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</span>employees: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Welcome to week three of the State Employees Food Drive!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For this week, we will be concentrating on Meal Building Blocks:<span style="color:black">
<i>hearty soups and chilis (don’t forget vegetarian!); oatmeal; granola; pancake/baking mix; cereal; plant-based milks (oat milk, almond milk, rice milk); pasta sauce, cooking oils</i>. These items can be dropped off at the Student Pantry (18<sup>th</sup>
and Hilyard) every Wednesday between 11am and 1pm. Make sure you let them know you are COE!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#008A3E">Mapping the Meal Gap</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none">For the tenth consecutive year, Feeding America conducted their annual <a href="https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2017/overall/oregon"><b><i>Map the Meal Gap</i> study</b></a> to improve
our understanding of food insecurity and food costs at the local level. The most recent release is based on data from 2018. In response to COVID-19, they also released a <a href="https://www.feedingamerica.org/research/coronavirus-hunger-research?s_src=WXXX1MTMG" target="_blank"><b>companion
study</b></a> and <a href="https://www.feedingamericaaction.org/the-impact-of-coronavirus-on-food-insecurity/" target="_blank"><b>interactive map</b></a> that
<b>illustrate the projected impact of the pandemic on local food insecurity in 2020. The increased need for food in our state is staggering. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none">Thank you for being part of the solution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="color:#008A3E">Thank you SO MUCH</span></b><span style="color:#008A3E">
</span>for your efforts to raise food and funds for our fellow Oregonians.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">Lisa and Marty</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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