With the help of local church, Oregon DHS overhauls child visitation rooms - Oregon

"That disconnect between best intentions and harsh reality was apparent when members of West Linn’s Willamette Christian Church visited DHS last spring as part of the Portland Leadership Foundation’s Embrace Oregon project. They wanted to know how they could help, and the child visitation rooms clearly ranked first on the list of needs.

"Now, more than a year later, Johnson and her colleagues can look in awe at the transformation that has taken place. With the help of $15,000 raised during a Mother’s Day fundraiser, the church partnered with DHS workers to completely revamp the visitation rooms, adding fresh paint jobs along with new couches, televisions and three-dimensional artwork to line the walls...."

http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/154690-bells-and-whistles

                                                                                                            Photo credit: by: TIDINGS PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE

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