Portland, May 3rd, 2013. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) celebrated 20 years in its riverfront home and the visionary leaders who have helped OMSI inspire generations of scientists, innovators, and community leaders. Matt Hoerstch, Silva Chambers, David & Courtney Angeli, Jon Jaqua, Gina and Max Williams, Barbara & Rick Wollenberg, & OMSI Board of Trustee member Kimberly Cooper enjoy the OMSI Gala paddle raise.
Claris Poppert & Harry Demorest are recognized for their leadership of the Water Avenue Capital Campaign that made OMSI’s current location possible
The OMSI Gala was attended by over 350 people and raised important funds for life-changing science learning opportunities for children and families throughout Oregon. The OMSI 2013 Gala raised more than $618,000.
Lynn and Scottie Johnson, 2013 Gala Co-Chairs
Howard Hedinger & Blake Hedinger Bruun
Scott and Judy South, 2013 Gala Co-Chairs
About OMSI:
Our Mission
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a scientific, educational, and cultural resource center dedicated to improving the public’s understanding of science and technology. OMSI makes science exciting and relevant through exhibits, programs, and experiences that are presented in an entertaining and participatory fashion.
OMSI is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and relies on admissions, memberships, and donations to continue our educational mission, programs, and exhibits.
Our Core Values
We seek to inspire wonder by providing engaging science learning experiences because we value:
Creativity: making (new) mistakes, sharing ideas, innovating, pushing the envelope
Integrity: publishing visitor comments, staying open to criticism, having pride in our work, presenting accurate science, supporting honest communication
Portland, May 26th, 2013. It was a special night for the 200 attendees who raised $76,000 for Human Solutions‘ emergency shelter and housing programs for homeless families. The “Tonight’s the Night” gala was also a time and to celebrate Human Solutions’ 25 years of service to the community. (photo credit, Andie Petkus Photography) Lee Jorgensen, Pat Lando, Kim Wilson, and Dave Otte, all with Host Architecture; Sarah Zahn, Director of Housing at Human Solutions; Ted Zahn, and City Commissioner Nick Fish all joined in the celebration.
Carole Morse, PGE Foundation President and Community Investment Manager at PGE; and Deborah Peterson, assistant professor at PSU.
Carla Piluso, Human Solutions Board President, and entertainer Tony Starlight.
Tina Ensign, Human Solutions Board Member and guest speaker.
Excited bidder Cherie Siegmund, owner of Cedarglen Floral.
“Tonight’s the Night,” Human Solutions’ 25th anniversary celebration gala and auction, featured silent and live auctions, a buffet dinner, and signature cocktails. Guests boogied to live 70’s music provided by Tony Starlight’s AM Gold Band.The evening’s auctioneer was Jason Demicheli of Demicheli Benefit Auctions. Proceeds from Tonight’s the Night will support Human Solutions’ emergency shelter and housing programs that serve more than 250 homeless families on any given night, as well as the agency’s employment programs. For more information, visit www.humansolutions.org.
About Human Solutions
Human Solutions’ mission is to help low-income and homeless families and individuals gain self-sufficiency by providing affordable housing, family support services, job readiness training, and economic development opportunities.
Human Solutions has been helping homeless and low-income families build pathways out of poverty for 25 years. Our 245-mile service area in outer East Portland and East Multnomah County includes some of the highest poverty neighborhoods in Multnomah County. Last year, we touched the lives of more than 88,000 people. We offer services in four interrelated areas:
Prevention Services: Each year, we help over 7,000 households avoid having their utilities shut off and remain warm and safe in their homes by providing utility assistance. We also help over 440 households remain in their homes each year through short-term emergency rent assistance.
Direct Services to Homeless Families: We operate emergency shelter, transitional housing, “Housing First” programs, and permanent supportive housing. Acting on the belief that housing is a basic human right, we move homeless families into permanent housing as quickly as possible and then offer them the supportive services necessary to stabilize their situations and overcome their homelessness.
Employment and Economic Development Programs: Having a family wage job is essential to a family’s ability to overcome homelessness and be self-sufficient. Human Solutions operates three distinct employment and economic development programs that help more than 300 individuals with significant barriers to employment find family wage jobs and/or improve their job skills to increase their household incomes each year.
