Local Business Highlight: Mermosa PDX

Local Business Highlight: Mermosa PDX

A Conversation with Desiree Noisette, Founder of Mermosa PDX — February 2024 Tell us a little bit about Mermosa. Mermosa is inspired by my family’s heritage. We, like most people, have family members from all around the world historically. We are French, Haitian, we...
The Faces of Friendly House: Carrie Hoops

The Faces of Friendly House: Carrie Hoops

March 2022 “I believe that attending Friendly House deeply impacted me as a person. Not just learning social-emotional developmental skills, but also how to be in community, to share and collaborate.” Carrie Hoops is a very special part of our Friendly...
The Faces of Friendly House: Kevin Cook

The Faces of Friendly House: Kevin Cook

February 2022 “The folks at Friendly House really care about the community and the people who come to them for care and services. Everyone belongs at Friendly House, everyone is family there.” Kevin Cook has been a long-time friend of Friendly House. From...
The Faces of Friendly House: Stacey Moy

The Faces of Friendly House: Stacey Moy

February 2022 “Friendly House is where people find new friends, continue lifelong friendships, connect with their Northwest neighbors, take fun classes, where children have a safe place to have fun together, where elders are seen and cared for, and where people...
The Faces of Friendly House: Jerry Harris

The Faces of Friendly House: Jerry Harris

January 2022 “I have faint memories, as I would walk through the Y to the day’s activity, of seeing doors open to rooms where older men were talking. It couldn’t possibly have entered my mind then that 60+ years later I’d be like those men, seeking companionship...