For the first time since the pandemic, anyone struggling with food insecurity can fill up a shopping cart with grocery items of their choice at Sunshine Division’s pantries, located on North Thompson Street and Southeast Stark Street.
As part of our Hunger Free Project in cooperation with Fred Meyer, the Oregon Food Bank is telling us how new legislation in the Senate could transform the way we treat the state’s growing hunger crisis.
The Columbia Gorge Food Bank in The Dalles is one of Oregon’s food banks that receive funds raised by the FOX 12 Hunger Free Project in partnership with Fred Meyer stores.
A group organized in part by the Oregon Food Bank held a rally outside the state capitol on Thursday to call for lawmakers to pass a bill that would expand food assistance for refugees and immigrants.
Fred Meyer and Oregon Food Bank are teaming up as part of FOX 12′s Hunger Free Project to make sure everyone who needs a meal gets one in Oregon and southwest Washington.
For the Hunger Free Project, FOX 12 stopped by the Gladstone School Food Pantry to see how your donations to the Oregon Food Bank are impacting the community there.
U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici hosted a Friday roundtable at Portland State University to discuss food insecurity on Portland area campuses with students, faculty and staff.
As we head into the summer months, it can be a challenging time for many kids who rely on their schools for free meals, but there’s a way you can help.
More than two years after the start of the pandemic, many people are still struggling to get back on their feet, and that’s why the Sunshine Division says it’s providing more food than ever.
With inflation skyrocketing and more people forced to pinch pennies to pay the bills, it’s getting harder for people to make sure they and their families have the basics, like food on the table.
