*** Please note new location @ Old Town Pizza ***

WHEN: Wednesday October 1, 2008 at 5:30pm

WHERE: Old Town Pizza, 226 NW Davis St.

RSVP: on Upcoming http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1110542/

For as long as there has been fundraising, there have been two cornerstone strategies: acquisition and cultivation. Join us to take a look at some of the ways – including email marketing, online events, and social media – that nonprofits are using the Web to acquire new supporters and reinforce relationships with those already supporting.

SCHEDULE: 5:30 Networking 6:00 Presentation 6:30 More networking

Chad Norman and Allison Van Diest from BlackBaud will give us top ten tactics organizations are deploying over the web to support their goals.

Miracle Theatre Group invites you to attend a free presentation by spoken word artist Paul Flores and local students beginning at 7:00 p.m., Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 at the Milagro Theatre (525 S.E. Stark St., Portland). Admission is free; no reservations are necessary.

SCRAP is looking for artists who use recycled, altered, or rescued materials in their artwork for an art show themed "ALTER EGO" Come bring your art and be apart of a fun time.

S.C.R.A.P. (School and Community Reuse Action Project) is hosting a show at the Rocking Frog Cafe (25th & Belmont) Oct. 1-31st. The show title is "Alter Ego" .....

Alter- (ol'ter) v. To change or make/become different; modify

Ego (ee.goh, eg-oh)n. - The "I" or self of any person: a person as thinking, feeling and willign and distinguishing itself from the selves of others of its thought.

"Alter Ego" will feature local artist who are using recycled/reclaimed materials in their artwork. Come and be apart of it.

Ride Connection and Metropolitan Family Servive Ribbon Cutting

September 25th 10am-11am Eastport Plaza 4000 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR

This ribbon cutting event will feature the new Lents/Powellhurst-Gilbert RideAbout neighborhood shuttle which is the first in a string of shuttles being added to mid-Multnomah County to meet the transportation needs of the community. Ride Connection and Metropolitan Family Service are proud to collaborate to provide the accessible, responsive transportation services that enhance the community participation of older adults and people with disabilities. State and local legislators and candidates are expected to attend; such as Amanda Fritz, Charles Lewis, Jefferson Smith, and many others.

The Eleventh Annual Symposium on Environmental Affairs: Scales of Sustainability

October 14-16, 2008

Lewis & Clark College

As colleges, corporations, and cities across the country scramble to embrace sustainability, it is worth asking what exactly we hope to achieve. The 11th annual Symposium on Environmental Affairs draws together students, practitioners, and community members to discuss sustainability in time and space. Does sustainability mean eternal equilibrium, or is there a role for destruction and restoration? Are local systems always more sustainable? What exactly would global sustainability look like in today's complex world?

Wednesday, September 24 6-8pm at the East Portland Neighborhood Office (1017 SE 117th Ave - between Halsey and Glisan) is the first of six Portland area small grants information sessions.

Find the dates for the remaining five informtion sessions at the portlandonline website listed below.

Application packets are available now. Applications need to be turned in by 2pm Monday November 3rd.

http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?&c=43120

Google: portlandonline "small grants program"

Looking forward to reading your amazing ideas to better our community.

Mike Vander Veen Community Outreach Coordinator East Portland Neighborhood Office [email protected]

Portland Community Media's TV show on KBOO: Four Decades of Our Voices

We are looking for people who can give testimonies for us on KBOO for Portland Community Media's TV show from 7:30 pm and 8: 15 pm on September 25th (this Thursday). The program includes "History of KBOO, testimonies, and a panel disscussion". If you are interested in giving a testimony, please just show up at PCM (Studio 1). The program is part of PCM's studio class and you can also watch the panel discussion by KBOO manager, the program director, a board member and producers on KBOO's mission, celebration, program changes, etc (8:20-9:15 pm).

The questions are

1. What does KBOO mean to you?  2. What is your birthday message (KBOO's 40th anniversary)?

Blessing Animals by the River on St. Francis Day, Saturday, October 4th, 11 a.m. at Milwaukie Waterfront Park. (Parking lot at the water treatment center access road, McLoughlin at Washington Street or in Downtown Milwaukie and walk across McLoughlin to the park).

On St. Francis Day, the clergy of Milwaukie's St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church (est. on the banks of the Willamette in 1851) will bless dogs, cats, Canadian geese, wild fish, and any other creatures that present themselves in this park by the Willamette River (and their human companions). Join us as we all bless all creatures great and small, and give praise to God for all creation!

Contact: The Rev. Jaime Sanders, [email protected], (503) 653-5880, www.stjohnsmilwaukie.org.

Central Lutheran Church

Nursery/Child Care Provider Opportunity

Schedule: 10 am to noon Sunday mornings, occasional additional hours as negotiated

Goal: To provide a safe, caring and fun environment for young children who are placed in the nursery during Sunday School, worship and occasional church meetings.

