Summer Special
The suma summer special is a food offering on the suma app.
The offering lets you buy vouchers that can be used to buy produce and packaged goods at that farmers market.
First time buyers: Every market season you can get a first-time-buyer special: $24 worth of vouchers for $5.
Returning buyers: You can buy up to 15 $2 vouchers for $1 each. (Example: If you buy 15 vouchers, your $15 gives you $30 in vouchers to spend at the market.)
The suma special is available to all validated suma users. Suma works with our partners to ensure new users are eligible for the suma app and its products, discounts, and subsidies. This allows us to “validate” a new user.
To become a validated user, upon sign up suma will ask you if you are accessing programming, like housing, job training or food assistance, at the following suma partners:
Home Forward
Hacienda CDC
SNAP
WIC
Transition Projects
Do Good Multnomah
Reach CDC
Habitat for Humanity
St. Johns Food Share and other Food Pantries
Our Just Future
Proud Ground
Andando en Bicicletas en Cully
Miracles Club
Verde
ROSE CDC
(Validation may take a few days to confirm. You will receive a message from suma once you have been validated).
*If you would like us to partner with another organization please let us know, we look to partner with more in the future*
Please email apphelp@mysuma.org if you have any questions about participating. For updates on future specials please follow us on instagram at instagram.com/mysuma.
The St. Johns Farmers Market every Saturday 9 am to 2 pm starting May 4, 2024
📍N Charleston Ave &, N Central St, Portland, OR 97203
The King Farmers Market every Sunday 10 am to 2 pm starting May 5, 2024
📍NE Wygant St &, NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Suma users can enjoy our summer special by:
First Time Buyers:
1. Sign up/log into the suma app
2. Click the “food” tab
3. Select “Farmers Market Ride & Shop” for desired market
4. Select “$24 in Market Vouchers” (cost to you $5)
5. Complete the checkout process
6. Congrats! You now have access to $24 worth of vouchers to spend at the farmers market
7. Redeem your purchase at the farmers market
Returning Customers:
1. Log into the suma app
2. Click the “food” tab
3. Select Farmers Market Ride & Shop” for desired market
4. Select the “1:1 Market Match” offering
5. Load anywhere between $1-15 and suma will match you 1:1 (For example, if you pay $15, suma will match you with $15, and you will have a total of $30 in vouchers to spend)
6. Complete the checkout process
7. Redeem your purchase at the farmers market every week until the end of the season!
Check out this video for more information about signing up
The first time buyer special can be used once per market season.
Returning buyers can return every weekend for the whole market season.
Payment
Most prepaid debit cards should work. But, some prepaid debit cards can’t be used for “online purchases” at times so please keep this in mind.
Unfortunately at the moment users can’t pay with cash. The team is planning to add more payment options in the future.
You can not get change from the vouchers.
Vendors at the market are familiar with SNAP EBT and suma vouchers and will work with folks to maximize their $2 value vouchers.
Sign-Up
Visit us at the market booth for in-person help or check out this video for more information about signing up. If you need further assistance, please reach out to us at apphelp@mysuma.org
To become a validated user, upon sign up suma will ask you if you are accessing programming, like housing, job training or food assistance, at the following suma partners:
Home Forward
Hacienda CDC
SNAP
WIC
Transition Projects
Do Good Multnomah
Reach CDC
Habitat for Humanity
St. Johns Food Share and other Food Pantries
Our Just Future
Proud Ground
Andando en Bicicletas en Cully
Miracles Club
Verde
(Validation may take a few days to confirm. You will receive a message from suma once you have been validated).
*If you would like us to partner with another organization please let us know, we look to partner with more in the future*
Please email apphelp@mysuma.org if you have any questions about participating. For updates on future specials please follow us on instagram at instagram.com/mysuma.
Getting to the markets
Great news! Suma has secured free Lime e-scooter rides for summer special participants to and from the St. Johns and King Farmers markets through the suma app until the end of the season.
Here is access escooter and bike friendly maps that will get you to your desired farmers market!
1. New Columbia to St Johns Farmers Market
2. Hacienda CDC to King Farmers Market
Please email apphelp@mysuma.org if you have any questions about using Lime on the suma app.
We are partnering up with Ride Connection to promote some of their services.
Ride Connection is a nonprofit who provides transportation options for older adults and people with disabilities in Portland.
They have a variety of different services:
Travel Training
Learn to travel independently and safely using public transportation with one-on-one training.
Ride Together
Choose your own drivers, select a time that works best for you both, get the driver reimbursed for the miles driven.
Fare Assistance
Get (30) 1-day passes every year if your income is 200% or less of the Federal Poverty Level.
Call 503-226-0700 to ask about your options or check out their website https://rideconnection.org/services/.
Vouchers
Pick up your vouchers with a suma staff members at the farmers market.
At St. Johns you can find us at the information booth every Saturday 9 am to 2 pm starting May 4, 2024
📍N Charleston Ave & N Central St, Portland, OR 97203
At Kings market we will have a suma booth (look for the yellow suma logo) every Sunday 10 am to 2 pm starting May 5, 2024
📍NE Wygant St & NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Vouchers can be used for fresh and packaged foods.
Including: Bread, milk, eggs, honey, fruits, vegetables, etc. (Ask for more details in person!)
No alcohol, hot or prepared foods can be purchased with vouchers.
About suma
Suma is a nonprofit in Portland, OR, founded in 2020. We believe that community-led technology is required to advance financial independence and quality of life for low-income families. Learn more about us at mysuma.org
We developed the suma app (app.mysuma.org) to stretch your money and help our communities save on the things they buy the most:
Food: our farmers market summer special, with more options on the way.
Transportation: free e-scooter rides and training available as part of the summer special, with more options on the way.
Utilities: none available yet, but coming soon! Let the suma team know what kind of utilities you want to see on the suma app by emailing us at apphelp.mysuma.org.
You can use the suma app on your phone, tablet, or laptop.
Our app is web-based, so you won’t find the suma app at the Apple Store or Google Play. To find more information about the suma app, visit our mysuma.org or watch this video.
Privacy
Protecting and keeping your information safe is our priority!
As the suma app grows, our investment in app security is growing too. The suma team is working with experienced advisors and partners to assess and enhance app security and to clearly communicate our security practices to our users and partners.
Your financial information is protected using bank-level encryption and never shared without your consent. Please see our community-led privacy policy for more details about how we use and protect your information: https://app.mysuma.org/app/privacy-policy