We are blessed to work with so many amazing people whose hearts go out to helping a wide range of worthy causes.  The (5) five charities nominated by our clients that we will be supporting this year are:

1. The Innocence Project nominated by Stevie Viaene 
2. DollarFor.org nominated by Jessica Macaluso
3. Pacific Pug Rescue nominated by Chelsa Anderson
4. Saving Grace Maternity Home nominated by Sarah Johnson
5. ACLU nominated by Braden Planz

Each of these five charities will receive a $200 donation made in the name of the person who nominated them.

But because all the charities that were nominated are such great causes, we have provided information below for each of the 26 charities that were nominated.  Please browse the list below of local, national, and international organizations and consider supporting those that share your values.

We wish you all the Happiest of Holidays and a Great 2021!

ALS Association - Oregon and SW Washington Chapter
Since its inception in 2002, our local chapter of The ALS Association is the central source for services and education for people with ALS, their families, caregivers, and health care professionals in all of Oregon and the six counties of SW Washington. The progression of ALS varies significantly from one person to another. Responding to each person’s individual needs, our local chapter is available to provide vital services and reliable information through strategic community partnerships. 
www.ALSA-OR.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-238-5559
700 NE Multnomah St, Ste 210
Portland, OR 97232
[email protected]

Alzheimer's Association
We are relentless. We are optimistic. We are inclusive. We are a group of people - staff and volunteers - determined to end Alzheimer's disease. The Alzheimer’s Association Oregon & Southwest Washington Chapter provides education and support for people diagnosed, their families, and caregivers. We connect with diverse communities in Oregon and SW Washington by providing information and resources, a 24/7 telephone help line, local support groups and educational programs, an annual caregivers conference.
www.ALZ.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

800-272-3900
2615 Portland Road NE, Room 2
Salem, OR 97301

American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees. The ACLU has been at the center of nearly every major civil liberties battle in the U.S. for more than 100 years. This vital work depends on the support of ACLU members in all 50 states and beyond.
www.ACLU.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

212-549-2500
125 Broad St, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004

American Red Cross
Each day, thousands of people – people just like you – provide compassionate care to those in need. Our network of generous donors, volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world. We roll up our sleeves and donate time, money and blood. We learn or teach life-saving skills so our communities can be better prepared when the need arises. We do this every day because the Red Cross is needed - every day.
www.RedCross.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-284-1234
3131 N Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR 97227

Candlelighters for Children with Cancer
​Candlelighters provides support for families every step of the way from diagnosis through treatment and beyond, providing programs such as emergency financial assistance, an annual family camp, family activities, bereavement support, and a hospital meal program that offers comfort and support for families during a difficult journey. Through it all, we never charge families a dime – ever!​ Our mission is to provide a community of healing, hope, and light throughout the life-long journey of childhood cancer.
www.CandlelightersOregon.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-719-4244
6600 SW 92nd Ave, Ste 160
Portland, OR 97223

CEF Portland Westside
Child Evangelism Fellowship is a Bible-centered organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living.
www.CEFWestside.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-605-1806
PO Box 410
Cornelius, OR 97113

Children's Cancer Association
At Children’s Cancer Association (CCA), we know it takes more than medicine to treat cancer and serious illness. When a child is facing life’s most challenging moments, they also need emotional healing. For 25 years, we’ve been doing just that—delivering programs to help young patients find their Joy—one song, one friendship, one breath of ocean air at a time. Because when a child experiences Joy, their emotional well-being is positively impacted. Volunteers are the heart and soul of our organization: they mentor children, share their musical talents, staff community events, host toy drives, and serve on our leadership boards.
www.JoyRx.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-244-3141
1200 NW Naito Parkway, Ste 140
Portland, OR 97209
[email protected]

Dollar For
Dollar For is a nonprofit organization that, through innovative practices and a community-oriented approach, advocates for families with overwhelming medical expenses. After founder and CEO Jared Walker experienced several family medical emergencies and couldn’t find any organizations to help with the bills these emergencies brought, he started one himself. Dollar For fights for those who find themselves in an all too familiar position these days – stuck with a mountain of debt after a medical emergency. Dollar For provides relief to these families, working with a team of attorneys to delve into hospital programs and streamline the process of debt relief for qualifying patients.
www.DollarFor.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

PO Box 176
Vancouver, WA 98666

Faith Café
Faith Cafe has been serving nutritious, hot meals to 75 - 100 guests every week-end for over 15 years. Neither snowy weather nor a pandemic has stopped our volunteers from their dedicated service to our hungry neighbors. Guests from Gresham to Hillsboro; N. Portland to Oregon City travel hours to our dinners where all people feel welcomed and affirmed. Faith Cafe believes in “feeding our neighbors more than a meal” and advocates for long-term solutions to hunger and homelessness.
www.FaithCafeOR.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

