Make a difference!
Make your tax-deductible gift today.
Your generous support of $1.00 will provide 3 meals to our needed community.
The Upper Willamette Community Development Corporation (UWCDC) is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development organization was founded with the mission to:
“Improve the quality of life in the greater Oakridge/Westfir area by partnering with other community organizations to coordinate community service programs for all citizens.”
Your thoughtful donation helps support the UWCDC’s efforts to provide food in our community to families who are not always able to put food on the table.
Oakridge Keg & Cask Festival is the largest UWCDC (Upper Willamette Community Development Corporation) fundraiser supplying the needed funds to sustain the continued operation of the Oakridge Food Box program.
According to our latest annual data from 2023:
1,240 individuals are served in
659 households
24% of the individuals served are children ages 0-18
28% of the individuals served are seniors 55 and older
The Food Box provides over 200,000 pounds of free food to over 1200 people in the Oakridge and Westfir communities, nearly a quarter are children.
That is over 30% of the community's population!
Even though UWCDC partners with Food for Lane County, and receives grant funds from Lane County Health & Human Services, and The United Way of Lane County,
YOUR DONATION WILL MAKE A DIFFERANCE
to help fill the Food Box’s ever-increasing need.
This video and article provides insights to the challenges faced by our rural community.
https://foodforlanecounty.org/at-the-foot-of-the-cascades/
You can also donate by mail:
Upper Willamette Community Development Corporation
UWCDC c/o Oakridge Keg & Cask Festival
PO Box 677
Oakridge, OR 97463
Please write: "Donation" on the check memo line.
