Love Our City

LOVE OUR CITY!

Celebrating 40 years of providing reliable access to healthy and nutritious food to individuals and families facing food insecurity in our local Portland community. More than just food, we offer compassion, dignity, and a sense of belonging. Thank you for being a part of our journey as we grow and strengthen our impact together!

Holiday Season Schedule:

Love Our City WILL be open December 23rd and December 30th for our regular Tuesday distribution.

Volunteer Event - Pet Food Packing 🐶🐶

Volunteers needed on Saturday, December 20th from 2-3 p.m. to package dog and cat food up for our customers with pets. If you love dogs and cats, and are looking for an easy, fun way to help please join us at:

Love Our City - 6120 NE 57th Avenue.

How You Can Help

🍎 DONATE: Starting November 1, find us in the Willamette Week's

Give!Guide you can find us in the Hunger Category to make a tax-deductible donation that directly supports families in our community. If you make a donation through the Give!Guide between now and New Year's Eve (12/31/2025) you can DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT, due to the generosity of our matching donors, up to $5,000.

You can also make a one-time or recurring donation on our Donation page.

☃️ HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE: We are extending our Holiday Food Drive through December 22, 2025. Your donations of turkeys, hams, and unexpired non-perishable foods will help us provide extra food for our distribution on December 23rd. Find out more on our Holiday Food Drive page.

🤝 VOLUNTEER: We have lots of opportunities to volunteer including: picking up food donations, packing and distributing food boxes, organizing donations, and marketing. Every hour you give helps feed a neighbor in need. Sign Up to Volunteer.

Together, we can ensure that no one in Portland faces hunger alone. ✨

LOVE OUR CITY IS OPEN FOR FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION WEEKLY ON TUESDAYS AT 11AM-12PM.

* All vehicles in line by 12pm will be served.

Our pre-packed food boxes are offered at no cost. Boxes typically contain dry goods, bread, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, and ready to eat meals (as supplies are available). We strive to provide enough fresh and healthy food to last approximately three to four days per household.

Love Our City is located at 6120 NE 57th Ave (corner of 57th/Lombard), Portland, OR, 97218. We are accessible by Trimet bus line 72.

** Vehicle access to the pantry is off of 60th and Ainsworth. See map below. Walk up distribution is also available.

This organization is an equal opportunity provider.

Our Work

Love Our City is a volunteer-driven organization. Approximately 50 volunteers work together to pick up donations at partner grocery stores, prepare and distribute food boxes, keep the pantry clean and maintained, and perform various administrative tasks.

Every month, we distribute over 600 food boxes—each containing approximately 3-4 days’ worth of fresh, healthy food—to families in our community. With an estimated value of $150 per box, we provide the essentials, including dry goods, bread, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, and meat. In total, we distribute over 23,000 pounds of food each month, which provides around 2,500 meals.

In addition to offering food boxes weekly, Love Our City periodically distributes non-food items such as flowers, backpacks, school supplies, winter coats and holiday decor.