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Beaverton School District mounts $200,000 pantry push, expands pop-up markets and grocery-card aid
Summary
Beaverton School District launched a rapid $200,000 pantry purchase to stock 56 school pantries ahead of Thanksgiving, coordinated with Grocery Outlet and volunteer staff; ongoing supports include pop-up markets with Oregon Food Bank and Urban Gleaners and a BEF grocery-card campaign that has raised about $65,000 so far.
Shelly Bailey Shaw, who led BSD’s rapid food-insecurity response, told the school board the district “initiated a food pantry project 2 weeks ago” with plans to “purchase roughly $200,000 worth of staples to fill 56 pantries district wide.” The effort — directed by the superintendent — aimed to place a pantry in every school plus Career and Technical programs and early college sites so families in need would have local access to groceries.
The district leaned on community partners and district staff to move supplies quickly. Shaw said Grocery Outlet owners Todd and Jen Walsh prioritized BSD orders; the store received three of four semi-truck deliveries that week that had to be sorted over four days. District volunteers —…
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