The Swap Shop is a co-op that offers an indoor play space during the rainy months (almost every month in Portland season), a time-limit-free library, a free toy and clothing exchange, an art room, meet-ups, free classes, and an after-school program for teenagers so they aren’t let to get themselves into trouble. There’s a gym, that includes Skuut bikes and basket-balls upstairs, a big-kids toy room full of legos and cars, and a toddler room where you can snag sippy cups, bouncers, johnny jump-ups, blocks, and firetrucks to take home and play with to your heart’s content. It is also now incorporated into a non-profit. The minimal monthly dues (less than you’ll spend on kid toys in a month otherwise, and far less than a gym membership that you won’t use) provide all these things, and each family simply takes on one or two jobs (cleaning up the swap bins, putting away art supplies, wiping off chairs) and the place runs smoothly.
Carissa Martos, co-op member, in ““, August 11 2010, Portland Examiner
Co-op memberships are available for families and teens for our two main gathering places, The Swap Shop and The Roost, places to chill as relaxed as your own home with open gym time, gaming and play areas, live entertainment and special meet up events great for the littlest crawler to the coolest older kid.
Sunnyside Swap Shop Co-op facilitates the annual Back-to-School Exchange and spring Useful Goods Exchange - community events that are open to all and free of charge.
Come to a Swap Shop sponsored community event, join the Swap Shop or jump into The Roost and be a part of building community with us . . . . one swap at a time.
The Swapshop is right here, at 35th & Yamhill
