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Disaster Preparedness

On this page you will find resources for how to stay safe and take care during severe weather and natural disaster.

Heat

Cold

  • Light: Battery powered over candles 
  • Heat: Blankets, indoor heaters, generators, fireplace 
  • Water: Hydration is VERY important when its cold. 
  • Food: Ensure propane tanks are full if you need to use outdoor cooking appliances 
  • Car: fill up your gas tank and have a car kit with needed emergency supplies  

Resources 

Smoke

Wildfire

Disaster Plans

Articles

Longtime parish minister dies

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Vicki Ford was a stalwart Catholic Charities volunteer and supporter Vicki Ford, a philanthropist who was a lay minister at the same Catholic parish longer than anyone else in Oregon history, died unexpectedly at home Sept. 29.

A new home off the streets – with services

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Catholic Charities opens affordable housing with services in Southeast Portland  In one of Portland’s most direct actions to help people leave homelessness to date, Catholic Charities of Oregon with its public and private partners opened a 61-unit apartment building in the Buckman neighborhood on Sept. 26.  

They have made it home

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Good Shepherd Village, the Catholic Charities affordable housing community in Happy Valley, is up and running smoothly. The building is what most people see – colorful, graceful, welcoming. But the real stories are inside. We spoke with six new residents of the village and asked them about their lives and their sense of what makes…

Recap: The roots of care

Posted By | Catholic Charities Communications
Caring for the marginalized in Hebrew Scripture and tradition Rabbi Michael Cahana, Senior Rabbi for Portland’s oldest synagogue, told an audience Sept. 19 at Catholic Charities of Oregon that the task of humanity is to repair the world.