Affordable Housing: Human Solutions owns and operates 16 high-quality affordable housing complexes containing 608 apartments. At each property we offer Resident Services, which help families maintain housing by connecting them to quality social, educational and employment services (both within Human Solutions and in the wider community) so they can move forward in their lives. Last year, about 620 families, comprised of more than 1,900 people, resided in our affordable housing.
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Portland, May 4th, 2013. Over 400 people gathered to raise support for p:ear’s innovative and compassionate education, art and recreation programs for Portland’s homeless and transitional youth. Danny Cullerton, Bob Kendrick, Kirby Kendrick and Robert McLeod, all friends and supporters of p:ear, were reveling in the festivities of the p:earblossoms annual event. (photo credit, Jason Kaplan) The celebration at Historic Yale Union Laundry Building raised $176,000.
Board Member Jennifer Bruml with Board President, Liz Fuller celebrated the successful evening with Development Director, Pippa Arend.
Neilson Abeel and Board Member Barry Sanders
About P:ear
To truly exit homelessness, kids must develop the internal strength, skills and foresight to make healthy choices. p:ear provides a safe, non-judgmental environment in which youth are trusted to outgrow unproductive and harmful behaviors. We offer individualized mentoring and education programs in a safe, reliable and intimate setting designed to foster trust, build self-esteem and to teach homeless and transitional kids – who all too often are regarded by society as disposable, “hopeless cases” – that they are valuable individuals with a future who have something vital to contribute to this community.
Hours of Operation:
Summer Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – 8:30-2:00
Staff is available at other times by chance or appointment.
First Thursday:
p:ear gallery is open every First Thursday from 6pm – 9pm
Direct Contact:
General Information – info@pearmentor.org
Pippa Arend, Program Director – pippa@pearmentor.org
Beth Burns, Executive Director – beth@pearmentor.org
Joy Cartier, Assistant Director – joy@pearmentor.org
Stephanie Chase, Community Relations and Development – stephanie@pearmentor.org
To Volunteer:
Joy Cartier — call 503-228-6677 or email: joy@pearmentor.org
Portland, April 10th, 2013. The Portland State University Regional Research Institute for Human Services celebrated 40 years of collaboration with local, state and national partners. An Open House at the Institute was followed by a reception at the Native American Center, attended by 150 community partners, SW faculty. Partnership awards were presented to the Multnomah County Department of Human Services Child Welfare district, The Miracles Club, NAYA Youth and Family Center, and the National Indian Child Welfare Association.
RRI former staff members gather in the courtyard: Art Emlen, Diane Mikkelson, Joan Shireman, Bill Feyerherm, Heidi Herinckx, Herman Bryant, Dionne Preston, Tanya Ostrogorsky, Rosemary Ryan, Lyn Gordon, Kathy Seubert, Robert Bailey, Marilyn McManus.
RRI staff member Jen Williams helps young guest with food selection.
SSW Dean David Springer, with Laurie Powers (director) and PSU President Wim Wiewel.
Former director Art Emlen (3rd from left) with family members Elana Emlen, Andrew Emlen, and Bitsy Emlen.
SSW Associate Dean Vikki Vandiver, with Crystal Froembling, Katie Cagle.
Pathways Director Janet Walker (4th from left) with mental health team
RRI staff Danielle Droppers, with award recipients from The Miracles Club Herman Bryant and Dionne Preston.
RRI staff and event planners Jen Williams, Donna Fleming
RRI staff and event planners Jen Williams, Donna Fleming
Nancy Koroloff (former director), with former staff member Marilyn McManus.
Barbara Friesen, Andrew Emlen
About RRI
RRI is the research arm of the School of Social Work at PSU, with a 40 year history of conducting research dedicated to improving the design, management, practice and evaluation of human services and service delivery systems. RRI is the largest social and behavioral research institute on the PSU campus and is home to two large nationally funded Centers.
Community-engagedevaluation and capacity-building.
