Program and Operational Support

Participants are asked to donate what they can toward the cost of their meals and the average donation we receive is about 81 cents per meal. While we do receive some government funding, it does not cover the $6.05 it costs to produce each meal and provide services for a senior and we rely on outside donations to make up the difference. Your unrestricted gift will allow us to continue serving hot, nutritious meals to seniors every day.

In addition the meals we serve, we also offer many programs to the seniors. Your gift can also help support a program and help enrich the lives of our seniors.

To make a donation by phone call 503.953.8131.

To mail in a donation, send to Loaves & Fishes Centers, PO Box 19477, Portland OR 97280-0477.

CONTACT INFO:
For information about donations, please contact Georgi Byer at gbyer@lfcpdx.org or 503.953.8131 

Multicultural Outreach

Loaves & Fishes features Hispanic programming at many of its 35 centers. Hispanic meals are made from scratch on location and several centers have specialized programming and bilingual staff.

Native American elders meet at our centers at PSU and NARA and the Pi-Nee-Waus, a Native American group, meets every Tuesday night at our Belmont Center, located at 4610 SE Belmont, for a hot meal, fellowship and story telling. For more information, contact Belmont Center Manager Barbara Terway at 503.988.5566.

Asian programming is available at our Fook Lok-Hollywood Center at 1907 NE 45th. Authentic Asian meals are prepared from scratch daily. The center prepares a giant Chinese New Year’s dinner each winter, along with a variety of other Asian celebrations throughout the year. For more information, contact Fook Lok-Hollywood Center Manager Mary Langman at 503.281-8109. Asian meals are also offered at the Cherry Blossom Center, located at 740 SE 106th Avenue in Portland.

Russian meals are served every Thursday at our Firstenburg Center, located at 700 NE 136th in Vancouver. For more informatin, contact Firstenburg Manager Elaine Cavaness at 360.597.5711.

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Supplemental Meal Program

Loaves & Fishes provides a second daily meal to eligible individuals who are at high risk of malnutrition. These include those who are:

• recovering from an illness
• showing excessive weight loss
• lacking sufficient income or ability to prepare an adequate diet
• unable to follow a therapeutic dietReferrals for supplemental meals must be approved by an individual’s physician, case manager or a registered dietician.

Two types of supplemental meals are available (both are available in diabetic):

• conventional meal—includes sandwich, fruit, dessert and 1 box of liquid supplement
• liquid supplement—2 boxes of a liquid nutritional supplement

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EnhanceFitness Program

EnhanceFitness was developed in partnership with the University of Washington’s School of Nursing and the Seattle King County Senior Services and funded by the Northwest Health Foundation. The goal of the program is to improve the health of seniors with arthritis, but the exercises are appropriate for all seniors. EnhanceFitness is a free group exercise program developed specifically for older adults that focuses on stretching and flexibility, low-impact aerobic, strength training and balance. Fitness instructors chart each participant’s progress and adds their results to this evidenced-based study. For more information and to learn which centers provide EnhanceFitness, please call Barbara Mahoney at 503.953.8153.

Your gift will allow us to continue serving hot, nutritious meals to seniors every day.