HOURS OF OPERATION: Noon to 2:00 pm every Second and Fourth Saturday. The program is fully open again.
Our goal is to provide free furniture and household goods (kitchen supplies, linens, bedding, towels, beds, chairs, tables, shelving, etcl) to anyone in need to use in their own home. To accomplish this, we need your donations of still fully useable furniture and household items which are in good, clean condition. The program is located in the module behind the church. There, we accept and give donations to those in need. We cannot take items that are damaged or dirty.
Though the furniture program does not accept clothing, you can bring your bags of clean, unstained, useable clothing to the St. Pauley Used Clothing Shed on the North end of the property.
Thank you and God Bless You for your generosity. Contact: Bill Benson for further information on the Furniture and Household Goods Program, Cell: 503-209-0933.
If you are grieving the loss of a child, the following is a list of resources we hope will provide healing:
Rachel's Vineyard Retreats provided by Project Aurora are highly effective for those impacted by abortion: [email protected], 541-942-2861.
If you are grieving a lost from abortion, visit abortionchangesyou.com;
A refuge for men, women, family members and friends who have been touched by miscarriage: miscarriagehurts.com.
Seeking Counseling from Catholic Perspective. Click Here.
The community garden is located in the backyard of the church property. We have 12 beds for community, parishioners, and charitable growing of vegetables. We are very proud of how much food we have given to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry.
For more information about the community gardens, stay tuned to the parish newsletter in the early spring.
Located along the north entrance to St. Joseph the Worker, the St. Pauly clothing shed is available 24/7. We accept the following items:
clothing in good condition
shoes and sneakers
belts
purses
blankets
sheets
drapes/curtains
pillowcases
clean stuffed animals
Please DO NOT leave items other than those listed above. Unwanted articles dumped near the shed create a lot of extra work and cost money to dispose of at the landfill.
The St. Pauly clothing shed on our property is one of the busiest in the Portland area. St. Pauly does not sell the clothing as other donations sites might, nor do they shred them for use as rags. All clothing is distributed to developing countries, free of charge. For more information on St. Pauly Clothing Shed, click here.
St. Pauly clothing donations provide five cents per pound to our Helping Hands ministry (about $1000/year), which we then use to further other causes such as BonZeb, a program that provides jobs to needy people in Haiti while at the same time promoting sustainable processing of natural materials into useable heat sources for local residents. For more information on BonZeb, click here.