Saturday, August 15 we worked at New Avenues for Youth (NAFY). NAFY has a beautiful facility in Downtown Portland where homeless and at-risk young people can come, be safe, have some food, play some games and do some laundry. They can also make art! NAFY has a lot of supplies (Some of which were gathered by Return Serve members and friends in May and April of this year!) but staff has no time to put them where they go. The art room has nice cabinets and counter space and just needed a bit of T.L.C. The story was similar in the clothing closet. Shannon, Nadine and Emily took the art room and Bryan and Michael (Visiting Portland from California!) tidied the closet. In a few hours, both rooms were looking good and we were getting excited about the next art projects that might take place in the space. Knitting? Screen printing? Water color? Photography? The supplies are all there! The kids using the drop-in center even gave us a very sweet round of applause as we left.
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