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Held annually during Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in March, Shangri-La's Yellow Napkin Project aims to increase our community's disability literacy and awareness. 

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Started in 2022 with just 2,500 napkins, the Yellow Napkin Project now distributes over 10,000 napkins featuring five disability literacy messages.

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See the 2023 disability literacy messages.  These messages were selected by input from individuals with disabilities served by Shangri-La and Direct Support Professionals. 

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The napkins are distributed by community partners, mainly food service establishments, who share the napkins with their customers. 

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Read more about the Yellow Napkin Project in this article by the Salem Reporter. ​

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If you are interested in starting a Yellow Napkin Project in your area, please email: community@shangrila-or.org.

2023 Yellow Napkin Project Distribution Partners

Support these local businesses who are helping create communities where all people are accepted for their abilities. 

  • Ankeny Vineyard, Salem

  • Third Avenue Eatery/Baked and Loaded Potatoes/Naked Cat Coffee, Stayton

  • Beehive Taphouse @ Beehive Station, Salem

  • Caffe Capri Reed, Salem

  • Chic Skape, Mt. Angel

  • Columbia Bank, Salem-Keizer

  • Cozzie's NY Deli, Salem

  • Denny's, Woodburn

  • Heroes Tap House, Salem

  • Keizer Sub Shop, Keizer

  • Lively Station, Salem

  • Marion County Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Conference

  • On Any Sundae, Salem

  • Rosie's Mountain Coffee House, Mill City

  • Route 99, Brooks

  • Sweetly Baked, Salem

  • Sewell Sweets, Salem

  • T-Mobile, Stayton

  • The Dawg House Food Truck, Salem

  • The Hub, Stayton

  • The Safe Haven at Chemeketa Community College

  • Shades of Brew, Salem

  • The Easy Otter, Salem

  • Urban Grange, West Salem

  • Waldo Middle School

  • Western Oregon University Disability Services, Monmouth 

Download the napkin distribution partner guide to learn more or click here to request napkins.

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