CNRG Nonprofit Networking Night: Thursday, August 20th, 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.

COMMUNITY RADIO

20 SE 8th Avenue

Date:        August 14, 2009

Contact:   Toni Tabora-Roberts, PR & Outreach Coordinator  (503) 231 8032 x206, [email protected]

91.9 FM Columbia Gorge

Attention: Events Calendar                                          

Greetings Community Organizations,

Are you interested in finding school-year volunteers for your non-profit organization while at the same time sharing the amazing things you do with interested students and possible summer interns?

Ever year, Career Services and SEEDS (the Community Service Program) at Reed College hold a Non-Profit Expo in order to expose Reed students to organizations in the Portland area. This year we are shifting the timing and focus of the Expo.

Join the Springwater Cycle Stroll and raise money for watershed restoration and protection while enjoying the Springwater Trail along Johnson Creek!

During the month of September the Johnson Creek Watershed Council is hosting the Springwater Cycle Stroll, a benefit event where particpants raise money for the miles they travel on the Springwater Trail throughout the month. Participants ride their bikes, walk, run, jog, or skateboard along the Springwater Corridor Trail, logging their miles and collecting pledges from family and friends.

There are great prizes for most miles biked, most miles ran, most miles walked and most money raised.

The donations raised through this event will support the Council’s restoration, education and outreach programs.

As part of the Try Vegan Week Activities, Peter Spendelow, Northwest VEG President, is presenting a talk Wednesday Aug. 19 on how our food choices affect the environment. 7 pm at the Central Library, 810 SW 10th Avenue, Portland. Come find out how what you eat can have more effect on the environment than the car you drive. For more information on the other Try Vegan Week activities, visit www.tryveganpdx.com.

http://portlandpeakoil.org/content/introduction-transition-initiative

When: Aug 19 2009 7:00 pm

Where: St. Francis Dining Hall - 1182 SE Pine St. - Portland, OR The

Transition Initiative is a community response to the twin challenges of peak oil and climate change.  The interesting part is addressing both issue at the same time will increase community resilience and quality of life.

The Transition Initiative started Ireland in 2004 by Permaculture designer and teacher Rob Hopkins, the Transition Initiative has been adopted by communities around the world looking to transform their locality and build resilience, the ability to withstand shock caused by such things as rising oil prices, for a low carbon future.

Join the Columbia Group for our monthly Third Thursday event on August 20th.

This month we will be gathering for a picnic in Laurelhurst Park. 6pm until dark. We will stake out an area near picnic area F, accessible from SE Ankeny and just west of the Pond.

We will supply pizza and beverages but please bring an item to share- salads, cupcakes, fruit... anything you would enjoy! In the spirit of sustainability, please bring your own plate, fork, and cup so that we can avoid disposables.

The movie for August 20 will be "Ponyo," another one of Academy Award-winning Hayao Miyazaki's animated features. It has been described as magical and a feast for the imagination. This movie may appear to be light fair compared to our usual intense, how-do-we-solve-the-problems-of-the-world independent films. However, artistic works of the imagination like this have a very close cousin-type relationship to the world of religious literature. This movie presents some good metaphors around the balance of nature and our role in maintaining that balance. Besides that it is supposed to be a feat for the eyes and the imagination! What fun!

Organization:  Oregon Voice

Position Summary:  The Executive Director is responsible for overseeing and implementing the vision of Oregon Voice. This includes significant fundraising, program development and strategic planning. The Executive Director is currently the sole staff person for Oregon Voice.

Salary/Pay Rate:  Competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience.

Oregon Voice Executive Director

Job Description

Job Title:  RECOVERY MENTOR

Salary: Non-Exempt full-time salaried employee, with full health benefits.   Pay DOE.

Send Emails with cover letter, including salary requirements, and resume to:

POSITION PURPOSE

This purpose of this position is to provide treatment services with a community focus.   Successful applicants will be dedicated to Recovery and interested in the challenges of successfully engaging clients with multi-diagnoses in Substance Abuse and Mental Health treatment.   This position utilizes a multi-disciplinary team approach, including mentoring, acupuncture, mental health services, health/wellness and referral to vocational/employment/housing services.

Hello fellow gardenersI work at the Learning Gardens Laboratory in SE Portland.

A couple weeks ago, Bill Alley from City of Portland Horticultural Services came by to inform me that they have quite a surplus of planting pots, trays, and flats that will have to be junked if no one comes to get them.

Currently, we are all set with pots at the LGL. However, if your organization/school garden/project needs pots or flats or trays - go to the Mt. Tabor Yard @ 6437 SE Division. They're free.

Bill Alley is there on Wed-Fri from 7am - 3:30pm. His number is (503)823-1636. 

What happens when Portlanders participate in Local Agenda NW? They find their voice, design a solution, and seek to make a difference that will last.

Local Agenda NW begins with an Information Session, Tuesday, August 18 $10/door.

We’ll open with an overview of the program, the results, and goals. We answer your questions and you hear from those who have gone through the program. We will describe what you can expect, and you get a chance to meet us. We charge $10 for this first session (treats included). Find out if this is for you.

Have you ever considered mentoring? Oregon Mentors provides support to youth mentoring programs throughout Oregon (more than 40 in the metro area!) We will be in the NW on Monday, August 16th from 4:30 - 6:30pm. to provide no-pressure information about the variety of mentoring opportunities available for volunteers.

Come learn how a mentoring program can provide safe and supportive ways for you to incorporate a young person into many of the activities you already enjoy doing in your life (cooking, watching movies, walking, tennis, card games, etc.) and how this commitment can positively impact a child for the rest of his or her life.

Vivace Coffee 2287 NW Pettygrove St Portland, OR 97210 August 16th 4:30 - 6:30pm

Northwest VEG is holding our VegFest at the Oregon Convention Center on September 19, and we will need many volunteers to make this fun and educational event a success.  See www.portlandvegfest.org for event info. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in exhibiting.

This will be a great event with free vegetarian food samples, national speakers, cooking demos, vendors and non-profit organizations, activities for children, and more.  Help us make it a success.

Family of Friends mentoring program matches singles, couples, and families with children ages 6-9 for a year long mentoring relationship. We invite you to look at our website for more details at:

www.family-of-friends.org

or call us at 503-813-7724.

Home Free’s Restraining Order (RO) Program is the only civil legal advocacy program in Multnomah County.

Started approximately eight years ago, the program is made up of staff and volunteers who offer in-person advocacy and support to people seeking protective orders at the Multnomah County Courthouse. Advocates are not attorneys and do not offer legal advice or help with legal strategy.