JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC wrote -

About Children's Relief Nursery

Children's Relief Nursery's (CRN) mission is to keep children safe and families strong and to end abuse and neglect in our community. Currently, we serve nearly 200 families through our Northside and Eastside sites. 

CRN's program is based on the nationally successful Relief Nursery model, providing intensive child and family interventions to prevent child abuse and provide support and encouragement to parents with challenging life circumstances. The model includes center-based therapeutic classes and respite child care, early parent education, support for positive and nurturing parent / child interactions and regular home visits. 

Our program is voluntary. Parents or caregivers with challenging life circumstances and multiple risk factors are invited to participate in the services CRNprovides. Qualifying families are under significant stress and in need of support, intervention and respite services. CRNfamilies frequently live below the poverty line, reside in North Portlandand have at least one child below the age of four.  All program services are offered in both English and Spanish.

CRN is located at 8425 N Lombard Street, Portland, Oregon 97203

For more information, please visit crn4kids.org.

2011 VIP Day Projects

Volunteers will participate in three projects at CRN: General grounds beautification and play toys cleaning and organizing of donated items.

Number of Volunteers Requested: 10

These are tasks that take CRN’sclinical and classroom staff away from from their kids and the cases they manage.  Presenting a clean and tidy facility is of the utmost importance, as we try to reflect the positive behaviors we teach to our at-risk families.  Junior Leagues help would be most appreciated in these efforts.

In-Kind Donation Requests: outdoor: rakes, shovels, hand tools for weed pulling, gardening gloves; indoor: tubs of disinfecting wipes, rags and sanitizing cleaning sprays, latex gloves

Please contact VIPDay@juniorleagueofportland.org if you are able to donate any of the above items from the in-kind donation request list. Thank you!!