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April 2021
Hate and Bias Hotline
The Oregon Department of Justice has opened a Hate and Bias Hotline. Whether it happened to you or to someone else, we can all help track and stop hate and bias incidents by calling the Non-Emergency Hotline at 1-844-924-BIAS (2427) or making a report here. A hate and bias incident is any hostile expression that may be motivated by another person's race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Hate and bias acts can be verbal, physical,…
Find out more »Volunteer for Burrito Brigade
Sign up to volunteer here. Saturdays: We make and distribute 300 burritos every Saturday. We are trying to limit volunteers to 15 or fewer people. At Food for Lane County, 770 Bailey Hill Road, Eugene 9:30am - 11:30am: Wash, cut, and prep veggies, roll and wrap the burritos 11:30am-12:30pm: Cleanup 12pm: Burrito Distribution Sundays: We make and distribute 500 burritos every Sunday. We are trying to limit volunteers to 15 or fewer people. Location varies from week to week; please…
Find out more »The Family Garden
The Family Garden is a nonprofit organization offering Latinx families a place to connect to their roots and the earth by growing their own food, as well as training and peer education in organic gardening, small scale farming, and small business creation. The Family Garden builds wide-ranging partnerships to achieve their goals of cultural identity, community integration, and economic self-sufficiency in Latinx communities. You can buy food to go or have a sit-down meal with Family Garden every Friday from…
Find out more »Bloodworks Northwest
Bloodworks Northwest has declared a “Code-Red” alert, calling on the community to combat the ongoing blood shortage affecting local hospitals and trauma centers across the Pacific Northwest. A sustained increase in patient demand for blood, combined with low donor turnout, means only 85% of the blood needed by patients is now available. Now is the time to give. Please click here to learn more and make an appointment, or call 800-398-7888.
Find out more »May 2021
Walk with a Doc at Owen Rose Garden
Eugene/Springfield’s "Walk with a Doc" is a great chance to get more exercise and get your health questions answered at the same time. Staff from two local clinics participate in the national "Walk with a Doc" program, offering a free monthly opportunity for exercise and informal health-related conversation. The walks take place on the first Saturday of every month from 11 am to 12:30 pm, rain or shine. It’s free and the group can split to accommodate both slower and…
Find out more »June 2021
Free Walk-In Vaccination Clinics
4J Continues Walk-in Vaccine Clinics Through Early August Free COVID-19 vaccines available to all age 12+ twice a week at 4J school sites Eugene School District 4J is partnering with Lane County Public Health to make COVID-19 vaccines available at no cost for students, families and community members through August 6. The clinics are held from 4–6 p.m. on Wednesdays at Churchill High School and on Fridays at North Eugene High School. Advance appointments are available, or community members…
Find out more »July 2021
NAACP Mims House Food Distribution
The NAACP has opened the Mims House Food and Distro hub for community members in need and are offering the following items: fresh or frozen produce frozen, refrigerated, and shelf-stable staples personal items such as shampoo and conditioner baby formula and diapers toothbrushes and toothpaste laundry soap and dish soap The NAACP will ask that community members complete an assessment form to inform them about items and resources needed. The Mims House Food and Distro hub is available Monday through Friday…
Find out more »August 2021
Mask mandate reinstated in Oregon
Governor Kate Brown has reinstated a statewide mask requirement for all indoor public settings, including businesses, regardless of vaccination status. The new mandate addresses COVID-19 hospitalizations breaking records throughout the state due to the highly transmissible delta variant. State and county health officials emphasize that vaccinations remain the most important tool in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly when coupled with masking and social distancing, and significantly reduces the risk of severe disease and death. Vaccination clinic schedules can be viewed…
Find out more »Early Childhood CARES
Did you know that a child’s brain makes one million new neural connections every second before the age of 5? The rapid brain development experienced in early childhood makes this the best time in a child’s life to begin providing intervention services for developmental delays if needed. Early Childhood CARES is Lane County’s early intervention and early childhood special education provider. They provide free developmental screenings and special education services for Lane County children from birth to kindergarten. If you…
Find out more »Blood Donors Needed
Emergency Need for Blood & Platelet Donors 1,200 Donors Needed In Eugene and Springfield Through Labor Day The three-day Labor Day holiday weekend brings a greater potential of accidents and injuries requiring blood transfusions as people travel and head outdoors to enjoy the weather. Because blood supplies are in such short supply, Bloodworks is calling on anyone eligible to donate through Labor Day to make an appointment at our Donor Centers or Pop-Up Blood Drives to give blood. A safe and reliable blood supply for our…
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