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Ways to Help
With your support, Bienestar can assist more working families to achieve their dreams.
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How Your Support Helps
Bienestar offers programs and services onsite that help our residents get the tools and resources to move toward self-sufficiency. Your donation makes it possible for us to offer a wide range of resident services activities
- Homework Club for school-aged children
- English-as-a-Second Language classes (ESL)
- AKA Science Club for grades K-6
- Computer classes for adults
- Community gardens
- GED classes for adults
- Art classes and community mural projects
- Health Screenings
- Basketball Club
- Explorador Camp
- Promotores Program - Peer to peer support in the areas of health care, education, employment and housing
Your contribution helps working families who provide essential labor in our community. We hope that you will consider making an investment with us of your worldly goods, your time or your talents.
Why You Should Donate to Bienestar
- 27 years of service to the community
- Track record of success in the development of 10 housing properties that provide 458 affordable apartments and housing for 2,200 people
- Holistic approach to poverty: housing, health, job training and education
- 100% Board & Staff giving
- Awards from Governor, U.S. Dept. of Labor, OHCS Dept. – proven results
- Low administrative fees = your money to programs
- Measurable, accountable outcomes
- Investment Partnership
- You can see the direct impact of your investments
Donate Worldly Goods:
- Make a convenient, secure online donation
- Send your contribution by check payable to Bienestar and send it to Bienestar, Suite A-100, 220 SE 12th Avenue, Hillsboro, OR 97123
- Designate your United Way contribution to Bienestar
- Make a pledge for regular credit card payments; call Jorge Tello at 503.693.2937, Ext. 100 to find out how.
- To donate appreciated stock or a gift of property, contact Karen Shawcross at kshawcross@hdcnwo.org.
- For more information about planned giving, contact Karen Shawcross at 503.693.2937, Ext. 104.
- Invite Bienestar staff to speak at your workplace giving campaign or community group: contact Karen Shawcross at 503.693.2937, Ext. 104 or kshawcross@hdcnwo.org.
Contribute Time and Talents:
- Lead a community service project with your corporate team or service club, contact Karen Shawcross, kshawcross@hdcnwo.org or 503.693.2937, Ext. 104.
- Volunteer to work with children or adults; contact Gracie Garcia, ggarcia@hdcnwo.org or 503.693.2937, Ext. 101.
- Consider serving on one of our Advisory Boards (Promotores, Financial Literacy) or on our Board of Directors. Contact Karen Shawcross at 503.693.2937, Ext. 104 or Gracie Garcia at 503.693.2937, Ext. 101.
- Pro bono professional services for our residents
In-Kind Donations Needed:
- Art supplies for Art Club & Mural project
- Educational materials for Homework Club (books, puzzles, school supplies, etc.)
- Computers for computer labs
- Plants for landscaping properties and/or vegetable seedlings for our community gardens
- Hoses, rakes, shovels, hoes for community gardeners
- Youth sized basketballs for Basketball Club
- Computer software for our computer labs
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