These summer jobs offer more than money, they help transform lives

Published on: 07/05/2025

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The downtown Portland Ben & Jerry's is staffed by youth in the New Avenues program. Myah Macias Perez interacts with a Ben & Jerry's customer. Myah Macias Perez scoops a cone for a Ben & Jerry's customer. Myah Macias Perez decorates a cake in the back room at Ben & Jerry's. Erica Olson used to work at the S.E. Hawthorne Ben & Jerry's location before becoming the Senior Business Manager at the downtown location and taking on the New Avenues part of the job. Painted hand prints line the top of a wall in the downtown Ben & Jerry's location. Every intern who becomes a shift lead or assistant manager is able to leave their mark when their program is done. The downtown Portland Ben & Jerry's is staffed by youth in the New Avenues program. New interns, Mallory Harper and Jett Angus learn from Production Manager, Iain Ogilvie how to screen print. The screen printing facility is called New Avenues INK. Production Manager uses the Jett attends his first day of work at the New Avenues for Youth screen printing facility. New Avenues for Youth focuses on helping houseless youth from ages 9-25 in the Portland area. Mallory Harper learns how to screenprint on her first day at the job. Production Manager Iain Ogilvie works on screen printing a batch of shirts on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Angus and Harper learn how to screen print from Production Manager Iain Ogilvie. New Avenues for Youth focuses on helping houseless youth from ages 9-25 in the Portland area. This is an auto press used for screen printing. Mallory Harper learns how to screenprint on her first day at the job. Jett Angus is one of the new Youth Avenues for Youth interns. Once the ink is printed on the shirt, it goes through the final press. Mallory Harper is newly in recovery and used to live outside before becoming an intern. Jett Angus, left, and Mallory Harper, center, both 20, learn how to use an automated screen printing machine from Iain Ogilvie, right, the production manager at New Avenues INK, a nonprofit-owned print shop in Southeast Portland.