Hannah donated and sent us a wonderful, hand-written note too!
The Portland Parks Foundation thanks the many donors and partners who helped us get boxes of nourishing food to the families of the SUN Community Schools program. But let’s give a special shout-out to 8-year-old Hannah Wells, who sent a $1 with a heart-warming note.
With Hannah’s and others generosity, notably the $10,000 gift from the Ken & Mary Unkeles Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, PPF raised over $34,000 which has provided food boxes to more than 100+ families with 170+ children each week since April 8. So far, over 9,000 meals have been served and thanks to many people's generosity, the meals will keep coming through June 15 when we hope federal and local funds can take over.
It takes a village to feed this village—first and foremost, the tireless efforts of the PP&R staffers like Rachael Dibble, Chelsea Kimura, and Kellie Torres who pivoted to feeding hungry SUN School families from normal-times duties like running after-school programs and raising sponsorships for summer concerts. With their leadership, lots of others were able to jump in.
For our first round of deliveries, Tom and Anne Barwick, owners of the beloved local Sheridan Fruit Market, worked tirelessly to source the food, much of which they donated or sold at cost. Then the brilliant logistics team at Hood to Coast Productions (yes, that’s the relay folks) grabbed the baton, turning a vacant Safeway into a food-packed distribution center from which the Portland Police Bureau’s Sunshine Division are delivering food boxes to SUN School families and all kinds of other folks across the city. (And unlike surgical masks, the cost of these boxes, in HTC’s able hands, keeps going down!)
So, thank you again, Hannah, for your generosity and compassion. Like any successful campaign this one touched many hearts. But Hannah touched our hearts back.
Thank You to those who made this campaign a success:
David Abbott & Barbara Gazeley
Debbie Adams
Anonymous
Paul Agrimis
Jeff Anderson & Joan Vallejo
Don Arancibia
Eileen Argentina
Stephanie Arnold
Carol Baumann
Donna Belle
Mark Bello
David Berger
Richard Bills
Audrey & Morton Bishop
Rebecca Bodonyi
Christine Bourdette
Jonathan Brinckman
Richard Louis Brown
Jim Brunke
Denise Bynoe
Mary Anne Cassin & Ken Meyer
Cynthia Castro
Nancy Chapman
Misty Chatterley
Tracy Connelly
John Coon
Desiree Costello
Allison Crocker
William Cunninghame
Mariah Currey
Vicky Davies
Stephen Davis
Kathryn Dibble
Ralph Dinola
Matthew DiVeronica
Caroline Donelan
Judith Eda
Virginia Edwards
John Eichenauer
Kate Elliott
Susan Endecott
Megan Fairbank
Kenneth Fairfax
Judith Farmer
Maureen Farran
Jeffrey Feiffer
Matthew Feldman
Sarah Ferguson
Roberta Ferrero
Elizabeth Field
Jean Fogarty
Jeannie Frederick
Mary-Beth Frerichs
Amanda Fritz
Patricia Forbes & Richard Smith
Robert Gandolfi & Ron Bloodworth
Roger Geller
Corinne Gentner
Judy J. Graves
Alicia Hammock
Jamey Hampton & Ashley Roland
Alicia Harding
Mark Hartford
Barbara Haynes
Ted and Andrea Heid
Jane Henderson
Sydney Herbert
Sharon Hoffert
Joan Hoffman
Susan Hoffman
Diane Hollister
Valerie Ilsley
Janine and Hiroshi Iwaya
Heather Jarrow
Brad Johnson
Karen Johnson
Kathleen Jones
Rich & Jean Josephson
Ariel Kaplan
Chris Karlin
Catherine and Timothy Keith
David Kennedy
Nate Kettlewell
Mary King
Kathleen Kirkpatrick
Cherry Kolbenschlag
Ann Kopel
Tony Lamb
Melody Lang
Steve Levy
Muriel Lezak
Susan Lucke
Carter and Jenny MacNichol
Kathleen Madden
Jim and Jenny Mark
Nancy Matthews
Rebecca McCarthy
Kate Mcllwain
Debra McMillen
Edward McNamara & Andrea Vargo
Alice Meyer
Kyle Meyer
Thomas T. Meyer
Cate Millar
Adam Mishcon
Suzann Murphy
John Naito
Alex Naito
Anne Nelson
My Nguyen
Julie Nittler
Chet Orloff
Jim Owens
Stacy Parker
Jason Peck
Renee Rank
Margaret Rikert
Robert Rineer
Tyler Robinson
Deborah Rossi
Charlotte Rubin
Mary & Craig Ruble
Holly Sancomb
Janet G. Sanderson
Zahra Santner & John Kelly
Meredith Savery
Karen Schneider
Wendy Schreiber
Leigh Schwarz
Ann Schwarz
Sarah Scott
William Scott
Art Shapiro
Kathryn Sheibley
David Sloan
Dianna Smiley
Susan Songer
Ellen Stearns
Charlie and Darcie Swindells
Jim Tai
Ken and Mary Unkeles
JoAnn Vrilakas
Dale Walker
Karin Waller
Michael Walsh & Julie Glover-Walsh
Susan Watson
Howard Weinstein
Allison Wells
Hannah Wells
Elizabeth & Todd Whalen
David Wheeler
Stacie White
Bill Will
Karen Willoughby
Daryl Wilson
Diane Winn
Annie Winn
Robert Wolf
Joann Wolfe
Dave Wolfe
Martha Wyrsch
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