St. Patrick Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry, and The Human Bean Team Work.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 27, 2010
| CONTACT: Bill & Delores Piller St. Patrick – St. Vincent de Paul (503) 701-9135 • stpatrick@canby.com Jackie McGrath, The Human Bean (541) 608-0564 • jackie@thehumanbean.com |
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The Human Bean to Hold Food Drive August 20
Canby, Ore. — The Human Bean coffee and espresso drive-thru in Canby will offer drink discounts during a one-day food drive on Friday, August 20. All food donated goes to feed the hungry locally through the St. Patrick Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry.
The Human Bean will offer 50 cents off any drink with a donation of one nonperishable food item, and $1 off for two or more donated items. The community is encouraged to donate nutritious foods like peanut butter, canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal. Food items should be in non-breakable containers, such as boxes and cans.
The Human Bean Canby location will take part in the food drive, locations throughout Oregon, Idaho, Nevada and North Carolina will participate. Human Bean is open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Human Bean also participates in Coffee for a Cure, a breast cancer donation day, each October. This is the first time the company has conducted a food drive but plans to make it an annual event.
"We chose to hold the food drive in mid-summer because this is when donations are the lowest during the year," said Jackie McGrath of the Human Bean. "During the winter holidays there are a lot of food drives which helps for the first part of the year, but now is when those donation supplies run low and the need are high."
From 2007-08 to 2008-09, the distribution of emergency food boxes in Oregon increased 14 percent. This amounts to an increase of more than 111,000 additional emergency food boxes. A typical emergency food box provides a three- to five-day supply of groceries. Most food pantries serve a specific geographic area and limit the number of times a family can receive help. Most households seek emergency food boxes only one to three times each year.
