Food Drive with Haggen Food & Pharmacy and Furniture Outlet

A great way to help homeless and hurting neighbors this Thanksgiving is to bring non-perishable items to Furniture Outlet locations or purchase $5 grocery bags at Haggen Food & Pharmacy stores.

You can purchase the $5 grocery bags or donate non-perishable food items at the following Haggen Food & Pharmacy locations:

Oregon City
19701 Highway 213
Oregon City, OR

Tanasbourne Town Center
18000 NW Evergreen Pkwy.
Beaverton, OR

Murray Hill
9055 SW Murray Blvd.
Beaverton, OR

Tualatin
8514 SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd
Tualatin, OR


Furniture Outlet locations are also accepting donations of non-perishable food items at these locations:

Tigard
14255 SW Pacific Hwy 99W
Tigard, OR

Hubbard
3776 Pacific Hwy 99E
Hubbard, OR

McMinnville
2435 NE Cumulus Ave
McMinnville, OR

Salem
2787 NE Lancaster Dr
Salem, OR

We thank these businesses for partnering with us to provide meals to our neighbors in need!

Wow! 1,101 meals served at Thanksgiving

The day began early, as crews came to set up the 120' foot NW Natural Gas tent at 6:00 am and volunteers began preparing a the meal...

Over 300 volunteers were involved in preparing the Thanksgiving meal.

More than an hour before the event began, a line stretched along the block at W. Burnside street.

The NW Natural Gas tent was quickly filled as volunteer served 1,101 meals in just 4 short hours.

Yesterday, we only had 80 turkeys, but by Thanksgiving morning, nearly 300 turkeys had poured into Union Gospel Mission! We are blessed and humbled by the generosity of our community this Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving Dinner for 1,000 at Union Gospel Mission

Thanksgiving is a mere 48 hours away. Many are preparing for friends and family to arrive for the big meal.

At Union Gospel Mission we are preparing for a big meal- a REALLY big meal, enough to feed over 1,000 people.

Here are the numbers:

100 Turkeys
175 lbs of stuffing
450 lbs mashed potatoes
60 gallons of gravy
200 lbs of yams
200 lbs mixed vegetables
2,000 dinner rolls
225 pies
60 gallons of juice

As I type at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, we are short 20 turkeys. We should be able to make it work with 80, but it would be nice to have the 100 turkeys to ensure we can generously heap the turkey meat on every plate, and provide some turkeys for food boxes for individuals and families in need.

Its not too late to help! You can give online at www.ugmportland.org or call us at 503-274-4483 or drop off a turkey at 15 NW Third Avenue in Portland.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Turkey time!

This is the time of year when Union Gospel Mission becomes a hive of activity! We are busily preparing for a Thanksgiving feast- a real feast- enough to serve 1,500 traditional Thanksgiving meals. Just to give you an idea- we will serve 100 turkeys, 450 pounds (yes, pounds) of mashed potatoes, 60 gallons of gravy...you get the idea.

This special meal is for people who are homeless or in need. We want to be great!

Right now, we need turkeys...that's LifeChange resident Marc, posing with our blow up turkey mascot in the Mission dining room. The sign says, "We need turkeys!" We do...drop them off at 15 NW Third Ave., in Portland. You can give us a "virtual turkey" by donating to support the meal at http://www.ugmportland.org/

Thank you...and we hope you are blessed as we move into the holidays.