2008 Harvest Festival Free Fun for the whole family

DECEMBER 6TH 5:00 TO 8:00 PM

MATT DISHMAN COMMUNITY CENTER

77 NE Knott On bus lines 4,6, and 14

Activities include Delicious Food Dessert Contest (bring your specialty dessert dish) Free Family Photos Arts and Crafts Tye Dying (bring any white clothing you want to be creative with) Beading Hemp Bracelet making Cake Walk and Cookie Decorating

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT CARRIE LEAVITT AT 503-784-3004 SPONSORED BY WRAPAROUND OREGON FAMILY ADVISORY COUNCIL AND OREGON FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK

Sierra Club Holiday Party

6:30 refreshments and mingling

Lucky Lab Public House

Please join the Columbia Group Sierra Club for our annual holiday party.  The Sierra Club has had many successes this year, including supporting many pro-environment candidates in their run for elected positions.  The work over the last year has been due Sierra Club members and volunteers.  We want to thank you for your support and engagement in the Sierra Club.  Please come out to the Lucky Lab, meet some new Sierra Club members and volunteers, and have a great time.  See you there!

Think & Drink with Jelly Helm

A happy-hour conversation series sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities Wednesday December 3, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. rontoms, 600 E. Burnside, Portland Free and open to the public

How does advertising create desire and shape identity? Is shopping a patriotic act? Is it better to buy local or buy nothing at all?

Harm Reduction and Intervention in Portland and Across the Northwest brings together practitioners in and organizers around harm reduction and intervention in Portland and the greater Northwest.  Here we will be exploring the landscape of practices and concepts as they seek to address domestic and interpersonal violence, police brutality, substance abuse and mental illness, dispute resolution and street facilitation.  Speakers include members of Rose City Copwatch (Portland); Cahoots, a program of the White Bird Clinic (Eugene), Yellow Brick Road, a program of Janus Youth (Portland), Dicentra Collective (Portland) and others.   December, Thursday 11, 2008 6pm at In Other Words Women's Books and Resources 8 NE Killingsworth St.

Professional Placement (P2) Winter 2009 RFP

Request for Proposals Deadline:   January/17/2009

For More InformationContact:Margi Guilfoyle [email protected] Columbia Center-NWSA

As the chilly weather beckons us to gather indoors and enjoy the company of one another, we invite you to meet with us. In appreciation of the important work being done by local nonprofits, we're happy to extend a special room rental rate of $50 per hour during December and January. Please call for additional information and to make your reservation. To learn more about Ecotrust Event Spaces visit us online at http://www.ecotrust.org/events.

 The Fine Print: This rate is not available for existing reservations, applies to nonprofit organizations only, and is based on availability of the Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center.

Give your clients the gift of access to housing through education...teach them to overcome typical rental screening barriers with Ready To Rent! The next Certified Instructor Training will be held December 16-18.

The Ready to Rent curriculum provides housing readiness skills to people who have had past rental difficulties, have participants establish an action plan for becoming a successful renter and, upon completion, receive a Ready to Rent Certificate which is recognized by many housing providers and landlords as a compensating factor to some negative rental history.

Carolyn Campbell, MA, CPPC, Founder of the CoreSource: Center for Leadership, Innovations & Renewal

Learn how you can tell your nonprofit's story with the personal confidence and clarity needed to break through the haze of short attention spans and information overload.

Learn to:

Greetings! 

Greeting cards, that is.  A group of Portland residents is preparing to send greeting cards to soldiers who are far from their homes and families.  We are looking for donations of greeting cards from our neighbors; are you awash in a sea of cards you no longer have any use for? Denomination does not matter, but we are especially hoping to have a good supply of "Happy Holiday" and "Happy New Year" cards.  Can you help us build our stock?

Please respond to [email protected] for pickup. 

Thank you for your kindness and thoughts this winter season!

Is your calendar already filling up fast with holiday parties, family obligations, and caroling practice?  Can you fit in a few hours one evening for your friends over at NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon? Yes? Great! We would love to have you join us for some end of the year fundraising phone calls.

If the thought of phone banking turns you into a scrooge, don’t let it - this is going to be fun! We’ll have holiday bingo with fun prizes to re-gift to your family and enough warm and fuzzy feelings of securing reproductive rights to get you back on Santa’s Nice list. Giving just one 3 hour shift would really light up our holiday season (2 shifts gets you a complimentary membership).