The Salvation Army Portland Tabernacle

Nicola Treez

They truly care about people. I've had a really rough year and they have helped give me some food to hold me over so I could eat.

Jerry McDaniel

On December 1st I arrived in Portland from Detroit as I searched for a New home. As I exited the Greyhound bus along the curb, I expected the worst day of my life to begin. But, it didn’t because I found reasonable accommodation in the city. Several days thereafter, a hometown friend suggested the Hawthorne Hostel as a temporary solution. I was skeptical at first as I found myself thrust into an environment that emphasized communal harmony over individual station and position in life. Like too many, I couldn’t have been more wrong. I was able to interact with people from across the nation and around the world. My epiphany: we aren’t as different as we think we are. Contact and communication built Bridges and potential lifelong friendships in a short period of time. Sharing meals lead to sharing experiences and ideas: this, in turn, stimulated discussion and fostered greater understanding. And hope for a better tomorrow in a reasonably priced accommodation that United people from here and around the world for a short period of time. So I leave the experience of the hostel behind, but never forgotten, as I transition into the city of Portland and search for more affordable accommodation and friendship.

Diane Mason

I hv been gtting foodbox from the Salvation Army now for 4yrs. Staff is friendly and if u hv a special request for like coffee or meat they are glad to see if they hv it.

Eunice Swanson

The Salvation Army is a wonderful organization and the people that serve are kind, loving and generous of their time and resources to help everyone in need.