Community
BIPOC OWNED BUSINESSES
Lane County has a growing collection of local BIPOC owned businesses you can check out here!
Let’s support the marginalized members of our community while also boosting local business.
Below is a growing list of some great local nonprofits. Keep an eye out on our Instagram for upcoming fundraisers throughout the year to help support these groups!
Eugene Bleeds
We are so excited to announce that we are hosting a donation box at the shop so you can add to it when you come in for your appts!
Accepted items include:
Disposable tampons/ pads/ panty liners
Reusable/washable pads/ liners
Period Underwear (all sizes)
Menstrual cups (all sizes)
Hand warmers
Adult diapers
Hand sanitizer
Laundromat Gift Cards
Chapstick
Protein bars/ granola bars
Unopened underwear (all sizes)
Individual tissue packs
Individually wrapped sweets
“Reproductive justice is our passion. As menstruators ourselves, we understand the difficulties that come along with bleeding. We also recognize that a hard day can be even harder when on your period. No one should have to skip work or school because they can’t afford period products. We want to bring access to period products to everyone who needs it because everyone deserves to have their needs met. And we mean everyone. All races, genders, ages and socioeconomic statuses are affected by the lack of access to reproductive health products. We want to change that. Eugene Bleeds was started with that in mind: Helping People Period.”
Eugene Bleeds Website
Black Thistle Street Aid
“Black Thistle Street Aid is a collective of outreach workers, herbalists & medical practitioners providing access to free healthcare through pop-up clinics and medical outreach to people experiencing homelessness in the Eugene-Springfield area.”
Also check out Occupy Medical and C.O.R.E.!
Daisy C.H.A.I.N
“Daisy C.H.A.I.N. (DC) is considered a leader in the community for doula, lactation, pregnancy, birthing, and parenting resources and has been serving clients since Fall 2012. DC's mission is to provide the community with research and evidence-based support services and education for individuals and families in their reproductive years. We envision a network where every individual is supported and empowered through their personal reproductive and parenting journeys. DC values continuous improvement and community feedback to create responsive programs that meet the population's needs.
DC programs are FREE to ALL families and are delivered by highly skilled, professionally-trained staff/volunteers in families’ homes and in community locations, reflecting DC's core value for increasing equitable access to high quality care that normalizes accessing support, prevents and reduces isolation, and creates a safety net for individuals who are otherwise at-risk of falling through service gaps. Programs are designed to consider social determinants of health in the overall model of delivery as well as in the individualized care provided to each client. Doulas, International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs), peers, and educators meet clients where they are, literally and figuratively, embodying DC's value for nonjudgmental, trauma-informed program delivery.”
Community Supported Shelters
Rebuilding the lives of unhoused people through intentional community.
“CSS is a rapidly growing non-profit 501(c)(3) based in Eugene, Oregon. We are leading the way on shelter options for individuals experiencing homelessness. We build sturdy Conestoga Hut shelters that are pleasing to the eye, create caring and collaborative communities, and provide extensive support that empowers clients to stabilize and rebuild their lives.”
CALC Lane
“Community Alliance of Lane County, or CALC, has been working since 1966 to create a more just and peaceful community. We seek to collaborate with organizations, institutions, government and individuals to bring about lasting change.
We address root causes of oppression by seeking to change attitudes, behaviors, and policy through education, activism, and cultural means.
We challenge ourselves and others to address privilege and power, to work collaboratively as effective allies, and to help build leadership, especially for marginalized and dis-empowered people.
We work as a multi-racial, multi-class, multi-gendered, multi-generational movement on social justice issues and projects.”
TransPonder
“TransPonder is a small grassroots, completely transgender founded and led nonprofit based in Eugene, Oregon providing support, resources, and education for and about the trans/gender diverse community and its allies.”
Transponder’s website
CAHOOTS
“CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) provides mobile crisis intervention 24/7 in the Eugene-Springfield Metro area. CAHOOTS is dispatched through the Eugene police-fire-ambulance communications center, and within the Springfield urban growth boundary, dispatched through the Springfield non-emergency number. Each team consists of a medic (either a nurse or an EMT) & a crisis worker (who has at least several years experience in the mental health field).”
CASA of Lane County
“Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) provides a powerful voice for abused and neglected children in Lane County. CASA volunteers work to prevent children from being re-abused by facilitating their move through the court and child protective services systems as quickly as possible into safe, permanent homes.”
https://www.casa-lane.org
Hope And Safety Alliance
“Hope & Safety Alliance has been providing hope and safety to survivors of domestic and sexual violence for over 40 years. Each year we serve thousands of survivors and children from our urban and rural communities in Lane County.
Hope & Safety Alliance serves all survivors because domestic violence does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, politics, economic position, education, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
We believe everyone has the right to a life free from violence and fear of abuse.”
https://www.hopesafetyalliance.org
