Upside News Bites

By Rob Bednark
The Portland Upside
May 2009

My Father’s House, a family shelter in Gresham currently housing 10 families, has an 85% success rate (families leaving the shelter with income and affordable housing).
www.familyshelter.org 503-492-3046

Hands on Greater Portland made 4,253 connections during the month of April between community-based organizations and volunteers looking to help.
www.handsonportland.org 503-200-3355

The Pixie Project, an animal adoption center in Portland, adopted out 20 animals during the first two weeks of April, including Grandpa Sampson, a nine-year-old border collie.
www.pixieproject.org 503-542-3433

In March, 20 volunteers gave 108 hours for The Giving Tree, a Portland non-profit that supports resident retention for the chronically homeless and constructs community environments for people living in affordable housing.
www.thegivingtreenw.org 503-280-9068

Over 240 tons of reusable building materials found a home through The Rebuilding Center in Portland in April, which sustained over 40 full-time jobs with benefits.
www.rebuildingcenter.org 503-331-1877

80 individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty in Portland earned an average of $10-$50 per day during April selling Street Roots, a local non-profit, grassroots newspaper that is a catalyst for individual and social change.
www.streetroots.org 503-228-5657

Ethos Music Center, a Portland non-profit dedicated to the promotion of music and music-based education for youth in underserved communities, provides affordable music lessons to over 2200 kids per year.
www.ethos.org 503-283-8467

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