JULY 3, 2020, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
FOOD,
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Bank. For the past few weeks,
the only items that have been
on the list are cardboard boxes
and plastic bags.
The only item KCFB has
in surplus at the moment is
butter, a freezer full of it. The
supply of canned beans is hold-
ing steady, but the amount on-
hand is far from reassuring giv-
en how little of anything else
is available.
“The tuna, tomato paste,
tomato sauces, cold cereal, pea-
nut butter and canned vege-
tables are almost non-existent
unless we buy them off the
shelf,” Johnson said.
Since mid-March, the need
for food assistance increased by
an average of 50 percent over
the same time period last year.
“To meet this increased
need, Marion Polk Food Share
has distributed an unprece-
dented amount of food – 3.73
million pounds from April to
June of 2020, compared to
2.36 million pounds in the
same time period last year.
That’s an increase of 58 per-
cent,” said Julie Hambuchen,
spokesperson for Marion Polk
Food Share.
That total includes an addi-
tional 29,000 pounds of food
delivered to KCFB, and 21,000
pounds delivered to a pop-up
distribution site at Keizer Ele-
mentary School.
While some of the demand
has eased on KCFB as a re-
sult of a federal program that
has made food boxes avail-
able throughout the region
– known as Farm to Fami-
ly – there was a line forming
for food boxes a full hour be-
fore the food bank opened on
Monday, June 29.
“We’ll probably see about
two dozen [families/cars] to-
night, a few weeks ago it was
35 to 45 on Mondays. On
Thursdays, we’ll see 45 or 50,”
Johnson said.
Fortunately, KCFB had a
large shipment of bread a week
ago and enough left over to see
them through Monday’s ser-
vice.
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“We haven’t had any new
bread come in since last week,”
Johnson said.
KCFB has also received a
share of the Farm to Family
boxes, which include either
fresh produce or dairy prod-
ucts, thanks to a partnership
with St. Edward Catholic
Church. Those also dissipate
quickly.
Walter E. Nelson Co., a
Portland-based janitorial sup-
ply company, is providing
a supply of toilet paper for
KCFB to purchase and match-
es it with a donation of sani-
tary wipes.
Johnson is incredibly thank-
ful for the support already giv-
en, but worry is ever-present.
“Last fall, we had so much
available, we had to ask MPFS
to hold off sending us some
things. We didn’t have space
to store it,” he said. “It’s been a
complete 180 from there.”
While photos across the
country have depicted miles-
long line-ups for food bank
services, one of the rarely-men-
tioned realities is that food
banks aren’t intended to be the
sole supply of food for families
in need. Food boxes are meant
to be supplements to bolster
and help stretch whatever gro-
ceries the family can afford for
themselves. That’s why when
KCFB received a nearly half-
ton donation of dog food from
Copper Creek Mercantile it
was broken up into two-pound
bags to make it last longer and
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TOP: Refrigerators once fi lled to bursting at the Keizer Com-
munity Food Bank are mostly barren as a result of hammering
demand and slow resupply. ABOVE: Volunteers unpack some
recent donations in preparation for clients lining up outside the
food bank.
serve more families.
It’s unknown how many are
relying solely on food banks
and the Farm to Family pro-
gram for all their food needs.
“We used to keep track of
everybody and ask them to
come back only once a month.
Since the pandemic started,
we’ve told them to come back
when they are hungry,” John-
son said.
While COVID-19 has
stretched the limits of the food
banks capabilities, it hasn’t been
all doom and gloom. Amid the
chaos, Johnson and his team of
volunteers fi gured out how to
streamline curbside service and
they can move 50 or more cars
through in a couple of hours
with only 10 able bodies.
“As much as we’d love to
have more volunteers, we’re
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done with a small group and
that’s good,” Johnson said.
Rather than inviting food
bank clients into Faith Luther-
an Church to “shop” for what
they need, volunteers meet cli-
ents at their car with a menu
printed in English, Spanish
and Russian. Clients circle the
items they need and volunteers
return in a few minutes with
food ready to be loaded into a
car.
“Everything has changed,
but we’ve not had any com-
plaints,” Johnson said.
Another large popula-
tion KCFB serves are Keizer’s
homeless people.
“We just tell them to come
by and tell us what they need
and can carry,” Johnson said.
Throughout the pandem-
ic, the Keizer Elks and Sa-
lem-based Polyform, Inc., have
provided strong fi nancial sup-
port. There are also several local
businesses hosting food barrels
that directly support KCFB.
Uptown Music offer a $5 gift
card in exchange for food do-
nations; Tony’s Kingdom of
Comics provides free comics
in exchange for food dona-
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& Country Lanes) is hosting
a food barrel sponsored by
the Southeast Keizer Neigh-
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Creek Mercantile is hosting a
food barrel sponsored by the
West Keizer Neighborhood
Association; and Willamette
Valley Bank on River Road is
also hosting a food barrel.
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