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Build-a-Burger for Foodshare Fund NE

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Enjoy a fresh, local Burger and Support Foodshare Fund NE! Please join us on the Sunday, 4th of July for “Build-a-Burger!” at King Portland Farmers Market. Get a $5 meat or veggie burger fresh grilled at the market from 11 am – 1 pm. The market is situated beside a park with play equipment, making for a perfect holiday picnic.

Foodshare Fund Northeast, a project of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN), is in its second year of providing matching funds for our neighbors using food stamps to buy fresh, local food at the market. Nearly one in five Oregonians is now receiving food stamps, 39% of them children.

This year, in response to a growing and urgent need, we’ve expanded the program. Foodshare Fund NE provides funds from our community — businesses, community groups, neighbors — to match food stamps spent at King dollar for dollar, up to $10 per week. Last year, the average match was $234 per Sunday. This year it has risen to $1000 per Sunday. Help us meet our goal to run this project through the full season until October without running out of matching funds.

Please join us and celebrate July Fourth with a Burger!

If you can’t be there but would like to donate, you can do so at the market every week at the NECN info booth, on-line through PayPal at www.necoalition.org (specify “Foodshare Fund” in comments), or by mail, 4815 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211-3939.

Many thanks!

Paige

Paige S. Coleman, Executive Director
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods

Sunday Parkways NE is May 16th

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NE Sunday Parkways Map 2010

A 2-way route of city streets open to walk, bike, roll, run, jump and skip – without having to watch out for cars! The 5.8-mile Northeast Portland Sunday Parkways route will have two loops, connecting Woodlawn, Alberta, Fernhill and Wilshire Parks. Food, music and activities are located in the parks and along the route.

Art Hop Call for Artists and Vendors

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On Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 11am to 6pm, Art on Alberta will hold its 11th Annual Art Hop with the theme, “ABC: Art Builds Community.” Over 15 blocks of NE Alberta Street will be closed to car traffic to accommodate over 150 artists, craftspeople, music, dance and theater performances, interactive art events along with food and other vendors. This is a free arts event for kids of all ages.

Registration for artists, craftspeople, music, dance and theater performers, interactive art events, food and other vendors is open. For information about registering your vending space, please contact Combustible Media, 503-235-5025 or carrie.locke@combustiblemedia.com.

This year, Art Hop accomplishes a major murals project on NE Alberta Street. Three murals will be painted by area youth groups including House of Umoja, Girls Inc. and the George School under the direction of Skidmore Prize winner Rodolpho Serna. A fourth mural will be painted by the attending public on the day of Art Hop, designed and supervised by Esteban Camacho. Art on Alberta has been facilitating these murals as a gift to two other nonprofits who serve this neighborhood: Sabin CDC and Community Energy Project. Art on Alberta is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the Alberta Art District’s distinct identity through art and educational activities. For more information about Art on Alberta, please visit www.artonalberta.org.

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NE Family Cooperative Community Seeks Board Members

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The NE Family Cooperative Community is seeking Board members. They hope to develop a diverse Board of Directors with skill sets or experience that includes finance, legal, nonprofits, co-ops, and family services. The Board of Directors will assist the organization with capacity building and becoming an independent nonprofit organization. They are currently a sponsored project of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods. The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, a 501c3 nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to the livability of our twelve inner North and Northeast neighborhoods.
The Northeast Family Cooperative Community was founded with the belief that families can join together to share goods, resources, talents, and skills in order to create a more enjoyable and sustainable lifestyle for members; environmentally, financially, socially, and emotionally. They operate the Swap and Play Cafe where members can develop community with other local families, as well as, swap their children’s gently used books, clothing and toys.
Interested individuals should send a letter of interest to nefamilycoop@gmail.com.
www.sustainableparenting.org

Five Sunday Parkways Coming for 2010!

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Transportation Options is bringing you five – yes, five! – Sunday Parkways events this year. Wow! The free Sunday events will take place May through September in Northeast, North, Southeast and East Portland, with a fifth route still being worked out. For all the latest news and route information, check out the Sunday Parkways pages online or go to www.GettingAroundPortland.org.