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Hungry Children in Newport

Mar 212013

The Newport Food Pantry reports that they’re getting very low on snack sized food aimed at ensuring Newport area children don’t go to bed or to school hungry.

Newport Food Pantry Manager Katherine Myers reports that school personnel confirm the benefits of feeding hungry school children on the weekends through Operation Snackpacks. Attendance, behavior, and academic performance all improve when students, who live in food challenged homes, receive the nutrition they need. Even with the food the pantry has already collected and purchased for
that program, the still need over 900 single servings of each product they include in the backpacks. Every donation of fruit cups, raisins, juice boxes, canned soup, tuna, and canned meals helps them move closer to their goal to make sure children in Newport do not go to bed, or to school, hungry.

Donations can be dropped off at the pantry, 227 NE 12th Street (Presbyterian Church), Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 AM until Noon. Food donations can be dropped off 24 hours per day at the Newport Fire Department. We also have food collection containers at the following locations:
* Longview Hills
* Umpqua Bank
* Jan’s Pool Supply
* Habitat for Humanity Restore
* Pacific Homes Beach Club
* Elizabeth Street Inn
* Best For Hearing
* South Beach Christian Fellowship
* Nazarene Church
* Sacred Heart Catholic Church
* Atonement Lutheran
* Newport Foursquare
* First Baptist Church (1st Sunday of the month)
* First Presbyterian Church (1st Sunday of the month).

If your church, business, or civic organization would like to host a drive or collect food on a regular basis, give the Newport Pantry a call at 541-270-0842 and they’ll arrange to get food collection containers to you.

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Shamrock 5K for Toledo Food Pantry – March 16 – 12noon – Toledo Waterfront Park

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Mar 012013

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Running to fill Toledo tummies…

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Feb 162013

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Strong hands, warm hearts prevail in Nashville, east county

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Feb 072013

Nashville Store
Now the community food bank too

Story from the United Way of Benton and Lincoln Counties

The Coastal Range Food Bank & Trading Post is aptly-named; it sits at the intersection of Nashville Road, Summit Highway and Logsden Road in Blodgett/Nashville, Oregon. It was the Nashville General Store many years ago—the kind that stocked all the food staples /gasoline and served as a gathering place for news from the logging communities.

Today, with financial help from Lincoln County’s United Way, it’s a place where people in need can select food to fill their shopping carts. It still represents an old fashioned kind of place, stocked with food staples, a Trading Post, and a welcoming atmosphere.
“This place has been a blessing for us, “says Megan, chatting with Mike a volunteer. Megan, who is looking for work pushes a grocery cart slowly through the aisles picking out food that will get her seven-person family through the rest of the month. Megan and her family—like all the other 315 people once a month—benefit from our services which is made in part possible by United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties.

The Coastal Range Food Bank is not only meeting the emergency needs of the area’s residents, but continues to serve as a meeting place where neighbors gather and community thrives.

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Childrens’ “Snack Packs” always part of the program at Newport Food Pantry

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Jan 172013

Snack Pack program

The East County HELP program has been nice enough to arrange for a special food collection benefiting the backpack programs in Newport and Toledo. Backpack programs have been springing up all across the country because studies have proven how beneficial they are. Sending nutritious food home for students who live in food insecure households means that children are able to return on Monday ready to focus and make the most of the educational environment. This is a great way to help children, teachers, and schools in general. As you can see from the graph below, the childrens’ snack pack supplies are currently low on cereal bars, tuna and boxed juices. But feel free, of course, to donate to any category of food you see there.

Collections are taking place at the Newport Walmart on Sunday, January 21, and Monday, January 22, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Buy an extra can of tuna, box of oatmeal, or any other nutritious and easy to prepare item and drop it on the container by the front door. It’s a great investment in the future of children who might otherwise go hungry. Thank you so much.

Sincerely,
Katherine Myers
Newport Food Pantry
& Operation Snackpacks
541-270-0842
227 NE 12th Street, Newport, OR 97365
kmyers@newportfoodpantry.org
www.newportfoodpantry.org
www.facebook.com/NewportPantry

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Let your heart “Be Jeweled” by a generous donation to help push back hunger in Lincoln County

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Dec 302012

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Be Jeweled Now Accepting Donations
Info provided by Food Share

Be Jeweled, the sixth annual fundraiser for Food Share of Lincoln County, is accepting donations of jewelry and jewelry components for the event, which will take place on Saturday, February 9, at the Newport Shilo Inn from 9am – 2pm.

