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Fremont Whole Foods’ Fall Fest, this Saturday, from 12-4 pm.

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Fall Fest  12-4pm Free

We at Fremont Whole Foods invite you and yours to join us for a lively party to celebrate the season!

Our schedule of events will includes:

1230-2pm Cupcakedecorating for kids

130pm Pinata for kids

2pm Cheesemaking demo by Claudia Lucero of Urban Cheesecraft

2-4 Live music with our own Team Member Ron Baldwin

2:30pm Scavenger Hunt for kids

3pm Eco Activities for kids with the Evergreen Twins & Marco the Molecule

And from 12-4 we’ll have:

-Apple pressing: Purchase any apples and we’ll press them into cider for free!

-Signature Item sampling in each Department: Each team has chosen one of their favorites for you to try!  Our tasting menu: Pork Loin, Apple Chutney, & Oregonzola, Pork Belly, Heirloom Apple Varietals, Turkey Apple Meatloaf, Warm Dragonfly Chai Tea, Made-in-House Pumpkin Cake, Hand Blended Bath Salts

-Vendor sampling: A handful of our favorites are joining us today around the store

–Root Whole Body: They’ll be offering complimentary mini-massages and will raffle off a $50 gift certificate at 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. You can also speak with their Nutritionist, Debra Meadows, about your dietary questions.

–Face Painting with Eva

 

Hope to see you then!

Whole Foods Market, Fremont

3535 NE 15th Ave, Portland, OR 97215

Fundraiser at Bernie’s for College Readiness

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Support Future Connect at Bernie’s Southern Bistro!

On Wednesday, October 24th, Bernie’s Southern Bistro will be holding a fundraising event for Future Connect. From 4pm until close they will be donating 15% of their sales to the program. Don’t forget happy hour from 4-6pm or a reservation if you are coming for dinner!

Portland Parks and Recreation is a partner in Future Connect, an education initiative of Mayor Sam Adams office that reaches out to youth who are struggling to make college a reality. The Future Connect Strategies Coordinators work alongside the Teen Force Coordinators at five community centers to provide college and career courses, resources, and events for high school students.

Bernie’s Southern Bistro is a romantic southern cuisine hot spot on Alberta. They have a lush garden patio and candle lit dining room. We hear the happy hour is pretty amazing too!

Come support one of Parks and the city’s great programs for teens and a wonderful local business. What better way to spend a Wednesday evening than with a nice glass of wine and great food!

Bernie’s Southern Bistro
2904 NE Alberta
Portland, OR
503-282-9864
www.berniesbistro.com

Click here for the flyer:Berniesflier

Free Energy Audits from Energize Northeast

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From NECN:

If you haven’t already, please consider signing up for a home energy performance audit with Energize Northeast. This collaboration between NECN, Neil Kelly and Umpqua Bank will make it easy for you to enjoy greater home energy efficiency and save money. Registration only take a few minutes at Energize.necoalition.org/registration. After you register, you will receive a call from Neil Kelly to schedule a home energy audit. This comprehensive audit takes several hours and is valued at $500. However, with a $150 rebate from the Energy Trust of Oregon, Neil Kelly is offering the home energy audit free to the homeowner. Additionally, for every home energy audit completed through Energize Northeast, Neil Kelly has generously agreed to donate $150 to NECN to help further community programs such as Neighborhood Small Grants.

 

Not sure you are ready for a home energy audit? Attend a free workshop to learn more first.

 

Energize Northeast workshops:

 

Saturday, October 13th, 11:00am at Umpqua Bank Alberta

Tuesday, October 16th, 6:30pm at NECN

Saturday, October 27th, 11:00am at NECN

More workshops listed at http://energize.necoalition.org/energize-ne-cal

PPS Publishes Student Density Map, Begins School Meetings

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As Portland Public Schools begins its meetings at each of the North and Northeast Portland schools under consideration for boundary changes or possible closure, it has released a PPS student population density map of the area. The full document is here:

HSClusters_2012_Jefferson-DA with student density

Here is the template PowerPoint for the school-based meetings:

Enrollment Balancing meeting template

School-based enrollment balancing meetings start today at 8:45 am at Boise-Eliot/Humboldt. Next week has meetings at Woodlawn (6:30 pm, Monday, 10/08), Beach (6 pm, Wednesday, 10/10) and Vernon (6 pm, Thursday, 10/11). Later this month, there will be meetings at Faubion (10/15,10/30) Ockley Green (10/15), Chief Joseph (10/17) and King (10/19, 10/23).

Check the full schedule at: http://www.kingpta.org/2012/09/29/pps-releases-enrollment-balancing-meeting-schedule/