Food for Lane county administers innovative programs that respond to the immediate crisis of hunger and help individuals and families address chronic food insecurity through self-sufficiency and education. We distributed 8.1 million pounds of food through our 153 partner agencies in
2014-2015. The largest program, the emergency food box program, served a total of 69,696 individuals in Lane county. We also recruited, trained and mobilized thousands of community volunteers who donated 69,000 hours to this hunger relief effort.