Collaboration is key in this tough economy and CNRG plays a vital role in connecting thousands of individuals and local nonprofits with one another. Make a donation today so CNRG can bring our nonprofit community together!

In budget-strapped times, the networking opportunities and resources that CNRG provides are more important than ever: 

Nonprofit Networking Night

With appetizers, coffee, or a cocktail in hand, community members gather for an informal evening of networking at a local venue. A CNRG volunteer facilitates the group with introductions and information - sharing job and volunteer opportunities with nonprofits. CNRG Networking Nights are each third Thursday and draw a good mixture of nonprofit employees, volunteers, and job-seekers.

CNRG Digest

Did you know that more than 10,000 subscribers receive the weekday CNRG digest? The digest provides a valuable channel for nonprofit employment, funding opportunities, volunteer activities, news, and events. Each full post is available and archived at cnrg-portland.org.

Trainings

Watch for announcements about future trainings in 2011! Each year, CNRG organizes trainings designed to to increase the professional and personal skills of the next generation of community and nonprofit leaders.

Online Directories

Directories for Portland metro area media, nonprofit organizations, consultants/vendors, and event/meeting spaces are available at cnrg-portland.org.

Donations help CNRG with expenses such as hosting for our website, technology that enables us to send out 10,000 emails a day, and offering professional trainings. Please donate to CNRG today and support our nonprofit community! Donations are tax-deductible.

Gang violence. Terrorism. Housing discrimination. Drug trafficking. Murder. All in a day’s work at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Oregon.

The goal of the U.S. Attorney’s Office is to make communities stronger by making them safer. Its work representing the federal government in criminal and civil law cases doesn’t always involve lawyers, guns and money — but they usually play a role.

On October 29, Dwight Holton, U.S. Attorney for Oregon, will discuss how the U.S. Attorney’s Office impacts Oregon and its residents. Now eight months into his term, Holton will also offer a progress report on what he has learned and accomplished, and how he hopes to shape the role of U.S. Attorney for Oregon.

In the Fall and Winter, 2010-2011, the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is hosting the Portland Plan Inspiring Communities Series. Through the series, we will learn about how other cities are tackling economic development, community health, education and equity. We’ll also be exploring how to create complete communities and make the most of our natural systems.

Healthy and Complete Communities, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 7-9 PM, Kaiser Town Hall Ballroom, 3704 N Interstate Avenue, Keynote: Dr. Robert Ogilvie, Public Health Law and Policy

Education, Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 7-9 PM, PSU – Lincoln Hall (Room 75), 1620 SW Park Avenue, Judith Bell, Policy Link

• Kids age 12 and under are invited to stop by participating merchants for healthy treats and parents can shop sweet deals along NW 23rd all day

• Visit NW 23rd & Quimby for awesome face painting (complements Style Ink) and watch master pumpkin carvers (Tom Ziemann & Tim Pate) demonstrate their skills culminating with a raffle and a chance to take home the final spooky creation. To become a "Recess Rockstar" and support play in Portland, buy your raffle tickets online • Stop by Playworks for fun games and give them a high-five for being selected as a featured nonprofit in the 2010 Willamette Week Give!Guide

Join us as we CELEBRATE the 17th Birthday of IN OTHER WORDS - Portland’s only nonprofit feminist bookstore, community space, and resource center!

We will be unveiling In Other Words' plans to expand to a Feminist Community Center. Come learn about, and be a part of the exciting expansion of our programming and services - including a lending library!

~Readings by local authors: Nicole Georges, Alysia Angel, and Carrot Quinn

~Emceed by Sossity Chiricuzio (of Dirty Queer fame!)

~Photobooth by Bloodhound Photography

~Hors D'eouvres + Cocktails [cash bar]

~Live music by Bear Feet

~Fabulous Raffle Prizes

*What do you care about?*

*Environment? Taxes? Health Care? Rights?*

*/EVERYTHING/** is impacted by MONEY IN POLITICS.*

Come see an exciting presentation by national campaign finance expert

*Lawrence** Lessig***

Founder of Fix Congress First, the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School

*Thursday, October 28^th *

*Noon to 1:00*

*Parson's Gallery, Second Floor of the Urban Center*

Dear friends & colleagues,

Greetings! I'm writing to let you know I'm donating a portion of the proceeds from my counseling practice to non-profit organizations that support the LGBTQ community through "Counseling for a Cause."

How "Counseling for a Cause" works: When new clients contact me to set up their first appointment and mention "Counseling for a Cause", I will donate 20% of the proceeds from their first three counseling sessions to the organization of their choice: Basic Rights Oregon, SMYRC, Trevor Project, Portland PFLAG (or another PFLAG chapter of their choosing), Q Center, or Oregon Safe Schools and Communities Coaltion.

The Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center is seeking a new Chief Executive Officer. Reporting to the Board of Directors and supervising a staff of three, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Chamber and for the overall development and administration of member programs and services in accordance with the Board’s strategic vision, the Chamber’s by-laws, its mission and policies. As the organization’s principal advocate and spokesperson, the CEO builds and maintains strong relationships with the Chamber’s many stakeholders, including the community at large, the Chamber membership, its volunteers, and its Board of Directors.

Please visit our website, http://www.wmswcd.org/content.cfm/Who-We-Are/Employment-Opportunities to view the two open positions at the District for:

1) A Conservation Technician; and 2) A Small Acreage Outreach Intern

Please feel free to share these jobs with any other folks whom might be interested.

Thanks.

Learn how volunteers can help your community accomplish more with less. This workshop is designed to help community members organize a SOLV project focused around litter cleanup, invasive plant removal, native planting, or watershed maintenance and monitoring.

Tuesday, November 2nd 9:00 AM – 11:15 and 11:45 - 3:00 PM

Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand Ave, Room 401, Portland, 97232

The workshop is being delivered in two sessions. Participants may attend one or both session.

The morning session will cover: Watershed basics, envisioning, and defining your project

Want to make a big difference in a short time? Love talking to people? Love appreciating and thanking others?

Our donors take care of people in need all over the world, and it's time to let them know what a huge difference their support makes. Please join Mercy Corps staff and volunteers as we thank as many of our donors as we can this December.

We're looking for a great volunteers to help make thank you calls to recent donors. As a caller, you will be provided with training on making donor calls, including written instructions, and a sample script of what to say. We will also have informative updates daily from field staff. We'll be thanking only, not asking for anything. Calls tend to be quick, positive, and uplifting.

Plant trees with SOLV next Saturday, October 30th in Troutdale, SE Portland, or Oregon City. We will be working along three creeks from 9:00am to 12:00pm rain or shine, and all tools, gloves and supplies will be provided. By planting native trees and shrubs, volunteers will be lowering stream temperatures and creating an ecosystem that will filter polluted stormwater runoff, improve water quality, provide better habitat for wildlife, and be more resilient to climate change.

Impact NW's Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Program is seeking volunteers for Woodmere Elementary's Fall Family Fun Craft Night.

Volunteers are needed to assist with set up/tear down, preparing food for attendees, greeting attendees, leading kids crafts, passing out pumpkins, and more!

The event takes place at Woodmere Elementary (7900 SE Duke) this Friday, October 29th, with shifts ranging from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.

If you are interested in helping out, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact Rana DeBey at [email protected] for more information about how to sign up!