Next Pickup:  December 14, 2024 Eastside

Note: Pickup dates may vary.
(Your Neighborhood Coordinator will email details to you beforehand.)

Portland Food Project

Sharing Food, Building Community

  Next Pickup: December 14, 2024 Eastside

Note: Pickup dates may vary.
(Your Neighborhood Coordinator will email details to you beforehand.)

Portland Food Project

Sharing Food, Building Community

1 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 Banks. 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 Banks. 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!

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Join us!

Let’s work together to fight hunger and strengthen our community.

Sign up for Portland Food Project NOW!

Pick-Up Dates

2024 Pick-up Dates

February 10

April 13

June 8

August 10

October 12

December 14

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