Giving Back

Boxes of Hope

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Student Engagement & Student Media, in partnership with Every Child Polk Yamhill, a program of REACH Northwest, are proud to announce the Boxes of Hope project! This was an opportunity for Western Oregon University students to build a “care box” filled with items and a personal note for children in foster care going through difficult and uncertain times. This event took place on November 19th and 20th, 2025.

One of the most effective ways to become empowered and to establish purpose in your life is to ask yourself, “Who can I help?”. This project and event set the stage for that question by providing students a chance to help children who are going through one of the most challenging times of their lives. Alongside serving others, students who signed up to participate also gained volunteer experience for their resume, cover letter, and future professional endeavors, and were entered to win a $250 tuition-based scholarship!

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Pictures from the Event

Classroom of children holding up the cards they made for foster children.

Wolfie holding a care box next to the care box creation station.

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WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
345 Monmouth Ave. N.
Monmouth OR 97361

503-838-8000 | 1-877-877-1593

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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