Donation

SELCO donates 20 move-out kits for newly housed youth

SELCO donates 20 move-out kits for newly housed youth

When Looking Glass Housing program managers place youth in apartments around town (providing rent as well as ongoing case management), often times the youth does not have much to help setup their new dwelling. Basic items like pots and pans or dish towels or a bath mat help make a house a home. And this December SELCO helped ensure that at least the next 20 youth that are housed will have a nice kit of items to get them started.

Members from local SELCO Credit Union branches shopped for and then organized and dropped off 20 amazing “move-out kits” for these transitional living youth to utilize. Looking Glass staff members were thrilled with the donation.

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6th Annual Socktoberfest Sock Drive Brings in Thousands of Socks!

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6th Annual Socktoberfest Sock Drive Brings in Thousands of Socks!

The 6th annual “Socktoberfest” sock donation drive for homeless youth was again a resounding success bringing in thousands of pairs of (mostly new) socks. The New Roads outreach team hands out socks on a daily basis to unhoused youth they encounter. Socks go fast at New Roads and this annual sock drive aims to sustain us year-round (but we usually run out by summer time).

Thank you to all of our amazing donation location partners and to the generous community who donated so many wonderful socks!

September brings "Shoetember" shoe donation drive for homeless youth

September brings "Shoetember" shoe donation drive for homeless youth

Following the success of our new “Braugust” bra donation drive, piggybacking off the now well established annual “Socktoberfest” sock donation drive, Looking Glass is hoping for similar success with “Shoetember” to hopefully procure gently used or new shoe donations for our homeless youth programs during the month of September.

“For unhoused youth in Lane County shoes are one of the most important safety items they can own, especially going into the rainy fall and winter months,” explained Homeless Youth Services Director Morgan Boozer.

Braugust Bra and Female Undergarment Drive Hopes to Follow Socktoberfest Success

Braugust Bra and Female Undergarment Drive Hopes to Follow Socktoberfest Success

After 5 incredibly successful years of experience with an October-long sock donation drive promotion (Socktoberfest), Looking Glass is hoping to yield similar results with a focused Bra and female-identified undergarment donation drive during the month of August - or “Braugust.” While gently used bra’s will certainly be accepted, the hope is new items will be purchased via an Amazon wish list or dropped off at the Looking Glass admin office (1790 West 11th Ave, 2nd floor, Eugene) before August 31st. Only new underwear will be accepted. And socks are always needed as well (not just in October).

Sock Donation Drive Success!

Sock Donation Drive Success!

The 3rd annual Socktoberfest sock drive was once again a tremendous success, generating thousands of pairs of new and gently used socks for homeless youth at New Roads. Donation locations around Lane County included Bi-Mart, Macy’s at Valley River Center, Windermere Real Estate offices, Columbia Bank branches, and PeaceHealth.

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Girl Scout Troop #24761 Donation Drive

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Girl Scout Troop #24761 Donation Drive

This past May and June, Girl Scout Troop #24761 hosted a donation drive to collect toiletry items for Homeless Youth.

Their leader, Amy Mahady reached out to Looking Glass to learn more about the services offered so that the girls’ could learn more about how homelessness impacts youth in our community.

Looking Glass Development Coordinator, Amanda Zacharda, joined on a Zoom call during one of their meetings and was able to educate the Troop about all of the services provided at Looking Glass, especially the Homeless Youth Services.

The girls were able to come up with over 30 bags of toiletry items to donate, along with $350+ donations from multiple businesses in our community.

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Crochet Donations: Success for Pathways Girls

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Crochet Donations: Success for Pathways Girls

This past month, we asked our community to help accrue more yarn for the Pathways Girl Program, who have been crocheting as a form of therapy. We are so thrilled that many of our donors and local community members came together to help us obtain over 10+ boxes and bags full of yarn. This will allow the girls to continue to master their crochet techniques as well as helping them with their recovery during their stay at the Pathways Program.

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Donates to Looking Glass

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Donates to Looking Glass

In October the local bike donation nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz delivered 20 bikes to Looking Glass for various program use and direct youth client access. The bikes were delivered to Looking Glass residential programs as well as Riverfront’s Independent Living and Job Training Program clients and also the Looking Glass New Roads homeless youth program.

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Socktoberfest Drive Secures 7,000+ Socks For Youth

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Socktoberfest Drive Secures 7,000+ Socks For Youth

On a chilly fall Eugene day in early October, New Roads Runaway & Homeless Youth Services Manager James Ewell posed for a photo opp taken by a Register-Guard reporter showing a sad and mostly empty bin of socks at the New Roads clothing closet which showed the current supply of socks offered to youth being at about 10 or so pairs. By the end of “Socktoberfest” the first ever month-long coordinated sock donation drive for Looking Glass, the challenge became finding storage for all the newly received socks - more than 7,000 pairs of socks were donated and they’re still coming in.

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