WeShine Initiative Inc.

Mission

WeShine designs, builds, and operates neighborhood-based micro villages that provide safe, transitional shelter with wrap-around services for Portland’s underserved, unsheltered adults as they prepare to become successful tenants in permanent, affordable housing.

Bottom Line

WeShine stands for Welcoming, Empowering, Safe Habitation Initiative with Neighborhood Engagement.

Our model is rooted in the value of community, which restores self-esteem and heals the trauma that results from life on the streets. Guests experience peer support and are connected with services. This supportive service model leads to success that is nearly impossible when living outside. 

Our vision is to create a network of micro villages based on this model, and provide vulnerable adults with a path to permanent housing.

Quote

 “I don't even really feel like we are in a shelter anymore. I feel like more of a community. I did not know how important that was until I saw the other side of it”.  N (WeShine Villager)

Incentives

🌞 Every donor under 35 years of age will receive a cute WeShine Magnet!

🌞 Every donor will receive a cute WeShine Sticker

🌞 Donations of $50 or more throughout the campaign will receive a free bag of coffee from Portland Coffee Roasters. 

🌞 The First Donation of $100 or more on Big Garden Day (Nov 18) will receive a free Native Plant from Echo Valley Natives (dotated by staff!)

🌞 The first Donation of $100 or more on Big Restaurant Day (Nov 24) will receive 2 tickets to Third Rail Repertory Theater.

🌞 Our first donor over $50 during Animals Category Week (December 7-13) will receive a gift basket of dog or cat treats from TreBone Pet Supplies/Rosies Pet and Garden Supplies. 

🌞 Our first donor over $200 on Giving Tuesday/Big Timbers Day (December 1) gets a $75 gift card to Gado Gado!

🌞 The first donation of $50 on Big Art Day (Dec 9) will qualify for a gift card to Living Room Wines. 

🌞 The first two donors of $50 or more on Big Wine Tasting Day (Dec 26) will receive a $25 gift to Blackbird Wine Shop. 

🌞 Our first donor under 35 on Big Spa Day (Dec. 27) gets $350 off laser hair removal at Laser Babes!

🌞 The first donation of $50 will during Creative Expression Week ((Dec 21st-27) will receive two tickets to a Portland Center Stage Production and two free drinks. 

Gift Matching

🌞Our first $1500 will be matched by our friend Dan Shramek and the folks at Scheller Financial Services and Integrus Architecture.

Partner(s)

Non Profit Partners-Please Support our sibling orgs in this years Give Guide!

Animal Aid  Animal Aid shelters dogs and cats for fostering and adoption and donates pet food and supplies, including kitty litter, to WeShine villagers who own pets.

Bradley Angle For over 50 years, Bradley Angle has provided culturally specific programming and resources to Black/African American and LGBTQIA+ survivors in our community

Portland Street Medicine Improving the health and wellbeing of Portland’s unhoused neighbors through trust, relationship and care.

PDX Saints Love Focusing on addressing social determinants of health in underserved communities, especially those living unsheltered or housing insecure, including people with disabilities, mental and emotional health challenges, substance abuse disorders, communities of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and immigrant & refugee families.

Sisters of the Road is a grassroots, anti-oppression movement dedicated to centering the experiences of our unhoused neighbors. 

Business Partners

Integrus Architecture Have assisted in the designs of our villages and state of the art architecture in the Pacific Northwest. 

Scheller Financial Services Financial planning in Lake Oswego.

Laser Babes Laser Hair Removal in PDX! 

Gado Gado  Award winning Indonesian and Malaysian inspired cuisine and one of New York Times' “Best Restaurants in Portland!”

Living Room Wines A Fantastic and homey North Portland Wine Shop near our St. Andrew's Village.

Blackbird Wine Shop Pouring and selling wine with an awesome Cheese Bar in NE PDX!

Tre Bone Pet Supplies and Rosie's Pet and Garden Supplies All natural pet supply boutique shops in St. John's neighborhood and SE Division. 

Portland Coffee Roasters Making the world a better place through great people and fantastic coffee.

Third Rail Theater Company The mission of Third Rail Repertory Theatre is to provide a dynamic artistic home for theatre audiences in Portland. 

Portland Center Stage is Portland's largest theater company producing new works, classics, and musicals as well as educational workshops.