Road to Hope Salem - Coming Soon!
Behind every room we’re preparing is a pregnant woman longing for help and hope
Sometimes all it takes is one place, one opportunity, and people willing to walk alongside a mother for everything to begin changing.
Stories like Sophia’s remind us why expanding hope to the Salem area matters.
“My mom told me that I should have an abortion but I wanted to give my baby life. Road to Hope gave my baby a chance to live.”
Every woman who comes to Road to Hope carries a story that is uniquely her own. She may be searching for safety, longing for stability, or simply hoping someone will believe in her and her child.
Here, she finds more than a place to stay. She finds compassionate care, practical support, and people who walk alongside her as she builds a brighter future.
For nearly three decades, Road to Hope has been a place where women discover hope, healing, and the love of Christ. Now we are preparing to bring that same life-changing ministry to Salem.
Why Salem
As we prayerfully considered the growing number of women in need of safe, stable housing and support, the Salem area emerged as a place where calling and opportunity clearly aligned. The timing reflects God's provision and the doors He has opened.
Across the Mid-Willamette Valley, too many pregnant women face housing instability, limited support systems, and uncertain futures. No woman should have to navigate pregnancy and motherhood without a safe place to turn.
Expanding to Salem allows Road to Hope to respond to this need while remaining rooted in the work already happening at our Beaverton campus. By extending our Christ-centered ministry to Salem, more women and children will have the opportunity to experience hope, stability, compassionate support, and the love of Christ.
This next step reflects God's timing, extending nearly three decades of Christ-centered care to more mothers and children who need hope.
A Community Unlike Any Other
The Salem campus is located within a retirement community, creating a unique opportunity for generations to share life together.
As mothers begin building a new future for themselves and their children, they will be surrounded by caring neighbors who offer encouragement, support, and wisdom.
Simple moments, like a warm smile, sharing a conversation, or reading a book with a child, can remind a mother that she is seen, valued, and not alone.
In return, retirement community residents have the opportunity to invest in young families and witness hope taking root in the next generation.
We believe God designed us to live in community, caring for one another through every season of life. This special partnership reflects that beautiful truth, bringing generations together in a place where lives are strengthened, hope is shared, and everyone has something meaningful to give.
Progress Towards Opening
Every room that's prepared, every item that's donated, every hour volunteered, and every prayer offered is helping create a place where mothers and children will be welcomed with dignity, compassion, and hope.
What God Has Already Provided
✓ A home for the Salem Campus
✓ A partnership with the retirement community
✓ Community support from churches, businesses, and individuals
✓ Volunteers willing to serve and prepare the home
✓ Financial gifts helping make this ministry possible
How you Can Be Part of What’s Next
□ Prepare welcoming bedrooms for mothers and children
□ Fill the kitchen with everyday essentials
□ Create warm, inviting spaces where moms & little ones feel at home
□ Build a team of volunteers and prayer partners
□ Sustain the ministry through ongoing financial support
Every gift, every volunteer, and every prayer helps move this ministry forward.
Building Hope Together
God continues to provide in incredible ways as the Salem home takes shape. Every answered prayer, generous donation, volunteer, and completed project brings us one step closer to welcoming moms and little ones.
Below, you'll find a glimpse of the latest progress as this vision continues to become a reality.
Bedrooms have new flooring
We almost have a finished kitchen
Walls have gone up in the House Parent suite
Partner with us
As we prepare each room, we are doing more than furnishing a house. We are creating a home where women and children will feel safe, welcomed, valued, and loved.
pray
Pray for the women and children who will soon call Road to Hope home, and for the staff, volunteers, donors, and community partners helping make this vision possible.
serve
Join us as we prepare the home and support the ministry through service projects, donation drives, and other volunteer opportunities.
Support
Road to Hope is 100% donor-funded. Every gift helps sustain Christ-centered care, housing, mentoring, and care for mothers and babies.
Shop
Help provide everything from household essentials to the special touches that make a house feel like home. Find out how, below.
Be Part of Preparing the Home
Every room we prepare at our Salem campus has a purpose: to welcome a pregnant or parenting mom and her child into a home where they can receive housing, practical support, and hope for what comes next.
As we prepare to open the doors, you can be part of making this house feel like home. From bedding and kitchen essentials to cleaning supplies and everyday necessities, each item helps create a space that is ready to welcome and serve the moms and little ones who will live here.
help us prepare each space
Choose an area of the home to help furnish and equip, knowing each item you provide is helping prepare a welcoming place for a mom and her little one.
Explore our current wish lists below and check back often!
As needs are filled, we’ll continue updating the lists with new ways you can help prepare the home.
add the finishing touches
Gift cards give us the flexibility to fill in what’s still needed and add the thoughtful details that make each space feel warm, comfortable, and ready to welcome a mom home.
Want to help us put those finishing touches in place?
We would especially appreciate gift cards to Amazon and Hobby Lobby. Physical gift cards can be sent to our mailing address. eGift cards can be electronically to office@road2hopepdx.org.
a shared foundation of hope
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who built it labor in vain.
PSALM 127:1
This is what hope can feel like when a mother finally has a safe place to land:
When Road to Hope picked me up, I was nervous. It was a mix of emotions - excitement and a relief. I felt that's where I needed to be. It felt safe. I had a room. I had a bed. I had food. No one there was going to harm me. Road to Hope was there.
-Sierra, Former Client
