*Join us in celebrating our 2-year anniversary on Sunday, August 8th!* The Skill Share Studio is organizing our annual block party on Rodney Avenue with a BBQ potluck, live music, and a basket weaving workshop. We'll shut the street at 3pm and fire up the grill. NE Rodney Avenue, between NE Shaver and Failing.

Hannah Stitzlein will be teaching a basic basketry class at 4pm on August 8th as well. Register in advance for the class ($10 includes all materials) or just come to the party!

http://skillsharestudio.org/learn/attend-a-class/

Check out our new website too! www.skillsharestudio.org!

The Coalition of Community Health Clinics (CCHC) is a nonprofit network of 13 safety net clinics serving low income and uninsured people in Portland, Oregon. We are currently hiring a position responsible for providing staff support and advising the development of a new AmeriCorps program to support community health clinics. The program, to be operated by the Oregon Health Career Center, will provide a range of services that increase the quality and access of health care for low and moderate income Oregonians. This temporary position is half-time for 8 months and will report to the CCHC Executive Director.

Social Venture Partners Portland is seeking a full-time Partnership & Development Director working directly with the Executive Director to:

• Serve and draw on the philanthropic interests of Partners;
• facilitate engagement of our Partners to strengthen SVPP and SVPP Investees;
• develop and manage educational, social and family service programs;
• assist with marketing, recruitment and revenue development; and,
• manage various tracking, outcome and evaluation tools.

The Director will have significant interaction with accomplished professionals in the business, funding and nonprofit sectors.

August 7 ABCD Training Workshop

Saturday August 7 - 8:30AM to 4:30PM

Leander Court Apartments (4620 SE 122nd Ave. Portland, OR 97266)

$45 tuition fee - 10 partial scholarships are available. Please call or email.

Register at http://www.secondstories.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92&Itemid=193

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Learn how to harvest, prepare and safely use the local herbs and "weeds" that are freely available to help us soothe an earache, settle an upset tummy, calm jangled nerves and maintain the health of our friends and families. Weekly class on private land outside of Silverton,noon-2pm on Sundays. $10.00 a class. Overnight camping or simple accomodations available. Go to https://sites.google.com/site/homeaidherbalist for more information. Backyard health reform!

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. empowers women to enter into high skill, high wage careers in construction through our seven-week Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class.

Please help us spread the word about our FREE program so even more women can get started into satisfying, living wage careers.

-- Class meets Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

-- Participants get hands-on experience working alongside skilled female instructors.

-- Explore topics like safety, construction culture, apprenticeship, and more.

-- Get an introduction to green building

-- Learn basic trades math and measurement.

Garden Partners is organizing two garden work parties in August, and we need your help! In order to get a lot of work done in a short amount of time, we host fun, family-friendly events where volunteers can spend an afternoon building and improving Therapeutic Gardens around town.

Upcoming Work Parties:

* Saturday, August 7th: 1:00 - 3:30 -- Cascade Park Care Center -- Help build a new therapeutic garden!(801 Southeast Park Crest Avenue; Vancouver, WA 98683)

* Sunday, August 8th: 1:00 - 3:30 -- Morrison Day Treatment Center - Early Childhood and Youth Garden. Summer vegetable garden upkeep. (11456 NE Knott St; Portland, OR 97220)

The Portland Metro Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a non-profit organization that resells re-usable building materials and supplies. All materials in our 20,000+ square foot warehouse are donated. Our inventory is extensive, and includes appliances, doors, windows, plumbing, electrical, all types of flooring, lumber and paint/stain. The proceeds go toward building simple, decent and affordable housing for low-income families.

The Portland Metro Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a non-profit organization that sells re-useable building materials and supplies. The proceeds go toward building simple, decent and affordable housing for low-income families in the Portland/Metro area.

The ReStore is now seeking individuals interested in being a part of our Volunteer Truck Crew for donation pick-up on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9-2pm or 1-5pm

The requirements for this volunteer opportunity are:

For Drivers: -Please have experience driving large trucks. A CDL is desired but not mandatory. Our truck is a 26 ft. box truck—comparable to a large U-Haul.

-You must have a clean driving record and valid driver’s license.

Join the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) as a Volunteer this summer! OMSI Needs your help August 12-15th (Thursday- Sunday).

August 12-15, OMSI will need lots of additional help from you to host OMSI Science Days. During these days the museum will be open 9:00am-9:00pm and visitors will enjoy a variety of offerings around the museum.

This is a major special event that is expected to draw thousands of visitors each day so having additional help will be wonderful! Volunteers at this event will earn a pass for free admission to the museum on a day of their choice.

Each day (Aug 12-15) three shifts are available: