Jax Partner With Oregon Food Bank For Kids Day

Published on February 1, 2008 under National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Portland Lumberjax News Release


PORTLAND, February 1, 2008 - Nearly 20 percent of Oregonians have needed assistance from Oregon Food Bank. Many of those people are children as well. That's why the Portland LumberJax have partnered with Oregon Food Bank for Kids Day. On Sunday February 17, you can join the Jax and Oregon Food Bank by donating non-perishable food items at the Jax game at 3 p.m. against the Edmonton Rush at the Rose Garden Arena.

Collection buckets will be setup inside the Rose Garden. Everyone who brings a food item for donation will be given a buy-one-get-one-free ticket voucher. It's a win-win situation that benefits everyone. What could be better than donating to a great cause and then seeing the Jax dispose of the rival Rush?

Oregon Food Bank is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It is the hub of a statewide network of more than 919 hunger-relief agencies serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also works to eliminate the root causes of hunger through education and advocacy.

Oregon Food Bank Facts:

--For every dollar donated, Oregon Food Bank can move five pounds of food through its food distributive program.

--In an average month, 192,000 people eat meals from an emergency food box in Oregon and Clark County, Wash.

--The Oregon Food Bank Network moved 55.8-million pounds of food last fiscal year.

--37% (or 71,000) of those eating food from an emergency food box are children.

--Children who are hungry have more trouble learning in school.

--Early childhood hunger and malnutrition can result in irreversible health problems, such as hypertension, diabetes, kidney and heart disease later in life.

--Most adult emergency food box recipients are working, retired or disabled. 47% of households receiving an emergency food box had at least one working adult.

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