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Ashland volunteers celebrate 100th food pickup for local food bank
Ashland volunteers celebrate 100th food pickup for local food bank
Ashland volunteers celebrate 100th food pickup for local food bank

Published on: 06/12/2026

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Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Ashland resident Paul Giancarlo waits in line to drop off his neighborhood's 99th Ashland Food Project donation in April 2026. Giancarlo and John Javna conceived of the idea in 2009.Volunteers with the Ashland Community Food Bank stock the shelves on Ashland Food Project pickup days. About 30% of the food bank's donation come through the Neighborhood Food Project donations.Neighborhood coordinators drive the green bags to the Ashland Community Food Bank where volunteers unload the cars and start to sort the donations.On the 99th pickup in Ashland, one volunteer and his daughters greeted neighborhood coordinators in their car lined up to drop off donations.The number of Ashland Food Project donors has grown to about 2,500 and the green bags number in the thousands.Clients of the Ashland Community Food Bank select what they want from the stocked refrigerated cases and shelves.Donations arrive at the Ashland Community Food Bank every other month from the Ashland Food Project.Clients of the Ashland Community Food Bank select what they want from the shelves.Clients of the Ashland Community Food Bank select what they want from the stocked refrigerated cases and shelves.Clients of the Ashland Community Food Bank select what they want from the shelves.Bags with ingredients for four servings are on the shelf.Clients of the Ashland Community Food Bank select what they want from the shelves.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.Volunteers with the Ashland Food Project will make their 100th collection of food bags from the community June 13, 2026. Other cities have adopted the program.

The grassroots Neighborhood Food Project program initiated in Ashland has reached a milestone. On Saturday, volunteers will make their 100th pickup, collecting thousands of filled green cloth bags from people’s front porches and delivering the donations to the Ashland Community Food Bank.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/06/a-simple-green-bag-on-your-porch-helps-feed-hungry-neighbors-in-this-oregon-city.html

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