Brendan ffitch, Author at Store To Door of Oregon

Advantis Credit Union Sponsors Day of Deliveries to Homebound Seniors

On October 30th, 2019 Advantis Credit Union sponsored grocery deliveries to 133 homebound seniors and people with disabilities through Store to Door’s Support-A-Day program!

In addition to their sponsorship, a lively team of Advantis employees volunteered to help shop for Store to Door clients at the Hollywood Fred Meyer location.

Advantis has been a Store to Door partner since 2015 and has been a consistent supporter of our work delivering groceries and friendship to homebound seniors and folks with disabilities. Together, we envision a Portland community in which seniors and people with disabilities are nourished, connected, and able to age with dignity in the setting of their own choosing.

Board Member Becky Blumer Honored with Light-A-Fire Award!

Becky Blumer—Store to Door’s dynamic and dedicated Board Vice President—has always brought a deep commitment to our mission, caring for our clients, and a clear leadership vision to our work as an organization!

This month Portland Monthly Magazine is honoring Becky with a Light A Fire Award as an Extraordinary Board Member. Thank you Becky, Store to Door is lucky to have you!

Read the Portland Monthly’s full piece on Becky here: http://ow.ly/qgZO50wTrKB

This year’s Light A Fire Award winners will be honored at a gala event on November 21st, presented by Bank of America! More information about the event is available here: http://ow.ly/IgED50wTrKA

Congratulations, Becky!

Daimler Trucks Sponsors Week of Grocery Deliveries for 228 Homebound Seniors

During the week of October 21st, 2019, Daimler Trucks North America sponsored all Store to Door delivery costs for homebound seniors and people with disabilities. During that period the program made 228 total deliveries from both Beaverton Town Center and Hollywood West Fred Meyer locations, bringing much-needed nourishment to homebound seniors and people with disabilities in the Portland metro area.

The sponsorship was a part of Store to Door’s Support-A-Week program, which involves community partners in the program’s work and allows them to directly support Store to Door clients on either a day or week basis.

Store to Door’s work is almost entirely volunteer-supported, and teams of Daimler employees followed up by volunteer shopping at our Hollywood location both Wednesday and Thursday!

Supporting Store to Door since 2016, Daimler has been a valuable partner in our work providing nourishment, connection, and dignity to seniors and homebound people in our community, and we are grateful for their commitment to our mission!

First Annual Store to Door Giving Tree!

We are excited to announce our first annual Store to Door Giving Tree!

Beginning the first week of November we will have trees in our office and each store decorated with gift tags describing a gift for a specific Store to Door client.

Giving Tree gifts will be small—under $20 in value—but will be meaningful items requested by our clients themselves! We cant wait to share some holiday cheer with our clients, and we hope you’ll help us make our inaugural giving tree a roaring success!

Gift tags will be available beginning the week of November 4th in our office and both stores!

Welcome to our Newest Board Member, Magnus McDowell

I have a lot of respect for the staff, volunteers and supporters of Store to Door and the work being done to provide an important service to people in our community whose needs aren’t always apparent and whose thanks isn’t always conspicuous.”
Magnus McDowell

We are excited to announce Magnus McDowell as the newest member of the Store to Door Board of Directors! Currently Senior Vice President supporting middle market business lending activities for U.S. Bank, Magnus has a rich background in public accounting and banking.

While Magnus’ own relationship with Store to Door began with volunteer shopping earlier this year, his wife Kris has been a Volunteer Order Taker with Store to Door since 2014, and is a member of our LoVE League!

After transferring to the Portland area in 2010, Magnus served on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Multnomah County Library in addition to a number of other volunteer and board roles. Looking for new ways to get involved, Magnus was interested in Store to Door’s ongoing relationship with his current employer. “I was both surprised and delighted to learn that Store to Door has been supported by U.S. Bank in the past,” says Magnus. “Given my interest in the organization and the mission of Store to Door, my joining the board seems like a great fit.”

In addition to the ongoing process of hiring a new Executive Director, Magnus is excited about the prospect of supporting the implementation of our Equitable Outreach Plan (read more about our equity journey here): “I have a lot of respect for the staff, volunteers and supporters of Store to Door and the work being done to provide an important service to people in our community whose needs aren’t always apparent and whose thanks isn’t always conspicuous.”

Please help us extend a warm welcome to Magnus— we are confident that Magnus’ background and skillset will make him a valuable asset to our organization. We are happy to have him aboard!

Volunteer Spotlight: Doug Hatch

Doug, right, pictured with a fellow First Tech volunteer.

