The Portland Plan will take a new approach to city planning by focusing our attention on the things that affect our daily lives, such as safety, neighborhood livability, quality education and affordable housing. Please take a moment to answer these questions. Your answers will help the City of Portland prioritize investments in our future.

President Obama signed the Healthcare Reform Bill this week. How does this affect YOU?

Find out at Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation's Second Annual Healthcare Symposium A Community Conversation About Our Changing Healthcare Climate

Tickets are almost sold out!

Go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/97100 to purchase tickets right now to make sure you are a part of this historic conversation on April 7, 2010!

Keynote Speaker: John Kitzhaber, MD Governor, 1995-2003

Featuring: David Wu, U.S. Representative Oregon's 1st District

Moderator: Jack Friedman, CEO, Providence Health Plans

Panelists:

FSC Monthly Calendar: April 2010

April 1 & 15, 2010

Spring Forest Qigong 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Franciscan Spiritual Center, 6902 SE Lake Rd, Suite 300, Milwaukie; Sister Emma Holdener leads active exercises & meditation practices through December. $5.00 donation per session. To register, call (503) 794-8542 or email [email protected]. For more information, visit www.francisspctr.com.

April 7, 2010

Artist’s Way Cluster Group

Administrative Assistant

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant to perform a wide range of administrative duties in support of the Vice President-Resource Development/Workplace Giving and the Workplace Giving Team.  Minimum of three years administrative assistant experience required. Nonprofit development experience a plus. Forward cover letter and resume to [email protected].  Reference Job #300.  Position closes 4/9/10.

The Oregon Commission for the Blind is currently seeking organizations that are interested in partnering with our Summer Work Experience Program (SWEP). SWEP has a 35 year history of providing high school-aged teens with visual impairments or blindness the opportunity to go to work over summer break. SWEP is seeking entry level positions in a number of areas such as: clerical, service industry, data entry, day programs, retail, and much more!

Just a few benefits…

**Our agency pays students’ wages

**You will gain a dedicated, enthusiastic worker

**Our agency will provide necessary job accommodations

**More than 75% of participants in the SWEP program go on to become gainfully employed in the work force

TACS Workshop | Fund Development & Marketing

FOUNDATION & CORPORATE GRANT STRATEGIES

Presenter: Rick Levine, Grant Writer, Trainer, and Consultant

DATE: April 8, 2010

TIME: 8:30 - 4:00 p.m.

COST: $165.00 General Admission, $148.50 NAO Nonprofit Member

LOCATION: Ecotrust Conference Center; 721 NW 9th Avenue; Portland, Oregon 97209

Learn more about the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) at http://www.tacs.org/nonprofit_association_of_oregon.

Register now at: http://www.tacs.org/training/workshops/fund_development_marketing/foundation_and_corporate_grant_strategies_2.

EVENT DESCRIPTION

See Yourself as a Competent and Confident Manager

Partners in Excellence provides non-profit managers and social service staff with the tools they need to hire, train and supervise a diverse team of employees in a non-profit setting.

Participant of this training will craft job descriptions and interview questions, develop work plans and employee time lines and create evaluations that tie an employees’ job performance to both the job description and the mission of the organization. In addition, this workshop will provide opportunities for participants to role-play interviews, practice staff goal planning with SMART goals and learn how to hire to create team members who compliment each others’ strengths.

Volunteer and Become a Running Buddy with Girls on the Run!

It's easy and fulfilling to serve as a Running Buddy. A female Running Buddy is paired with a Girls on the Run participant during the practice 5K run/walk and again at the final 5K run/walk. Running Buddies encourage her girl to do her best, whether it's walking, running or a combination a both. The girls love the special one-on-one attention and look up to their Buddies. Two short time commitments, yet the rewards are vast.

Girls on the Run, a life-changing after-school program for 3rd through 5th grade girls, combines self-esteem enhancing lessons with running workouts and games to develop the whole girl-her physical, mental, emotional and social self.