Union Gospel Mission Announces New Director For Women And Children’s Home (Photo) -01/10/25

For Immediate Release                                                                               Contact: Courtney Dodds

January 10, 2025                                                                                                   Cell: 971-275-2334

 

Union Gospel Mission Announces New Director for Women and Children’s Home

 

Portland, Ore., - Union Gospel Mission is excited to introduce Reiko Cordeiro as the new Director of LifeChange for Women and Children. LifeChange is UGM’s long-term addiction recovery community serving women and their children who are recovering from homelessness, addiction, abuse, and trauma.

 

Reiko is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Oregon and has served as the Counseling Director at Union Gospel Mission since 2021. She completed her BA in Psychology at UCLA in Los Angeles and her MA in Counseling Psychology at The Wright Institute in Berkeley. As Counseling Director, she oversaw a team of volunteer providers who serve the men, women, and children in UGM’s LifeChange communities. LifeChange provides wholistic care including education, job training, and counseling. Counseling is an essential part of supporting healing and recovery from deep wounds.

 

Reiko first joined UGM as a volunteer counselor in 2015. She loves working with people in recovery who are committed to their own healing. In 2019, she joined the UGM staff and in 2021 moved into the Counseling Director role. She has been serving as interim Women’s LifeChange Director since August 2024.

 

UGM is nearing completion of their capital campaign to build a brand-new home for LifeChange for Women and Children located in Washington County. This new building, which will more than double their current capacity for women and children, will be opening late Spring 2025.

 

Reiko is looking forward to leading the program during this time of growth and increased impact in the community. Reiko says, “Being part of LifeChange allows you to walk alongside women and kids as they heal and experience life transformation.”

 

For more information on Union Gospel Mission visit www.ugmportland.org

 

About Union Gospel Mission: Union Gospel Mission has been serving Portland since 1927. Union Gospel Mission provides meals and care for those experiencing homelessness and is home to LifeChange – a long-term residential recovery community for men, women and children. Contact Union Gospel Mission at 503-274-4483, ugmportland.org or on social media @ugmpdx

 

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Union Gospel Mission To Serve 350 Meals On Christmas Day -12/23/24

For Immediate Release                                                                                    Contact: Courtney Dodds                   December 23, 2024                                                                                                 Cell: 971-275-2334

 

Union Gospel Mission to Serve 350 Meals on Christmas Day 

Portland, Ore., - Union Gospel Mission’s Christmas Day meal will take place on Wednesday, December 25th at 10:00 a.m. at 15 NW Third Avenue.

The meal includes glazed ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans with onion and garlic, dinner rolls with butter, dessert, coffee, water and a snack sack for later in the day. 

UGM began their special Christmas meal celebrations on Saturday, December 21st by providing 600 Christmas food baskets for families in need. Each basket feeds at least 5 people meaning these baskets provided 3,000 meals to people in need. 

On Sunday, December 22nd UGM continued providing special holiday meals on their Search + Rescue mobile outreach and will continue throughout the week. In all, they will provide more than 3,800 special Christmas meals for those in need or experiencing homelessness, concluding with the sit-down meal Christmas Day in downtown Portland.

If you would like to help the Mission provide meals to those in need visit www.ugmportland.org/donate, call 503-274-4483 or mail a check to 3 NW Third Avenue Portland, OR 97209.

About Union Gospel Mission: Union Gospel Mission has been serving Portland since 1927. Union Gospel Mission provides meals and care for those experiencing homelessness and is home to LifeChange – a long-term residential recovery program for men, women and children. Contact Union Gospel Mission at 503-274-4483, ugmportland.org or on social media @ugmpdx 

 

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