Historically, the heart of RRI’s work has focused on meeting the needs and addressing priorities of community partners through evaluation services. RRI faculty and staff help partners:
Develop and evaluate field-initiated demonstration projects in response to federal funding opportunities;
Conduct process studies of broad system-level initiatives; and
Undertake evaluations sponsored by state and local entities to understand and improve program effectiveness.
The work is always driven by partnership and collaboration, with RRI researchers helping to meet evaluation requirements that accompany grants and cooperative agreements, while also ensuring that local concerns are addressed. RRI faculty and staff work with partners on program design, facilitate the development of logic models, help identify intended outcomes, develop procedures to monitor fidelity, and create strategies to assess short- and long-term outcomes. Consumers, providers, and stakeholders play an important part in all these activities, and are critical to understanding, interpreting and disseminating results as well.
Investigator-initiated research
A growing portfolio of investigator-initiated studies, funded by the National Institutes for Health (NIH), the Institute foe Education Studies (IES), and other federal sources, focus on advancing knowledge. This portfolio currently includes seven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) testing the efficacy of interventions for youth and siblings in foster care, youth with disabilities, and services for transition-age youth. Research faculty at RRI are partnering on these studies with colleagues at PSU and other institutions around the country, utilizing interdisciplinary strengths and state-of-the art methods. In addition to RCTs, effectiveness research at RRI tests evidence-based practices (EBPs) in community settings, brings EBPs to scale in public systems, and adapts and tests culturally specific models.
Developmental or Systems Change Work: Making things happen.
RRI faculty and staff and their community partners frequently go beyond the boundaries of the traditional research roles to ‘translate’ learning into practice. This may involve development of new interventions in response to research findings, working with underserved populations to adapt or create practice based interventions, developing training programs, giving voice to consumers in advocacy leadership roles, providing consultation and technical assistance to programs and agencies, and convening partners and stakeholders at multiple levels across multiple systems to create or change public policy.
Size and Scope:
Annual external funding of more than $10 million supports research projects employing more than 100 faculty and staff, numerous doctoral, MSW and BSW students, as well as interns from other disciplines. At any given time, RRI is conducting as many as 65 projects in partnership with local organizations, county or state government entities, and/or partners all over the country. Projects may address outcomes anywhere from attendance at a single elementary school in a low-income community in the Portland metro area to HIV prevention in the Amazon.
Commitment to the educational mission of the School of Social Work and the university.
Research Services:
Research Services available at RRI encompass a broad range of activities related to the design, development, and implementation of qualitative, quantitive and mixed methods studies in collaboration with our community partners.
Portland, Ore. — May 6th, 2013 — The Classic Wines Auction, Inc. (CWA), presented by Kuni Automotive, delivered a check for $436,750 to Metropolitan Family Service (MFS). The donation will help MFS continue providing help to more than 30,000 low-income individuals and families. MFS is the original auction beneficiary and remains highly involved with CWA to this day.
The Classic Wines Auction presents Metropolitan Family Service with $436,750 raised from its gala annual auction. Pictured left to right: Paul Vogel, Classic Wines Auction board member; Heather Martin, Classic Wines Auction Executive Director; Keith Barnes, Classic Wines Auction board member; Chris Hermann, Classic Wines Auction board member; Donna Edwards, Metropolitan Family Service Board Chair; Judy Strand, Metropolitan Family Service Chief Executive Officer; Karen Hinsdale, Classic Wines Auction board member.
Critical funding from CWA makes it possible for MFS to play a pivotal role in early intervention and prevention to deliver proven programs that help people succeed at home, in school, and in the community. This begins with providing guidance to children during formative times to helping them succeed as independent adults. A prime example of this is Jordan. The overwhelming events that occurred in Jordan’s life — unstable household and homelessness — caused him to start skipping school.
“I had eleven credits towards graduation that I needed to make up. MFS came into the picture at the most perfect time,” said Jordan. “All the experience that I gained helped me to transition into eventually working for the program. “[MFS] jumps on every opportunity to help and without that I would not be where I am today.”
Today Jordan works at the Metropolitan Family Service SUN Community School located at Gresham High School, where he enrolls kids in the academic recovery program. His goal is to help every single one of his students make up what they need to graduate.
