The Annual Ken DeRouchie Band Food Drive for the Oregon Food Bank:

Started in 2014, Ken and the band wanted to do something to help those less fortunate in their community. Ken spoke to small business and venue owners and got them to agree to host a food barrel in their location to collect food donations for the food drive. The results were the collection of 1,395 Lbs. of food in the first year!

In 2015, The total collected was 1,822 Lbs. of food plus $325.00 in fund donations. In 2016, The total collected was 1,981 Lbs. of food plus $1,500.00 in fund donations. In 2017 the total collected was 1,276 Lbs of foor and $2,166 in donations.

Here's a letter from Kyle Hummel, Corporate & Community Relations Coordinator at Oregon Food Bank,

Morning Ken,

It looks like you brought in 1,981 pounds of food in this year’s food drive. So that’s 1,651 meals! Then you have to add in that $1,500 from Banner Bank which is another 4,500 meals! So the grand total is: 6,481 meals that you provided to our neighbors in need this holiday season Ken! Every meal should be going to help feed one person so really you helped change/improve almost 6,500 people’s lives year alone. And when you think about the years of support you have given you are taking about so many thousands of people it’s just hard to comprehend (at least for me).

I hope you find a lot of happiness and satisfaction in those numbers Ken! You are am amazing person and such an amazing partner to Oregon Food Bank and our communities!

Check out this interview with Steve Pringle of KINK FM 101.9 in Portland. Steve and Ken talk about the annual Ken DeRouchie Band Food Drive for the Oregon Food Bank.

Here is the list of businesses that are participating in the 5th Annual Ken DeRouchie Band Food Drive for the Oregon Food Bank in 2018.


Banner Bank (Tualatin Branch)
7675 SW Nyberg St,
Tualatin, OR 97062

Portland Music Company
16610 SE McLoughlin Blvd,
Milwaukie, OR 97267

Portland Music Company
2502 NE Broadway St,
Portland, OR 97232

Portland Music Company
10075 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy,
Beaverton, OR 97005

Portland Music Company
12334 SE Division St.
Portland, OR

Guitar Center
1147 N Hayden Meadows Dr
Portland, OR 97217

Guitar Center
9575 SW Cascade Ave
Beaverton, OR 97008

Guitar Center
13029 SE 84th Ave
Clackamas, OR 97015

Tigard Music
11579 SW Pacific Hwy
Tigard, OR 97223

Five Star Guitars
17305 NW Corridor Ct Suite 100
Beaverton, OR 97006

Tiny's Coffee
Northeast
2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd,
Portland, OR 97212

Tiny's Coffee
Southeast
1412 SE 12th Ave,
Portland, OR 97214

Catfish Lou's
2460 NW 24th Ave
Portland, OR

The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd,
Portland, OR 97232

Mekong Bistro
8200 NE Siskiyou St
Portland, OR 97220

The Jack London Review
529 SW 4th Ave
Portland, OR 97204

Trails End Saloon
1320 Main St
Oregon City, OR 97045

Vinyl Tap
2099 SE Oak Grove Blvd
Milwaukie, OR 97267

Silkin Management Group/The Practice Solution Magazine
7100 SW Hampton St.
Suite 115
Portland, OR 97223