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Greetings!
Welcome to the spring edition of Oregon Food
Bank's
quarterly food industry donor e-newsletter.
Thank you for the vital role that you and your
company play in the fight against hunger.
This newsletter is another way to thank you for your
donations and to inform you about OFB's needs. We
welcome your feedback. Please send comments to
foodindustrynews@oregonfoodbank.org. If you would
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| Northwest NewsChannel 8 Great Food Drive to raise one-million pounds of food. |
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Dovex just donated 28,000 pounds of high-quality,
nutritious apples to the 2005 Northwest NewsChannel
8 Great Food Drive. The apples arrived at Oregon
Food Bank's warehouse packaged and ready for
distribution to the Oregon Food Bank Network of
hunger-relief agencies.
The Great Food Drive, presented by Albertsons and
supported by U.S. Bank and NW Natural, is a
statewide campaign to raise one-million pounds of
food for the Oregon Food Bank Network to fight
hunger in Oregon and Clark County, Wash.
If you, as a member of the food industry, see
opportunities during March to support the Great Food
Drive, contact Bob Morris, food resource manager at
Oregon Food Bank, 503-282-0555, Ext. 261.
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| Small companies make a big difference |
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A Portland gourmet bakery donates 2,000 pounds of
bread each week. An egg farm in Canby donates both
eggs and packaging.
Marsee Foods Bakery and Willamette Egg Farms are
small companies making a big difference by
donating to Oregon Food Bank.
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Oregon Food Bank is an affilate of America's Second
Harvest-The Nation's Food Bank Network.
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Bantu refugees harvest carrots for OFB |
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Bantu refugees harvest carrots for Oregon Food
Bank
A group of Somali Bantu refugees volunteered to
harvest
more than an acre of donated carrots last December.
OFB received 80 percent of the harvest. The Bantus
received the remaining carrots.
The Oregon Food Bank Network received 1,200
pounds of crisp, nutritious carrots as a result of the
project.
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