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Low-Income Oregonians Receive Subsidized Phone Service with the Help of St. Vincent de Paul and Cricket Wireless

Low-Income Oregonians Receive Subsidized Phone Service with the Help of St. Vincent de Paul and Cricket Wireless

 
 
With unemployment at an all-time high and uncertainty surrounding certain benefits, Oregonians in need of telephone service are turning to the Lifeline Program
As Oregon struggles with high unemployment and the nation copes with uncertainty about long-term unemployment benefits, more Oregonians than ever before are looking for new ways to ease their strained budgets. One [...]

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PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEMS DONATES $20,000 TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL FOOD RECOVERY NETWORK

Providence Health & Services has donated more than $20,000 raised from its annual Table of the King event to support the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council’s Food Bank and food programs. The Table of the King honors Mother Emilie Gamelin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence.

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Pound For Pound Challenge to inspire Oregon residents to Eat Healthy—Be Active

To join the Challenge, visit www.PFPChallenge.com orwww.BiggestLoser.com and enter your weight loss goals. For every pound of weight participants pledge to lose, the Pound For Pound Challenge will donate 14 cents to Feeding America – enough to deliver one pound of groceries to a local food bank – up to a maximum donation of $800,000.

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September is Hunger Awareness Month – Businesses Rise to the Challenge to Give a Little, Feed a Lot

St. Vincent de Paul Food Recovery Network, in conjunction with Feeding America, and community business partners, The Cheesecake Factory and Macy’s, are mobilizing in an effort to engage everyone in ending hunger in Oregon.

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September is Hunger Awareness Month – Help St. Vincent De Paul Food Recovery Network End Hunger

St. Vincent de Paul Food Recovery Network, in conjunction with Feeding America, announces the second annual Hunger Action Month, a nationwide call-to-action effort to mobilize people everywhere to get involved with ending hunger in America.
Nationally, 1 in 8 Americans struggles with hunger. In Oregon, hunger impacts 1 in 5 Oregonians. [...]

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Snickers® Brand And David Arquette Make a Big Move to Help St. Vincent De Paul Food Recovery Network Bar Hunger

Mars Snackfood US announced Monday , July 15th that its SNICKERS® Brand is teaming up with Feeding America and St. Vincent de Paul Food Recovery Network to ‘Bar Hunger’ – a campaign to help the one in eight Americans struggling with hunger. As part of ‘Bar Hunger,’ SNICKERS will donate the equivalent of at [...]

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