Portland, May 21st, 2013. Six Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA animal shelters of the Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland (ASAP) are recipients of the Maddie’s Fund® Community Lifesaving Award totaling $1,000,000. This prestigious award is only given to communities that have saved all healthy shelter dogs and cats for multiple years and can demonstrate the ability to sustain this “adoption guarantee” for healthy pets in the future. The community further needs to exemplify strength in collaboration and strategic initiatives that could serve as a model in other communities across the US.
Richard Avanzino, President of Maddie’s Fund, presented the award check at the Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter (Washington County Animal Services) at 1901 SE 24th Ave, Hillsboro, OR.
“The award funds are being allocated to the six shelters based on adoption and transfer numbers while some monies will be pooled for future collaborative projects to further benefit shelter animals”, says Britta Bavaresco, Co-Founder of ASAP. “This generous funding is a huge boost for the community and helps our shelters meet the on-going needs of our homeless pets while saving even more lives by focusing on medical transfers and treatments, behavior training, adoption promotions and special efforts for hard-to-place pets.”
“We are thrilled to be recognized for our life-saving efforts by Maddie’s Fund. Establishing a safety net for our community’s homeless cats and dogs has been a priority for all of us.” says Mike Oswald, Director of Multnomah County Animal Services. “ASAP’s life-saving commitment ranges from Troutdale to Battle Ground, from Cornelius to Damascus which is changing the whole region, not just the city of Portland. This grant helps animals throughout the whole metro area. ”
The Portland Metropolitan Area has reduced euthanasia in local shelters by a dramatic 65% percent from 2006 to 2012 thanks to the efforts of ASAP. With over 33,700 cats and dogs entering the six shelters last year, the community’s live release rate was an astounding 85%, compared to the national average rate of around 50%. Nine out of ten dogs, and eight out of ten cats, left animal shelters alive. No healthy, social cat or dog has been euthanized since 2010. For metro areas with a human population of over two million people, this puts Portland in the top three safest communities for homeless animals, joining New York City and the Denver Metropolitan Area (source: Maddie’s Fund National Community Statistics Database).
Since its founding in 2006, ASAP has worked diligently to end the euthanasia of healthy, social, and treatable dogs and cats in our local shelters. Starting with a live release or save rate of 62% in 2006, ASAP has implemented several programs that decreased shelter intake and increased the transfers of animals between shelters. Its successful “Spay & Save” program has altered over 30,000 cats owned by people needing financial assistance, resulting in a 25% decrease in shelter intake of cats within just two years.
“As a coalition, we have worked very hard to save all healthy cats and dogs and the majority of the pets that come into our care who need treatment before adoption,” says Sharon Harmon, Executive Director of the Oregon Humane Society. “But there is still more to do. We want to save all of the animals that need some extra help and that we know would make wonderful pets in an adoptive home. The Maddie’s Fund grant will help us get on our way but it is our hope that this award will inspire even more animal lovers to take action. These generous funds, coupled with further involvement by our community could be a springboard to the next level of animal sheltering in Portland.”
ASAP encourages all Portlanders to make 2013 the year they get involved with their local animal shelter, helping Portland become a community where every shelter pet finds a home. To get involved today, please contact ASAP at www.asapmetro.org<http://asapmetro.org/> or your local animal shelter and become an adopter, volunteer, foster parent or donor.
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About ASAP: The Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland’s mission is to end the euthanasia of healthy, social, and treatable dogs and cats in our local shelters by collaborating on spay/neuter programs, committing to educational and outreach efforts and promoting humane alternatives for feral cats. Founded in 2006, ASAP is a working coalition composed of the following Portland/Vancouver-area animal shelters and organizations: the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs; Cat Adoption Team; Clackamas County Dog Services; Feral Cat Coalition; Humane Society for SW Washington; Multnomah County Animal Services; Oregon Humane Society; Portland Veterinary Medical Association; SW Washington Veterinary Association; and Bonnie L. Hays Small Animal Shelter/Washington County Animal Services. For further information, please visit www.asapmetro.org<http://asapmetro.org/>
*About Maddie’s Fund: Maddie’s Fund (www.maddiesfund.org<http://www.maddiesfund.org/>) is a family foundation endowed by the founder of Workday® and PeopleSoft, Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. Maddie’s Fund is helping to achieve and sustain a no-kill nation by providing solutions to the most challenging issues facing the animal welfare community through Maddie’s® Grant Giving and Maddie’s Institute. Maddie’s Fund is named after the family’s beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.