This month, we sat down with Doug Hatch! Doug has been volunteering as a shopper with Store to Door for nearly 18 months and has become a valued member of our shopping team at the Beaverton Fred Meyer. Thank you, Doug!

Q: How long have you volunteered with Store to Door and what role do you help us with?

A: I began with Store to Door mid-2018. It was through my employer, First Tech FCU. They organized a team to volunteer through their community outreach office. We’ve done several through First Tech but most of my volunteering has been individually. I am a volunteer shopper at the Beaverton Town Center Fred Meyer store.

Q: What do you enjoy about your volunteer experiences?

A: I feel that they best thing I can give of is my time and my desire to help someone in need. When I am volunteering, I feel connected to the client. I put myself in their shoes. Food can be a very personal thing with many people, be it a certain brand or specific flavor. And clients are relying on me to get what they wish to have. That’s why I take great care in trying to find exactly what they are looking for. I enjoy that satisfaction of helping provide them with what they want and need.

Q: How do you balance volunteering during a work day?

A: Well it works out quite well. I work from 10-7 on Wednesdays so the 8-10 shopping works out perfectly.

Q: We’re about to enter the rainy season here in Portland, are you #TeamUmbrella?

A: I’m sorry to say I don’t know what that is, but in rainy weather I use a Columbia rain jacket with a hood. It’s the first thing I bought when I moved here from the East Coast.

Q: What’s your favorite cold-weather food or drink to stay warm?

A: nice spicy bowl of chili!

Q: Let’s all imagine fun and sun…you’re going to the beach, what’s one thing you bring every time?

A: Six pack IPA, a beach towel, and my dog Tink, a Maltese-lhasa mix who loves the beach. She’ll run up to the water and when a wave starts to come in she’ll bark at it until it gets close then backs up quickly.

Foundation presents Store to Door with $10,000 proceeds from Impact Partner program!

Foundation presented Store to Door with $10,000, the result of our quarter as a featured nonprofit partnership for this year! The partnership, which began in early March with an “Impact” kickoff event, continued for 3 months, during which time Foundation donated 100% of its profits to Store to Door!

Foundation, founded in August 2018, works to champion a wide variety of social movements through a combination of fashion, philanthropy and community dialogue. Each quarter the women of Foundation research and carefully select a non-profit organization whose mission they strongly believe in. Foundation kicks off each partnership with an Impact event, an evening of fashion, philanthropy, food and drinks, that it hopes brings awareness to each organization’s mission. The community is invited to learn about Foundation’s non-profit partners, celebrate their great work and contribute to the cause by shopping the season’s best styles. Foundation donates 100 percent of profits and features ethical and socially conscious brands in its store.

Spirit Mountain Community Find Supports Store to Door with $16,000 Grant

Board President Mike Beaty and Interim Executive Director Paul Lipscomb visited Grand Ronde, OR in early September to receive a grant from Spirit Mountain Community Fund. SMCF awarded Store to Door with $16,000 dollars, which will be invaluable in our work supporting homebound seniors and people with disabilities!

We appreciate SMCF’s commitment to supporting independent living for Store to Door clients, and we are grateful for their support!

Mountainside High Students Make Cards for Seniors

On September 18th, Students at Mountainside High School in Beaverton teamed up to make greeting cards for Store to Door clients! With 133 students involved, they presented us GIANT envelope of cards—we know our clients will appreciate their hard work.

Store to Door’s 4th annual Nourish to Flourish Gala raised over $148,000!

On Thursday, September 12th, The Exchange Ballroom filled to the brim with more than 200 friends, who enjoyed a lively evening of Golden Tickets, Blinky Rings, our Store to Door version of ‘The Price is Right,’ scrumptious bites and beverages, and a spectacular array of amazing auction packages!

Not only did our generous sponsors of Nourish to Flourish make this event possible, but they also help carry out our service through our corporate volunteer program, as well as our grocery service partnerships!

We are eternally thankful for such a committed and selfless community of supporters who allow us to further our mission to bring nourishment, connection, and dignity to Portland’s homebound seniors and adults living with disabilities.

We also deeply appreciate our clients, who are unable to attend events like this. In addition to inviting us into their homes every week, they let us into their hearts as well, and bring so much meaning to the work that we do.

If you missed joining us for Nourish to Flourish, be sure to check out this video featuring one of our wonderful clients, Joey, and her dedicated delivery driver, Sandy.

Eager to see more? You can see all the fantastic photos from the night below!

Thank you to everyone who attended or volunteered at the event! We hope you’ll join us next year for our 30th anniversary celebration! Stay tuned for details!

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