COMMUNITY
It makes economic sense.
The Harvard Business School Association of Oregon showed that for every $1 invested in Friends of the Children, the community benefits over $7 in saved social costs. Helping one child saves the community $900,000.
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CHARITY PARTNER:
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - PORTLAND
Friends of the Children-Portland is a professional mentoring organization that uses a highly effective and proven approach to address childhood adversity and remove barriers to long-term success. We partner with public schools and Oregon’s child welfare system to proactively select kindergarteners from low-income families who are experiencing multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). We provide youth with 1:1 support from full-time, salaried mentors (called Friends) for 12 + years—through high school graduation. Friends work with 9-10 youth for 16 hours per month per youth. 78% of our youth are people of color and all live with the intersecting challenges of poverty and ACEs. Friends use an evidence-based and healing-centered approach to form meaningful relationships with youth that lay the foundation for lifelong resiliency and positive life experiences. Our greatest accomplishment is consistently seeing our youth create positive opportunities for themselves as measured by our three long term outcomes:
- 83% of program youth receive their high school diploma or GED
- 93% remain free from involvement in the juvenile justice system
- 98% wait to parent until after their teen years
We commit to each child for the long-term. 12.5 years, no matter what.
Visit Friends of the Children – Portland at https://friendspdx.org/ to learn more and/or donate!
OUR SPONSORS
TITLE SPONSOR:
First Tech is more than just a bank. We’re a member-owned financial institution that is powered by a people-before-profit philosophy. We invest in our member family with personalized financial services and convenient banking solutions to help you thrive.
MARKETING SPONSOR:
Anvil strives every day to elevate its clients and move them forward by creating customer-engaged, measurable, multi-channel marketing initiatives. We not only drive ROI and grow your brand, we also take your digital marketing to the next level and make it memorable.
CREATIVE SPONSOR:
Hovers Over Water™ is a Portland-based brand design and graphic studio specializing in product story-telling, marketing strategy & award-winning content creation. They craft meaningful & purpose-driven campaigns that help brands elevate above the chaos.
EVENT MANAGEMENT SPONSOR:
Henry V is an experiential event planning, management and marketing organization. Our mission is to bridge that gap; to authenticate the way humans and brands connect by transitioning brand communication into unforgettable experiences.
WEBSITE SPONSOR:
Nathan Webster and Associates, LLC is a team of local, passionate, and entrepreneurial gurus focused on providing the best marketing, consulting, and website services. We don’t do cookie cutter work – we listen and customize. We’re an experienced marketing agency that’s excited to amplify your brand.
additional sponsor:
Full Granklestein Ventures helps navigate and execute blockchain ideas in Art & Commerce.
additional sponsor:
Sheikhly Law is a full-service law firm specializing in business law, real estate, trust, wills & probate and family law.
additional sponsor:
Veritas provides comprehensive intellectual property and business law, including trademarks and copyright planning and litigation.
Get Involved
New ways to get involved are happening all the time! You can be an artist, a sponsor, a volunteer, a vendor, a performer, an educator, and on event day, you can help paint and potentially own the mural as we open up an NFT auction for those who would like to own a small piece of Portland.
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