Sisters Honored with Agency Excellence Award from Oregon Food Bank

Sisters Of The Road has been named a 2009 Oregon Food Bank Agency Excellence Award winner in the category of Excellence in Client Services. The award comes with a $500 prize to support the 300-350 warm, nutritious meals served in our Cafe each day.

In an average month, the Oregon Food Bank (OFB) provides our Cafe with over 50% of the food we need to cook up hundreds of balanced meals each day. We are thrilled that OFB recognizes the strength of Sisters' philosophies of gentle personalism and nonviolence. As we at Sisters Of The Road always say (and believe wholeheartedly), "Here there are no strangers, just friends we've never met!" This is central to our approach to each person who walks through our doors. When you visit Sisters, you are much more than just a customer, you are a whole person and a friend. Thank you Oregon Food Bank!

Dave's Killer Bread Saves a Slice for Sisters

Local bakery Dave's Killer Bread has partnered with Sisters Of The Road to provide our Cafe with around 3 dozen loaves each week of their delicious, nutritious bread. A couple of months ago, a Dave's delivery driver and ex-prisoner, Ladd, came into our Cafe and experienced Sisters for himself. Ladd was so impressed with Sisters' gentle personalism philosophy and model of Dining with Dignity, he has chosen to personally drop off the donated loaves weekly.

Founder Dave Dahl, himself a recovering addict and ex-con, has made it a point to build his company by hiring people like Ladd who need a 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) chance to rebuild their lives, and the result is a successful baking business with incredible bread that's a hit at area grocers and farmer's markets.

Dave's Killer Bread uses great organic whole grains, animal-free ingredients and no preservatives in all their breads. You can look up local stores where Dave's breads are sold at their website, or visit their Healthy Bread Store at 5209 SE International Way, Milwaukie, OR 97222. Thanks to everyone at Dave's Killer Bread!

Thank Our Commissioners and Mayor for Supporting Crucial BHCD Funding

The Mayor just released his budget and the $6.7 million in additional one-time General Fund dollars to preserve vital services and housing for people in crisis will be granted!

Please contact Mayor Adams and our City Commissioners and thank them for prioritizing these critical services. Street Roots has set up a webpage to thank our city leaders; you can send your message to them here.

This success happened thanks to you, and many others like you. Nearly 700 people took action by writing letters, signing petitions, and joining Facebook to help make this happen. Thank you for taking action!

Modified Style Fashion Show: Get Your Tickets Now for this May 17th Event in Support of Sisters

Fashion meets sustainability in this Do-It-Yourself fashion show! Local designers with no sewing experience are using scraps gathered around town to create fashion wonders. The night will include a silent auction when you can bid on the amazing garments!

Ten Thousand Villages: A First Thursday Fundraiser

Ten Thousand Villages, one of the world's largest fair trade organizations and a founding member of the International Fair Trade Association, will be giving 20% of all sales Thursday, June 4th from 6 pm to 8 pm to Sisters Of The Road! Come to their Pearl District store and you will find exquisite jewelry, elegant rugs, delightful home decor and personal accessories, all handcrafted by artisans in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East who are ensured a fair price for their work.

At Sisters, we support Ten Thousand Villages' Vision that One day all artisans in the developing countries will earn a fair wage, be treated with dignity and respect and be able to live a life of quality. Please come out June 4th to show your support of Sisters, worldwide artisans and fair trade goods. Thank you Portland Ten Thousand Villages! 

Sisters Awarded Emma 25 Email Account

You may have noticed our new E-news format. Sisters was selected to be the recipient of free bulk email service for life from Emma Email Marketing. This fantastic service will save us staff time; allow us to switch up our E-news format; give us thorough results on how many of you are opening our messages and clicking links; deliver more messages without them being marked as spam; produce email surveys; and much more! 

Gina Cadanasso of Bolt Fabric Boutique nominated us for this great award--thank you Gina! And a huge thanks to everyone at Emma Email Marketing! A full list of this year's Emma 25 Honorees can be viewed here.