LINN BENTON FOOD SHARE

WHO WE ARE

Linn Benton Food Share, established in 1980, is the non-profit Regional Food Bank in the Oregon Food Bank Network that serves Linn and Benton counties. We gather, purchase, store, transport and distribute over 5 million pounds of food each year to our network of local non-profit agencies. These agencies include food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, childcare centers, shelter homes and gleaning groups.

WHY WE ARE NEEDED

Last year food pantries distributed 47,199 emergency food boxes in our two-county area. Soup kitchens and emergency shelters served an additional 26,000 meals each month. Overall, our clients constitute approximately 1/5 of the population in Linn and Benton counties. They are our neighbors, seniors on fixed incomes, parents trying to provide for their families, unemployed or underemployed workers, or families and individuals faced with high medical bills.

FOOD SHARE MEMBER AGENCIES*

EMERGENCY FOOD BOX PROGRAM 
Albany
Fish of Albany
Salvation Army
Signs of Victory Mission
Alsea
Alsea Food Bank/Jeni’s Place
Blodgett/Summit
Coastal Range Food Bank
Brownsville
Sharing Hands
Corvallis
Community Outreach Inc.
Friends of Food Share – Thanksgiving Food Boxes
HSRC/OSU Food Pantry
South Corvallis Food Bank
St. Vincent DePaul at St. Mary’s Church &
       Mobile Pantry at Garfield Elementary School
Vina Moses Christmas Boxes – Benton County
Jefferson
Jefferson Community Pantry
Lebanon
Caring Team Ministries
Fish of Lebanon
St. Vincent DePaul
The Lord’s Storehouse
Monroe
South Benton Food Pantry
Philomath
Philomath Food Bank
Sweet Home
Hope Church of Sweet Home
Seventh Day Adventist
Sweet Home Emergency Ministries

EMERGENCY SHELTERS
Albany
Albany Helping Hands
Jackson St. Youth Services Albany Overnight Shelter
Signs of Victory Mission
Corvallis
Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence
Community Outreach Shelter
Corvallis Men’s Shelter
Jackson St. Youth Services Corvallis Overnight Shelter
Room at the Inn Shelter

EMERGENCY MEAL PROGRAMS
Corvallis Family Table
Lebanon Soup Kitchen
Neighbor to Neighbor – Philomath
Real Bowls/Real People – Lebanon
SHEM Manna Soup Kitchen – Sweet Home
St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen – Albany
Stone Soup/Corvallis at St. Mary’s & First Christian

CONGREGATE MEAL SITES
Chamberlin House Inc. – Albany
Janus House – Corvallis
Pacific NW Adult & Teen Challenge – Shedd
South Benton Nutrition Program – Monroe

CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMS
Alsea Community Effort/Alsea Library
Central Linn Pack Snack Backpack Program – Halsey
Corvallis Weekend Power Pack Program
CSC Head Start – Lincoln County
CSC HELPS – Corvallis & Albany
Family Tree Relief Nursery – Albany & Lebanon
Grace Center for Adult Day Services – Corvallis
Kids Food Pak Backpack Program – Sweet Home
Lebanon Schools Foundation Backpack Program
Presbyterian Child Care Center – Albany
Strengthening Rural Families – Benton County
The River Center Backpack Program – Lebanon
Youth Service Center – Albany

GLEANING GROUPS
Albany Gleaners
Alsea Valley
Canyon Gleaners – Mill City
Community Gleaners – Albany
Fair Share Unlimited – Sweet Home
Harrisburg Harvesters
Lebanon Gleaners
Mid Valley Gleaners – Albany
Mary’s River Gleaners – Corvallis
North Santiam Gleaners – Scio
Philomath Community Gleaners
Central Linn Gleaners – Halsey
South Benton County Gleaners – Monroe
Sweet Home Gleaners

*Subject to change