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Page 2 V e n d o rs street S tr e e t R o o ts • A pril 1 3 -1 9 , 2 0 1 8 “Street Roots has helped put me on the path to recovery. ” Jason Corbin Street Roots Vendor PH O TO BY A L A N BORRUD The buck starts here .S tre e t R o o ts a n d its v e n d o rs a re a p o w e rfu l, c o m m u n ity -d riv e n s o lu tio n to th e p ro b le m o f h o m e le s s n e s s . O u r v e n d o rs H 5B SB O stlw l úiunrv 3a«¿p !>4rt0J FaiiHíf', MU • TORS>, PS!I MU (Saty Buy our newspapers e a rn th e ir w a y o u t o f th e ir in d iv id u a l s itu a tio n s th ro u g h a c o lla b o ra tio n o f a w a rd -w in n in g jo u rn a lis m , lo c a l b u s in e s s only from badged vendors. partners and their own hard work. Use these four simple steps to be part of the solution. 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 Tuesdays and 11 a.m. Fridays at our office: Street Roots, 211 NW Davis St., Portland, OR 97209 ■ Vendors - the men and ■ With the money made ■ Street Roots is an award ■ Donate to the organization women who sell the selling the newspaper, winning newspaper focusing and give vendors experiencing newspaper - are at the core of Street Roots’ mission. Each vendors are able to secure on issues of social justice with homelessness and poverty a basic needs, independence hand up. It supports not only year, more than 400 individuals work as vendors with Street and dignity, and work toward coverage on a wide variety of interests. Street Roots is a the newspaper but our obtaining housing. Vendors member of the Society of advocacy efforts on poverty Roots. At any given time, buy papers, as many as they Professional Journalists and issues throughout Oregon. throughout the city, want, for 25 cents each, and adheres to its standards of ■ Volunteer your tim e and/or approximately 80 vendors are sell them for $1 each, keeping ethics in journalism. expertise and help the at work, rain or shine. Vendors all income and tips from each play an active role in the sale. management of Street Roots, meeting regularly to discuss the program and acting as organization grow. ■ Share Street Roots with your network and tell people about the organization. members of the organization’s 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 © □ □ □ -STREETROOTS Board of Directors. Vendor orientations are a t 1p.m . Tuesdays and 11a.m . Fridays a t the Street Roots office. Arrive 15 minutes early. Donate Today!