This program that started in 1992 serving 750 students is expanding to serve 10,000 children by the year 2000. That will put the program in close to 200 schools in low-income communities around Oregon. The member will recruit community volunteer gleaning members. The practice of gleaning has been expanded to include gleaning from retail stores and backyard gardens to provide the food to the 50 hunger-relief agencies in Washington County along with providing emergency food boxes and meals to families in the area. The Oregon Food Bank conducted a statewide survey asking food bank clients to describe the circumstances which led them to ask for emergency food.
Members work to organize tenant councils and workshops on tenant interest.
Members work with parents, children and volunteers to organize recreational and educational activities for kids and self-sufficiency programs for parents. Member solicit in-kind donations and track expenses. This model uses ialogue as a tool to address controversial issues and promote civic engagement. We are using this model to bring together members of the community of diverse perspectives to explore gentrification and involuntary displacement. Based on the communities desire to maintain it's diversity and unique feel, we want to create an environment where people from different perspectives can discuss why their home is important, how displacement adversely affects a community and how, working together, we can identify ways to support residents and property owners alike.