Oregon Food Bank – Volunteers Needed
July 7, 2009 by Jeremy Anderson
Filed under Events
Last year the Oregon Food Bank (OFB) distributed nearly 60 million pounds of food to hungry residents around Oregon. In the OFB alone (outside of its network partners) volunteers donated 74,500 hours of time which, had the OFB needed to hire workers for this effort it would have cost nearly $1.2 million dollars.
Please, sign up to help process food for the local OFB Volunteer Action Center. There is a sign up sheet at the information table in the foyer. We will be taking 15 youth volunteers on Thursday, July 16th and have open spots for up to 25 volunteers on Saturday, July 18th from 1pm to 3pm. The work is not difficult and does not require any heavy lifting. We usually are processing either bulk or donated foods into boxes for distribution to local pantries.
The address of the Volunteer Action Center is 7900 NE 33rd Drive, Portland. [directions]
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has not works, is dead.
James 2:14-17 NRSV
Come on out and be Jesus to our community!
If you have any questions or need more information, please e-mail jeremy@gracecc.net
I am new in the area looiking for something to do and maybe a new church but my car is broke down if I ask to volunteer on Saturday is there a way to get a ride there to the food bank.
Hey Diana,
My name is Ben Sadler, I’m the director of Worship and Young Adults at Grace. Are you still needing a ride to the food bank? Give my wife and I a call at 971-678-8382.