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building relationships while providing our houseless friends and neighbors with daily necessities with dignity and peace

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Setting up cooling stations, being cool, cooling c

Setting up cooling stations, being cool, cooling centers.

Thursday service here at People's Depot with the

Thursday service here at People's Depot with the contents of our wound care kits (courtesy Kat) and the hygiene kits (courtesy JOHS). Also soup.

Thank you Notre Dame club for the donation of ten

Thank you Notre Dame club for the donation of ten coolers and ice during that life-threatening heat wave. Also big thanks to the volunteers who kept them topped up last week!

We’re so thankful it cooled off! No matter the w

We’re so thankful it cooled off! No matter the weather, we’ll be under the Morrison Bridge with @groundscore.association every Thursday 11-1. See you there!

Heat wave! We're out here with ice water and spray

Heat wave! We're out here with ice water and spray bottles, and we'll be driving around letting folks know that cooling shelters are open this weekend. Stay coooool

Our van got stolen and then we found it! It's been

Our van got stolen and then we found it! It's been a wild couple weeks! While the van is getting repaired, we're doing service out of our cars.

Under the Morrison bridge this beautiful day 11 to

Under the Morrison bridge this beautiful day 11 to 1 here next to People's Depot. If we don't have what you need in the van, we can try to bring it to our Friday eve service right next door at Hygiene4All from 6 to 8.

We are super noticeable right now under the Morris

We are super noticeable right now under the Morrison bridge here next to People's Depot! Swipe to see our list of offerings this week.

New Thursday location at MLK and Morrison with our

New Thursday location at MLK and Morrison with our friends The People's Depot can/bottle return. Yay!

Monday at Hygiene4All under the morrison bridge 6

Monday at Hygiene4All under the morrison bridge 6 to 8. Swipe to read that tiny white board.

Every Monday we collect donations from a strong co

Every Monday we collect donations from a strong community of supporters. Sometimes it fills the whole van!

Morrrrre jeannnnnnnnnns. They're taking over! Than

Morrrrre jeannnnnnnnnns. They're taking over! Thank you Kathy! Thanks Judy!

Learned some things about the van vs the snow last

Learned some things about the van vs the snow last week. Shown here: plan B. Side pt: ever notice it's the A team that enacts plan B?

The Tuesday Tango. Take all the new donations out,

The Tuesday Tango. Take all the new donations out, organize them, put them all back in. Swipe to see.

Kat demonstrates *how happy* we are to have a *tem

Kat demonstrates *how happy* we are to have a *temporary* garage to organize donations. We'd sure love a longer-term option if you have a lead! ♡

Jeans! So much thanks for so many jeans to Rag Man

Jeans! So much thanks for so many jeans to Rag Man Inc and Rebecca!

Tuesdays at 2 under the steel bridge

Tuesdays at 2 under the steel bridge

Weekly donation pickup at St Vincent DePaul. "We'r

Weekly donation pickup at St Vincent DePaul. "We're all smiling, I swear!" ♡

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We can come pick up in-kind donations in the PDX metro area, just shoot us an email at withdignityandpeace@gmail.com

An updated list of our most requested items is here: https://bit.ly/3wcVuCG

Want to give us money??? We’re all volunteers, so we’ll spend it on items requested by our guests, gas, insurance and our neato storage garage.

newsletter

We’ll email you monthly with exciting and mundane news including, but not limited to: the van drivers’ missive; board meeting minute highlights; quotes from our patrons and sometimes poetry.

houseless? need a thing?

If you or a houseless neighbor needs a basic necessity we might have, send us an email or instagram message or find us Thursday mornings 11 to 1 at People’s Depot or Friday eve 6 to 8 at Hygiene 4 All