FGC Baskets of Help Toolkit

Due to many institutional barriers, many of our community members already struggle with isolation and a lack of access to resources. The added stress of adjusting to staying at home as often as possible due to the Oregon statewide shelter in place order makes it even more difficult to care for ourselves, our families, and our communities in a good way. The Future Generations Collaborative heard a need from the community. We know we are stronger when we work together, share resources, share wisdom, and learn from each other. Therefore, we created the FGC Stay-At-Home Toolkit, designed for whole families (birth-Elder) to have an activity, find vital phone numbers to reduce isolation and stress, and recenter ourselves in the resilience we hold as Indigenous peoples.

Our first round of toolkits were mailed out to just under 100 people the second week of April 2020. Before the first mailing went out, we had requests from other counties, tribal nations, and community members for access to share with their communities. So, we have put our toolkit online. You can download and print out the packet for free. If you need a printed and mailed copy of the toolkit, please complete the online google form. We come from a place of abundance and the reality of a budget - so we will work with you to try to get out as many copies of the toolkit as possible.

We hope to keep track of how many toolkits we have distributed and gather your feedback in adjusting new kits in the future. Please take a minute to complete the survey about how you felt about the toolkit and feel free to let us know if you and your family found it useful. We appreciate you and are thrilled we had the opportunity to share community with you in this way.