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Free vaccine event for COVID-19 vaccinations, free food and community resources, like rental assistance and gift cards.
Date/Time: Friday, Oct. 29th from 3-7pm
Location: PCC Willow Creek Center, 241 SW Edgeway Drive, Beaverton, OR 97006
Vaccine types: Pfizer and J&J (Pfizer boosters will be available for anyone that qualifies)
Incentives:
1. [For vaccine recipients only] Gift Cards: $100 for first shot, $50 for second shot, $150 for J&J
2. Food boxes (non-perishables, 1 week’s worth of food for 1 person)
3. PPE swag bags and Safe+Strong masks from OHA
4. Resource Fair and resource navigation with Ride…
UPDATE 1/31/22: OFB has distributed all available KN95/N95 and reusable masks. We will keep you posted if and when more become available. Thank you!
Free Masks Available from OFB - hundreds of thousands in stock - feel free to distribute generously to clients to share with their family/neighbors/community.
To request masks, in the notes/comments section of your order, specify the kind of mask and number of cases you would like added to your order. (Full cases only.) Or send an email to orders…
Recruiting new members!
The Food Access & Essential Needs (FAEN) Engagement Workgroup will work collaboratively with members of Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color (BIPOC) to bring diverse personal and collective perspectives to the development of an inclusive regional food system framework. Workgroup members will do this by spending 2-3 hours a week guiding community engagement activities and then communicating findings back to the workgroup in a weekly, virtual meeting. In the Spring, these community…
Hi Partners! If your site has to close unexpectedly (due to inclement weather or another urgent reason), please let Oregon Food Bank know asap by emailing: emergencyresponse@oregonfoodbank.org This email list goes to a number of our Operations teams including Transportation and Inventory. Your email will also go to Ally, Carolina, Courtney, Jackie, and Jamie.
Compliance Corner: Clarification on Repacking Potentially Hazardous Foods
The OFB Food Safety & Handling Manual says that pantries with access to a commercial kitchen may repack refrigerated and frozen foods; however, this guidance is no longer correct.
We have recently confirmed that the Oregon Department of Agriculture considers repacking these “potentially hazardous foods” to be a form of food processing, which requires a special license from the ODA. Even if your agency has a commercial kitchen, its county license does not cover processing foods for home…
Monday, October 25, 10am-3pm
See attachments for fliers to share with clients!
We are looking for great candidates for the following positions (job descriptions attached as PDFs):
- Food Program Coordinator (1)
- Outreach Station Crew Member (2)
- Homeless Outreach Team Member (6)
These are all part time positions at a reasonable wage. Anyone who is interested should apply, even if they have conflicts with schedules stated in the job descriptions - we will work with the right candidate to find what works for them.
Lived experience utilizing services in Washington County and…
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