ORCCA: Feed • House • Warm • Educate

Greetings to all! It's once again time for our quarterly SCFS Network Support Meeting. This month, the meeting will be taking place in Curry County.

When: Thursday, September 13
11:30am - 3:00pm
Where: Langlois Community Church
94284 Main Street, Langlois (on Hwy 101)
click for map

Winter Energy Assistance
We hope your clients know about the Energy Assistance Program. Please inform your clients that if they intend to request energy assistance this winter they need to call the sign-up line at 541-435-7080 ext 318 for Coos County or ext 319 for Curry County. A poster has been sent with your statements, and we encourage you to post it in your agency as a resource for clients.

Emergency Food Systems Guide
A few months ago, ORCCA created a graphic to explain the Emergency Food Systems guide, demonstrating how food makes its way from the many types of donors to clients through various avenues. We encourage partner agency staff, volunteers, and clients to look it over and learn how the whole system works! Click here to download the poster!

Please update your SCFS Info!
Please note the new locations and phone numbers for the South Coast Food Share!

Physical Location: 225 LaClair Ave.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Click here for a map!

Mailing address: South Coast Food Share
P.O. Box 899
Coos Bay, OR 97420

New Phone Number: (541) 435-7754

Join us on Thursday, June 21, for a very special South Coast Food Share Network Support Meeting! As the commitment and dedication of our partner agencies are fundmental to the efforts to make sure no one on the South Coast goes hungry, we thought it would only make sense for our partners to be the first to see the finished South Coast Food Share Food Bank!

Dear Partner Agencies,

As Fresh Alliance is a salvaged-product program, it is expected that many of the items we receive and distribute have a limited amount of time before which they are unsafe for consumption. Our policy until now has been to allow partner agencies to report and receive credit for any waste product if reported within 2 days of receiving the product. What has resulted from this is a process in which both the agencies and the South Coast Food Share spend a significant amount of time requesting and issuing credits.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL PARTNER AGENCIES
Road Closure
US 101, 11 miles South of Port Orford has been closed due to a landslide.  The highway is closed in both directions.

Please be aware that delivery times and days are likely to change as a result of this closure.  If it is necessary to reschedule your agencies delivery, we will contact you as soon as possible.

As road conditions change, we will do our best to maintain our delivery schedule.

For information on the road closures you can go to www.tripcheck  on the internet. Or you can call the Oregon Department of Transportation at 1-800-977-ODOT (6368)

Dear Partner Agencies,

Network Meeting!

It's time for our quarterly Partner Agency Network meeting! Join us on March 22, at 11:30 at the Salvation Army's meeting space located at 1155 Flanagan Ave in Coos Bay.
The meeting will start with a potluck.  Please join us and bring a dish to share.
The meeting will include a lot of topics:

• The Fresh Alliance program
• What do food dates really mean?
• Network support funds survey
• TEFAP Sign-on Letter
• SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Program)

Dear Partner Agencies,

WEATHER NOTICE

Attention Partner Agencies with deliveries scheduled this week:

Please be aware that there may be weather related delays in food deliveries this week.   At this time we are hoping to keep our regular route, though this will depend on weather and traffic conditions. If conditions do force extended delays or cancelations, you will be contacted.

There was an error in the date posted on the request for a space to hold the next SCFS network meeting.  It should have read Thursday March 22nd.  The Salvation Army at 1155 Flanagan Ave in Coos Bay has graciously said they would host us - thank you.  The potluck will begin at 11:30 with meeting to follow at noon until 3:30 or so.  SCFS will bring drinks, desserts, and potluck utensils.  Please bring a covered dish (potluck dish) to share with the attendees.

Thanks so much for the work you do.  And as always if you have questions about orders feel free to call or email.


Best,
Becky Yaeger
541-888-7436
www.orcca.us

Dear Partner Agencies,

Here is an update from the South Coast Food Share staff! Below you will find important information pertaining to your food orders. If you have any questions about any of this information, please contact us.

Staff Illnesses
Two of our critical staff members are now out with illnesses. We are also in the process of becoming familiar with an update to our software system. At this time, we are doing everything within our ability to keep operations steady. Patience from our partner agencies is going to be essential to keeping food orders flowing properly.