PORTLAND, Ore. — The 21st annual KGW Great Food Drive has launched with a special "Week of Giving" and donation matches throughout March.
Last year, 1 in 10 Oregonians sought food assistance and Oregon Food Bank distributed 87 million meals. The KGW Great Food Drive is a major public service campaign that addresses hunger issues in communities throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. The goal is to collect enough donations to provide more than 1.2 million meals of food for local-area residents.
This year, the KGW Great Food Drive strategy focuses on monetary donations so that every dollar can be stretched further in support of the Oregon Food Bank. Throughout March, KGW, Rivermark Credit Union, Safeway, and local Toyota Dealers, along with other corporate partners listed directly below, will help supply the Oregon Food Bank Network with essential food to be distributed to its network of 21 regional food banks and 1,400 food assistance sites across Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
Four easy ways to donate:
- Donate funds online at KGW.com/fooddrive
- Make a financial or food donation at any participating Rivermark Credit Union
- Make a physical food donation at Local Toyota dealers
- Make a cash donation at the register of participating Safeway stores
Pacific Foods is matching cash donations online up to $5,000. Local Toyota dealers are matching cash donations online up to $10,000. Rivermark Credit Union matching cash donations online up to $5,000
“The KGW Great Food Drive plays a vital role in our community, addressing the persistent issue of food insecurity that impacts local families who are working hard, yet still struggle to feed their children. Your contribution, no matter the size, can make a significant difference in putting food on their tables. Please join us and make a difference in the lives of our neighbors,” said Steve Carter, President and General Manager of KGW. “We are also deeply grateful for our corporate partners who make fighting hunger a priority in their community work.”
About the Oregon Food Bank Network
Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes... because no one should be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the human spirit, that communities thrive when people are nourished, and that everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps feed the human spirit of 1.5 million people through a food distribution network of 21 regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and garden education, health care screening, and innovative programming. Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.