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Daily Digest

Digest for July 15, 2009

Special Notice

CNRG's Nonprofit Networking Night: July 16th, 5:30-7:30pm

CNRG Nonprofit Networking Night: Thursday, July 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.

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Digest Contents:

CNRG's Nonprofit Networking Night: July 16th, 5:30-7:30pm
Sierra Club Shindig
Free! Paddle Club this Thursday
Cooperative Economics: Presentation, Potluck and Forum
Sign-Up Today for our summer Inclusive "Everyday Courage" Drama & Arts Workshop
Administrative Coordinator
Administrative Assistant
Program Support Person: Returning Veterans Project
Big Brothers Big Sisters Bilingual Position Announcement
Big Brothers Big Sisters Position Announcement
Experienced Grants Consultant Available
Looking for large space
Crisis Communication Planning Training offered by PRSA
Interested in AV Technology? Volunteer to be our AV Expert.
Volunteer Opportunity: Computer Lab Tech

Events

Sierra Club Shindig

Calling all Sierra Club volunteers, members, supporters, and friends! Come enjoy BBQ, beer by Hopworks Urban Brewery, music, awards and an address by Michael McCloskey, former national Sierra Club Executive Director. Suggested donation of $10 for dinner.

JULY 18TH 4-8PM at the Sierra Club : 1821 SE Ankeny St. PDX

4-5 pm Social hour with Hopworks beer; 5-6 pm BBQ dinner; 6-7 pm Volunteer awards; address by Michael McCloskey; 7-8 pm Live music by Lew Jones

Where will the next new Wilderness areas be found in Oregon? Find out from the Wilderness Task Force! Learn about the Oregon Sierra Club’s conservation campaigns and other efforts and how you can get involved. Help us recognize the volunteers that make the Oregon Sierra Club’s work possible!

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Free! Paddle Club this Thursday

Paddle Club

Thursday, July 16th

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Smith and Bybee Canoe Launch, 6700 Marine Dr, Portland

 

Have your own kayak or canoe, but find yourself leaving it dusty in your garage?  Give your canoe or kayak the outing it deserves, on the beautiful quiet waters of Smith and Bybee Wetlands in North Portland.  Troy Clark, of the Friends of Smith and Bybee, will give you and your watercraft an evening tour of the largest urban wetland reserve in the United States.  Odds are good that you’ll see herons, eagles, otters, and other wildlife.  Meet at the Smith and Bybee Canoe Launch at 5:30, so the group can be on the water at 6:00.  Please RSVP at www.columbiaslough.org.

 

Thanks!

Melissa

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Cooperative Economics: Presentation, Potluck and Forum

Cooperative Economics: presented by Common Good Finance and The Alberta Coop

Come one, come all! Let us start a better bank together! Common Good Finance is working to start democratically run, socially responsible, common good banks in Portland, and around the country.

This month we are teaming up with one of our local partners, The Alberta Coop for Cooperative Economics! Please join us Thursday, July 23rd from 6:00-8:30 for a community potluck, presentation and open forum at The Lotus Seed Center (4635 NE 9th Avenue Portland, OR 97211). We will be giving a short presentation, showing a video and talking about how we can work together to realize common good banks in our communities as soon as possible.

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Sign-Up Today for our summer Inclusive "Everyday Courage" Drama & Arts Workshop

A one day, Inclusive, “Expressive Arts,” workshop for high school students and young adults (14-25)of all abilities. Using a mixture of the expressive arts, students will participate together in theatrical role play, movement and rhythm, as well as painting and other modes of artistic expression. Led by Karen Gaffney & Jill Ridling, youth of all abilities will come together and take an artistic journey of the imagination, sharing and communicating the COURAGE it takes, EVERYDAY to maneuver through young adult-hood. August 6th, 2009, 9:00am-3:00pm, St. Mary's Academy--Downtown, Portland. $25.00 Registration Fee (lunch & snacks included).

Please contact if interested: Karen or Jill at (503) 973-5130 / [email protected]

The Karen Gaffney Foundation.

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Jobs & Internships

Administrative Coordinator

Digest topic: Jobs & Internships

Information

organization:Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
position summary:

The Administrative Coordinator will be based in Portland, Oregon in the Old Town/Chinatown FCCP office and will be part of a close four-person team based in both New York and Oregon. The supervision of the Administrative Coordinator will be provided by the Executive Director on-site in the Portland Oregon office.

