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Welcome!Help us start 2010 off the best way possible by volunteering to help those in need! Find out how you can help by clicking on this volunteer link! The Goose Hollow Family Shelter is open for it's 16th season!The Goose Hollow Family Shelter is an emergency winter shelter for homeless families with children that was founded in 1994. The shelter operates each winter from November 1 - May 31. We are one of the few shelters in the Portland metropolitan area that allows homeless families to stay together while living in temporary shelter.Last year was one of the busiest shelter seasons that we have ever seen - we were constantly full of homeless families with children. Many of our families last year were 2-parent families who had never been homeless before. We helped 48 families with children last year, and helped 34 of those families find housing. In all, 70.8% of our families found permanent housing solutions. Thank you to everyone who helped out last year by volunteering, donating items or money, and supporting our families with children. You can continue to help out at the shelter by...
Thanks for visiting our new website! It will be growing over the next few months, making new features and web services available for all of us! Thanks for checking us out! |
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Our goal is to improve the lives of the people who reside as guests in our shelter.
Our mission is to provide a temporary safe haven for homeless families, access to transitional services, and advocacy for social change that eliminates homelessness. For technical concerns, please contact webmaster[at]goosehollowfamilyshelter.org |