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Willamette Week’s Give!Guide is Oregon’s easiest path to year-end giving. This annual grassroots campaign has raised more than $73 million
for 557 local nonprofits since its inception in 2004.
Alongside raising money and drawing attention to the good works of
local nonprofits, key goals of the campaign are to encourage the
community to give back and to build a culture of active citizenship and
philanthropy. We do this together and have fun while doing it!
WW’s Give!Guide raised $8.8 million — 65,272 donations total — for 250
local nonprofits during November and December 2024. This year’s goal is
to raise $9 million for 275 organizations.
Together, We Shine
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 for Portland
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.
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“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)
Give & Get Rewarded.
Give, shine, and celebrate! Every donation to WeShinePDX during Give!Guide helps our neighbors thrive — and comes with exclusive rewards from generous local sponsors.
Incentives
🌞 Every donor gets a cute vinyl WeShine sticker.
🌞 Any donation between $50 and $100 will get a WeShine key chain.
🌞 First 10 donors 35 and under will get a Subway Gift Card.
🌞 First 10 donations of $30 or more on Big Drinks Day will get a Starbucks Gift Card.
🌞 Donations of $50 or more get a free bag of coffee from Portland Coffee Roasters (while supplies last!)
🌞 First donations of $100 will be matched by 2 generous private individuals.
🌞 Our first donor over $50 during Animals Category Week will receive a gift basket of dog or cat supplies from TreBone Pet Supplies.
🌞 3 $500 dollar donations will be matched by Integrus Architecture, Scheller Financial, and Shiels Oblezt Johnsen.
🌞 Donor over $200 on Giving Tuesday/Big Blazers Day gets a $75 Gift Card to Gado Gado Indonesian Restaurant.
🌞 First donor under 35 on Big Relaxing Day gets $150 off Laser Hair Removal at Laser Babes!
🌞 Two donors of $50 or more on Big Drinks Day will receive a $25 gift card to Blackbird Wine Shop.
🌞 $100 donation on Big Relaxing Day will get a $40 gift card to Living Room Wines.
🌞 Donor under 35 on Big Groceries Day will get a gift card to Ps and Qs Cafe.
🌞 Donor under 35 on Big Cruise Day will get a gift card to My Vice Food and Spirits.
🌞 $50 donation during Creative Expression week will receive two tickets to a Portland Center Stage production and two free drinks!
Big Give Days
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Support WeShinePDX Through Give!Guide 2025
Join Portland’s most inspiring giving tradition and help build safe, supportive micro-villages for our unhoused neighbors.
This year, WeShinePDX is proud to be featured in Willamette Week’s Give!Guide—a citywide campaign that makes giving easy and impactful.
Your donation goes further:
Every dollar you give helps us provide shelter, meals, and pathways to stability. Plus, thanks to Give!Guide partners, your gift may be matched or come with special local rewards!
How to Give:
Visit our Give!Guide page
Choose WeShinePDX as your nonprofit
Make a secure donation and be part of Portland’s community-powered change
Learn About our Anthem
At WeShine, we believe that everyone in our community deserves access to a place to call home and the opportunity to write their own unique and powerful story.
Today, we invite you to make a donation and become a part of this transformative story. Together, we can overcome the systemic barriers to housing that limit our community’s potential.
There are many ways to support WeShine:
- Make a one-time donation
- Mail a check
- Become a Monthly Sustainer
- Through a Donor Advised Fund (DAF)
- Contribute from an IRA (Required Minimum Distribution)
Please make your check payable to WeShine Initiative Inc. and mail it to:
WeShine Initiative Inc.
3439 NE Sandy Blvd. # 525
Portland, OR 97232