Alleviating hunger by creating access to food
THE BUSINESS OF GIVING
Companies of every shape and size have
shown their commitment to easing hunger
in Lane County. The business community
supports our efforts in so many ways
— with cash gifts, grants, volunteering,
event sponsorships and food donations.
There is not a FOOD for Lane County
program that has not been touched by
corporate generosity. Thank you to these
companies and the hundreds more not
listed here.
Peak Travel Group • Slocum Center for
Grocers • NW Natural • Oregon Fuel Injection •
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine • Symantec
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association •
Corporation • Whittier Wood Products Co.
Oregon Taxi • Oregon Urology Institute •
American Medical Concepts • Bank of America’s
Sound and Lights
Business Law Centre • Café Yumm! • GloryBee
Foods • Hawes Financial Group • Integrated
Labs • King Estate Winery • KVAL • Murphy
Company • Olsson Industrial Electric •
QSL Print Communications • SELCO •
Community Credit Union • SO Delicious Dairy
Free • Sunrise Asian Food Market • Timber
Products Company • Umpqua Bank •
Univera Serve First • WhiteWave Foods
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Oregon’s Only • Organically Grown Company •
Alaska Airlines • Bumble Graphics • Cash &
Carry • Hamilton Construction • Imagination
International Inc. • Kendall Auto Group •
KMTR • Level 32 Racing • McClure Associates
National Transport • Pacific Continental
Bank • PacificSource Health Plans • PakTech
Structural Integrity Associates • Summit
Benefit & Actuarial Services • Truist • Wilson
Overtime Tavern • Paradigm Engineering •
PeaceHealth • Phoenix Rising • Poppie
Advertising Design • Providence Health Plans •
Rennie’s Landing • Reynolds Electric • Roehl
& Yi Investment Advisors • Royal Caribbean
International • Sittner and Nelson LLC •
SYSCO • The Jerry Brown Company • Toby’s
Family Foods • TravelCard Commercial Fueling •
The UPS Store • Veritas Software • Wells Fargo
Advisors • Western Pneumatics • Willamette
5th Street Public Market • A Healing Space •
Valley Co. • Zion Ideas
Attune Foods • B & H Upholstery Supply •
Bank of the Cascades • Bulk Handling Systems •
CBT Nuggets • Clay’s Refrigeration • Columbia
Distributing Co. • Dari Mart Stores • Downwind
Development • Environment Control • Fall
Credit Union • Fred Meyer • Grain Millers •
Harrang Long • Gary Rudnick PC • Jones & Roth •
Kohl’s • KPD Insurance • Lochmead Dairy •
Construction • Jerry’s Home Improvement
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions • Madsen
Center • Jersey Mike’s Subs • Levi Strauss & Co. •
Well Drilling • McKenzie-Willamette Medical
Orchard View Farms • Parties To Go •
Center • Mountain Rose Herbs • Natural
Recent winter storms have shown that it’s good to be prepared. Losing power can
be especially difficult on the people we serve. FFLC has a role in disasters — to
continue food distribution to our partner agencies. We know we’ll be needed, so
we have worked to raise our level of preparedness with staff training, securing
grants to purchase a generator and providing emergency preparedness training
for our partners. Emergency responders will be overwhelmed during disasters,
so make sure you have your home supplies shored up. Readiness starts with
personal preparedness.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thanks to generous support from Leadership Donors who donate $1,000 or
more annually, we are able to serve so many people who need our help. Individual
Leadership Donors provide 42% of our total operating revenue. Their generous
financial support sustains critical programs that provide food and education to
thousands of Lane County families and individuals in need.
February 1–15
3rd Annual Grilled Cheese Experience
February 14
Dutch Luv at all Dutch Bros locations
March 9-12
Lane County Home and Garden Show
April 4
27th Annual Chefs’ Night Out
at The Hult Center
April 8
Spring Plant Sale at The GrassRoots Garden
Thank you also to these community organizations and associations that
provided cash gifts this past year. Many also provided volunteers in our gardens,
in our kitchen, in the warehouse and at the Dining Room. We are so grateful for
the passion, enthusiasm and dedication of our many volunteers who donated
more than 74,000 hours annually.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Are you ready for an earthquake, ice storm or flood? Like it or not, these natural
hazards could hit Lane County at any time. To make getting ready easy and
convenient for you, Lane County came up with 8 fast and simple steps. Once
completed, you’ll be on your way to enjoying life without that “what if” worry
in the back of your mind. Personalize them to your family’s special needs and
preferences and you’ll be better off than ever.
