Shelters In Portland and Gresham

Here is a list of the warming shelters in Portland and Gresham.  Info from 211

The following warming center facilities are available:

Bud Clark Commons - TPI
650 NW Irving Street, Portland 97209
503-280-4700
Walk in, check in anytime after 8:30pm
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th - Friday, November 27th, 2015
Hours: 8:30pm - 7am
Serves: Adults 18 and older

Imago Dei Emergency Shelter - TPI
1302 SE Ankeny Street, Portland 97214
Walk in, check in anytime after 8:30pm
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th - Friday, November 27th, 2015
Hours: 8:30pm - 7am
Serves: Adults 18 and older

St. Francis Dining Hall
330 SE 11th Avenue, Portland 97214
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
Hours: 7pm - 6am
Serves: Individuals and couples

St. Johns Warming Shelter 
University Park United Methodist Church
4775 N Lombard Street, Portland 97203
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th - Sunday, November 29th, 2015
Hours: 8pm - 8am 
Serves: Adults

As a reminder, the following winter shelters are open:

Jerome Sears Emergency Shelter - TPI
2730 SW Multnomah Boulevard, 97219
To reserve a spot starting Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 call 503-280-4700 Monday-Friday 8am-4pm OR come to Day Center at 650 Irving Street, Portland
Dates: Thursday November 26th - Monday December 14th, 2015
Hours:  7pm-7am
Serves: Female-identified adults

Safety Off the Streets Shelter (SOS)
435 NW Glisan Street, Portland 97209
To reserve your spot call 503-280-4700 Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
OR come to Day Center at 650 Irving Street, Portland
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 5pm - 8am
Serves: Female-identified adults

Human Solutions Family Shelter
16141 E Burnside Street, Portland (near 162nd Avenue) 97233
This is a walk-in facility. It is not necessary to call beforehand. No one will be turned away.
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 3:30pm - 7:30am
Serves: Families with children under 18 and women in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy

Portland Rescue Mission
111 W. Burnside Street, Portland 97209
Additional beds available for winter shelter
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: Entry to year-round beds 5:45pm, winter beds 8pm
Serves: Male-identified adults

Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter (SAFES)
30 SW 2nd Avenue, Portland 97204
503-227-0810
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 6pm - 8am
Serves: Female-identified adults

CityTeam International
526 SE Grand Avenue, Portland 97214
$5 fee waived during severe weather
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 5:45pm - 7am
Serves: Male-identified adults

Porchlight Crisis Shelter
1635 SW Alder Street, Portland 
503-222-5933
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 9pm – 9am
Serves: Youth ages 15-23

Harry’s Mother Runaway Shelter
738 NE Davis Street, Portland 97232
503-233-8111
Dates: Seven nights a week throughout winter season
Hours: 24 hours a day
Serves: Youth ages 9-17
 

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The following day center service is available throughout the winter season:

Dignity Village Warming Shelter
9401 NE Sunderland Avenue, Portland 97211
503-281-1604
Dates: Wednesday - Friday
Hours: 8am-10pm
Serves: Adults

Union Gospel Mission
3 NW Third Avenue, Portland
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th - Friday, November 27th, 2015
Hours: 9am - 5pm
Serves: Individuals and families

Blanchet House
310 NW Glisan Street, Portland
Dates: Monday - Saturday. CLOSED Thursday, November 26th, 2015.
Hours: Breakfast 6:30am, Lunch 11:30am, Dinner 5pm
Serves: Individuals and families

Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter (SAFES)
30 SW 2nd Avenue, Portland
503-227-0810
Dates: Seven days a week throughout winter season
Hours: 7am - 11pm 
Serves: Female-identified adults

Transition Projects
650 NW Irving Street, Portland
Dates: Seven days a week
Hours: 7am - 6:45pm (M-F), 8am - 3:45pm (Sat/Sun/Holidays)
Serves: Adults

Rose Haven
627 NW 18th Avenue, Portland
503-248-6364
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th, 2015. CLOSED Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th, 2015. 
Hours:  8:30am - 4:00pm
Serves: Female-identified adults and women with children

St. Francis Dining Hall
330 SE 11th Avenue, Portland
Dates: Sunday - Friday 
Hours: 10am - 7pm (M-F), Noon - 5pm (Sun)
Serves: Individuals and families

St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church Hospitality Center
601 W Burnside Street, Portland
Dates: Monday - Saturday
Hours: 9:30am - 11:30am (M-F), 9am - 11am (Sat)
Serves: Individuals and families

JOIN
1435 NE 81st, Portland
Dates: Monday - Friday (closed the 2nd Friday of the month). CLOSED Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November, 27th, 2015.
Hours:  10am - 3pm
Serves: Individuals and families

CityTeam International
526 SE Grand Avenue, Portland
Dates: Monday - Saturday
Hours: 7am - 6:30pm
Serves: Individuals and families

