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Hilton Eugene & Conference Center

The Hilton Eugene and Conference Center is always abuzz with excitement and activity. A feature landmark in downtown Eugene’s milieu, the Hilton Eugene is a hub for the community in more ways than meet the eye. This spring the hotel partnered with ShelterCare to support our Healthy Foods Initiative, which seeks to promote healthier diets and lifestyles among our clients. Demonstrating creativity and compassion, Hilton Eugene devised two ways to make a lasting impression on our programs.

In March, executive chef Michelle Girard, hosted a cooking demonstration for ShelterCare clients at the Afiya Apartments. Girard showed residents how to prepare lowcost, healthy food with basic kitchen tools and answered questions about nutrition and healthy eating. “I selected ingredients – a single chicken, root vegetables, chard and lentils – that are inexpensive and nutritious but not necessarily familiar to people,” Michelle explains. While participants had the chance to sample her cooking, others who missed this demonstration will still benefit from Hilton Eugene’s support. The hotel has donated 10 percent of its Easter Brunch food sales to support ShelterCare’s capacity to serve Healthy Foods. “As a hotel based in downtown Eugene, we are invested in seeing ShelterCare’s programs succeed, and we want to help,” says Hilton’s Sales Manager, Natasha Baker.

SHERWIN WILLIAMS

With 10 facilities spanning Eugene and Springfield, and hundreds of clients moving in and out of apartments and bedrooms every year, ShelterCare’s maintenance crew uses a lot of paint. Our needs are large and small, and this year, in response to our “Healthy Homes” initiative, Sherwin-Williams has stepped up to help us with both. During National Paint Week, the third week of April, staff from the company’s Springfield store will paint the conference room at ShelterCare’s Heeran Center.

“We want to be sure that our staff has experience using our products. Painting this room for ShelterCare helps us provide a service to you as well as a chance to train our staff,” says Phillip Garrison, Market Manager. But that’s just the beginning. In June, the company also trains the new staff at two painting companies that hire college students. This year, those trainees will give a big gift to ShelterCare by painting the exteriors of two ShelterCare programs –
Family Housing and Uhlhorn.

Oregon Community Credit Union

ShelterCare would like to thank Oregon Community Credit Union for the work that their volunteers completed at our Uhlhorn Program this past President’s Day. “At Oregon Community Credit Union, giving back is not just about money. Credit unions were founded on the premise of people helping people, so volunteering is really a part of who we are. One of OCCU’s core values is to make a difference in the communities we serve, and one of the ways that we can make a difference is by giving our time and energy. The remarkably nice thing is that the employees truly love this and they always get back more than they give.” -Kristi Bird

The dedication of OCCU’s volunteers showed as they trimmed hedges, spread mulch, and power washed ShelterCare’s Uhlhorn Program, which serves adults living with acquired brain injuries. This work jump-started our spring cleaning while making our residents beam with pride at their freshly groomed landscape.

 

PIVOT Architecture

PIVOT Architecture has been a part of the Eugene-Springfield community since 1956, striving to improve the built environment through inspired design solutions and dedication to their clients’ goals. Their 26 staff members are pleased to have been part of many rewarding projects throughout the area, and are fortunate to give back to organizations like ShelterCare who share similar goals and vision.

“We value the dedication of the ShelterCare staff and their mission to provide quality housing and services for people who are on a path to improving their lives one day at a time. It is so satisfying to work alongside people who genuinely care about the human condition and making the world a better place.”

– Larry Banks

KVAL

For more than ten years KVAL has supported ShelterCare’s work with the homeless of Lane County. The start of this relationship came at a time when the need for fundraising at ShelterCare was growing. KVAL eagerly helped with the production of commercials that allowed the agency to have a television presence. Over the years, KVAL’s sponsorship has helped promote our overall mission of hope while also advertising special fundraising events such as our House Warming Auction, and more recently, our successful “I ShelterCare about Homelessness” campaign, which raised over $50,000 for homeless families in Lane County.

Educating the community about the complexity of homelessness and psychiatric disabilities is critical in fulfilling our mission. The knowledge and technical ability of the team at KVAL is an invaluable asset to our community outreach. Look for ShelterCare’s messages and advertisements the next time you tune into the best source for news on television in Lane County!

McKenzie Commercial

Since it’s founding in 1983, McKenzie Commercial has completed thousands of projects in Lane County. According to Todd Glenz, the company’s president, the most enjoyable and satisfying projects were those that made a real
difference in the community. These include work with local nonprofits including ShelterCare, Relief Nursery, Womenspace, The Science Factory and Looking Glass. Last year, McKenzie Commercial was the lead company for the renovation of ShelterCare’s Heeran Center, and this year the company begins planning for the renovation of ShelterCare’s new home at 499 W. 4th. Alongside these contractual relationships with ShelterCare, however, the company has also been a generous supporter.

In the 1990s, they donated their time and skills to create the space for the Children’s Resource Center at the Family Housing Program. This year, McKenzie Commercial has offered to donate their services once again to combine and renovate two single occupancy units at Family Housing to create a larger unit suitable for housing families – supporting our goal to serve more families at that site.In October, employees at McKenzie Commercial also collected two huge boxes of socks and 25 smaller boxes of toiletries for use by people in our programs.

Lane Forest Products

In early 1993 I drove by The Family Shelter House on Hwy 99 as it was known back then and noticed young children playing on the hard driveway surface. Later that day I called to ask if they would like a donation of a load of
cedar shavings to help cushion the children's falls. They said “yes” and our relationship began; one that has lasted to this day.

At Lane Forest Products we continue to support ShelterCare because we believe in the work they do and have seen their accomplishments firsthand; from providing specialized housing for brain injury survivors, temporary shelter for people suffering with a mental illness, providing permanent housing for disabled adults and assisting homeless families with temporary housing accompanied with a step program pointing them towards stable housing and a stable life.

These are just a few programs initiated by ShelterCare. ShelterCare has accomplished a lot with a little. Funding is always at the core of their ability to move forward in efforts to help severely challenged folks in our community. We encourage you to support ShelterCare in any way you can.

 

-Susan Posner, Lane Forest Products

Pacific Continental Bank

Pacific Continental Bank recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. It seemed to us that celebrating such an important milestone event called for more than cupcakes and cookies. And what better way to celebrate forty years of support by our community, than giving back to the community! To recognize and thank our local community for their support, Pacific Continental employees organized several Giving Back-to-the-Community events. ShelterCare was one of many local nonprofit organizations we were happy to assist. Their activities included the collection and distribution of: 

One-hundred and twenty backpacks stuffed with school supplies. Backpacks and school supplies were collected from various sources, including PCB employees, clients, and a donation from Bi-Mart. 

Two-hundred pairs of socks, underwear and undershirts for children- and families-in-need. 

One-hundred and forty books and toys for local at-risk children. 

Forty-plus pounds of canned food. 

One-hundred-plus toiletry and personal hygiene supplies. 

Pacific Continental  Bank employees also volunteered 50+ hours to organizations in need of help. After all, the way we see it, giving back is the right thing for the right bank to do.

About Pacific Continental Bank
Pacific Continental Bank (NASDAQ: PCBK) delivers highly personalized business banking services through 14 banking offices in Oregon and Washington. Pacific Continental targets the banking needs of community‐based businesses, health care professionals, professional service providers and nonprofit organizations.