How Metropolitan Family Service Serves the Community:
The original auction beneficiary, Metropolitan Family Service (MFS), is known as a progressive leader in the development and delivery of fundamental social service programs. MFS provides services that meet the ever-changing needs throughout the Portland/Vancouver area, helping children succeed, strengthening families and their connections to community and helping older adults live independently.
More than 30,000 children, families and older adults receive help through MFS each year. Financial support for programs is leveraged with the help of nearly 2,000 active volunteers who contribute 70,000 hours of service annually.
Proceeds from the Classic Wines Auction:
Funds raised by Classic Wines Auction are invested in Metropolitan Family Service’s proven programs and innovative, cost effective approaches to address important social issues, including:
·After school programs and mentoring for 18,000 children and families in high poverty neighborhoods
·32,000 rides help older adults and people with disabilities get to medical appointments and grocery stores
·Financial education and low-interest loans to 92 working parents who need a car for work, childcare, and school-related transportation
·Parent education classes to help 520 families build successful relationships
“Metropolitan Family Service opens doors of possibilities for thousands of kids in the community. It’s important for people to continue to support MFS because it helps these kids get through school by giving them the support that they need at the right time,” said Keith Barnes, 2013 CWA Co-Chair.
The majority of the funds were raised during the annual Classic Wines Auction fundraising gala this past March. As one of the largest fundraisers in Oregon, CWA is dedicated to producing premiere food and wine events to raise funds for local charities. CWA partners with organizations with the following characteristics: mission compatibility, effective organizational management, sound financial practices, board-led fundraising, sustainability and a solid volunteer network.
Consistently recognized as one of the top charity wine auctions in the country by Wine Spectator Magazine since 2001, the Classic Wines Auction has raised nearly $32 million for Portland-area charities since its inception in 1982. Based in Portland, Ore., Classic Wines Auction, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing the Classic Wines Auction and related food and wine events to raise funds for local charities benefiting children and families, including: Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children-Portland, YWCA Clark County and Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel.
Portland, May 13th, 2013. The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) will present its 2013 Gala, Transformation: The Power of Creativity on June 1, against the dramatic backdrop of Vigor Industrial’s shipyards. The College’s signature annual fundraising event provides vital support for PNCA students, faculty, and programs.
PNCA Alumnus, Michael Curry. “Courtesy, Michael Curry Design.”
Award-winning designer and PNCA alumnus Michael Curry is serving as the Gala’s artistic director, bringing to the shipyards the same creativity that has earned him worldwide acclaim for his The Lion King costume designs. Michael Curry Design delivers spectacular audience experiences globally through his award-winning costumes, puppetry and stage design for Cirque de Soleil, the Walt Disney Company, the Olympics, and theater and opera.
This year’s Gala will feature the inaugural awarding of the PNCA Joan Shipley Civic Imagination Award. The award, being given to the Maribeth Collins Family, recognizes inspiring civic leaders who have demonstrated significant lifelong achievement in imagining, creating and promoting a vibrant artistic, cultural and educational community in Portland and throughout Oregon. The award honors the late Joan Shipley, whose visionary leadership has made an indelible impact on the entire community.
The College will also announce the naming of the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies, just as students are graduating from the College’s five graduate programs, including Critical Theory and Creative Research, which celebrates its first class. The naming of the School honors Hallie Ford, who in 2007 gave $15 million to PNCA, the largest gift ever made to an arts institution in Oregon.
In tandem with the Gala for the first time will be the 2013 MFA Exhibitions, featuring thesis work from students in the Collaborative Design and Visual Studies programs. Vigor, the Gala’s visionary partner, is located at 5555 N. Channel Avenue, Swan Island. Tickets are $250 each.
“We have much to celebrate this year, including the work of our graduate students, who affirm every day that creativity works here,” says Tom Manley, president of PNCA. “We also celebrate our Gala supporters and our visionary partner, Vigor Industrial, honorary chairs Brenda Smola, Frank Foti, PNCA board of governors member Susan Hammer, and Lee Kelly ’59, along with an extraordinary committee of community leaders, all of whom believe as we do in the transformative power of creativity.”