Janus Youth Access Center
1635 SW Alder Street, Portland
503-432-3986
Dates: Seven days a week
Hours: 9am - 9pm
Serves: Screening and referral for youth ages 15-23

Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
5135 NE Columbia Boulevard, Portland
Dates: Wednesday, November 25th, 2015. CLOSED Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th, 2015.
Hours: 3pm-5pm
Serves: Youth ages 15-24

New Avenues for Youth (NAFY)
820 SW Oak Avenue
503-224-4339
Dates: Monday/Wednesday/Saturday
Hours: 2pm - 5pm
Serves: Youth ages 15-24

Sanctuary Church
19626 NE Glisan Street, 97230
503-888-4453
Dates: Wednesday November 25th - Thursday November 26th, 2015
Hours: Wednesday 11am-8pm, Thursday 11am - 5pm.
Serves: Those experiencing homelessness; Regular hours open on Wed; 1-8pm; Friday 10-5pm; Saturday 1-8pm.

Free Dental Care! Two days only!

Oregon Mission of Mercy (OrMOM) is a large-scale dental clinic where dental treatment is provided at no cost to individuals who cannot access and/or afford dental care.  This event is completely volunteer driven and is possible because of the generous support of OrMOM partners.
 
Who Should Come

• Adults and children
• If you do not have enough money to pay for dental care
• If you do not have a regular dentist

Dates

• Monday, November 23, 2015
• Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Time

Come early!  We'll open the clinic doors at 4:00 am.
Treatment will be performed starting at 6 am both days.
No appointments will be taken or are necessary.
Patients are seen on a first come - first serve basis.
The number of patients seen will be limited by clinic capacity.

Location

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

Free Meals for Vets (not veterinarians, sorry)

Here is a link for over a HUNDRED restaurants that are serving free food for veterans on Veterans Day!

Olive Garden, Chili's, Red Robin, Starbucks, Applebees, Denny's, and MORE are offering free meals or other kinds of food.

I wonder how someone can hit all of them in one day....

Help Formerly Homeless Families Stay Housed

The Village Support Network is a
proven strategy to help families exiting homelessness move toward stability  and self-sufficiency.  Through this program, support teams of trained volunteers work with families to help them achieve their goals.  You can make a difference in a family's life.  It's a six-month commitment, about 5-6 hours a month.  It's not something to take lightly.  But it can make all the difference for a child and her family as they make the difficult transition from shelter to
housing.

We have an orientation for the program on November 17 from
7:00-8:30.  No commitment is required to attend, we just want you to come and learn more.  You can find more information about Village Support Network at our website: www.newcityinitiative.net/bethevillage.  Or just sign up for the
orientation and we'll send you the details: http://facebook.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=fa209520dc56129ddff4aaf3e&id=5a19747fde&e=6809c99e42

Human Solutions Family Shelter

The family shelter in East Multnomah County is open NOW!  They are taking any families with children every night at 7pm at 16141 E Burnside, Portland. 

It will be open every night at least through April.

If you know anyone with children on the street, or just becoming homeless, please lead them to the family shelter for immediate help. 

If you want more information, would like to volunteer or would like to bring food or supplies, please call 503-502-0128.

Using Empty Land to Feed our Food Desert

On as little as three acres of land, ten thousand people can be fed!

"Will Allen is proving that city farms work -- big time. He’s not conjuring up theories; everything that he is teaching in cities across the country he learned over the course of 20 years with his hands in the dirt, a little money in his pocket and a survivalist’s smarts for innovating.

He grows food in ways that few have seen before -- and he grows it sustainably. Allen’s 3-acre farm sits in the poorest part of Milwaukee and now feeds 10,000 people a year. It brought him a MacArthur grant and his neighbors good, healthy eating. The story is in Allen’s book The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities."

Read more about this opportunity in this interview in The Splendid Table. 

Fresh Food for Schoolkids!

"While the U.S. celebrates National Farm to School Month in October, Oregon finds itself at the front of the line in supporting programs that provide healthy, nutritious, and locally-grown foods to children. With tremendous support from the Oregon Legislature, every school district in Oregon has an opportunity to be reimbursed for serving kids Oregon grown and processed foods. That is unprecedented among all states and fortifies Oregon’s standing as a national leader in the farm to school movement."

Encourage your schools to get farm-fresh food and get reimbursed!

Want to know more? Check out this article from Hood River News.

Rockwood Farmer's Market-- All Winter Long!

Starting in November, the Rockwood Farmers Market will be moving inside the Rockwood Building for a monthly indoor winter market!

The first market will be Friday, November 13th from 2-6 PM in the community room at the Rockwood Building, located at 124 NE 181st Ave (the corner of NE 181st and Couch St).

We will have a market there once a month on the second Friday of the month so November 13th, December 11th, January 8th and February 12th. We will still be at our current location for the October 23rd and October 30th farmers markets.

