When an ice storm hit Oregon recently, making travel dangerous and knocking out power to restaurants and grocery stores, massive amounts of food were at risk of being wasted. So food redistribution nonprofits, including one that came into existence during the pandemic, played an even more crucial role than they do at more normal times.

Oregon Public Broadcasting reported on how this win-win-win happened, even in the midst of crisis. “A network of food redistribution nonprofits across the city has been working through icy conditions this week to salvage food from closed businesses and turn it into meals. And if one organization is unable to access an area, another nonprofit may be able to fill in the gap.”