The guide will be available
to be accessed from these websites:
Family Building Blocks
City of Aumsville
City of Stayton
City of Sublimity
City of Mill City
Stayton Sublimity
Chamber of Commerce
By Mary Owen
Recently updated and reformatted, the Santiam Canyon Resource Guide is available online to help local residents connect with community resources.
“Through this guide, residents have the opportunity to locate resources in their own community whom they can make a connection with and find support through,” said Julie Hilty with Family Building Blocks.
The guide provides resource information for assistance with rent and utilities, food, household items, transportation, employment and legal, housing and shelter, education, parenting support and medical. Also listed are support services and groups and area hotlines.
Family Building Blocks is a member of the Canyon Collaborative, a local group that exists to “explore and enhance services to families and individuals in Santiam Canyon communities by coordinating and collaborating with all local nonprofits doing good work,” Hilty said.
Other members in the Canyon Collaborative include: Shawn Hazel, Calvary Lutheran Church; Priscilla Glidewell, Safe Families for Children; Lisa Graber, Friends of the Family; Katinka Bryk, Stayton Public Library; and Rhonda Wolf, United Way Mid-Willamette Valley.
Hilty said the resource guide, created five years ago, was overhauled and updated at the request made by the Stayton Police Department for an up-to-date list of local services that officers could share with residents interested in finding support.
“When residents are empowered to make choices that help them in identifying and creating goals toward self-sufficiency, they feel more confidence and self-worth,” Hilty said.
“When residents seek support, they tend to make an impact in their own lives and create positive outcomes for themselves and their families.”
According to Hilty, the cities of Aumsville, Mill City, Stayton and Sublimity as well as the Stayton Sublimity Chamber of Commerce will join Family Building Blocks in placing a link to the resource guide on their websites.
For more information, call Family Building Blocks at 503-769-1120 or the Marion County Resource Center at 971-273-7345.
