Occupy Eugene Run

Checked out several new places last night, but nothing promising. The use of trash compactors with chutes that come from the inside is so pervasive that most places it becomes impossible to get into the dumpsters. But I did do a run to donate to the Occupy Eugene encampment that started Saturday night. There is a lot of infrastructure there, and it is all very well organized, with two general assemblies a day. I need to get the food down there so this is a quick, and probably incomplete list of last night's scavenging:

Lots of bananas
Pounds of apples
Lots of bell peppers (red, green, orange)
A couple of poblano peppers
Several cucumbers
Lots of carrots
Couple of pounds of celery
Half a head of cabbage
Quite a few bunches of green onions
A few yellow onions
A couple of plantains
Potatoes
Kale
Brocolli
Limes
Lemons
Radishes
Something called wheat rings from the Asian food market
A portobello mushroom

There's probably more but I got to deliver the stuff.

Thursday, October 6

P and I did a little extra this week, taking everything we felt we could carry. Both of us made our way up to Occupy Portland over the weekend and were able to donate about 60 or 70 pounds of food on Friday night. We also did our usual donation to Food not Bombs Eugene on Friday, which was about 30-40 pounds. Even though we spent some extra time and energy on Thursday night, we still only spent about an hour and a half out, but did we get us a lot of food. I didn't have time to catalog it all, so I'll see what I can remember and what I can see from the pics.

Lots and Lots of melons (cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, some I'm sure I didn't know)
Pre-packaged cantaloupe
Rutabagas
Chard
Beets
Yams
Pounds of potatoes
Romaine Lettuce
Half a head of iceberg lettuce
Broccoli
Lemons
Oranges
Apples
Nectarines
A plum
Bananas
Carrots
Cucumbers
Pomegranates (a first for us)
A can of black beans
A container of Activia Yogurt
Onions
Pounds and Pounds of tomatoes
Ginger
Garlic
An oyster mushroom
One stalk from a king trumpet mushroom
Couple of button mushrooms
Peppers of all shapes and colors
Loaves of bread and dinner rolls (not as much as we had hoped, but it was something)



Here's a photo of what we donated to FnB:

Thursday, September 29

We were only out for about an hour but much like two weeks ago, got a lot of and a large variety food. We were able to get a bag out of a local high end grocery store's dumpster that had quite a few dry goods that are hard to come by most times. Otherwise once again it was a lots of bread, fruits and vegetables. Here's the take:

Lemons
Oranges (about 20 pounds worth)
Mangos
Tomatoes (slicers, cherry and heirloom)
Apples
Nectarines
A peach
A plum
An onion
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Yellow squash
Bananas
Beets
Yams
A potato
Strawberries
Carrots
A butternut squash
Bell Peppers (Green, Red, Yellow and Orange)
Several bunches of Bok Choy
Black Figs
Avocados
Celery
Large box of brocolli
Bag of Penne
Bag of Orzo
Quart of Fat Free Milk
Container of Decaf Coffee
Package of White Bean Hummus
Package of Sweet Potato
Gnocchi
Loaf of Ezekiel Bread
Package of tortillas
Flowers
Baguettes
Loaves of various kinds of bread
Dinner rolls
Crescents


Once again, a large majority of this food goes to Food not Bombs here in Eugene.

Thursday September 15th

Thursdays might just be the day to go. We were out for about 2 hours, a good chunk of which we wasted walking around a big box store. Still, it was the best night we've had up to this point. The produce was all in beautiful shape. We got too much to catalog completely, so here's general rundown of what we got:

Baguettes
Bread loaves
Individual rolls
Crimini, Oyster and button mushrooms
Tomatoes (lots)
Red, Green, Yellow and Orange bell peppers
Poblano Peppers
Bunches of spinach
Italian Parsley
Green Beans
Red Cabbage
Cantaloupe and Canary Melon
Eggplants
Potatoes
Sweet potatoes and Yams
Oranges
Limes
Plums
Grapefruit
Nectarines
Pears
Apples
Rhubarb
Celery
Cilantro
Half box of Rigatoni
Avocado
Bags and Bags of Grapes

Updated with some things I forgot:
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Carrots
Cucumbers
Broccoli

Almost all of this will go to Food Not Bombs today. If you're in Eugene, they serve every Friday at 2pm, at various locations. Here's their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/index.php?eu=WjPDEphh6FVVP9j6iJNXEQ#!/groups/46915614262/

Free Popcorn at Regal Cinemas

Lately, whenever we go to Regal cinemas (which isn't very often) we've been able to get free popcorn and sodas. They have a deal where both a large popcorn and a large soda come with free refills. If you look in one of the many trashcans you can almost always find an empty large popcorn and large soda container. Just take it up to the counter, tell them you want a free refill, and they give it to you no questions asked. Last night we went to see My Idiot Brother, got there a few minutes early, looked in all the trashcans in the hall, which were all empty, but then I realized the theater showing Harry Potter was the way to go, which it was. I found an empty popcorn container and what I thought was a large soda cup. It turns out what I thought was a large soda was actually a medium. Still got the free popcorn though. Considering the prices they gouge us with, to pay full price for both would run you about $14.

Sunday, September 4th

Hitting up all the same spots. It's lucrative, but looking for a new challenge. Wondering how to dumpster beer and wine. P and I went out again. It was a decent haul. Lots of packages of raspberries that were mostly moldy, but was able to salvage about four or five pounds worth.

Three packages Sun-dried tomatoes
One loaf of bread
Two watermelons
Six apples
One Orange
One Cantaloupe
Two cucumbers
A partial mango
three onions
Three peaches
One nectarine
Partial mango
four carrots
Green and purple seedless grapes
Cherry tomatoes
Five green bell peppers
Seven potatoes (various varieties)
Blueberries
Raspberries
Head of broccoli
One avocado
Jar of roasted tomato salsa
Four boxes of plain soy milk

September 1, 2011

After having been gone for the most of the last month and a half, it was time to get back to it. P and I went out for about an hour and a half, hitting up the same old spots and trying some new ones. It was a good night, if not a great one.

Six loaves of bread
One bag of dinner rolls
Two bags of crescent rolls
One bunch of bananas
Three red peppers
Bag of kale
One head of broccoli
One head of garlic
Four cucumbers
Five zucchini
Celery
Large bowl's worth of tomatoes
Seven white onions
Two cantaloupe
One grapefruit
One Orange
Two peaches
One pluot
Six apples
One potato
Nine avocados
One Mango

Took a big box of veggies, fruit, bread and sweet treats to Food Not Bombs for their Friday serving.