Posts Categorized: News

Thank you Oregon Food Bank for your assistance!

Posted March 15th, 2021 & filed under Emergency Meal Sites, News, The Dining Room, Volunteer.

We would like to thank our partner Oregon Food Bank for a Rapid Response grant of $5,000, which we used to help purchase a new set of convection ovens for… Read more »

Youth Farm Caretaker Richard Marshall

Posted March 4th, 2021 & filed under News.

We mourn the tragic loss of our Volunteer Caretaker Richard Marshall. Richard, who has been at the FOOD For Lane County Youth Farm for the past 10 years, was found… Read more »

Grilled Cheese Experience 2021 – Passport Turn-in and Prizes!

Posted March 1st, 2021 & filed under Events, Fund drives, Grilled Cheese Experience, News.

PASSPORT TURN-IN & PRIZES 🧀❤️    🧀❤️    🧀❤️ Monday, March 1st is the last day to turn in your passport. There are Three (3) Turn-in Options: RESTAURANTS: You may turn it… Read more »

Rural Organizing Project takes on food pantry status

Posted February 25th, 2021 & filed under COVID-19, Emergency Food Pantries, FFLC partner agencies, Food Supply, Hunger, News, Volunteer.

Volunteers prepare food in ROP’s kitchen on Feb. 18. With an average of 600 families served per week, the organization is on the constant lookout for those who can volunteer… Read more »

International Paper Foundation Aids Holiday Farm Fire Response

Posted December 30th, 2020 & filed under FFLC partner agencies, FFLC programs, News.

Working out of a relief center in Blue River, John Carlile and some dedicated volunteers are distributing food and other essentials to people affected by the Holiday Farm Fire. “Folks… Read more »

OSU: Pandemic erased Oregon’s progress since Great Recession addressing food insecurity

Posted December 18th, 2020 & filed under Children, COVID-19, Events, Food drives, Fund drives, News.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — The pandemic erased progress since the Great Recession in addressing food insecurity in Oregon, according to a new report from Oregon State University. “After the Great Recession,… Read more »

Thank you for supporting Holiday Farm Fire relief centers

Posted November 18th, 2020 & filed under Hunger, News.

FFLC continues to support communities ravaged by the Holiday Farm Fire. Recently we visited Blue River and talked to Johnnie Lee Mayer who gave us a tour of the McKenzie… Read more »

Thank you NAACP Eugene Springfield

Posted June 19th, 2020 & filed under COVID-19, FFLC partner agencies, FFLC programs, Hunger, Mobile Pantry, News, SNAP, Summer Food Program.

We would like to highlight the work of the NAACP Eugene Springfield Unit 1119, an organization that has passionately worked to fight food insecurity during the COVID19 pandemic. Due to… Read more »

Thursday (June 11) will be our last Mobile Pantry distribution in Springfield

Posted June 9th, 2020 & filed under Emergency Food Pantries, FFLC programs, Mobile Pantry, News.

Please click here for details on other food resources available in Springfield (in English and Spanish), or call us at (541) 343-2822.

#BlackLivesMatter

Posted June 3rd, 2020 & filed under Action Alerts, News.

We are stunned and grieving from the traumatic loss of Black American lives as a result of continued systemic racism and recurring police violence. We say the names of George… Read more »