POWERED BY GENEROSITY
With that financial support we were able to grow our capacity to serve seniors
in our community. This past year we added Meals on Wheels to our list of
innovative programs, serving clients in the Eugene area. We also continue to
increase the number of seniors served by our Senior Grocery Program. Through
programs like these, we are helping more seniors get the nutrition they need
while allowing more seniors to stay in their homes. Thank you for helping us
take care of those who took care of us.
Creek Farm & Nursery • First Tech Federal
Aurora Innovations • CoBank • Essex General
Donor Volunteer Event
SSW Engineers • Stone Works International •
May 5
Empty Bowls Sale
May 13
National Association of
Letter Carriers Food Drive
Arsha Vijnana Gurukolum, Inc. • Benevity Community Impact Fund • Central Presbyterian
Church • Church World Service • Combined Federal Campaign • Emerald Empire Sports
Car Club • Emmaus Lutheran Church • Eugene Active 20/30 Club • Eugene Association of
Go to lanecounty.org for more on tips on being prepared.
8 Easy Steps to Get Ready for Anything
bit.ly/emergency8steps
REALTORS® • Eugene Disc Golf Club • Feeding America • First United Methodist Church •
Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation • Lambda Chi Alpha • Lane Coalition for Healthy
Active Youth • Lane County Economic Development • Lane County Waste Management • NW
2)Resupply your medicine cabinet.
3)Slide it under your bed.
4)Stash it in your utility closet.
5)Place it by your door.
6)Put it outside.
7)Load your car.
8)Love your pets.
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GIVING SHELTER FROM THE STORM
Egan Warming Centers have been providing shelter from cold weather for homeless
people in Lane County since 2008. When the temperature drops below 30 degrees
between November 15 and March 31, Egan sites activate and shelter people without
homes in an effort to ensure that they have a warm and safe place to sleep.
With your help, we’ve been working with the Egan Warming Centers since they first
opened. Karen Roth, FFLC Child Nutrition Programs Manager, manages our relationship
with the Egan Centers.
“FFLC has always provided food for breakfast and dinner at Egan,” said Roth. Each
year, Egan expands to more sites, and more sites mean more food is needed. “Last year
I worked on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. If they’re
open, I’m here picking food for them from the warehouse.”
“Without FFLC we would not be able to provide food for our guests,” said Egan Director
Shelley Corteville. “Egan guests are freezing cold when they come in,” she said. “They
really need a hot meal to even be able to get warmed up and go to sleep. Typically they’re
undernourished to begin with, so giving people a hot meal not only allows their body to
warm up, it gives them some good nutrition which they desperately need.”
“FFLC provides a beautiful gift of good, healthy food for our guests,” said Corteville. “It
just makes a huge difference in their attitude. It lets them know that other people see
them as human. It gives them back some dignity.”
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MISSION
We accomplish our mission by
soliciting, collecting, rescuing,
growing, preparing and
packaging food for distribution
through a countywide network
of social service agencies and
programs, and through public
awareness, education and
community advocacy.
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To eliminate hunger
in Lane County
More info online at foodforlanecounty.org/events.
FOLLOW US
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at our Empty Bowls Sale.
Proceeds benefit local hunger relief.
VISION
To alleviate hunger by
creating access to food
Springfield Board of REALTORS® • State Employees’ Food Drive • United Way of Lane County
EMPTY BOWLS SALE
770 Bailey Hill Road
Eugene, OR 97402
(541) 343-2822
May 13
Summer Plant Sale at The Youth Farm
Paella Festival • Oregon Food Bank • Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon • Share Our Strength •
1) Stock your pantry.
FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY
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Your donations strengthen a countywide network of support.
Donate today at foodforlanecounty.org/donate.
Alleviating hunger by creating access to food
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DRIVING HUNGER OUT OF LANE COUNTY
Thank you to these recent drives for
raising 500 or more pounds of food or
$500 or more. To organize your own drive
or to donate to a drive near you, contact
Brad Bassi at (541) 343-2822 x348 or
[email protected]. Or go to
foodforlanecounty.org /fooddrive.
Northwest • Albertsons • Anytime Fitness •
Barre3 • Bertha Holt Elementary School •
This former Merchant Marine is helping feed people in Lane
County. Cathy is a cashier at the Delta Oaks Market of Choice
store and an enthusiastic supporter of FOOD for Lane County’s
SCAN-a-Coupon program.
