Portland shoppers can Donate Dinner for homebound seniors this holiday season by making a financial contribution to help support Loaves & Fishes Centers, The Meals-On-Wheels People.

From Nov. 21-25, shoppers can add a donation to their purchase at 25 grocers in the Portland-Vancouver area. An extra $3.68 provides one meal for a Meals-On-Wheels client; $25.76 pays for a week of meals; and a donation of $103.04 provides a month of meals for a homebound senior.

More than 1,500 volunteers are needed to help staff the stores during the five days of the campaign to greet customers and distribute Donate Dinner cards. Volunteers spend just two hours at one of 25 locations throughout the greater Metro area. To volunteer, go to www.donatedinner.org.

The Donate Dinner campaign helps Loaves & Fishes Centers serve more than 5,000 Portland-Vancouver area seniors every weekday. The agency depends on such community contributions for nearly 60 percent of its funding.

Grocers participating in the 2009 Donate Dinner campaign include:

§     New Seasons Market, Arbor Lodge – 6400 N Interstate Ave.

§     New Seasons Market, Cedar Hills – 3495 Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton

§     New Seasons Market, Concordia – 5320 N.E. 33^rd Ave.

§     New Seasons Happy Valley – 15861 SE Happy Valley Town Center Drive,              
                                                                                                                       Happy Valley

§     New Seasons Market, Mountain Park – 3 SW Monroe Parkway, Lake Oswego

§     New Seasons Market Orenco Station – 1453 N.E. 61^st Ave., Hillsboro

§     New Seasons Market Raleigh Hills – 7300 S.W. Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway

§     New Seasons Market Sellwood – 1214 S.E. Tacoma St.

§     New Seasons Market Seven Corners – 1954 S.E. Division St.

§     Hank’s Thriftway – 661 SE Baseline

§     Lamb’s Garden Home Thriftway – 7410 S.W. Oleson Rd.

§     Lamb’s Thriftway on Scholls – 12220 S.W. Scholls Ferry Rd., Tigard

§     Lamb’s at Stroheckers – 2855 S.W. Patton Rd.

§     Bales Farmington Thriftway – 17675 S.W. Farmington Rd., Aloha

§     Bales Cedar Mill – 12675 N.W. Cornell Rd.

§     Market of Choice – 8502 SW Terwilliger Blvd.

§     Haggen Murray Hills – 9055 SW Murray Blvd., Beaverton

§     Haggen Tanasbourne – 18000 NW Evergreen Parkway, Beaverton

§     Haggen Tualatin – 8515 SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road, Tualatin

§     Whole Foods Tanasbourne – 19440 NW Cornell Rd., Portland

§     Whole Foods in the Pearl – 1210 NW Couch Street, Portland

§     Whole Foods Laurelhurst – 2825 E Burnside Street, Portland

§     Whole Foods Freemont – 3535 NE 15^th Ave., Portland

§     Whole Foods Bridgeport – 7380  SW Bridgeport Rd., Portland

§     Whole Foods Vancouver – 815 SE 160^th Ave., Vancouver

Since 1970 Loaves & Fishes Centers has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 32 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals-On-Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of more than 7,400 volunteers, the nonprofit, secular agency now serves 5,000 meals daily and more than 1.4 million meals each year. The agency’s vision is that no senior will go hungry or experience social isolation.

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Media inquiries should be directed to:
Julie Piper Finley, ABC,
Director of Marketing & Communications
(503) 736-6325 ext. 25936
mediarelations@lfcpdx.org

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