Posted on 19 May 2010. Tags: community projects, Food Bank, Food Drive, Food Recovery Network, hunger, Hunger Awareness Month, Mobile Kitchen, MobileKitchen FoodforKids CFSP, St.Vincent de Paul Portland Council, volunteer opportunities, volunteering
Give fresh produce and eggs to SVDP Food Bank
Are You a Backyard Farmer? or do you know one? We have the solution for you.
Many children & adults go without fresh fruits, vegetables and eggs because they buy what they can find on sale. You can HELP. If you have a garden, plant an extra row for a family or bring your over-produced fresh crop to the St Vincent de Paul Food Bank. 5120 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland, OR 97202
If you or someone you know raises chickens and find yourself with too many eggs, please bring them to the St Vincent de Paul Food Bank. We have many families requesting eggs every day.
Why donate fresh produce and eggs to St. Vincent de Paul?
- St Vincent de Paul’s Mobile Kitchen prepares and serves over 160 meals with volunteer help from each of our partner meal sites.
- Every Friday night we serve a meal to over 100 teens. Their #1 request for dinner is fresh salad.
- Over 89 agencies order from our Food Bank the first item they look for is fresh fruits and vegetables
Currently we are not able to keep enough fresh items to meet the demand.
Your help is vital in our MISSION to help people in need.
For more information on how you can help please call Jacque at 503-234-1114
Posted in Features, Newswire
Posted on 15 March 2010. Tags: Hillsboro, hunger, Mobile Kitchen, rural hunger, St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council. SVDP
Now Serving!
PORTLAND, OR, March 9, 2010 – Mobile Kitchen serving in Hillsboro
On Tuesday March 9, 2010, St Vincent de Paul Mobile Kitchen rolled up to St Matthews Catholic Church in Hillsboro to serve its first of many hot meals to the Hillsboro community. St. Vincent de Paul Conference President, Len Miller and several other members, were on hand and very excited about the expansion of the Mobile Kitchen to their site in Hillsboro. “This is just so wonderful we can offer this,” Miller said and could not wait to show all the volunteers the inside.
The St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council’s converted school bus painted a brilliant blue and re-christened the Mobile Kitchen has been on the road for over a year offering sit-down restaurant-style meals to anyone who climbs onboard—no questions asked. It’s the latest approach to an age-old concern one that has only intensified in recent months: How to get food to people who have come by hard times.
St Matthews will host a meal the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10 am to noon. They distribute food boxes Monday – Friday from 9am – 11:30am St Matthews St. Vincent de Paul also helps with rent, utilities and household items. The first day at St. Matthews Catholic Church, the Mobile Kitchen served 57 adults, 17 children and handed out 10 Food-For-Kids packages.
Anyone is welcome. St Matthews St Vincent de Paul is located at 442 SE 3rd Ave. Hillsboro Oregon.
Posted in Newswire
Posted on 11 February 2010. Tags: hunger, Mobile Kitchen, Society of St.Vincent De Paul, St.Vincent de Paul Portland Council, Taste of the Nation Share our Strength Children Portland Oregon
Because no child should go hungry!
50 RESTAURANTS · 20 WINERIES · 5 BREWERIES · ONE MISSION TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER
Join Us for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Portland 23rd Annual Culinary Event on April 26th, 2010
PORTLAND, OREGON — With a passion to fight childhood hunger, Portland’s best restaurants, wineries, breweries and mixologists will gather for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, the city’s premier culinary benefit. Taste of the Nation Portland will raise critical funds needed to support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in Oregon and across the nation. This year’s event will be on April 26th, 2010 at Luxe Autohaus at 6:30pm, with a LUXE and VIP entry time starting at 5:00pm and 5:30pm, respectively.
Oregon is a state known for its abundant production of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products, and yet 1 in 6 kids in Oregon experience food insecurity and do not receive proper nutrition to grow and develop. St. Vincent de Paul has seen demand for emergency food boxes increase 35% over last year. Taste of the Nation works to end childhood hunger in the United States and abroad by ensuring that children and their families have reliable access to nutritious food, and by addressing the deeper causes of these conditions.
One hundred percent of ticket and auction revenue help ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.
For more nformation on the event: http://strength.org/portland/
Posted in Features
Posted on 21 November 2009. Tags: hunger, Mobile Kitchen, Oregonian
By Inara Verzemnieks, The Oregonian
For a minute, let’s imagine that the fliers taped to the window in downtown Sandy offer a glimpse into our collective now. If so, then among the notices that Chompers the dog needs a new home, the thrift store could sure use your paper bags, there comes this truth about life at the edge of 2009:
Lunch on Wednesdays — free to everyone.
Read the full story
Posted in Newswire
Posted on 15 October 2009. Tags: Fox12, hunger, Mobile Kitchen, Video
Cafe On Wheels Helping Poor In Rural Oregon. A meal wagon from St. Vincent de Paul society is feeding the poor in Clackamas County.
Watch Video: http://www.kptv.com/video/21203937/index.html
Media inquiries should be directed to:
Cassandra Garrison
Director of Communications
Office: (503) 238-5567
Cell: (503) 502-6033
cassandra@svdppdx.org
Posted in Newswire
Posted on 11 October 2009. Tags: Fox12, hunger, Mobile Kitchen, Video
Kitchen On The Go Helps Feed The Hungry. St. Vincent de Paul offers free lunches inside an old school bus.
Watch Video: http://www.kptv.com/video/21308343/index.html
Media inquiries should be directed to:
Cassandra Garrison
Director of Communications
Office: (503) 238-5567
Cell: (503) 502-6033
cassandra@svdppdx.org
Posted in Newswire
