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Volunteer for Street Roots' 20th Anniversary Street Party! Great for groups!!!

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ORGANIZATION: STREET ROOTS

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 14 people are interested
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Did you know that Street Roots turns 20 this year? Help us celebrate in style at our summer Street Party!

We are in great need for volunteers to help set up, run, and take down this event. Shifts go in minimum of 3 hours, but we would love for you to stay as long as possible. GREAT FOR BIG GROUPS!!!

Enjoy food by Laughing Planet Cafe and cold brew by Stumptown Coffee Roasters, and well as other local food, beverage and entertainment. More details are being added, please check back again soon.

This event is family-friendly and alcohol-free.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here for more information.

And a special thank you to our event sponsors:

Travel Portland

NW Natural
OMBU

OHSU Care Management Social Work

About us:

Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change.

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About STREET ROOTS

Location:

211 NW DAVIS ST, PORTLAND, OR 97209, US

Mission Statement

Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change.

Description

  • Our Vendor Program has more than 160 active vendors that sell Street Roots in the Portland metropolitan area. More than 500 vendors sell the newspaper during the course of a year. Collectively, nearly 35,000 newspapers are sold each month.
  • Our Newspaper delivers in-depth news and commentary on social and economic justice issues important to the entire community. Street Roots is a platform for people on the streets to have a voice in the political and social dialogue, bridging cultural and class divides with a greater understanding on social matters that affect us all.
  • Our Resource Guide is a 4'x 4', 104-page guide and is the most comprehensive, updated list of services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Multnomah and Washington counties. More than 160,000 guides are published annually by Street Roots and distributed to more than 400 organizations and and entities working with people experiencing homelessness and poverty in the Portland region.
  • Our Advocacy efforts are related to homelessness and housing in Portland and throughout the state of Oregon and around the United States.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Employment
Homeless & Housing
Advocacy & Human Rights, Employment, Homeless & Housing

WHEN

Sat Aug 17, 2019
12:30 PM - 08:30 PM

WHERE

211 NW Davis StreetPortlandPortland, OR 97209

(45.524666,-122.672775)
 

SKILLS

  • Event Management
  • Facilities Management
  • Drawing
  • Food Service
  • People Skills
  • Social Work

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • 3 hours minimum, preferably as long as you can!

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