At Marion Polk Food Share, we believe that everyone should have access to the food they need to work, learn, and thrive.
In Oregon, 1 in 7 people and 1 in 6 kids face food insecurity. This means many of us don't know where our next meal will come from. As families juggle the rising costs of food, housing, health care, childcare, many are forced to make the impossible decision between a roof overhead and food on the table.
Marion Polk Food Share provides food at more than 17,000 pantry visits every month. From these pantry visits, along with food served at shelters and community meal sites, and Meals on Wheels deliveries, the Food Share provides more than 600,000 meals monthly within our community.
Who is hungry?
We know that food assistance is a piece of a larger puzzle that families are putting together to make ends meet each month between housing, childcare, health care costs and more.
Across Marion and Polk counties, an estimated 60,000 people—third of them children—report struggling to afford food. Childhood hunger and chronic malnutrition can lead to irreversible health problems later in life.
Our action:
In 2025, the Marion Polk Food Share network provided about 9 million pounds of nutritious food to people in need across the Mid-Valley, amounting to more than 7.5 million meals throughout our service area.
Every year, we work to eliminate the root causes of hunger by working with communities to strengthen local food systems.
