 In January, Marion-Polk Food Share distributed 703,509 pounds of food to our network of 97 hunger-relief partners. That’s more than 175,000 pounds of food each week, a 17 percent increase over the previous month..
 Thanks to the generosity of several local farmers, Marion-Polk Food Share will be the recipient of 312,444 pounds of canned green beans that should last nearly a year, said Rick Gaupo, chief operating officer.
The first delivery arrived last week and other shipments will be phased in over time.
 Wonderful story in today’s Statesman Journal about Marion-Polk Food Share’s innovative protein patty that will be hitting emergency food boxes in March.
 Fifth-graders from Abiqua School in South Salem today donated 116 pounds of food they had collected in a month’s time.
 Marion-Polk Food Share will host a special volunteer gathering with a Mardi Gras theme from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
 Marion-Polk Food Share has reorganized and expanded its management team to better handle the demands of “leading the fight to end hunger in Marion and Polk counties.”
 Faces were beaming in the Marion-Polk Food Share Community Kitchen Feb. 13.
 Learn seed starting basics with a hands-on opportunity from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at The Oregon School for the Deaf Urban Farm, 999 Locust Ave. NE.
 The Galley Clipper service group from Westminster Presbyterian Church is serious about food. This jovial bunch of volunteers helps out at Marion-Polk Food Share on a monthly basis.
 It’ll be slow speed ahead for Oregon. So say state economists who Wednesday forecast a $35.1 million dip in revenues. So what does that mean for Marion-Polk Food Share?
 Oregon Food Bank recently delivered 10,800 pounds of California yams to Marion-Polk Food Share that currently are being distributed to food pantries and meal sites in Marion and Polk counties.
 To help fight local hunger, Marion-Polk Food Share is casting a wider net that will require air travel to further research low-cost food development alternatives. To fund needed travel, the regional food bank has launched its “Flight Against Hunger” initiative.
 “Someone ought to do it, but why should I?” – “Someone ought to do it, so why not I?” Between these two sentences lie whole centuries of moral evolution. — Annie Besant
 Regal Cinemas is hosting “The Force Against Hunger” community food drive Feb. 3 – 13.
 Mark your calendar for the 2nd Annual Seed Exchange planned for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 25, at Marion-Polk Food Share, 1660 Salem Industrial Drive NE.
 Thirteen aspiring chefs from West Salem elementary schools tested their culinary skills Monday during Sodexo’s annual healthy cooking competition.
 If you like country music and you want to help feed hungry neighbors, you’ll want to check out the BobbiLynn Forbus “Hoedown for Humanity” that’s set for 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4.
 Karin Putnam from Willamette Art Center presented the Marion-Polk Food Share Board of Directors with a check
 The “Delicious and Nutritious Meals on a Shoestring: Root Vegetables” class taught by Penny Strand and Janet Rogers on Jan. 24 was very well received. Here’s how some of the participants evaluated the experience:
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