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Spreading the Love!

Thanks to IStandForLove and the LifeIsBeautiful calendar matching weekend, 300 inspirational calendars were donated to SARC!  We will be spreading the love throughout our community by sharing these calendars with those we serve as well as our amazing volunteers who make it all possible.  A huge thank you to everyone who purchased calendars over Thanksgiving weekend, and of course, to Sarah Love for her kindness and sharing her creation with us!

To support a local Portland artist and continue spreading the love, you can purchase the LifeIsBeautiful calendar here: www.istandforlove.com/shop-o-love

Volunteer Opportunities at SARC

Are you looking to get involved in the community, make a positive impact toward ending sexual violence, and gain direct service skills? We are currently interviewing for both Support Line Advocates and Prevention Education Volunteers.

Detailed position descriptions here

Contact us at volunteer@sarcoregon.org with any questions or to set up an initial interview.

Winter Training starts February 2nd, so contact us today!

Interested in getting involved in a different capacity? Our volunteer opportunities are continually evolving to fit the needs of our community as well as the desires and goals of interested volunteers. If you have skills you want to share or ideas that would support our programs, let us know! We’re always looking for new ways to collaborate. Below you will find a list of our current opportunities, with more coming soon.

Contact us for more information today!

Spread the love!

Sarah Love, the creator of these fabulous calendars and the istandforlove moment, was kind enough to offer to host a matching event! For every calendar sold over from Thanksgiving through Giving Tues (November 26-December 1st) she will donate a calendar to SARC!

These make amazing gifts, so considering purchasing a calendar and please share this event with your networks. For more info and to order calendars (on or after Thursday), check out their website here

A HUGE thank you to Sarah for her extreme generosity, warm heart and willingness and dedication to filling this world with love!

Operation Santa

SARC invites you to give back to your community this holiday season by donating to our annual ‘Operation Santa’ event that helps us to provide the youth we serve with clothing, food, and other basic needs…

Please read details in the image and share with your family and friends!

SHADES Fundraiser for SARC

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Portland’s SHADES community is having a fundraiser for SARC with Portland based DJ Anjali! A no cover dance party! Come on down to Dig a Pony on SE Grand, Friday, 11/20, and support local artists, businesses, and non-profits.

Facebook Event

Volunteer With SARC

 

We would love to have more volunteers trained to support us on our hotline. If you are passionate about supporting survivors of sexual assault and trafficking or no someone who might be please spread the word and get connected!

THANK YOU to Our Volunteers & Sponsors

Volunteer Appreciation 2015

We had another great volunteer appreciation event this year. SARC volunteers donate thousands of hours of advocacy, community outreach, event planning, and office assistance to our organization each year. In 2014 alone, our advocates provided over 15,000 hours of service, offered in-person support to 124 violence survivors, and took nearly 2,000 calls on our support line – a truly incredible gift to our community. A million thanks to all of the businesses and community partners who have helped us to support and celebrate their commitment to this work.Volunteer-appreciation_1

The Float Shoppe  Volunteer-appreciation_3
Camamu Soap
Portland Juice Company
The Body Shop
Whole Foods Greenway Market
Nothing Bundt Cake
Elements Therapeutic Massage
ME Fitness Studios
Lush Cosmetics
Float On
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Salt and Straw
Zama Massage
Sellwood Soap
Vance Family Candles
Costco
Stash Tea
Portland Nursery
Toro Bravo
Zen Space
Kruger’s Farm Market
New Seasons Market
Bitch Magazine
Another Read Through
Tresor Day Spa
New Deal Distillery
Gravy
Cupcake Jones
People’s Food Co-op
Grand Central Bakery and Café
Portland Style Cheesecake
Trader Joes
Starbucks
Imago Dei
Hotlips Soda
Einstein Bros. Bagels
Whole Foods Sandy
Peet’s Coffee and Tea
Mississippi Pizza
Pizza A Go Go
Rocket Pizza

Recruiting Volunteers for SARC

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Help us spread the word! SARC will be interviewing potential volunteers for our Crisis Response Program throughout the month of May. We are seeking highly dedicated individuals interested in providing in-person and over the phone support to survivors of sexual assault and commercial sexual exploitation in the Portland metro area.

A detailed position description, copy of our June training calendar, and answers to frequently asked questions can be found here.

To find out more, or set up an initial interview please contact SARC’s Volunteer Program Manager at volunteer[at]sarcoregon.org or (503) 626-9100 x226.

‘Hope in the Wind’ Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Project

JANUARY PROCLAIMED AS NATIONAL SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH

The Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC) is honored to present our first annual Trafficking Awareness & Prevention Project. The goal of the project is to increase awareness about human trafficking in our community and around the world. This year’s theme is based on the tradition of the Tibetan Prayer flag and we need YOU to help us!

Here is how you can help:

1) Decorate a blank flag and send it back to us. We are inviting you to join us in creating prayer flags. All of the decorated flags will be strung together and displayed in Portland’s City Hall between January 7 – January 30th, 2015.

To participate in flag decoration, please email us your mailing address and the number of flags you want to decorate at SarcHTAM[at]Gmail.com. We will send you a blank muslin flag and a return envelope. We encourage you to be creative and embellish the flag any way you like. There is no cost to request and decorate flags, but please return your decorated flag in the enclosed by December 31st, 2014.

2) Buy a decorated flag on Facebook or in-person at the Closing Reception
As flags are returned to us, we will post them on our Facebook page for sale.
The Facebook event page

3) Make a donation:
Your helpful donations assist in the elimination of sexual exploitation of children.
To make a donation, please use PayPal via our website: sarcoregon.org

Closing Reception: January 30th, from 4-6pm at Portland’s City Hall
We invite you to attend the Closing Reception. Admission to the reception is free but we encourage those attending to purchase flags or donate generously to SARC.

Good Times Raising Awareness at Lola’s Room

SARC benefit concert

Thanks to everyone who came out to the benefit concert, we had a great time! We wanted to offer a good mix of music in the line-up and offer a nice variety to appeal to the audience. Raising awareness was our #1 goal. We had the opportunity to share what and who SARC is and speak about our causes along with a slideshow.

As our first concert, we are proud to have held the event and couldn’t have done so without the help of many folks. It all started with the McMenamins family with their generosity and commitment to the community and so, the search was on for bands. A bonus was Pixxl PDX who set up their photo style booth with fun props where we had SARC specific signs to throw into the mix.

View photos from the show here >>

All musicians were (and are) so sweet and gracious, it warms our hearts.
The crew at McMenamins–they know what they’re doing.

We hope you enjoyed the show! We rely on members of the community like you to help keep SARC available to those in need.

Support the great musicians who came out in support of SARC and thanks all for coming out to the show! We’d love to hear from you. Let us know on any feedback so we can make it even more successful next time. We hope to make it our annual fundraiser event.

Much love and gratitude goes to:

McMenamins
Tiburones
Supraphonics
Rllrbll
Little Warrior
Pixxl PDX
Christine Ellworth