Celebrating 41 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!
LOVE OUR CITY!
Support Our Mission
🍎 DONATE FUNDS: Love Our City is a vital source of food stability and a safety net for thousands of Portlanders. Please support us with a one-time or recurring gift. Donations can be made through our website or through our profile page in the Willamette Week's Give!Guide: November 1 through December 31, 2026
🥑 VOLUNTEER: We are a volunteer driven organization and are always looking to add more people to help power our work. Volunteer opportunities include: picking up food donations, packing and distributing food boxes, organizing donations, pantry clean-up, and marketing.
🥦 DONATE FOOD: We are collecting food for our holiday food distributions. To donate food and/or to organize a food drive, please go to our Holiday Food Drive page to learn about how to get involved.
Together, we can ensure that no one in Portland faces hunger alone. ✨
PUBLIC FOOD BOX DISTRIBUTION ONSITE WEEKLY ON TUESDAYS
at 10am-10:45am to walk up and pick up and at 11am-12pm to drive through and pick up. All vehicles in line by 12pm will be served. No prior sign up is required to receive services.
Our pre-packed food boxes are offered at no cost and typically contain dry goods, bread, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, and ready to eat meals. We strive to provide enough fresh and healthy food to last approximately three to four days per household. Pet food and fresh flowers are also available.
Love Our City is located at 6120 NE 57th Ave (corner of NE 57th/NE Lombard), Portland, OR, 97218. We are accessible by Trimet bus line 72. Vehicle access to our location is off of NE 60th and NE Ainsworth. See map below.
Our Work
Love Our City provides reliable access to nutritious groceries, pet food, and fresh flowers to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. For more than 41 years, we have served Northeast Portland and beyond, and today, more than 900 families rely on our services each month.
Our work is powered by a team of 80+ volunteers who pick up food donations from local grocery stores and partner agencies. The team sorts and packs food into boxes holding roughly 3-4 days of food, valued at about $150 each, and distributes them to our community.
We’re also growing beyond our physical location. Through a pilot partnership with OHSU, we operate a free 'shopping style' grocery market in the lobby of the hospital twice a month. This grocery market provides food, diapers, fresh flowers and other household essentials to pregnant women, new mothers and families of children being treated at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, when families need support most.
We distribute 23,000+ pounds of food every month. Your support helps keep that food moving to the people and families who need it.
