Sunstone Way

With measles cases increasing in our community, staying up to date on vaccines and getting care when you need it is more important than ever.

Did you know that there are mobile clinic resources available across Multnomah County? They offer medical, dental, and lab services including adult vaccines, illness care, physical exams, reproductive health, pregnancy testing, limited prescriptions, and dental cleanings at select locations. Everyone is welcome, and you can pay what you’re able.

Services are first-come, first-served. Find a location and schedule near you:
https://healthcenter.multco.us/current-patients/find-more-support/mobile-clinic

Huge thanks to and The Pull Up PDX for offering up their kombucha haul and sharing 7 cases with Naito Village!🙌

Meet Bella! 💙 Bella is the companion of one of our Weidler Village participants, and thanks to the incredible folks at Fern's Place, she was able to receive temporary fostering while her owner focused on receiving treatment. Too often, lack of pet care can be a barrier to accessing medical or addiction services. Fern's Place stepped in quickly to make sure Bella was safe and loved, removing that barrier and allowing our participant to focus on healing.

Shoutout to Fern’s Place and our Weidler Village team for making moments like this possible! 🐾✨

As part of our focus this month on housing and economic justice, we’re highlighting local organizations like Equitable Giving Circle, founded by Black women and femmes with the belief that true equity comes from intersectional leadership that centers Black women.

Equitable Giving Circle supports the Portland Black community by working to eliminate food insecurity, advance equitable housing and education, and expand access to wellness and care, including a free market pop-up for Black and Brown community members held every Thursday.

Learn more about Equitable Giving Circle’s work and explore ways to support their community-led impact at www.equitablegivingcircle.org.

We want to give a huge thanks to Portland's Folk Festival 🎶💛

2026 marked our third year partnering, and we’re so grateful to once again be a beneficiary of this festival. This year, PFF's support also included a canned food drive for our shelter programs, making a real and immediate impact for the people we serve.

We appreciate Scott for taking the time to drop off donations in person and the rest of the Portland’s Folk Festival team and community for their continued generosity. Partnerships like this show how much stronger we are when we come together - we can't wait for next year!

Last week, we received a letter of thanks from a local community medical partner, asking that we share their profound gratitude for the Market Street Shelter team and the compassionate care provided to their patient. As we reflect on the legacy of this program, we’re deeply proud of the compassion and commitment shown by our staff every day.

The Centennial Neighborhood Overnight Shelter is now open!

Operated by Sunstone Way in partnership with Eastside Imago Dei Community and the City of Portland, OR, the shelter provides emergency overnight shelter for adults at 3130 SE 148th Ave with up to 96 beds available nightly.

The shelter operates 9:00pm – 7:00am, with check-in first come, first served from 8:30pm – 9:30pm (please don’t line up more than 30 minutes early). Space is limited, bring only items you can carry. One leashed pet per guest is allowed, and no weapons are permitted.

Please contact our shelter line directly for intake and waitlist information:(503) 343-0690 ext. 1008

We’re grateful for the opportunity to provide this resource and for the partnerships that make it possible. If you know someone who could benefit from overnight shelter, please share information.

Houselessness cannot be separated from race. Black communities are disproportionately impacted due to long-standing systems rooted in segregation, discrimination, and criminalization.

This Black History Month, we’re highlighting community-led organizations working toward housing and economic justice. During the month, we’ll be highlighting each organization individually and sharing more about their work and impact.

Community-led solutions are essential to ending houselessness. Please follow and support these organizations shaping a more just housing future in Portland.

Equitable Giving Circle
PDX Housing Solidarity Project
Black Resilience Fund (a program of Brown Hope)
Urban League of Portland

On January 13th our COO, Alicia Hovanas, joined the Multnomah County Commission for the Adult Shelter Work Session to speak on what local shelter providers are seeing every day.

The data and the lived reality align, when people are housing ready, shelter staff are highly effective at helping them secure documentation, benefits, income, and successful exits to housing. But a large portion of the people shelters are serving today are just not housing ready.

There is a growing mismatch between what the shelter system was designed to do and the level of mental health, medical, and long-term support many people now need. Shelters should be short-term stabilization - not the default response for people with higher levels of support needs.

If we want better outcomes, we must build a continuum of care that truly meets people where they are.

📷: Multnomah County