Today is the last day to get your donations for Operation Cornbread in and have them matched two-to-one!  We are at 94% of our goal - help tip us over the edge!  To learn more about this excellent way to help Sisters and get the most for your donation dollar, click here. To donate now online, click here. Or, if your envelope is postmarked to 133 NW Davis, Portland OR 97209 today, it will be matched.  Thank-you.

Dine with Dignity in August

The following restaurants have chosen a time in August to generously donate a portion of their proceeds to Sisters.  Sisters is asking people to help raise $10,000 for families and individuals in need by spreaing the word and patronizing the following establishments on these days:

• Backspace. 115 NW 5th Ave., Portland. Friday, August 3. 7am – 2 am. 100% of all hourly computer usage will benefit Sisters.  (503) 248-2900.  www.backspace.bz.
  


• McMenamin’s Kennedy School. 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., between Killingsworth and Ainsworth, Portland.  Wednesday, August 6.  5:00 pm to 11 pm. 50% of all food sales that evening in the Courtyard Restaurant will benefit Sisters. (503) 249-3983. www.mcmenamins.com
  


• Escape from New York Pizza. 622 NW 23rd Ave., Portland. Wednesday, August 8.  11:30 am to 11 pm. 10% of the day’s proceeds will benefit Sisters. (503) 227-5423.
  


• Il Piatto. 2348 Se Ankeny St, Portland. Monday, August 13.  5pm to close. 20% of all the day’s proceeds will benefit Sisters.  (503) 236-4997.  www.ilpiattopdx.com.
  


• Jade Lounge. 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland.  Monday, August 13.  5pm to close. 20% of all the day’s proceeds will benefit Sisters.  (503) 236-4998.  www.jadeloungepdx.com.
  


• SubRosa.  2601 SE Clinton St, Portland.  Wednesday, August 15, 5pm to 10pm. 20% of all sales will benefit Sisters.  (503) 233-1955. www.subrosa.textdriven.com.
  


• Elephants Deli. 115 NW 22nd, Portland. Tuesday, August 21. 7 am to 8:30 pm. All the evening’s gross proceeds go to Sisters.  (503) 299-6304.  www.elephantsdeli.com.
  


• Old Town Pizza. 226 NW Davis St, Portland. Monday, August 27. 11:30am - 11pm. 20% of all food sales that evening benefit Sisters.  (503) 222-9999.  www.oldtownpizza.com.
  


• Tin Shed. 1438 NE Alberta St, Portland.  Last Thursday, August 30, time TBA.  Music and food - all donations at the door will benefit Sisters, bands TBA. (503) 288-6966. www.tinshedgardencafe.com.
  

There is still time for restaurants to participate in Dining with Dignity: contact Monica at (503) 222-5694 ext. 19 or email her at Monica at sistersoftheroad dot org.  Sisters will promote these events to thousands of their supporters, as well as in the general community.  If just 20 restaurants raise $500 each, Sisters will achieve its goal of raising $10,000!

Restaurants who can’t participate this year but want to help out, can donate a gift certificate to Sisters’ Hoedown and Auction, raising needed funds for Sisters’ programs.  Contact Lisa at (503) 222-5694 ext. 14 or email her at Lisa at sistersoftheroad dot org to learn more.

Pardners, join us Saturday, October 13 4:30- 9:30 pm at the Portland Art Museum’s Kridel Ballroom for our biggest fundraiser of the year!

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, call (503) 222-5694 ext. 19, or click here, and you will be rerouted to a secure page where you can purchase tickets online.
• We are also looking for a few good sponsors - ride off into the sunset with over 400 of our strongest supporters knowing your business’ good name!  Click here to learn more or email Monica at sistersoftheroad dot org.
  
• If you have items or services you can donate to the auction, please email Lisa at sistersoftheroad dot org, or call her at (503) 222-5694 ext. 14.  Click here to get a PDF version of the item donation form.  The success of the auction depends on the generosity of our community - thanks!
• We’re bird-doggin’ for a few good people to volunteer on Hoedown planning committees or at the event.  To volunteer, email Mary at sistersoftheroad dot org, or call 503-222-5694 x17.

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!

Please join us for the Grand Opening of the Personalist Center Thursday, September 6th.  We will have a Block Party on NW Davis Street between Sixth St. and Broadway, with a barbecue and great live music!

The event runs from 4pm to 7pm; at 5pm there will be a presentation, followed by music performances from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.  And of course, we’ll be showing off the new Personalist Center, which now opens onto NW Davis Street.  It’s gorgeous; come see what all the fuss is about!

Click on the button above to see our new “Take Action” feature, a project of our Civic Action Group, a community organizing group of men and women with experience with homelessness!

New Shop Sisters Link!

We have a new “Shop Sisters” link on our webpage masthead.  And, you can now buy our new book, Voices from the Street online on our website by clicking here.

Art in the Pearl, Portland’s annual arts festival is celebrating its tenth year this Labor Day weekend Saturday, Sunday and Monday, September first through the third.

Part of the proceeds go to Sisters Of The Road.

This festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks between W Burnside and NW Glisan at NW 8th Ave. with art, theater, world music, food, and hands-on activities for people of all ages. Over one hundred artists show and sell work ranging from fine wooden furniture to beautiful paintings to photography, glass, clay, metal, jewelry, and much more!

Art in the Pearl will be held in Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm, 10am to 5pm on Monday.  For more information or to get involved, call (503) 722-9017 or check: www.artinthepearl.com.