Interested in gardening, cooking, gleaning, preserving or harvesting? Come learn new food sharing skills. Take a cooking class. Watch a canning demonstration. Volunteer at a garden or urban farm. Learn to identify urban edibles.

Meet at the Whole Foods Market Wellness Center at 9:00 am for a light breakfast and to pick your project. Lunch will also be provided. Childcare, transportation, and interpretation available upon request.

Saturday, May 9th 9:00am-3:00pm Whole Foods Wellness Center 3535 NE 15th Avenue Portland, OR 97212

Hosted by Community Outreach of Our United Villages. Register by May 7th to [email protected] or 503.546.7499

Developing our Understanding of the Social Dimension of Sustainability: Weds, May 6, 4-6pm: Portland State University, Native American Student and Community Center (corner of Broadway and Jackson). Fri, May 8, 1-3pm: PSU Graduate School of Education, Room 212 (corner of Broadway and Harrison).

May 6 Celebrate the publication of PSU’s anthology, Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability. Hear community leaders talk about how they are making Social Sustainability real.

Conversation 5 | Creative Grid: Building Community Through Collaboration

Thursday, April 29, 6:30pm; Pacific Northwest College of Art, 1241 Northwest Johnson

Please join Pacific Northwest College of Art, Museum of Contemporary Craft and invited members of Oregon's creative community to engage in the fifth session in a series of conversations about the anticipated integration of two of Portland's most venerable institutions, that have, in recent years, reinvented themselves to respond to changing educational and cultural needs.

Are you interested in honing your networking and fundraising skills? Looking for a rewarding and fun volunteer opportunity? Want to mobilize your community to help others? Read on to find out how you can support the Community Cycling Center as part of our Fundraising Team.

About the Community Cycling Center

The schools of Marshall Campus and Clark K-8 @ Binnsmead are hosting a Bicycle Fix-It Fair and Safety Equipment Drive on May 30, 2009.

This event will bring together community businesses and volunteers in an effort to provide bike tune ups, simple repairs and bike transportation resources free of charge for students, families and community members. The Bike Fair will address and resolve issues relating to bike repair costs and lack of appropriate safety equipment in our community. We are seeking donations of bicycles in good or easily repairable condition, lights, and locks, 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday through May 30th at Marshall Campus.

Donations are tax deductible.

Greetings Colleagues and Friends

The Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge has posted a job announcement for the Cultural Interpreter at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse. The Cultural Interpreter at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse. The announcement is attached, and we would greatly appreciate any help you can give in spreading the news about our search. Information about the Plankhouse can be found on our website at www.plankhouse.org. The application deadline is June 1, 2009.

Kate Mueller-Wille

The first annual 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon survey has launched!

To recognize that nonprofits are key businesses critical to the economic health of our state, TACS and the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) have partnered with Oregon Business magazine to launch this nonprofit survey.

If you have at least 10 paid employees in Oregon, you may sign up to participate until June 5th. Online employee and employer surveys run until June 12th.  There is no cost to participate and organizations may be headquartered anywhere. Once you sign up, instructions will be emailed to you within three business days. Sign up now.

https://v2.decipherinc.com/survey/obm/obm09001

Top three reasons your organization should participate:

Intravenous Drug Users (IDU) Health Services Worker

Outside In is looking for volunteers to provide syringe exchange and HIV/Hepatitis C prevention and safer injection education for people who inject drugs. Provide respectful, non-judgmental harm reduction support and intervention and engage in discussion with participants about their health. Additional duties include ensuring that necessary supplies are available for clients and producing and distributing Syringe Exchange supplies. Offer our clients access to treatment and practical strategies to overcome their addictions.

Shifts are Monday - Friday, 12:45-6:00

Please go to our website, www.outsidein.org for a volunteer application.