This position provides essential administrative and program support for the full organization. The position requires strong communication skills, especially the ability to effectively express oneself via email and over the phone. Tact, patience and professionalism are valued while providing support services to staff, steering committee and FCCP membership. Success requires a high degree of organization, ambition, self motivation and flexibility.

Salary / Pay Rate:Competitive salary is commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package available.
more info...

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Administrative Assistant

Digest topic: Jobs & Internships

Information

organization:The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon
position summary:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon seeks a part-time employee to provide general reception, clerical, and administrative office support to staff with additional focus on direct support to program services and the executive director. 2+ years administrative office experience. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks on deadline. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office required. Experience with database entry preferred. Collaborative work ethic with strong interpersonal skills a must. B.A. strongly preferred. Position excludes benefits, 20 hours per week, M–F, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Email cover letter, resume, and three references to [email protected], or fax 503-292-9423. Open until filled.

Salary / Pay Rate:$12-$15 per hour
more info...

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Program Support Person: Returning Veterans Project

This is an amazing opportunity to help a small but dynamic nonprofit heal the aftereffects of war.

Organization: Returning Veterans Project (RVP). Position Title: Program Support Person. Status: Flexible, half-time, non-exempt position. Starting Salary: $15-18/hour, DOE.

Background

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Bilingual Position Announcement

Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest

Bilingual – Spanish/English Match Support Specialist

 

Position Summary

 

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Position Announcement

Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest

Match Support Specialist

 

Position Summary

This position is responsible for providing support for a large caseload of one to one Youth/Adult matches ensuring child safety, positive impacts for youth, constructive and satisfying relationships between children and volunteers, and a strong sense of affiliation with BBBS on the part of participants.  Support is provided through scheduled phone and email contact, with occasional in person meetings and activities. Matches are in both Community and School-Based programs.

Position also entails some participation in agency-wide program development, outcome tracking, grant reporting, recruitment and fund-raising efforts.  

 

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Nonprofit News

Experienced Grants Consultant Available

Experienced Grants Consultant Alyssa Hanada www.hanadawrites.com

 

Alyssa has over five years experience developing grant proposals and raised nearly $3 million for community services in Oregon and SW Washington.  She has worked on a variety of programs in fields that include:

·        Animal welfare

·        Disabilities

·        Education/Family Literacy

·        Health care and HIV/AIDS

·        Homelessness

·        Job training and small business development

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Q & A

Looking for large space

Hello! Every year REACH CDC puts on a Holiday party for all of our residents. We have outgrown the current space we use and I am looking for another close-in space. I am hoping to find a relatively inexpensive space, preferably with a kitchen, that could comfortably hold 300+ people. Most of our residents live in the Buckman/Brooklyn SE area but would consider spaces close in North or NE as well-preferably on a bus line. Please pass on any ideas. Thank You!!

Debbie Lowder REACH CDC Resident Services Coordinator 503.231.0585 [email protected]

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Trainings

Crisis Communication Planning Training offered by PRSA

Planning for the inevitable: What to do when the stuff hits the fan

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Volunteering

Interested in AV Technology? Volunteer to be our AV Expert.

Mission: OASIS is a non-profit education organization serving adults 50+. Offering challenging programs in the arts, humanities, health, technology, and volunteer services, OASIS creates opportunities for people to continue their personal growth and serve their communities.

Need: You can experience what OASIS Education Center has to offer from a different perspective. We are in need of people who are technologically interested and knowledgeable to be our Audio/Visual experts. The times of need would vary, but the greatest need will be midday for approximately two hrs (i.e. 1:30p – 3:30p)

Benefits: Interacting with great people, helping your peers and yourself learn and discover. Volunteers get great discounts for OASIS classes.

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Volunteer Opportunity: Computer Lab Tech

Want to build your resume in a supportive, fun environment where you are the technology god?

Do you love the idea of working behind the scenes to help empower people and build communities?

Does having the freedom to try out your tricks and ideas on a network that’s non mission-critical appeal to you?

Would you like to occasionally be rewarded for your efforts with pies or beer?

We are losing our lab tech to Stanford at the end of the summer, and we’d like to replace him with someone equally brilliant.

Your duties will be to:

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