What is the Free Food Market?

Neighborhood House operates one of the largest food banks on Portland’s west side, providing food to more than 12,000 people every year – more than 25% of whom are children. People can shop in person at The Market or order a food box delivery twice each month.

Helping neighbors with ever-increasing food costs allows them to focus on paying rent, buying medicine, and other necessities.

 SW HOPE 2025 EVENTS

Dine Out to Donate

Enjoy a meal at local restaurants, and a percentage of your meal price will be donated to SW Hope. Get a group together and make a night of it! 10% of all proceeds at these restaurants on these dates go to SW HOPE!

March 5: Salvador Molly’s
March 10th: Dolly Olive
March 15th: Sasquatch Brewing
March 17th: Lil’ Shalom
March 19th: Tastebud
March 24th: Yalla
March 26th: Otto and Anita’s Bavarian Restaurant
March 31st: Bless Your Heart Burgers (Portland location)
April 7th: Shalom Y’all
April 14th: Mediterranean Exploration Company (MEC)

Community Meal with St. Luke Church

Wednesday, April 2, 5:45pm at St. Luke Lutheran
All are welcome at St. Luke Lutheran Church to share a meal together as a community. 4595 SW California, Portland 97219. Suggested donation of $7. Raffle prize give-away!

SW HOPE 5K

Saturday, April 12 – Oregon Episcopal School
Kids’ Run – 10am | Adult Run – 10:30am
Bring the whole family to participate in the 10th annual SW Hope 5K.  More than 300 people join together to run or walk, raise funds and fight food insecurity in our community.

We are back again at the beautiful Oregon Episcopal School campus in SW Portland, starting at 9:45am with the kids’ Bunny run and the 5K to follow at 10:15am.

5K Registration is now open with an early-bird discount! Click HERE to register.

Empty Bowls

Thanks to everyone who came out on March 15 to support the Empty Bowls event! We sold 215 pints of soup and more than 100 bowls for a total of $5860 raised on the day. That’s a 77% increase over last year – WOW!

A huge thank you goes to our sponsors, restaurants and artisans who donated soup and bowls for this amazing event.

Scouting for Food Drive

Cascade Pacific Council Scouts Pack 599 collected 300 pounds of food on Saturday March 1st. Thank you to Pack Leader Andrew Cripps and his band of intrepid scouts for running the drive again this year!

You can still donate to this food drive! There is a collection box at Vermont Hills UMC and the scouts will deliver all donations to the Free Food Market by the end of March.

Partner Resources

Photos, flyers, social media templates, sample emails and more are available on the Google drive link. Thanks for spreading the word!