5150 SW Watson
Beaverton, OR 97005
[email protected]

Guardian Partners
The Oregon Department of Human Services documents more than 2,900 yearly confirmed cases of abuse against elders and adults with disabilities each year; in 76% of cases, the abuse occurred in the Protected Person’s home. The National Center on Elder Abuse estimates that for every one case of elder abuse, about five more go unreported. Oregon Court systems do not have the resources to ensure the daily safety of those under their care. Guardian Partners was started with the goal of providing the Court with trained volunteers who could ensure that protected persons are being treated with the utmost dignity and respect. Our services have grown to include providing much needed resources and support to local guardians.
www.Guardian-Partners.org
​
To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE 

971-409-1358
10814 NE Halsey St
Portland, OR 97220
​​[email protected]

Helping Hands - Sunset Presbyterian Church
Our local outreach programs feed, clothe and welcome the stranger through our Helping Hands ministry. Sunset’s Backpacks of Food Program, serves three schools with 170 backpacks of food bi-weekly. Volunteers serve in a variety of ways: order & inventory, receiving & stocking, packing, delivery and pickup of empty backpacks. Open twice a week, 50 weeks a year, provides healthy food to Sunset families and our neighbors. The Pantry is open to all those in need regardless of race, color, church affiliation, address, or  age.  35% of the folks served are below the age of 18 and 13% are over the age of 55 years, 11% report medical problems requiring special diets.
www.SunsetPres.org/Outreach/Local

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-292-9293
14986 NW Cornell Rd
Portland, OR 97229
​​[email protected]

Hospitalito Atitlan
Hospitalito Atitlán is a small non-government non-profit hospital in Santiago Guatemala serving 75,000 Maya living on the southern shore of beautiful Lake Atitlán in the Guatemalan highlands. The hospital provides a full-range of preventive and clinical health services with an emphasis on women and children and has the only 24/7 emergency and surgical obstetrical care within a two-hour radius.
www.HospitalitoAtitlan.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

804-867-7102
Amigos Hospitalito Atitlan
2220 Shallow Well Rd
Manakin, VA 23103
[email protected]

Innocence Project
The Innocence Project represents clients seeking post-conviction DNA testing to prove their innocence. We also consult on a number of cases on appeal in which the defendant is represented by primary counsel and we provide information and background on DNA testing litigation. To date, 375 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing, including 21 who served time on death row. Improving the system benefits everyone. Innocent people avoid wrongful arrests and convictions, police and prosecutors are given better tools to catch the real assailants, victims receive justice, and the public has greater confidence in the system.
www.InnocenceProject.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

212-364-5340
40 Worth St, Ste 701
New York, NY 10013
[email protected]

Mercy Corps 
Mercy Corps is a global team of humanitarians working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises to create a future of possibility, where everyone can prosper. Our mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. In more than 40 countries around the world, our nearly 6,000 team members work side by side with people living through poverty, disaster, violent conflict and the acute impacts of climate change. We’re committed to creating global change through local impact — 85 percent of our team members are from the countries where they work.
www.MercyCorps.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

888-747-7440
PO Box 80020
Prescott, AZ 86304

Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Food Bank collects food from farmers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, individuals and government sources. We distribute that food through a Statewide Network of 21 Regional Food Banks and approximately 1,400 food assistance sites serving all of Oregon and Clark County, Washington. It seems like a big job, and it is. We absolutely couldn’t do it alone.
​www.OregonFoodBank.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-282-0555
7900 NE 33rd Dr
Portland, OR 97211
[email protected]

Pacific Pug Rescue
Pacific Pug Rescue rescues, rehabilitates and places unwanted, neglected and abused Pugs in permanent adoptive homes that have been carefully screened. The Pugs and former owners we work with are from Oregon, Idaho and Washington and we rescue pugs regardless of age or medical condition, seeking to provide for their short and long-term needs. Prior to adoption, our Pugs are cared for by our dedicated foster families located in the Portland Metro area. While there and before adoption can occur, our Pugs receive medical care including spaying/neutering, dental checks, vaccinations, and microchips. 
www.PacificPugRescue.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-704-3587
2850 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Walker Center #221
Beaverton, OR 97005
[email protected]

Portland Rescue Mission
Portland Rescue Mission has had a tireless commitment to breaking the cycle of homelessness, addiction and despair in the lives of hurting people in need. We offer emergency services of food and shelter at our original downtown location at the Burnside Shelter. And we’ve expanded those services to include 24/7 restrooms, showers, clothing, mail service, referrals and community activities in the Guest Care Center. Thanks to generous community support, we’ve expanded our ministry to include a 3-month Connect program for men and women, and our New Life Ministries for men and women at The Harbor and Shepherd’s Door, respectively. 
www.PortlandRescueMission.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-647-7466
PO Box 3713
Portland, OR 97208
[email protected]

