About Us

  • What We Do

    We match volunteer individuals, couples, or families as mentors to kids ages 6 through 9.

    The mentor/mentee matches meet 3-4 times each month and commit to at least 1 year.

    Over 70% of our matches continue into a second year and nearly 50% into a third.

  • Stats

    Of the children we serve:

    87% of kids qualify for free lunch program

    63% of kids live with only one parent/guardian

    30% of kids have one or more family members who are or have been in prison

    21% of kids have experienced some form of homelessness

    21% of kids are in foster care, have been in foster care, and/or have been adopted

    16% of kids are from immigrant/refugee families

  • Partnering

    We partner with the local church to find and train mentors.

    Each mentor enthusiastically and patiently includes a child in every day activities, building trust between true friends.

    We applaud and thank them for their dedication and believe both mentors and mentees are profoundly impacted by the friendship.

  • Community

    Children are referred to Faithful Friends by a parent or caregiver, local schools, and other community partners. We believe that the lives of our mentees will be forever changed by their participation in this program. The children and their families in turn change our mentors’ lives by giving their time, attention, and friendship. We care for, nurture, support, and protect them in every way possible.

    The parents and guardians of the children we serve give us a precious gift – the opportunity to spend time with their child. They are the most important people in the child’s life. We respect them, thank them for this opportunity, and seek to champion them as they do the incredible work of raising children.

History.

In 1991, Duncan Campbell set out to determine the best way to transform the most vulnerable children’s lives.

He was determined to find a way to help children that was grounded in solid research, was focused on quantifiable results and considered the return on investment. A two-year research project identified that the best way to create real change is to start working with children early and provide each of them with a long-term, consistent relationships with caring adults. Based on these findings, Duncan founded Friends of the Children in 1993. Duncan wasn’t finished!

Duncan Campbell founded Friends of the Children in 1993 and Faithful Friends in 2013.

For over 30 years, he has hoped to see the Christian faith community serve vulnerable children through mentoring. In January 2013, Duncan Campbell was introduced to Josh White, the lead pastor of Door of Hope Church in Portland. Duncan shared his vision for the church to be an active participant in serving the needs of vulnerable children in the city. Together with Josh, they formed a vision to birth a faith-based mentoring program out of Door of Hope. This program would become Faithful Friends Mentoring Program.

Faithful Friends began in March 2013 and now has 20 church partnerships and over 70 active mentor/mentee matches.