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Union Gospel Mission to Host 18th Annual Operation Overcoat Street Fair (Photo) - 09/29/18

For Immediate Release                                                            Keith Feher

September 24, 2017                                                    503-274-4483

                                                                                    503-702-3810 (cell)

 

Union Gospel Mission to Host 18th Annual Operation Overcoat Street Fair

Event Provides Clothing, Food and More for Homeless

 

Portland, Ore., -  On Saturday, September 29th from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Union Gospel Mission will be hosting the Mission’s 18th Annual Operation Overcoat street fair, a clothing and food give away for people who are homeless or in need.  This event is free and open to anyone in need.

 

Union Gospel Mission will be blocking off NW Third Avenue between Burnside and Couch Streets and blocking off Couch Street between Third and Fourth Avenues for the Operation Overcoat event.  At the event, guests will have access to free clothing, boots, shoes, sleeping bags, blankets, hygiene items and more. The barbeque meal will be hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, chips and soda.  In addition to the clothing and the meal, there will be live music, free haircuts and free bibles.

Today the mission is serving 350 lbs of potatoe salad, 1500 corndogs, 1500 cheeseburgers, soda, coton candy, popcorn and ice cream. "This is just what I needed, you have no idea what this means to me" says Mark one of our homeless guests "I means alot to just be treated like a human again"

 

At last year’s Operation Overcoat, Union Gospel Mission provided over 3,000 articles of clothing and 1,300 barbeque meals.

 

To support Operation Overcoat, donations can be made online at www.ugmportland.org or call 503-274-4483.

 

About Union Gospel Mission: Union Gospel Mission’s purpose is “Feeding the hungry, restoring the addict and loving our neighbor.” Union Gospel Mission has been serving Portland since 1927. Union Gospel Mission provides meals and care for the homeless, and operates LifeChange -- a transformative recovery program for men, women and children. Contact Union Gospel Mission at 503-274-4483 or ugmportland.org and @ugmpdx.

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