Our Services
Hygiene4All provides critical resources to houseless neighbors, improving public health and sanitation for everyone and promoting respect across the housing divide.
On the corner of SE Martin Luther King Boulevard and SE Belmont Street under the Morrison Bridge.
Open
Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday: 3pm - 9pm
Friday: 3pm - 7pm
Closed
Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
Every day we are open, our paid unsheltered ambassadors and unpaid housed volunteers offer:
Shower & Port-a-Potties
Sanitized port-a-potties, and ADA-accessible shower trailer.
Last shower 45 minutes before close.
Health & Personal Care
Each week, we host community health workers who can provide simple first aid, sign people up for food assistance and health insurance, and refer people to medical appointments. We also provide first aid packages that contain written instructions and items for treating feet and hands as well as skin lesions, cuts, bruises, lice and more. We also hand out each year thousands of free personal care items – such as razors, combs, socks, tampons, and condoms.
Clothing & Bedding Exchange
Patrons can exchange dirty clothes and bedding for similar clean items. Our partners from St. Mark’s Lutheran Church pick up dirty items and launder them off-site, then return washed items to our “free store” for further exchange and reuse. This service will divert thousands of pounds of textiles from Portland’s waste stream.
Trash Drop-Off
Free and legal trash drop-off is available onsite for all patrons.
Houseless staff & housed volunteers train in:
Recognizing, disrupting, and reducing racist, sexist, and anti-LGBTQ+ harm
Sharing decision-making across the team and constructively learning from unsheltered staff and patron experiences and perspectives.
De-escalating conflict and fostering community safety
Providing mental health first aid
Assisting individuals who’ve experienced trauma
Self Advocacy And Community Change
Two hour once a month all staff/volunteer meetings are devoted to analyzing problems, and moments of conflict that occur inside and around our Hub. Staff and Volunteers operate in thematic sociocratic work circles to propose adjustments to program practices and protocols
This approach facilitates the sharing decision-making power and generation of innovative ideas that combat oppressive habits and improve hub harmony. This is our laboratory for generating new ideas for how city, county, and health care services might reorient to reduce the harm and oppression our most vulnerable unsheltered residents too frequently experience.
At H4A unsheltered staff and patrons join with committed housed volunteers to dive deep into how we can work to:
Continually improve H4A’s unique approach to trauma informed mutual aid committed to disrupting racist, sexist, and anti-lgbtq harm on the streets and in public spaces.
Develop our members’ cross-community advocacy and problem-solving skills to transform harmful public policies and practices.
Enhance and share our workshops on:
De-escalation & harm reduction
Mental health first aid
Disrupting racist, sexist, & anti-LGBTQ harm
H4A practices for taking accountability for harm
Sociocratic decision-making
Leadership for new houseless led initiatives
“Community connection, appreciation, purpose, and pride is medicine for the heart and mind.”
Sandra Comstock, Executive Director