Breeze Botanicals' Food Drive Helps Southern Oregon Families

ASHLAND, Ore. - Nov. 27, 2018 - PRLog -- Breeze Botanicals, health conscious dispensaries of sustainable, plant-based products, proud to announce that they'll once again be taking up a food collection via the ACCESS-Help Feed Southern Oregon Families Food Drive. The food drive will be all of November and December.

Breeze Botanicals agents and employees united efforts over the course of the month and collected pounds of food along with money donations which will be presented to the Access Food Drive.

"We chose the Access-Help Feed Southern Oregon Families Food Drive because it touches so many different organizations throughout Southern Oregon and can have a very real impact on families. I am so proud to be part of an organization that cares so much about the communities we live and work in,"  states Eli Elliott, manager at Breeze Botanicals in Gold Hill, Oregon.

For every dollar a customer donates, they receive one loyalty point.  Customers may also bring in can goods and receive points in exchange. As well as, accumulate points for bringing in non-perishable food items.

For every non-perishable food item donated, customers receive:
1 point for 2 can goods
2 points for 4 can goods
3 points for 6 can goods
4 points for 8 can goods, etc.

ACCESS Nutrition Programs distributes food collected through food drives to a network of hunger-relief agencies such as Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul and 7th Day Adventist Food Pantries. The agencies include pantries that distribute emergency food boxes, soup kitchens, shelters and other helping agencies. An emergency food box provides a three-to-five-day supply of food for a family. In 2015, thirty-three percent of those eating from emergency food boxes were children under the age of eighteen.

Most wanted foods ACCESS Nutrition Programs needs these nutritious foods:
* canned meats (i.e., tuna, chicken, salmon) * canned and boxed meals (i.e., soup, chili, stew, macaroni and cheese) * peanut butter * canned or dried beans and peas (i.e., black, pinto, lentils) * pasta, rice, cereal * canned fruits * 100 percent fruit juice (canned, plastic or boxed).

To ensure food safety, Access cannot use: * rusty or unlabeled cans * perishable items * homemade items * noncommercial canned or packaged items * alcoholic beverages, mixes or soda * open or used items
PLEASE NOTE: If you donate glass products, please box or bag them separately and label the box or bag "GLASS" on all sides. Why both food and funds matter food drives provide some of the healthiest and highest-quality food we receive. Food donations also provide a direct connection between donors and people who are hungry. Cash donations keep our freezers running and Access trucks on the road. They also support innovative programs that address the root causes of hunger through advocacy and public education. ACCESS Nutrition Programs makes efficient use of cash donations.

Breeze Botanicals artisan medicinal herb dispensaries serving Southern Oregon were the first state of Oregon licensed Cannabis retailers with two locations in Southern Oregon.  Breeze Botanicals embraces all medicinal herbs cultivated and wildcrafted in Southern Oregon; including Cannabis, Oregon Grape, St. John's Wort, Hops, Chamomile, Echinacea, Burdock, Valerian, Motherwort, Yarrow, many other local herbs.

The public is invited to drop off nonperishable food items at any of the two locations of Breeze Botanicals, either in Ashland or Gold Hills, which you can find additionals information at https://www.breezebotanicals.com/

About Breeze Botanicals

Breeze Botanicals was founded in the Spring of 2014 in Gold Hill, Oregon with an original mission to provide a safe access point for medical patients in the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) and all consumers seeking quality herbs from Southern Oregon.  After two years of serving patients it was apparent that all people needed safe access to medical cannabis. Many people were afraid to get a medical card or were simply self-medicating for non-debilitating conditions like loss of sleep, headaches, and arthritis.  Therefore in the fall of 2016 Breeze Botanicals became the first state of Oregon retailers of cannabis for all adults - both patients and consumers side-by-side. Proud to be serving all Oregonians as they explore cannabis. The dispensary carries over 30 herbs and plants that have proven medicinal benefits or may provide symptom relief displayed in an easy to understand fashion.  Along with an accessory room to help patients administer healing herbs to a boutique carrying local food, art, and crafts from Southern Oregon.