{"id":4421,"date":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/?page_id=4421"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:00:00","slug":"press","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/press\/","title":{"rendered":"For journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bsw-hero bsw-hero-lg has-art\" data-bsw-hero style=\"--bsw-shade:0.72\"><div class=\"bsw-hero-media\"><svg class=\"bsw-art bsw-art-tag\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 420\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path class=\"h\" d=\"M250 40 C 250 90 280 110 318 118\"\/><g transform=\"rotate(-14 330 118)\"><path class=\"l fb\" d=\"M330 118 L430 134 V368 H230 V134 Z\"\/><circle class=\"l\" cx=\"330\" cy=\"134\" r=\"4\"\/><path class=\"h\" d=\"M240 156 h180 M240 168 h172\"\/><\/g><circle class=\"h\" cx=\"330\" cy=\"250\" r=\"190\"\/><path class=\"r\" d=\"M120 360 q40 -30 80 0 t80 0\" \/><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"bsw-hero-glow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><div class=\"bsw-wrap bsw-hero-grid\"><div class=\"bsw-hero-copy\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow bsw-in bsw-in-1\">Press \u00b7 Bloom Swap<\/p><h1 class=\"bsw-h1 bsw-in bsw-in-2\"><span class=\"bsw-h1-claim\">For journalists.<\/span> <em class=\"bsw-turn\">Facts first, a person second.<\/em><\/h1><span class=\"bsw-rule bsw-in bsw-in-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"bsw-hero-lede bsw-in bsw-in-3\"><p>Bloom Swap is a free clothing program of Bloom Ministries, a registered 501(c)(3) in Salem, Oregon. Below: a paragraph you may reuse, the facts that are verified, the image policy, and how to reach the Chancery.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bsw-actions bsw-in bsw-in-4\"><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-primary\" href=\"#bsw-boilerplate\" data-bsw-magnet><span>Use the boilerplate<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-ghost\" href=\"#bsw-contact\"><span>Reach a person<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Reusable<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\" id=\"bsw-boilerplate\">Bloom Swap press boilerplate.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">You may reuse this paragraph as written, in whole, without asking.<\/p><\/header><div class=\"bsw-callout bsw-callout-brass bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-callout-t\">Boilerplate \u00b7 free to reuse<\/p><div class=\"bsw-callout-b\"><p>Bloom Swap is a free clothing program of Bloom Ministries, a registered 501(c)(3). People arrive, browse racks sorted by size and style, take what fits who they are, and leave with a bag. Nothing is sold, nothing is means-tested, no ID is asked for, no name is required. Bloom owns the inventory, stores it, sorts it, launders it, delivers it the day before a swap and removes it after. Swaps happen at host venues: the first was hosted by an electrology practice in Tigard; the plan is two swap weekends a year there, a network of host congregations running Bloom Swaps with Bloom\u2019s playbook and signage, and clothing reaching unhoused neighbors in Salem and Portland through congregations and organizations. Every guest is offered the rest of the Bloom network \u2014 crisis support, the Trans Relocation Fund, six free peer groups \u2014 and none of it costs anything.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>If you shorten it, keep the first sentence as it stands. \u201cA registered 501(c)(3)\u201d is the correct description of Bloom Ministries.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-ink\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Fact sheet<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">The facts, verified.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">Each of these is on the public record or on Bloom\u2019s own live pages. A claim not on this list is not one Bloom is making yet.<\/p><\/header>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloom Ministries is a registered 501(c)(3), EIN 39-4922713, incorporated October 17, 2025, in Salem, Oregon.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom helped 47 people before it solicited any outside funding.<\/li>\n<li>Founder and officer compensation at Bloom Ministries is $0, and has been since the first day.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom\u2019s crisis form is answered within one business day, and Bloom\u2019s crisis pages carry a quick exit.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom runs six free peer groups: Trans Identity, Disability, Faith Deconstruction, Grief, Relocation Transition and Family Rejection.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom\u2019s relocation support is given as grants, not loans. A relocation runs $3,000\u2013$6,000.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom Swap partner recognition follows IRC \u00a7513(i) and Treas. Reg. 1.513-4(c)(2)(iv): acknowledgment, never advertising.<\/li>\n<li>The Oregon Child Abuse Hotline, 855-503-SAFE (855-503-7233), is printed on every Bloom Swap page.<\/li>\n<li>Crisis support is free and routed through <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/crisis-support\/\">bloomministries.org\/crisis-support<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Swap figures, such as swaps held and pieces circulated, are computed from the program\u2019s ledger and published on <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/impact\/\">the impact page<\/a>. Where there are no records yet, that page says \u201cnot yet counted\u201d, and Bloom asks that coverage say the same rather than estimate.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-parchment bsw-light\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Photographs<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Image policy.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">No photograph of a guest exists, and none will be provided.<\/p><\/header>\n<p>Bloom Swap does not photograph guests and does not allow anyone else to. Volunteers agree to that rule before they serve, and hosts agree to it for the days of their swap. A journalist at a swap is asked to keep the same rule: no photographs and no recordings of guests.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs of venues, racks, hangers, sorted stock and an empty room before a swap opens are available on request. Captions should describe what is shown and never suggest that a pictured garment went to any particular person. Logo files and organizational background are in Bloom Ministries\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/newsroom\/media-kit\/\">media kit<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Contact<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\" id=\"bsw-contact\">Who speaks for Bloom Swap.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">The Chancery of Bloom Ministries speaks for Bloom Swap.<\/p><\/header><p>Write through <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/contact\/\">Bloom Ministries\u2019 contact page<\/a>, and say that the message is a press inquiry about Bloom Swap, with your outlet and your deadline. The Chancery answers with facts first, and arranges an interview where one would help.