PORTLAND, Ore. — The sixteenth annual KGW Great Food Drive set a new record for collecting food and cash donations for hungry families. The final tally came to 2,574,608 pounds of food donated for local families. The results were more than double the goal of one million pounds.
The KGW Great Food Drive is a major public service campaign throughout the month of March that addresses hunger issues in communities throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. Proceeds go to Oregon Food Bank which distributes the food to its network of 21 regional food banks and 1,200 food assistance sites across Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
KGW’s community-minded sponsors, Tillamook, Rivermark, Toyota and Safeway, were critical in making the campaign a success by providing drop-off locations, facilitating cash donations and supporting the PSA campaign all month which brought visibility to the issue.
“The success of the KGW Great Food Drive shows that we can make an impact on big problems when concerned citizens and companies committed to community join together,” said Steve Carter, president and general manager of KGW. “We’re grateful to our sponsors and all the individuals in our viewing area who responded to this critical need.”
About the Oregon Food Bank Network
Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes... because no one should be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the human spirit, that communities thrive when people are nourished, and that everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps feed the human spirit of 740,000 people through a food distribution network of 21 regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and garden education, health care screening and innovative programming. Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.
About KGW
KGW is the NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregon serving Oregon and Southwest Washington. KGW’s award-winning website, KGW.com, and its mobile app KGW News, provide breaking news, traffic and weather information to consumers on demand. KGW also operates a low-power station, KGWZ. KGW is owned and operated by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) a broadcasting, digital media and marketing services company. TEGNA and KGW serve the greater good of Oregon and Southwest Washington, across platforms, by telling empowering stories, conducting impactful investigations and delivering innovative marketing solutions. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.