Umatilla

&

Morrow County

Mobile Thrift/ Community Fridge Pop-up

March 2026

THRU

September 2026

What a great 4th year in 2025 we have had!

We served around 300 persons through connections to treatment centers, sober living homes, and individual needs requests. With independence and support out of our home office and within the community mobile.

Thank you for all the donations and community partnerships that financially donated so that this program could continue another year to support families and individuals transitioning and in need of their homes of choice.

See you next year around March 2026.

In the meantime, if you need anything, do not hesitate to contact us, and we will see what we can do to assist.

We are here always.

Amy Jo Young-BS President/Founder

about this project

Our organization started a new project two years ago to support people in Umatilla/Morrow County who are having trouble getting the things they need.

We know that sometimes people like to go to yard sales, thrift stores, fruit stands, and farmer's markets, but right now a lot of people can't do that because they don't have enough extra funds.

We are a peer-driven organization made up of people who want to support our communities.

We want to give people things they may need and want for their homes, like small furniture, food, and clothes.

We also want to aid people find and understand the many resources in our communities that can support them.

To do this, we will continue to visit neighborhoods and have mobile pop-up events where we give out donations that our organization has collected.

We are very excited to meet lots of people in our communities!

If you would like to donate, please fill out our contact form, and we will get back to you within 24 to 48 hours to make plans for your donations.

 Offering food and household supplies to people in need

"L -aPs, Inc. (also known as Learning, Living, and Loving after/along with programs) supports people in Oregon counties Morrow and Umatilla who are dealing with behavioral health, addiction, and other life challenges. The organization also obtains donations of food, clothing, small furniture, and household essentials, and distributes them to those in need.

“The current economic situation is not easy for people on low incomes, who are working multiple jobs to pay their bills, put gas in their cars, and put food on the table,” said Amy Jo Young-BS, founder and president of L -aPs, Inc. “Our aim is to alleviate some of that stress by doing what we can to ease the financial strain.”

The grant from AWS will help fund the creation of a mobile thrift store and “community fridge” to collect and distribute food and household items to those unable to access them."