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Dinner and Drumming!

Every Sunday night under the Hawthorne bridge, Board Member Dale brings food for those that are hungry.

The east side Esplanade is home to the Portland Drum Circle every Sunday night from 8pm-12am and home to a large homeless population. People stop by to get a bite to eat, play or listen to some drums and enjoy the atmosphere. For a lot of people this may be the only hot meal they get this week.

This last Sunday Dale used the food donations from the Zero Waste program to offer a hot bowl of ham and beans, baked chicken, prepared salads and snack foods.

MudBlosm does weekly food donations to several community partners, those struggling with financial insecurity such as low income seniors and people who are unhoused.

 

MudBlosm Connects!

It has been a busy week for the MudBlosm team! Thanks to the Zero Waste program we were able to deliver food to those in need which included low income seniors and Cielo Treatment Center.

According to the USDA more than 34 million people in the US are experiencing food insecurity on a regular basis. With rising food costs, those numbers will keep increasing.

MudBlosm is excited to provide consistent access to food and help end hunger in our community!

We can always use more volunteers and funds to keep this program going. Please contact us or donate today to help us help others.

MudBlosm gets a freezer for future food donations

 

Founder Jessica Johnson cannot contain her excitement for the new freezer!
Jessica loves this new freezer!
Hats, scarves, gloves and leg warmers to give to those in need

Currently food insecurity is at an all time high, with rising food prices and low snap benefits, most moderate to low income households and those that are houseless struggle to buy groceries or get enough to eat.  MudBlosm is in the process of receiving food donations to ease that burden because everyone should have enough to eat!

We are so grateful for the generous donation from Hamilton’s Appliances of a seven foot box freezer to help facilitate the food donations. They also donated hundreds of socks, gloves, leg warmers and scarves for us to hand out to those in need. Thank you Hamilton’s for helping us to be able to help others!

A cold but happy day at Potluck in the Park!

Last week it was 33 degrees out when we teamed up with Potluck in the Park! We handed out clothing, shoes and hygiene items to over 50 people on January 29, 2023.

Jethro Huff came by and badly needed new shoes, his looked ok except one actually had no sole. We didn’t have shoes in his size but volunteers including Cass Sciangalepore, sprang into action and went shopping to find him a gently used pair of size 13 shoes. His leg was swollen and badly infected, so we were thrilled we could help him with new shoes!

A previous recipient, Juan stopped by to say hello and visit for a while. Another person (not pictured) showed up, freezing and scared about a bad infection in his hand so we took him to the Emergency Department to get treatment.

This is what Mudblosm is about, helping those in need. We are all in this together so be kind whenever you can!

Our bi-weekly visit to Potluck in the Park 1.15.2023

We are spending every Sunday we can at Potluck in the Park to bring people much needed supplies, especially in this cold weather. Making connections with people is the most important part. It was great to see someone we helped in the past come by today and thank us!

LaGmone came and thanked me for the jacket we gave him last year. It was great to see him again.

11/27/2022 Sunday afternoon helping people in need

I was invited to Potluck in the Park in downtown Portland to provide shoes, socks, hats, gloves and coats to people in need  while others handed out food. After, we stopped under the Hawthorne bridge to continue our day of handing out needed items to individuals in need. A lot of very thankful people.