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Oregon ‘Crockpot Brigade’ feeds unhoused people 3 times a week. This holiday is no exception
Oregon ‘Crockpot Brigade’ feeds unhoused people 3 times a week. This holiday is no exception
Oregon ‘Crockpot Brigade’ feeds unhoused people 3 times a week. This holiday is no exception

Published on: 01/01/2026

This news was posted by Oregon Today News

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Peace Meal organizers Vanessa and Jason Houk of Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice step back to see volunteers serve food to unhoused people on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Volunteer servers filled plates for more than 60 people during the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.Peace Meal volunteers, affectionately called the Crockpot Brigade, served beef and vegetarian stews on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Festive holiday attire added to the welcoming Christmas Peace Meal at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Three long tables were filled with food prepared by volunteers at the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.Chicken noodle soup was served at the Christmas Day Peace Meal at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Pork tenderloin and vegetarian meals were served by Peace Meal volunteers Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Grilled vegetables were served by Peace Meal volunteers on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Mac and cheese and other side dishes were served at the Peace Meal on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Conchigliette pasta and cheese and other side dishes were served at the Peace Meal on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Ham and cheese sandwiches and other to-go food were given away at the Peace Meal on Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Homemade brownies and other desserts were served at the Christmas Day Peace Meal.A volunteer brought a homemade meatloaf to the Christmas Day Peace at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Vanessa Martynse Houk of Ashland, left, received a nationwide Courage Project Award for her decades of supporting unhoused and vulnerable residents as the unpaid volunteer executive director of a coalition of organizations called Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, which she joined in 2006 with her husband, Jason Houk.Peace Meal volunteers worked in the kitchen adjacent to a meeting room in the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Donations wre prepared to serve to people at the Christmas Peace Meal Ashland.Slow cookers kept a variety of entrees warm at the Christmas Day Peace Meal at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Slow cookers kept meat and vegetarian entrees warm at the Christmas Day Peace Meal at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Peace Meal volunteers readied sliced bread and butter for the Christmas Day dinner at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Cranberry sauce was offered at the Peace Meal served Christmas Day at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Peas and other cooked vegetables were served by volunteers at the Christmas Day Peace Meal at the Ashland Library Dec. 25, 2025.Donations were prepared in the kitchen to serve to people at the Christmas Peace Meal Ashland.Warm clothing and other supplies were offered during the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.Personal products and other supplies were offered during the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.Packets of tissues and other supplies were offered during the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.Warm clothes and some knitted items were offered during the Christmas Peace Meal in Ashland.A donated sleeping bag was needed by an unhoused woman whose bedding was still wet from winter rains.

No matter the weather on New Year’s Day, Vanessa Martynse Houk will be at Lithia Park in downtown Ashland serving supper to those who are hungry. The longtime advocate for people who are unhoused sees volunteer work as mutual aid; “love in action” and everyone is invited.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/01/oregon-crockpot-brigade-feeds-unhoused-people-3-times-a-week-this-holiday-is-no-exception.html

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