 It’s my turn at the blog again today so I thought I’d use this opportunity to give you a virtual tour of the back warehouse office of MPFS, which many visitors don’t even realize exists. If what people choose to surround themselves with in their work environment says anything about who they are and what matters most in their lives, what would you expect to find among our collection of hunger ninjas, each dedicated to feeding the hungry and working him or herself out of a job?
 Meadowlark Community Garden coordinator Bobbie Concepcion shared with us about the beautiful day she and her family had in the community garden on a recent Sunday.
 The Marion-Polk Food Share Community Kitchen will be the site for two series of cooking classes: one focusing on stretching the food dollar, the other on safety for kids in the kitchen.
 Roth’s Fresh Markets in Marion and Polk counties are again partnering with Marion-Polk Food Share to help end local hunger.
 Lately, I’ve been asking myself the same question each day on the job at Marion-Polk Food Share: Am I making a difference in the lives of others? Are the actions of the gardens program improving the lives of others? It’s a good way to check in, to know if our energies are focused in the right place.
 Spend Cinco de Mayo planting nutritious food for the community!
 Letter carriers in Marion and Polk counties will join counterparts nationwide for the 20th Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 12.
 Marion-Polk Food Share was named Best Non-Profit for the third consecutive year in the statesmanjournal.com Best of the Mid-Valley competition.
 The Teacup Agility Trial from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat. and Sun. May 12 and 13 at My Dogs Gym and Training Centre, 1337 Madison St. NE, Suite 165 in Salem provides fun for participants and spectators while helping a good cause.
 Bring the kids to Ag Fest this weekend and visit the Marion-Polk Food Share booth so they can prepare a strip of lettuce seeds on paper to take home to plant in your garden. It’s a fun and educational project.
 Marion-Polk Food Share distributed more food in March than it has since July 2011. An average of 180,000 pounds of food per week was delivered to our 98 hunger-fighting community partners.
 Salem has moved into a $55,000 slot in the Walmart Fighting Hunger Together Facebook campaign. To stay in the money range in the national contest residents need to keep voting daily through April 30 and spread the word to everyone they know.
 Experience what it’s like to live in poverty during the Community Poverty Simulation exercise slated for 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday, April 30, at Salem YWCA, 1255 Broadway NE.
 Sassy Onion has launched another hunger fighting initiative. Add your name to the wall of hunger fighters.
 Shopping Matters, a new local initiative to help people learn to choose healthy foods and stretch their food budgets, is accepting registrations.
 Library card holders with pending fines must have turned out in droves to donate food to clear their debts at Salem’s Central Library and West Salem Branch.
 What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to learn about “Attracting birds, bees & butterflies” at Willamette University’s Zena Farm from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 21.
 If you’ve ever met Bob Simon and his wife, Vi, you’ll never forget them. And neither will many of the thousands of people whose lives Bob and Vi have touched over the years.
 The Marion-Polk Food Share Community Gardens Program needs volunteers to staff our table at Ag Fest, at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, April 28th and 29th.
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