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Street Roots • Dec 1 -7, 2017 O p in io n Top 10 ways to support Street Roots this holiday season * ' W i*ifa in 7 - e re a re 10 w ays you can s u p p o rt you s u p p o rt th e m in creatin g new and S tre e t R oots and v e n d o rs th is innovative h o u sin g policies. holiday se aso n . T h e m o re you 5. R ead th e n e w sp a p e r and sh a re a rticle s sp re a d th e love a b o u t S tre e t R oots and th e on social m edia. T h e S tre e t R oots ed ito rial m o re p eo p le w ho p u rc h a se th e new sp ap er, te a m w orks e x tre m e ly h ard to publish th e m o re su ccessfu l v e n d o rs are. I t ’s a win- original c o n te n t y o u ’re n o t going to find w in situ atio n . S ta rtin g a t n u m b e r 10: an y w h ere else. In a tim e of p ro p ag an d a and 10. Tell b u sin e sse s fake new s, m ain tain in g a n e w sp a p e r w ith th a t you love S tre e t real jo u rn alism is n o t so m e th in g to tak e for R oots. 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Long a fte r th e s u p p o rt of S tre e t R oots o u t on social m edia. holiday c h e e r is gone, S tre e t R oots v en d o rs N ex t tim e you buy a p ap er, p o s t a p ictu re of will b e surviving on th e s tre e ts th is long, y o u r favorite v e n d o r o r th e n e w sp a p e r on cold w inter. social m edia. B e creativ e and le t y o u r social 2. Give a d o n atio n to S tre e t R oots. S tre e t n etw o rk know w h a t S tre e t R oots is and w hy R oots is s u p p o rte d by re a d e rs ju s t like you. p e o p le should s u p p o rt th e cause. Give a re c u rrin g d o n atio n online a t 8. G e t y o u r faith co m m u n ity to h o st a Ä SS ' ' > S5& w ' I „ .... —7: . .c ■ 777|7 -ss. s s' * ' H Israel Bayer is the executive director o f Street Roots. You can reach him a t israel @streetroots. org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. S tre e t R oots v e n d o r ev ery w eek. 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L e t th e m know th a t every o n e d e se rv e s a safe place to call h o m e and th a t Support great local nonprofits, including Street Roots, through Willamette Week's 2017 GivelGuide. Go to giveguide.org for easy giving! n S J E T T M I as a > ; member of our reporting staff, contact Executive Editor Joanne Zuhl a 503-228-5657, joanne@streetroots.org. Street Roots 211 NW Davis a . 503-228-5657 Fax:503-227-3117 ;.orq Hours: 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. and 7:30-1 p.m. Sun. in Contact Israel Bayer at israel@streetroots.org s tre e tro o ts .o rg o r a one-tim e d o n atio n at th e W illam atte W eek G ive’G uide a t giv eg u id e.o rg . D o n ’t forget. W hen you give $30 o r m o re th is holiday se a so n you can g et Staff a lim ited-edition S tre e t R oots b ean ie. Yes! 1. Stop and talk to y o u r n e ig h b o rh o o d vendor. In tro d u c e yourself, and let th e v e n d o r know w h a t you like an d d o n ’t like a b o u t th e n e w sp a p er. S tay en g ag ed and h elp u s build com m unity. S tre e t R oots p ro v id es a safe place for individuals to en g ag e w ith p e o p le on th e s tre e ts in a positive way. F ro m all of u s a t S tre e t R oots, we a p p re c ia te y o u r re a d e rs h ip and s u p p o rt of v e n d o rs selling th e n ew sp ap er. Giving a h a n d u p and g ettin g a g re a t re a d in re tu rn is o u r goal. T h an k you for m aking S tre e t R oots p o ssib le th is holiday season! i K D v T n O U M R ^ B M O -, Executive Director I: Executive Editor Vendor Program Director cole@streetroots.org Senior S ta ff Reporter Emily Green Operations Director Sarah Beecroft Program Assistant Caeiin Miitko, Jesuit Volunteer Vendor Assistant Scott Jackson, Alex Gillow-Wiles Development Assistant Rosemary Wilson Editorial Producer Monica Kwasnik Reporters Sarah Hansell, Leonora Ko, Emiily W N Prado, Jared Paben, Amanda Waldroupe, Stephen Quirke, Helen Hill Photographers Diego Diaz, Arkady Brown Canvasser Desmond Hardison E Board of Directors Chairman Brad Taylor Vice-Chairman Rachel Langford Treasurer Heather Stadick Secretary Dan Jones Directors Michael Anderson, Sandra Hahn, John Brown, Nels Johnson and Alison Hallett Volunteers Jan Bayer, John Barker, Stacey Heath, Anjali Rathore, Zoe Kiingmann, Dan Jones, Dennis Hogan, Monica McKune, Susan Wolfe, Lucas Hawthorne, Thomas Buell Jr., Jason Cohen, Doug Spangle, Susannah Kamala, Jon Raymond, Diana Richardson, Paul and Madeline Gefroh, Mary Anne Joyce, Del Shawn Davidson, Gillian Floren, Mark Oldani, Bianca Butler, Alex Cherin, Jenny Fames, Evan Firsick, Camber Hansen-Karr, Miranda Woods, Henry Brannan, Megan Smith, Luke Scheuermann, Helen Hill, Lily Krai, Mary Emerson, Brooke Anderson, Kathleen McFall, Robb Hengerer, Bronwyn Miles, Maile Yeats- G U ID E Rowe, Erin Parsons, Bridget Brown and Megan Pickerel-Winer. If you're interested in volunteering #STANDWITHSTREETROOTS with Street Roots, please submit a volunteer application at streetroots.org/volunteer. Or you can call for more information at 503-228-5657.