Don't forget that we are now matching $10 of SNAP EBT! We will also be giving away a free pound of apples, with the purchase of anything from one of our vendors.  

Anawim Christian Community

New Schedule
Sanctuary, 19626 NE Glisan, Gresham

Wednesdays Day Shelter
1-8 PM

• BBQ on the 2nd Wednesday of each month
• Clothes, showers, mail, referrals, meal, kitchen use, rest.

Fridays Work Day
10 AM-5 PM

• Showers, meal, clothes for those who work for an hour.
• Food boxes, mail, bathrooms for everyone.

Saturdays Worship and Meal
3-8 PM
 
3 PM — Worship
5 PM — meal and day shelter
Clothes, showers, mail, referrals, meal, kitchen use, rest.

Rockwood Farmer’s Market

Get veggies and art!  Purchase fresh food with your SNAP card!

Opening: Friday, May 29
Every Friday from 3-7pm until October 30

At Plaza del Sol at SE 188th between Burnside and Stark

Peacemaking among the Homeless

Would you like to learn how to create a context of peace in a homeless service? How can you transform conflict into building trust? What are some tools to defuse anger? What is the best way to deal with a violent situation nonviolently?

We will be answering all these questions and more in a three part Peacemaking Among the Homeless class. It is specifically training for workers in Anawim day shelters, but it would be useful for any face-to-face work among the homeless. Real situations will be dramatized and discussed.

This class will be held on Saturday mornings,

May 16, May 23 and June 6, from 10am to 12pm.
Sanctuary, 19626 NE Glisan Gresham

We also have the same class being held on Tuesday evenings, May 26, June 2 and June 9 at First Baptist Church of Gresham, 224 W Powell, Gresham.

For more information, please contact Steve Kimes 503-888-4453
stevekimes@aol.com

Open House at Anawim

We want to invite all of our Gresham neighbors to come to Anawim Christian Community, our local community church of the homeless to a free BBQ!

Come and see what we do, meet some of our members and take a tour of our facility and gardens!

Where: 19626 NE Glisan, Gresham
When: Friday, May 29, 1pm

Poor People Need a Break, Too!

One of the worst parts about being poor is the level of stress that we are constantly under. Sometimes we just need to take a break, relax, and appreciate some beauty.

There is a program in Portland that gives us that opportunity!

If you have an Oregon Trail (SNAP) card, you qualify for five dollar tickets to live music, plays, dance performances and more!  Each card qualifies for two five dollar tickets, but you can check to see if there might be options for larger groups.

It is through the Arts for All program, and there are different opportunities to experience local performances every week!  Participating groups include: NW Film Center, Artists Repertory Theatre, Oregon Symphony, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Body Vox Theatre, and many more!

Check out the website for more information: http://racc.org/artsforall/

Check out their Facebook page to find out what is available: https://www.facebook.com/ArtsforAllPDX

Healthy Sister Transportation

Healthy Sisters, our medical transportation program for women who have experienced homelessness, is growing! In 2014 we double the number of rides provided from 56 (in 2013) to 116 in 2014.

We are currently recruiting more riders for the program and we will need new drivers to help respond to the growing need.

Drivers receive:

• Fellowship with women who have had different life experiences
• Opportunity to support women in being empowered and improving their own health

A few other important facts about giving rides:

• Drivers in the program set their own schedules and take only the rides that work for them
• There is no obligation to interact with the women outside of giving rides
• Women are referred into the program by a case manager

The next training is May 21, 2015 at 2pm.  Please contact New City Initiative to find out more!
New City Initiative
(971) 231-5423

New Youth Center

Friday May 1 is the dedication of Salvation Army's new youth center.  Come and check it out!

Harvest Share

Most of us know that fresh produce is necessary to have a healthy diet, but many of us can’t afford produce in the store.  However, the Oregon Food Bank is providing food for the low income so we can all have healthy food to eat.

In Gresham, here are places where low income folks can get free fresh produce:

Salvation Army Gresham

473 SE 194th Ave Portland OR 97233

1st Wednesday of every month

Opens at 9:30, first come first serve

(503) 282-0555

Rockwood Seventh Day Adventist

1910 SE 182nd Ave Portland OR 97233

4th Tuesday of every month

Opens at 9pm, participants receive a random number and wait their turn.

(503) 282-0555

Lynch Wood Elementary School Harvest Share

3615 SE 174th Ave Portland OR 97236

4th Friday of every month

Opens at 3pm.

(503) 762-7528

Village Support Network

Suppose you were a homeless family, and you had a hundred steps to get back on your feet. Wouldn’t you want a group of people supporting you, cheering you on, helping you keep track of your complicated life?

The Village Support Network trains people to do exactly that.  And they are looking for people in Gresham, who will help support and direct homeless families toward freedom and self-support.

If you are interested in getting information about participating in this program, please check out this website and contact the PHFS Volunteer Coordinator Matt at 503-915-8307 or matt@pdxhfs.org.