March 7, 2018
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photos by M ark W ashington /t he p ortland o bserver
Pastor Rose Franks of Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church delivers a sack lunch to Paul
Joseph as part of a feeding and clothing drive for the homeless.
Feeding the Hungry
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Church helps by fixing hundreds of sandwiches
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The Hughes Memorial United
Methodist Church congregation in
northeast Portland is upping the ante
when it comes to their assistance
feeding and clothing the homeless.
Under the leadership of Pastor
Rose Franks, church volunteers
have been able to increase the num-
ber of lunches they prepare each
month to ease hunger from their
shelter-less neighbors, from 50
lunch sacks, to up to 200 bags, in
addition to occasional socks, hats,
gloves, and coats.
Since December 2015, church
members have been meeting every
fourth Saturday of the month to pre-
pare and deliver the meals to home-
less areas around town.
“After so many years of watch-
ing homeless and hungry people
outside in our community it was
time now to stop talking and watch-
ing and act,” said Janette Rucker,
pastor assistant. “Our goal is end the
homelessness.”
In the future, the church wishes
to increase its monthly outreach to
once a week, also on Saturdays.
To inquire about the Hughes Me-
morial homeless outreach program,
visit the church at 111 N.E. Fail-
ing St. or get in touch with Pastor
Franks at 503-200-0846, or visit
hughesmemorialumc.org for more
information.
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Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church volunteers prepare sandwiches every fourth Saturday of
the month for donations to the homeless. The northeast Portland church hopes to expand the effort
to as much as weekly in the future.
Portland Teams Play for State
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Four Portland schools are com-
peting for a state championship in
basketball this week with the Ore-
gon 6A tournaments for boys and
girls being held at the University
of Portland in north Portland.
On the boys’ side, defending
champion Jefferson (24-3) will
face off against Jesuit (21-5) on
Thursday at 1:30 p.m. The Dem-
ocrats will be without star player,
junior guard Marcus Tsohonis,
because of a broken finger he sus-
tained in a playoff win last Satur-
day against Grants Pass.
Lincoln (12-5) will face off
against Southridge (23-3) at 6:30
p.m. Thursday; and Grant (22-4)
will follow the contest with an
8:15 p.m. matchup against West
Salem (18-7). On the girls’ side,
Benson (21-5) faces Tigard (23-3)
on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.
Quarterfinal and final games
will be played Friday and Satur-
day, March 9 and 10. All games
will be carried live by the Oregon
School Activities Association.
Visit osaa.org/media to view the
streams and broadcasts.