Thanks to generous community support, we are able to Fight hunger. Feed hope.
Oregon Food Bank recently completed an $8.5 million capital campaign to create OFB West, a permanent food bank facility dedicated to fighting hunger in Washington County and across Oregon.
"We are deeply grateful for the foresight of OFB's board of directors, the leadership of the OFB West capital campaign cabinet and the generosity of our donors and the community for making Oregon Food Bank West a reality," said Rachel Bristol, CEO, Oregon Food Bank.
- OFB West's renovated 35,000-square-foot Maybelle Clark Macdonald Warehouse doubles the storage capacity in Washington County for emergency food.
- The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Perishable Repack Room triples OFB's capacity to safely sort and repack fresh and frozen foods with the help of hundreds of volunteers.
- That space along with the Bob Fisher Volunteer Action Center enables OFB West to triple the number of volunteers engaged in the fight against hunger in Washington County.
Take a virtual tour of the new building.
OFB West countdown to completion
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1994 OFB begins operations in Washington County from a 14,000 square-foot leased facility in Hillsboro.
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2000-2008 Agencies served in Washington County grow from 25 to 36. County-wide distribution of emergency food boxes skyrockets year-over-year from 22,427 to 46,937.
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October 2008 OFB purchases a 35,000 square-foot warehouse in Beaverton.
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July 2009 The capital campaign for OFB West is launched with the goal of turning an empty warehouse into a modern, efficient food bank.
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September 2009 Interior building demolition begins
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October 2009 The Westside Learning Garden is relocated to Five Oaks Middle School in Beaverton.
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January 2010 Construction, remodeling and retrofitting of the new Beaverton facility begins.
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September 2010 Volunteer Action Center begins food repackaging with first volunteer shifts at the new facility.
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November 2011 Nutrition education and garden classes begin in the new kitchen and Westside Learning Garden.
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April 2011 Capital campaign is completed. Dedication ceremony and open house is held to celebrate the creation of OFB West.
Learn more.
Download our Capital Campaign Brochure.
Take a virtual tour of OFB West.
