Donation Totals

2023: 105 pounds of food donated

2024: 2,005 pounds of food donated Recipients:

• 240 pounds of food donated to the Bethesda Lutheran Church Food Pantry

• 1072 pounds of food donated to FOOD For Lane County

• 798 pounds of pet food donated to Greenhill Humane Society

Active Food Drives

No active food drives at this time. We recently finished our pet food drive for Greenhill Humane Society. Check out our update below. We will begin planning our next food drive in August.

Greenhill Pet Food Drive Update 7/31/24: Our community donated a whopping 334 pounds of cat and dog food on July 7th and 464 pounds of cat and dog food on July 28th for a total of 798 pounds! We are blown away by the generosity of our Bethel area neighbors. THANK YOU to everyone who donated and everyone who stopped by the ABC table regardless of whether they were able to donate. Donations from the July 7 pet food drive were delivered to Greenhill on July 9th. Donations from the July 28 pet food drive were delivered to Greenhill on July 31. Greenhill staff were thrilled by the volume of food donated and are putting it to good use.

Above: ABC Volunteers accept donations during the pet food drive on July 7th in front of the Albertson's on Royal.

Above: A Greenhill staff member and ABC volunteer pose with pet food donated by the community on July 28 in front of Greenhill's warehouse, where donations will be stored temporarily before being used. Joining them is Vix, a sweet girl puppy who is currently adoptable on Greenhill's website. Upcoming food drives in the ABC event calendar

No upcoming food drives at this time

About the Food Pantry Committee

ABC's Food Pantry Committee organizes food drives for local pantries and non-profit organizations that work to reduce food insecurity. Pantries and organizations ABC has worked with include the Bethesda Lutheran Church food pantry, FOOD For Lane County, and the Greenhill Humane Society pet pantry.

Committee members engage in volunteer activities such as: 

-Arranging donation sites where ABC can place its donation barrels

-Dropping off barrels at donation sites and picking them up when a food drive is complete

-Collecting donations from barrels every 1-2 weeks during an active food drive

-Weighing and tracking donations made at each site

-Delivering food donations to participating food pantries every 1-2 weeks

-Planning future food drives

-Producing communications materials to promote food drives

Committee members who want to drop off or pick up donation barrels must have access to a truck or other large vehicle. 

Interested in organizing a food drive with ABC?

If your business or organization would like to partner with ABC to organize a food drive to benefit a food pantry at a local school, nonprofit, or religious organization, please email ABC food pantry committee chair Maya Lazaro at mayaklazaro@gmail.com.