Community Action Program of East Central Oregon

01/29/2026

12/16/2025

If you are a renter and your circumstances have you facing potential eviction, CAPECO could help.

Apply now for CAPECO's Eviction Prevention Program!
Visit the Eviction Prevention Program page on our website at https://www.capeco-works.org/cepp.html to learn more.

Just navigate through Services>Housing>Eviction Prevention, scroll down to learn more and click on the APPLICATION button to apply online.

Or, simply scan the QR Code on the image below to learn more and apply online for eviction prevention assistance through CAPECO.

11/25/2025

Hey, everybody!

Are you craving a nice turkey dinner?

Well, if so, head on down to the Safeway parking lot in Pendleton, Monday, November 24 from 4 - 6 pm for a Thanksgiving meal, sponsored by Safeway's Turkey Bucks event!
OR
If you're in Hermiston, stop by the Safeway parking lot on Tuesday, November 25, from 12 Noon to 2 pm for this year's Turkey Bucks event!

This free Holiday Meal Distribution is offered to assist those in need during this Thanksgiving season. Free holiday meals are first-come, first-served, based on availability.

Check out the flyers here, for more info and find out if you qualify.

11/24/2025

CAPECO congratulates and thanks the kids from the local Helix School District for their recent two-week Food Drive!

The Helix Charter School Food Drive managed to gather a whopping 960 pounds of food to help feed local families.

Way to go, Helix kids! Thank you!


!
-Helix

11/20/2025

Thank you to Sweet Bee Honey!
-For your generous 120-bottle donation of honey to the Regional Food Bank! CAPECO appreciates you as a company that's making a positive difference in our local community! Congratulations!

You can learn more and find Sweet Bee Honey here:
https://www.sweetbeehoneyco.com/

Thank you, Sweet Bee!

11/05/2025

CAPECO Welcomes Important Visitors!

Monday, November 3, 2025 was special day at CAPECO, as they welcomed important visitors at the new Regional Food Bank warehouse in Pendleton!
A team of leaders from the Oregon Food Bank (OFB) spent the afternoon at CAPECO, touring the new food warehouse and meeting with CAPECO leadership.
Among the vital topics discussed: the current state of supplemental food scarcity and food insecurity for Oregon residents in need, on local and state levels.

For more information on how you can help alleviate the dire issue of real hunger in our communities, please consider any of the following actions.
YOU can make a difference!

- ORGANIZE your own LOCAL FOOD DRIVE or partner with your neighbors, local church or other organization to sponsor one!
Proceeds collected in the form of money and/or food can all be donated to your local food pantry.

- DONATE money or non-perishable food to CAPECO's Regional Food Bank - this crucial supplemental food source supplies food to 18 local food pantries in four East Central Oregon counties!

- GATHER your own extra food or spare change every week and donate it to your local food pantry.

- CONTRIBUTE to any local Food Drives happening in your area.

OR, make a monetary donation of any amount, here:
https://www.capeco-works.org/donate.html
DONATE TO YOUR REGIONAL FOOD BANK NOW!

10/29/2025

URGENT NOTICE!
From the Oregon Food Bank

Last week during our Network meeting we learned that without immediate action from the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA), more than 40 million people will not have access to their food benefits (SNAP) until the Federal Government reopens. This includes 16 million children.

Please join us and over 200 Oregon Organizations in urging federal leaders to use all available steps to ensure Oregonians have access to food. This is an urgent moment to take action. This call to action can be signed by individuals! Please share broadly.

Info in English: OregonFoodBank.org/Gov-Shutdown

Info in Spanish: OregonFoodBank.org/Cierre-de-Gobierno

Also if you want to learn how many people are currently on SNAP benefits by county here is an interactive map. You can also organize by Congressional District, Metro/Small town/Rural, etc.

Link to Interactive Map:
https://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com/?d=frac.org&u=aHR0cHM6Ly9mcmFjLm9yZy9tYXBzL3NuYXAtY291bnR5LW1hcC9zbmFwLWNvdW50aWVzLmh0bWw=&p=m&i=Njg4MTQ5YTQ2YzUzM2Y3MTBjYzNlMjcw&t=aUhuVGhReUhDbndQL3JSNS9UVlZTUk1BVEkzbC9WanM4UUcvdmhuYitaUT0=&h=f80c3ed9e2f3481c91fc4d239c13798d&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVaRHidbOJnK4H8NmOU99F4Q3TNOYEjQ3Ji2RNqKNRB_oYqFDKKIz-4zryEZdn7cwfecf5d5GtxXgEbkhcJWr69PZM6WKz2d_XGq0TIV8lq9tA

ODHS also created a more visually-scannable version of this map. You can find it in ODHS's Sep Leg Day presentations or in Gov Kotek's recent press release:
https://mailchi.mp/oregon/trump-administration-notifies-states-that-snap-benefits-not-coming-in-november?e=f6d28f01a7

Let's all sign this call to action TODAY!

