This category is for getting warm gear to folks in need. Any other threads can go into your threads bag!
Jackets
Coats
Beanies
Winter hats
Gloves and mittens
Scarves
Hoodies
These can go in your threads bag!
Shoes or boots
These can go in your threads bag!
Damaged or unusable items
These can go in your threads bag!
Blankets
As the weather gets cooler, we pull out our jackets, scarves, gloves, and coats to bundle up. You might just find yourself with that old pea coat that you bought a few years ago or that scarf your mother-in-law gave you that's been gathering dust in your closet.
There are people in your community who can find value in your old gear! You can help give them a chance to stay warm this winter.
Rose Haven is the only day shelter in all of Portland serving 3,600 women, children and gender diverse folks experiencing homelessness, poverty and trauma each year. They are a low barrier shelter, with no federal funding, that provides food, supplies, showers, restrooms as well as classes and activities.
Along with these services, they have an advocacy program with licensed social workers and serve as a safe mailing address for their guests. With an intersectional lens, they offer resources, community, and compassionate understanding to all who come to their haven.
Refugee Care Collective is a non-profit organization that comes alongside refugees as they rebuild their lives. Through restart kits, mentorship programs, and emergency relief support, they have served over 4,200 of Oregon's newest neighbors from countries across the world.
Every fall, Refugee Care Collective gathers winter coats and rain jackets to distribute to newly arriving families. They are committed to walking alongside families long-term, and believe these coats and other essential items serve as a first step in saying, “You are not alone. We are for you. You are welcome here."
Brown Hope began in 2018 as a Black Resilience Mutual Aid service founded upon a deep sense of urgency to overcome the vicious cycle of wounding caused by historical and ongoing racial trauma. Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities have survived centuries of racial trauma, which has passed emotional, psychological, and material injuries from generation to generation. Brown Hope embodies the philosophy of trauma informed activism, launching initiatives that inspire hope, collective healing, and the grassroots momentum needed to dismantle systems that perpetuate harm against our communities. Brown Hope acts as a bridge with people across different backgrounds to support an ecosystem of unique programs that embrace abundance, promote solidarity, and nurture a world of healing and justice.
The Solidarity Squad program focuses on connecting folks of all races and genders with resources and services they need during hardships. Whether that is providing kitchenware to those in transitional housing or food and winter warmth items to Portland's unhoused community, the Solidarity Squad is building a relationship-based network by listening and responding directly to those in need.
Blanchet House supports people experiencing homelessness and adversity by offering free hot meals, clothing, and housing programs. Adult-sized warm winter clothes like waterproof coats, socks, gloves, and sweatshirts are requested daily during the cold months. Blanchet House also offers blankets and sleeping bags to people trying to survive outdoors. In addition to offering basic needs items Blanchet House operates two residential housing programs—in Portland and at a farm in Carlton—that give people the opportunity to regain their physical and mental health, save money for permanent housing, and rejoin the workforce. Most people arrive at these programs with only the clothes on their backs, so they are in need of many items.
Sunstone Way (formerly All Good Northwest) is a homeless services provider that offers low-barrier shelter to those affected by chronic homelessness. Sunstone Way operates 3 village model shelters and an emergency congregate shelter. They provide participants with case management, housing navigation, employment resources, peer support, and behavioral health services.
Village model shelters provide participants with safety, privacy, and dignity while they move towards self-efficacy and permanent housing. Sunstone Way believes in the intrinsic goodness of all people and the power of connection & community.
Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees, an affiliate of Church World Service, resettles hundreds of refugees a year. We link sponsors—congregations, friends or community organizations—with refugees before they arrive in the United States, and help sponsors welcome and assist the refugees in their adjustment to a new life in the Portland metro area. Refugees are welcomed, given temporary homes with household items and food, and offered assistance as they learn a new language, develop job skills and search for employment.