Portland, May 4, 2013.Neighborhood House’s annual dinner-auction attracted nearly 330 supporters to the Multnomah Athletic Club, raising $125,000 to support the agency’s programs for low-income children, families and seniors.The storytelling event, “Hear My Story, Stand in My Shoes”, featured the poignant stories of several Neighborhood House clients, as well as ballet and drumming performances by youth participating in Neighborhood House school-based programs. (photo credit, LeeAnn Gauthier)
We believe that with the right support, people can overcome serious challenges. Just ask the thousands of people Neighborhood House assists each year.
A leading Portland non-profit social service provider, Neighborhood House delivers innovative and life-changing programs for low-income people of all ages. Our programs prepare children for success in school and life, help families move beyond poverty, and support seniors to continue living independently.
Who We Serve
Approximately 18,000 low-income children, families and seniors each year across the greater Portland area. Our clients represent a remarkably diverse mix of ethnicities and cultures, including many recent immigrants from Latin America, Africa, Russia and the Middle East.
Our Team
Currently 96 regular staff and 500 volunteers, who give more than 20,000 hours of service each year.
Our History in the Community
Founded in 1905, Neighborhood House was the city’s first organization established to help the many immigrants who were arriving and settling in South Portland. For over a century, Neighborhood House has been the primary resource for people in need in South/Southwest Portland, its programs evolving to meet the changing needs of the surrounding community. In the last few years, Neighborhood House has grown dramatically, adding new programs and extending our services across the greater Portland area, with a concentration in North Portland. Read more about Neighborhood House’s impressive legacy of service to the community here.
Our Core Values
Neighborhood House is committed to offering innovative and high-quality education, anti-poverty and senior support services. Our core strengths are:
Client-focused services – Every neighbor’s different. We reach people where they are, to effectively facilitate change.
Connection – We are connected to our neighbors. When we help people in need our entire community is strengthened.
Results – Our programs make a measurable difference in the lives of our clients and the community.
Portland, May 4th, 2013. Hundreds of gardening enthusiasts flocked to five spectacular Dunthorpe estates to celebrate spring by admiring the local flora and fauna. Volunteers like Michelle Fletcher and Betsy Edwards answered questions about plant life. After a ten-year hiatus, Dunthorpe Garden Tour organizers brought back the much loved benefit and welcomed visitors to four private gardens and the Lewis & Clark Cooley Estate, (home of Lewis & Clark President Barry Glasnner and his wife Betsy Amster) where they were served tea and cookies. The event raised over $34,000 for the Riverdale School Foundation.
The tour included some of Oregon’s most elegant gardens lovingly tended for generations.
The tour was a 1 1/2 mile walking tour with shuttle bus service to and between gardens.
Garden Enthusiast, Sylvia Gates, and her friends including far right, Norma Paulus
Volunteers Denise Gooding, Lanelle Fechner and Amy North
Eat.Tray.Chic (the then, Indulge Catering) started in the San Francisco Bay Area and has expanded to include the Portland area.
Neighborhood resident Torie Laurent (Eat.Tray.Chic) provided delicious refreshment at the Tea House, Riverdale High School students volunteered as waiters and musicians, and over 100 parents and neighbors of all ages volunteered as committee heads and garden or transportation guides. The tour is fondly known for building and rekindling friendships while volunteers work together to support their community.
Co-chairs Holly Coit and Brenda Bonnell especially thanked neighbors Mark Ahn and Shaun Anderson-Ahn, Bill Coit, Doug and Selby Key, Jill Josselyn, and Lewis & Clark President Barry Glassner and Betsy Amster.
Sponsor included: WFG National Title Insurance Company and garden sponsors (Kathy Hall/Hasson Co. Realtors; Pac West Wealth Partners-Ameriprise/Chris Hall; Lewis & Clark College; and Dwayne Beam, Private Mortgage Broker/Wells Fargo Private Mortgage Banking.)
Welcome to Riverdale School District. For more than a century, Riverdale has focused on providing a rigorous and rich academic experience. We are a unique, distinctive and successful educational organization that demonstrates how a focused vision can have a profound effect on the learning outcomes for students. Among the many strengths of the District, first and foremost are our students. This is clearly evident in the range and depth of school activities they are involved in on a daily basis. Dedicated faculty enhances the strength of our students and involved parents who shine a light on the vibrant educational community we call Riverdale.
Our students are actively engaged in the learning process from their first day in Preschool all the way to their senior exhibition. They learn how to think for themselves, and when they graduate, they go on to a wide variety of selective colleges. More importantly, students leave Riverdale equipped with the skills and confidence to become leaders in today’s global community. Our alumni consistently tell us that the skills they developed at Riverdale set them up for success in college and beyond.
Riverdale students are also active outside the academic classroom. We want our students to lead balanced lives and encourage them to participate in the arts, athletics, and to create a passion for personal interests, a habit of critical thinking, and a deep understanding of civic virtue. The breadth of our programs and the size of our school create many ways for Riverdale students to get involved, and these opportunities lead families to choose Riverdale.
