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In Portland, Cityteam is carrying on the work that the Peniel Mission began, providing hot meals, safe shelter, showers, clean clothing, recovery programs and other essential care to this city's homeless population. A recovery program is in place for those men that are on a road of destruction from drugs and alcohol.

Cityteam is involved in real life situations with the people that walk through our doors. The caring staff and volunteers at Cityteam reach out to those people in need and show them there is real hope in Christ. Cityteam Portland offers several different programs that reach out to those in severe need. All of these programs incorporate a chance for our staff and volunteers to consistently walk along side someone and explain God's unconditional love for them in order to formulate an everlasting real change in their lives.

Equipping Children With Tools To Build a Stable Future

On the journey toward learning, at-risk children are unprepared for the rough trail ahead. Their poverty, unstable home or problematic life can be roadblocks to success.

Expectations are that a student comes to class prepared with supplies like pencils, pens, papers, dictionaries, rulers, scissors. Older students also need calculators and other pricey electronic devices.

But what about someone like Danny? Abused and abandoned by his father. Penniless and lonely. Lugging worn and broken school supplies in a paper bag to his special education class. Danny's mother tried as hard as she could to make ends meet. This single mom barely managed to keep a roof overhead and feed her two sons each day. Still, she kept a cheerful outlook that rubbed off on her boys. Things were going well compared to how they'd been before she filed the restraining order to block the children's father from hurting them or her again.

But then came the straw that broke the camel's back...

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