Thursday night held multiple milestones for Columbia Gorge Food Bank, as they hosted a benefit soup dinner at Bargeway in The Dalles. The event was not only the first “Empty Bowls” in The Dalles, but was also CGFB’s first ever fundraising event.

Columbia Gorge Food Bank (CGFB) has officially broken ground on their new warehouse and Community Food Center on the Port in The Dalles, marking the start of a project that will serve as a central hub for anti-hunger efforts across Hood River, Wasco and Sherman counties.