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.

Free Hot Soup — Gresham

A new group has arrived in Gresham, and they are interested in providing soup to those who really need it.  This loosely organized group makes soup and gives it to people on the street as they are able.  Right now, they are serving food to the Clackamas Service Center (Sundays) and at Anawim Christian Community (Wednesdays).

If anyone is interested in cooking or transporting food with these folks, you can contact Raine at

Reetielee@gmail.com or you can join the Facebook group.

Anawim Hiatus

Through the month of May, Anawim will close almost all of their regular operations for the homeless in Gresham and St. Johns.

For the homeless in Gresham who need showers, clothes, food boxes and their mail, Anawim will still be open at 1pm at 19626 NE Glisan Gresham, OR.

Thank you for your patience. We will announce when we will be opening again for regular hours.