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Volume 42 • No. 24
APRIL 2, 2021
hen Jim Johnson, director for the appropriate permits. It’s also
of the Keizer Community a time of strained resources for the
Food Bank (KCFB), ushered food bank as the need in the commu-
a line of people into a Keizer city coun- nity increased with the onset of the
cil meeting last month, it should have COVID-19 pandemic.
been a singularly joyous occasion.
Because of the increased need in the
Johnson was there to
accept the Volunteer of
the Quarter Award along-
side colleague Dennis
Phipps, and brought
several of the regular vol-
unteers to share in the
moment.
After accepting the
award, and thanking
the community for its
support, Johnson had
a much more serious
announcement. The food
bank needs a new home
after a long partnership
with Faith Lutheran
Director,
Church on River Road
KEIZER COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
North.
“We have some time,”
said Johnson in an inter-
view earlier this week.
“But if a space opened up, we would be community, Keizer Community Food
ready to move tomorrow.”
Bank has specifi c needs in a new space.
The news came at a diffi cult time in
“We could fi t into about 2,500 square
many respects, Johnson was making feet, but we need the cooler and freezer
plans to have a walk-in refrigerator and spaces with doorways that can fi t a pal-
walk-in freezer installed to continue to let jack,” Johnson said. “The word in the
meet the needs of hungry residents. food assistance community right now is
City Councilor Kyle Juran, owner of to expect the current levels of demand
Remodeling by Classic Homes, had to continue for the forseeable future.”
been drafting plans behind-the-scenes
See FOOD BANK, page A9
and nearing the point of applying
W
We have some
time… But if a
space opened up,
we would be
ready to move
tomorrow.
— JIM JOHNSON
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