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The Salvation Army Portland Metro - 07/03/13
Who: The Salvation Army, Feed The Children, 800 local hungry families
What: 2,400 boxes are to be distributed to 800 local families in need, thanks to a partnership between The Salvation Army and Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans project. Boxes will consist of food, hygiene, and household products.
When: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Where: Eastport Plaza parking lot, located at 4000 SE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97266
When: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Why: People are hungry and in need of the simplest of things - period. And the need for these simple things that many people take for granted in the Portland Metro community continue to stay at a high level. Together, The Salvation Army and Feed The Children will be reaching and helping more people in need in the local community in just a few hours!
Additional Info:
Press interviews are available during the distribution and the distribution makes for an incredible visual. Please contact Teresa Engel to arrange an interview: 503.794.3283 (work), 971.219.3226 (cell), or Teresa.engel@usw.salvationarmy.org.
For pictures from previous distributions in Portland, visit The Salvation Army Portland Metro's Facebook page and view the Americans Feeding Americans distribution album. www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
Click here to watch a video from the 2010 Portland distribution, created by Feed The Children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVamEafUNJw&feature=channel
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FULL STORY:
2,400 Boxes to Be Distributed to Families in Need Through Feed The Children - Salvation Army Partnership
(Portland, OR) June 28, 2013 -2,400 boxes are to be distributed to local families in need on Wednesday, July 10th, 2013, thanks to a partnership between The Salvation Army and Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans project. In the early morning hours, 2 semi-trucks full of food boxes, hygiene and household products will be unloaded in the Eastport Plaza parking lot, located at 4000 SE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97266. Starting at 9:00am, 800 families will be able to pick up one box of each type of needed supplies. Eligible families will need to present a voucher in order to receive boxes.
Families who meet the requirements for food assistance can pick up a voucher between now and July 9th, 2013 at three of The Salvation Army Corps in the Portland Metropolitan area (addresses listed below). A voucher must be present in order to receive food, hygiene, and household products. Then, on July 10th, 2013, the families can bring these vouchers to the Eastport Plaza parking lot, where Eastport Plaza has generously permitted The Salvation Army to stage this mass distribution.
The pre-packaged boxes are likely to contain canned foods and other non-perishable items, household products such as paper towels and toilet paper, hygiene items like soap and deodorant, household cleaners, and more. Staff and around 80 volunteers, many from Wells Fargo, will be on site throughout the course of the day unloading boxes and helping families to their cars. Families will need to provide their own means of transportation to and from the distribution site and a way to carry the 3 boxes home with them.
If you or someone you know needs food assistance, please direct them to their local Corps:
Gresham Center for Worship & Service
473 SE 194th Ave.
Portland, OR 97233
503.661.8972 (Press 1 for family services when prompted)
Moore Street Community & Worship Center
5325 N. Williams Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
503.493.3925 ext. 25
Portland Tabernacle
1712 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
503.239.1224
This distribution is the latest stop on Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans Caravan, which has helped more than 100,000 families across the country in cities that have been affected by the nation's economic downturn. Feed The Children is planning similar distributions throughout the rest of the year.
Press interviews are available during the distribution. All media is invited to join Salvation Army staff and volunteers for this event. Please contact Teresa Engel to arrange an interview, to do a story, or to volunteer! You can reach her at 503.794.3283 (work), 971.219.3226 (cell), or Teresa.engel@usw.salvationarmy.org.
For pictures from the 2010, 2011, and 2012 distribution in Portland, visit The Salvation Army Portland Metro's Facebook page and view the Americans Feeding Americans distribution album. www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
Click here to watch a video from the 2010 Portland distribution, created by Feed The Children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVamEafUNJw&feature=channel
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About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. The Salvation Army works in 126 countries worldwide. For more information, or to make a donation, visit us online at www.salvationarmyportland.org. People wishing to make monetary donations can do so by calling 503.238.GIVE (4483), or by mail, The Salvation Army, 8495 SE Monterey Avenue, Happy Valley, OR 97086-7844.
Friend us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2009, Feed The Children distributed more than 111 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.
Attached Media Files: The Salvation Army and Feed The Children, along with the help of many community volunteers, distribute thousands of boxes filled with food and hosuehold goods for those in need in the Portland Metro communit
The Salvation Army Portland Metro - 07/03/13
The Salvation Army and Feed The Children, along with the help of many community volunteers, distribute thousands of boxes filled with food and hosuehold goods for those in need in the Portland Metro community!
