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First Look: Design elements for our new home on Barbur Blvd.

First Look: Design elements for our new home on Barbur Blvd.

Our neighbors have been under increasing duress the last several years - higher rents, increased food costs, lack of affordable child care - and we're seeing increased need for our services. We’ve expanded our programs to meet the growing demand. Now our physical...

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Helping students feel confident in an uncertain world

Helping students feel confident in an uncertain world

By Camille Sandahl  Like many children, Jayden had trouble adjusting to being in school after the pandemic shutdowns. She was incredibly quiet and shy. She didn’t answer questions or engage during class. She never had a chance to shine.   The Student...

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Owls and Otters and Eagles, Oh My! A Trip to the Oregon Zoo

Owls and Otters and Eagles, Oh My! A Trip to the Oregon Zoo

By Sean Nisbet, Neighborhood House “Hey, I see the Harry Potter owl!” one child yelled as they ran towards the owl exhibit. The owls were just part of the excitement for kids in the School Age program on their trip to the Oregon Zoo. Children spent the day excitedly...

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Expanding in SW Portland to Serve More Neighbors

Expanding in SW Portland to Serve More Neighbors

Artist rendering of the front entrance of Neighborhood House's new home at 8959 SW Barbur Blvd. By Jim Redden, Published in the Portland Tribune Dec. 1, 2023 Neighborhood House, the longtime nonprofit social service agency based in the heart of Multnomah Village, will...

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Neighborhood House is in the 2023 Give!Guide

Neighborhood House is in the 2023 Give!Guide

Give!Guide is Willamette Week’s annual effort to raise funds for — and draw attention to — the good works of local nonprofits. G!G has raised more than $56 million for hundreds of local nonprofits since inception in 2004. Neighborhood House is honored to be chosen for...

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Neighborhood House & Partners in the News

Oregon's child care desert will take more than money to fix

Courtney Vaughn April 27 2022
Portland Tribune

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My View: West Portland Town Center Plan provides path toward greater future

Nuhamin Eiden, January 04 2021
Southwest Connection

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Media Inquiries

For media and press inquiries, please contact:

Mary DeBauche
Development and Communication Manager

503-246-1663

mdebauche@nhpdx.org

For more than a century, Neighborhood House has been a go-to resource in the community for early childhood, youth development, senior, or anti-poverty initiatives that help our neighbors to help themselves. To request a media interview with a Neighborhood House expert on any of these subjects, please call 503-246-1663 x2119.

Newsletter Archive

If you missed our monthly newsletter, or want to do a deep dive on the good work we do at Neighborhood House, see the links below.

July 2024: cooling help, fire trucks and child care expansion through CCIP

June 2024: Murals, volunteer clean-ups and Welcome Home

May 2024: Welcome Home, gearing up to garden and more

April 2024: Wyden and Bonamici visit Head Start, story from the Food Market, and art therapy for Ukrainian refugees

March 2024: Bonamici visit, skyrocketing food need, and Women’s History Month

February 2024: SW Hope, Black History Month, and Science! at School Age

January 2024: School Age guides leaders, design updates for Barbur, and keeping New Year’s Resolutions

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