10/28/2025

DONATE NOW! https://www.capeco-works.org/donate.html

The Regional Food Bank really needs your help to provide food for our local residents in need!

Hunger is growing, as winter approaches. The truth is, in today's world, many local children, the infirm and our elders will suffer without enough food to keep them strong and healthy.

YOU CAN HELP! Please do!

There are so many ways to contribute to the cause of reducing hunger and food insecurity in our area.
Here are just a few ideas:

- ORGANIZE your own LOCAL FOOD DRIVE or partner with your neighbors, local church or other organization to sponsor one!
Proceeds collected in the form of money and/or food can all be donated to your local food pantry.

- DONATE money or non-perishable food to CAPECO's Regional Food Bank - this crucial supplemental food source supplies food to 18 local food pantries in four East Central Oregon counties!

- GATHER your own extra food or spare change every week and donate it to your local food pantry.

- CONTRIBUTE to any local Food Drives happening in your area.
MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE!

OR, make a monetary donation of any amount, here:
https://www.capeco-works.org/donate.html

DONATE TO YOUR REGIONAL FOOD BANK NOW!

Photo by Tenisha Waugh

10/27/2025

Hey, everyone!

The Regional Food Bank really needs your help to provide food for our local residents in need!

YOU CAN HELP!
MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE!

Here is one easy way to help:

Please click on the link below, to donate through Walmart.

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fregistry%2FRR%2Fed1bce5d-61fa-431c-8cef-f90915ee3d29%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExV3NOTG5yZGFpaVVvVDRmQwEePU7ZUXmvSxug2MUNy04BHjngcMLj0VJJP6RuOmPaknpSpMd1VdCGXh6Ovyg_aem_Ty0DO35HIHmbEupNtJYkcQ&h=AT0LxX-B_c1FDKkhRRu_Zp8tknUY4bFN5TH7cygcrYuvLTGHgILjN9OWrDHBkkyWCc9NWGdDX8vG0qSyNJ6fXSDwWQnOGcwlATJ3PdFetl58xm1yK2ODxkSBT2OCagfplamPrhJn0Z3bWg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1LO4_W4t7eqMM2M7hVQnJ8Gho4DDUHLauAY1ieSFu9loUDAmEZ-OJHK3Hmb9whoRXJ0aE7pYEAqjKi5PLzdClugyVt0J54SGq-QKH8JIusQvzYTgQKZXRCzcW_-pJKq2XvuvA2DJswLFqOm2OVBkYXbe2CCXKsAM9HTEGtt2oiXTeMA9ZHQ_OE

10/22/2025

Hey, neighbor! Have you received your annual FLU VACCINATION yet?!

If not, you can get it for FREE in Pendleton, TODAY, but time is limited!

FREE ADULT FLU VACCINATIONS TODAY!
Date: TODAY! October 22, 2025
Time: 10 am - 2 pm
Place: Pendleton - Hatley Lot near Walmart and Oxford Suites
Details: Standard and High Dose (for 65+) available

PLUS, this a DRIVE-THRU event, for your safety and convenience!

-Presented by CHI St. Anthony Hospital

Check out the flyer here, for more details!

10/17/2025

U.S. Citizenship a goal for you or someone you know?
This will help you achieve your goal!

Citizenship Workshop
When: October 25, November 1, November 8
Time: 8 am - 1 pm
Where: BMCC Milton-Freewater, 311 N Columbia St, Milton-Freewater, OR, 97862, Room 110 A/B
Cost: $69 per person

Register at! signnow.com/s/4VvDwIGc

Read all about it on the flyer here!

10/06/2025

The 2025 Project Community Connect event that was held Friday, October 3, was a huge success!

CAPECO and the Home4Hope Coalition would like to thank everyone who took part and contributed in any way to this year's big event - held in Pendleton, at the Salvation Army headquarters last Friday from 10 am - 2 pm.

This growing event provided vital, much-needed resources and services to our local community members in need.

Again, THANK YOU!

Stand by, for more information and an event slide show once the dust settles!

We hope to see you again next year!