PORTLAND, Ore. - For almost as far back as either of them can remember, sisters Andrea and Alejandra Alvarado have been spending their afternoons and much of their free time at the Regence Boys & Girls Club in North Portland.
The Club has been such a constant in the Alvarados' lives that it feels like second nature when they find themselves serving turkey dinner to disadvantaged families on Thanksgiving or explaining the social benefits of a grant to Portland mayor Charlie Hales.
“We go in – we don't even have to be asked 'Can you help us?