Safe Families for Children
Safe Families for Children hosts vulnerable children and creates extended family-like supports for families in crisis through a community of compassionate volunteers motivated by their faith to keep children safe and ultimately, together with their families.  The three objectives of Safe Families for Children are: 1. Keep children safe during a family crisis such as homelessness, hospitalization, or domestic violence in an effort to prevent child abuse and/or neglect, 2. Support, and stabilize families in crisis by surrounding them with caring, compassionate community, 3. Reunite families and reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system.
www.SafeFamiliesPDX.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-906-1027
PO Box 2241
Beaverton, OR 97075
[email protected]

Sam Day Foundation
Kids can be diagnosed with a variety of rare cancers that have seen little to no progress for decades. Those who survive face a 60% chance of serious long-term medical issues like disability, heart failure, chronic pain and secondary cancers. The research has been slow and gravely underfunded. It’s as if these cancers have been forgotten. Oncologists don’t have the tools to offer promising treatment for these rare diseases because scientific studies come to a halt before kids have the opportunity to access them. In the past four years, over $400,000 has been raised in Sam’s name, and donated to various cancer research projects with an emphasis on Ewing Sarcoma, and we now have plans to multiply those funds to bring hope to many more kids with cancer. We march forward with courage and determination to improve survival rates, decrease toxicity related effects, and to bring life back into the spirit of young people with cancer. 
www.SamDayFoundation.org
​
To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

1665 NW 136th Ave
Portland, OR 97229

Saving Grace Maternity Home
Saving Grace Maternity Home is a residential home experience for single young homeless women in an unplanned or crisis pregnancy, between the ages of 13-25. We welcome women of all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds who currently live in the state of Oregon. We have the capacity to assist and house up to four women full time and there are two beds for temporary short-term stays.
www.SavingGraceMaternityHome.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-407-7217
6789 SE Lois St
​Hillsboro, OR 97123
[email protected]

Second Harvest Food Bank of Silicon Valley
Our work is about all of us joining together to make sure we all have access to the most basic need: food. Founded in 1974, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley is one of the largest food banks in the nation and a trusted nonprofit leader in ending local hunger. Due to the prohibitively expensive cost of living in Silicon Valley and the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, hunger is at an all-time high. Second Harvest is now serving an average of 500,000 people every month, twice as many people as it reached pre-pandemic. Second Harvest also connects people to federal nutrition programs and other food resources, and advocates for anti-hunger policies on the local, state and national levels.
www.SHFB.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

408-266-8866
4001 North First Street
San Jose​, CA 95134
[email protected]

St Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay.
www.StJude.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

​800-822-6344
262 Danny Thomas Pl
Memphis, TN 38105

St. Vincent de Paul
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide Catholic organization of laypersons whose members (known as “Vincentians”) strive to live their faith by serving the less fortunate with love and dignity and without judgement or discrimination. Vincentians lend assistance to those lacking the basic necessities of life, offering a hand up rather than a handout. Our services include: Emergency financial assistance for rent and eviction notices, Financial assistance for utilities and shut-off notices, Transportation in the form of bus tickets, and Emergency food boxes to help our clients during times of food insecurity.
www.SVDPPDX.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-235-7837
PO Box 42157
Portland, OR 97242
​[email protected]

Sunshine Division
More than nine decades after those early humanitarian efforts by uniformed and volunteer police – and still in a vital partnership with Portland Police Bureau – Sunshine Division continues its fundamental mission: to provide emergency food and clothing relief year-round to Portland families and individuals in need. Through our front doors, we serve 15,600+ households a year with “shopping” experiences in our clothing store as well as with food (including nonperishable, frozen, fresh produce, and dairy products). We also make bulk donations of food to 15+ other food-relief agencies in five counties, thus extending our reach beyond the City of Portland.
www.SunshineDivision.org

To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

503-823-2197
687 N Thompson St
Portland, OR 97227
[email protected]

Trajectory Foundation
The mission of Trajectory Foundation is to accelerate the trajectory of black students’ lives through scholarships to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We have awarded six scholarships so far and intend to add two more scholarship winners in the spring of 2020. These institutions are critical to black history and culture, and Trajectory was founded to support students that wanted to study at those universities.
www.TrajectoryFoundation.org

​To Make a Donation, CLICK HERE

[email protected]

Raise your hand if you’re ready to get back on track and make the most of 2021! This year was, without a doubt, more challenging than most. Now that 2020 is coming to an end, we have the opportunity to think about what we want to improve in the year ahead.
 
To help you get ahead in 2021, We're sharing a few strategies to boost your productivity in the new year. You’ll get tips on how to optimize your downtime, keep your goals front-and-center, make time for self-care and more. There is also some valuable information on the power of time blocking, and why that practice will help you squeeze more out of your daily schedule. 
 
As you plan your fresh start for 2021, make sure you commit to these productivity strategies to keep you organized, motivated and energized. When you do, you’ll be ready to hit the ground running and field any obstacles that might come your way. Cheers to a productive new year!