AC Portland

🎉Come Celebrate With Us!🎉

Our ACP Staff and Board of Directors will be at Steeplejack Brewing on Thursday, November 7th at 7:30 pm to celebrate the start of !

Come say hello, meet our staff, and learn more about the work we do in Portland!!

🎤TODAY IS THE FIRST BIG GIVE DAY🎤

That means when you donate $10 or more to Active Children Portland or any participating nonprofit through , you are automatically entered to win amazing prizes. Today we are excited to share the first of many exceptional prizes: Billie Eilish tickets, including hotel and food!

Click the link in bio to enter for your chance to win and to support our mission of offering equitable access to after-school programming centered around academic enrichment, physical wellness, and mentorship to empower youth in building healthy communities.

Every dollar counts!

We are days away the start of Willamette Week’s Give!Guide!

We are thrilled and honored to be part of this annual campaign that supports Oregon nonprofits and allows donors to win exciting prizes through incentives and weekly Big Give Days.

Be sure to check out all the amazing nonprofits participating this holiday season.

📣 Come Join the ACP Team!! 👏

If you have a passion for supporting and empowering youth and posses a background in development, fundraising, or adjacent skill sets please apply! More info at: https://shorturl.at/UXRSN. Or DM with questions!

When all four panelists at the Women’s Leadership Summit were athletes: access to sports and sports participation were central themes to this soul filling conversation. Libra Forde, Executive Director of the said it best: “sports elevated us in a way that societal scripts often diminish”. Thank you for the opportunity to listen and learn…feeling inspired & grateful.

We are a 2024 Sports 4 Life grant recipient! The Sports 4 Life program is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and we could not be more excited to be a part of this special class of grantees. This national initiative – co-founded by WSF and in 2014 and supported by – utilizes the power of sport to build a solid foundation for Black, African-American, Latinx, and Native American girls to thrive on and off the field of play. We are grateful for their support in expanding soccer opportunities for our girls, gender-expansive, and nonbinary youth! We'd also like to give a shout-out to our friends , another awesome local sports-based youth development organization, for receiving this award! Play like a girl!

Alaska Airlines recently named Active Children Portland as one of three area organizations to receive a donation from the airline. ACP will use the $100,000 donation to expand after school programming options in 2023.

“Care is at the heart of everything we do at Alaska Airlines, and we are incredibly proud to partner with Active Children Portland,” said Harry Cheema, public affairs manager at Alaska Airlines. “Through helping kids gain access to sports, additional education and emotional support, Active Children Portland shares our commitment to care for the people and communities we serve.”

Learn more: https://acportland.org/alaskaairlines-donates-acp

We’ve got a new look! Our newly designed logo and colors were created with the organization’s three pillars in mind: green represents health, red represents education, and blue represents the community.

We’ve been working within the community for over 10 years to reduce barriers to education and health. This Holiday Season, you can support our kids and create a more equitable future.

Learn more about us and ways to get involved by checking out our website: https://acportland.org/

Make a positive impact in the lives of local area kids living in underserved Portland areas. Sites still in need of quality mentors include:

Wilkes Elementary
Earl Boyles Elementary
Jason Lee Elementary
George Middle School
Shaver Elementary
Meadows Elementary

High quality training, paid positions, after-school hours, amazing kids and communities, and awesome programming!

Email Sianna Moreno at [email protected] for more info.

What?!! FREE Roller Derby Camp?!! That’s right. We have teamed up with and to bring a full week of roller derby to 4th-8th grade girls and non-binary youth who attend SUN schools in the Portland area.

Kids will:

Learn the basics of the fun sport of roller derby! Previous skating experience NOT required.

Do fun and creative arts projects!

Be led by trained, experienced derby coaches.

Have all safety and skating equipment provided thanks to RCR’s mobile derby truck.

Be provided with lunch and snacks

Enjoy learning, playing, and creating in a safe space that follows COVID-19 safety protocols.

DON’T WAIT! SIGN UP TODAY! ONLY 40 spots available.

Contact Kimberly at [email protected] or DM here for more info and to sign up.

Share to get the word out to future roller derby superstars⭐️⭐️⭐️

Camp happening August 23-27, 9AM-2PM at Shaver Elementary.

10 year in youth development with quality social emotional learning to boost the next generation of leaders, neighbors, and mentors.

Celebrating 10 years boosting health, happiness, and achievement through nutrition and fitness.

How do you stay fit?

10 years and going strong! Did you miss our story last week? Well here you go!

We are boosting education enrichment for 1,200 (and growing) kids annually. Greater academic achievement made possible for living in underserved areas throughout the metro. All at no cost to the family or schools 💯!!

We like those numbers! How about you? 10 years and going strong.

Can you envision it? We can do this.

We’re on a mission! Ten years and stronger than ever.

Teach it in the classrooms. We all deserve the truth.

🏳️‍🌈Today we acknowledge, and every day we practice. We stand with our LGBTQ+ community.

It’s all about exceptional teamwork!

Both ACPDX and our community partner are hiring. 🔗in bio

ACPDX: Program Manager

RCR: Three positions: 1. Athletic Program Manager, 2. Volunteer Coordinator, and 3. Development Manager

Equal opportunity employers dedicated to diverse and inclusive environments to boost internal and external community experience and equity.

Dig in this Earth Day🍃🌱🌎

These two sponsors can help you achieve your and they’re two incredible companies to boot!

For everyone that signs up for service using the link in our bio, they will donate $10 to help us keep delivering our quality, award winning programming.

sundries raffled off a beautiful basket of goods this morning to help ACP amplify this — can’t wait to see who won! See info on their tremendous service as well link in bio.

The Oregon community has really come together this year to AMPLIFY and we are excited to be sponsored by these three incredible organizations!

is helping to save the world by helping you get rid of the hard to recyclables. So cool! Go to our bio link for more info and to sign up. For everyone that signs up using our link they Ridwell will donate $10 to our award winning programming.

is a fabulous local company dedicated to eliminating dependency on plastic by offering affordable waste-free household products while empowering and encouraging everyday action against climate change. Keep those plastics out of our waters! Great raffle bundle too that benefits ACP’s mission. 🔗 in bio of course

is one of our favorite all-round partners and is sponsoring our efforts to amplify awareness and action for our one and only planet! More links in the bio— check em out!

We ✋🏾❤️🤚🏾 the mission and sustainable product delivery of and we’re sure you will too! Click the 🔗 in our bio to learn more and check out the raffle!

“ The Simple Sundries mission is to eliminate our dependency on plastic by offering affordable waste-free household products while empowering and encouraging everyday action against climate change.”