Neighborhood News 

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3.    Contact Nick Sauvie at ROSE Community Development with your questions and  

       comments: 503 788.8052 x16 or nick@rosecdc.org.

 

It's that time of year again to help out brightening the holiday spirit for those families in need this season.The Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood District Association has selected two anonymous families in need to receive donated Christmas gifts for 2011 Ardenwald Christmas Families program. 

 

Donations are being accepted until Sunday, December 18, 2011, and the donations will be delivered later in the week to the families before Christmas Day. 

Donate by going to the Ardenwald Christmas Families web page at www.ardenwald.org/christmasfam and browse at the "wish list." The "wish list" page updates frequently and any items on the list means that item is still needed. Items no longer on the list means the item has been arranged by another donator to be donated.

To drop off the donation(s), contact Lisa Gunion-Rinker at 503-659-7807 to make arrangements. You can also drop off the item at the Ardenwald Holiday Potluck at the Ardenwald Elementary School in Milwaukie on Tuesday, December 13, 6:30 p.m.

 

Cafe au Play's Fourth Annual Jingle Mingle Holiday Tree Sale is in full swing - November 25th - December 20th!  Buy your tree at Cafe au Play this year!  Choose a beautiful fresh cut Noble or Grand Fir from Molalla's Timber Ridge Tree Farm.  We are OPEN EVERYDAY 8:30am - 5:30pm and OPEN LATE Thursday - Monday until 7pm. 

This fundraiser is crucial for keeping Cafe au Play going in 2012. A successful tree sale will support programming and site improvements and allow us to staff Cafe au Play sufficiently. 

Also, this year we have a full event schedule to bring community spirit to the sale. 

Land Use & Sustainability

The holidays often bring more food, fun and festivities - and all of the waste that can go along with those things. This year, you have a new place to scrape your holiday plates and holiday leftovers. Now you can add food scraps - from meat to bones to dairy - along with yard debris to your green roll cart for weekly pickup.  To learn more:  call the curbside hotline at 503 823 7202, email or visit www.portlandcomposts.com. 

 

In order to assist your review of the Portland Plan, SE Uplift has prepared a "cheat-sheet" pointing out the sections of the Portland Plan we think our coalition neighborhoods will be particularly interested in. If you have questions or concerns about the Portland Plan, please feel free to contact Leah Dawkins 503 232.0010  x314.  Watch "how to" videos on the Portland Plan here! 

Transportation: Air Water, Rail and Roads
The Framework for our Region

Tuesday, December 13, 10:00 am
SW Community Center at Gabriel Park
6820 SW 45th St. Portland

The Portland Metro Region's transportation infrastructure is the framework for the Region, critical to its economic health and that of Oregon. The League of Women Voters of Portland will welcome two of the Region's leading transportation experts to its December meeting.

 In October, the City of Portland enacted a landmark restriction on the use of single-use plastic bags at most grocery stores and large retail stores. These are the bags that many shoppers received in grocery stores and pharmacies, and they also can cause environmental problems, including at recycling facilities and littering Oregon rivers and the Pacific Ocean.

Hardy Plant Society grant program  The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon is soliciting applications, due Dec. 14, from school and not-for-profit groups for their 2012 grant program. The HPSO works to promote education and understanding of herbaceous perennial plants, and is dedicated to helping "special gardens of botanical, horticultural or historic interest," including the support of school and community gardens. The HPSO Garden Grants program strives to achieve these goals by awarding funds to qualified groups in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. To learn more, call the HPSO office at 503-224-5718. Get additional information and guidelines  

Join us for BUFA OPEN HOUSE

Community Resources

Thursday, December 15, 5:30-9:00 (come anytime!) 

Minors welcome

Give!Guide supporters will be treated to a free drink on us, and plenty of delicious food to share and enjoy. It's an opportunity to connect with others who care about Oregon and to celebrate another great year for our state.  

Resolutions Northwest's Neighborhood Mediation Program provides neighbors and families in Portland with a confidential and compassionate process for resolving conflicts in a positive and personal way. Community mediation grew out of the social and political movements of the 1960s to empower community members to resolve their own disputes, rather than take it to the slow and expensive court system. There is no cost for Portland residents to use this service. Our program is funded primarily through a grant with the City of Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement but we also rely on donations for a portion of the program's expenses.   

ONI Bureau Advisory Committee

The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon and The Pongo Fundwill give caregivers free cat food throughout January, 2012, when they bring a feral or stray cat to the Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO) to be spayed or neutered. All spay/neuter services are provided at FCCO on a donation-basis. Food will be given while supplies last.

FCCO encourages caregivers to get their free-roaming cats spayed and neutered before they go into heat and have kittens in the warmer months. A cat can be safely spayed or neutered as early as two-months old. FCCO loans traps and can help caregivers with large colonies or single cats. If you are feeding feral or stray cats, please call 503-797-2606 or visit www.feralcats.com   

REACH Community Development, Inc. is collecting toys and other gifts to make the holidays a bit more joyful for the kids living in our affordable housing.

Would you like to provide a gift for a REACH child this holiday season?   If so, you may purchase gifts online through our Amazon.com Wish-List and have them shipped directly to REACH at the address below:

    * REACH Community Development
    * c/o Peter Blanchard
    * 1135 SE Salmon St.
    * Portland, OR 97214

Gifts should be purchased no later than 12/16 so that we can give them away the next week. Contact Peter Blanchard at 503.501.5732 or via email with any questions.    

The Urban League of Portland is pleased to announce our Social Justice and Civic Leadership program for 2012-2013. Currently we are accepting applications  for our leadership development program, as we train emerging leaders to become successful advocates for social and economic justice and public policy changes that affect our community.  

Support our neighbors abroad and send a care package to active military personnel for the holidays.
For detailed information what is needed or wanted please check out the following website: www. soldierpackages.org. This sight offers opportunities to create a smile, make a dark moment brighter and hopefully sends a ray of hope and assurance that we are still and often thinking of our military men and women.   

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