Portland, OR. For sixteen years, De La Salle North Catholic High School has provided a rigorous academic curriculum coupled with a unique work study program for low-income students, right in the heart of their community. Every student in the school works one day each week at one of 80+ Portland Metro area corporations and organizations to offset more than 50% of the cost of their education. Educators prepare these young people not only for college but for life. On October 13th, De La Salle North Catholic High School raised a record $501,395 to provide financial assistance to students in need. At the event, Laurie Kelley, Kelly Hale, and Julie Mancini posed for a photo. (Photo Credit, Andrea Lonas.)
Here’s a video about the unique high school:
Brian Maag and Jeff Yandle
Nani Warren and Nelson Farris
Mike Yonker
About De La Salle North Catholic High School:
De La Salle North Catholic High School provides a faith-based, college preparatory high school education to underserved students from the Portland area. Our goal is to develop tomorrow’s community leaders by making high-quality education accessible to motivated young people in a learning environment that values cultural, spiritual, and ethnic diversity. Our educational approach provides each student with the opportunity to succeed through small classes, high expectations, and active participation in our Corporate Work Study Program. We don’t turn away any capable, motivated or interested student because they cannot afford our tuition.
The De La Salle North Catholic Code
De La Salle North Catholic students are expected to follow a code of ethics: As a student of De La Salle, I am focused on my future; therefore, I am responsible for what I say and what I do; I respect my teachers, my peers, and my school; I am on time; I am prepared; and I demand the most of my ability.
Founded in 2001, De La Salle North Catholic was the first school in the nation modeled after Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. The Cristo Rey Network of schools was established for students in communities that have limited access to private education. Thirty Cristo Rey schools in 19 states and the District of Columbia provide a quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to 6,500 young people who live in urban communities with limited educational options. Member schools utilize a rigorous academic model, supported with effective instruction, to prepare students with a broad range of academic abilities for college success. Cristo Rey Network schools employ an innovative Corporate Work Study Program that provides students with real world work experiences. Every student works five full days a month to fund the majority of his or her education, gain job experience, grow in self-confidence, and realize the relevance of his or her education.
We are part of the International Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, commonly known as the De La Salle Christian Brothers; and since 1868 we have been dedicated to creating communities of learning in the western United States. Today the Brothers and Lasallian partners of our district serve more than 10,000 students in four western states: Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington. Administrative offices are at the De La Salle Institute, located at Mont La Salle in Napa, California. The district also collaborates with the other districts of the USA/Toronto Region and the worldwide Institute.
Portland, OR. New and old friends of William Temple House gathered for the nonprofit’s biggest fundraiser of the year, raising over $162,000. It was an all-time record for the Lifting Spirits Auction and an attendance record with over 200 people joining the October 22nd celebration at the Exchange Ballroom. Executive Director Stephen Ristau with Past Board Presidents: Susan Workman, John Chandler, George Ivan Smith, Mike Vawter, Jim McCarter, Leigh Wilson, and Gary Gross enjoyed the evening. (Photo credit, Andrea Lonas.) William Temple House provides mental health counseling and emergency social services to individuals and families in need. The organization has been active in the Portland community for 50 years.
Development Coordinator Brie Richards shares a story about a William Temple House Client.
Bidder paddles flying during the Paddle Raise.
Auctioneer Chris Sheik and Emcee Steve Dunn are a dynamic duo!
Photo booth volunteers were #LiftingSpirits2016.
Administrators thanked donors saying, “Your support provided 43,500 meals to families who visit our pantry, 533 new outfits for children, 722 hours of quality life-affirming counseling, and vision and dental care for hundreds more!”
From William Temple House:
The Foundation for William Temple House was established in early 1965 when several lay members of the Oregon Episcopal Diocese met with Rev. Canon Clarence T. Abbott of the Parish of St. Mark in Portland. They gathered to discuss ways to embrace the Declaration of Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence, issued by Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America.
As a result of their discussions, the group incorporated the Episcopal Layman’s Mission Society to operate a center for pastoral and licensed professional psychological counseling. They named their center in honor of William Temple, the late Archbishop of Canterbury and prolific author on Christian social action. A short time after the counseling center was launched, William Temple House expanded its role to include emergency material and financial assistance for individuals and families in crisis.
Since 1965, William Temple House has served Portland by providing help where it is needed on behalf of the disadvantaged and distressed in the community.
William Temple House outgrew its Marshall Street facilities and moved into the Mackenzie House on Northwest Hoyt Street in 1971. Abbott Hall, adjacent to Mackenzie House, was completed in 1981 to house the expanding counseling and social service programs. It is named in memory of Fr. Abbott, who served as executive director from 1965 until his death in 1990.
