Northwest Portland Ministries, Inc. (NWPM) creates a caring community of volunteers who help neighbors in need. We inspire volunteers from congregations and the larger community to support neighbors to live with dignity and purpose. We provide food, transportation, recreation and helping hands.

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Please join us in our effort to feed hungry kids!

Each weekend Northwest Portland Ministries sends a backpack of food home with disadvantaged children at Chapman Elementary School.

On school days, children living in shelters in the downtown area are bused to Chapman, where they receive breakfast and lunch. NWPM now provides weekend food for them. We have teams of volunteers who stuff the 30 backpacks each week and deliver them to the school.

You can help by becoming a volunteer, organizing a backpack- food drive, or contributing funds. (We can buy needed food at discount rates!)

We need small-container sizes of:
• Nuts
• Pudding Cups
• Jelly/jam
• Cup of noodles
• Fruit cups
• SpaghettiOs (or other individual pop-top meals)
• Fruit snacks (low or no sugar)
• Boxes of 100% fruit juice
• Protein/granola bars
• Tuna fish, canned
• Chicken, canned
• Pop Tarts (unfrosted)
• Crackers
• Dried fruit, raisins
• Shelf-stable milk or soy milk
• Cereal, non-sugar
• Cans of soup, stew, and chili
• Snack packs of cheese & crackers
• Trail mix
To get involved with this wonderful project, contact Kelly Caldwell at 503-221-1224 or Kelly@nwpm.org. ■
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