FINDING HOME | His journey took him from the countryside of El Salvador to a new and challenging world in Portland Waiting at an outdoor table in front of the small coffee house where Samuel Henriquez had agreed to meet me, I looked up to see a short, sto ...
5 Jun 2017 - Robin Schauffler
FINDING HOME | He lived in his car for almost a year, but thanks to an invaluable support system, he now has an apartment in Portland Just six years ago, James Srp was in his early 60s, relatively healthy, employed, and renting a house in Beaverton, where ...
16 Feb 2017 - Robin Schauffler
Tom Lechner is an art teacher, IT expert, photographer, facilities manager and role model. He’s also the one who makes sure dozens of homeless children get to school each day. Tom Lechner sits at a schoolroom-style desk in one corner of a busy office, a c ...
17 Sep 2016 - Robin Schauffler
She runs Clay Street Table at St. Stephen's – a job that's part bouncer, diplomat, social worker and more It’s 4:45 on a Wednesday afternoon, and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at Southwest 13th Avenue and Clay Street hums with activity. A young ...
21 Jul 2016 - Robin Schauffler
Northeast Portland gardener Tom Lichatowich finds hope in gardening and community “I think my favorite plant to grow is lettuce. Lettuce is very energetic, germinates quickly, and adds so much to the harvest with very few inputs,” Tom Lichatowich muses. T ...
3 Apr 2015 - Robin Schauffler