History Pub "Swept Away: Vanport and the Memorial Day Flood" May 18, 7PM

Check out the trailer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFvDVJSLC7Y

Join The Freshwater Trust for a FREE premiere screening of “Changing Course,” a film about real landowners and their land, about why streams and rivers need restoration and how restoration professionals struggle to do their work. The film also shows how some are working to improve efficiency and remove barriers to landowners inclined to do good work. Through candid interviews about actual projects in Oregon, “Changing Course” shows how innovation could move stream restoration into the 21st century.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A with filmmaker and restoration “stars” featured in the film.

When: Thursday, May 14th, 7pm

Join us for an evening of great music, food, and people as we celebrate Quest Center’s  20 years of service to the  Portland Community and beyond.  Funds raised from WonderQuest 2009 will go to the Lusijah Marx Wellness Fund which will provide healthcare services for Quest Center’s low income clients.

Friday May 15th, 2009 (this Friday!)

McMenamins Bagdad Theater 7:00pm

3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR

$50 per person

You can buy tickets at the door, by calling Melissa at 503-238-5203, or at our website: www.quest-center.org

We hope to see you there!

Quest Center for Integrative Health

2901 E. Burnside

Portland, OR 97214

Please join us for this month's Springboard Social Innovation Forum!

May's Forum presents what’s new in imagining and inhabiting physical space, indoors and out. How do you co-design a workspace that will be shared with others, increasing efficiency and sharing costs while still being productive? How are people creating new kinds of co-housing? How do outdoor spaces provide refuge and healing? What is Portland doing to help organizations and people find the space they need to live, work, and grow? Join us and share your ideas that promote social innovation around the theme of shelter.

For more information see: www.springboardinnovation.org

We will discuss emerging local and national concepts and projects that are influencing this domain. Join us!

Friday, May 15, 2009; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This advanced workshop is for individual artists with some experience grant writing who want to improve their chances of success. Participants learn strategies for finding fresh language to describe a project, how to budget with ease and how to stand out from the crowd. Join us for this hands-on workshop and begin writing that next application.

Presenter: Gigi Rosenberg.

Fee: $30.

Location: Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis, Portland, OR 97209

Join Portland-area nonprofits for a workshop on alternative fundraising strategies on Wednesday, May 20th from 6:00-7:30. Northwestern Mutual Financial Network will lead this session and will provide a new way of thinking about capital accumulation and asset distribution, focusing on managing financial risk and achieving financial security. The benefits of alternative fund raising techniques including planned giving strategies will be discussed. Successful case studies that have brought value to organizations will also be explored.
 Refreshments served.

$15 per session. Space is limited register online today at brownpapertickets.com: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66282

Volunteer on Saturday

Saturday’s forecast calls for sunny skies. What better way to spend your Saturday than outside giving back to the environment!

SOLV has numerous volunteer opportunities as part of Down By The Riverside this weekend including an ivy pull at Sauvie Island’s Wapato Lake.

Spring Greetings CNRGers!

We have some fun opportunities lined up for you to venture out to Columbia Land Trust conservation sites this Spring and get hands on with ongoing restoration efforts. Our Wild Splendor dinner and auction is also coming up, Saturday May 30th, and we have a number of Volunteer Opportunities to help raise funds for CLT's conservation and stewardship work. Check out the details of our Events and a description of our Site Steward Program below.

Coming up, Friday May 15th, we'll be heading to CLT's Little White Salmon Biodiversity Reserve near Stevenson, WA, sign-up now to reserve a seat in our shuttle. As always, you can find the most current and up-to-date volunteer opportunities on our website at www.columbialandtrust.org.