Love Our City
Mission
Love Our City provides reliable access to healthy and nutritious food to individuals and families facing food insecurity in our local community.
Bottom Line for Portland
Love Our City provides a weekly food box distribution to support individuals and families facing food insecurity. A team of 50+ volunteers pick up food daily from grocery stores and other partner agencies. This fresh food is then packed into boxes and distributed to over 600 families every month. Each food box contains approximately 3-4 days worth of food, with an estimated value of $150 per box. In total, we distribute 23,000 pounds of food each month to our local community. Our goal this year is to establish a paid, part-time Pantry Manager to improve the sustainability of our services to our community.
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‘I have remained fed and blessed by this pantry for the past few years. I am able to thrive in my health and well-being knowing that this resource is available for me every week. Plus the volunteers are amazing and always manage to put a smile on my face despite these tough times.’ - Client: Sonya B.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Love Our City is committed to a diverse, inclusive and equitable environment where all volunteers and clients are respected and valued. We help to build a strong and just community by addressing food insecurity and lessening the economic burden of people in our community.
Partner(s)
Thank you to our business partners for their support:
Von's Moving & Hauling at https://www.vonsmoving.com/
Stutheit Kalin LLC at https://www.portlandemploymentattorney.com/
Thank you to our non profit partners for their collaboration to achieve our mutual objectives to provide healthy food to those in need:
Milk Crate Kitchen at https://www.milkcratekitchen.org/
Mainspring Portland at https://mainspringpdx.org/
Portland Back Pack at https://www.portlandbackpack.com/
We Do Better Relief at https://www.wedobetterrelief.org/
Love City Church at http://www.lovecitypdx.com/
Meals on Wheels People at https://www.mowp.org/
Love Our City is in the Hunger category which is sponsored by New Seasons Market.
They're a micro-sized organization with activities in Clackamas Co., Multnomah Co., Washington Co. and beyond.