Community Partnerships

Mimosa Studios started building community partnerships in 2001, inviting neighborhood children to paint free tiles which now hang in two large panels outside the shop’s doors. Over the 20 years Mimosa has been in business, the studio has donated hundreds of items and projects to the community.

In addition to her own studio, Raglione has helped install tile murals in front of Grasshopper Children’s Store, to honor owner Kara Larson, at the DePaul Youth Center and at the VOA Men’s Residential Center in the Eliot neighborhood. Owner Austin Raglione is currently donating a tile mural project for cancer patients attending Harmony Hill Cancer Retreats.

‘Now, more than ever, we need to come together and help care for each other. Our motto is: it’s cool to be kind. It’s one thing to talk the talk but I really feel we walk the walk. It’s something that is very important to me.’

- Austin Raglione, owner

How Mimosa Gives Back

  • Donating

    Mimosa Studios donates in three ways: First, by donating gift certificates to schools, community organizations and non-profits to help raise money via auctions and other events. Second, by donating painting projects and services to organizations helping kids and families succeed. And third, by offering discounts to all mentoring program participants, classrooms and schools.

  • Fundraising

    For the past 3 years Mimosa Studios has been donating a portion of their holiday proceeds to Raphael House. At other times of the year, Mimosa Studios helps fundriase for Albina Head Start, the Oregon Humane Society, Rose Haven, the Al Forthan Scholarship and many others. Over the last 20 years, Mimosa has donated over $10,000 in proceeds to local organizations.

  • Engaging

    Engaging in the community is a cornerstone of Mimosa Studios’ mission. Numerous painting projects have been donated over the years including a tile mural painted by clients of the VOA Men’s Residential Treatment Center and another currently being done by cancer patients at Harmony Hill. These organizations are especially important to Austin as she is a cancer survivor and sober person.

These are some of the organizations that Mimosa Studios has had the honor of supporting over the years:

  • Vernon School

  • Central Catholic School

  • Girl Scouts Beyond Bars

  • DePaul Treatment Services

  • VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project

  • Young Men of Awareness

  • Women of Wisdom

  • Jefferson High School

  • Lincoln High School

  • St. Andrew’s Legal Clinic

  • Archbishop Howard School

  • Mt. Tabor Middle School

  • Montessori Schools

  • Albina Headstart

  • Cathedral Park Preschool

  • Madeleine School

  • Stop Child Trafficking Now

  • Rose City Rollers

  • Central City Concern

  •  Black Resilience Fund

  • NE Emergency Food Bank

  • Oregon Humane Society

  • Children’s Cancer Association

  • Pacific Crest Community School

  • Living Yoga

  • Folk Time

  • Kids Community Learning Center

  • Medical Teams International

  • Sisters of the Road

  • da Vinci Arts Middle School

  • Oregon Health Career Center

  • Grace Christian School

  • Alameda Elementary

  • Portland Village School

  • New Day School

  • All Saints School

  • Irvington School

  • Alameda School

  • Q Center

  • Youth, Rights, Justice

  • Holy Cross School

  • Cleveland High School

  • Police Activities League

  • AIDS Walk Portland

  • Sherwood Regional YMCA

  • Warehouse Cafe, Market, and Know Thy Food

  • The Giving Tree

  • Multnomah Playschool

  • A Hope for Autism

  • Lukemia and Lymphoma Society

  • The International Dyslexia Association

  • Portland Lesbian Choir

  • Center for Childhood Hearing Loss and Deafness

  • Pathfinder Academy: Parenting Youth Program

  • Creative Science School- PPS

  • Oregon Outreach

  • Rose Haven Day Shelter

  • New Avenues for Youth

  • Raphael House

  • Al Forthan Scholarship Fund VOA

  • International Rett Syndrome Foundation