<\/p>\n<p>Bloom\u2019s other announcements and statements are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/newsroom\/\">newsroom<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-parchment bsw-light\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">A few notes<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Describing Bloom Swap accurately.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">Five points that keep coverage accurate, and keep guests safe.<\/p><\/header>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloom Swap is a program of Bloom Ministries, not a separate organization.<\/li>\n<li>It is free. Nothing at a swap is sold, and no guest is asked for ID, a name or a reason for coming.<\/li>\n<li>It is for trans and nonbinary people first, and for anyone who needs clothes that fit.<\/li>\n<li>Host venues and partners are named by Bloom only once they have signed and agreed to be named. Please do not name a host or partner this site does not list.<\/li>\n<li>Plans, such as swap weekends and clothing drives, are plans until they have happened. The site says which is which.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-ink\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><aside class=\"bsw-honest bsw-rv\" aria-labelledby=\"bsw-honest-7bcd783cfbca68953c20960f6c1fb091\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Where we honestly stand<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\" id=\"bsw-honest-7bcd783cfbca68953c20960f6c1fb091\">What Bloom will not say yet.<\/h2><div class=\"bsw-honest-b\"><p>Bloom states a count, a date or a name only when it is on the record, and this page will not run ahead of the records. When something changes, it appears on the site first, with its source.<\/p><\/div><p class=\"bsw-stamp\">Written September 2026 \u00b7 figures update from records<\/p><\/aside><header class=\"bsw-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Dated log<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\" id=\"corrections\">Corrections.<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-head-lede\">When Bloom Swap gets something wrong on this site, the correction is dated and kept here.<\/p><\/header><div class=\"bsw-empty\"><p class=\"bsw-empty-t\">No corrections yet.<\/p><p>When something on this site is found to be wrong, the correction is dated and listed here, newest first.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-parchment bsw-light\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><div class=\"bsw-faq\"><header class=\"bsw-faq-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">FAQ<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2\">Questions journalists ask<\/h2><p class=\"bsw-faq-more\">Still asking? Write to <a href=\"mailto:swap@bloomministries.org\">swap@bloomministries.org<\/a> and a person answers.<\/p><\/header><div class=\"bsw-faq-list bsw-rv\"><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Can I attend a swap as a journalist?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>Ask the Chancery first, before you arrive. The rule during a swap does not change for anyone: no guest is photographed, recorded or approached for comment. The room belongs to the guests.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Can you put me in touch with a guest?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>No. Bloom does not record who comes to a swap and does not introduce guests to the press. Bloom Swap has no testimonials, by design.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">How should Bloom Ministries be described?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Salem, Oregon, EIN 39-4922713. Bloom Swap is one of its programs.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"bsw-q\" data-bsw-q><summary><span class=\"bsw-q-t\">Who hosted the first swap?<\/span><span class=\"bsw-q-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/summary><div class=\"bsw-q-a\"><p>The first swap was hosted by an electrology practice in Tigard. Bloom names a host or partner only after it has signed and agreed to be named.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-g-stone\"><div class=\"bsw-wrap\"><div class=\"bsw-related\"><header class=\"bsw-related-head bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Keep going<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2 bsw-related-h\">Where to go from here.<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"bsw-related-grid bsw-rv\"><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d1\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Bloom Swap<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">The front door: what a swap is and the five ways in.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d2\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/how-it-works\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">How it works<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">The four steps of a swap day, and what every room has before you walk in.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d3\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/upcoming\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Upcoming swaps<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">Every announced swap, by city, and the list that hears two weeks before a swap near you.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-rel bsw-d1\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/first-time\/\"><span class=\"bsw-rel-k\">Next<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-t\">Your first swap<\/span><span class=\"bsw-rel-r\">Nervous about going? What happens from the door to the way out, and how to leave at any moment.<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"bsw-sec bsw-close bsw-g-ink\" data-bsw-close><span class=\"bsw-close-rail\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"bsw-wrap bsw-close-in bsw-rv\"><p class=\"bsw-eyebrow\">Press<\/p><h2 class=\"bsw-h2 bsw-close-h\">Facts first. Then a person.<\/h2><div class=\"bsw-close-lead\"><p>Use the boilerplate as it stands, check the figures on the impact page, and write to the Chancery with anything else.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bsw-actions bsw-actions-center\"><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-primary\" href=\"#bsw-contact\" data-bsw-magnet><span>Reach the Chancery<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><a class=\"bsw-btn bsw-btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/impact\/\"><span>See the impact figures<\/span><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-arrow\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M5 12h13\"\/><path d=\"m13 6 6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><p class=\"bsw-exit\"><svg class=\"bsw-ico bsw-ico-exit\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.6\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M14 4h4.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 20 5.5v13a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-1.5 1.5H14\"\/><path d=\"M10 16.5 5.5 12 10 7.5M5.5 12H16\"\/><\/svg><span>In danger right now?<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/crisis-support\/\">Bloom\u2019s crisis support is free, and a person answers<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4421","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/swap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}