Food Drive & Pantry Committee
Chair
Chair contact
Maya Lazaro
Donation Totals
2023: 105 pounds of food donated
2024: 2,246 pounds of food donated Recipients:
481 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 There are no active food drives at this time.
Previous Food Drives Food Drive with Eugene Bethel Lions Club @ Summerfield Estates Update 11-13-14: In October ABC partnered with the Eugene Bethel Lions Club and Summerfield Estates to hold a week-long food drive to benefit the Bethesda Lutheran Church Food Pantry. During the drive, the Summerfield Estates community donated a whopping 240.8 pounds of food! Thank you to the Eugene Bethel Lions Club and Summerfield Estates for your incredible generosity. Donations were delivered to the Bethesda Lutheran Church food pantry on November 11.
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:Â
-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.Â
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.