Below is a comprehensive list of programs we have supported in the past with the volunteer efforts and funding of St. Luke Lutheran Church. For information about grant criteria and how to apply, see Apply for Grants.
Organization |
Program |
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Barbara Maher Building,
NE Portland |
Women - transitional housing for addicted/abused
single women. |
Bethel Neighborhood
Summer Ctr., NE Portland |
Youth - Summer activities for K-6 grade students
with mentoring for older students at Bethel Lutheran Church . |
|
Bread for the World,
national |
National lobbying - lobbying for social justice
and alleviation of world hunger. |
| Children's Book Bank |
Children - provides books for low income children |
|
Church of Living Waters,
Burns, OR |
Native American Lutheran church - mission partner
ELCA church. |
|
Coffee Creek Ministry, Wilsonville |
Oregon Correction Prison Ministry - twice monthly
book club; books are purchased and given to participating inmates.
|
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Ecumenical Ministries of
Oregon (EMO) |
Public policy advocacy - advocating for economic
and social justice in Oregon. |
| Every Child, Every Village |
Children in Africa - provides education and medical
supplies |
|
Farm Worker Housing Development Corporation |
Farm workers - adequate and affordable housing
and childcare for farm workers and their families. |
Folktime, NW Portland |
People with mental disabilities - social events
for people with mental disabilities. |
|
Good Neighbor Center,
Tigard |
Individuals and families - safe emergency housing
and support services for families. |
Grauer Back to School Project, St. Luke |
Partnership Ministry - with Neighborhood House,
1 5 SW churches and others-to provide clothing and school supplies
to low-income children. |
|
Highland United Church of Christ, NE Portland |
Partnership Ministry - provides funds for both
Scholarships for students beyond high school and Thanksgiving meals,
assist in serving. |
HopeSpring, Lutheran Family Service, Washington
County |
Women and children - home and support for mothers,
and children, completed treatment for drug and alcohol addiction.
|
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Hopewell House, Legacy Visiting Nurses, SW Portland
|
People who are dying and their loved ones - in-house
physical and spiritual end-of-life care and education. |
House of Zion, Woodburn |
Hispanic Lutheran Church - ELCA mission partner
providing food and shelter for the Hispanic comm. |
|
India Student Lunch Program, India |
Youth - lunches provided to students through a
ministry by the Lutheran pastor in India. |
Letty Owings Center, Central City Concerns, NE
Portland |
Women and children - residential drug treatment
for pregnant women and women with young children. |
|
Loaves and Fishes,
SW Portland |
Seniors - meals to seniors and shut-in neighbors
through Meals on Wheels and daily meal. |
Lutheran Community Services, SE Portland |
Refugee families - settling refugee families in
homes throughout Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties. |
|
Luke Dorf, Wash Co. |
Mental Health - program that provides medical attention
and support and shelter for clients in the SW Portland and Washington
county community. |
Lutheran World Relief, worldwide |
World - bi-annual collection of clothing, quilts,
and school kits, distributed around world. |
|
NE Emergency Food Program at Luther Memorial, EMO,
Portland |
Families and individuals - essential food for individuals
and families without resources. |
Neighborhood House,
SW Portland |
Families and individuals - summer lunch program
for school children and emergency food boxes. Partnership with Grauer
Project |
|
NW Pilot Project,
downtown Portland |
Seniors - housing and transportation in for downtown
homeless, low-income seniors. We provide bedding supplies; host
annual picnic. |
Oregon Farm Workers Ministry, Woodburn |
Farmworkers and families - advocates for legislative
support for fair and appropriate labor laws for farm workers. |
|
Oregon HEAT, Portland |
Families and individuals - funds are distributed
to agencies to provide emergency funds for electricity and/or heat.
|
OutReach Ministries,
downtown Portland |
Homeless - provides counseling and services to
homeless individuals and families |
|
Portland Women's Crisis Line, Portland |
Women and children - funds provided for emergency
shelter until adequate housing may be located. |
| Poverty Bridge |
People living in poverty - provides education and one-on-one
support for individuals |
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Priceless Co.Quilt Company, St. Luke Luth, local
|
Families and individuals - quilts for Lutheran
World Relief and local transitional housing. |
|
Redeemer Lutheran Church , NE Portland |
Sister congregation - only inner-city pastoral
internship in Pacific Northwest. |
|
SMART - Hayhurst School, SW Portland |
Youth - books provided for children who are mentored
in a reading program by volunteers. |
|
SW Community Health Center, SW Portland |
Low-income families - a volunteer, nonprofit health
organization serving low-income people in the SW community. |
|
Transition Projects, Portland |
Men - shelter for homeless men in NW Portland.
St. Luke provides and serves monthly meal. |
|
Wallace Medical Concern,
NE Portland |
Low-income families - a volunteer, nonprofit health
organization serving low-income people where they live. |
|
West Women's andChildren's Shelter NW Portland
|
Women and children - emergency shelter for women
and their children. |