Mission
Our Mission and Vision
Since opening our doors in 1999, the Schoolhouse Supplies mission remains the same: to promote educational equity in Portland area public schools by providing free school supplies to under-resourced students and classrooms. We do this because we believe that every child has the right to a quality education.
Our ultimate goal is to ensure that every child has access to learning tools that allow them to achieve academic success, regardless of their family’s income or racial/ethnic identity. Our program delivery model achieves additional goals through community engagement and by keeping supplies out of the waste stream.
“Access to supplies is essential to student success. Many of my students would not have access to the supplies they need without Schoolhouse Supplies. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!”
Our Impact
We are proud to partner with a caring community to accomplish our goals. Thanks to you, Schoolhouse Supplies has distributed over $35 million in free school supplies and benefited hundreds of thousands of children.
Each year, Schoolhouse Supplies partners with many local businesses to sponsor programs, host supply drives and involve employees as volunteers. Thousands of individuals donate time, dollars, and new and gently used products to support local students.