Volunteers

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  Volunteers needed for NALC Food Drive

  April 17, 2013
  Help letter carriers stamp out hunger! Volunteer to help with the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive, Saturday, May 11. It's the largest food drive in Oregon and in the nation, raising nearly 1.5 million pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank statewide network each year. Volunteers are needed to collect food donations in their vehicles and to help package donations at post offices. Learn more and sign up!
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  Volunteers honor Martin Luther King Jr. at OFB

  January 21, 2013
  Presented by Bank of America
  
  “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is ‘What are you doing for others?"
  – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  
  Oregon Food Bank's two Portland-area locations hosted 616 volunteers for a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. In a single day, volunteers repacked 123,000 pounds of food, the equivalent of 102,514 meals - more food than is typically processed at Oregon Food Bank in an entire work-week!
  

• Join us at Community Partners events

  October 26, 2011
  Learn about community food security, OFB's education programs to address the root causes of hunger, estate planning, or how to make the most of your retirement at one of OFB's Community Partners events this holiday season.
  
  

• Bill Brandt Gausen - a record breaking volunteer

  Inspiring. Steadfast. Generous. Committed. These are just a few ways to describe OFB volunteer Bill Brandt Gausen. And, here's another one ... record-breaking.

• Career educator returns to teaching at Oregon Food Bank

  Marilyn Matusch retired from teaching at Reynolds High School in 2004. But it didn’t take this instructor long to find her way back to education.

• OFB volunteer fights childhood hunger

  "Thousands of children in Oregon go to bed hungry many nights," says OFB volunteer Donna Ching. "I want my volunteer work to help change that."

• Saturday morning is family time for the DuBois clan

  Like many families, the DuBois family of Beaverton is busy each week with work, school, sports, friends and more. But they also find time to make volunteering a part of their weekly routine.