CNRG Nonprofit Networking Night: Thursday, May 21st, 5:30-7:30pm. 

Airplay Café, 701 E Burnside St.

Join us for an evening of conversation and live music at a new networking night location!

Are you a nonprofit or someone who works with them?  A nonprofit looking for affordable consultants or vendors?  A volunteer looking for an organization eager for your time?  A nonprofit staff member wanting to partner on a project?

If so, CNRG's nonprofit networking event is for you. Come meet others who work and volunteer in Portland's nonprofit sector. Swap resources, share ideas, devise solutions and just hang out with community-minded people like yourself at a great community cafe.

Save the Date!

Environmental Achievement Symposium Juried presentations highlighting the environmental achievements of this year's NWSA AmeriCorps members.

Where & When

Multnomah County Public Library--Central Branch

801 SW 10th Ave, Portland

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

12:00 p.m to 1:00 p.m.

More information to come!

Neil Schulman

Training & Member Development Coordinator

503.234.2383 ext. 105

Northwest Service Academy | Lower Columbia Center | AmeriCorps

55 SE Main St | Portland OR  97214 | www.nwserviceacademy.org 

Our Third Thursday program for May will feature Plastic Bag Ordinances. Please join us at:

The Columbia Group of the Sierra Club Third Thursday Program Night Thursday May 21st Refreshments at 6:30PM, Program at 7:00 Sierra Club Office 1821 SE Ankeny St, Portland 97214

Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmental catastrophes of our generation. It is estimated that 60-80% of all debris in the ocean is plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down at sea and most types never truly biodegrade.

Please no calls and email your resume and cover letter to Felicia Tripp  [email protected]  

Portland Housing Center

Bi-Lingual (Spanish) Counseling & Education Program Assistant

Job Description

Purpose:                              Support for homebuyer education and counseling programs

Supervisor:                         Program Manager, Education and Counseling Services

Oregon Council for the Humanities, a nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, seeks a Development Director to join our highly collaborative, deeply dedicated, often hilarious, and always creative team. We are looking for a generalist who has a firm understanding of fundraising principles and practices, a good sense of Oregon’s philanthropy community, and fresh, innovative ideas.

Employment

Janus Youth Programs has the following positions available. Janus is a nonprofit agency providing community-based services, including residential and shelter care, to youth referred by OYA and/or DHS, as well as homeless and street-dependent youth. We operate facilities in Oregon and in SW Washington. We are an agency that values diversity and values the contributions made by our staff in helping the youth we serve. All positions involve working together with strong, supportive teams to support and make a difference in a young person's life.

All positions are open until filled or stated otherwise. Postings updated 5/19/2009

Position Title: Information and Referral Coordinator

Type of Position: LINKS AmeriCorps Member

Length of Term: 450 or 675 hours. 20 hours/wk.

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Service Dates: To be negotiated. High flexibility with start and end date.

Project Partner: Friendly House, Community Services. http://www.friendlyhouseinc.org/index.html.

Partnering Organization's Mission: Friendly House creates a thriving community by connecting people of all ages and backgrounds through quality educational, recreational and other life-sustaining services.

Project Location: 2617 NW Savier St., Portland, OR 97210

Transportation Information: Close to bus lines # 15, 77 and 17

Scuola Italiana di Portland is seeking a flexible, part-time Administrative Manager to coordinate administrative, financial, and promotional aspects of this small Italian language school for children.

The ReBuilding Center of Our United Villages is currently seeking an intern to help start and manage their new compost facility. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of compost management and implementation and be passionate and enthusiastic about wet waste diversion. The intern will assist the AmeriCorps team of builders with initial box construction. After the facility is in place the intern will manage the compost. This will entail:

Turning compost and maintaining the pile according to sanitary standard compost practices

Networking with local community gardens and sustainability groups that the prepared compost will then be donated to

Organizing compost donation pickups and drop offs

Scuola Italiana di Portland is seeking a flexible, part-time Administrative Manager to coordinate administrative, financial, and promotional aspects of this small Italian language school for children.

MEDIA ADVISORY   Contact: Mary Bauer, Communications Associate Regional Arts & Culture Council  |  www.racc.org 108 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR  97209-3318 503.823.5111  |  email: [email protected]

May 20th Open House will provide Progress Report on The Right Brain Initiative

WHO:  The Right Brain Initiative is a partnership of schools, local government, foundations, businesses and the arts & culture community. Together, our mission is to make arts education accessible to every K-8 student in the Portland tri-county region. The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is the managing partner of this collaboration. Participating elementary schools this year include:

*Primitive Skills workshops series with Caleb Shulten!

*TLC Farm is proud to host a series of three primitive skills workshops -- come to one or come to all! Saturday, May 23, Learn how to make cordage from readily available natural fibers. Practice using hand & bow drills, flint & steel. 

Saturday, May 30th: Make your own hand drill fire kit, and practice fire making. Bring a pocket knife.

Saturday, June 6th: Introduction to flint knapping. Practice making arrowheads out of obsidian – bring safety goggles!

10am-2pm Friday, May 22

The Klickitat River provides spawning and rearing habitat for Steelhead trout, fall Chinook salmon, and Coho salmon, as well as rearing habitat for spring Chinook salmon and resident fish species. This summer we will be doing restoration work on the haul road to improve ecological benefits on the Klickitat River. Prior to restoration we'll be pulling hounds tongue, an invasive weed, from the sides of the old haul road to prevent spreading seed during restoration. Come and hear about our restoration plans and help us continue our effort to reduce this invaders population on this 14 mile stretch of road.

Animal Aid Recruiting Agility Ring Crews for June 12-14 Event -- Earn 4 to 16 Community Service Hours!

You've seen them on Animal Planet – those amazing agility dogs flying through the obstacle course beside their handlers. Here's your chance to see them "up close and personal"! Want to show the family an insider's view of  a fascinating sport? Give us a hand, and we can guarantee you the best seats in the house! And no experience necessary....

The Portland Agility Club will donate money to our Fund for Veterinary Care for each agility ring crew that we can provide for their June 12-14 event at the Clark County Fairground in Ridgefield, Washington, minutes North of Vancouver. can there be a more fascinating way to earn money for a good cause?