Please come find out about nonprofit educational opportunities at Portland State University

Where: 2nd floor Gallery of the Urban Center at 506 SW Mill St, Portland

When: November 16, 2009, 5:30-6:30PM

Why: Because a well-educated and skillful nonprofit community is a beautiful thing, consider being part of it

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Sharon Hasenjaeger Assistant Director Institute for Nonprofit Management Portland State University Tel: (503) 725-8221 Fax: (503) 725-8045 [email protected]

www.inpm.pdx.edu for information on INPM’s nonprofit courses and events

November 10th – InFARMation (and Beer!): Hunger, Poverty and Food Policy – Building a Local Food System that Works for All

What is the state of hunger and poverty in Oregon? 

How can we build an equitable local food system? 

What are farmers doing to address these issues? 

Join us for a discussion about these issues with Oregon Food Bank and Gaining Ground Farm.  Oregon Food Bank recently conducted its annual Voices Project – a series of focus groups held at emergency food sites throughout the state.  OFB will present the results of these conversations and what they tell us about the state of hunger and perceptions about community food systems.

Groundwater 101

Saturday, Nov 14, 8:45am to 1:30pm

The Lake House at Blue Lake Park, 20500 NE Marine Dr, Fairview OR

Interested in learning where Portland’s drinking water comes from?  Join experts from the Portland Water Bureau for a free workshop all about groundwater, Portland’s secondary water supply.  Visit a well, test water quality, and learn about local hydrogeology that influences the Groundwater Protection Program.  Co-sponsored by the Portland Water Bureau and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council: sign up at www.columbiaslough.org or by calling 503-281-1132.

Melissa Sandoz

Outreach Director

Columbia Slough Watershed Council

7040 NE 47th Ave

Portland, OR 97218

503.281.1132

Zenger Farm Work Party and Drop-In Visiting

Sunday November 15th, from 1pm-4pm

Come on out to Zenger Farm on Sunday, November 15th, from 1pm-4pm. Join the work party or take a self guided tour. Say hi to the chickens, taste the winter crops, and check out the wildlife in the wetland. Projects we'll be working on include mulching our perennials to get ready for winter, caring for our chickens and moving their mobile coop, building compost bins and more.

To RSVP for the work party send your name, phone number and number of people attending to [email protected] or call Prairie Hale at 503-282-4245.

Human Solutions

Job Announcement

Job Title:                                Winter Services Housing Specialist

Department:                           Social Services

Reports to:                             Shelter Coordinator

Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest

Match Support Coordinator

Job Description

Part-Time (22 hours a week)

Qualifications

1.       A master’s degree in social work or a related social service field is preferred.  A bachelor’s degree with ten years of work experience in a social service setting may be considered as a substitute.

2.       Five or more years experience working in a social service program serving children and teens.

3.       Three or more years successful experience supervising full-time staff and volunteers. Demonstrated leadership qualities, ability to inspire staff and nurture a team-oriented work culture.

The Portland OWL (Older Women's League) is reorganizing and we are looking for new members. We are looking for women of all ages who want to be politically involved in those things that will help other women. We want to find out what will work for you.

Please respond to our survey so that we can best meet the needs of our current and future members. Please remember that "Older" is what we are each day. To tell you a little bit about OWL, the National Older Women’s League was founded in 1980. OWL focuses on “issues unique to women as they age” and aims to improve the status and quality of life of midlife and older women. OWL is a non-profit organization. Thank you very much for your time, OWL Portland

http://tinyurl.com/OWLSurvey --

Mental Health Assessment and Treatment of Children ages Birth– 5yrs. in Foster Care

Thursday, December 3rd 12:30pm-3:00pm Cost: FREE

Audience: Non-clinical stakeholders who work with children ages birth-5yrs. in the foster care system including case workers, caregivers, and juvenile rights advocates.

Children in foster care are more likely to experience emotional health problems as the result of experiences and trauma associated with high-risk and often challenging family settings, acute reactions to the trauma of being placed in foster care, and being separated from their biological parent. Please join us in our exploration of mental health assessment & treatment services for children ages birth-5yrs. old in the foster care system.

Presenters: Rick Levine, Grant Writer, Trainer, and Consultant Barbara Gibbs, Program Director, Meyer Memorial Trust

Date: November 12, 2009

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join Rick Levine, one of the most senior grantwriters in the Northwest, and Barbara Gibbs, Program Director at Meyer Memorial Trust, to learn what foundation and corporate grant makers expect of experienced grant writers. In this competitive grant seeking climate, it is more important than ever to have well-targeted and finely crafted proposals. Receive direct feedback about your proposals while working in small groups with a staff person of a major regional funder.

The proposal reviewers will include:

Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASA's, are ordinary men and women from all walks of life, educational levels, and ethnic backgrounds, who volunteer to serve as an advocate for an abused child or sibling group who lives in foster care under the protection of the Juvenile Courts in Washington and Multnomah Counties.

When a CASA is court appointed to a case, he or she becomes the one person in the foster child's life who will be there from when the case opens to when it successfully closes.

The CASA is responsible for gathering information, and coordinating as many elements as possible, in order to secure for each child a safe, permanent home as quickly as possible.

Many people want to help others at the holidays but are unsure how. Or they think that what they can afford to do won't make a difference. Point them to the listing of Clark County Holiday Drives for food, toys, clothing online at the Nonprofit Network site. A dozen groups online now, more coming. Each group's description and list of client needs tells a story (oatmeal and other basic food for home-bound seniors; stuffed animals for children clients of a mental health program; arts supplies for a teen shelter). A great place for businesses to find a group they can help as well. Some nonprofits also need volunteers to help with sorting and wrapping presents. http://nonprofitnetworkwa.org/