Summer is a time when people are are on vacation and with family and may feel too busy to donate.  But even though Portland is warm and beautiful, the women, men and children who rely on us are just as hungry as they are the rest of the year.  In fact, in the summer we always see more children like Jasmine, right, because they are out of school and programs and in use of a good hot meal, safety and community.  They need you.

New Match This Year -Amaizen’!
Our goal is to raise $20,000 that will be matched two-to-one in June and July by Operation Cornbread Matching Grants! Wow, every dollar you donate will become three! The money we raise will support the 400-450 meals we serve a day throughout the summer months.

We have so many fun, NEW ways to get involved: SistersFlix movie parties, Corn Crop Circles, Sponsor-an-Item . . .click here to learn more. Another way is to become a Shuckin’ Husker and ask friends, families and coworkers if they would consider donating $30 - that buys a lot at Sisters!  For instance:

• Iced Tea: Two Months
• Hard Boiled Eggs: 2 Weeks
• Coffee: 1 ½ Weeks
• Corn Bread: 1 Week
• Rice and Beans: 1 Week
• Fresh Salsa: 1 Week
• Cereal: 1 Week

To learn more, click here. For questions, call Catharine at (503) 222-5694 ext. 12 or email her at Catharine at sistersoftheroad dot org. Remember, it takes a village to raise the cornbread!

After seven years of hard work and planning, Sisters’ book, Voices from the Street: Truths about Homelessness from Sisters Of The Road is almost here!

Thursday, May 24, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm please join us at the newly-renovated Portland Center Stage Armory at 128 NW Eleventh Ave., cross street Davis.  Special guest City Commissioner Randy Leonard will lead us into the festivities, and book narrator Dan Newth and publisher Gray Sunshine will also speak.  Author Jessica P. Morrell and Sisters’ cofounder and foreword author Genny Nelson will sign this book, based on 515 interviews with people who have experienced homelessness.  Copies will be available for a 15% discount off the $24.95 price (to buy an advance copy online, click here.)

Afterwards, walk up the street to Powell’s Books at 1005 W. Burnside at 7:30 for a discussion and book signing with Jessica and Genny. 

To learn more about the data the book was based on and how to request pieces of it for your own project, click here.

Callin’ all Cowhands - save that thar date!  Join us Saturday, October 13, 2007, 4:30- 9:30 pm at the Portland Art Museum’s Kridel Ballroom for our biggest fundraiser of the year, the Hoedown and Auction.

It’s your chance, if you’re so inclined, to dress up, square dance, have great chow and a snort, and bid on some darn fine items.  Tickets are $85 for individuals and tables of 10 are $850 with a limited number of patron tables available.  To buy tickets or a table, email Monica at sistersoftheroad dot org, or call (503) 222-5694 ext. 19.  To find out more about sponsorship, click here.

Can’t make it to the event?  Maybe you’d like to donate items or services for other critters to bid on?  Or maybe you have some time in the next few months to help us plan the event?  Email Lisa at sistersoftheroad dot org, or call her at (503) 222-5694 ext. 14 if you’re able to help.  Click here to get a PDF version of the item donation form.

Last year’s Hoedown and Auction was more fun than a greased piglet race and netted $107,000 for Sisters’ good work.  Click here to take a gander at some wonderful pho-tee-graphs of that thar event. We’ll be as happy as a duck on junebug to see you next year at the Hoedown!

The Personalist Center (PC) will open in mid-2007 in the space adjacent to the cafe, with a new indoor waiting area, a revamped mail and hygiene center, and an expanded barter program.  To learn more, click here.

February - Andy and Bobby begin demolition in the old office space:

Click here for more pictures!