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Girl Scout Troop #24761 Donation Drive

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Girl Scout Troop #24761 Donation Drive

This past May and June, Girl Scout Troop #24761 hosted a donation drive to collect toiletry items for Homeless Youth.

Their leader, Amy Mahady reached out to Looking Glass to learn more about the services offered so that the girls’ could learn more about how homelessness impacts youth in our community.

Looking Glass Development Coordinator, Amanda Zacharda, joined on a Zoom call during one of their meetings and was able to educate the Troop about all of the services provided at Looking Glass, especially the Homeless Youth Services.

The girls were able to come up with over 30 bags of toiletry items to donate, along with $350+ donations from multiple businesses in our community.

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Crochet Donations: Success for Pathways Girls

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Crochet Donations: Success for Pathways Girls

This past month, we asked our community to help accrue more yarn for the Pathways Girl Program, who have been crocheting as a form of therapy. We are so thrilled that many of our donors and local community members came together to help us obtain over 10+ boxes and bags full of yarn. This will allow the girls to continue to master their crochet techniques as well as helping them with their recovery during their stay at the Pathways Program.

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Virtual Auction Event Inspires Donors Despite Distance

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Virtual Auction Event Inspires Donors Despite Distance

The annual Looking Forward, Giving Back auction gala fundraiser was held virtually this year, due to the pandemic, of course, but was a huge success despite the fact that we could not gather physically with supporters. On Saturday, April 10th, Looking Glass fundraising staff members turned the large conference room at administrative offices into a production studio and interacted with over 100 supporters via Zoom and an online auction platform that made for some very competitive and last minute bidding. In the end, donors helped to raise more than $130,000 for Looking Glass youth & family programs (and post-event cleanup was much easier).

See videos shared at the event in this post!

Giving Tree Success: Best Year Ever?

Giving Tree Success: Best Year Ever?

Despite the pandemic and challenges surrounding this year’s annual Giving Tree program (or maybe because of them), Looking Glass programs received an amazing amount of support and donations - enough to ensure every youth who requested them a gift covering their needs and wishes. Covid-19 may have closed a lot of the businesses that would have normally hosted physical trees and ornaments but it didn’t close the hearts of our donors. In addition to the physical gifts picked up at Valley River Center, Oakway Centre, Umpqua Bank, McKenzie Commercial and other amazing business supporters, we received thousands of dollars in restricted cash donations and dozens of Amazon wish list items.

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Donates to Looking Glass

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Donates to Looking Glass

In October the local bike donation nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz delivered 20 bikes to Looking Glass for various program use and direct youth client access. The bikes were delivered to Looking Glass residential programs as well as Riverfront’s Independent Living and Job Training Program clients and also the Looking Glass New Roads homeless youth program.

Virtual Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Event Brings in Crucial Funds

Virtual Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Event Brings in Crucial Funds

The 8th annual Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures breakfast was forced to go virtual this year along with so many other typically in-person gatherings but still drove a lot of donations and community support as well as providing inspiring stories of the amazing work done by Looking Glass staff and volunteers.

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Socktoberfest Sock Drive Yields Amazing Results Again

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Socktoberfest Sock Drive Yields Amazing Results Again

The 2nd annual Looking Glass Socktoberfest sock donation drive was another huge success thanks to amazing local business partners and their store customers as well as generous Amazon wish list buyers who shipped packages of new socks to our admin office. We received thousands of new and gently used socks for our New Roads homeless youth drop-in center!

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2020 Looking Glass Volunteers of the Year - Pam Gutierrez & Doris Hicks, Unity of the Valley Church

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2020 Looking Glass Volunteers of the Year - Pam Gutierrez & Doris Hicks, Unity of the Valley Church

Unity of the Valley began an outreach to Looking Glass Residential Services in November 2019. They provide a weekly celebration service based on the outline of Youth of Unity (Y.O.U.) meetings. Prayer shawls are provided to all participants and some of their family members. Since the end of June, Unity of the Valley has also provided an evening Zoom Prayer time when the teens are able to connect one-on-one with a chaplain.

Grocery Outlet and Patrons Raise $11,000 for Looking Glass

Grocery Outlet and Patrons Raise $11,000 for Looking Glass

The Eugene River Road Grocery Outlet staff and patrons once again helped raise crucial funds for Looking Glass youth and programs through their annual Independence From Hunger campaign in July. Including a donation from the corporate group, the donation this year was just under $11,000!

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Program Spotlight: Lane-Metro Youth Corps Summer Crew

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Program Spotlight: Lane-Metro Youth Corps Summer Crew

Learn about Haley, Abigail, and Sheane’s experience working on the Lane-Metro Youth Corps summer crew, operated by LG’s Riverfront School and Career Center

2020 Gala Auction Recap: Bond Night A Big Hit

2020 Gala Auction Recap: Bond Night A Big Hit

The annual Looking Glass “Looking Forward, Giving Back,” event for 2020 is in the books and by all measures it was a resounding success. The 007-James-Bond-themed event was quite a hit, providing fun for roughly 250 supporters who helped raise crucial funds for Looking Glass at-risk youth & family services.

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