Hygiene4All

Mission

Everyone deserves to feel clean & be healthy. That's why Hygiene4All runs a hygiene & health hub under the Morrison Bridge for unsheltered residents of Portland to access showers, bathrooms, hygiene, medical supplies, clean clothing & bedding, and a space for community care. We offer onsite medical professionals & navigation to health, nutrition, housing, & other resources.

We were made by community, for community. For 2+ years, we talked with people living on the streets on the Central Eastside about the services they needed and how they wanted them delivered. We recognize that unsheltered Portlanders are the experts on what they need, so we collaborated with houseless Portlanders to design the hub and its services – with paid unsheltered staff helping run the hub.

Bottom Line for Portland

H4A's paid unsheltered staff provide services that enhance the community safety and health of everyone, while at the same time reducing trash on our streets through our 1st of its kind collection, washing, & resume of clothing & bedding discarded on the streets (due to lack of easy access to washers & dryers).  Hygiene4All models a more efficient and compassionate solution to houselessness in the Central Eastside of Portland - where  community joy, connection, & abundance are front & center. Join our hopeful human experiment and support our meaningful mission today!

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As former City Council Member Eudaly passionately stated: “It shouldn’t be this hard to do something this essential.” 

Partner(s)

BUSINESS PARTNER

Bathena* creates luxurious, handmade soaps, scrubs, candles, and bath bombs, and donates to Hygiene4All for every item sold. Indulge in self-care while making a positive impact in our local community with Bathena!

NONPROFIT PARTNERS

Healthy Living Community* HLC believes that healthy communities grow healthy individuals. They foster growth in their community by holding regular events (classes, workshops, gatherings), establishing platforms for communication among our members, and ensuring our clinic is an affirming and supportive place for all. They also establish connections with local organizations - including non-profits serving unsheltered residents - to build a supportive network of health for all.

NAYA* is a regional center for Native resilience and self-determination. They wrap community in culturally specific programs, steward generational impacts, amplify community victories, and share a culture of reciprocity. Together, they heal historical traumas, restore balance to our lives, and achieve thriving Indigenous futures.

PAW TEAM* Portland Animal Welfare Team is a grassroots, volunteer-powered nonprofit that provides vital veterinary services, pet supplies, and wrap-around support for over 3,000 Portland-area families per year. We aid individuals living on the streets, in transitional shelters or government housing, as well as those facing temporary financial hardship that restricts their access to medical care for their pets.

Portland Street Books* is a bicycle-powered mobile library, serving people who live outside. They strive to empower people on the streets through access to literature and create a community of support through a shared love of books. Street Books partners with over 30 community-based organizations to offer boxes of books and reading glasses.

PDX Saints Love* consists of Community Health Workers and Peer Support Specialists working in solidarity with people living unsheltered to address their health and housing needs and goals.

Portland Street Medicine* provides quality medical care to Portlanders who are facing unstable housing or are sleeping on the streets. Their care model meets people where they live: in tents, in camps, in forests, under bridges...wherever humanity seeks shelter.

Pride NW* is committed to honoring the roots of Pride in, not only celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of Oregon and SW Washington's LGBTQIA2S+ community, but remaining true to Pride's original purpose to bring visibility to our community and the issues that we face and  doing something about it.

Ground Score Association* is a democratically-run waste picker organization that provides empowering low-barrier jobs in litter and tentside waste cleanup, recycling, reuse, and materials waste management for those facing work and housing insecurity.

Rosehaven* Rose Haven is a day shelter and community center serving women, children and gender non-conforming folks experiencing the trauma of abuse, loss of home and other disruptive life challenges. They break the cycle of homelessness by providing meals, clothing, first aid, mailing addresses, hygiene, restrooms, showers as well as educational programs and guidance through medical and social services. By meeting basic needs and building trust, they empower their guests to explore long-term change.

Rafael House* supports women & families to end the cycle of violence and build lives without abuse. Together with clients, they are working toward a future without domestic and sexual violence, and where oppression in any form is not tolerated.

Gather: Make: Shelter* was founded in 2017 to create a collaborative model of engagement connecting people experiencing houselessness and poverty to creative opportunities. Intended as a year-long project by artist and activist Dana Lynn Louis, with the fervent support of the Portland community it quickly took on a life of its own. 

*These Nonprofits are also participating in Give!Guide 2024!