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One Million Childrens' Meals. No Questions Asked.
This newsletter is devoted to our heroes during the pandemic. Some of them work at the Portland Public Schools.
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One man. Ten thousand meals a week. And he’s just getting started.
Darius Yaw Jones has been told the reason he’s so effective at his job is because he had absolutely no training for it. An African American and…
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Samantha Bakall
Portland’s newest nonprofit: a food-cart chef who volunteers every free moment
Mark Guzman and Tuggie Roo started cooking meals for shelters a few months ago. Now they’re making it official.
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Jonathan Kauffman
The farmer who lost 150,000 pounds of apples
This newsletter is all about people feeding the community. But sometimes, there’s too much food to give away
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Samantha Bakall
What happens to a volunteer kitchen when Portland opens back up?
Crisis Kitchen, which feeds hundreds of people a week, was borne out of chaos and need. What does June 19 hold?
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Jonathan Kauffman
Jacobsen Valentine saw healthy food as his ministry. Now he’s feeding BIPOC communities.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, Jacobsen Valentine was busy teaching anyone and everyone how to cook and eat healthy at his nonprofit cooking…
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Samantha Bakall
The food cart countering isolation with burritos
Fernando's Alegria, in the Portland Mercado, saw business spiral down until a novel partnership reversed the trend
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Jonathan Kauffman
For one social worker, COVID-19 means round-the-clock assistance with unemployment benefits and grocery shopping
Victor Leo's work supports the Chinese American community in Southeast Portland’s Jade District
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Samantha Bakall
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