Michael Curry’s “Kermode” or “Spirit Bear” looms large at the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 12 at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs
Other members of the 2013 Gala Committee include Gwen and Tom Burns, Satbir Couture, PNCA Board of Governors Chair Ann Edlen and Mark Edlen, Holly Freres and David Horning, Randy Higgins, Sally Ann Hopper, Janet Hull, Suzanne Johnson, Elizabeth Leach, Al Solheim, Michelle Weisenbach, and Jane Wood.
Visionary Circle supporters include Ann and Mark Edlen, Dorothy Lemelson, Al Solheim and AWS Real Estate, and Brenda Smola and Frank Foti. President’s Circle supporters include Rick Caskey and Sue Horn-Caskey and the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund. Studio Circle supporters include Anthony and Marti Belluschi, Susan Hammer and Lee Kelly ’59, Casey Mills and Carmen Calzacorta, Michael Curry Design, LAIKA, Miller Nash, Project ^, Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, Wieden+Kennedy, and Howard S. Wright. More than two dozen corporations and individuals are supporting the event through the Collector’s Circle.
The evening will feature entertainment by Alan Jones Academy of Music and Legacy Parkour and Freerunning, with PNCA Board member Jamey Hampton as master of ceremonies. Auctioneer Jonathan Holiday will lead a special appeal for the PNCA Annual Fund. The evening will close with surprise announcements regarding the PNCA Creativity Works Here campaign to renovate the federal building at 511 NW Broadway into the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design.
The 500 Gala guests will enjoy dinner from Larry Grimes and Art of Catering. Community supporters include Bridgeport Brewing Company, Dave Holt and Dalla Terra, and New Deal Distillery.
For more information about the Gala, please visit http://www.pnca.edu/about/giving/c/gala
About Pacific Northwest College of Art
As Oregon’s flagship college of art and design since 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art has helped shape Oregon’s visual arts landscape for more than a century. In the last seven years, PNCA has doubled the student body and full-time faculty, quadrupled its endowment, and added innovative undergraduate and graduate programs. PNCA is now embarking on its boldest venture yet by establishing the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design, which will anchor a new PNCA campus on Portland’s North Park Blocks. The capital campaign, Creativity Works Here, was launched in June 2012 with a lead gift of $5 million from The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation. PNCA’s new home will be a bustling hub of creativity and entrepreneurship, reflecting the influential role of art and design in the 21st century economy of Portland and beyond. For more information, visit pnca.edu.
Portland, April 25th, 2013. A runway show, wine tasting and entertainment by Poison Waters, and a bevy of additional female impersonators from Darcelle XV, were highlights at Bradley Angle’s GlamHer at the Nines Hotel. (Photo credit, Andie Petkus)
Bradley Angle Executive Director Deborah Steinkopf, Board Chair Harlan Barcus of Capital Pacific Bank, volunteer Jeff Brecht of Sussman & Shank, and Board member Kate Ertmann of Animation Dynamics greet guests as they step off the elevator at The Nines.
The Shauna McBride of Allstate, presenting sponsor of GlamHer 2013
GlamHer was presented by Allstate with additional sponsorship support from: Capital Pacific Bank, Vernier Software & Technology, USI, AterWynne, Oregon Business, Sussman Shank LLP, Empirical Inc., Lane Powell, Martin Hospitality, Moss Adams, and Shane B. Weisman & Gene E. Foley with Ameriprise Financial.
Bradley Angle Board Chair, Harlan Barcus of Capital Pacific Bank, welcomes over 350 guests to GlamHer 2013.
Stacee Malcolm of Allstate (presenting sponsor) talks about their commitment to supporting domestic violence services.
About Bradley Angle: Bradley Angle was incorporated in Portland Oregon in 1975. Bradley Angle is devoted to building communities that are free from domestic violence and oppression, where loving, compassionate, and equitable relationships exist for all people. For more information about Bradley Angle please visit www.bradleyangle.org or call 503‐232‐1528.
