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skin care products

If you wish to donate sunscreen to Rose Haven, we suggest you keep in mind the following aspects, as numerous popular products that contain benzene are still on the shelves.

Home for the Haven

“Home for the Haven” is a $3 million campaign centered around our new facility, enabling Rose Haven to build its dream home, bring guests back indoors, reestablish programs, and increase capacity to welcome and serve more community members.

New Rose Haven Building

Maggie Vespa of KGW Showcases New Rose Haven Building   Maggie Vespa of KGW stopped by to see the new Rose Haven building and interviewed our Executive Director Katie O’Brien and former Rose Haven guest Cody Jane Baker. The interview took place at Rose Haven’s new home, what was formerly known as World Cup Coffee […]

Annual Report 2020

It’s impossible to capture the entirety of our guests’ experiences and how Rose Haven services have impacted them, but to give you some insight into the work here’s our 2020 Annual Report!

Guest receiving services

If you find that the $600 stimulus check isn’t needed, maybe turn it over to someone who really does.

A report on the previous year and expectations for 2021.

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Help Rose Haven Branch Out and Raise Funds for a New Building! Rose Haven has been operating out of the First Immanuel Lutheran Church Basement since 2007. Over the past few years, we have been bursting at the seams, and we knew we were going to have to relocate in order to safely serve the […]

Rose Haven brings holiday joy to hundreds of families in need PORTLAND, Ore. — Author: Brittany Falkers The holiday season is here. While this year’s celebrations will look a lot different in the COVID era, some local families are worried about having a holiday at all. That’s where Rose Haven comes in. “We are, of […]

Service agencies handle hundreds of ballots to help homeless vote In a vote-by-mail state, how do you vote if you don’t have an address? It’s something hundreds, if not thousands, of homeless Oregonians must figure out. Their answers often come from service agencies. John Brown doesn’t have a house, but he has an address thanks […]

Although few homeless people have Coronavirus, Portland is to resume clearing camps. Neighbors and business owners are complaining about the growing camps.

Recent reports indicate that nationally we will see a 45% increase in homelessness due to the current pandemic, and the homelessness is not colorblind. It affects people of color in a very disproportionate way. Watch the video testimonial from one of Rose Havens Guests here. As members of the Portland community, we at Lucky Day […]

We offer this list of ways to help homeless women, in Portland, during the pandemic.

Annual Fundraiser cancelled, still raised $150kbymothersday Mother’s Day has always been a special day at Rose Haven, hosting our annual Reigning Roses Walk. This event usually brings together more than 600 Rose Haven supporters and guests to walk a 5K for Rose Haven, and is our biggest fundraiser. This year we had to cancel the […]

In the past few months, Oregon Harbor of Hope, with support from donors including OCF’s Oregon Community Recovery Fund, has distributed thousands of tents, sleeping bags, and face masks around the Portland Metro region. Its mobile shower and laundry trucks offer a rare opportunity for people experiencing homelessness to access hygiene services through the pandemic. […]

Adjusting to Meet Emergent Needs If there is one thing that Rose Haven has mastered, it is the ability to adapt. This has never been more evident than during this current COVID-19 epidemic. As the days became weeks and the weeks are becoming months, we have continued to learn how to better, and more relevantly, […]

Rose Haven Community, Near the end of February, the Rose Haven staff determined that over the next month we were going to prioritize getting organized at the shelter – cleaning out old files, organizing office spaces, majorly revamping our in-kind donations area, etc. We deemed it “March Madness”. Little did we know that “March Madness” […]

Rose Haven is closely monitoring developments with the coronavirus (COVID-19). The health and safety of our guests, volunteers, staff and community is of the utmost importance to us. 

A Message from Our Board President On behalf of the Rose Haven Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce the selection of Katie O’Brien as our new Executive Director. Katie has been serving as the Interim Director for the last 6 months and has been a part of Rose Haven for over 10 years […]