Giving Tree at CSG Pro

The p:ear ornaments are up at our neighbors, CSG Pro!

Thank you, Sterling Savings!

Thank you, Sterling Savings for supporting the Giving Tree this year!

p:ear youth need your help during holiday!

p:ear is looking for local partners for our annual holiday Giving Tree.

Every winter, our youth are looking for basic needs such as socks, backpacks, bus tickets, gift cards, art supplies and other items that are around $25. The Giving Tree helps us supply our youth with the things they need throughout the year.

How you can help

p:ear youth hand-decorate ornaments for display at your business, school, or church. Employees, students, people from your congregation select an item to purchase and donate to p:ear. Collect all the items and bring to p:ear before p:ear's Christmas Brunch on December 25th. No wrapping required!

Your gifts make a difference

Last year, the Giving Tree brought in nearly $5,400 of gifts. Youth are able to use bus tickets to get to and from work, backpacks for carrying school books and art supplies, and socks and ponchos to stay warm and dry. A HUGE thank you to our 2010 participants: Portland Center Stage, Bridgeport United Church of Christ, OHSU, Floating World Comics, Anka Gallery, TwentyFourSeven, Cupcake Jones and Arabella Salon.

Participate in the Giving Tree

Want to participate? Have more questions? Contact stephanie@pearmentor.org

Giving Tree Drop-off Monday, 12/20

I realized yesterday that I've been so busy that I've forgotten to open the past ten days of my Advent calendar (which is good because that means I'm not eating the chocolate inside the calendar, which is the real reason I buy it). Time flies during the holidays, but our Giving Tree partners have been busy distributing our p:ear ornaments and we can't thank them enough!

So if you did take an ornament, the drop-off date for gifts is this Monday, December 20th. We'll be here from 8:30 am until 4 pm. Stop by, get a cup of espresso at the p:ear barista school, check out the Recovery Panes instillation at the gallery and say hello. We really appreciate all who have helped out to make this holiday special for our kids.

Special thanks to Portland Center Stage, Bridgeport United Church of Christ, OHSU, Floating World Comics, Anka Gallery, TwentyFourSeven, Cupcake Jones and Arabella Salon.

Go Go Giving Tree!

When you don't have a tree, here's another idea for sprucing up the office. This is from the the creative minds at Twenty Four Seven, who are participating in p:ear's Giving Tree. Pretty cool!

Sparkling p:ears at Portland Center Stage

If you're in the Pearl District, stop by Portland Center Stage and see their Giving Tree full of p:ear ornaments!