Oregon Law Firm Creates 'Estates for Plates' Program as the Need for Food Continues to Grow

SALEM, Ore., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Estate planning attorney Eden Rose Brown, named by Worth Magazine as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in America, has announced that her law firm is encouraging other professionals and business owners to fight hunger by adopting her innovative "Estates for Plates" program into their business model.

Responding to the growing number of unemployed families needing assistance, Brown developed the "Estates for Plates" program to address the unprecedented increase in the demand for food from nationwide food banks.

"Last January I read a news story about how food banks around the country were out of food after being inundated with new requests from needy families. We started the Estates for Plates program by asking clients coming to our office to bring non-perishable food items that we then collected and donated to Marion-Polk Food Share, our local food bank. The program quickly expanded to asking everyone coming to our office to bring food, including those attending workshops, seminars, board meetings and other gatherings," said Brown, founder of the Law Office of Eden Rose Brown.

"The response was and is overwhelming," says Brown. "Thanks to the success of the "Estates for Plates" program and the generosity of our clients and colleagues, our firm has donated hundreds of pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank network."

"We think 'Estates for Plates' is a great idea and have been truly impressed with how the Law Office of Eden Rose Brown has implemented this plan in our community," said Phil McCorkle, vice president for development at Marion-Polk Food Share, the non-profit regional food bank that accepts the firm's donations.

"This isn't an issue that only affects Oregonians," says Brown. "There are people all over the country without enough food to feed themselves or their families. As business owners and professionals, we can and must step up to the plate and do our share to support our communities. We want to spread the word throughout the nation that the "Estates for Plates" program can make a huge difference in helping the fight against hunger," added Brown.

For the past four years, estate and legacy planning attorney Eden Rose Brown has been named by Law & Politics magazine and the Oregonian newspaper (Oregon Super Lawyers magazine) as one of Oregon's top attorneys. She has earned Avvo.com's highest professional rating ("10 Superb").

The Law Office of Eden Rose Brown provides innovative, values-based estate, tax, charitable and legacy planning services with offices in Salem, Portland and Bend. The firm's lawyers are licensed to practice in Oregon, California, Hawaii and Texas. Please visit www.EdenRoseBrown.com for additional information.