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Albertina Kerr Centers (503-239-8101)
Kerr works with children who have extraordinary emotional, mental or behavioral difficulties; individuals with serious developmental disabilities, and their families, creating new possibilities for a better life. A private non-profit organization headquartered in Portland since 1907, Kerr spends more than 92 cents of every dollar to help Oregonians. Private donations and community support make this vital work possible. |
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The American Lung Association of Oregon (503-924-4094)
The American Lung Association of Oregon is dedicated to preventing lung disease and promoting lung health. Our work with children focuses on asthma and protecting their growing lungs from secondhand tobacco smoke and outdoor air pollutants. Uncontrolled asthma is the third-ranking cause for hospitalization in children under 15. Through educational programs like Asthma Friendly Camp, Tools for Schools and Exercise and Asthma, we work to help all children control their asthma and lead a healthy and active life. We are helping young Oregonians breathe. |
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The Arc of Multnomah Clackamas (503-223-7279)
The Arc supports and serves children and adults with developmental disabilities by providing an array of programs to help meet their needs.
Arc Programs: Respite: Providing short term relief to caregivers who need a break from the on-going demands of caring for children and/or adults with special needs. Camp Ky-o-wa: The area’s only inclusive local day camp for children with and without disabilities, ages 5-11. Family and Adult Case Managers: Assisting clients with their housing, employment and self-advocacy needs. Guardianship, Advocacy and Planning Services: Guardianship, advocacy and healthcare representation for individuals in need. Skill Training: Helping adults develop the day to day life skills they need to be successful. Recreation Club: Hosted monthly activities for adults (18+) with developmental disabilities. |
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Candlelighters for Children with Cancer (503-235-5722)
Candlelighters is a non-profit organization established in Oregon in 1977. We provide support, education and advocacy to families whose lives have been affected by childhood cancer. We work through all the stages: discovery, diagnosis, treatment and remission, and can help with other issues, such as those that arise when a child dies. We support hundreds of families in Oregon and Southwest Washington. |
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CASA for Children / CASA Cards (503-258-1517)
CASA for Children recruits, trains and supervises Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASAs, who advocate for children who have been abused and are living in temporary foster care under the protection of the Juvenile Courts of Multnomah and Washington counties. CASAs coordinate as many elements as possible to help the Court place the children in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. Studies show that children who have a CASA have fewer placements within foster care, fewer rates of re-entry into the system, they and their families receive more essential services, and the children do better in school. Proceeds from the sale of CASA Cards™ products benefit CASA for Children. |
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Child Advocates, Inc. (503-723-0521)
We provide CASA volunteers for child victims of abuse and neglect. CASAs advocate for the best interests of children to ensure children get to a safe, permanent home as quickly as possible. |
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Child Care Development Service, Inc. (503-489-2580)
CCDS offers comprehensive services to promote healthy environments for children in child care settings, education and referral services for families, ongoing support and training for child care providers and work-life programs for employers. |
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Children's Club Inc. (503-233-2246)
Children’s Club believes that every child should have a safe, loving, quality environment in which to grow and learn while their parents work. Our goal is to help children develop social and emotional skills that are age-appropriate and essential for positive interaction with other children, their families and the community. Through play and learning activities, and under the guidance of nurturing, qualified staff who work hard for all the kids, our students learn to organize their environment and develop a sense of direction in their lives. We offer childcare 6:15 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. including before and after care for school age children through age 12. |
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Children's Trust Fund of Oregon (503-222-7102)
The Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon is committed to making effective and accessible family support resources available to parents in the State of Oregon in order to promote child well being and strong, safe family unit. Over the past 21 years, the Trust Fund has been serving our state by fostering leadership to promote and strengthen local networks interested in prevention, monitoring program delivery through quality outcome studies, advocating for funding and public policy to protect our children, supporting prevention activities statewide, and promoting public education regarding prevention and family support. |
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Clark County CASA Program/YWCA Clark County (360-696-0167)
Court Appointed Special Advocates are trained community volunteers providing quality representation for abused and neglected children. CASAs prevent children from getting lost in the child welfare and court systems. The CASA is the “watch dog” of the system who acts as the “eyes and ears” of the Judge. CASAs look into the child’s situation, make recommendations, monitor case progress, and advocate for the needs of the child. CASAs make a tremendous difference in the lives of children. |
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Easter Seals Oregon (503-228-5108)
Easter Seals Oregon provides exceptional services to ensure that children and adults with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.We believe that all people should enjoy access, opportunities and independence. Easter Seals Oregon serves 4,000 people annually with offices in Portland, Salem and Medford. |
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Friends of Doernbecher/OHSU, Felicity Chapter (503-220-8341, 800-800-9583)
