{"id":20984,"date":"2020-05-07T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=20984"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T23:02:31","slug":"beaverton-westside-umc-gets-gift-cards-in-migrant-workers-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/beaverton-westside-umc-gets-gift-cards-in-migrant-workers-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaverton-Westside UMC gets gift cards in migrant workers\u2019 hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Kristen Caldwell<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to migrant workers in Oregon, financial stability has never been a reality and the COVID-19 crisis has only made things worse for several families served by the Western Farm Workers Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merry Goldthorpe, a volunteer with the Western Farm Workers\nAssociation and a member of Beaverton-Westside United Methodist Church, has\nwatched as migrant families in the area have struggled even more deeply during\nthis pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A single father who worked as a carpet cleaner in the nearby\narea was laid off and is unable to provide for his children. Another member of\nthe WFWA, a woman working at a plant nursery, was working three weeks a month\nstraight to pay rent. She became ill and missed two weeks of work. Because of\nthe WFWA\u2019s advocacy, Goldthorpe said the woman was finally tested \u2013 thankfully\nnegatively \u2013 for COVID-19. But this woman and her three children are in a very\ndifficult situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when the church heard about the Oregon-Idaho Conference\u2019s\nGrocery Gift Cards for Families initiative, they tapped into local resources\nand have now purchased more than $4,000 in grocery gift cards for the Western\nFarm Workers Association to distribute to its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a heart for migrant workers,\u201d said Rev.\nBrian Shimer of Beaverton-Westside UMC. \u201cWe were trying to find a way we could get\ninvolved (during this pandemic).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The church used a combination of local donations and a grant from\nthe Columbia District Church Extension Society to get the ball rolling,\npurchasing gift cards in the amount of $100 or $50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goldthorpe said grocery gift cards \u2013 in addition to a food drive\nand face mask donation effort from Westside UMC \u2013 are a tremendous resource for\nthe WFWA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe get ten to fifteen requests for emergency food per week. From\ntwo to five times a day people come in asking for rent assistance. We do not\nhave resources for rent.,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is challenging, especially now. Thank\nyou again for the gift cards that will be so gratefully received.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early April\nthe Oregon-Idaho Conference of The UMC launched it\u2019s Grocery Gift Cards for\nFamilies initiative with a $100,000 grant from the Ministry Leadership Team to\ninspire and encourage churches across the Conference to engage with their local\ncommunity to try to offer some relief and support to vulnerable populations\nwithin their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This grant \u2013\nwhich provides matching funds to churches that choose to engage in this work \u2013\nwas issued after the successful implementation of a $10,000 pilot project in southeast\nPortland and extension societies in the Cascadia, Columbia, and Crater Lake\nDistricts also offered their churches between $20,000 and $25,000 in grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the early\nApril rollout of the MLT grant, approximately $65,000 has been expended toward\ngrocery gift cards across the Conference. Lutherans and Presbyterians across\nOregon have also established similar support projects after being inspired by\nlocal United Methodist churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People can also contribute to the Grocery Gift Cards for Families initiative to keep this support going for vulnerable families during this health and economic crisis. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umoi.org\/grocerygiftcards\">www.umoi.org\/grocerygiftcards<\/a> to make a contribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristen Caldwell When it comes to migrant workers in Oregon, financial stability has never been a reality and the COVID-19 crisis has only made things worse for several families served by the Western Farm Workers Association. 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