We EDUCATE and ADVOCATE to create a community free of poverty.

Presenting: Poverty Awareness Training!

If your orga­ni­za­tion wants to bet­ter under­stand the real­i­ties of poverty, improve ser­vice deliv­ery, and enhance com­mu­ni­ca­tion strate­gies with peo­ple expe­ri­enc­ing poverty, then then Poverty Aware­ness Train­ing is for you! We train orga­ni­za­tions, groups, and busi­nesses that have an influ­ence on peo­ple expe­ri­enc­ing poverty. Our train­ing edu­cates about daily real­i­ties that peo­ple expe­ri­enc­ing poverty face. Poverty… [Con­tinue Reading]

Presenting: Poverty Awareness Training

On the road: Lincoln City edition

We were hon­ored to facil­i­tate a work­shop at the After­school and Sum­mer Meals Road­show hosted by Part­ners for a Hunger-Free Ore­gon in April. They work with the com­mu­nity to end hunger before it begins. Not only did we enjoy work­ing in beau­ti­ful Lin­coln City, but we loved inter­act­ing with our work­shop par­tic­i­pants. They attended our… [Con­tinue Reading]

Lincoln City - Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon Roadshow

Why is it so hard to ask for help?

Adrian, one of our vol­un­teers, shares why it is so hard to ask for help. He shares his story after a sto­ry­teller per­formed a seg­ment from the book, “Oliver Twist.” In it, Oliver asks for more food, but his request is received with vio­lent words and actions. As an 11-year-old expe­ri­enc­ing home­less­ness, what hap­pened when… [Con­tinue Reading]

Why is it so hard to ask for help? Adrian's Story.

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What You Can Do: Host a “Frugal Feast”

Host a “fru­gal feast” in your neigh­bor­hood! Get to know your neigh­bors and make a deli­cious meal together. Do this by col­lect­ing $5 from every­one who wants to par­tic­i­pate, and then shop for all of the ingre­di­ents to make a bud­get feast. When every­one chips in just a lit­tle bit, you can cre­ate so much more… [Con­tinue Reading]

Frugal Feast

Action! Community Action Poverty Simulation

Are you curi­ous about the Com­mu­nity Action Poverty Sim­u­la­tion (CAPS)? CCTV doc­u­mented and recorded a CAPS we facil­i­tated in March 2012 along­side Mar­ion County Health Depart­ment and com­mu­nity part­ners. Watch the video to get a taste of what it’s like.

Action! Community Action Poverty Simulation

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