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The Peer Company

Our Vision: MHAAO is committed to promoting self-directed recovery and wellness for all individuals. We honor lived experiences.

The Peer Company (formerly Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon) is an inclusive peer-run organization dedicated to self-direction honoring the voice of lived experience. We support people wherever they are on their journey, free from judgment, or agenda. We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.

12/13/2025

🎄Christmas TOGETHER — TODAY December 13th!
🕚 11am–3pm
📍 247 SE 82nd Ave, Portland

Join us for a free community Christmas celebration centered on warmth, connection, and joy. Everyone is welcome—kids, adults, chosen family, and anyone needing a safe, festive place to be.

🎅 Free photos with Peacock Lane Santa
🍽️ Full Christmas dinner & sweet treats
☕ Cocoa & cider
🎨 Craft table & letters to Santa
🎶 Holiday music
🎁 Adult winter + hygiene gift bags

This day is designed with care for our whole community—whether you’re looking for a safe space for your little ones or simply want to share a holiday meal with neighbors.

Come as you are. There will be magic and silliness for all of us.❤️

Christmas is better when we’re together.

In collaboration with our amazing partners:
PDX Saints Love, Meals on Us, Up & Over, & PCOC.

12/12/2025

2025 is almost over and it’s time to clean up your closet! We're accepting clean, gently used, or new winter clothes to support community members in our city with the greatest need this winter season. We’re seeking coats, hoodies, pants and jeans, warm socks, sturdy shoes, beanies and hats, scarves, gloves, and thermal wear. Read on for our list of clothing dropoff locations and find the closest one near you!

Any and all support is greatly appreciated!

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Here's how you can get involved:

Donate Clothing — Drop off clean, gently used, or new winter clothing at a designated drop-off location. Every coat and pair of shoes helps bring warmth and dignity to someone in need.

Monetary Donation — Can’t donate items? A financial gift helps us fill the gaps and purchase urgently needed supplies. Links to donate are listed below.

Buy a Gift — Visit our Amazon Wishlist to purchase essential winter items directly for our community members. Link below.

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The Peer Company Drop Off Locations:

⭐Recovery Campus
8935 SE Powell Blvd
Portland, OR 97266

⭐Behavioral Health Resource Center
333 SW Park Ave
Portland, OR 97205

⭐Center for Addictions Triage and Treatment (CATT)
Peer Drop-In Center
5250 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Suite 200
Hillsboro, OR 97124

Drop Off Locations Partners
Drop-off location partners are local businesses acting as designated drop-off locations during their regular business hours.

⭐Dear Sandy – 2800 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97232
⭐Hawthorne Theatre – 1507 SE 39th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
⭐Toyota of Gladstone – 19375 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Gladstone, OR 97027
⭐Mazda of Gladstone – 19405 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Gladstone, OR 97027

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Credit/Debit: https://secure.everyaction.com/KLK84istVkGXMGhLlV-GlA2
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/TGX9UAK258XLA
Amazon Wishlist: https://a.co/cYacimn

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As of September 1, 2025, we are The Peer Company, formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon. Our name has changed, but our mission and peer-centered commitment remain the same.

12/11/2025

A huge congratulations to our Emerging Leaders Training cohort that graduated yesterday. This group of peer leaders spent the day learning, engaging, and exploring what it means to be a trusted and supportive leader for their teams and communities.

Thank you to everyone who participated for your hard work and thoughtfulness. We are excited to see all that you bring back to your communities!

12/10/2025

Join us on Thursday, January 22, 2026, at Wieden+Kennedy, for an extraordinary evening filled with 3 all-new, profound and courageous talks centered around the topic of addiction, with live music, and complimentary food and drinks.

Your ticket includes:
• 3 all-new Talks
• Live music by Kasey Anderson
• Complimentary food provided by Café Yumm
• Complimentary drinks provided by Portal Tea & Deschutes

Don’t miss this first special event from TEDxPortland in 2026!

SCHEDULE
5:45 pm – Doors open
6:00–7:00 pm – Food and drinks
7:00–8:30 pm – Talks and performance

SPEAKERS & PERFORMER ANNOUNCED

Explore the science behind addiction with Dr. Milky Kohno, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at OHSU and Research Scientist at the VA Portland Health Care System. Dr. Kohno’s research explores the impact of psychosocial, behavioral, and genetic factors on addiction.

