William Temple House and Thrift Store

William Temple House and Thrift Store We offer low-cost counseling, healthy groceries, household items, and more to our community.

Grounded in a commitment to social justice, William Temple House has supported the mental, emotional, and physical health of tens of thousands of Portlanders since 1965.

Thank you to everyone that came out to the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival this weekend! 😄💜We loved connecting with y...
07/25/2025

Thank you to everyone that came out to the Portland Pride Waterfront Festival this weekend! 😄💜

We loved connecting with you in this joyful celebration of love, identity, and community--and sharing stickers, trinkets handmade by one of our volunteers, Thrift Store gift cards, and information about our services. We even heard from former clients who told us how low-barrier counseling and food assistance impacted their lives positively.

William Temple House is proud to be a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ Portlanders to access food, counseling, and connection: the ingredients of a thriving life we all deserve! 🌈

Connect with us post-Pride:
🌟Volunteer in our food pantry
🧥Swing by our Thrift Store and your purchase will help fund our community services
🌈Tell people you know about our food pantry and counseling services so that these resources can reach the people who could use them.

Meet Jazzy, a rising senior and triple athlete from Oregon Episcopal School who is our summer OES intern this year! In t...
07/23/2025

Meet Jazzy, a rising senior and triple athlete from Oregon Episcopal School who is our summer OES intern this year! In three short weeks, Jazzy has supported all parts of pantry service. Her favorite part? Working the pantry hygiene desk, where she helps welcome 75 clients a day to shop for themselves.

Raised overseas in a family dedicated to service, Jazzy chose to intern at WTH to integrate service into her daily life. We’re so happy to have her on the team and continue our 8-year partnership with OES.

🎓 Big cheers to our incredible Counseling Interns graduating this summer! 🎉We're saying goodbye to 14 compassionate inte...
07/21/2025

🎓 Big cheers to our incredible Counseling Interns graduating this summer! 🎉

We're saying goodbye to 14 compassionate interns who have collectively provided over 3,200 hours of low-cost counseling to our community this year. Thank you for spending a year providing much-needed community mental health services with us.

Missy Fry, WTH's Counseling Director, says:

“This year’s cohort, my first in this role, has been instrumental in expanding access to mental health services for community members who may not have otherwise received support. They’ve met complex situations with professionalism, empathy, and integrity – qualities that will serve them well as emerging clinicians entering the field. Their work has enriched the lives of those they served and strengthened the heart of our program. There are truly no words to fully capture the value of their contributions or the impact they’ve had.”

Congrats, GRADS!

📣🏳️‍🌈 Resource Sharing Post:Our Pride flag stands in our lobby, every day!During Portland’s Pride month, we celebrate id...
07/09/2025

📣🏳️‍🌈 Resource Sharing Post:

Our Pride flag stands in our lobby, every day!

During Portland’s Pride month, we celebrate identity, joy, and self-expression. However, two recent decisions--the removal of the LGBTQIA+ youth option from the national 988 Su***de & Crisis Hotline, and the Supreme Court’s Ruling to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care--put LGBTQIA+ lives at risk. Particularly youth, who face disproportionate mental health challenges.

Support is still available:

The Trevor Project
Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386
Trevor Text: Text START to 678678

Trans Lifeline:
Peer support run by and for trans people: 877-565-8860

LGBT National Help Center:
National Hotline: 888-843-4564
Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
Coming Out Support Hotline: 888-688-54248

And William Temple House. We are a proud LGBTQIA+ safe space offering affirming, trauma-informed mental health support for people of all identities. You’re welcome here.

07/09/2025

💖 We did it! We raised 105% of our Spring Appeal goal, thanks to YOU!

Your monetary support is why we're able to provide free food and low-cost counseling to Portlanders from any background. Your gift does the heavy lifting. Amidst funding changes and instability, thank you for showing up to support these vital services. Your support means the world.