The Thrift Store, which helps support counseling and social services at William Temple House, is a few blocks away on Northwest Glisan Street.
William Temple House Services include the following:
Mental Health Counseling
An often costly expense, counseling can be the necessary support to lift individuals and couples up in crisis or maintain stability. We provide high-quality counseling services on a sliding scale fee, and we never turn anyone away based on inability to pay.
Portland, OR. The Exchange Ballroom was filled with more than 240 guests demonstrating a commitment to the local MS community. Supporters donated over $290,000 at the September 29th event as they enjoyed the company of friends, gourmet food, wine and powerful stories. The funds will help provide critical programs and services and accelerate MS research. Top Fundraisers Kevin Byrne and board member Brie Stoianoff along with board member Darren Glassman and emeritus board member, Dina enjoy the signature Blood Orange Martini at Gala MS 2016.
Guests enjoyed a fall evening on the Cascade Patio at the Exchange Ballroom.
Auctioneer Kelly Russell encourages the crowd, as guests raise their paddle to #endMSforever.
The National MS Society recognized brother and sister team, Chris Crawford and Bonnie Iglesias who collectively have raised over $500,000 for the National MS Society through Bike MS.
From The National MS Society:
The Oregon Chapter works to improve the quality of life for people affected by MS in Oregon and Southwestern Washington and raise funds for critical MS research. Join the movement toward a world free of MS.
The National MS Society helps each person affected by MS in our area address the challenges of living with MS. We help by raising funds for cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education and providing programs and services that empower people with MS and their families to move their lives forward.
Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. Through our chapter’s support services and educational programs for people living with MS and their families and friends, we help connect people in our local communities who want to do something about MS now.
We offer many programs — including professional counseling and peer facilitated support groups, educational programs and seminars, referrals to neurologists and healthcare professionals, national teleconferences and internet programs, services for the homebound, and social and recreational programs to assist people with MS and their families in leading productive and fulfilling lives.
Our community support helps to fund our local programs and accelerate worldwide research projects to ensure no opportunity is wasted. Generosity can come from anywhere. We are thankful to our members and their friends, corporate partners and the general public who help us raise the money to move us closer to a world free of MS.
The Oregon Chapter serves more than 8,000 individuals with MS and their families in Oregon and SW Washington. We help people affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. The Oregon Chapter was established in 1963.
Portland, OR. Applications are now open for the next round of the Nike Community Impact Fund, with $250,000 in cash grants being offered to nonprofits and schools in Portland and SW Washington. Want to apply? Or can you help get the word out? Applications are due by December 1, 2016.
The Nike Community Impact Fund is an innovative approach to grant making in partnership with the Oregon Community Foundation, that engages Nike employees and Nike store staff in Oregon and across the United States to directly impact the local communities where they live and work.
Nike Paralympian gold medalist and rugby wheelchair athlete Will Groulx and grant recipient representative Christine Getman, Education Program Coordinator, Incight. Grant: To raise awareness and promote inclusive recreation opportunities in the community through a 12-week hand-cycling series for individuals with disabilities.
A committee of Nike store employees and other Nike employees award grants to organizations that give youth early, positive experiences in sport and physical activity and strengthen communities. Nike has awarded more than 330 non-profit organizations in Portland and SW Washington with $3.5 million since the program began in 2010.
Grants are one-year awards of $5,000 to $20,000 each with a total of $250,000 being offered to nonprofits and schools in the greater Portland area (Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill and Columbia Counties in Oregon; and Clark County in SW Washington) in support of projects that:
Deliver impact through the lens of sport and physical activity.
Address community challenges through innovative community-based solutions.
Applications are due December 1, 2016 and must be submitted online at nike.com/ncif
Portland, OR. The 4th annual “O-Vary Funny” Dinner and Auction drew over 200 guests. The sell-out crowd raised close to $60,000 for the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington. Ovarian Cancer Survivor Mary Beebe was surrounded and supported by her fans. One highlight of the night included the introduction of the new “Trust Your Gut” ovarian cancer awareness campaign. This campaign, which will formally roll out in early 2017, features six local ovarian cancer survivors dressed and photographed as Super Heroes.
The concept of the campaign is that every woman is her own super hero. The campaign urges women to be knowledgeable, to be aware and to take action.
All 6 Super Heroes, who are local ovarian cancer survivors, were in attendance.
Diane O’Connor, founder and board member of the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and SW Washington, is photographed with Toni Mountain.
Phyllis Lang, a Super Hero and Ovarian Cancer Survivor, watches and is enthralled.
Terry O’Connor, board member, with Dr. R. Scott Rushing, MD who emceed the event.
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