History - "3710 CRESTLINE"

Waldport Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) Clothing Program Started as a Community Service Project in their new building on Keady Street.

Waldport Food Pantry Sets up and shares space in Seventh-day Adventist Fellowship Room on Keady Street.

South Lincoln Resources Formation Two assistance programs in the south county merge to become SLR and the Voucher Assistance Program.
Holiday Food Basket service combines into SLR; selected families receive holiday food.
Needy Children’s Christmas Project starts the gift program at Washington Federal Savings & Loan.
SLR furniture program starts in a volunteer’s garage.

SLR Recognition Gained recognition as a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt organization.

South Lincoln Resources Incorporated SLR becomes a nonprofit charitable organization.
VFW turns their medical equipment operation over to SLR.
Utility trailer purchased for the Furniture/Appliances and Medical Equipment Programs.

Forest Service Warehouse Provided space for Holiday Food Baskets for twelve years.
Logistics involved borrowing large trucks and using various crews to transport food boxes to Waldport Presbyterian.

Alternative Facilities for Holiday Food Baskets Used school facilities, private garages, and vacated classrooms.

Building & Sharing Resources Project created to secure a home for SLR, Waldport Food Share (WFS), and Adventist Clothing Share (ACS).
Objective: Find a home to provide food, clothing, household furnishings, medical equipment, and emergency assistance with community support and minimal expense.
Disaster preparedness included with Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District.

SDA Church Building Seventh-day Adventist Church built new church; Clothing and Food stayed in the old Keady Street building.
SLR moved Furniture/Appliances and Medical Equipment Programs into the Keady Street building to support Clothing and Food.

SLR as Food Share’s Local Sponsor Renovated the Keady Center with a grant from Oregon Food Bank.

Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians Grant to purchase equipment for all three groups to benefit volunteer health and safety.

New Home on Crestline Drive! Right property available; Yachats Ladies Club hosted a dinner auction contributing $14,000 for the purchase on top of hundreds of community contributions from groups and individuals.

Facility Renovation SLR received grants to renovate the facility.
Grantors: Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Community Foundation, Swindells Charitable Trust.
Contractors: Dollowitch & Morgan, DS Electric, Lincoln Plumbing, Quality Concrete Construction, Scniedecker Heating & Air, Best Roofing, Buchko Drywall, Pioneer Connect, Newport Signs
plus Angell Job Corp and in-house volunteer crews led by Dick Springsteen
Holiday Food Baskets and Waldport Food Share were in place by the end of the year.
The Unexpected Elephant became the fundraising activity for sustainability.

SLR By Laws Update Addition of the 3710 Council charged with maintaining and improving facilities.

Waldport Food Share Recognition Gained recognition as a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt organization, remaining an agency of Food Share Lincoln County and Oregon Food Bank.
New Metal Roof on the larger warehouse replaced with funds raised by Unexpected Elephant, assisted by generous contractor and supplier discounts (Gentry Family Construction and Taylor Metals).
Video Surveillance System installed by Quick Computers.