The promise of equity
UNICEF works to give a fair chance in life to every child, everywhere, especially the most disadvantaged.
Our Vision
A world where children never go hungry, young people are always educated, families are financially stable, older adults remain connected and all humans are healthy, happy and cared for.
Our Work
Children & Youth
Health & Wellness
Economic Stability
Our Reach
At Home
In School
In the Community
The Latest
We’re in Give!Guide
We’re in the Give!Guide this year!
Metropolitan Family Service and Willamette Week Give!Guide are asking YOU to join us to help Move Lives Forward for 18,000 people in our community!
Give here! https://bit.ly/2D7F1GP
$10+ donors get a free Chinook Book mobile app (600+ discounts and freebies)📱
$25+ donors (first 56 people) get a free haircut from Bishops Cuts & Color! 💇🏽
$50+ donors get entered into two raffles: a Rumpl camping package, and a David Flores print from Flat Blak Gallery (valued over $200!) 🎨🏕
$200+ donors get a private party for 10 at Eastside Distilling🎉
A Gathering of Good – Thank You!
What an inspiring and fun evening! Over $252,000 was raised to support MFS programs. We look forward to moving our work forward in partnership with all of you.
Social Purpose Works – Interview on MetroEast
Social Purpose Works, MFS’s new program pairing pro-bono professionals with non-profits, was recently featured on MetroEast Community Hotline! SPW is unique in its focus on using professionally skilled volunteers to tackle capacity building projects.
Watch the video here, and check out the SPW website here.
Cooking Classes from MFS Hunger Relief Team
Last Thursday, MFS Hunger Relief programs held a Vietnamese cooking class at West Powellhurst, led by MFS Hunger Relief AmeriCorps member Thu Le, and two Vietnamese community members. They taught parents, students and volunteers how to make Vietnamese salad rolls and peanut sauce, sticky coconut rice, and a Vietnamese chicken and vegetable soup. 🥥🍲🍴
Each family took home a bag of healthy groceries and recipes! Thank you, Portland Children’s Levy for the support!
This is one of THIRTY healthy cooking workshops being held by the MFS Hunger Relief team at our SUN Schools!
Grant Awarded – MFS SUN Culturally Inclusive Cooking Club
Caty Marshall, MFS SUN Site Coordinator at H.B Lee Middle School, has been awarded the Educator Grant from Teaching Tolerance to start a Culturally Inclusive Cooking Club at her school! 🍲☀👏🏽
Read Caty’s story, featured on the Teaching Tolerance website, about why this cooking club is so crucial for her students.
