New Roads Homeless Youth - In Need of Male-Identified Clothing Donations!

New Roads Homeless Youth - In Need of Male-Identified Clothing Donations!

New Roads homeless youth drop-in center (off 7th and Blair Blvd) has a clothing closet for youth clients ages 16 to 21. At this time, the shelves containing clothing for male-identifying youth are quite bare. Looking Glass is seeking donations of clothing in a variety of sizes including pants, shirts, shorts, socks as well as shoes of various sizes.

4th Annual Socktoberfest Sock Drive Generates Thousands of Socks for Homeless Youth

4th Annual Socktoberfest Sock Drive Generates Thousands of Socks for Homeless Youth

The 4th annual Socktoberfest sock donation drive resulted in thousands of pairs of donated socks for New Roads homeless youth program. The October-long donation drive included donation locations at all Lane County area Bi-Marts, local Windermere offices, Macy’s at Valley River Center, Heritage Bank NW, all PeaceHealth hospital locations locally and also a special drive done by the UO Softball team.

Housing Resources - Success Story (VIDEO)

Housing Resources - Success Story (VIDEO)

Looking Glass has provided housing assistance for youth since 1970 through various programs including providing rental assistance funds for security deposits, renters insurance and, in some cases, covering monthly rent for up to 2 years. We recently sat down with a current housing client, Jordan, and his case manager Jack and other Looking Glass staff to hear how these programs work and the impact they can have. (VIDEO)

Looking Glass Selected as Beneficiary at 2021 Market Fest - Volunteers Needed!

Looking Glass Selected as Beneficiary at 2021 Market Fest - Volunteers Needed!

Looking Glass has been selected as this year’s exclusive nonprofit beneficiary for the 2021 Market Fest event held September 10-12 along the streets and shops nearby 5th Street Market.

“This is quite an honor,” explained Looking Glass Director of Marketing & Development, Tyler Mack. “To be selected among so many worthy nonprofits in the area is humbling. We look forward to the great exposure our organization will receive and the funding of course as well.”

Rural Program Hopes to Expand

Rural Program Hopes to Expand

The Looking Glass Rural Program, with current 500 square foot facility in Cottage Grove, hopes to expand services and capacity by nearly 400% when it moves into a new building down the street which is just under 2,000 square feet and has much higher visibility from the road as well.

Purchased in 2019, the new facility is in need of major renovations before staff can move in and serve clients.

Socktoberfest Sock Drive Yields Amazing Results Again

Socktoberfest Sock Drive Yields Amazing Results Again

The 2nd annual Looking Glass Socktoberfest sock donation drive was another huge success thanks to amazing local business partners and their store customers as well as generous Amazon wish list buyers who shipped packages of new socks to our admin office. We received thousands of new and gently used socks for our New Roads homeless youth drop-in center!

Socktoberfest Drive Secures 7,000+ Socks For Youth

Socktoberfest Drive Secures 7,000+ Socks For Youth

On a chilly fall Eugene day in early October, New Roads Runaway & Homeless Youth Services Manager James Ewell posed for a photo opp taken by a Register-Guard reporter showing a sad and mostly empty bin of socks at the New Roads clothing closet which showed the current supply of socks offered to youth being at about 10 or so pairs. By the end of “Socktoberfest” the first ever month-long coordinated sock donation drive for Looking Glass, the challenge became finding storage for all the newly received socks - more than 7,000 pairs of socks were donated and they’re still coming in.

Richard P. Haugland Donation Match Challenge

Richard P. Haugland Donation Match Challenge

The Richard P. Haugland Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation has offered Looking Glass an extremely generous matching donation offer - all donations made to Looking Glass from now through June 25, 2019 will be match 1-to-1 by the Haugland Fund - up to $50,000! Any new donors or returning donors (those who have not donated for 12 months or more) will generate a 2-to-1 match from this fund.

Holiday Giving Trees

Holiday Giving Trees

Looking Glass Giving Trees are up at 15 locations across Eugene and Springfield. Help a youth working to overcome life challenges by getting them a gift for the holidays. Gift wishes range from socks to coats to toys. We also have a Giving Tree cash donation fund and a generous donor match offered from Ron & Marcy Sexton and Primary Residential Mortgage.

#GivingTuesday - Coastal Farm & Ranch Offers $1,000 Matching Donation

#GivingTuesday - Coastal Farm & Ranch Offers $1,000 Matching Donation

For this year’s #GivingTuesday (Nov 27) campaign, Looking Glass was offered a generous matching donation opportunity from the Eugene Coastal Farm & Ranch of $1,000. With hopes of raising another $1,000 from local, individual donors, we have created a special online donation page which describes the impact of various giving levels. These funds will be used to purchase new winter clothing and items as part of our winter donation drive efforts.

Community Challenge: Apartments for Rent Needed for Homeless Youth

Community Challenge: Apartments for Rent Needed for Homeless Youth

Through the Rapid Rehousing Program, Looking Glass assists with rent for up to 2 years to provide homeless youth with secure housing along with mediation and ongoing case management support. Currently, we have 5 clients awaiting the opportunity to get off the streets and into housing, due to a shortage of property managers willing to rent to our clients. We need your help.