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Upcoming events
they brought with them.
Danielle Martin-Kestler
said this was only her third
time to the Agape House in
all the time she has lived in
the area.
“We’re just a little short
on food this month,” she said
after a moment’s hesitation.
She said the Agape
House does a great service
for all kinds of community
members, from those who
need the help on a regular
basis to those who just had a
really bad month inancially.
“For people who are
homeless, or just need some
extra help feeding their kids,
this is the place to go,” she
said.
At the reception desk,
Munoz said the best part
of her job was seeing the
emotion on peoples’ faces
at the moment when they
receive some much-needed
help.
“When you see the people
that need it, especially the
kids, they’re so happy to see
the food,” she said.
She said the regular clients
begin to open up about their
problems after a while, when
they start to feel “like family.”
The
Agape
House
(oficially Eastern Oregon
Mission, Inc.) opened its
doors in Hermiston on Aug.
5, 1986, when founder
Kathleen Knudson used
a small rented house to
distribute food and clothing
to the homeless and indigent.
“Agape” is the Greek word
for selless love.
Later the quickly growing
nonproit
purchased
a
building on South 11th Street,
then moved to its current
location on Harper Road in
2005. Its original function as
a food and clothing bank has
greatly expanded to provide
classes, showers, household
goods, irewood, gas money
and transitional shelter for
families at Martha’s House.
Current director Dave
Hughes took over operations
in 2002.
He said in the years
since, he has been extremely
impressed with the help the
organization has received.
About 98 percent of the
nonproit’s budget comes
from donations, and all of
the vehicles used in its oper-
ations have been donated,
• Sept. 25 from 2-5
p.m. the Agape
House will be host-
ing a 30th anniver-
sary open house
with tours, infor-
mation and refresh-
ments at its building
on 500 Harper Road
in Hermiston.
• Oct. 8 from 8:30-11
a.m. is the Agape
House’s next parking
lot sale of household
goods.
• Oct. 15 will be the
Columbia River
“Best Dam” Power
Run across the top
of McNary Dam to
raise proceeds for
Agape House and
Martha’s House. Pre-
registration before
8 p.m. on Oct. 14 is
$25 and registration
on race day is $30.
Check-in begins at 8
a.m. on Willamette
Ave in McNary.
The 10K starts at
9:30 a.m., the 5K
at 9:45 a.m. and
the Fun Walk at 10
a.m. Register online
at columbiariver-
bestdampowerrun.
itsyourrace.com/
register.
• Oct. 22 is the last
A Very Poplar Run
through the Board-
man Tree Farm
before the trees dis-
appear. Register for
the kids’ run, 5K, 10K
and 15K online at
eost.biz/averypoplar-
run. The irst event
starts at 9:45 a.m. at
77200 Poleline Road
in Boardman.
• Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at the
Agape House there
will be a winter
apparel sharing day
for people in need of
coats and other win-
ter weather items.
• Nov. 12 is the Gobble
Gobble Death and
Trouble fundraiser,
a murder mystery
night over turkey
dinner. Cost is $25
and seating is
limited. Call the
Agape House at 541-
567-8774.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Volunteer Tysn Southwick, of Hermiston,
separates cans and bottles into plastic bags
Tuesday morning at Agape House.
Agape House expands bottle
and can recycling program
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Agape House Executive Director Dave Hughes looks up
from his computer work Tuesday morning to answer a
question from a volunteer.
too. Hughes said people are
constantly dropping off dona-
tions of clothing, furniture
and other items. Meanwhile
local farms, processing plants
and grocery stores help stock
the warehouse with food that
is then distributed to commu-
nity members in need.
“The list goes on,”
Hughes
said.
“Almost
anyone involved in food in
this community has been
involved in some way.”
He said businesses without
food to donate are quick to
donate in-kind services as
well — the Agape House
raised more than $3,000
during this year’s Pendleton
Round-Up by charging for
parking on a lot owned by
Tom Denchel Ford Country.
Some people use the
Agape House’s services just
once before getting back on
their feet. Others are seniors
on a ixed income who rely
on the emergency food boxes
to get through the end of
every month.
“That’s part of life,”
Hughes said.
In addition to the boxes
that provide enough food for
about four days, the Agape
House also distributes food
to children in the commu-
nity through the Backpack
Program. Hughes said the
program, which sends bags
of food home with 100 to
150 students each weekend,
started when a principal told
him she had students who
would wrap up their school
lunch on Friday and take it
home because they knew
they wouldn’t be fed at home
during the weekend.
“It’s sad to think that in
this community that grows
so much food, we have kids
going hungry,” Hughes said.
In 2012, Eastern Oregon
Mission opened Martha’s
House, a “family transitional
shelter” that provides a few
months of housing to fami-
lies with children that would
otherwise ind themselves
homeless.
At Martha’s House they
learn skills like cooking and
writing a cover letter, and are
required to look for work and
spend time volunteering if
they don’t have a job.
The shelter can house up
to 10 families at a time. The
original time limit for living
at Martha’s House was four
months, but Hughes said that
deadline has been extended
for some families that are
doing their part to get into
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could always use more
volunteers like herself, and
donations of good-quality
food.
“I wish we had more
eggs,” she said. “You know,
with eggs, you can do a lot of
things.”
The Agape House is open
Tuesday through Thursday
each week from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. On Sunday from 2-5
p.m. the public is invited to a
30th anniversary open house
with tours and refreshments.
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at
jmcdowell@eastorego-
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other housing but have been
tripped up by a shortage of
available rentals in Herm-
iston.
“If somebody has had
some missteps in the past,
it’s hard,” he said. “Housing
is so tight in this community
that the landlords are full all
the time.”
Maria Trevino, who
volunteers her time illing
food boxes for ive hours
each week, said the volun-
teers and employees enjoy
spending time together and
enjoy the feeling of serving
others.
She said the nonproit
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— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
With the opening of Hermiston’s BottleDrop
Redemption Center, Agape House now provides three
ways people can donate recyclable cans and bottles
to help fund its weekend elementary school food
program.
• Drop cans and bottles directly at Agape House.
For those with large numbers of cans/bottles or
businesses that collect them, call Agape House for
pick-up service. Proceeds from cans/bottles donated
this way also will go to Agape House’s automobile
gas program and other small needs.
• For those who have a personal BottleDrop
account, people can donate from their recycling
account at www.bottledropcenters.com. Click on
“Fundraising,” enter “Agape House” and enter the
amount to donate. Donors will receive a conirmation
email, which is tax-deductible.
• Stop by Agape House and pick up a special
Fundraiser Blue Bag, ill it up and then return it to the
BottleDrop Redemption Center, 740 W. Hermiston
Ave., Hermiston. It’s open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The bags have an identiication tag that earmarks
proceeds to be donated to Agape House.
A nonproit organization, Agape House serves
those in need in western Umatilla County and
Morrow County. It’s located at 500 Harper Road,
Hermiston. For more information or to donate to its
programs, call 541-567-8774.
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cooler air will spread over the interior West.
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High 103° in McAllen, Texas
Low 27° in Angel Fire, N.M.
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