The Community Housing Resource Center will be holding a free homebuyer orientation on Wednesday, October 6th, from 6-7:30PM at the Center. This workshop outlines the steps to homeownership and the services provided by the Center. No reservations are required. For information, contact Kevin Gillette, Program Manager, at 360-690-4496 X101 or [email protected]. The Community Housing Resource Center is a HUD certified, non-profit counseling/education center.

Save the Date for The Cascadia Conference on Dialogue & Public Engagement - A National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation Regional Conference

This November, leaders, public engagement practitioners, philanthropists, academics, students and citizen groups from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia are gathering in Portland to:

- Create a learning community to explore what quality public engagement is and how we can create more of it - Meet and network with others interested in public engagement - Share what kinds of quality public engagement are happening in the region and what we are learning - Discover ways we can support another in allowing quality public engagement to flourish here

Career Connections Professional Training and Internship Program

*Even in this economy, our training graduates are getting good jobs.

*This program is FREE and space is limited. Apply now!

Fall Training: November 8-December 17 MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-3PM

Recruitment is starting now! PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY: • 18-24 years old & a resident of the City of Portland • Have a high school diploma or GED • Able to pass drug screening when applying for internships/jobs with partner companies • Meet our income qualifications (we serve low-income students; we’ll help you figure out if you qualify)

Does anyone know if there's a service like CNRG in Seattle?

Thanks,

Gretchen

Gretchen Bradley

Human Resources & Volunteer Services

Quest Center for Integrative Health

2901 E. Burnside

Portland, OR 97214

503-238-5203 x 120 tel / 503-238-5202 fax

www.quest-center.org

Empowering People, Nurturing Community, Promoting Health and Wellbeing

Volunteers Needed to Tackle Invader on “No Ivy Day” this Saturday

Community volunteers will pull together at natural areas throughout the Vancouver-Portland metro region to fight an aggressive invasive species on Saturday, October 9 from 9 a.m. to noon for the eighth annual No Ivy Day.

Vancouver Urban Forestry, a division of the Department of Public Works, is partnering with neighborhood associations and community stewards to provide work parties to remove English ivy at two sites in Vancouver.

The Returning Veterans Project, a Portland-based nonprofit, offers counseling and other health care services on a free and confidential basis to veterans and active-duty military who served in post 9-11 Iraq and Afghanistan and their family members. We are able to do this because many generous practitioners throughout Oregon and southwest Washington give their time and expertise to help. If you are a licensed counselor, acupuncturist, naturopath, chiropractor, massage therapist or alcohol and drug counselor and would like to help, please visit our website for more information (http://returningveterans.org/providers.php) or call us at 503-933-4996. We have two more volunteer orientations scheduled for this year.