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Music on Main Outdoor Summer Concert Series in Full Swing Downtown
Portland, OR. Portland’5 Centers for the Arts just launched its 13th annual Music on Main outdoor summer concert series in downtown Portland. The free concerts are held on Main Street, between Southwest Broadway & Park Avenue, next to Arlene...
Oregon Humane Society Photo Contest Now Open
Portland, OR. If you love to take cute photos of your pets, this contest is for you. Your images can save help shelter pets and you might win a prize, including a two-night stay at the beach. Beauty comes in all species, so there are three categories: Top Dog, Top Cat...
Sunshine Division Celebrates First Year as Waterfront Blues Festival Beneficiary
Portland, OR. The Portland Police Sunshine Division is dubbing its first year at the Waterfront Blues Festival a rousing success. For 30 years the festival was run by the Oregon Food Bank and it raised over $10 million and 20 million pounds of food but this year...
Local Ronald McDonald House Charities Raffles 2018 Mercedes to Raise Money
Portland, OR. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and SW Washington is raffling off a one-year lease on a 2018 C300 Mercedes to raise money for its programs. Each ticket sold for the 2018 Mercedes Helping Kids...
Autism Society of Oregon and Portland Children’s Museum Join Forces for Good
Portland, OR. The Portland Children's Museum has welcomed more than 4 million visitors since opening in 1946 and now hosts more than 300,000 people a year. One group that's especially enthusiastic visits courtesy of...
Oregon Humane Society Offers Tips to Keep Pets Safe on the 4th of July
Portland, OR. The Oregon Humane Society is gearing up for Independence Day. On July 5th, animal shelters across the country will face the daunting task of caring for the many lost dogs and cats who bolted from their homes because they were terrified of...
Jay Leno Helps Launch Portland Art Museum’s Shape of Speed Exhibition
Portland, OR. Comedian and automobile collector Jay Leno visited the Rose City to help launch the new Portland Art Museum exhibit The Shape of Speed: Streamlined Automobiles and Motorcycles. At a special preview event on June 16th, patrons like...
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Local Company Employees and Families Spend MLK Jr. Holiday Giving Back
Portland, OR. Bank of America employees and their families spent the day repackaging food at the Oregon Food Bank. Volunteers from Pacific Power and local community members also joined in the efforts. Corporate volunteers at the Portland and Beaverton locations packed...
Oregon Zoo Animals Frolicking in Snow Make National News
Portland, OR. Cougars, black bear and river otters explored the Oregon Zoo, which was transformed by the winter storm. Videos of their adventures were a big hit with viewers on ABC, CNN and dozens of other news outlets. Here's a taste of the videos that charmed people...
Oregon Food Bank Assembles Over 600 Food Kits for Warming Shelters
Portland, OR. The Oregon Food Bank is thanking staff members who assembled over 600 food kits over the past 2 days to take to warming shelters for those in need. According to local officials, over 500 people a night found warmth in emergency shelter beds, which open...
Portland Art Museum’s New Exhibition Features French Sculptor Rodin
Portland, OR. The Portland Art Museum is getting ready to present Rodin: The Human Experience—Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections. The exhibition of 52 bronzes by the groundbreaking French sculptor Auguste Rodin opens January 21st and runs...
Portlanders Keep Smiling As They Dig Out From Record-Setting Snowfall
Portland, OR. Snowy pictures and video continue to pop up as people dig out from under the record-setting snowfall. The heaviest amounts were recorded in the West Hills, North Portland and Vancouver, according to the National Weather Service. Some areas in the West...
Comcast Foundation Awards $390,457 to Oregon & SW Washington Community Partners
Portland, OR. The Comcast Foundation awarded $390,457 in grants to 33 nonprofit community partner organizations in Oregon & SW Washington in 2016. The grants invest in programs that expand digital literacy, promote community service, and build tomorrow’s leaders....
Community Leaders Offer Shelter from Severe Weather and Ask for Donations
Portland, OR. Services for Portland's homeless community are stretched thin as people head to shelters to avoid freezing temperatures. Still, some are falling through the cracks. On January 7th, police found a woman in her 50s who appeared to have died of exposure...
An Oregon Made Film to Premier at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
Portland, Or. Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey star in the film, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. The film was made in Oregon by director Macon Blair. The premise is that a depressed woman is burglarized and finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the...
Top Ten Portland Society Page Stories of 2016
Portland, OR. It has been an exciting year for PortlandSocietyPage.com. We’ve had over half a million page views since our launch and covered over 1,250 stories about local nonprofits. Those admirable organizations have raised millions of dollars for worthy...
Portlanders Celebrate 50 Years of Kwanzaa
Portland, OR. Portlanders kicked off the celebration of Kwanzaa on December 26th with performances by the Okropong African Dance and Drum Group from Ghana. Kwanzaa is Swahili for “fruits of the harvest.” The tradition started in 1966 and has been observed in Portland...