Loaves & Fishes

In partnership with First Immanuel Lutheran Church and Loaves & Fishes, we offer a Senior Lunch Program Monday through Friday at First Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 1816 NW Irving Street.

Lift Urban Portland volunteers pick up the meals each weekday day from Elm Court, the main Loaves & Fishes kitchen downtown. Volunteers set up, assemble, and serve lunch, socialize with guests, and clean up afterwards. Without these volunteers there would not be a lunch site in Northwest Portland.

Anyone over the age of 60, regardless of income, is invited to dine at the Senior Lunch Program. Recipients are encouraged to donate toward the cost of their meals as they are able, but no one is turned away for lack of payment. A consistent meal for those in need is not the only outcome of this program. Guests socialize with volunteers and each other, an important part of their daily routine. Community partners often offer a variety of enrichment activities such as movies, music, bingo, and exercise classes before or after lunch is served.

Lift UP volunteers also deliver meals to the Trinity Place Adult Daycare and support a Meals-on-Wheels delivery route for those neighbors who are unable to come to the meal site due to illness.

More than 10,000 nutritious meals are provided each year through these efforts.