Bi-Mart • CrossFit Intensify • Daneland Mobile Home Park • Danish Brotherhood Lodge #348 •
“Customer service is what it’s all about,” said Cathy. “I love to
talk to my customers. When people buy SCAN coupons I make
sure that I thank them. I say ‘that really helps’ and ‘$1 provides 3
meals.’ It makes people feel good.”
Cathy’s customers tell her they appreciate that SCAN is at the
checkstand, because it makes it easy to do something good. Her
customers also appreciate that their donations stay in Lane County.
Market of Choice • Down to Earth • The Kiva • Friendly Street
Market • Gray’s Garden Centers • Cook’s Pots & Tabletops • Capella
Market • Sundance Natural Foods • Whole Foods
92% of FOOD for Lane County resources are
Administration 2%
dedicated to food distribution. For every dollar you
donate, we can access and distribute three meals
through our county-wide network of partners.
Expenses
2015-2016
Resource
Development 6%
Editor: Denise Wendt
Contributor: Katie Dettman
Design: Amy Miller Design
OUR PARTNERS
Leadership
Donors
$1000+
Revenue does not include
donated food, goods and services.
Pentagon Federal Credit Union • Peterson Pacific • Pipeworks • Safeway • SELCO Community
More than one in three Lane County residents are food insecure.
But that number would be far greater without your support and
without the critical support provided by our nation’s anti-hunger
programs — including SNAP, the National School Lunch Program,
summer meals, WIC, the Emergency Food Assistance Program and
Commodity Supplemental Food Programs. Together these federal
nutrition programs reduce hunger and poverty and strengthen
our communities.
Beverlee Potter
Executive Director
Grill • US Postal Service • Valley River Center’s Breakfast with Santa • Value Village • Walmart •
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Ward Insurance Agency • Western Shelter Systems • Westminster Presbyterian Church •
Willamalane Adult Activity Center
Donate online at foodforlanecounty.org
From canned soup to cantelope, we rely on food donations from a variety of sources,
including wholesalers and retail grocery stores, farms, food drives, companies and
individuals. More than 60% of the 8 million pounds we distributed last year came
from local donors. It’s a vast and varied network of support that keeps our trucks
on the road, food pantry shelves stocked and dinner plates full. We are grateful for
the enthusiastic and generous support. Thank you to these donors and drives that
donated $500 or more or 500 or more pounds of food in 2016.
Cream • Lane County Fair • Lane County Home Show • Linn-Benton Food Share • Lochmead
Dairy • Lone Pine Farms • Luvo • Marion-Polk Food Share • Market of Choice • McDonald
contribution by:
We are in the business of feeding people, and a lack of affordable
housing affects the people who turn to us for help. Home
ownership is out of reach for many. During the 2015-2016 school
year, 2,387 school-age children experienced homelessness.
Credit Union • Shelton Turnbull • Smile Keepers • SportHill • Summit Funding • The Overtime
BECOME A MONTHLY
DONER TODAY
Donating monthly is one of the most effective
ways to support FFLC. Regular monthly
donations help donors balance their annual
giving throughout the year and provide
FFLC with a steady source of financial
support. Donate $84 or more monthly to
become a member of FFLC’s Leadership
Circle. Call (541) 343-2822 or sign up online.
Go to foodforlanecounty.org and click on the
Donate button.
Foods • Johnson Vegetable Farms • King Estate Winery • KVAL 13 • LaLoo’s Goat Milk Ice
Printed through a generous
A lack of affordable housing has played a large part. Housing costs,
especially for renters, drain already strained budgets, leaving little
money for everything else — including food — forcing working
families to seek help.
For every 100 Lane County families with extremely low incomes,
there are only 14 affordable housing units available, according to
the Oregon Housing Alliance. One out of three renters in Lane
County pay more than 50% of their income in rent. For renters
with extremely low incomes, that’s three out of four.
