Support Bola Moyo's education programs in Malawi while supporting local African restaurants! On Tuesday October 27, we invite you to Eat Out for Africa and dine at or buy takeout from participating restaurants.

Participating restaurants include Cafe Flame Lily in Lake Oswego, and Dalo's Kitchen, Horn of Africa, and Safari Restaurant in North Portland.

For more information, please visit http://www.bola-moyo.org/eat-out-for-africa

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Join us this Saturday, October 10th for our first Green Space Initiative planting of the season.

Mary Woodward Wetland

12325 SW Katherine Street, Tigard, OR 97223

Saturday, October 10th: 9am – 1pm

Friends of Trees will provide morning refreshments, training, gloves, tools, and guidance. No previous experience is needed. All you have to do is show up wearing sturdy shoes and dressed appropriately for the weather. It should be a beautiful day to be outside!

This planting is in partnership with the City of Tualatin and Clean Water Services.

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 Wednesday, October 21st from 7 to 8:30PM.

    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.

Please mark your calendars and tell your friends:

Portland's Dark Knights: Bats!

See the Halloween Special Presentation on October 29th, 7-8:30pm at Norwest Service Academy, 55 SE Main Street!

Much like birds, populations of bat species across the country are in decline. Bats are an important part of a well-functioning ecosystem. Information on bats living in most metropolitan areas remains sparse. Learn why these little guys are fantastic, why you should love them, and how you can help them!

Check out the City of Portland’s new AnaBat ultrasonic bat call detector, hear bat calls and see how species are identified using spectrographs. No painful shots necessary!

A PowerPoint presentation by Julian Lawrence. [email protected]

Portland YouthBuilders is recruiting for a Tech Support Lead with good technology skills and experience teaching or otherwise working with low income young people.

This position is a full-time AmeriCorps volunteer position in the PYB Computer Technology (CT) Department. The ideal candidate is inspired by working with young men and women who are transforming their lives through learning and service. Experience with hardware/software troubleshooting required. The incumbent must be comfortable managing priorities in a fast paced, multi-tasking environment, be willing and able to work through roadblocks, and manage and teach groups of students.

Find out more on our website at http://www.pybpdx.org/refurb.AmeriCorps.pdf

The Volunteer Program and Communications Associate will work with staff to manage The Nature Conservancy in Oregon Statewide volunteer work party program, recruit volunteers, lead the Portland office volunteer night and assist with other tasks related to managing our statewide volunteer program.

The associate will also research and write stories, take photographs and conduct interviews to develop stories and other content for a diversity of publications including newsletters, Web sites, and media outlets.

Position runs from Jan. 11- Dec. 10, 2010.

Monthly living stipend and education award provided through AmeriCorps. For more information log onto www.nature.org/careers and search careers in Oregon. Postings close on October 19th.

Giving Circles can meet your mission and financial goals. Learn how you can engage individuals interested in learning about your cause and funding your good work.

Join us for a workshop at the October 14th Springboard Social Innovation Forum, "Connecting to the New Investor Groups and Circles" led by Jeanne Kojis, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Network of SW Washington. Learn what Clark County already knows - people will gather and give, right in their own community. Find out how we can open the door to meaningful donor relationships through models like the Nonprofit Network Giving Circle of Clark County Women. Hear how they did it, and what we need to do here in Portland - now!


Yoga Calm for Children - Teacher Training an Integrated Approach to Wellness 1 Workshop with Lynea Gillen, MS and Jim Gillen, RYT

October 17-18, 2009

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Lewis & Clark College, SW Portland

$245 Course Fee (Includes textbook) $55 PSU Graduate credit option ($100 scholarships available for CNRG members!)

Info/Register: www.yogacalm.org This workshop is for school teachers, counselors, occupational therapists, nurses and adults that work with children. Yoga Calm is an innovative child education method that reduces stress,

improves self-control, and develops social/emotional skills.  It's good for children and you too!

Open Meadow School is looking for donations of resilient plants and flowers, bulbs, bark dust, and a bench as they seek to revamp the school garden.

Open Meadow successfully re-engages disconnected youth in their education, providing academic and support services to those at high risk of dropping out of school. All students work toward high school graduation.

If you can donate or would like to help with the project, please contact the project coordinator, Jessica Lea at [email protected] or 541-941-2656. Donations will be accepted through October 17th.

Learn about a new culture!Mentors Needed!

HAYLO – Helping a Youth Leap Onward

Are you able and willing to donate your time and skills?  Do you like to have fun?  Would you be interested in welcoming 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 East African, Burmese, Eastern European and Hispanic 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.