Thank you to everyone who volunteered at and donated to support JLP's Volunteer in Portland (VIP) Day project at Raphael House of Portland on October 22. The project was a great success and well received by the shelter residents. 

Volunteers raked and cleaned up the outside property; taught 10 residents how to cook Chicken Tortilla Soup using a crock pot and prepare healthy, affordable meals for their families; provided childcare for the residents' children during the cooking class. 

JLP also gave each resident gift cards to Fred Meyer grocery, crock pots and the ingredients to make the Chicken Tortilla Soup on their own.

We made it to our $25,000 fundraising goal! Thank you to everyone who donated and fundraised to support us!

This funding supports all of JLP’s community programs throughout the year. We’re accepting VIP Day donations through November 30 by donating here or by sending a check to JLP.

Special thank you’s to all Junior League of Portland members and their family and friends who donated the crock pots for this project.

And, thank you again to all of our corporate donors: City of Portland’s Environmental Services division, Compass Coffee, East Burn grill, Fred Meyer, Home Depot Foundation, Lowe’s, North Portland Tool Library, Pacifiwild Catering, Widmer and Young’s Market.

We look forward to seeing you all at the next Volunteer in Portland Day in 2012!

About Raphael House of Portland

Raphael House of Portland is a multi-faceted domestic violence agency dedicated to fighting the causes and effects of intimate partner violence in a variety of ways. We offer emergency shelter in a confidential locations, safety planning and advocacy on a 24-hour in-house crisis line, non-residential advocacy in cooperation with the Portland Police Domestic Violence Response Unit, and transitional housing and advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence enrolled in the Transitional Housing Program. Nearly 100 families are served in the emergency shelter each year, and more than 5,000 calls are offered safety planning and advocacy on our in-house crisis line. An additional 400 survivors receive non-residential advocacy services each year.

The mission of Raphael House is to provide a foundation of hope for a life free from family violence and we have been working in this community offering domestic violence survivors the tools they need to build violence-free lives for more than 30 years. Raphael House serves a diverse community of women and children escaping domestic violence and also works to eliminate the causes of family and intimate partner violence through community education and outreach.

Raphael House of Portland's office is located at 4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd., # 503, Portland, OR 97214.

For more information, please visit www.raphaelhouse.com.