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Klamath KID Center helps children develop
“Many of our children don’t get breakfast in the morning and some of our children don’t even get dinner,” says Cheryl Moe director of Klamath KID Center in Klamath Falls.
That’s why she appreciates the supplemental food she receives from Klamath/Lake Counties Food Bank, one of 20 regional food banks of the Oregon Food Bank Network.
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Anderson dreams about food
Jez Anderson still dreams about food. It's been several years since the 32-year-old Portlander has struggled to put food on the table, but Anderson has become an eloquent spokesperson and activist for the cause of hunger.
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Mary Ruhl chooses carefully how to spend her time
Mary Ruhl lives her life like a leaf and chooses carefully how to spend her time.
For the past 10 years, she has volunteered her design skills to OFB, creating 10 annual reports and Thanksgiving cards to help OFB raise funds and -- designing a fabulous learning garden adjacent to OFB's new warehouse.
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One man, one million meals
Lew Lardie, dedicated volunteer fund-raiser, has been collecting funds to help fight hunger at Family of Christ Lutheran Church since 2003.
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Meet Edgar Alquinta
“I see people come here who had a great job and never thought they would need the assistance of a food program … but here they are,” says Edgar Alquinta, who oversees an emergency food pantry at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Hillsboro.
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Volunteer works to address the root causes of hunger
“I know what it’s like to feel the pain of hunger— the pain you feel when you have had very little food, if any, for more days than you can remember. I have fallen to my knees and begged God to please give me food.”
Channah Pastorius first felt severe hunger in the 1980s as a divorced mother of two boys. Barely able to feed them, she often went hungry herself.
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Ching to receive national award for volunteer work at OFB
“Through my work as a nurse case manager at Kaiser Permanente, I’ve learned that hunger isn’t merely uncomfortable for children, it’s dangerous,” Ching says. “It can jeopardize a child’s health and development, impeding readiness for school and future productivity. Thousands of people in Oregon – including children – go to bed hungry many nights. I want my volunteer work to help change that.”
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Teens fight hunger
Amy Carlton, 15, has a passion for fighting hunger.
“It’s unfair that thousands of children go hungry when others are so fortunate,”says Carlton. “I want to get people my age to get involved in making a difference.”
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Nussbaums know hunger first-hand
“We suffered misery and starvation during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in the 1940s,” says Laureen. “Food is a basic need. It’s the foundation of life. And it’s vital we meet this need. That’s why fighting hunger is so important to us.”
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Applied Materials sets record
“I strongly believe in OFB’s mission that no one should be hungry,” says Mary Bennett, administrator for Applied Materials, who helps Applied Materials coordinate events and food drives for OFB. “Organizing the staff to contribute to Oregon Food Bank is a great part of my job.”
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Jim Dixon: '...If we are able to help, we must.'
When Jim Dixon and his wife Barb decide to give to organization, they do it carefully and thoughtfully.
"When we had an opportunity to make contribution, we decided that Oregon Food Bank was where we wanted to put some of our resources," Dixon says.
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Volunteer takes pride in progress against hunger
Volunteer Herb Koenig joins thousands of other OFB volunteers to make a big difference in the fight against hunger.
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