As you explore our website, we hope you will discover what makes Riverdale such a special place. Riverdale offers a close-knit community. At Riverdale, students develop meaningful relationships with one another and with their teachers, and our parents are actively involved throughout the school. We all come together within a safe, supportive environment.
Our schools welcome students from the Riverdale neighborhood and from the surrounding communities who join us as tuition or transfer students. Riverdale offers the best aspects of independent schooling in a public school setting. We warmly welcome you and encourage you to visit our schools and discover the exceptional learning community we offer our students.
We warmly welcome you and encourage you to visit our schools and discover the exceptional learning community we offer our students.
“Teaching students to be thoughtful in their education, about each other, and for their community.”
Portland, April 20th, 2013. Organizers rolled out the red carpet for 440 supporters of the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation at the Portland Art Museum (photo credit, Anthony Scales, Caitlin Carlson and Phototainment) The 15th annual gala raised $685,000. Guests enjoyed live music provided by the West Linn High School Jazz Band a dance number by students from the Westside Dance Academy.
Marsha and Dick Wright pose with Auction Honorary Chairs Bud and Twyla Bailey
Auction co-chairs Regence’s Andrew Over and Portland Monthly’s Kelly Montoya
Doernbecher Foundation Board Member and Regence BCBSO President Don Antonucci with his wife Julie
Doernbecher Foundation Board Member and KGW President & GM DJ Wilson (far right) and her husband Bill Hoadley with two of their guests
Mayor Charlie Hales
Doernbecher Foundation Board President Kelly Johnson and his wife Rebecca
Nick Ehlen, Katrine Johannessen, Doernbecher Foundation Board Member Carol Ehlen and Dr. Ajit Jetmalani
The event was presented by Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon and was chaired by Regence’s Andrew Over and Portland Monthly’s Kelly Montoya. The Honorary Chairs were Bud and Twyla Bailey.
About OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation:
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is Oregon’s premier pediatric health center, providing the region’s widest range of children’s health care services and serving as the primary center for OHSU pediatric programs. As part of Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon’s only academic health center, Doernbecher offers patients exceptional primary care and access to the region’s most advanced treatments. In addition Doernbecher is Oregon’s primary teaching hospital. Its staff educates tomorrow’s pediatric specialists.
The Doernbecher Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that exists to secure private philanthropic support for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. The foundation raises funds from individuals, companies, foundations and organizations, and invests and manages gifts in accordance with donors’ wishes.
Portland, April 30th, 2013. Project Access NOW, Bridges to Health Care’s signature event at the Oregon Zoo, raised over $100,000. Sam Imperati (Emcee for the evening) and Jessica Weberg enjoyed the event. The Organization raises funds to connect the low-income and uninsured people in our community to health care and also honors the generosity of the health care volunteers and providers that donate their services. (Photo credit, Colleen Zoebel)
Dr. Tom Martin, Kathy McCoy, and Malcolm McAninch all raising their paddles to support Project Access NOW.
Sia Lindstrom and Linda Nilsen-Solares of Project Access NOW awarding Dr. Jeffrey Menashe of Compass Oncology for their commitment to caring for the under-served.
Sally Hicks makes the first paddle raise of the evening.
Linda Nilsen-Solares(Executive Director of Project Access NOW), Priscilla Lewis (Board Member of Project Access NOW and Accepting her award for her outstanding work connecting people to health care), and Sia Lindstrom (Board Chair of Project Access NOW)
About Project Access NOW
Who we are
Project Access NOW connects low-income, uninsured people to donated care across the Portland metropolitan area.
What we do
Project Access NOW coordinates a network of volunteer physicians and other health care providers, making it easier for them to donate medically necessary care to the low-income uninsured in our communities.
Our vision
Project Access NOW improves the health of our community by effectively linking those in greatest need with health care providers and organizations who have the wish and ability to serve
Our mission
The mission of Project Access NOW is to improve the health of our community by creating access to care and services for those most in need.
We value collaborative action which puts the common good above individual stakeholder benefits
We value efficiency in referral and care management in order to do the most good for the greatest number
We value dignity for our clients
We value meaningful participation of provider volunteers and stakeholders in program design, implementation and continuous improvement
We value open, timely and clear communication about our operations, business practices and financial position with stakeholders and volunteers
Our results
By helping the low-income uninsured navigate the health care system, Project Access NOW can get them the care they need. Today.
Project Access NOW staff is committed to connecting people to healthcare. We accomplish this by creating and maintaining a collaborative environment based on integrity, competence, responsiveness and respect.
Project Access makes the very best use of already existing resources, secures stable funding, and recruits volunteers while we, as a community, develop a broader health care solution.
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