Summer Schmoozefest!
 July 19, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Open to anyone connected with area nonprofits or business. 

Simply a networking get together. 
At the Grant House Restaurant,(on the patio!) 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver WA

Nonprofit Network Members $10 
Non-members $20

Snacks provided
  (No host bar)
A Nonprofit Network SWWA event sponsored by Pacific Continental Bank

Questions?  360.735.7110  or together@NonprofitNetworkWA.org
Register online here
http://nonprofitnetworkwa.org/building/nurturing/info/C11

What:You’ve heard about predatory lending. Maybe you have used predatory services in the past without realizing what you were getting yourself into. Attend this enlightening seminar, led by Sarah Chenven, Executive Director of Innovative Changes, to find out the ins, outs and alternatives to predatory lending: How does it work?, What are the attractions?What's legal? And, what are all these fees that draw people into a never-ending cycle of debt? What are alternatives to the reckless lending system?

When:Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 5:30-6:30pm

Oregon State University Extension 4-H Inner City Youth Institute presents

OSU & Beyond! A residential summer camp being offered for high school youth entering grades 10 through 12. 

Application Deadline: July 14, 2011

POSITION TITLE            Development Associate, Full Time

Closing Date: 7/22/11; Applications will be reviewed as received

Since 2005 the Community Consulting Program (CCP), an outreach effort sponsored by the Organizational Development Network of Oregon, has been providing pro-bono consulting services to Portland area public benefit non-profits. Since then we’ve done 25 projects.  Here’s what five past clients have had to say:

"In my previous professional life, I often worked with consultants. I thought the CCP was far and away the best group of consultants that I have ever worked with. They listened and were flexible working with a diverse group of clients (artists and non-artists). Thank you."  --  Arlene Krasner, Board Chair, Print Arts Northwest (Spring, 2010)

Free Construction Labor for Your Non-Profit

As part of our Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class, Oregon Tradeswomen, a
local non-profit, provides free classroom instruction, field trips and
hands-on training for women to help prepare them for living wage careers in
the construction trades and new green economy.

In order to train our women, we offer free construction labor for
non-profits in Multnomah County on carpentry-based proejcts. Examples
include building/sheetrocking walls, stairs, handrails, trim, kiosks,
composts bins, garden beds and more.

We work on Wednesdays when class is in session and we do the class year
round.

The Pangaea Project students are embarking on a summer intensive of community mobilization education, service learning and digital storytelling and they need cameras to document their work!  We have 10 students and would like to put digital cameras in the hands of each student.  If you have a digital camera that is 5 megapixels or better and would like to give it to us, please contact sarah@thepangaeaproject.org or by phone at 503.517.8999. 

We are leaving for the Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast next week to work on post-Katrina rebuild efforts and to learn from the gulf coast community so cameras in hand by this weekend, 7/9, would be ideal!

Thanks!!

The community room at McMenamins Kennedy School is managed by the Concordia Neighborhood Association. It is avaialble to non-profit groups for only $15 per hour. Regular fee is $25 per hour. There are NO food/beverage purchase requirements. All funds raised through room use fees goes right back into the Association for community events (check out PortlandParks.org for our Fernhill Park concert schedule). To schedule the room or more information contact Anne Rothert 503-493-1938 cnaroomkennedy@gmail.com

Help your  board recruit and engage new members that have the skills your organization needs.

A diverse board supports an organization’s success with a wider pool of strategies, thinking, experience, contacts, and people in meeting resources.
Presenter Cliff Jones is a Senior Consultant for the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.

Full description   at http://nonprofitnetworkwa.org/
A Nonprofit Network SWWA workshop in partnership with United Way of the Columbia Willamette

Thursday, July 21
Location:  Tex Rankin Theater at Pearson Air Museum, 1115 East 5th Street, Vancouver 98661
Lunch provided 11:30 am. To 1:00 p.m.

Do you have a great grant idea you’d like to create, but not sure how to start? Come and join us as we show you how to develop and test a project concept in a matter of minutes. No more going back to the office to get it done - have a first-draft proposal concept in 90 minutes!

We need your help to make the Bike MS: Five River Ride the best bike event we've ever seen! Join us to volunteer at Bike MS on August 6 + 7, 2011starting at Mt. Hood Community College.

Be part of this exciting volunteer experience by helping with registration, handing out water and snacks at a rest stop, to cheering at the finish line. All volunteer opportunities are needed to make Bike MS a success. We can't do it without you.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists to mobilize people and resources, to drive research for a cure, and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. We are people who want to do something about MS, now.

Our Need:

Recreational and creative activities help young people build relationships, skills, and confidence.  REACH Community Development is an affordable housing provider, and we are looking for creative and energetic individuals to lead workshops and activities for young residents as part of our Summer Youth Program.  Do you have a particular skill or talent you could share?

Residents have expressed an interest in the following activities, although we are open to any skills or talents volunteers bring to the table: jewelry-making, drawing, singing, music performances, learning an instrument, playing kickball or football in the park, writing stories, classes on reading enrichment, outdoor education, cooking, and computers.

Our Need:

Do you have a passion for youth and families?  What about social justice and low-income populations?

We are looking for a few volunteers this summer to help supervise family field trips to places in the Portland area such as OMSI, the Portland Art Museum, the Children’s Museum, and local parks.

This volunteer opportunity will give you a chance to build positive relationships with young people and their families, have fun, and make a difference.

Time Commitment:

The Pangaea Project students are embarking on a summer intensive of community mobilization education, service learning and digital storytelling and they need cameras to document their work!  We have 10 students and would like to put digital cameras in the hands of each student.  If you have a digital camera that is 5 megapixels or better and would like to give it to us, please contact sarah@thepangaeaproject.org or by phone at 503.517.8999. 

We are leaving for the Louisiana/Mississippi Gulf Coast next week to work on post-Katrina rebuild efforts and to learn from the gulf coast community so cameras in hand by this weekend, 7/9, would be ideal!

Thanks!!

The School Assistance For Refugee Newcomers (SAFRN) is looking for volunteer tutors for recently arrived refugee students in the tricounty area.

Volunteers are matched with refugee students (grades K-12) who are attending public schools in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties and have lived in the U.S. less than one year.

Volunteers will spend 1.5 to 2 hours per week with their students, usually in the students' homes, helping with English, homework, and learning about American culture.

Because of housing affordability issues in the Portland area, we have a particular need for volunteers who are able to commute to outer SE Portland to work with our students who live in that area.

STARTING SOON!

MIKE Program is seeking health mentors now to work with teens in the 2011-2012 school year.  You will guide a pod of ~4-5 teens in their larger classroom so that the teens become healthy leaders to advocate for healthy behaviors as they build friendship, teamwork, and work skills for academic and career success.

Place of Service:  We have two locations (note the specifics of each location):  
(1) De La Salle North Catholic (DLSNC) High School in North Portland.  Easy to reach via the Yellow MAX stop at N. Lombard and Interstate and several bus lines.