Snow Cap

Snow Cap is a shopping-style pantry that provides food for families struggling along with other necessities like children's clothes or school supplies. They can also deliver food boxes. They also have a community garden open to some participants. For food boxes, there is a limit of six visits per year.

To see the requirements, look at this webpage: http://www.snowcap.org/NeedHelp.aspx

Their warehouse and office is behind the United Methodist Church:
17805 SE Stark St. Gresham, OR 97233

Hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri 10-2, Tues 10-5:30

503-674-8785

http://www.snowcap.org/

Clothes Center for East County

One of the greatest needs for East County is a clothes closet that is open at least once a week.  If a family is in need of clothes, they have few places to go.  Snow Cap distributes children's clothes, but their supply has become very short.  The Gresham School district has some clothes for their kids. The health clinic at Trinity Lutheran has clothes once a month, when they have the supply. And The Chapel in Troutdale has a clothes closet that is open two days a month in the first week of the month.  But if a whole family has need of clothing in the middle of the month, they have to be sent to downtown Portland or almost to Clackamas.

**Is there anyone who is looking to do a ministry for the needy in East County? We are still looking for a church who is willing to have a clothes closet that is open every Saturday, or one evening a week, In East Multnomah County. It would meet a real need.**

Places to get clothes:

Snow Cap: (Children's Clothes)

17805 SE Stark (behind Rockwood United Methodist Church)

Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm,  Tues until 5:30pm

The Chapel: (clothes for men, woman and children)

27132 SE Stark St, Troutdale

1st Sat 9-12pm, 1st Wed 4-6pm.

Trinity Lutheran Church: (Clothes closet located in the basement)
The Corner of Powell and Eastman Parkway in Gresham
3rd Sunday from 2:30-4:30pm

Snow Cap Facts

Snow Cap

• brings together people who have, with people who have-not.
• encourages work and self sufficiency as a means of strengthening families.
• supports the family dinner hour, providing groceries so that families may cook meals at home.
• is an natural outgrowth of the neighborliness that made for quilting bees, barn raisings, and gathering food and clothes to meet basic needs of less fortunate neighbors.

Major Programs

Food Pantry: Provides nutritious food boxes for area clients from 10 to 2, Monday through Friday and until 5:30 on Tuesday. Clients can shop for food twelve times in a calender year. Over 4000 people receive food from this pantry each month.

Community Basket: Low-income families can join in this program for a yearly membership fee of $15.00. This gives each of the 140 participating families a monthly box of assorted food and cleaning items, a newsletter about stategies for stretching limited budgets, and free coupons.

Children's Clothes Closet: Children in the 8th grade and under can select needed clothing for free throughout the year. This Fall, 1000 children were outfitted with new or used clothing and school supplies to start the school year.

Please Help!

Volunteer Your Time: There is an ongoing need for people to pack food boxes, sort clothes, drive the truck, interview clients, answer phones or do other office work. Special skills like grant writing, computer management and maintenance, and committee work are also needed.

Donate Food and Clothes: These items can be brought to 17788 SE Pine from 9-3p.m., Monday-Friday. Baby food, formula and children's clothes are always in short supply.

Contact Information

SnowCap

PO Box 160

Fairview, OR 97024-0160

Phone: 503-674-8785

Fax: 503-674-5355

Web Site: www.snowcap.org

Email: info@snowcap.org