Gateway Fun-O-Rama/Cruise-In/National Night Out

Date:

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Time:

10:00am - 7:00pm

Location:

Oregon Baptist Retirement Home

1825 NE108th Ave

Portland, OR

Description:

Cruise-In • BBQ • Live Bands • Kids Games • Special Guests

There will be Cruise-In trophies for: Antiques, Classics, Muscle Cars, Sports Cars, Imports, Trucks, Convertibles, Street Machines, Daily Driver, Motorcycles and More...

($15 entry fee to display your vehicle; BBQ free with Cruise-in entry. Proceeds to benefit Snow Cap, Salvation Army and Loaves & Fishes.)

Sponsored by Gateway Area Business Assn (GABA) and Parkview Christian Retirement Community

When: Wednesday, August 12th, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 Where: Urban Grind Coffeehouse in NE, 2214 NE Oregon St. Cost: $5.00 at the door. Light supper included. Contact: [email protected] or call (503) 452-6898

Come celebrate summer's bounty at the Forum, where TOMORROW we'll address "extended harvests." We will be exploring techniques, spaces and technologies that extend growing seasons, increase yield, increase opportunities for local food production and bring the harvest to new places and spaces. Please join us!

Confused about harmful chemicals in your home, household products, and the baby’s room and want to learn more? The Oregon Center for Environmental Health is pleased to announce our next EcoSafe Home class on Tuesday, August 25th from 6 to 7:30PM.

    Creating an EcoSafe Home

This one and half hour class will provide you with the knowledge you need to replace products that can be harmful to your family and will provide you with the information you need to make safer consumer choices for every room in your home including the garage and the garden.

This ongoing monthly workshop meets the second Thursday of every month and focuses on bringing together the power of meditation and sacred art. In a peaceful, egoless, spiritually creative atmosphere we will release the inner artist within everyone. We will delve into creating beautiful, luminous mandalas on paper. Participants come away with basic sacred art tools to help;

- Heal the mind, body, and spirit; - Increase your individual sense of balance and wholeness; - Enhanced use of both sides of your brain; - Respond to life situations rather than react; - Continue and deepen personal growth.

Presenter: Cliff Jones, Senior Associate, TACS

Date: September 16, 2009

Time: 4:00 - 7:30 pm

Understand the vital role you, as a new board member, can play in building a thriving nonprofit. Board participation and leadership requires commitment, compassion, and knowledge. TACS consultant Cliff Jones will draw on over 25 years of nonprofit experience to provide the cornerstones of this knowledge. You will walk away with a toolkit and action plan for making a significant contribution as a committed and informed nonprofit Board member!

In assembling your tool kit, you will:

* Comprehend the role of nonprofits in today’s environment

* Understand your legal and practical duties

Sign Up for FREE Watershed Stewards Volunteer Training!

Learn what you can do to maintain healthy watersheds for your community, fish and wildlife and future generations.

Wednesdays, 6:30 - 9:00 pm September 9 – November 11

To apply or for more information please contact: [email protected] 360-397-6060 x 7703 http://clark.wsu.edu/volunteer/ws/training

Offered by WSU Clark County Extension in partnership with the Clark County Clean Water Program, Watershed Steward training uses community experts and environmental professionals to teach the basics of ecology, hydrology, geology, stream restoration, and the importance of native plants and fish.