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Message 2024 Annual Report4 MONROE PARKWAY, STE A, LAKE OSWEGO, OR 97035WWW.HUNGERFIGHTERSOREGON.ORG | 503.866.9939

Hunger Fighters Oregon is a small, independent, no-barriers food pantry located in Lake Oswego, Oregon. OUR MISSION Addressing food insecurity in our community byoffering accessible, high-quality basic andsupplemental food and essential hygiene items in acompassionate, low-barrier environment.EVERYONE MATTERS Every individual deserves dignity, respect, andcompassionate support. BUILD COMMUNITY Stronger together: multiplying impact throughmeaningful partnerships. DEDICATED TO IMPACT We create lasting change through intentional,purposeful action. CHAMPION EQUITY Equity and inclusivity are part of the fabric of ourorganization. RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP We manage resources wisely to create sustainable,lasting impact.OUR VALUES

Since starting, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with and buildrapport with a number of our guests, allowing me to betterunderstand their needs and the myriad reasons why our pantryis so needed in this community. I’ve met with a number ofcommunity members and organization leaders who’vededicated time and valuable resources to HFO. And, I’ve hadconversations with volunteers and community groups who arededicated to fighting food insecurity. These conversations andthe opportunity to dig in to the HFO network have been crucialin providing needed context as we think about how we cangrow HFO in to an organization that ensures we’re servingthose in need to the best of our ability.By the time you read this, we will have gone through our firststrategic planning process and landed on key 1-3-5 year goalswhich will keeping us mission driven as we move into 2025 andbeyond. We know that the work we do here at Hunger FightersOregon will need to adapt and evolve to meet the rising needof those in our community. We will continue to work to meetthat need and we look forward to growing as an organizationwith the support of amazing community members like you.Thank you,The HFO Team: Jackie, Simone, and MarleaFirst and foremost, Ihave to thank to theHFO family and the LakeOswego community forall of the support I’vereceived since startingin April, 2024. As a firsttime Executive Director,your support of bothmyself and theorganization has beenhumbling.Simone Coker-KamnaExecutive DirectorHunger Fighters OregonLETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2024 In ReviewNEW STAFF:HFO hired new Pantry Manager,Marlea Goulet and Inventory ManagerStacey Khoury-Diaz in February, andExecutive Director, Simone Coker-Kamna in April to start operationalizingthe pantry. After a couple of staffingtransitions, Jackie Fisher joined thestaff as Inventory & Pantry Coordinatorin September.PANTRY UPDATES:Using funds granted to us through theAmerican Rescue Plan Act and in an effort toupgrade the Pantry, we purchased new fridgesand a freezer, benches for guests to wait on,sinks for better cleaning, and stainless steeltables for safe food handling.SPRING CAMPAIGN: HFO set its sights on helping supportfamilies over the summer via a springcampaign. The goal was to raise fundsto support kids who would lose accessto free/reduced lunch over thesummer. We raised $17,00 toward thatgoal, putting extra sandwich fixin’s andhealthy snacks on our shelves.ADULT COMMUNITY CENTER:Over the summer, we worked with theLOACC on a couple of projects. Firstup was assembling and delivering 100emergency food boxes for ACCparticipants. Next, we created a newpantry shop day for seniors in thecommunity. Working with the LO AdultCommunity Center, we created a twiceweekly shop time to accommodate thisgroup. We’ve been servingapproximately 24 seniors each monththrough this program.SATELLITE PANTRY:Working with the Life Church, wepiloted our very first Satellite Pantry! We purchased non-perishable food to serve75 drive up guests in the church’sparking lot. Church volunteers came tothe pantry to pack up the bags and handthem out to those in need.FRIENDS OF LUSCHER FARMS,HARVEST HELPERS:Harvest Helpers brought in over 3k lbsof fresh produce starting in the springof 2024! Harvest Helpers grew andharvested produce that they dropped offand stocked each week! HFO staff andboard members were also able to jointhe Harvest Helpers at the farm for aharvest party, getting a first handaccount of what happens on the farm! “Thank you for your awesome work in serving thecommunity. It is needed and is the foundation for a healthythriving community, city, state, country, the world.”-HFO Donor