Responsibilities:  Provide a safe, caring environment for all children in your care. Supervise children’s activities.  Bring children into Sunday worship service for Children’s Sermon and return to nursery afterwards.  Maintain cleanliness and order in nursery room.

Hourly rate:  $12/hour (negotiable)

To apply and/or for additional information:

Willamette Riverkeeper is hiring a fulltime Outreach & Education Coordinator in Portland.  Application deadline is Tuesday September 30th.  Job description is online at www.willametteriverkeeper.org.

Position:  Office Manager

Hours:  30 hours week, benefits include vacation and sick leave

Pay range: Depends on experience. Please Submit hourly / Salary Requirements.

This is a position of office manager for Northwest Portland Ministries.  We are a small non profit located in NW Portland.  Our mission is to help our neighbors maintain their independence.  We operate several programs such as;  transportation, friendly visiting, chore services, emergency food box. 

A more detailed description of our activities is located at www.nwpm.org.

Catholic Charities is currently accepting applications for the following open positions:  

--El Programa Hispano: Project UNICA Program Manager

--Immigration Legal Services: Legal Assistant

--Refugee Resettlement: Case Manager

--Refugee Resettlement: Self-Sufficiency Coordinator

--Anti-Human Trafficking Program Coordinator

--Anti-Human Trafficking Case Manager

--Anti-Human Trafficking Attorney  

For more information, please visit our website: www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org. Equal Opportunity Employer.  

Human Solutions, Inc.

Job Description

Job Title:                    Workforce Specialist

Department:               Employment and Economic Development

Reports to:                 Employment Program Manager – Bilingual Spanish

FLSA Status:              Non-Exempt

The Oregon Center for Nursing is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to solve the nursing shortage in Oregon. We are looking for a Program Manager to lead and manage all aspects of our new “Nurturing Cultural Competence in Nursing” Program.

The Center for Earth Leadership is looking for an inner-NE/SE location to hold their free six-session "How to be an Agent of Change in Your Circle of Influence" class beginning Monday, April 6 from 7:00pm - 8:45pm. Room for 15 to 20 people an office conference room, home, or community space would work great.

Please contact Emily at 503-227-2315 or [email protected] if you have questions or suggestions!

www.earthleaders.org

I Can Fix It! Speaker Corps

Local artist/activist damali ayo is currently recruiting people to become certified in her signature talk: I Can Fix It!: Racism. This exciting training will give people all the tools they need to enhance the ten-step guide and spread the tools to start dialogue and fight racism in their communities.

This powerful and effective presentation gets people to challenge racism on a very plain and basic level that they cannot avoid. Sometimes controversial, always entertaining, this guide and the presentation has been used in communities around the globe. Now you can disseminate this guide yourself.

Integrated Approach to Wellness 1 Workshop

with Lynea Gillen, MS and Jim Gillen, RYT

November 1-2; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Lewis & Clark College, SW Portland

$215 workshop; $30 Textbook fee; $55 PSU Graduate credit

($100 scholarships available for CNRG members!)

Info/Register: www.yogacalm.org

Yoga Calm is an innovative child education method that reduces stress, improves self-control, and develops social/emotional skills. It's good for children and you too!

Workshop is for school teachers, counselors, occupational therapists, yoga teachers, nurses and adults who work with children.

Greetings,

Neighbors West-Northwest and Southwest Neighborhoods Inc are hosting a free grant workshop this coming Thursday, September 25th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the Oregon Zoo’s Sunset Room, 4001 SW Canyon Rd. This grant workshop will walk you through the Neighborhood Small Grant application and provide suggestions from previous grant recipients. Please join us!

A great educational opportunity!

What: Intensive 2.5 day technical training When: October 17th-19th, 2008 Where: PSU Classroom - TBA Topic: Electricity for Rural Areas, Solar Power and Pumping, Wind power, Case Studies in International Development Contact: [email protected]

Portland-based Green Empowerment will be offering an intensive 2.5 day technical training this October. The course will cover much of the material covered in Green Empowerment's annual 5-day course offered in the spring.

Course outline is as follows: Friday, 10/17: 6-9pm

POSITION SUMMARY: The Evaluation and Visitor Studies Division seeks volunteers to assist with data collection, specifically entrance and exit surveys and mapping. This will take place on the main floor of OMSI.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Collecting data which may involve conducting interviews, observations, or tracking in the museum. • Must present a professional appearance and a friendly manner. • Must be dependable and punctual. • Willing to commit to a schedule of one three-hour shift per week on either Saturdays, Sundays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays.

Would you like to help alleviate poverty and suffering in the world? Then join Engineers without Borders - Portland Professional Chapter in their fundraising efforts. We need help with grant writing, event planning, and increasing corporate and individual donor relations so that we may implement sustainable engineering projects in developing communities.

Please join us at our next fundraising meeting on October 1, 2008 at 6 pm - 7:30 pm. We will meet at Geosyntec at 55 SW Yamhill Street, Suite 200.

Please RSVP to [email protected]

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