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Madras Community Food Pantry
Madras, Oregon

Hunger is a story we can end.

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Year-round

Tuesday, Wednesday,  and Thursday
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, at 49 NE 12th ST, Madras, Oregon

 

April - October 
Evening distribution of Food

3rd Wednesday, 5:00-7:00 PM

 

 

Free Food Market on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.

Sign in at 4:00 pm and the door opens at 4:30 pm - until all the food is gone.

The 2025 edition of THE GREAT MADRAS COMMUNITY DINE-OUT returns on Thursday, June 5. Mark your calendar now to Dine-Out for the Madras Community Food Pantry at a participating restaurant. In return, the restaurant will make a donation to MCFP. In the weeks ahead, a list of participating restaurants will be updated here. DINE-OUT!

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS:

MADRAS:

La Posada Mexican Grill 

The Fortress, Initiative Brewing 

The Spot 

Black Bear Diner 

New Basin Distilling 

Whiskey Pie Wood Fired Pizza 

Midtown Coffee

Abby’s Legendary Pizza 

Great Earth Cafe & Market 

Mexico City Restaurant 

Wild Winds Station 

Hunan Chinese Restaurant 

Lucy’s Taco Shop 

Mi Casa Restaurant

Madras Truck Stop & Restaurant

Coppers Coffee

Black Rose Kitchen

The Human Bean
Madras Bowl & Pizza
Rio Distinctive Mexican Cuisine
Mazatlan Mexican Restaurant

 

CULVER:

Juniper Cove Bar & Grill 

 

METOLIUS:

Desert Inn Sports Bar & Grill 

 

TERREBONNE:

Brand 44N Restaurant 

The Pump House 

 

CROOKED RIVER RANCH:

Big Dog Saloon 

Over the Edge Taphouse 

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SUPPORTING MERCHANTS:

MADRAS:

First Interstate Bank

Grocery Outlet

Urban Home

Dreams Realty

Jason Hertel State Farm Insurance

Central Oregon Insurance Inc.

Safeway

Vision Source

El Torito Super Mercado

Cascade East Veterinary Clinic

Farmers Insurance

PIRS: Prevention, Intervention & Recovery Services

Madras Marine

Chevrolet GMC of Madras

T S & S Ford

Phil’s Ace Hardware

Madras Paint and Glass

Art Adventure Gallery

Reynoso Jewelry

Madras Pioneer

Les Schwab Tire Center

Madras Go’Round

RipQ Signs & Graphics

Creatures Pet Shop

Blackbird Magical Tea & Tales

Studio on 5th

Signet Realty

Madras Body & Paint
Penelope’s Soap & Such
Mid Oregon Credit Union
Oregon Beef Company

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS and NON-PROFITS:

Madras-JeffCo Chamber of Commerce

The Bean Foundation

Madras Aquatic Center & Recreation District

Jefferson County Library District

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church

City of Madras

City of Metolius

City of Culver

Around the Bend Farms

High Desert Food & Farm Alliance

Latino Community Association Madras
COCC Madras

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Jefferson County Food Project
Sharing Food. Building Community
An innovative way to fight hunger in our community

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You Can Help – We Make it Easy

  1. When you are shopping for your family, you can purchase one or two extra items of nonperishable food.

  2. Place those items in the provided green bag.

  3. Our volunteer will collect the bags of healthy nonperishable food left outside their front doors, every 2nd Saturday of an even month and deliver it to the Madras Community Food Pantry.

  4. They will leave another green bag for the next time. It’s that easy!

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Join the Support Team

  • We’ve got lots of big and small jobs to do! Help with anything from unloading bags of food to making phone calls to joining our Steering Committee.


Be a Neighborhood Coordinator 

  • It takes about one hour a month to coordinate your neighborhoods.

  • Pick up donor’s green bags every two months and deliver them to Madras Community Food Pantry.

  • Leave another green bag.

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Be a Food Donor

  • Fill the green bags provided with nonperishable food and put it outside your front door. That’s all there is to it!

  • One full green bag equals about 10 meals. We combine your bag with other neighbor’s bags and together we can feed the community!

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Food Collection Pick-Up Dates for 2025
February 8, April 12, June 14, August 9, October 11

Madras Community Food Pantry / 541-325-1747

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2025 Festival of Trees

Join us on Saturday, December 5th - 6th, 2025, at 6:00 pm at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds for our annual Christmas Tree Decorated and Auction. This event provides an opportunity for the community to come together and support a great cause by auctioning off beautifully decorated Christmas trees, with all proceeds going to the Madras Community Food Pantry. Decoration of trees will be donated by local businesses, service groups, and individuals. A prime rib dinner, done by Joe Davis of the Black Bear, will be served. Our event promises to be a fun-filled evening for the whole family, with activities and refreshments provided. We encourage everyone to come and join us in supporting our community. Also, we are looking for items to be donated for a silent auction. Contact us for more information at 541-325-1747. We offer sponsorship packages for businesses interested in engaging with their local community.

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COMING SOON: OUR NEW LOCATION!

The lease is signed and renovations have begun
on our new location for the Madras Community
Food Pantry. The building is located at 370
Culver Hwy. in Madras. Jefferson County has
purchased the building for our use.
Improvements to the building will include
insulation and interior walls, an HVAC system,
ADA access to the building and restrooms,
along with paving the parking lot. We hope to
move by early June 2025.

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Our MISSION

“To alleviate hunger and food insecurity for all those persons living  in Jefferson County and the surrounding areas who are at risk.” Our volunteers are passionate about carrying out our mission and focus on ensuring all our clients are treated with dignity and respect. “Hunger is a story we can end.”

Our Services

We offer high protein, nutrient-dense free food choices to any resident of Jefferson County or Warm Springs who is in need of food. No one is excluded, if they come to shop.

How it all began

Our volunteers started handing food out of the office window in 1995. We evolved into a shopping pantry in 2016 and became our own 501c3 nonprofit in 2021.

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Relocation efforts:  We are partnering with Jefferson County to purchase a building in downtown Madras and hope to move by the end of 2024. Help us today by donating.

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Join us as a partner.

Consider joining us as a volunteer, or a food pantry partner. We can offer many advantages that ultimately benefit the people you serve. We’d love to talk.

"Fighting hunger to build stronger communities. That’s what people of action do."

— Rotary

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