Programs

  • Program 1 [2021]

    DURING 2020, ROGUE FOOD UNITES ("RFU") ESTABILISHED IT PROGRAMS TO USE FOOD TO HEAL INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. RFU COORDINATED WITH LOCALLY-INVESTED FOOD BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE FRESH, NUTRITIOUS, LOCAL INGREDIENTS ASSEMBLED AND DELIVERED TO OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH RFU COORDINATION. WHILE MEETING THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT FOR FOOD, RFU STRENGTHENED LOCAL ECONOMIES, FOSTERING COLLABORATION, PRESERVING JOBS FOR RESIDENTS, BUILDING RESILIENCE, AND ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AND SOVEREIGNTY IN OREGON AND ITS COMMUNITIES. ALONG WITH SUPPORTING FOOD SECURITY, RFU EXPOSED THE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES OF HUNGER, POVERTY, AND OTHER ROOT CAUSES OF WHICH FOOD INSECURITY IS ONLY ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) IN RESPONSE TO THE 2020 OREGON WILDFIRES, RFU QUICKLY DEVELOPED SYSTEMS FOR COORDINATING WITH RESTAURANTS, GROCERS, AND FARMERS, CREATING DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASING NEED FOR MEALS. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOT MEALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY HAPPENED DIRECTLY TO SURVIVORS SHELTERING IN HOTELS, VIA CENTRALLY-LOCATED DISTRIBUTION SITES, AND DOOR-TO-DOOR, WHERE WE DELIVERED OVER 500 DINNERS PER NIGHT. DIETARY RESTRICTIONS, MOBILITY LIMITATIONS, WORK SCHEDULES, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF ACCESSIBILITY OFFERED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADAPT HOW WE SUPPORT TO BETTER SUIT CLIENT NEEDS. IN THESE CASES, VOUCHERS AND GIFT CERTIFICATES TO LOCAL FOOD BUSINESSES PROVIDED EMPOWERMENT AND AGENCY TO CLIENTS, ENABLING CONTROL AND CHOICE WITH THEIR MEALTIMES, INGREDIENTS, AND SO FORTH. OUR VOUCHER SUPPORT PROGRAM WORKS ON A WEEKLY SCHEDULE. EVERY WEEK, WE DELIVERED CLIENTS ENOUGH VOUCHERS TO ENSURE THREE MEALS A DAY OVER SEVEN DAYS UNTIL WE RETURNED.RFU HAS A KEY FOCUS ON HEALING THROUGH COMMUNITY. WE USE FOOD AND ITS HEALING POWERS TO FORGE RELATIONSHIPS THAT BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS. THAT COMMUNITY STRENGTH IS ACHIEVED THROUGH OUR WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED AND HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. WHILE WORKING WITH CLIENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS OF OUR PROGRAM CAPABILITIES. RFU FACILITATES WARM HANDOFFS TO ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, SUCH AS PERSONAL ATTENDANT CARE, RELIEF CARE, SKILLS TRAINING, FAMILY SUPPORT, AND SERVICES COORDINATION. TO THIS END, RFU PROVIDED ALL CLIENTS WITH LOCAL RESOURCE INFORMATION THROUGH BILINGUAL MATERIALS INCLUDED IN FOOD DELIVERIES AND DIRECT LIAISON WORK. WHEN CLIENTS NEEDED ADDITIONAL ADVOCACY OR REQUIRED URGENT ASSISTANCE, RFU LIAISONS MADE DIRECT CALLS TO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE SUPPORT WAS THERE AND NO ONE WAS LEFT BEHIND. AN UNDERLYING PILLAR OF ROGUE FOOD UNITES OPERATIONS IS THAT FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT, AND ALL HUMANS DESERVE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, NUTRITIOUS FOOD, ORGANIC WHERE POSSIBLE. RFU EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS THROUGH FOOD AND CELEBRATES CULTURES AND COMMUNITY, THUS UPLIFTING OREGON AND ITS POPULATION. AFTER SIX WEEKS OF SERVICE, OREGON'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ASKED RFU TO EXPAND ITS SUPPORT PROGRAMS TO FIVE OREGON COUNTIES THAT WE STILL SERVICE TODAY: DESCHUTES, DOUGLAS, KLAMATH, JOSEPHINE, AND JACKSON. DURING 2020, THE RFU HOT MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 202,532 MEALS.
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    Dates
    Sep 22, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2M

  • Community-Driven Meal Preparation Program

    TO COORDINATE FOOD BUSINESSES, FARMS, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TOMEET THE ACUTE DEMAND FOR REGIONAL SUPPORT WITH A COMMUNITY-DRIVENMEAL PREPARATION AND DELIVERY PROGRAM; TO HAVE MEALS PREPARED WITHINGREDIENTS FROM LOCAL FARMS BY LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND DELIVER THOSEMEALS TO LOCATIONS IN OREGON WHERE RESIDENTS ARE DISPLACED BYNATURAL DISASTERS OR STATE DECLARED EMERGENCIES; TO ASSIST THE OREGONECONOMY BY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL FARMERS AND RESTAURANTWORKERS KEEP WORKING AND DISPLACED RESIDENTS ARE SUPPORTEDNUTRITIONALLY AND EMOTIONALLY WITH THE PROVISION OF FOOD; TO SUPPORTLOCAL BUSINESSES AND FEED HUNGRY PEOPLE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $2.4M

  • RFU Food Truck Program

    IN NON DISASTER TIMES, THE RFU FOOD TRUCK PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE VISIBILITY AND AWARENESS OF THE WORK RFU DOES. WE DO THIS THROUGH SERVING THOUGHTFULLY PRODUCED MEALS MADE FROM REGIONALLY SOURCED ORGANIC INGREDIENTS AT COMMUNITY EVENTS ACROSS THE ROGUE VALLEY. THIS OFFERS THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT RFU'S DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AND THE NEIGHBORS UNITE NO COST, NO BARRIER FARMERS MARKET, ALL WHILE ALSO ENJOYING A HEALTHY MEAL. THIS PROGRAM INCREASES RFU'S PURCHASING POWER WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRODUCERS WHILE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM. RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS WILL BE STRENGTHENED DUE TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIPS. IN THE EVENT OF A LOCAL DISASTER, RFU'S FOOD TRUCK HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THROUGH COOKING HOT MEALS FOR IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. IF A LOCAL CHEF OR RESTAURANT LOSES THEIR BUSINESS DUE TO DISASTER, THE FOOD TRUCK CAN PROVIDE A SPACE TO COOK FOR RELIEF EFFORTS AND HELP KEEP REVENUE COMING INTO THEIR SMALL BUSINESS.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $78.5K