The Portland Food Project

Welcome to the Portland Food Project! This is a revolutionary way to collect food. It's a donor drive, not a food drive.

The Food Project was started in a small Southern Oregon town called Ashland in January 2009 by a group of residents who wanted to make it easy for people to donate food. Instead of asking for one-time contributions of food, our volunteers (Neighborhood Coordinators) enlist their neighbors to become long-term Food Donors.

We have three goals:
To provide a regular supply of food to our hungry neighbors
To create new neighborhood connections and strengthen our community
To serve as a model for other communities

Neighbors donate a bag of food every two months. It's incredibly easy, because we supply the bag…and we pick up the food!

This provides food pantries with a steady, year-round supply of food…and provides donors with the ongoing satisfaction of making a real difference. They also get to know their neighbors, which builds a powerful sense of community.

We now serve 19 pantries and have three affiliate Food Projects; Milwaukie, Beaverton and Hillsboro, working to end child hunger.

Whether you donate food, collect it, help make policy decisions, or help out in some other way, you are what makes this program work.

http://www.portlandfoodproject.org
Email: info@portlandfoodproject.org

Phone: 503.775.2110

Portland Food Project
P.O. Box 820194
Portland, OR 97282