Street Roots • Dec 1 -7, 2017
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Top 10 ways to support Street Roots this holiday season
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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-
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m uch you love having
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s u p p o rt th e S tre e t R oots v en d o r p ro g ram
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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
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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
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Twitter @israelbayer.
S tre e t R oots v e n d o r ev ery w eek. W e’re
p ro u d to be p a rtn e rin g w ith 12
co n g re g atio n s in P o rtlan d and H illsboro and
a re looking to expand. W elcom ing a v en d o r
is a g re a t w ay to c o n n e c t au th e n tic ally w ith
and s u p p o rt a p e rs o n e x p e rie n c in g poverty.
E m ail C ole M erk el, c o le @ stree tro o ts.o rg if
you’re in te re s te d in le a rn in g m o re.
7. B uy an additional S tre e t R oots and
in tro d u c e th e o rg an izatio n to a t le a s t on e
frien d o r co-w orker th is holiday se aso n .
T u rn in g y o u r p e e r n etw o rk on to S tre e t
R oots is o n e of th e b e s t w ays you can
s u p p o rt th e organ izatio n and v en d o rs.
6. W rite th e m ayor and c o u n ty c h a ir and
tell th e m it’s n o t h o m e le ss p e o p le th a t are
th e p ro b lem dow ntow n and th ro u g h o u t
P o rtlan d . 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
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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
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Hours: 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 7:30
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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!
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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
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Prado, Jared Paben, Amanda Waldroupe,
Stephen Quirke, Helen Hill
Photographers Diego Diaz, Arkady Brown
Canvasser Desmond Hardison
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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-
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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.