Letter: Thanks for helping to feed the hungry

May 2, 2024

Many thanks to the hundreds of neighbors around Jackson County who fill their Food Project’s green bags with non-perishable foods (or funds) for Green Bag Days, the second Saturdays of the even months of the year. A simple system that really works, the Neighborhood Food Project is an innovative way to fight hunger in our community.

You want to help. We make it easy. Just six times per year!

Many more thanks to the neighborhood coordinators in every town in the Rogue Valley. They are the folks who spend an hour a month sending out reminders, and then pick up those green bags every two months and deliver them to their pantry or sorting destination.

Want to know more? Want to volunteer? Want to invite your neighbors to join in? Go to neighborhoodfoodproject.org and click on your town. (Note: Jacksonville and Central Point partner with Medford Food Project and ACCESS.)

Sign up. Donate. It’s so simple.

We know poverty in the Rogue Valley, and our projects lend thousands of hands to help.

Doing something so small to help so many in a such large way: That’s called Community.

Karen Jones,

Founder and district coordinator, Phoenix Food Project

Phoenix

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