Portland, April 27th, 2013. “The lighted Man” walks through an installation piece by PSU students at the CAP Art Auction. Held for the third time at the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, more than 1400 people attended the Cascade AIDS Project fundraiser. Highlights included performances by Taylor Dayne and a Portland Gay Men’s Chorus a cappella group called Cascade. There were large financial gifts by several Patrons: a paddle raise match of $50,000 by Nike and another at $20,000 from the Ray Hickey Foundation. Several auction items were sold at a premium — including a piece by Gus Van Sant for $5,750 and a studio piece by Dale Chihuly for $9,500. (Photo Credit, Monty Herron)
Art handlers carry “Boy Girl” by Gus Van Sant
Patrons dined, bid and danced to live music by Taylor Dayne and Cascade a cappella group in the elegantly transformed halls of the Memorial Coliseum
Taylor Dayne belts a powerful note for the crowd while singing, I’ll be your Shelter
Every year since 1990, CAP has hosted an art auction and party to raise money to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide service to those infected or affected by HIV in the Northwest. Portland’s art community first organized this iconic event and they remain the backbone of the Art Auction today. The event has grown over the past two decades, now encompassing 250 works of art and over 1,000 guests. The event was co-chaired by Ann and Mark Edlen and presented by the Hedinger Family Foundation.
The event is a draw for hundreds of generous Portlanders (photo credit Andie Petkus Photography)
Members of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus (Photo credit Andie Petkus Photography)
The event was co-chaired by Ann and Mark Edlen (photo credit Andie Petkus Photography)
Supporters bid in silent auction on some 240 donated works of art in the Grand Event
Dr Raymond Frye and the Bling Dental Table, the Entertainment Sponsor of the evening
Jeff Miller of Travel Portland raises his paddle during the fund-a-need portion of the event
Robert Goman of Nike pitches a $50,000 match challenge to the crowd
All funds raised support the vital work of Cascade AIDS Project. Our mission is to prevent HIV infections, support and empower people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS and eliminate HIV/AIDS related stigma.
The gala could not have happened without the grand gestures of the hundreds of artists and galleries that participated by donating art.
About Cascade AIDS Project Incorporated in 1985, Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) is the oldest and largest AIDS Service Organization in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our mission is to prevent HIV infections, support and empower people affected and infected by HIV/AIDS, and eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma.
With a staff of 60, and a volunteer corps that includes over 700 individuals providing more than 29,000 hours of service each year, CAP manages a diverse array of programs and an annual budget of $5.8 million. Fifteen percent of CAP’s staff are individuals living with HIV, 25% identify from communities of color, and 30% are bilingual. Our programs serve the broad and diverse set of communities impacted by HIV, from community-specific programs focused on teens, Latinos, the gay community, individuals and families living with HIV, to the thousands of individuals throughout the state who seek education though our AIDS/STD hotline each year. A committed 19-member volunteer Board of Directors provides strategic guidance and oversight to ensure CAP accomplishes its mission and continues to operate with integrity and transparency. www.cascadeaids.org
Portland, April 6th, 2013. Yellow and purple tulips were the perfect springtime touch for The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center (NCC)’s Benefit at Riverside Golf and Country Club. (Photo Credit, Juan Kis) More than 110 supporters, including Pat McCormick, Sr. Sarah Deeby, and Christine Tracey, joined the annual celebration and donated over $42,000.
The evening had many highlights.The local swing trio Boy and Bean kept everyone entertained.Pat McCormick and Fr. Jack Mosbrucker, both early members of NCC’s Board of Directors, received the Compassionate Heart Award in recognition of their long commitment to NCC’s mission of providing mental health services for all in need, regardless of faith or finances.
During the event, board members, past clients, friends and families all spoke of the extraordinary work done by NCC, which began in 1986 in borrowed space.Over 27 years, the Center has grown into a thriving counseling agency, employing a staff of nineteen.45% of NCC clients have no health insurance and 97% receive some subsidization of fees.NCC sees more than 1,300 clients a year, and offers not only counseling to clients ages six to 95, but also psychiatric medication management, graduate training to interns, premarriage counseling, and workshops.NCC operates on a combination of fees, donations and grants.
