Columbia Gorge Food Bank announced the expansion of several hunger relief programs and nutrition services across the region thanks in part to a new $100,000 grant from Google.  The Food Bank says it will use the grant to provide Native American communities with culturally appropriate food and propane for storage and cooking, support community gardens and contracts with small farmers, build food security beyond emergency food assistance through partner collaboration, provide SNAP match funding at farmers markets to enable participants to purchase more food, and purchase equipment and furnishings for a community room at the Columbia Gorge Food Bank.  The Columbia Gorge Food Bank serves over 5000 community members per month in Wasco, Hood River and Sherman Counties through 25 regional hunger relief partners, providing services at 33 local sites.  Their reach has more than doubled in recent years and throughout the pandemic they have taken steps to expand services to Native American and Latinx families, farmworkers and rural communities including in South Wasco County and along the Columbia River.