William Temple House and Thrift Store

12/11/2025

What “errands” do you have to run today? Check out some incredible places that make our beautiful town of Portland so special.

Community Warehouse: provides donated furniture & household items to neighbors seeking the comfort & dignity of a furnished home while overcoming adversity. They offer a selection of vintage, antique & contemporary home goods for purchase at their Community Warehouse Estate Store.

SCRAP PDX: sells donated art supplies & more because creative expression shouldn’t break the bank or the environment.

Frog & Toad Hauling: specializes in waste-conscious junk removal, creative reuse & home repair.

ReBuilding Center: advocates for affordable reuse & repair, they're fostering community resilience through their classes & initiatives.

RERUN: is a cornerstone of sustainability in resale as they offer a treasure trove of affordable furniture, decor & clothing.

William Temple House and Thrift Store: sells a great selection of secondhand clothing, furniture, housewares & more to support low-cost counseling & free food for our Portland-area neighbors.

ReClaim It: salvages materials from the Metro Central transfer station to return to the community for creative folks to reuse, repair & reimagine.

Together, we're building a more connected, sustainable & creative community. Let's show them support this holiday season!

12/11/2025

12/05/2025

152 Portlanders left our Free Food Pop-up with groceries the Monday night before Thanksgiving, no barriers or questions asked! Just food and a team of incredible, caring volunteers and staff making this event happen in the evening. So far, we’ve raised over half of our year-end fundraising goal of $260,000.

Now, thanks to the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, gifts of $500-$5000 to our year-end campaign will be matched 1:1, up to $40k! That means twice the meals, twice the counseling sessions, and twice the support for our neighbors.

We’re deeply grateful for the momentum your support has created.

And thank you to our volunteers! 🤩🤩

Come to our Open House this Saturday from 2-4pm - we’ll tell you all about the pop-up and what we’ve been up to.

12/02/2025

We're making today's Blazers Big Give Day even better: donate $10+ to William Temple House's Give!Guide and you'll be entered into a raffle to win a two-night yurt stay at beautiful Zigzag Mountain Farm at the base of Mt. Hood!

Chances are high that you could walk home with this prize 😮You can give at the link in our bio or on giveguide.org

Thank you to our business partners Hostel Cafe and Zigzag Mountain Farm for this generous prize package. Voted the best hostel in the nation this year, also regularly volunteers at William Temple House and other non-profits in the area, and hosts community events. Give them a follow!

Willamette Week Give!Guide

11/22/2025

We did this together! We are feeling truly so grateful for the outpouring of support from our community this November. Our pantry has not looked this full all year. It's because of YOU showing up: donating food and money, organizing donation drives, and directing emergency funding when SNAP was frozen.

Food is the foundation of livelihood. SNAP uncertainty also led to more inquiries from our community about mental health support at William Temple House. When food was uncertain for so many Portlanders this month, you showed up to help so that a challenge didn't turn into a crisis. Thank you.

Some of this food will be shared at our Monday, November 24th special free food pop-up from 4-6pm in the WTH Parking Lot on Hoyt.

11/22/2025

We're thrilled to announce a special evening free food pop-up this Monday, November 24th from 4 to 6pm. All are welcome. No ID or sign-up required.

As part of our response to increased food insecurity this November, our team knew we wanted to do something extra. This pop-up is designed to give folks who work during the day an opportunity to access the free, nourishing groceries we offer every week.

📍William Temple House Parking Lot, 2023 NW Hoyt.
⌚ 4pm to 6pm

Please share widely so this can get to folks who could benefit!

11/14/2025

TODAY! 🍪 Donate $15 to our Give!Guide and get a voucher for a free cookie from Sweet & Salty Bakery! Started in summer 2024 by Portland Native and q***r punk elbe, Sweet & Salty serves delicious treats and gives back to the community by supporting nonprofits like us! You can find our campaign on https://giveguide.org/nonprofits/william-temple-house

11/12/2025

112 pounds of non-perishable food collected by and donated today from the 107ist Timbers Army and Rose City Riveters. Thank you so much! You folks are amazing community-makers.

Pictured also is our volunteers at this Sunday's nailbiting Thorns game, where the 107ist Timbers Army & Rose City Riveters ran a donation drive in support of William Temple House, Rose Haven and APANO

Go Thorns! Portland Thorns FC

11/11/2025

Feeling the weight of current events? Drop in for a free virtual support group led by William Temple House clinicians, starting this week. Take a midweek pause to share and connect within community. Wednesdays through November — all are welcome.

First session is this Wednesday, November 12th from 12pm to 1pm.

Register at this link: https://forms.office.com/r/eQwVqXTwFv

11/08/2025

WTH applauds Governor Kotek & Oregon DHS for moving quickly today to fully restore SNAP benefits for the month of November. This is a big relief for thousands of Oregonians.

However, the experiences shared by our pantry visitors in this video, published yesterday, are not old news; they’re testament to how absolutely integral SNAP is to millions of Americans facing hunger & high cost of living. Thank you KGW-TV & Blair Best for giving our clients and us a platform to share.

We're so heartened by this week's outpouring of support. We’ve raised $101,000 of our $260,000 Fall Campaign goal; 18 people are using GiveButter to personally fundraise for WTH; and dozens of individuals and businesses have or are collecting food for our pantry, including Coffee Time Portland, Kiehl's on 23rd, the Timbers Army, and more.

Head to williamtemple.org/hope2025 to join in.

11/05/2025

Help Spread Hope. ☀️
Nov. 1 through Dec. 31.
$260,000.
Countless lives touched this coming year. ❤️

Join William Temple House to raise the vital funding needed to serve Portland with free food, low-cost counseling, and dignified support all year round. 60 years and going strong.

$100 = one counseling session for a person seeking mental health support
$250 = two counseling sessions for a family working towards
$1000 = 4000 pounds for our pantry

We've already raised over $60,000 in four days. Thank YOU!

You can give at williamtemple.org/hope2025 or in the link in our bio.

11/04/2025

First day of pantry this November and we had 167 visitors. No one left empty-handed.

We're committed to making sure no one leaves empty-handed all month by creating extra pantry staple bags. We're already seeing more people coming to us because they haven't received their benefits yet. We are here for you if your benefits have been cut or frozen.

If you want to support this effort, head to williamtemple.org/hope2025 to make a year-end donation to our Help Spread Hope campaign. Your gifts will transform into food (the food you're seeing on the screen) and mental health care for tough times.

Our incredible staff & volunteers built these bags in two days. And our community has raised over $50,000 for our services. THANK YOU. We appreciate you so much.