CNRG Nonprofit Networking Night: Thursday, April 16th, 5:30-7:30pm. 

Airplay Café, 701 E Burnside St.

Join us for an evening of conversation and live music at a new networking night location!

Are you a nonprofit or someone who works with them?  A nonprofit looking for affordable consultants or vendors?  A volunteer looking for an organization eager for your time?  A nonprofit staff member wanting to partner on a project?

If so, CNRG's nonprofit networking event is for you. Come meet others who work and volunteer in Portland's nonprofit sector. Swap resources, share ideas, devise solutions and just hang out with community-minded people like yourself at a great community cafe.

The Portland Women's Crisis Line (PWCL) is hosting a number of trainings and outreach events during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Check out the event calendar below. See you there!

East Portland Homeownership Fair – New help for homebuyers and homeowners hosted by Non-Profit Orgs!

*Saturday, April 18th from 10 am – 2 pm at Kelly Elementary School, 9030 SE Cooper Street (south of Foster Rd off 92nd Ave.)

*Giving E. PDX residents the tools they need to buy new homes & preserve the ones they've got.

*There will be a free raffle for a $4,000 Home Buyer’s Assistance Grant, free food, & door prizes.

*For more information, visit www.rosecdc.org

The homeownership landscape has changed enormously in the past year. But the demand for homes remains constant – particularly in East Portland, where diverse young families seek stable and secure places to build their lives.

Ecoroof Vendor Fair Saturday, April 25, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Doubletree Hotel 1000 NE Multnomah Street Portland, OR 97232

FREE to the public

Presented by the City of Portland

The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, and Metro present the Ecoroof Vendors Fair, a vendor fair that will offer information and technical assistance about ecoroofs to the building design and development community, homeowners and building owners, non-profit organizations, and the community at-large.

Bouquet of Hope a benefit for Rose Haven Saturday, May 9, 6:00 PM

LUXE Autohaus 410 NE 17th Avenue Portland Portland, OR 97232

Cost: $65.00 ticket / $600 for table of 10

GoGreen/09 ~ Portland*

Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

The Gerding Theater 128 NW Eleventh Ave Portland, OR 97209

*certified by the US Green Building Council as exceeding the requirements for designation as LEED Platinum

GoGreen '09 is an all-day educational conference that inspires, motivates and educates aspiring and established business owners to "go green". Join us and spend a value-packed day connecting with our amazing speaker line-up that features over 40 leading eco-visionaries, experts and like-minded individuals who will provide you with the latest knowledge and tools needed to make your business more sustainable and to take your business to the next level.

http://www.gogreenpdx.com

Event on Aging

The Inter-religious Action Network of Washington County will host its annual Community Faith Forum on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center.

This year’s topic is “Faith and the Aging: Responding to the Gifts and Needs of Washington County Seniors.” Dr. Susan Rose, Ph.D., an award winning gerontologist with Legacy Health System, will present the keynote.  

Breakout sessions will highlight the gifts and needs of seniors throughout the county and offer ideas for developing and enhancing support within religious communities. Registration is $25 and includes dinner. Transportation is available upon request.

Free community class from Legacy Health. Please RSVP to 503-335-3500. Legacy Good Samaritan: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 6 – 7:30 p.m.

Join us for an educational presentation by two of Portland’s leading experts on gynecological cancers. William Winter, M.D., gynecological oncologist, and Mark Schray, M.D., radiation oncologist, discuss gynecologic cancer prevention, screening and the latest in treatment options.

Topics include: • Your role in prevention • Types of gynecologic cancers • Radiation therapy for gynecologic malignancies, particularly endometrial and cervical cancers • da Vinci robotic surgery for gynecologic cancers, offering quicker recovery and better outcomes.

www.legacyhealth.org

Greetings,

Please RSVP below if you would like to join us....thank you.

Science and Spirituality in Healing Emotions ­ The First Steps

If depression, anxiety, trauma, fears, despair, or anger are needing transformation in your life, you deserve research-based best practices, community support, and spiritual inspiration. These are not mutually exclusive approaches. When explored with holistic, symbiotic awareness, science, spirituality, and community are not individual choices. They build upon each other to bring our emotions into balance and harmony

This Saturday, April 16th, Blue Sky Wellness Studio invites you to participate in a lecture and demonstration concerning Biofuel engine conversions.

As part of the Historic Mississippi Avenue's "Spring Greening" event, we will host a lecture and demonstration by a bio-fuel technician from Enviofuel (www.enviofuel.com) that is FREE to the public!  Please bring your friends, family, and all interested parties as we explore the possibilities of alternative fuel!

For more info please visit our website at www.blueskyportland.com, or call us at (503) 517-8222.

