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The Newberg Community Shelter requires 225 volunteers per month. From hosts to dinner meals to cleaning the shelter, everyone can lend a helping hand to serve the women and children who are homeless in our community.
Recently we spoke with a volunteer who provides dinner meals once a month. She stated that not only is she blessed by the guests who enjoy her meals, but also from the hosts! Every time she drops off a meal, the hosts stop and pray ...
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A woman walked into the shelter for the first time a few months ago. Like many women who stay at the shelter at first, she had a challenging time trusting the hosts. She appeared bitter, angry and alone.
However, in just a few short months her attitude has drastically changed for the better. Her mentor and other hosts notice she smiles, forgives and thinks positively more now. She has developed a trusting relationship with her mentor. She attends church and Bible ...
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Volunteers of Love INC never cease to go above and beyond to help people in need in our community. This was prevalent when several volunteers came together to help a woman keep her job.
One of the women staying at the Newberg Community Shelter recently received a job after years of being without. This was a huge step for her, but there was one road block that stood in her way; she needed a ride to work during hours the bus ...
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Early in July Espen Bock, age 4, saw a homeless man at Fred Meyer and gave him one of the sack lunch kits made at his church, North Valley Friends. After they got home, this little boy wanted to go back to the store and give all of the money from his piggy bank to the man. His mother suggested a number of ways he could make money to help homeless people, and he chose to do a lemonade stand ...
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