Next Pickup: February 8, 2025 Eastside
(Your Neighborhood Coordinator will email details to you beforehand.)
Portland Food Project
Sharing Food, Building CommunityNext Pickup: February 8, 2025 Eastside
(Your Neighborhood Coordinator will email details to you beforehand.)
Portland Food Project
Sharing Food, Building Community1 in 10 people in the Portland area struggle with food insecurity.
Portland Food Project is an innovative, new way to fight hunger in our community. You want to help. We make it easy.
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A Simple System That Really Works
EVERY 2 MONTHS—on the second Saturday of every even month—our Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that neighbors have left outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time, and take all the food to local food pantries. It’s that easy!
A Simple System That Really Works
EVERY 2 MONTHS—on the second Saturday of every even month—our Neighborhood Coordinators pick up bags of healthy nonperishable food that neighbors have left outside their front doors. They leave empty green bags for next time, and take all the food to local food pantries. It’s that easy!
Fight Hunger in Your Own Backyard
Be a Food Donor
It takes: 15 minutes a month
Your role: Fill a green bag with nonperishable food every two months and put it outside your front door. That’s all there is to it!
Impact: One full green bag equals about ten meals. We combine your bag with your neighbors’ bags, and together we can feed the community!
Be a Neighborhood Coordinator
It takes: A couple of hours a month
Your role: Pick up donors’ green bags every 2 months and take them to local food banks.
Impact: Each donor’s contribution averages 43 meals a year. With just 10 donors, you’ll provide a meal to a hungry neighbor every 30 seconds you volunteer!
Join the Support Team
It takes: Whatever time you choose
Your role: We’ve got lots of big and small jobs to do! Help with anything from unloading bags of food to making phone calls to joining our Steering Committee.
Impact: In the Food Project, every job is essential. We’re an all-volunteer organization. We depend on people like you to keep us going.
Fight Hunger in Your Own Backyard
Be a Food Donor
Fill a green bag with nonperishable food every two months and put it outside your front door. That’s all there is to it!
Be a Neighborhood Coordinator
Pick up donors’ green bags every 2 months and take them to local food banks.
Join the Support Team
We’ve got lots of big and small jobs to do! Help with anything from unloading bags of food to making phone calls to joining our Steering Committee.
Thank You, Sponsors!
These local businesses and organizations have generously supported Portland Food Project.
AmazonSmile
Barony of Three Mountains
Berlinberg Properties
Bob’s Red Mill
Cascadia Golf Club
Fred Meyer (Kroger)
Gresham Ford
Guild Mortgage
LRS Architects
Meredith Corporation Foundation
Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church
New Seasons Market
OHSU Value Analysis Steering Committee
Oregon Community Foundation
Portland Clinic Foundation
Portland Nursery
Tripwire
US Bank
Whole Foods Market
… and THANK YOU to all of our generous individual donors for their unwavering support.
Your commitment helps us get food to neighbors who might otherwise not have enough to eat.
Join us!
Let’s work together to fight hunger and strengthen our community.Sign up for Portland Food Project NOW!
Join us!
Let’s work together to fight hunger and strengthen our community.Sign up for Portland Food Project NOW!
Pick-Up Dates
2025
February 8
April 12
June 14
August 9
October 11
December 13
What Our Food Pantries Need
Non-Perishable Food
- Canned Tuna (preferably with pop-top lids or packets)
- Canned Chicken
- Peanut Butter
- Hearty Soup (preferably pop-top lids or cartons)
- Chili with and without beans (preferably with pop-top lids)
- Canned Beans (Black & Pinto) (preferably with pop-top lids)
- Jarred and/or Canned Tomato Sauce
- Canned Tomatoes (Crushed, Diced or Stewed)
- Pasta (Spaghetti, Penne, Elbows, Egg noodles, etc.)
- Rice in bags/packets/boxes (Brown and White rice)
- Mac -n- Cheese (boxes, individual cups, or microwaveable)
- Ramen Noodles
- Rice Noodles
- Fruit cups and/or Canned Fruits (preferably with pop-top lids)
- Canned vegetables (preferably with pop-top lids)
- Side dishes ( ie, Hamburger Helper, Rice, Pasta and Potato sides in a packet or box, etc.)
- Shelf-stable milk (box-type cartons preferred over canned milk)
- Shelf-stable Soy and/or Almond milk (box-type cartons)
- Masa
- Cereal
- Cooking Oil