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2015 Store will be Located
in Lloyd Center Mall
Project Lemonade is pleased to announce that our 2015 store location is in the Lloyd Center Mall. We wish to thank Vicki Morton and the Lloyd Center Mall Management for generously donating this incredible space. The store is located on the 2nd floor near the old Nordstrom. “We could not have asked for a more ideal location which is accessible by MAX and Metro, has plenty of free parking, and is in a shopping mall,“ commented Rhonda Meadows, Project Lemonade founder.
We are very busy setting up the store. Here are some of the highlights so far this season:
- We have had over 10 corporate work parties.
- 142 volunteers have already worked more than 426 volunteer hours.
- We have bundled more than 3000 pairs of underwear and more than 2000 pairs of socks.
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Volunteering on your Summer Agenda? Sign up with us!
June and July are very busy months for Project Lemonade as we work long hours to prepare the store for our shoppers. If you and your friends, family, organization or business wish to volunteer please sign up using this link:
http://vols.pt/qLCY8o
Please note: We have already filled almost half of the available volunteer spots for this season. Sign up soon to guarantee your chance to work at the store this year!
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Sawyer Klarp Makes an Impact
For his community service Action Project Sawyer Klarp, an 8th grade student at Rachael Carson Middle School, chose to volunteer at Project Lemonade and organize a donation drive. Sawyer started in July 2014 with volunteer hours at the store. He helped sort, organize and merchandise clothes. He also helped move boxes and tear down the store. Lastly, he sorted boxes and clothing at the storage unit.
For his donation event, he sent home flyers to all the students and emails to the parents requesting they bring in donations for the clothing boxes. With the support of his school Sawyer collected eight large garbage bags of donations. Sawyer said the greatest impact this project had on him was learning the needs of foster children (back to school clothes so they look like all the other kids and have confidence) and getting more people to donate to and be aware of Project Lemonade.
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Fill the Truck – A Community Way to Support Project Lemonade
In recognition of May’s Foster Care Awareness month Project Lemonade hosted its first Fill the Truck event in the West Hills neighborhood on May 2. Neighbors were able to conveniently drop off new and nearly new items in a rented moving truck. Over 56 neighbors generously donated clothing and shoes, more than $1,500 was raised, and the truck was filled! If your neighborhood, workplace, school or organization would like to learn how to organize a Fill the Truck event contact Madison Burke: madison.projectlemonade@gmail.com
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Jim Neill Memorial Golf Tournament
Project Lemonade is honored to be the recipient of proceeds from the 5th annual Jim Neill Memorial Golf Tournament. This tournament will be hosted on Friday, August 14th at Eastmoreland Golf Course in Portland, Oregon. The 2015 tournament promises a great day of golf, fun, food and prizes! The tournament will feature a shotgun start with a "scramble" format. Immediately following golf, join other participants and benefactors for an awards luncheon and silent auction – all proceeds support Project Lemonade! To register please visit: www.jimneill.org
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Columbia Sportswear Shares Profits
In May, Columbia Sportswear gave volunteers and supporters of Project Lemonade an employee day pass, which enabled them to shop at a 50% off discount at the employee store. Ten percent of all purchases made by Project Lemonade shoppers were donated to Project Lemonade. We thank Columbia Sportswear for this generous partnership.
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Store Opening Pre-Party Celebration!
Please join us for our Store Opening Pre-Party, on Tuesday, July 28th from 4-7pm. The party will take place at our 2015 location at Lloyd Center and will give volunteers a chance to help us celebrate another successful store set up before our doors open to the foster youth on Thursday, July 30th. Come meet some of our board members, share a glass of wine and help us toast to our upcoming season!
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Mark your calendars!
June 30: Last day to donate nearly new clothing for this year's event
July 1: Foster families can register to shop at store
July 28: Pre-Party store celebration
July 30: Store opens to foster youth
August 14: Jim Neill memorial golf tournament
August 23: Last day the store is open
September 25: Second annual luncheon benefit
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Emmy Winning Stylist for the TV show Portlandia to be Keynote Speaker for September Luncheon
We are honored to have Amanda Needham, an Emmy award winning stylist with the TV show Portlandia as our keynote speaker at the September 25th fundraiser luncheon. Amanda will share her amazing life story, which includes time in foster care. This year’s luncheon will be held at the Multnomah Athletic Club. For details click here: www.projectlemonadepdx.org/what-were-up-to-1/
If you or your business would like to be a luncheon sponsor or host a table please contact teribeatty@windermere.com
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Maya Milne’s Sixth Grade Service Project
“For my service project I had the honor of working with Project Lemonade. They are an organization that helps foster kids get access to clothes, their goal is to inspire success and build self esteem. To help, I got to sort clothes into different sizes and gender. In April I held a clothing drive. I raised a huge amount of clothes and I'm so thankful I had an opportunity to help. The project definitely made me feel very thankful for what I have and it felt amazing to help others. I plan to help Project Lemonade throughout the summers and school years in the future. My entire service project would not have been successful without my mentor Kirsten Brady. I would like to thank her for taking the time to help me figure how I can help!"
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Many Many Thanks
In the last several months Project Lemonade has received much community support through donations of funding and clothing. We are extremely grateful for your generosity. Adidas, Agave, Bagallini-Sue Bailey, Tom Hughes, Wade Seigel, CARE Foundation (Harold and Arlene Schnitzer), Gordon Cummings, Columbia Sportswear, Eileen and Peter Galen, Fred Meyer-Jenni Bakke, Hanna Andersson, Irwin Foundation, Kimball-Anhaltzer Foundation, Komar Kids, Norm Thompson/Sahalie, OJCYF of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, Shah Safari, Sock and Accessory Brands Global, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, TJ Maxx, Thread Collective, Umpqua Bank, Wheeler Foundation, Yale Club of Oregon and SW Washington, Jim Neill Foundation Golf Tournament.
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Birthday Wish is Donations to Project Lemonade
Thank you Jen Andres, a former board member of Project Lemonade, who included a clothing collection in a VW Bug at her birthday party. The Bug was literally filled with mostly new donations to Project Lemonade. We love your inspiration and creativity! And thank you to all your guests who gave so generously to foster youth with clothing and monetary donations.
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Donate to Project Lemonade This Summer!
Please consider making a donation to Project Lemonade in your or someone else’s name this summer season. All monetary donations are tax deductible.
DONATE TODAY!
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