Hollywood Collective At Rose City Park Presbyterian

A choir and orchestra of more than 50 members whose mission is to sing the entire set of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach over a period of 30 years. There are approximately five concerts each year, with two or three cantatas per concert. Most concerts are on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. and are free (free-will offering accepted) unless advertised otherwise. Learn more here: Bach Cantata Choir

The Blosser Center was founded in 2000 to continue the educational and advocacy work of Dorothy Blosser Whitehead, M.S., a nationally recognized leader in establishing standards for reading specialists. Nearly 20% of the population has symptoms of dyslexia which include slow or inaccurate reading, poor spelling, poor writing, or mixing up similar words. Blosser Center runs a yearly summer camp, as well as year-long one-on-one tutoring to help youth diagnosed with dyslexia. Learn more here: Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources

Farmers Market Fund’s Double Up Food Bucks program provides a dollar-for-dollar match on SNAP purchases at over 100 Oregon Farmers Markets and Farm Stands. Double Up is a triple win: families bring home more fresh produce, more money goes directly to small, local producers, and local economies thrive. In collaboration with other service providers, Farmers Market Fund also provides support and training to participating farmers markets and farm stands. This includes bookkeeping support, SNAP technical assistance, anti-racism & DEI training, outreach materials, and loads of tools and templates to support their work.  They believe that no person should be denied access to the foods they need to eat well. Learn more here: Farmers Market Fund

Friday Night Young People’s Meeting is a long-running Portland chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous.  It’s an open meeting (meaning anyone can drop in) of 30-50 people every Friday at 8pm, specifically serving young people—although the “young at heart” are also welcome.

Hollywood Farmers Market is a weekly Farmers Market that supports local, fresh, and delicious food, now open year-round. In early 1997, a group of Northeast Portland neighbors opened a farmers market in a nearby bank parking lot with 10 vendors. In 2000, they moved to NE Hancock Street between NE 44th and 45th Avenues. This location now comes alive on Saturdays throughout the year with over 50 vendors, plus community booths, musicians, volunteers, and neighbors. In 2011, they expanded to a year-round season. Learn more here: Hollywood Farmers Market

IATSE Local 488, Studio Mechanics of the Pacific Northwest, mission is “To improve the lives of our members working in the entertainment industry, both inside and outside the workplace, through collective bargaining, training, and education.” They represents over 700 film, television, and commercial crew members across Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Northern Idaho, where they contribute their expertise and skills to a thriving entertainment industry. Their members work in a wide range of departments, including art, construction, costume, craft services, electrical, first aid, greens, grip, hair, locations, makeup, paint & scenic, production office, props, script supervision, set dressing, set teaching, sound, special effects, and video assist. IATSE Local 488 is a strong advocate for its members, ensuring that industry standards for safety, fairness, and professionalism are upheld in the Pacific Northwest entertainment community. Learn more here: https://www.iatse488.org/

Chef-prepared and BIPOC-led, Milk Crate Kitchen prepares nutrient-dense meals using food rescue to feed families one cooked meal at a time - no cost, and no questions asked.  They are able to feed a family of 4 for less than $5 on average by seeking out in-kind donations from local farmers, food hubs, and businesses and rescue food extras. Learn more here: https://www.milkcratekitchen.org/.

Peace in Schools offers transformative mindfulness education to teens. The heart of their work over the past 10 years has been Mindful Studies – a researched-backed, for-credit elective course for 10-12th graders in Portland Public High Schools. The class is fully integrated into the school day like any other subject. Today, Peace in Schools is rolling out a major initiative to expand access to Mindful Studies, training high school teachers to offer Mindful Studies as an integrated for-credit course outside of Portland. Learn more here: Peace in Schools

PlayWrite works with under-served youth to create original plays and teach young people to contribute to their communities while healing their own emotional experiences. In workshops, participants write a one-act play using unique, non-human characters that represent authentic emotions from their own life experiences.  The workshop culminates in a performance with professional actors. Participants, coaches, and performers alike express that putting feelings into language can be healing, restorative and nurturing. Learn more here: PlayWrite, Inc

The Puddletown Knitters Guild is a community of knitters meeting once a month for social knitting and artist talks from local fiber artists and fiber providers. This group promotes a diverse community of knitters of all abilities, supports local fiber providers and artists from farm to knitting needles, and models respect for the local fiber community by actively valuing their time and expertise. PKG sees fiber arts as a vital and respected part of Portland art culture. They work to continue the tradition of knitting, and to positively impact the neighboring community as knitters. Learn more here: Puddletown Knitters Guild

Shorinji Kempo is the East Portland Branch of the Shorinji Kempo Organization, and is a alternative martial arts system that draws on several Japanese and Chinese martial arts traditions. While not as well known in the United States, Shorinji Kempo has more than one million students in 33 countries worldwide. They combine effective self-defense techniques with a practical philosophy based on Buddhist principles.  Some of the benefits of Shorinji Kempo include: self-defense, spiritual cultivation, improved health through physical fitness, mental and spiritual enrichment, and character building. They are currently welcoming new students! Learn more here: https://portlandsk.com.

Dedicated to supporting and promoting the health, education, and social development of individuals of Sudanese heritage in Oregon and SW Washington.  Health: Providing health education, wellness events, and access to health resources and services.  Education: Language classes, cultural workshops, public lectures, seminars, and youth programs that foster personal growth and cross-cultural understanding.  Social Services Support: Integration assistance to new immigrants, advocating for the rights of Sudanese immigrants, and support for various socio-economic challenges.  Community Development: Social events and development projects that improve the quality of life and foster a sense of unity and belonging among members.

Chris Hansson, LPC, LMHC is dually licensed in Washington and Oregon and works individually with adolescents and adults who are looking for support around their mental health.  Her areas of specialty are: ADHD & ASD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Life Transitions, such as grief/loss, significant changes such as child birth, separation/divorce, job change, substance use, illness. Additional training in PTSD, Addiction, Neurodivergence including Autism and ADHD in Adults.  Hansson assists individuals in opening up to themselves, without judgement or stories and unworkable behaviors, utilizing exercises and techniques that promote psychological flexibility and value driven behaviors.Learn more here: Chris Hansson