Local non-profits & government agencies we currently serve:
Deer ridge correctional institution
Deer Ridge Correctional Institution (DRCI) is located four miles east of Madras in Jefferson County, Oregon.
Current classes: one class every two weeks.
DESCHUTES COUNTY sheriff’s office adult jail
The mission of The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is to serve our community by providing superior public safety and service, in an ethical and fiscally responsible manner, while preserving the rights of all individuals.
Current classes: one class per week for female inmates, and two classes per week for male inmates.
DESCHUTES COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE EMPLOYEES
The Namaspa Foundation offers classes classes both to those experiencing incarceration, as well as employees of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office jail.
Current classes: once per week — classes are open to DC Sheriff’s Office employees and DC Juvenile Detention Center employees.
Discovery Park Lodge
Discovery Park Lodge is an affordable housing development for low-income seniors — an often-overlooked segment of communities. Classes are open to the public, and open to all ages and levels. No experience necessary. Modifications are offered for those who need chairs for practice, or who use a wheelchair or walker in their daily lives.
Current classes: once per week on Thursdays, 11:30am-12:30pm.
Salvation Army
Salvation Army programs are led by Salvation Army Officers. These officers are responsible to lead by assessing needs, delivering programs, and directing ministries for our local community. The Bend Salvation Army offers food bank services, kids programs, ministry outreach, chair yoga (open to the public), and more.
Current classes: chair yoga offered once per week on Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00pm
Saving grace
Saving Grace offers safety, hope, and healing to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault and engages Central Oregon to build life free from violence.
Current classes: once per week
Skyline recovery
Skyline Recovery’s mission is to set young people onto a path of recovery from substances, trauma, and life difficulties.
Current classes: once per week.
Shepherd’s house ministries
At Shepherd’s House Ministries, we strive to feed the hungry and to shelter the homeless, but our deeper aim is to walk alongside the hurting and the needy to effectively address the life-controlling issues that perpetuate the long-term cycles of pain and homelessness. In an environment of grace, our goal is not to modify behavior. Our goal is to see hearts healed and lives changed from the inside out.
Current classes: once per week. .
