APRIL 2, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A9
FOOD BANK,
Continued from page A1
Any new site must also come with
an ample parking lot. One side eff ect of
the pandemic is that KCFB has stream-
lined the process of getting people food.
Whereas clients were once brought
into the church to “shop” for what they
needed, food is now delivered to cars
after clients make selections from a
menu of off erings.
“That’s been one bright spot. Using
the old methods, we might struggle to
get through 25 people in the hour and a
half that we’re open. Now we can do 35
in the same amount of time. It’s easier
on volunteers and the clients prefer it,”
Johnson said.
KCFB doesn’t plan to revert to the
old methods when the pandemic is over,
so any new spot will need to come with
space to stack vehicles for service.
“We would love to fi nd a place for free,
but I’m expecting the food bank will need
to contribute something,” Johnson said.
The economic upheavals brought
on by the pandemic disrupted the food
supply at the same time as it drove up
need. KCFB could once rely on a certain
amount of food to be funneled its way
through Marion Polk Food Share and the
Oregon Food Bank, and even order spe-
cifi c foods. That is no longer the case.
“We get shipments on Monday and
Wednesday, fi nd out what we won’t have
and then go shopping,” Johnson said. It’s
costing the food bank about $1,000 per
week to supplement the food deliveries.
A dollar isn’t going as far as it once
did either. Prior to the pandemic, KCFB
could turn a single dollar into three
Volunteers pack supplemental food boxes at the Keizer Community Food Bank, currently located at Faith Lutheran Church of River Road
North, in 2020. Director Jim Johnson said the food bank needs a new home as Faith Lutheran has chosen to use the current space for other
purposes.
FILE PHOTO, Keizertimes
pounds of food by ordering through
MPFS and the OFB. Without that supply,
KCFB is shopping right alongside the
rest of us with a 10% discount from one
local grocer.
Donations of food are still welcome
at the numerous food barrels around the
community, but fi nancial donations can
be directed toward the items the food
bank is lacking.
The food bank has been an integral
part of the Keizer community since its
inception as the John Knox Community
Food Bank at John Knox Presbyterian
Church.
Since 1991, the mostly volunteer orga-
nization has grown to meet increased
demand, made a major move to Faith
Lutheran Church and became an inter-
faith ministry joining the congregations
of Faith Lutheran, John Knox, St. Edward
Catholic, Keizer Christian and Keizer
Clearlake United Methodist. It opens
twice a week, Monday evening and
Thursday morning.
On average, KCFB serves 25 to 35 cli-
ents each Monday and 55 each Thursday.
“Within that group we are still seeing
three to fi ve new people every time we
open,” Johnson said.
The food boxes given out, which
include personal care items, are not
meant to be a family’s sole source of
sustenance. The boxes are intended to
supplement what a family can obtain
through other safety net programs
such as SNAP. During the pandemic,
St. Edward Catholic Church has been a
conduit for additional food boxes being
provided through a federal emergency
program, but the two are not connected.
Volunteers are most needed for shifts
on Mondays to receive food shipments
and serve clients during the evening
opening.
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