Trillium Family Services
Trillium Family Services formed in 1998 when Waverly Children’s Home, the Parry Center for Children, and the Children’s Farm Home, three of Oregon’s most historic children’s service agencies, joined forces. This merger was completed in an effort to build a more effective integrated care system with a statewide reach. As a result, they created one of Oregon’s largest non-profit providers of mental health services to children and their families. Annually, Trillium serves nearly 7,000 of these children and their families from 30 Oregon counties, providing vital programs and help to those who would otherwise have nowhere to turn.
www.trilliumfamily.org
Evans Scholars Foundation
The Evans Scholars Foundation, which was created in 1930 by golf legend Chick Evans, is the nation’s largest privately funded college scholarship program. Since its inception, the Foundation has made over $100 million in scholarship tuition payments and provided college educations to more than 8,500 deserving youth caddies. Nearly all of the Evans Scholars receiving aid attended one of the 14 universities around the country where the Foundation maintains a Scholarship House. www.evansscholarsfoundation.com
Oregon Junior Golf Foundation
Oregon Junior Golf Foundation primarily focused on promoting junior golf through education and amateur competitions, reaches more than 1,000 youth of all skill levels between 8 and 17 years of age across Oregon. The OJGF supports more than 40 summer competitions and assists youth with travel to USGA events, Junior World events, Americas Cup Matches and the Pacific Ladies Junior Team Matches. The Foundation also sponsors the Eddie Hogan Cup Team Matches and the Erling Jacobsen Tour. www.oga.org
Boys & Girls Clubs
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Portland have served Oregon communities for over 60 years. The core strategy of BGC is designed to instill in every Club member a sense of belonging, competence, usefulness, and power or influence over their lives. Focused on transforming youth into future community leaders, the organization holds true to its credo of “inspiring and enabling all young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.” With six locations around the Metro area, BGC serves over 10,000 youth a year. More than 85% of their annual operating budget is made up by vital donations such as those provided by the Safeway Classic. www.bgcportland.org
Easter Seals Oregon
Easter Seals Oregon has provided special needs services to children and adults in Oregon since 1947. With several service locations, Easters Seals Oregon is able to provide a wide variety of services to families across the state. The Easter Seals Children’s Therapy Center in Salem focuses on autism and the therapy needs of youth while the Rogue Valley Center in Southern Oregon focuses on teens and their need to connect with peers. Other ESO programs include summer and day camps for children and adults, a money management program, a senior employment and community service program, the Oregon Epilepsy Project, and the Latino Connection Program. or.easterseals.com
Police Activities League
Police Activities League of Greater Portland provides educational, recreational, and athletic programs to disadvantaged youth in and around Portland. Aspiring to connect law enforcement and youth in a positive way, PAL uses their programs to instill positive life principles and character building tools in an effort to deter juvenile crime and violence. While most of the youth that PAL serves are considered at-risk, many coming from low-income/high-risk areas, PAL consider all youth to be at-risk. www.portlandpal.org