Sponsors of the evening included ClearStar, Providence Health and Services, Servants of Mary, Stevens Printing.Alpha Broadcasting was the media sponsor and Jerry and Carol Bitz were the matching grant sponsors
Find more information on NCC and how to support mental health care at www.nwcounseling.org or call 503-253-0964.
Portland, April 27th, 2013. More than 1,700 local Comcast employees and their families, including Nicole and Natalie Pepin who painted together at Faubion School, joined together to “make change happen” as they volunteered to improve more than 20 nonprofits throughout Oregon and SW Washington—five of which were in the city of Portland.
Girls Inc. of NW Oregon volunteers join Cares Day at Faubion School for some painting. Pictured: Zane Grout, Connor Music (in the back), Sadaf Assadi, Florisela Herrejon, Fardowsa Idris, Lauren Munoz-Tremblay and Rob Bush. Photo by Andie Petkus.
Comcast HR manager Kelly Lajoie and customer service rep Bernard Lorenzo help with refuse at Oregon Humane Society. Photo by Taylor Foster.
Guest volunteers Cathy and Pete Cornett join the Comcast Care Day team at the Oregon Food Bank to pack more than 14,000 pounds of carrots for Oregon and Clark County families in need. Photo by Art Hillsbery.
Kailan and dad, Comcast employee trainer Walter Smith dig in at Hacienda CDC’s Salon Communal. Photo by Andie Petkus.
Guest volunteer Mary Perkins enjoys the weather and helping out in the garden at Native American Youth and Family Center. Photo by Tamara Branderhorst.
Comcast Cares Day is Comcast and NBCUniversal’s signature day of service and the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort.Across the entire Oregon and SW Washington region, more than 1,700 volunteers cleaned, painted and fixed items to give back to their communities.
In the city of Portland alone, more than 300 volunteers donated their time to five different projects. At Faubion School (by far the largest project in the region) more than 250 employees and community volunteers transformed the school indoors and out and hosted a series of digital literacy classes for parents of Portland Public Schools. Landscaping, gardening and grounds maintenance projects were completed at the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA), Oregon Humane Society and Hacienda CDC’s Salon Comunal. Digital literacy was also taught at Salon Comunal, and Comcast Cares Day volunteers contributed to packing more than 14,000 pounds of fresh carrots at the Oregon Food Bank. Comcast partnered with Hands On Greater Portland to involve community volunteers on Cares Day in the Portland metro area.More than 10 other projects were completed in surrounding metro cities.
Charisse Lillie, Comcast Corporation VP of Community Investment, joins the Oregon Southwest Washington crew to garden at Faubion school. Photo by Andie Petkus.
Comcast technicians Neil Edge and Nathan Pancoast spray-paint a basketball hoop at Faubion School. Photo by Andie Petkus.
John Avgiris and Cathy Avgiris, Comcast executive VP & general manager of communications & data services, joins Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith at Faubion School for a day full of gardening, painting and cleaning and Faubion School. Photo by Andie Petkus.
LaShawn Lee, Faubion School principal; Carole Smith, Portland Public Schools superintendent; and Rodrigo Lopez, Comcast regional vice president, burst with excitement for Faubion’s day of restoration on Comcast Cares Day. Photo by Andie Petkus.
This year more than 70,000 Comcast volunteers participated in over 600 projects across the country, and for the first time Comcast Cares Day expanded internationally with NBCUniversal operating various project sites in London. Comcast achieved an important milestone of 3 million volunteer hours and half a million volunteers since Comcast Cares Day started in 2001.
“We are thankful for the key community organizations, volunteers and employees and their families who helped make this Comcast Cares Day a success,” added Rodrigo Lopez, Regional Vice President.“We are so proud and touched by the 1,700 volunteers who donated their time to make change happen in the Oregon and Southwest Washington region.Their efforts will have a lasting impact in the lives of others.”
The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of each employee and family member who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day.The grants will help Comcast’s community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year.To date Comcast has committed more than $12 million in grants to organizations nationwide.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since our founding 50 years ago. For more information on Comcast’s volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates 30 news and entertainment cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow’s leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $123 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
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