✨ $105,645 raised for our Food Pantry, low-cost Counseling program, and more.
🫶 149 new supporters joined the WTH community with a gift (welcome!)
🥫 We raised $30,000 specifically to support our food pantry through USDA freezes

William Temple House's services and Thrift Store are closed today, July 4th. We wish everyone a safe and relaxing holida...
07/04/2025

William Temple House's services and Thrift Store are closed today, July 4th. We wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday!

Our Thrift Store will re-open tomorrow and our main office will re-open on Monday, July 7th.

“There’s been too many cuts already. My family will be affected. A lot of the families I know will be affected.”This is ...
07/03/2025

“There’s been too many cuts already. My family will be affected. A lot of the families I know will be affected.”

This is a testimony from one of the over 70 people who have signed a postcard to their representatives at WTH sharing how SNAP & Medicaid impact their lives. Folks from all walks of life participated: veterans, activists, students, parents, and more.

We ran this project to empower our community members who benefit from SNAP and Medicaid to share their concerns and experiences with their representatives.

The bill currently being debated in the House threatens both programs. If passed, this bill would likely mean more folks having to choose between paying for healthcare and paying for groceries.

At William Temple House, our vision is to ensure folks don't have to make these difficult choices--by providing both food assistance and mental health care in the same building. At the same time, if SNAP and Medicaid were to be cut, small nonprofits like us couldn't replace these essential programs.

Special thank you to Dani (pictured) who recently interned at WTH and returned with excitement to support this project.

In honor of Juneteenth, William Temple House’s services and Thrift Store are closed today. We wish everyone a safe, rela...
06/19/2025

In honor of Juneteenth, William Temple House’s services and Thrift Store are closed today. We wish everyone a safe, relaxing Juneteenth honoring the magnitude of this day.

Willamette Week published a list of events happening today and this weekend to honor and celebrate Juneteenth: https://www.wweek.com/culture/2025/06/10/80-years-of-juneteenth-in-oregon/

This week, our food pantry is closed for services for a much-needed staff break. We will re-open next Tuesday for regula...
06/17/2025

This week, our food pantry is closed for services for a much-needed staff break. We will re-open next Tuesday for regular services. To find food pantries and resources, go to foodfinder.oregonfoodbank.org

Our pantry staff takes a couple breaks through the year to rest and work on behind-the-scenes strategy. We'll still be gleaning and collecting food this week to be well-prepared for next week's re-opening.

Shoutout to St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church and Bonnie, a WTH Thrift Store volunteer, for collecting 35 pounds of brown p...
06/16/2025

Shoutout to St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church and Bonnie, a WTH Thrift Store volunteer, for collecting 35 pounds of brown paper bags for our pantry! 🛍️

A fifth of our pantry budget goes to buying bags so donations like this make a big impact. Bonnie, a member of St. Gabriel’s Outreach Committee, helped organize this bag drive after touring WTH with the committee last month.

Her take on collecting donations? “It was easier than I thought it would be!”

Thank you, Bonnie and St. Gabriel’s, for supporting your neighbors with simple, powerful generosity!

06/13/2025

We did it — we met our $15,000 match for the pantry! 💛 That means in total we raised $30,000 in just one week. It's undeniable that Portlanders deeply care about protecting food assistance.

Thanks to you, we’re now just $8,000 away from our $100,000 Spring Appeal goal. Let’s keep the momentum going! With just three days left, give your gift to get us across the finish line at williamtemple.org/spring2025 🍎✨

06/11/2025

We're halfway to our $15,000 match for our pantry 💛 Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

With just one week left to raise the remaining $7,500, we're counting on our community to help us finish strong.

When you give today at williamtemple.org/spring2025, your gift will be DOUBLED. That means double the impact, double the food on our shelves, and double the food in our community at a time when it's needed most.

Make your match gift at williamtemple.org/spring2025 or via a check in the mail to William Temple House.

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