Oregon Ceiling & Acoustics • Oregon Community Credit Union • Oregon Medical Group •
Wholesale Co. • National Association of Letter Carriers • Natural Grocers • Northwest/Bigfoot
Vending • Oregon Food Bank • Oregon Ice Cream Company • Organically Grown Company •
Oroweat - Bimbo Bakeries USA • Pepperidge Farm • PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center •
Safeway • Spring Valley Dairy • Springfield Creamery • Sweet Leaf Farm • Target • The Epic
Source Food Company • Thistledown Farm • Track Town Pizza • True Value Foundation •
Umpqua Dairy Products, Inc • University of Oregon • US Postal Service • Walmart •
WhiteWave Foods • Willamalane Park & Recreation District • WinCo Foods
Foundation and
Corporate Grants 20%
(541) 343-2822
of Letter Carriers • Natural Dentures • Northwest Community Credit Union • Oak Hill School •
Show • Goodwill • Grocery Outlet • Groundwork Organics • Haggen Food • Inland Empire
Government Grants
and Contracts 26.5%
Total revenue $4,913,121
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Rescue • League of Women Voters • Lube It USA • McKenzie Commercial • National Association
Meyer • Frito-Lay • Georgia-Pacific • GloryBee Foods • Good Earth Home, Garden & Living
Food Distribution 92%
Individuals 42%
770 Bailey Hill Road
Eugene, Oregon 97402
International • KVAL 13 Take A Bite Out of Hunger • Lane County Home Show • Lane Rural Fire
Dollar Tree • East West Tea Company • Emerald Fruit & Produce Co. • Franz Bakery • Fred
Revenue
2015-2016
MAIL GIFTS
Goodwill Industries • Hershner Hunter LLP • In Shape Athletic Club • Johnson Crushers
104.7 KDUK • Albertsons • Attune Foods/Post • Bi-Mart • Café Yumm! • Cash & Carry •
FFLC Programs and Misc. 4%
Corporate Gifts and
Sponsorships 7.5%
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Church • First Tech Credit Union • First United Methodist Church • FW Inseego Wireless •
KEEPING THE FOOD MOVING
DEDICATED TO HUNGER RELIEF
We have seen food insecurity and
hunger worsen in Oregon at the same
time the economy has improved. Oregon
recorded the sharpest increase in food
insecurity of any state during 2013-2015
according to the USDA. Meanwhile,
hunger rates in the rest of the country
have decreased.
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Datalogic • Dr. Bob Rust, DMD • Dr. Thomas Houston, DMD • Evergreen Roofing • First Christian
Don’t miss this opportunity to double your gift
in February. Thanks to a generous donation
from an anonymous donor, all gifts made to
SCAN-a-Coupon in February will be matched.
SCAN the QR code on this page, donate
online at foodforlanecounty.org/donate or
SCAN-a-Coupon at one of these participating stores.
LETTER TO READERS
104.7 KDUK • 5th Street Market • ADESA
SCAN in February and double your gift!
MAKING IT EASY TO DO SOMETHING GOOD
WAYS TO DONATE
Lane County resident
We kick off our 3rd Annual
Grilled Cheese Experience,
presented by Kendall Cares,
on February 1. FFLC is once
again partnering with local
restaurants to raise money for
hunger relief. Each restaurant
will serve a “grilled cheese”
themed menu item February
1-15. $2 from each sale will
benefit FFLC. For more information and complete contest rules, visit us on
Facebook or call (541) 343-2822.
2 WAYS TO WIN
Join us Tuesday, April 4, from 6:30pm to 9pm,
at the Hult Center for FFLC’s 27th Annual
Chefs’ Night Out, presented by King Estate
Winery. Tickets on sale now at the Hult
Center. Purchase online at hultcenter.org, or
call (541) 682-5000. All food and beverages
are generously donated by participating
restaurants, caterers, wineries and breweries.
Proceeds benefit hunger relief in Lane County.
Get your Grilled Cheese Experience Passport, sponsored by OnPoint Community
Credit Union, at a participating restaurant. For every 5 stamps you collect,
you’ll be entered into a drawing for a GoPro. Instagram your experience using
the hashtag #CheeseLuv17 for a chance to win two tickets to Chefs’ Night Out
at the Hult Center on April 4.
General Admission $65
After February 28th $75
VIP Early Admission $90
GET YOUR PASSPORT AT THESE PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS
Chefs’ Night Out 2016
Agate Alley • Belly Tacqueria • The Bier Stein • Buster’s Main Street Café • Café 440 • Chow •
The Ciderhouse at Wildcraft Cider Works • Cornbread Café • Falling Sky Pizzeria •
Falling Sky Delicatessen • Falling Sky Brew House • Fisherman’s Market • Friendly Street
Market • Johnny Ocean’s Grille • Party Downtown • Provisions Market Hall •
Red Wagon Creamery • Soup Nation • Sundial Café • Wheels Café @ Kendall Auto • Whole
Foods Market • Wild Duck Café