Submit your holiday wish lists by October 15th!

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Submit your holiday wish lists by October 15th! 🎁

Supporting Portland teens in foster care

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Supporting Portland teens in foster care

We have several teens who are moving into their own apartments as they look towards exiting care, and they need furniture! Please donate to help us get them what they need HERE.

Photo by @planetnehemiah for nappy.co.

We have several teens who are moving into their own apartments as they look towards exiting care, and they need furniture! Help us make this happen by donating.

Our mission

Howard's Heart is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing individual and non-transactional support for teens, 13-21, in the foster care system within Multnomah County (Portland, Oregon). Our caring community of activists work to amplify the diverse and frequently marginalized voices of teens and fulfill personal requests that are as varied as their lived experiences. Every young person deserves respect, dignity, and the necessities of life. We strive to challenge the systems designed to overlook them by asking for, listening to, and centering their needs.

Essentials

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Special requests

How we help

Teens tell us what they need, and we connect them with a community that cares.
Requests can be anything from camp fees to deodorant.


They ask, and we do what we can to help.

We supply hygiene and personal care products for teens just entering care or transitioning between housing. We’re always collecting essentials to keep our shelves filled!

From laptops and music lessons, to work boots and camp fees, our teens request what they need to accomplish their goals.

We receive and fulfill special requests every week.

What our teens need now

We deliver sturdy backpacks filled with supplies for high school and college students.

We look to go beyond basics, providing scientific and graphing calculators, day planners, thumb drives, and more.

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Backpack drive

We collect individual wish lists and share them with our community to make sure these kids get things they truly want and need.

We provide holiday gifts to around 350 teens in care every year!

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Holiday gift drive

Hear from our teens

  • "No one had ever asked me what I wanted before, much less gotten it for me."

  • “I teared up seeing all the posts about us, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! We greatly appreciate everything!! And will continue to!!”

  • “You being here is giving me hope. You’ve already made a difference.”