Warehouse Work Party on Monday at Noon!

We just got a big delivery of food donations to sort & organize &
also have a variety of upcoming projects to prepare for, so we
are organizing a last minute NWPM Warehouse Workparty for those
who are interested & available! Let us know if you'd like to help!

When: Monday, April 13th Noon-1:30
Where: NWPM Warehouse, 2145 NW Overton

Thanks!

Northwest Portland Ministries invites you to a free theater performance:

A Sunday Afternoon of Song
with Jen & Jack

a medley of popular show tunes

Featuring: Jennifer Keltner ~ Vocals & Jack Bishop ~ Piano

On May 3rd at 1:30 PM
Doors open at 1:30 pm for light refreshments

Please be in your seats before the show starts promptly at 2 PM!

At Congregation Beth Israel
1972 NW Flanders

Blumauer Auditorium, Sherman Education Building

This event is a free cultural activity (all are welcome)

with a special focus on NWPM Volunteer Appreciation.

Questions? Contact NWPM at 503-221-1224 or info@nwpm.org

Be Good to the Earth; Be Good to your Neighbors!

"The City Repair Project is group of citizen activists creating public gathering places and helping others to creatively transform the places where they live.
City Repair’s projects:

• inspire people to both understand themselves as part of a larger community and fulfill their own creative potential, and
• activate people to be part of the communities around them, as well as part of the decision-making that shapes the future of their communities."
  

Northwest Portland Ministries has secured a booth at the annual City Repair Earth Day Celebration which takes place on Saturday, April 25th, 2009 from 10:00am - 7:00pm in Wallace Park. Our goal is to celebrate and participate in the "partnerships formed by bringing people together to create a mindful celebration in a neighborhood each year." Learn about last year's Earth day event.

We'd like to help show how people can volunteer right here in NW Portland and make a difference in the lives of others. Volunteer local; help the environment! Have you heard the phrase, "Charity begins at home?" Well so too (to paraphrase City Repair) does local ecological sustainability start at home.

This very day, we will be doing a Portable Pantry event at Alder House in downtown Portland. We can use help staffing the booth or delivering food, or helping out at our warehouse on Overton. We may also have some direct service opportunities doing Helping Hands type activities as well if there is interest (must sign up beforehand).

If you or someone you know is interested, please contact:

Kelly Caldwell,
Northwest Portland Ministries
Volunteer Manager
Kelly@nwpm.org
2701 NW Vaughn, Suite 102
Pdx OR 97210
Main Phone: 503-221-1224
Fax: 503-505-5028

Portable Pantry Premieres

On Monday, March 30th, volunteers and staff delivered and staged food from our warehouse in the reception area of Rosenbaum Plaza, an 80-unit apartment building in downtown Portland for low-income and disabled residents. Most of the residents we served are not able to get to the Pantry on their own, nor would they be able to transport any meaningful supply of food back to their homes. During this event, we helped a number of residents get the food up and into their apartments.
This video provides a little more context of our first Portable Pantry than the slide-show at the bottom of the blog. After volunteers set up the food, they assisted in checking-in residents and helped them with food selection.

Speaking of service, the City of Portland named this facility in 1976 in honor of Fred M. Rosenbaum for his dedication to service in his community. Click here to read more about Mr. Rosenbaum.

Volunteer Just Do It!

It was a busy day for NWPM volunteers on March 30th! While a handful were at Rosenbaum Plaza sharing food to grateful residents, others were busy loading a truck in NE Portland in order to help a disabled woman move to a new home.
When the food distribution at Rosenbaum was done, it became evident that additional manpower would be welcome to unload the woman's belongings at William Temple house in NW Portland. So - off we went ! With the extra help, including from a friendly William Temple house resident, we were done in no time.
Don't mind the old ABBA tune; it just seemed to work with this clip!