South Lincoln Resources (SLR) Timeline
1950
- Waldport Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) Clothing Program Started as a Community Service Project in the new building on Keady Street.
1960’s
- Waldport Food Pantry Sets up and shares space in Seventh-day Adventist Fellowship Room on Keady Street.
1983
- 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.
1985
- SLR Recognition Gained recognition as a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt organization.
2004
- South Lincoln Resources Incorporated SLR becomes a nonprofit charitable organization.
- VFW turns their medical equipment operation over to SLR.
1995-2007
- Forest Service Warehouse Provided space for Holiday Food Baskets for twelve years.
- Logistics involved borrowing large trucks and using various crews for transportation.
2007-2013
- Alternative Facilities for Holiday Food Baskets Used school facilities, private garages, and vacated classrooms.
2007-2014
- 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.
2008
- 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.
2010
- SLR as Food Share’s Local Sponsor Renovated the Keady Center with a grant from Oregon Food Bank.
2013
- 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.
2014
- Facility Renovation SLR received grants to renovate the facility.
- 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.
2015
- All in All programs were in place early in the year.
2019
- SLR By Laws Update Addition of the 3710 Council charged with maintaining and improving facilities.
2022
- 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).
