Our Contribution Can Help Achieve A Solution
In the early 1980’s, AIDS was devastating the gay community with financial ruin and ending many lives too early.
In Vancouver, concerned individuals began buying and distributing food to people from the trunks of their cars.
That effort grew to become what is now Martha’s Pantry.
At Martha’s Pantry our concern for our friends goes beyond basic survival to include personal dignity and quality of life.
Our clients have the opportunity to choose from lists of food and additional household items:
- a variety of personal hygiene and toiletry items for men and women
- donated clothing and other items in Michele’s Closet
- pet food
- household cleaning products
HIV/AIDS affects people from all walks of life. With treatment, people are surviving, but costs are astronomical.
Interested in lending a hand as a volunteer?
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS
- Cascade AIDS Project
- Clark County Food Bank
- Clark County Public Health
- Community Dinners by Candi Wrapper
- Hoesly Eco Automotive
- Imperial Sovereign Court of the Raintree Empire (Vancouver)
- Imperial Sovereign Rose Court (Portland)
- Kaiser Permanente
- Lyles Myles
- MCC of the Gentle Shepherd
- N.W. Harvest
- Oregon Food Bank
- Rotary Club
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver
- Vancouver United Church of Christ
- Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church
Cascade AIDS Project
CAP SW Washington provides comprehensive, wrap-around services for residents of Clark, Skamania, Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties. We have two offices in SW Washington- one in Vancouver and one in Longview that are both funded by Washington State Department of Health. Their mission is to promote well-being and advance equity by providing inclusive health and wellness services for LGBTQ+ people, people affected by HIV, and all those seeking compassionate care.