Public Social University is a free public education and idea/skill sharing project started by members of the Art & Social Practice program at Portland State University.

Public Social University organizes and facilitates FREE themed events comprised of workshops and public forums intended to empower individuals to improve their lives and their communities.

You are invited to participate in our next event, APOCALYPSE, which was commissioned by Eric Steen as part of his exhibit, "Building in the Post-Apocalypse."

The event takes place from 3-6p.m. on Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at Portland State University's MK Gallery, which is located on the second floor at 2000 SW 5th Avenue.

The Columbia Group of the Sierra Club's regular Third Thursday program for April will feature Our Ocean: Preserving Oregon's Ocean Legacy. Please join us:

Thursday April 16th Refreshments at 6:30PM, Program at 7:00 1821 SE Ankeny St, Portland 97214

Oregon's scenic coastline and rich marine waters are world class, and part of our shared natural heritage. A network of marine reserves and protected areas has been proposed for our coastline, and if established, these sites will ensure that our coastal legacy will be here for future generations.

This Earth Day join Leave No Plastic Behind in promoting "Corporate Pre-Sponsibility" with a plastic Fess-Up.

Taking a step beyond the traditional Earth Day neighborhood clean up, the Fess-Up acknowledges the companies responsible for litter, removing the decades old focus on consumers as the only "litterbugs".

IT’S EASY: 1. Visit www.LNPB.org for a tally sheet. 2. Tally the brands of plastic you pick up. 3. Send us the results by April 27 and we'll combine them with the others. Final results will be posted in May.

Not participating in a Clean Up? Take a tally sheet on a stroll through your neighborhood or at the beach. Anytime, anyplace!

A monthly mingling for artists of all sorts to meet, discuss, blather, applaud + plot the growth of arts in Portland

Every 3rd Thursday, 5p – 7p;

How it works: A different monthly host from the arts community will take the floor at 6 p.m. for a performance, a question or a talk then freewheeling conversation for the remaining good time!

This Thursday is Art Spark! For more information please visit www.portlandartspark.com

Hope to see you there!

Project E.Q.U.A.L. is offering our next LGBTQ Relationship Foundations workshop on Sunday, April 26. Give your relationships the focus, recognition, and support they deserves and join us! Or, if you or your organization know of friends, family, colleagues, or clients who would be interested, please pass on the invitation.

Here are some more details about the workshop, or feel free to learn more at www.projectequal.com .

LGBTQ Relationship Foundations Workshop

Facilitated by Mike Binks, LPC, CADC 3 & Michele Pearce, MSW, CSWA, CADC 1

Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (6 hours of workshop, with 1.5 hour break for lunch) 4225 NE Tillamook St. - Portland, OR - 97213 $60-$125 per person sliding scale

HOUSING SPECIALIST

Open Until Filled

Be part of an energetic and innovative team that provides a Transitional Housing Program for culturally diverse youth, ages 16-21. The position is 34 hours a week, two swing and two overnight shifts, might also include some week-ends. Team members take on lead responsibilities and are engaged in continuing to develop and improve the program. We are looking for someone who ideally has two years experience of working in the areas of at-risk youth, homeless youth or shelter/housing programs, and/or a BA/BS in a related field.  Spanish language ability valued, diversity highly valued.  $11/hr+ full benefits.

Cover letter and employment application required.

Application instructions: www.outsidein.org/employment.htm

Our annual auction benefiting Neighborhood House programs needs volunteers! The date is Saturday May 16th, and the theme this year is It's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, recalling the magic of Mr. Rogers. Tom Kenny, the voice and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, will return as our celebrity mc.

There are MANY ways you can help- we use up to 45 volunteers at the Auction! To name a few of the jobs: Registration, Oral Auction Spotters, Oral Auction Recorders, and Raffle Ticket Sellers. Please get in touch with Brean at [email protected] or 503-246-1663 x117 to learn the details of any one position. No Auction experience required! Just the willingness to work hard and have fun!

Learn About a New Culture!Mentors Needed!(Portland & Vancouver)

NYP- New Youth Perspectives

Are you able and willing to donate your time and skills?  Do you like to have fun?  Would you be interested in welcoming refugees and immigrants into our community?  Would you like to learn about a new culture?  Learn a new language?  Would you like to be a mentor?

Come share, build, and practice your skills by volunteering your time with us!

We are looking for mentors who are willing to help Eastern European Youth.  Mentors will spend one and a half hours a week helping with homework and English, talking about school, life, and the youth’s future.

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Volunteer Training for Let’s GO Camping

Date:  Saturday, April 25, 2009

Time:  10am – 3pm

PRE REGISTRATION REQUIRED