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A Thanksgiving Thank-you Letter

A THANKSGIVING THANK YOU LETTER:

I get to hear so many great things from our families and our sponsors every month, it was delightful to open my email on Thanksgiving to this post that sums up so many of the sentiments I get to be a witness to every day. Hope it warms your heart [...]

Road to Tibet

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I’m guessing that Yeshi’s life sounds much more romantic in the telling than it does in the living of it but she’s a little living miracle right in the heart of the Hawthorne shopping district. Her shop – Road to Tibet – is sometimes open, sometimes closed in the rhythm of her balancing act [...]

Reunion Apparel

If you have any memory left of life before kids when you were super young and in love and ready to take on the world on a shoestring budget, you’ll already know everything you need to know about Reunion apparel resale. William and Tara have a little spot about the size of your average inner [...]

Halloween Candy Swap

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HALLOWEEN CANDY/TOY SWAP NEXT MONDAY NIGHT: This is a super fun co-op tradition. Just remember to include us in your trick or treating route if you are going out. Come to the top of the main Yamhill church building stairs on Halloween night from 6:30-8:30 and get some trick or treat candy and a chance [...]

Swap Shop featured in NW Kids Magazine

NW Kids Magazine featured the Swap Shop and our local Swap n’ Plays in this month’s issue.

 

Winter Open House January 7th and 21st

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Swap Shop open houses are a great time to play for the day, tour all our play spaces and fill out paperwork to become a member.

Our two Winter open houses will be:

Saturday January 7th and 21st, 10 am – 4 pm

Click on the Play Pass Schedule for other dates to play for [...]

Know Your Neighbors – Schools and Classes

Whether you have a one year old or a fourteen year old, like the idea of circus skills for fun or Saturday school for better academics, this swap shop post about schools and classes connects [...]

Portlandia filming at Zupan’s today

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Our swap shop weekly post comes with a bonus tweet today . . .

The crew of Portlandia is filming at Zupans this morning at the corner of 33rd and Belmont. Not sure how long they will be there but, when I jogged by this morning, the co-stars were in their trailer getting their make [...]

Know your newest neighbor – International Leadership Academy

 

I am happy to announce that we have brand new neighbors not just nearby the Swap Shop but actually right inside our space.

If you have been around the past few weeks you will have noticed a lot of French being spoken and you might have already met Massene, Patricia and Cary, two teachers [...]

Crank!

Crank – one of the newest bike shops in Portland . . . almost to Burnside a block off SE 28th on Ash. Run by two great young guys, Chris and Justin, this place is, as the word on Yelp says, unpretentious, super helpful and affordable.

If any of these brands are on your wish [...]