Your once-loved jewelry can make a big difference in the life of a family in need. This jewelry extravaganza is seeking donations of all kinds. All jewelry is accepted, including beads and even broken pieces. Jewelry-making supplies are also much appreciated as the committee can make simple repairs on donated jewelry.

This is a one-of-a-kind sale in Oregon, and is based on a similar event on the East Coast. People come from all around the state to see what they can find. This fundraiser has become a very successful event for Food Share of Lincoln County, and has grown each year. “We are again asking for your help. Supporting Be Jeweled by donating jewelry you no longer wear is a great way to feed hungry families,” said Food Share Director Nancy Smith.

Food Share and its partner food pantries distribute an estimated 65,000 pounds of food each month to over 1,200 families throughout Lincoln County to help stave off hunger.

You can drop off your jewelry donation at the Food Share office (535 NE 1st St, Newport), all branches of the Oregon Coast Bank, as well as at the Newport Senior Center. A tax receipt will be available at each location.

For more information, or to arrange a jewelry pick up, please contact Nancy Smith at 541-265-8578.

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Big Food Drive Contest ongoing at Siletz Valley Early College Academy

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Dec 212012

Siletz Valley Early College Academy teachers report that their food drive contest was won by the current senior class with 161 pounds of food. The sophomore class piled up 101 pounds and the freshman class came in third with 86 pounds. The food went directly to the Siletz Food Pantry for needy families.

For their performance, the senior class will enjoy a free pizza party.

Teachers say they’re conducting another food drive that will be running through the end of the current school quarter. Bins have been placed around Siletz as well as around the school. All students are encouraged to donate to this worthy cause. At the end of the quarter the school will be conducting another awards ceremony for good grades, attendance and the food drive.

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Oregon Coast Recorder Society concerts: Benefitting local food pantries

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Dec 202012

Oregon Coast Recorder Society

Recorder Society will present seasonal music to benefit food pantries

The Oregon Coast Recorder Society will perform two concerts in Lincoln County in January: on Sunday, January 6 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Newport, and again on Sunday, January 13 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church in Lincoln City. Both concerts will benefit the local food pantries.

The concerts will include medleys of holiday carols, Irish folk tunes, a medieval song in praise of the Virgin Mary, an eighteenth-century piece by Francesco Zappa, and a sing-along of old favorites to welcome the new year.

OCRS musicians play several sizes of recorder, plus viola da gamba, gemshorn, string bass, cello, violin, guitar, and percussion. The audience will have an opportunity afterwards to take a closer look at the instruments and talk with players.

Donations of nonperishable food items, checks, or cash are accepted as admission. All proceeds will go to local food pantries to support their work.

The First Presbyterian Church is located at 227 NE 12th St., Newport. St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church is at 1226 SW 13th St., on Highway 101, Lincoln City.

OCRS welcomes new members. For further information, please call (541) 961-1228 or visit www.coastrecorder.org.

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Emergency food funds awarded to Lincoln County. Now…how to divide them up.

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Dec 042012

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LINCOLN COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Lincoln County has been chosen to receive $22,348 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county during 2012.

A Local board made up human services agencies county-wide will determine how the funds awarded to Lincoln County are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) be eligible to receive federal funds, 3) have an accounting system, 4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 6) if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board.

Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.

Applications can be found on the United Way website at www.unitedwayblc.org or at http://bit.ly/EFSPLincoln. The application deadline is noon on December 14. If you have any questions please call Andrea Arzner at 541-757-7717.

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Lincoln County’s CENTRAL food distribution center holding fundraiser through Friday

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Nov 282012

Federal food distribution cutbacks, grants drying up and a continued sluggish economy is STRAINING our local food pantries. SO!

Food Share, Lincoln County’s central food distribution center that sends food to all the other community food pantries, is holding a fundraiser on KNPT radio and their five affiliate radio stations through 5pm friday. The fundraiser is working with Coastal Farm and Ranch to help raise money for Food Share of Lincoln County. Food Share is able to acquire and distribute five pounds of food for every one dollar donated. Food Share not only stocks up food pantries in Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Siletz, Toledo, Newport and Waldport but they also support local soup kitchens.

So over the next three days (11/28-11/30) Food Share is asking for financial pledges that Coastal Farm and Ranch will match up to $1,000. Coastal Farm is located in Albany but they have a huge customer base along the Oregon Coast. In early October they donated 100 outdoor tarps to the Newport Homeless Connect Project. Every dollar you donate will be matched by Coastal Farm. If you donate $5, Coastal Farm will match it with another $5 so Food Share will have another $10 to buy food for hungry Lincoln County families.

This special matching program ends at 5pm Friday November 30th.

Call in your donations now to 541-265-2266.

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