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

Food Shortage-- Can You Help?

An excellent article recently appeared in the Gresham Outlook about the need of local food pantries. 

We have a number of food pantries in East County, but they are in desperate need of more food to meet the ever-increasing need.  Will you help?  Please donate canned food to the locations below.

Some of the food they could use:

• Vegetables and fruit (fresh and canned)

• Milk, baby formula, baby food and disposable diapers

• Soups

• Chili

• Canned hash or ravioli

• Tuna

• Tuna, Hamburger or Chicken Helper

• Flour, baking mix or pancake mix

• Instant mashed potatoes

• Meats and deli items

• Laundry soap to wash donated clothing

• Toiletries such as bars of soap and toilet paper

• Can openers for the homeless and families living in their cars

• Pet food

Many of our food pantries are below:

Zarapath Pantry:

59 N.W. Ava Ave., Gresham

(503) 667-7932

10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri.

St. Henry's Catholic Church:

St. Vincent De Paul

346 NW 1st Ave, Gresham

(503) 235-8431

Tues and Sat, 10-12pm (limit 1 box a month)

Homeless may visit both Tue and Sat every week

Salvation Army:

473 SE 194^th, Portland,

(503) 661-2704

9 to 3pm, Tues through Fri; Closed for lunch noon to 1 Closed the first Wednesday of the month

*http://salvationarmygresham.org/volunteer-opportunities/

The Chapel:

27132 SE Stark St, Troutdale

Bread available Tues, Wed, Thurs., 9-4pm

Salvation Army Harvest Share: (Fresh Produce)

473 SE 194th, Portland,

9:30am, first Wed of the month, first come first serve

(503) 282-0555

Rockwood Seventh-day Adventist Church Harvest Share: (Fresh Produce)

1910 SE 182nd Ave., Gresham

(503) 282-0555

9 a.m. on the fourth Tues of the month

Innovative Housing Harvest Share: (Fresh Produce)

826 S.W. 29th Way, Troutdale

(503) 282-0555

10:30 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month

Snow Cap Community Charities :

17805 SE Stark (behind Rockwood United Methodist Church) (503) 674-8785

Mon-Fri, 10-2pm, Tues, 10-5:30pm

*http://www.snowcap.org/Volunteer/tabid/6269/Default.aspx

New Beginnings Christian Center:

3300 N.E. 172nd Place, Gresham

(503) 256-6050

12:30 - 2:30pm Sunday; 6:30 - 8:30pm Wednesday

St Anne’s Catholic Church:

1015 S E 182nd Ave, Gresham

Wed 9-11am, 6pm-8pm

Sanctuary Church — A Jesus Community:

3103 S.E. Orient Drive, Gresham

(503) 663-9146

11am to 2pm the first and third Saturday of the month

ajesuscommunity.org.