HOW WE WORKHunger Fighters Oregon is able fulfill its mission thanks to generous donorsand community members like you! Your financial and food donationscombined allow us to curate a food pantry that meets our guests needs whilealso providing items that they might not have access to otherwise!Financial donations help us keep the pantry lights on and our pantry staffed.They also play a critical role in keeping our shelves stocked with the food andhousehold essentials that our guests have come to expect from us. When werun low on stock, we are able to purchase needed items with these funds. Thisapproach is a unique aspect of our pantry that sets us a part from others.Food donations come to us in a few ways—we receive anonymous, in-kind fooddonations to our onsite donation bin 24/7 and we receive large donationsthrough food an supply drives hosted by local groups and organizations. Wework with community partners, like the Friends of Luscher Farms HarvestHelpers, to receive regular on-going donations of specific food items.Gleaned food help us keep our shelves appealing to our guests! Through ourfood rescue program (aka gleaning) we are able to provide our guests withfresh, nutritious, and diverse food options. These items are something that ourguests regularly rave about and come to look forward to. Thank you to ourlocal gleaning partners at Gleaner of Clackamas County, New Seasons,Zupans, and Grocery Outlet. What does it mean to be “No Barriers”?No barriers means that anyone can access our pantry—no questionsasked. Many families are susceptible to misfortune. A car accident, anillness, or a layoff can drastically change a family’s budget. That’swhere we come in. It can take weeks or months for people in thesesituations to access governmental support, so we can be a quickand painless way to keep food on the table while they sort out theirsituation.Whether a person is chronically unemployed, a recent immigranttrying to navigate a new life, disabled, or temporarily in need, wewant to be known as a trusted and reliable source of relief in thiscommunity.

VISITING THE PANTRYOur guests can “shop” our pantrytwice per month, perusing ouraisles and selecting the items theyneed most. When guests visit thepantry, they are checked-in by ourfriendly volunteers, they then waittheir turn to shop. All new guests fillout an intake form which we use tocollect household, demographic,and other information that we usefor reporting and tracking.All of our food, hygiene, andhousehold supplies have amaximum amount that can betaken by each guest based on theirhousehold size. This amountchanges day to day based onsupply. Our maximums allow us tomake sure that we are able to servethe most people possible.At Hunger Fighters Oregon, our volunteersare critical to the work we do. HFO startedas a volunteer-run program and ourvolunteers continue to play a crucial rolein our day to day operations. We provide various entry points for ourvolunteers, making sure we are meetingthem where they are and giving themmeaningful opportunities to show theirsupport of our organization. Whether theyare a high school student fulfillingcommunity service hours, a family lookingto do something together, individualslooking to make a difference in theircommunity. , we can find a spot for anyoneto in our pantry!We do expect our volunteers to show and treat our guests with therespect and dignity they deserve. Food insecurity is a stigmatized issue inour community—no judgement and no bias, that’s all we ask of ourvolunteers and staff!

THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR DONORSIndividualsAnonymous (4)Abbey RollinsAmanda WernerAndrea PlattBarbara BasneyGale WallmarkJudy AdlerJulie DeBuhrKelsey BurghardtLyle GriffinMorris & Carolyn ArntsonRobert HandSue DukehartSusan ScotbergSynthia & Robert McIverTammy PerhamTracy CahillVikki MeeFoundations/Government/BusinessesAnonymousAubin Family TrustAuzten FoundationCharles & Maude Phillips Family FoundationClackamas CountyDowl, LLCFredrick & Stephanie Wagner Family FoundationFoggia, Douglas, Palmer, LLC (The OlsonMemorial Clinic)The City of Lake OswegoGoodwill Industries of Columbia WillametteThe Laura Wanser FoundationThe Newcomers Welcome Club - Lake OswegoSheets UnlimitedMajor donors gave $1,000 or more to HFO via a one-timeor recurring donation, this year.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORSAnonymous (20)Abigail PringleAftab AhmadAlan BazzazAlex OsteenAlice Faye NelsonAmi & Shyam JoshiAndrew DausmanAnil & Sarojini GoreAnn BlumeAnne TalbottArleen GrimmArleon KelleyArvin ParnajpeAvinash PradhanBahai Community of Lake OswegoBarbara BogdanBau Oregon, Inc.Bonnie NewmanBrandon AmanBrian & Joanne McNerneyBright Space Real EstateCarman Oaks Resident AssociationCatalina MonteiroCathy CoreyChan Wan & Eunah ParkCharities Aid Foundation of AmericaCharlotte Colistro BrownCheri NewtonCherie DupuisChris GrubbChrista ColemanChristie SwansonCourtney ClementsDaniel SeitzDave SengenbergerDavid & Diana GenestDavid HuntDawn O'ConnorDenise & Robert Le ChevallierDiane Struss BrouhardElizabeth & David AzumaEllyn ByeEmily Puukka ClarkEmmie RandallEric HansonEric LiderEvan & Emily EllisGayle MacleodGriffin Family FundHelen MeyerHunt HolmanIgor BastienJackie TarangeloJames & Dinah RobbinsJames & Rebecca ConleyJames & Ann JohnstonJami Parcher WrayJan LevineJanet PaulJanice & Richard SixsmithJayant & Bharati IngleJoan BrassfieldJoanie AbreuJoe BuckJohn hillJoseph & Leeanne WorthingtonJoseph ReaderJoyce DutcherJulianna CahillJulie RodgersKabir BhatiaKaren CokerKaren LogsdonKathryn BudnyKathy & Michael SiebersKathy ChandlerKatie EndterKelli Murdock EickelbergKendra HogueKevin & Genita CostelloKirsten ChapmanKmiec Family FundKristen GarciaLaura H Fribbs TrustLauren KirkwoodLaurie ZanniLeela ReddyLinda ConleeLinn VehlingLinna RitumsLisa DunitzLisa HigginsLynne MarschallMaja BergeMalcolm & Linda MathesManohar & Zarina PunjaMargaret GarrettMargot LeeMarianne McClenaghanMarilyn ReiherMark & Donanne WagnerMark FriessMark WallerMartha BennettMarty GardnerMary PuskasMary Lee SchoenbrunMary OlivaMatt SorensonMegan MorlockMelissa HansenMelvin & Judith HoilandMerchant Charitable FoundationMichael UmphreyMichelle DolanMolly DuckerMichael & Cheryl DottenMichael JudeNancy HusbandsNicole PhelpsNicole UlwellingNitin & Alaka SarangdharOregon Property Preservation LLCParvez & Dilnavaz PohowallaPatt & Chuck DeRousiePaul & Teri GrahamPayPal Giving FundPete & Carol RadochonskiPrashant & Savita SawkarRachel MelissaReed FarkasRhonda WaldropRichard & Harriet SteinbergRick StawickiRob and Angela MoneyhanRobert GalenRoger & Judith BlecherRomi & Nirupma KanalRupa & Kirit ShahSandra RasaySandra Shimanzu Sarojini & Moir BuddenSawicki Living TrustSharon WoodShaun WanfordSherry SwackhamerShirley KenglaStacey Khoury-DiazStella & Felix CarrStephen & Meg JamesStuart & Laurie BrownSue HedrickSuzanne JohnsonTerry PalmerThe Diech Family TrustThe Opus AgencyThe Werner FamilyThomas & Linda PetrosThomas EvartTracy CahillUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette the Lake Oswego United Church of ChristVijaylakshmi ReddyWest Linn Community PreschoolWilliam & Rae WatermanWilliam & Dr. Rachel KorachWilson ConstructionWindermere FoundationYvonne StegallZachary Nye

