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Fund drives vs. food drives, and why? With our scale and scope, Oregon Food Bank is focused on the most effective strategies to address hunger in our communities. While food drives can be a marvelous way of introducing people to the cause of ending hunger, we need to prioritize ways of giving that will have the greatest impact on our neighbors experiencing hunger. This will take more than food drives. Read "Maximize Your Impact: Why Oregon Food Bank Encourages Fund Drives" at https://lnkd.in/gJizM9HB

“This moment is a crisis – but it must also be a wake-up call. We can not look away once the headlines fade. Hunger will continue until we decide it shouldn’t. I am asking you: Why is hunger really happening in the wealthiest country in the world?" Oregon Food Bank President Andrea Williams shares. "For us at Oregon Food Bank, we have been doing this work for more than 40 years, and the answer again and again proves to be this: hunger is a policy choice." It happens when we pass laws and policies that determine who deserves food and who doesn’t. ✉️ Urge Congress and USDA to fund SNAP https://lnkd.in/gU8KUysC 💵 Donate to move food statewide https://lnkd.in/ggR-jbRD 🙌 Volunteer or organize locally https://lnkd.in/gBrMVx5P 💻 Read the blog https://lnkd.in/gFHH2vnE

🌍 Do you want to build your skills to make food justice and food sovereignty more equitable — for free? Feeding America has sponsored us through the FY24 Feeding America Multi-Donor Equity Capacity Development and Training Implementation grant to offer a unique, no-cost, 35-hour training that helps people from all backgrounds learn how to put equity into action to address the root causes of hunger. 💻 Virtual Network Equity Learning & Capacity Development Training (NEL&CD) 📅 November 3–7, 2025 | 8 A.M. - 2 P.M. PST 💬 Live online sessions, follow-up support, community cohort Learn. Connect. Take action toward a more just food system — without any cost to participate. Save your spot: OregonFoodBank.org/NEL-CD #EquityInAction #FoodJustice #EndHunger #CommunityCare #FeedingAmerica #FreeTraining #EquityLearning #OregonFoodBank

🚨 The federal government shutdown continues with no clear end in sight. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that if the shutdown lasts past October 31, November SNAP benefits may be disrupted. October SNAP benefits have not been affected. Everyone approved for October has received their full benefits as usual. SNAP helps more than 750,000 people in Oregon afford groceries each month. Oregon Food Bank services remain open to ensure food is available for everyone who needs it. But a delay in SNAP benefits will have an immediate impact on our communities. Families already stretching every dollar may run out of food before the next paycheck. Older adults and people with disabilities could face impossible choices between groceries, rent and medicine. 🚨 Food banks are already meeting high demand and any disruption to SNAP will bring even more people through our doors. Oregon Food Bank and our statewide network are doing all we can to help, but the need in our communities is far greater than the resources available. ⚠️ Hunger is a policy choice. Our leaders must act to ensure SNAP benefits reach families on time and that no one in our communities goes hungry. If you receive SNAP, visit odhs.oregon.gov or benefits.oregon.gov for updates. Enter your zip code to find the nearest food assistance site to you OregonFoodFinder.org — available in 19 languages. ℹ️ SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (also known as food stamps), which "provides nutrition assistance to eligible, low-income individuals and households via a monthly benefit on an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, similar to a debit card. The card can be used at authorized retailer stores to purchase food." (USDA) ℹ️ An earlier version of this message noted potential WIC disruptions after Nov. 1. We’ve updated the information to clarify that only SNAP benefits would be affected if the government shutdown lasts past October 31.

At NO cost: join our last 35-hour training for this fiscal year. Open to anyone committed to building equity and justice in our communities through an anti-racist and decolonial lens! Oregon Food Bank invites you to the Network Equity Learning & Capacity Development (NEL&CD) Training: 🗓 November 3–7, 2025 | 8 A.M. - 2 P.M. PST 💻 Live online sessions and individual support opportunities held in English Participants will: ✨ Learn equity principles and how to apply them to end hunger and promote food justice and food sovereignty. 🤝 Connect with peers to exchange ideas, challenges and successes. 🌍 Build relationships that strengthen justice work across the country. This in-depth, weeklong training is open to people from all backgrounds — whether you’re working in hunger relief, social services or community leadership. ➡️ Learn more and register: OregonFoodBank.org/NEL-CD *How is this incredibly unique training FREE? We are proud to be sponsored by the FY24 Feeding America Multi-Donor Equity Capacity Development and Training Implementation grant as the inaugural recipient from Feeding America! #EquityInAction #FoodJustice #EndHunger #CommunityCare #FeedingAmerica #TrainingOpportunity #FreeTraining #OregonFoodBank #JusticeWork #EquityWork

Through Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger, and for nearly three decades, attorneys and law firms have put their time, resources, and collective commitment toward creating a hunger-free Oregon. This community has helped provide essential support for those facing hunger in all of our neighborhoods, and we’re incredibly grateful for everyone who has helped make OLAH a lasting tradition in Oregon’s legal community. Here’s to 29 years of showing up, coming together, and taking action against hunger. If your firm is interested in participating, or if your community is inspired to take action together, get started here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQwny3sw Learn more about OREGON LAWYERS AGAINST HUNGER: https://lnkd.in/gbvwbfyd