Welcome to the Ashland Food Project!

The Ashland Food Project is a revolutionary way to collect food: It's a donor drive, not a food drive.

Instead of asking for one-time contributions of food, our volunteers (Neighborhood Coordinators) enlist their neighbors to become long-term Food Donors.

Food Project video

What's the Food Project about?
Watch a video. (3:15 min.)

Food Project video

Gov. John Kitzhaber on the Food Project
Watch a video. (1:23 min.)

 

mom and kids picking up foodWhat we do

Neighbors donate a bag of food every two months. It's incredibly easy, because we supply the bag…and we pick up the food! This provides food pantries with a steady, year-round supply of food…and provides donors with the ongoing satisfaction of making a real difference. They also get to know their neighbors, which builds a powerful sense of community. So everyone wins.

What's the result?

full shelvesOur system really works! We currently bring the Ashland Emergency Food Bank about 110,000 lbs of food a year…one bag at a time. That’s about 35% of the food they distribute!

Read more…and then click on the link in a box below and join us! Whether you donate food, collect it, help make policy decisions, or help out in some other way, you are what makes this program work. The AFP needs you.

I'd like to be a Food Donor

grocery bag

We’ll bring you a reusable green bag. Put food in it, and we’ll pick it up. It’s that easy!

I'd like to be a
Neighborhood Coordinator

person with grocery bags

Get a group of neighbors to be Food Donors, and pick up their food every two months.

I'd like to Help
in Other Ways

women staffing table

Canvassing
Help at food bank
Emergency pickups

Want to start a Food Project in your town?

woman filling bags

We'll help! Contact us

Next Pickup Day: Saturday, June 8

Most Needed Items:

  • Cereal
  • Hearty Soups
  • Cooking Oil

Non-Perishable Food

  • Canned Meat
  • Canned Fruit
  • Canned Tuna
  • Canned Beans
  • Dried Beans
  • Pinto Beans
  • Canned Corn
  • Masa
  • Brown Rice
  • Long Grain White Rice
  • Plain Stewed Tomatoes
  • Fruit Cocktail
  • Side Dishes
  • Soy Milk
  • Canned Milk
  • Texturized Vegetable Protein
  • Pasta
  • Vegetables
  • Side Dishes (Hamburger Helper, Rice-a-Roni, etc.)

Especially for Seniors

  • Dried Fruits
  • Ready made jell-o & pudding
  • Ensure protein drinks
  • Low-sodium Pull-tab Soups
  • Low-sodium Single-
    Serving Meals
  • Low-sodium Crackers
  • Green Tea (regular and decaf)
  • Canned Vegetables
  • Hard Candies

Non-Food Items

  • Diapers
  • Toilet Paper
  • Toothpaste
  • Toothbrushes
  • Soap