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The
Need
Emergency Food for Hungry Central Oregonians is
increasing.
Today over 14,000
individuals access emergency food through the
food bank emergency food system.
The emergency food bank system consists of NeighborImpact’s food bank and 40 partner organizations from all over Central Oregon. These organizations include food pantries, meal-sites and brown bag sites that distribute emergency food.
For the past twenty-five years NeighborImpact has been quietly increasing the level of emergency food to those in need in our communities, from 450,000 pounds in 1992 to over 2 million pounds today. The 1,000 square foot warehouse that once was adequate is no longer, our inability to store more food limits what we can receive from the Oregon Food Bank and local donors.
Being able to store more food will enable NeighborImpact to serve the community and partner agencies better, since many of them have limited storage as well. The Food Bank will also have the ability to get more frequent shipments of food and will have a repackaging area, creating more volunteer opportunities. Repackaging will allow bulk items to be brought in and portioned into smaller units for distribution. |
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Many Ways to Give
Donate Funds on
Line
Help your neighbors by supporting “Feed the Need”, food warehouse capital campaign. NeighborImpact is a non-profit organization that relies on the generosity of our neighbors in order to provide the diverse services we offer to those in need. If you find yourself able to donate, even just a little, it all adds up! Consider the following ways of giving.
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Fundraising Committee
Bob and Eileen Woodward have
graciously volunteered to be the honorary chairs
for the capital campaign. They are joined
by NeighborImpact's Resource Development Committee, who
will oversee the fundraising efforts for the
capital campaign. |
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The Plan
NeighborImpact’s
Food Bank expansion will substantially increase
the region’s capacity to meet the hunger needs
of Central Oregonians.
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Increase freezer
capacity by over 100% to meet the growth in
frozen food received through the local Fresh
Alliance™ pick ups
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Increase the
pounds of locally recovered fresh food to over
800,000 per year.
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Add new
capability to repackage food and clean the
bins used to pick up over 60,000 pounds of
food each month from local stores through
Fresh Alliance™
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Double the
square footage available for storing
non-perishable foods allowing for more local
donations and more food to be transported from
Oregon Food Bank
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Create a repack
area that will grow community involvement by
increasing volunteer opportunities
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Donate existing
220 square foot walk in freezer to St Vincent
De Paul in Prineville to increase its capacity
to store and distribute food
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Budget
The capital campaign “Feed the Need” for the expansion of the food warehouse has a financial goal of $100,000. This goal is based on the gap between the projected costs of the construction and the revenue from the Department of Environmental Quality settlement.
To-date we have received $25,000 from Oregon Food Bank and Deschutes County has initially donated $2,000 with each of the three commissioners donating from their individual discretionary economic development funds.
Budget
Revenue |
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DEQ SEP AWARD |
$133,000 |
OFB Network Support Fund |
$25,000 |
Foundations |
$50,000 |
Local Donations |
$25,000 |
Total Revenue |
$233,000 |
Expenses |
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Project Management |
$8,900 |
Engineering & Permitting Costs |
$25,700 |
Major Equipment Costs |
$59,000 |
Warehouse building materials & labor costs |
$75,800 |
Excavation, concrete, paving costs |
$44,600 |
10% (+/-)Cost Over Run |
$19,000 |
Total Expenses |
$233,000 |
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Emergency Food Partners
The emergency food bank system consists of NeighborImpact’s food bank and 40 partner organizations from all over Central Oregon. These organizations include food pantries, meal-sites and brown bag sites that distribute emergency food to 14,000 individuals per month. Click here to see the partner list. |
 
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