What: 2,400 boxes are to be distributed to 800 local families in need, thanks to a partnership between The Salvation Army and Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans project. Boxes will consist of food, hygiene, and household products.
When: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Where: Eastport Plaza parking lot, located at 4000 SE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97266
When: 9:00am - 2:00pm
Why: People are hungry and in need of the simplest of things - period. And the need for these simple things that many people take for granted in the Portland Metro community continue to stay at a high level. Together, The Salvation Army and Feed The Children will be reaching and helping more people in need in the local community in just a few hours!
Additional Info:
Press interviews are available during the distribution and the distribution makes for an incredible visual. Please contact Teresa Engel to arrange an interview: 503.794.3283 (work), 971.219.3226 (cell), or Teresa.engel@usw.salvationarmy.org.
For pictures from previous distributions in Portland, visit The Salvation Army Portland Metro's Facebook page and view the Americans Feeding Americans distribution album. www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
Click here to watch a video from the 2010 Portland distribution, created by Feed The Children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVamEafUNJw&feature=channel
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FULL STORY:
2,400 Boxes to Be Distributed to Families in Need Through Feed The Children - Salvation Army Partnership
(Portland, OR) June 28, 2013 -2,400 boxes are to be distributed to local families in need on Wednesday, July 10th, 2013, thanks to a partnership between The Salvation Army and Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans project. In the early morning hours, 2 semi-trucks full of food boxes, hygiene and household products will be unloaded in the Eastport Plaza parking lot, located at 4000 SE 82nd Ave., Portland, OR 97266. Starting at 9:00am, 800 families will be able to pick up one box of each type of needed supplies. Eligible families will need to present a voucher in order to receive boxes.
Families who meet the requirements for food assistance can pick up a voucher between now and July 9th, 2013 at three of The Salvation Army Corps in the Portland Metropolitan area (addresses listed below). A voucher must be present in order to receive food, hygiene, and household products. Then, on July 10th, 2013, the families can bring these vouchers to the Eastport Plaza parking lot, where Eastport Plaza has generously permitted The Salvation Army to stage this mass distribution.
The pre-packaged boxes are likely to contain canned foods and other non-perishable items, household products such as paper towels and toilet paper, hygiene items like soap and deodorant, household cleaners, and more. Staff and around 80 volunteers, many from Wells Fargo, will be on site throughout the course of the day unloading boxes and helping families to their cars. Families will need to provide their own means of transportation to and from the distribution site and a way to carry the 3 boxes home with them.
If you or someone you know needs food assistance, please direct them to their local Corps:
Gresham Center for Worship & Service
473 SE 194th Ave.
Portland, OR 97233
503.661.8972 (Press 1 for family services when prompted)
Moore Street Community & Worship Center
5325 N. Williams Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
503.493.3925 ext. 25
Portland Tabernacle
1712 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
503.239.1224
This distribution is the latest stop on Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans Caravan, which has helped more than 100,000 families across the country in cities that have been affected by the nation's economic downturn. Feed The Children is planning similar distributions throughout the rest of the year.
Press interviews are available during the distribution. All media is invited to join Salvation Army staff and volunteers for this event. Please contact Teresa Engel to arrange an interview, to do a story, or to volunteer! You can reach her at 503.794.3283 (work), 971.219.3226 (cell), or Teresa.engel@usw.salvationarmy.org.
For pictures from the 2010, 2011, and 2012 distribution in Portland, visit The Salvation Army Portland Metro's Facebook page and view the Americans Feeding Americans distribution album. www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
Click here to watch a video from the 2010 Portland distribution, created by Feed The Children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVamEafUNJw&feature=channel
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About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in London in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. The Salvation Army works in 126 countries worldwide. For more information, or to make a donation, visit us online at www.salvationarmyportland.org. People wishing to make monetary donations can do so by calling 503.238.GIVE (4483), or by mail, The Salvation Army, 8495 SE Monterey Avenue, Happy Valley, OR 97086-7844.
Friend us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyPortland
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2009, Feed The Children distributed more than 111 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need around the globe. For more information, please visit www.feedthechildren.org.
Attached Media Files: The Salvation Army and Feed The Children, along with the help of many community volunteers, distribute thousands of boxes filled with food and hosuehold goods for those in need in the Portland Metro communit
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