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Food and Hunger - Regional Food Bank

Clatsop Community Action operates the Regional Food Bank (RFB) in Clatsop county for the Oregon Food Bank (OFB) Network. 

CCA's RFB fights hunger in Clatsop County by distributing food to 18 local agencies; including pantries, hot meal sites, shelters and other programs assisting low-income people.  

The Oregon Food Bank Network is a cooperative statewide coalition of 20 regional food banks working to eliminate hunger and its root causes through distributing donated food to agencies serving low-income people, advocacy, and public education about the underlying causes of hunger.

OFB is an affiliate food bank of Feeding America the Nation's Food Bank Network.  This affiliation provides access to donations from national food companies.  About 15% of the food distributed by OFB comes from donations referred by Feeding America.

 

The CCA Regional Food Bank seeks to eliminate hunger in Clatsop County by providing free food to people who are hungry. The agencies which distribute the food may be hot meal sites pantries or shelters. In the CCA Regional Food Bank network there are 9 pantries, 3 shelters, 9 hot meal sites, and several other sites and affiliated agencies.

The CCA Regional Food Bank operates a distribution center which is located along the Columbia River in Astoria.  The use of this 4,000 sq. foot facility as a food bank was made possible by the generosity of the City of Astoria.