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Street. Roots publishes every Friday
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Give Vendor Feedback
Tell us about your interaction with a
Street Roots vendor. Fill out a form
online at streetroots.org or contact
Cole Merkel at cole@streetroots.org.
If you have any urgent issues
regarding a vendor, please call us
at 503-228-5657.
Become a Vendor
Vendor orientations are at 1 p.m. every
Monday and Wednesday, arid 11 a.m.
Friday at our office: Street Roots, 211
NW Davis S t, Portland, OR 97209
Rose City Resource Guide
The Street Roots Rose City Resource is
the most comprehensive, updated list of
services for people experiencing
homelessness and poverty in
Multnomah and Washington counties.
The Rose City Resource is free to
individuals and organizations. To
inquire, please call us at 503-228-5657.
FIND US ONLINE AT STREETROOTS.ORG
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The buck starts here
Street Roots and its vendors are a powerful, community-driven solution to the problem of homelessness. Our vendors
earn their way out of their individual situations through a collaboration of award-winning journalism, local business
partners, and their own hard work. Use th ese fo ur sim ple steps to be part of th e solution.
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■ With the money made
selling the newspaper,
vendors are able to secure
basic needs, independence
and dignity, and work toward
obtaining housing. Vendors
buy papers, as many as they
■ Vendors — the men and
women who sell the
newspaper — are at the core
of Street Roots’ mission. Each
year, more than 400 individuals
work as vendors with Street
Roots. At any given time,
throughout the city,
want, for 25 cents each, and
sell them for $1, keeping all
income and tips from each
approximately 80 vendors are
at work, rain or shine. Vendors
play an active role in the
■ Street Roots is an award
winning newspaper focusing
on issues of social justice with
coverage on a wide variety of
interests. Street Roots is a
member of the Society of
Professional Journalists and
adheres to its standards of •
ethics in journalism.
■ Donate to the organization
and give vendors experiencing
homelessness and poverty a
hand up. It supports not only
the newspaper but our
advocacy efforts on poverty
issues throughout Oregon.
■ Volunteer your time and/or
expertise and help the
organization grow.
■ Share Street Roots with
sale.
management of Street Roots,
meeting regularly to discuss
the program and acting as
members of the organization’s
Board of Directors.
your network and tell people
about the organization.
Vendor orientations are 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, and 11 a.m. on Fridays at the Street Roots office.
Donate Today!
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Street Roots
211 N W Davis St.
Portland, OR 97209
G ive one-tim e or
recurring donations online
streetroots.org
Thankyou!
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