VOA Oregon Clinical Supervisor Ken Glowacki supports MRC client wellbeing and local student learning through the use of Classical Chinese Medicine.
How New Funding and Strategic Initiatives are Shaping VOA Oregon’s Future
Explore VOA Oregon’s 2024 initiatives including substantial grants from the HRSA and HUD, a new VP of Finance, and plans for a new community campus. Learn how these developments are enhancing services for Oregon’s community, offering hope and support where it’s needed most.
The enduring gratitude of Austin Raglione: Steve Duin column
Steve Duin speaks with Austin Raglione, the donor pivotal to setting up the Al Forthan Scholarship endowment.
Record Breaking $124,000 Awarded to Oregon High School Seniors Impacted by Addiction and Poverty
Skip to list of 2024 Scholarship Recipients In mid-March the Al Forthan Memorial Scholarship awarded a total $124,000 to 42 Oregon High School students. This is the most given in a single year by VOA Oregon to students impacted by…
VOA Oregon Seeks Input on NE Glisan Campus
On February 24th, Volunteers of America (VOA) Oregon held its first town hall meeting, where organization leaders and architects presented preliminary designs for the group’s six-acre campus at 8815 NE Glisan Street. Over the coming years, VOA Oregon intends to consolidate its administrative…
From Skating to ServiceFinding Confidence and Community in Roller Skating
What does the 1997 Northwest Artistic National Roller Blading Championship and Glisan Street have in common? Volunteers of America Oregon’s Rodney Robbins, facilities maintenance technician. Since January 2023, Rodney has kept the facilities at VOA Oregon running smoothly. From simple…
Oregon’s drug decriminalization law faces test amid fentanyl crisis
VOA Oregon is one of several organizations in Portland working to help provide addiction treatment to individuals in connection with funding from Measure 110. You can see our work highlighted in this story from CBS News.
Finding Hope at VOA Oregon | Annual Report 2023
In 1992, Kelly and Yola entered the VOA Oregon Men’s and Women’s Residential Centers. Both came in with two different outlooks. Kelly had been to treatment before and in-and-out of penitentiaries. “My home was a five-tiered E block for decades,”…
Community Changemakers 2023 | Annual Report 2023
Celebrating our commitment to our neighbors! On September 21st the 2023 Community Changemakers show aired on KGW. This annual celebration is an opportunity for us to share with our community the positive change VOA Oregon is making every day. This…
A Survivor’s Story of Hope | Annual Report 2023
Anonymous Survivor, entered services at Home Free in April 2023 My daughter and I left the state of Texas in our attempt to escape domestic violence, that had been occurring for many years of my life. I left with plans…