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A survey o f food box recipients in the Portland
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into poverty.
But thanks to broad com m unity support, the O r
egon F ood B ank and its netw ork distributed record
am ounts o f n utritious food as an offset to the bad
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The O regon Food B ank N etw ork conducts the
H unger F actors S urvey every oth er y ear to better
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"The 2010 h u nger survey underscores that hunger
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U.S. B ank is offering up to a scene and learned that tw o su s th ro u g h the in v estig atio n it w as
$30,(XX) rew ard for inform ation lead p e c ts d re s s e d in g ra y h o o d e d learned that nobody had been taken
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kept hunger at bay for roughly 900,(XX) people through
out O regon and S outhw est W ashington last fiscal
year.
D istribution o f em ergency food is still rising - but
at a slo w er pace, the food bank netw ork also reported.
"A lthough w e're not out o f the w oods yet, it a p
pears that the do u b le-d ig it increases in em ergency-
food d istribution via the O regon Food B ank N etw ork
is beginning to level," B ristol says.
D uring 2009-10, the O regon Food B ank N etw ork
d istributed 72 m illion pounds o f food to people in need
th roughout O regon and C lark C ounty.
T he survey reports com e on the heels o f the 2009
U .S. C ensus B ureau poverty report, w hich reports that
the ranks o f the w orking-age poor clim b ed to the
highest level since the 1960s, leaving one in seven
A m ericans in poverty.
"W e need the public w ill to end h u nger by ensuring
all residents have access to good nutrition, so our kids
can learn in school and w orkers can give 100 percent
on the jo b . W e need to re-establish o u r m iddle-class
by creating jo b s that allow fam ilies to thrive and
contribute to their com m u n ities, rath er than strug
gling d ay-to-day ju s t to survive," B ristol says. "W e
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