Supporting the Arbor Lodge Shelter, Arbor Lodge Neighborhood, and Kenton Neighborhood Communities
Supporting the Arbor Lodge Shelter, Arbor Lodge Neighborhood, and Kenton Neighborhood Communities
The Arbor Lodge Shelter Community Advisory Committee (CAC) serves as a collaborative, problem-solving body that maintains strong lines of communication between the Homeless Services Department, Do Good Multnomah (the shelter operator), and the community through the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association and Kenton neighbors while ensuring agreement commitments are upheld and fostering transparency. The CAC identifies opportunities for greater collaboration and develops solutions to recurring problems that benefit the shelter, its participants, and the broader community.
Update from Aug 23, 2026
Arbor Lodge served 104 participants in July; 20 of those were exits into positive destinations!
Supplies from our wonderful neighbors continued to come in. Thank you for the socks, underwear, coffee, and toiletries!
Sunday, August 9th, was the Arbor Lodge Block Party- hosted by Peggy. It went really well. Neighbors connected and information was shared about the shelter.
Arbor continues to support transfers from our closing shelters; our waitlist is currently closed with efforts to get shelter closure participants re-sheltered.
Multco Library continues to donate books to us- we share in that excitement by adding some to our free library. Please feel free to donate books as well; our free library is located outside the shelter at the Denver/Lombard intersection.
Shelter supply needs list will be updated asap; the shelter always appreciates coffee donations.
Weather preparedness: our participants were offered N-95 masks during the smoky weather Portland experienced. We are pretty well stocked on warm-weather clothing, but we'd like to prepare for the cold. Please feel free to donate lightly used winter coats, socks, and boots.
Meetings are now been held as needed.
If you would like to contribute donations, you can check the "Give Support" section below for the items the shelter most greatly needs right now. You can drop off donations to the shelter, or contact arbor-lodge-shelter-cac@googlegroups.com to coordinate for a member of the CAC to pick up your items.
The Arbor Lodge Shelter can always use additional support. The CAC will maintain this page with the most current list of most-needed items.
Money donations can be made directly to Do Good Multnomah on their donation page. If you want your donation to go directly to the Arbor Lodge Shelter you indicate that by leaving a comment when donating.
Here are the current supply needs for the Arbor Shelter:
Here are the supplies the shelter could use this month:
Coffee
Tampons
Band-aids
Parchment paper for baking
Sugar packets (or sugar alternative)
Creamer packets
PPE supplies (Latex gloves, medium, large, and/or XL)
Toothbrushes
Yarn (we have some folks who love to knit)
Soil
Flowers
Bike locks
Earphones
Other Support
Backyard bouquets from neighbors' gardens are especially enjoyed by participants and staff. Contact your arbor-lodge-shelter-cac@googlegroups.com for more information.
The shelter is currently getting adult and children book donations from the library, including children's books, and want to share with the community. We have obtained donations of materials and labor and installation for our little library along the line of bushes on the west side along Denver. Stop by !
Manager of the shelter, Sean Rotbergs can be reached at his email address.: Srotbergs@dogoodmultnomah.org
Do you need to report an issue related to the shelter or looking for support from the CAC? You can contact us at arbor-lodge-shelter-cac@googlegroups.com.