How You Can Help

We need your support at Family Bridge to continue offering our services to the families of Washington County. Your tax-deductible gifts will help to sustain and improve our programs as well as our community.

There are a variety of ways in which individuals or organizations can help, including volunteering your personal time, donating needed supplies, making a single monetary donation, becoming a monthly donor, or including Family Bridge in your estate plan.

Volunteers

We welcome and encourage both individuals or groups to get involved at Family Bridge. To volunteer your time to work at the shelter, or find out more about group projects and volunteer opportunities, please contact us by telephone.

Dear Family Bridge Board, Volunteers, and Friends:

Because of budget deficiencies JoAnn Eden is no longer the Volunteer Coordinator at Family Bridge.

We appreciate your dedication to the success of our program and mission "To End Homelessness - One Family at a Time" and ask for your ongoing support.

During our time of transition we hope that you will continue to show your support by helping us fill volunteer positions so that there is no interruption in the quality of services we provide to homeless families with children. Currently there are nearly 40 homeless families waiting to get into shelter.

If you have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me. I would love to meet with you to discuss ways to increase volunteerism, funding and services that help families become more self-sufficient as they transition out of homelessness.

Our program would not exist without dedicated, caring volunteers at the Day House and at the Host Congregations. We cannot continue without the assistance of volunteers who staff the Family Bridge Day House from 7:00-9:00 and 3-5 each day and from 8:00-5:00 on the weekends.

Please call the office to learn about current volunteer openings and ways that you can help and refer anyone you think might be interested in becoming a volunteer in the program to us for followup. We have an application process (application can be downloaded below) or call the office for more information: 503-844-2919

Respectfully,

Annie Heart, Executive Director

*Our greatest need for volunteers is weekdays (especially Tuesday and Friday) mornings from 7:00 - 9:00 AM.

Volunteer Application Form

If you have not volunteered with Family Bridge before, please download and complete the application form and return it to Family Bridge.

Volunteer Application (click to download)

Check our Volunteer Calendar for opportunities to help!

Monetary Donations

If you are interested in making a monetary donation to Family Bridge, please contact our Executive Director, Annie Heart, for arrangements. *All donations are tax deductible.

	Family Bridge
	Attn: Annie Heart
	P.O. Box 4073
	Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
	(503) 844-2919
	Annie Heart , Executive Director

Or, donate on-line at:

Supply Donations

If you are interested in donating to our needed supplies list, we are in search of the following items:

Clean Bedding - folded and tucked inside a pillowcase

Large Bath Towels

New Toiletries - toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, shaving cream, soap, shampoo, etc...

Bus Fare - prepaid tickets for the Portland Metro area

Tickets or Passes - for family outings such as OMSI, movie theaters, Oregon Zoo, Children's Museum, bowling or other fun places, etc...

Postage Stamps - books or rolls preferred

Gift Cards and Gift Certificates - small denomination amounts to local retail stores for clothing, shoes, and other necessities

Household Supplies - paper towels, kleenex tissues, diapers (sizes 4, 5, 6), baby wipes, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, toilet paper, etc...

Due to limited storage space at the shelter, we are not able to accept donations of furniture, clothing or toys. On occasion we will accept beds if a family is moving into housing and a bed is needed, however, prior approval must be obtained. If you have a bed you would like to donate, please contact our office to inquire about the need.

Please make all other types of donations to the Family Resource Center of your choice.

Hillsboro	(503) 844-1063
Beaverton	(503) 649-0367
Forest Grove	(503) 359-2598
Banks	(503) 324-2004
Tualatin	(503) 691-9008

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