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Street Roots vendor profile | ‘I can go to sleep knowing someone else is warm’

Gail enjoys making connections with her customers Gail Marcotte sparkles and shines. It’s her energy, her positive attitude, her playful spirit. Originally from Brooklyn, she has a charming accent and a conversational rhythm that pops with enthusiasm. She ...

10 Apr 2022 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | Experiencing hope and looking ahead

Jason is focusing on finding things that bring him comfort and peace Jason Isbell recently submitted paperwork for a housing voucher program through Old Town Recovery Center. If accepted, he will begin receiving a monthly housing stipend, and he hopes to ...

7 Apr 2022 - Dylan Jefferies
Street Roots vendor profile | Good people make good community

Melissa’s faith and community guide her during hard times Street Roots Vendor Melissa Hansen is tenacious. Her resilience in the face of adversity is apparent as she recounts the many challenges she has faced in the last year, which required her to pause ...

23 Mar 2022 - Jessica Hamilton and Emily Emanuel
Street Roots vendor profile | Racheal knows what’s in a name

Hoping to heal the world around her, Racheal is invested in her community William Shakespeare dismisses the importance of names in the famous soliloquy Juliet delivers from Romeo and Juliet: What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name wo ...

16 Mar 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
Street Roots vendor profile | Max’s work and his customers keep him going

Max made Portland home in 2019 What makes Max McEntire good at what he does is the simple fact that he likes people so much. Whether he’s on the road, working the festival and carnival circuit as a cook, or working the jobs he’s responsible for at Street ...

9 Mar 2022 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | Richard Winkowitsch acts with kindness

Richard is a listener and tries to focus on the positive Richard Winkowitsch is passionate about helping others. Despite experiencing houselessness himself, he is always looking out for his neighbors and making sure they have what they need. He likes help ...

2 Mar 2022 - Dylan Jefferies
Street Roots vendor profile | Charles comes out of his shell as a vendor

Charles has ideas for how Portland can improve Vendor Charles Lindsey is known for his impeccable work ethic. The youngest son of longtime vendors and staff James “Pops” and Marla Duby, Charles became a vendor for Street Roots about three years ago. Back ...

23 Feb 2022 - Jessica Hamilton
Street Roots vendor profile | Honey Badger challenges peoples’ perceptions of homeless people

Honey is a passionate community member Honey Badger was born in December in New Jersey. She chose her name because “honey badgers don’t care what happens to them, they just keep going.” Honey Badger lives in Portland in a small apartment, and up until rec ...

16 Feb 2022 - Kat Wasula
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Street Roots feels like home’

Wendy sells newspaper and brings her art to the Street Roots office The artwork Wendy contributes to the Street Roots office is “made with love,” she said. She began creating chalkboard art because of conversations she had with Helen Hill, an artist and v ...

9 Feb 2022 - Robin Havenick
Street Roots vendor profile | Marla loves making people smile

Marla enjoys helping others get back on their feet Marla Duby loves to see people smile. It’s part of why she likes helping out at the Street Roots’ office in exchange for papers: people there are always smiling. She loves making people smile, too. “I lik ...

2 Feb 2022 - Dylan Jefferies