Friday the 13th of May, 6-10pm

Help TLC Farm's Mother Earth School save a 2.3-acre piece of land bordering Tryon Creek State Park--only a minute down the road from TLC Farm's current 7 acres--from becoming an 8-home luxury development! We want to grow our outdoor grades program there instead!

You are invited to attend our benefit dinner & auction held at the First Unitarian Church on Friday, May 13th. This enhcanted evening will include a formal dinner featuring local, organic ingredients, music and performances by Playback Theatre, and an open beer & wine bar.

READ MORE  for our full evening schedule and live auction items.

Regional Arts & Culture Council presents: Grant Writing Basics for Arts Organizations

For arts organizations new to grant writing or wanting a fresh perspective
This workshop will explore how to create solid, mission-driven grant writing systems that will help you: find good funding matches for your programs; create grant calendars and work plans; write narratives and budgets that capture the excitement of your programs and demonstrate the strength of your organization; and incorporate grant writing into the ongoing work of your organization. We will also look at how grant applications are reviewed and how to build good relationships with funders.

This is a TWO DAY event.

First Unitarian Church of Portland
1011 SW 12th Avenue
Portland, OR

Donations accepted and encouraged. No one turned away for lack of funds.

FRIDAY: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM - PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ROBERT WHITAKER
"Creating a New Paradigm of Mental Health Care:
What needs to be done? And why?"

SATURDAY: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM - WORKSHOPS, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AND
COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR "Building Strong Communities: New Tools for Mental,
Emotional & Spiritual Health"

Panel Participants for Friday evening,
May 13, 2011 from 7-9 PM with Robert Whitaker include:

Come learn about the remarkable 3-Creeks Natural Area and a proposed extension of Sunnybrook Blvd. that threatens this regionally significant widlife habitat and vital community resource.

The 3-Creeks Natural Area is located in North Clackamas County, adjacent to the Clackamas Community College Harmony Campus and the North Clackamas Aquatic Park. Three creeks converge in this 89-acre gem, which includes salmon habitat, bottomland hardwood forests, wetland meadows, camas patches, and rare old growth Oregon white oak woodlands.

This coming Saturday, May 14, from 9am till 1pm, on the PSU campus is your next chance!

This is a time for school and community garden folk who work with English Language Learners, and ESL teachers who want to bring their work outside, to come and spend time thinking about adult learning, language acquisition, cultural and agricultural diversity, food security, out-of-the-classroom learning, lesson planning for wildly unpredictable conditions, and more. Participants will walk away with lesson plans, ideas for working with English Language Learners in the garden, and quite possibly new perspectives on making the garden even more beneficial to the community.

Attend the Residential Landscape Design Workshop on Thursday, May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Firstenburg Community Center in Vancouver, WA, and learn how to transform problem landscapes into healthy, aesthetically pleasing outdoor spaces. Professional landscape architects from Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation will provide individualized instruction and steps on how to develop a plan for your home’s landscape. Participants are encouraged to bring a sketch and photos of their current landscape.

An IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS-AFRICA Benefit
featuring Dr. Sheri Speede

Saturday, May 21st, 2011
6-10pm

Lewis & Clark Law School
Legal Research Center
10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97219

Invitation: engAGE in Community Expo
The engAGE in Community project is a community initiative of Clackamas County that is dedicated to making the county an age-friendly place to live, work, and play for all ages.

The expo will be held from 9 am to 4 pm. On June 1st, 2011 in the Providence Willamette Falls Community Center located at 519 15th St., Oregon City, OR 97045. There is no charge for this event.

The engAGE in Community expo will feature speakers, panel presenters, community networking and informational resource booths, including:

· Senior Housing Options

· Arts, Culture, Faith & Spirituality

· Senior Employment & Volunteerism

· Transportation

The City of Vancouver and Friends of Trees is looking for two energetic and outgoing individuals who will become the public face of our existing tree planting program.  The goal of this team will be to grow Vancouver’s Urban Forest by educating citizens about the importance of planting trees through canvassing in neighborhoods throughout Vancouver. 

Ideal candidates will be personable, creative, adaptable, comfortable with door-to-door canvassing, community outreach and education, and enthusiastic about planting trees.

Required Qualifications:

-          Excellent people skills, a positive attitude, and self – motivation

Africa Bridge is a rural economic development organization with an emphasis on assisting vulnerable children and their families in Tanzania, East Africa. 

The Development Coordinator is primarily responsible for providing support to the CEO and  Director of Development in the planning, management, administration and ongoing oversight of Africa Bridge’s fundraising, marketing and outreach programs. A detailed job description and application instructions can be found online at Africa Bridge's Careers Page.

Boys & Girls Aid - Foster Care Recruiter

Are you passionate about helping children, have a background in marketing communications and enjoy working in the community? Boys & Girls Aid is hiring a recruitment coordinator to increase the visibility of the agency’s foster care program and recruit new foster care families through retention programs, community outreach and events. Job responsibilities include developing and implementing visibility campaigns, doing presentations, attending recruitment events, networking, working with current foster families and screening new candidates.

Featuring:   Mike Evans, LCSW and Felesia Otis BS, CADC II

When: Thursday, May 19th 2011 8:30am to 1:00pm (Check-in 8:00 to 8:30am)

Where:  Westminster Presbyterian Church 1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland OR 97212

Why:    Fundraiser for the Al Forthan Memorial Scholarship

Learning Objectives:

·         Broaden perspective about what leads individuals to engage in criminal activity

·         Learn risk factors for individuals

Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. (WISDOM) is seeking an volunteer familiar with Wordpress to aid in the migration of our html-based website to a Wordpress-based site. We are seeking someone willing to help convert a content from the html site into Wordpress posts.

Friends of Trees just completed the most successful planting season in its 21- year history.  There were 29 separate planting events in eastside Portland neighborhoods that resulted in more than 4,500 new street and yard trees being planted.

Neighborhood Coordinators are essential to this success!  Once a neighborhood has a Neighborhood Coordinator, homeowners can order low-cost trees to be planted in their yards and planting strips. Friends of Trees is always seeking motivated volunteers for each neighborhood’s coordinator team, but there are currently no Neighborhood Coordinators in:

·         Argay

·         Brooklyn