Sisters has won a 2008 Spirit of Portland Award! One of 21 Portland individuals/organizations “who have helped make our city shine,” Sisters was one of two winners in the Non-Profit category along with Street Roots. Winners were selected from nominations submitted by citizens.

Winners will be recognized during an award ceremony in the Council Chamber at City Hall on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. with a reception immediately following. City Hall is located at 1221 SW 4th Avenue. To learn more, click here!

Our Personalist Center, designed by communitecture, won a Portland Spaces first-place Root Award in the ‘Work: Entry’ category. Seems they liked the “creative reuse of materials. .  not only environmentally innovative, but also champions the resourcefulness that homelessness demands.” Click here to read more! Thank you Portland Spaces and congratulations communitecture!

Now available on Sisters’ Website by clicking here, check out our 2007-2008 Fiscal Year Successes, an outline of some of the work we have completed that we are proud of. This includes an update on our five year plan, a report out on our livable wage goals and status, and the impact the Research Project has had thus far nationally and internationally on public policy and academic thinking.

Check out a Willamette Week article about Sisters Of The Road and nonviolence by clicking here (Note: though we consider ourselves non-violent femmes and butches and everything in between, we appreciate the great coverage on nonviolence, and for more information on Sisters’ Systemic Change Program, click here!)

Also check out this Portland Mercury blog article about the Civic Action Group’s Old Town Chinatown clean-up day- click here!

Dec. 11 from 5pm – 8pm, Ten Thousand Villages will donate 15% of all sales to Sisters Of The Road! Their store is located at 914 NW Everett St., Portland, OR 97209, (503) 231-8832. Learn more about this great store by clicking here. Thank you Ten Thousand Villages!

For each ornament you create, Prefontaine Studio will contribute $2 to Sisters Of The Road (and don’t forget Sisters’ matching grants will boost your gift!)

At Studio Fontaine, located at 6410 SE Ash Street, you can make not only ornaments, but glass bowls, platters, plates, vases, artwork and more. For more information, click here!

The poor economy is hurting Sisters’ toy drive badly this year; we had to close our toy list to families before December even began, and we do not have enough toys even for the families on the list, including many infants. Can you help? Unwrapped presents for all ages of kids will be gratefully accepted at our cafe, 133 NW Sixth Ave., or our office at 618 NW Davis. For more information, call Lauren at (503) 222-5694 ext. 25 or email her: Lauren @ sistersoftheroad.org. Thank you!

Join us for a very special show in honor of beloved performer and Sisters’ dear friend Utah Phillips who passed away in May. The show will be headlined by his long-time friend and musical partner Rosalie Sorrels, and hosted by his sons Brendan and Duncan with help from Utah’s close friends Mark Ross and Ben Weaver.

Other great performers will include Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, Hanz Araki and friends, Anne Weiss, Andrew Calhoun, and Tom May and friends.

Tickets will go on sale Dec. 15 in time for holiday gifts: $28 advance and $30 on the day of the show. Also, Todd Mylet of Portland Fret Works is making another beautiful, one-of-a-kind guitar for our annual guitar raffle, and Billy Oskay’s Big Red Studio will also be part of the raffle!

CLICK HERE for more information!

New Sisters’ donors in November and December will be matched 1:1 by The Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust and The Collins Foundation, AND matched 50 cents on each dollar through the generosity of a group of individuals and businesses. So a new donor’s gift of $100 will become $250! All returning Sisters donors will be matched 50 cents for every dollar donated; a $100 donation by a returning donor will become $150!

Consider a Holiday party for Sisters, or asking your family to donate to Sisters in your honor for the Holidays! To read more, click here

Voices from the Street, Sisters’ book based on 515 interviews with people experiencing homelessness makes an excellent holiday gift! Click here.