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Lincoln County Warming Shelters

A Winter Shelter – “Community Shelter & Resource Center (CSRC)” – will open October 3, 2023 in Newport. To start, there will be a weekly rotation between St. Stephens Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church in Newport. Once ready, another more permanent site will be used at the former Crossroads building (351 SW 7th, Newport).

This shelter will be open seven days a week through March 2024. The shelters are open from 6pm to 7am every day of the week. 

A shelter is also in the works for this winter season for Lincoln City. The opening of this site is planned for November 1, 2023.

For more information on locations visit the website at https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/1109/Community-Shelter-and-Resource-Center

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Newport Farmers Market Tours

OSU Extension and Food Share of Lincoln County will host a Farmer’s Market Tour. Each family/individual who completes the tour will receive $25 in tokens to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at the Newport market, on tour day. Register for the FREE Farmers Market Tour “Know Your Farmer, Know Their Food”.

Where: Newport Farmer’s Market, Angle Street and Hwy 101
When: Saturday, August 26th at 10am
Read the flyer for more information! Registration is required.

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New Donation Page

We’re happy to finally unveil a shiny new donation page for FSLC.

We’ve upgraded our donation process and therefore is a much more streamlined process. We’re now using Every.org exclusively for receiving donations via our website. Safe, secure and easy to use, you can find more about Every.org and FSLC, here.

In the meantime, check our our new Donation page with a Q&A section and alternatives to standard monetary donations. We also take Crypto, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo and more.

Our NEW Donation page
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Food Share is Going Electric! ⚡

We’re very pleased to announce that Food Share of Lincoln County has acquired a 2022 Ford e-Transit cargo van. This van is Ford’s newest line of ALL ELECTRIC vehicles for commercial use and with a cargo capacity of 3,800 pounds it more than meets our needs for in town pickups and deliveries.

Food Share of Lincoln County would like to thank everyone who donated, individuals and businesses alike. Without your support we would not have been able to do what we do and will continue to do for this wonderful coastal community and county we all call home. THANK YOU! ❤️
The full Facebook announcement can be seen here.

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Unite Us & Instacart with SNAP

Unite Us clients who receive SNAP benefits now have the option to use Instacart for home-delivered groceries. Instacart allows a client to shop from multiple local grocery stores from the convenience of their homes through a web-based or app experience. Click here for more information.

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Requested Your Free Energy Savings Kit!

FREE: 14(!) LED light bulbs, a shower head, a power strip, and two faucet aerators (no partridges, or pear trees) . 

Must be ordered by March 20.  Delivery of the boxes is expected in early May, so there will be some lag time between orders and delivery of the boxes.

Head over to CLPUD’s website for more information!

Or go straight to https://clpud.gpfulfillment.net/ 

For those who don’t like online, the fulfillment phone number is 503-907-2903.  

Deadline to order is March 20, and the number of boxes available is limited, so please order ASAP.