Hear from advocate, educator, and leader in the field of gambling recovery, Kitty Martz. Serving as both the President of the Board of Directors for the Oregon Council on Problem Gambling and the Executive Director of Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery, Kitty leads initiatives that empower individuals in recovery from gambling addiction.

Learn about a lived-experience turned powerhouse mentor with Alex Green, former NFL running back. Through his Dream and Believe Foundation, he champions at-risk youth, lifting up students with learning challenges, guides athletes as they leap from high school to college, and leads life-changing programs in drug and alcohol recovery and prevention.

Enjoy live music from Portland-native singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist Kasey Anderson, who is also the Executive Director of the Alano Club of Portland, a leading source of addiction recovery support in our community for over 60 years.

Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxportland-salon-on-addiction-wiedenkennedy-tickets-1977068659582?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

12/09/2025

Thank you for having us! It’s such an honor to have our work in the community celebrated ❤️

12/08/2025

We are deeply honored to receive the 2025 Impact Award from the Portland Business Journal.

This recognition reflects the work of our entire team and the peers, partners, and community members who make our mission possible. Together, we’re closing critical gaps between homelessness, behavioral health, and long-term housing through trauma-informed, peer-led care.

From the Behavioral Health Resource Center and Recovery Campus to our upcoming Alyssa Daye Gardens project, this work is built on connection, compassion, and community.

We’re so grateful for this honor and for everyone who continues to walk beside us in creating pathways to healing and housing across Oregon.

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As of September 1, 2025, we are The Peer Company, formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon. Our name has changed, but our mission and peer-centered commitment remain the same.

12/04/2025

A HUGE and HEARTFELT thank you to our Founding Sustaining Donors this Giving Tuesday. 💚

Your steady support truly fuels the peer movement—making it possible for us to deliver peer services, training, workforce development, and life-changing HOPE and HEALING to thousands each year.

If you haven’t joined the circle yet, there’s still time! Become a Founding Sustaining Donor by December 31 and help us keep this movement strong.

Join the Movement: https://secure.everyaction.com/CIy9W7vxlUS5ztmiROcqLw2

12/04/2025

Recently, we hosted a community discussion about our upcoming permanent supportive housing project with local leaders, community members, and business owners. We’re so grateful for the tremendous support we’ve received from the community and proud to bring this project to life in the Lents neighborhood!

Together, we’re building a space where families can connect, recover, and rebuild their lives.

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As of September 1, 2025, we are The Peer Company, formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon. Our name has changed, but our mission and peer-centered commitment remain the same.

12/03/2025

“I met my peer when they were homeless, running on very little hope. After building trust and sharing my own story, they chose detox, then treatment—and now they’re training to become a Peer Support Specialist. I’m honored to be part of their journey.”

This is the power of peer support. This Giving Tuesday, Fuel the Movement with a monthly gift.

Become a Sustaining Donor here: https://secure.everyaction.com/CIy9W7vxlUS5ztmiROcqLw2

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As of September 1, 2025, we are The Peer Company, formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon. Our name has changed, but our mission and peer-centered commitment remain the same.

12/02/2025

Peer support saves lives—because it starts with someone who’s walked the path themselves. We are who we serve, just at a different place in our journey. Now we use that lived experience to build trust, hold space, and walk shoulder to shoulder with the people we serve.

Your monthly gift powers peer-led healing, training, workforce development, and hope.

Become a Founding Sustaining Donor this Giving Tuesday: https://secure.everyaction.com/CIy9W7vxlUS5ztmiROcqLw2

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As of September 1, 2025, we are The Peer Company, formerly the Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon. Our name has changed, but our mission and peer-centered commitment remain the same.

12/02/2025

Today is the day!

We’re launching Fuel the Movement, our new sustaining donor campaign—and we’re asking YOU become a Founding Sustaining Donor alongside our Board of Directors and entire Executive Team.

Monthly gifts keep the door open for people experiencing mental health and addiction challenges.

They fund a cup of coffee for that first meeting, peer support from a person who truly understands, or an event that builds community.

Your gift funds the connection that changes everything.

Join us today: https://secure.everyaction.com/CIy9W7vxlUS5ztmiROcqLw2

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8935 SE Powell Boulevard
Portland, OR
97266

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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+15039222377

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https://www.mhaoforegon.org/

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MHAAO'S CORE VALUES:

We at MHAAO believe that all individuals who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges can recover and that recovery, its journey and process, is unique to the individual.

We believe that recipients of our services have the right and the ability to make decisions for themselves about what supports they would prefer to receive and the directions they wish to explore.

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