seasons to present a $15,000 check to Sarah Schirmer from the Oregon Food Bank. For the last two years, KINK has produced the CD of local Portland-area artists, which is underwritten by Bank of America and sold at New Seasons stores – with 100% of the proceeds going to Oregon Food Bank. After the check presentation, volunteers from the Bank stayed to pack pears, rice and onions for families in need across the region.
From Oregon Food Bank:
Our mission: To eliminate hunger and its root causes … because no one should be hungry.
Oregon Food Bank takes a holistic approach to ending hunger by bringing our community together to provide food, education and hope to our neighbors in need.
We provide emergency food to people who are hungry through a cooperative statewide network of hunger-relief agencies, helping 1 in 5 households fend off hunger. OFB also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger by advocating for fair public policies, strengthening community food systems and providing nutrition and garden education to help people become more self-sufficient and resourceful.
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