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS47th Ave FarmBirch Community ServicesCity of Lake OswegoClackamas CountyFIDO Pet Food BankGleaners of Clackamas CountyGoodwill of Columbia WillametteGrocery Outlet–TigardKiwanis Club of Lake OswegoLake Grove PresbyterianLake Grove Garden ClubLake Oswego Chamber of Commerce &Members Lake Oswego Fire & Police DepartmentsLake Oswego LibraryLake Oswego Farmers MarketLake Oswego High SchoolLake Oswego ReviewLake Oswego United Church of ChristLake Oswego United Methodist ChurchLola's CaféLakeridge Middle SchoolLuscher Farms, Harvest HelpersMountain Park ChurchNational Charity LeagueNewcomers Welcome ClubNew Seasons - Palidsades & Mountain Park Nicoletta’s TableThe Opus AgencyRotary Club of Lake OswegoThe Springs @ Carman OaksSt Vincent DePaul Starbucks - Mountain ParkYoung Men’s Service LeagueZupans - Lake GroveWindermere Realty GroupThank you to the many other groups, organizations, and individualsin the community who’ve supported HFO this year!

THANK YOU TO OURVOLUNTEERS!This is a list of our regular volunteers who volunteered atthe pantry on a weekly to monthly basis in 2024. This is notan exhaustive list of all the amazing people and groups whovolunteered their time and energy at the pantry in 2024. Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers, no matterthe frequency of your volunteerism.Allison KorkolaAmanda WernerAnn BlumeAnn RogersBarb BrannonBarbara BasneyBeth WatzkeBilly BrooksBrent BrewerCarl MyersCarolyn ArnstonCarol SampsonCathy CoreyCharles AubinCynthia PapkeDak SteinbackDeborah KirklandDenise GalvezDiane MillerDoug HandaEmma Yingthe Fleck FamilyGary SteinHumaira KhanJane DuckJanis HootmanJen NortonJoanne ClaytonKaren LeibKerstan RufferKitty YanLaRae BurkLaura KupersteinLinda MathesLinna RitumsMarcia LiebermanMarv KupersteinMeg DryerMelissa SmithMelissa ClemoMindy MarkmanNataliya ToronjoNatsue KawaguchiNing SmithNoel KleinPat WangPatti CarberyPatty ByrdPerry EngRaquel PihlstromRita BondRochelle BensonRon SmithSandra MacQuinnSara HauckSherry KuntzSiena Riquelme-CheungSyndi McIverTate WilliamsTaya CampagnaTeal BohrerTolú TahmassbiBieberachTommy RogersTracy CosperWendy Allen