What is the buzz all about? Learn more about Honeybees, Backyard Beekeeping, and what they tell us about the health of the environment.

Date: Saturday, September 18th Time: 11AM -4PM Zenger Farm: 11741 SE Foster Road. Portland, Oregon 97266 Free!

Tour the Honeybee hives at Zenger Farm with local backyard beekeepers. Every hour starting at 11:30AM

Local Backyard Beekeepers will be extracting honey in the Farm House...come on in and check out this sticky task. (You might even get talked into a little work.)

Honey, wax, and hive needs? Bring your cash and check out our Bee Market! (New this year!)

Fun activities geared for kids: 1PM -3PM in the Children's Garden.

If you are looking to take the next step in your management career, come learn about our Executive MBA in Nonprofit Management at the University of Portland. Our program was created specifically for the executive with 3 or more years of managerial/executive experience looking to take that next career career move within his/her current organization or with a new one. We've worked with local nonprofit leaders to craft a program that blends the best of our traditional MBA with specific classwork on nonprofits. And with their guidance, we've made it affordable by providing significant financial grants that lower the tuition cost by 50%.

Springboard Social Innovation Forum

WHO: Speakers include: - Shane Endicott, ED, Our United Villages/ReBuilding Center - Laura Bulinski, Educator, Jefferson High School - Jen Stone, Educator, L.E.P. High Facilitated by Warren Karmol. http://bit.ly/ckU9CN

WHEN: Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

WHERE: The Olympic Mills Commerce Building, 2nd floor, in the "Think Tank" 107 SE Washington, Portland, OR 97214

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) seeks the consummate professional to lead grant management activities from inception to success. Does this describe you? Much more than just a skilled technician, you know how to be a strategic partner within the organization, managing and crafting the whole grant process. You creatively build relationships with diverse stakeholders, ensuring that grants are implemented properly and effectively. Your organizational and communication skills are superb. If this describes you, go to http://www.opb.org/insideopb/careers/jobs/ for more information and instructions on how to apply.

ARTability - Creativity Without Limits

Easter Seals Oregon is offering a free art class for special needs clients.

The goal of the ARTability Project is to create opportunity for participants to express themselves in new and creative ways through art. Each class will be led by professional artist and designer, Theresa Provitola, along with a group of volunteer art assistants. The artists will have an opportunity to choose from several projects ranging from collage work, painting, beading, sculpting to anything else the artist can create!

Artist can decide what sounds good to them and best matches their interest and abilities; often times one may find those ABILITIES are far beyond what they originally thought.

This is a free event. Registration is required to reserve a seat: www.wvdo-or.org.

Date: September 16, 2010 Location: YWCA, 3rd Floor Meeting Room. 1111 SW 10th Ave. Check-in begins at 3:00 pm. Presentation from 3:30-5:00 pm.

Program Summary:

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

Please help us get the word out about our FREE program so even more women can get started into satisfying, living wage careers and take advantage of green jobs training!

-- 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.

The Sierra Club and Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good are proud to join Americans across the country who are volunteering on September 11th, a National Day of Service in honor and remembrance of those who bravely serve our country.

In honor of this day the Oregon Sierra Club and MACG wish to make a significant contribution to an important local effort on energy efficiency, equity, and community building.

Please join us for a Changing the Climate in Cully Neighborhood Walk!

We’ll go door to door to promote a city initiative, Clean Energy Works, which helps residents fund energy efficiency improvements to their home and provides worker training for low-income people and communities of color.