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From the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods:
Dear Neighbors and Friends,
With your participation and support, we engaged thousands of neighbors to work together on opportunities to strengthen the inner Northeast Portland community. And, we even had a couple of fun social celebrations!
Serving as a community resource hub, the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization, supported community members and neighborhood associations as they weighed in on timely and critical issues including the Portland Plan, Urban Renewal Areas, the Education System, City Code, Cell WiMax Towers, Police Accountability, and more. We helped neighborhood-specific efforts too!
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Seasons Greetings from Friends of Trees!
From Friends of Trees:
Friends of Trees thanks all of you for your support this year. Your contributions, like five-year-old Phoebe’s, have helped us restore more green spaces and plant more trees in neighborhoods than ever before.
You may have seen Phoebe in The Oregonian this month. She saved her allowance, coin by coin, to give to Friends of Trees—and inspired her mother and grandmother to give as well.
“I love trees!” says Phoebe. “I love trees because of their pretty leaves, because they’re like umbrellas, because they make a special syrup, and because you can hang a hammock from them.”There’s still time for you to donate this year. Whether you give tax-deductible Gift Trees to friends and family, make a membership gift, or contribute to Friends of Trees through the Willamette Week Give! Guide, your donation will help us continue making the Portland metro area greener and healthier in 2011 and beyond.
Happy Holidays from Friends of Trees, and thank you for considering a gift to us.Tom Atiyeh
Chief Development Officer, Friends of Trees
Child Health Insurance Program: Sign-up Event
Do you need health insurance for your child? You can recieve free insurance through Kaiser Permanente, assisted by the MESD. Children must live in Multnomah County. Enrollment is ongoing at any time, but there is a sign-up event this Friday, 8-12 am, at the Multnomah Education Service District Building, 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland, OR, 97220. You need to bring proof of income for the past 2 months, birth certificate or passport, proof of address, and social security card, and drivers license. If you can’t attend that event, you can call and make an appointment to go another time. (503) 257-1732.
http://w3.mesd.k12.or.us/shs/childhealth/insuranceprograms.shtml
“Light Bulb Lady” to Give Presentation
From Solar Oregon:
“Change a light bulb, Change your life”
So says Kay Newell, known around Portland as ‘The Light Bulb Lady.’ Come learn from the master about lighting options. Bring your questions for this interactive, hands-on presentation. Kay will also have with her samples of LED holiday lighting.
So come and let Kay light up your life a bit!
The meeting will be December 15th from 6:30-8:00 PM in the Basement Lecture Room of the Heritage Building, 3934 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, Oregon, 97211
The fee is $5 for Solar Oregon members and $10 for non-members.
To register for this presentation and see other lectures in this series, go to the Solar Oregon Website.