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital founded in 1926 serves families in Oregon and southwestern Washington. It is a teaching hospital on the cutting edge of new techniques and medical innovations. DCH cares for most of Oregon’s young cancer patients and is the state’s primary source of treatment for children with growth disorders. It is the only hospital that provides pediatric bone marrow transplants in Oregon. Doernbecher focuses on support for the entire family. This family friendly environment nurtures patients of all ages with the utmost care and compassion. |
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Friends of the Children - Portland (503-281-6333)
Friends of the Children is a revolutionary mentoring program that provides paid, professional mentors to our community’s most vulnerable children. We select children in Kindergarten and mentor them through high school, providing a consistent adult who helps them develop the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty. |
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Girl Scouts - Columbia River Council, Inc. (503-620-4567)
Girl Scouts is the premier organization serving all girls. Over the past decade Columbia River Council has initiated a number of special projects targeting our goal of serving Every Girl, Everywhere, to encourage and welcome participation by girls of all ethnic and language minorities, the disabled and underprivileged. We provide traditional Girl Scout program to over 15,000 girls as well as innovative outreach projects that reach out to under served, at-risk girls. These programs include Girl Scouts Beyond Bars, which works to build healthy relationships between girls and their incarcerated mothers, Great Girls Go, which helps girls living in subsidized housing to build life-skills and self esteem, and the Hispanic Initiative Program, which makes Girl Scouts culturally-relevant to Latina girls and their families. |
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KEX Kids Fund (503-292-4073)
The KEX Kids Fund provides eyeglasses and hearing aids to children whose families can not afford them. We serve children from birth to 21 years in 15 counties in Oregon and Southwest
Washington. |
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Language Skills Therapy (503-228-3157)
Since 1960, Language Skills Therapy has offered diagnosis, evaluation and remedial therapy for students with developmental dyslexia (specific language disability). |
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Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital (503-413-2200)
Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital is dedicated to health care and advocacy for the region’s
most vital and valuable resource: our children. We serve children without regard to economic,
social or ethnic circumstances by providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care. |
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Listen To Kids (503-280-1388)
Listen To Kids works together with children and adults to end child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault through prevention and early intervention programs. Listen To Kids annually serves over 5,000 children ages 0-12 and the adults in their lives (parents, caregivers, school staff, etc). Services are provided in elementary and preschools, domestic violence shelters, home-visiting and through community trainings throughout the Portland Metro area. |
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Lutheran Community Services Northwest (503-231-7480)
Lutheran Community Services provides mental health counseling including therapy for children who have been abused, programs for bereaved or at-risk children, school based violence
prevention programs, Oregon refugee youth services, parenting programs, and much more. |
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OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring Program (503-241-3059)
Through the OASIS Intergenerational Tutoring program, volunteers, public schools and OASIS work together to help children by reinforcing classroom instruction, improving self-esteem and creating positive attitudes toward learning. Training and materials are provided for student participants by OASIS. Priority is given to children at high risk for failure to achieve state reading benchmarks. For volunteers the desire to support a child’s success in reading and improve self-esteem is necessary. |
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The Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation (503-827-6952)
Since 1959, the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation has been an important part of the health service delivery system in Oregon. Annually we serve more than 60,000 adults and youth across the state a majority of whom are under-or-uninsured and living with no or very low income. The Foundation offers 14 direct service programs such as the Mobile Health Screening Unit, which provides access to preventative health screenings, a program offering financial assistance for sight or hearing saving surgeries and a statewide low-vision clinic for youth. |
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Portland Reading Foundation (503-281-2275)
The Portland Reading Foundation identifies children in the primary grades who are most at-risk for learning to read and provides these students with scientifically based, multi-sensory reading instruction. |
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Salvation Army West Women's and Children's Shelter (503-224-7718)
The Salvation Army West Women’s and Children’s Shelter intervenes in the lives of homeless and abused women and children, providing opportunities for self-sufficiency through shelter and support services. |
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Serendipity Center (503-761-7139)
Since 1979, Serendipity Center has been a private, non-profit program dedicated
to “special needs” children ranging in ages from five to twenty-one. Our students are referred
to our school program by their public school districts after all other educational programs
have not been successful. As both an accredited school and a certified mental health
agency, Serendipity is committed to providing students with a safe place to start over and
acquire the necessary skills to contribute successfully to our communities. |
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STARS Foundation (503-226-0849)
The STARS foundation was established in 1995 with an objective is to promote a statewide and sustainable base for the program Students Today Aren't Ready for Sex. The foundation has always partnered with local and state agencies to provide STARS training and technical support to communities and school districts. STARS is a powerful abstinence program delivered to sixth-and seventh-graders in five classroom sessions. Trained teen leaders, accompanied by a classroom facilitator, present a clear and convincing message: “Its best for teens not to have sex.” Through role-playing and discussion, children learn concrete skills for postponing sex and practice how to effectively resist peer and social pressures. |
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