Fundraiser at Widmer Gasthaus for Loaves and Fishes

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Fans of Widmer Brewing and the Widmer Gasthaus can spend an enjoyable evening out while helping to feed homebound seniors at the same time.

From 4 until 10 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, half of all proceeds earned at the Widmer Gasthaus will go to support the Martin Luther King, Jr. Loaves & Fishes Center. Patrons are encouraged to come early or after the dinner hour to ensure that the restaurant raises as many funds as possible. Parties of five or more are asked to call ahead and make a reservation.

About Loaves & Fishes Centers:
Since 1970 Loaves & Fishes Centers has provided a nutritional and social lifeline for seniors through 33 meal sites in Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties and Meals-On-Wheels delivery to homebound seniors. With the help of more than 8,200 volunteers, the nonprofit, secular organization now serves 5,000 meals daily and more than 1.4 million meals each year. Loaves & Fishes celebrates 40 years of service to seniors in 2010. Visit: www.LoavesAndFishesOnline.org.

Where:Widmer Brothers Gasthaus, 955 N. Russell, Phone: 503.281.3333
When: Wednesday, October 20th, 4:00-10:00 pm

For more information, contact:
Julie Piper Finley, ABC, Director of Marketing & Communications
Loaves & Fishes Centers, The Meals-On-Wheels People
503.953.8136 or 503.318.1362
jpfinley@lfcpdx.org
MLK Center Loaves & Fishes, 5325 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (503)-953-8207.
www.loavesandfishesonline.org

Housing Bureau Seeks Members for Housing Advisory Committee

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via the Portland Housing Bureau:

Interested in weighing in on investments of public resources in housing? Want to serve as a sounding board on significant housing policy issues? Want to be in a position to officially advise City Council and City staff on matters relating to housing issues?

The Portland Housing Bureau invites you to apply for membership on its new Portland Housing Advisory Committee (PHAC). The Portland Housing Advisory Committee (PHAC) is a new volunteer public advisory body that will advise the Director of the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB), the Housing Commissioner, and the Portland City Council on a range of housing policy and program issues.

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What Style Is my House?

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Y’all come! General Meeting of the Sabin Community Association celebrating Sabin’s homes and history:

What Style Is my House? All NECN neighborhoods invited!!

When: October 18th, 2010.
Where: Sabin Elementary School Auditorium, 4013 NE 18th Avenue, Portland 97212.

6-7pm: Social hour.

Special exhibit of Sabin’s rich history of diversity and community service from the archives of Betty Walker; refreshments; Architectural Heritage Center table, with experts on weatherizing your home, researching your house, and more; excellent handouts.

7-8: Special presentation on Sabin architecture:

7-7:30: What Style Is my House? by Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center board member Robert Jordan, as he surveys house styles common to the Portland area and the northwest. If you’ve ever wondered what style to call your home, you will find the answer in this perfect program.

7:30-8 pm: Sabin historian William Youngren presents particular houses representative of the great integrity of Sabin design.

8 pm:. Sabin business meeting.

Tonight’s timely program encourages residents to explore Sabin’s more modest but equally precious architectural heritage in light of the recent application for the Irvington Historic District. Our wonderful community builds its bright future in the context of an illustrious past that is the focus of this evening to which you are all most cordially invited.

We warmly invite our neighbors from the Alameda, Boise, Concordia, Eliot, Grant Park, Humboldt, Irvington, King, Sullivan’s Gulch, Vernon, and Woodlawn neighborhoods to join us for the social hour and the presentations. Much of what will be said is equally applicable to your fine communities. Y’all come!

Shoshana Cohen
Neighborhood Programs Manager
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
503-823-4570
www.necoalition.org
Shoshana@necoalition.org

Our United Villages to Sponsor Community Safety Conversation

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From Our United Villages:

Hello Northeast Neighbors! Please extend the following invitation to your networks, friends, family, and neighbors. This event is free and open to anyone interested. We would appreciate if you would post this event in community calendars, newsletters, websites, or on bulletin boards you may have (PDF and JPG attached). Thank you, in advance, for helping us get the word out!
Community Safety Conversation
Thursday, October 21st from 6:00pm-8:00pm
St. Andrew Church 806 NE Alberta Street Portland, OR 97211

You are invited to a Community Conversation sponsored by Community Outreach of Our United Villages. What does community safety mean to you? Come share your ideas for preventing violence and brainstorm ways we can work together to build safe neighborhoods for everyone. FREE. Open to anyone interested. Space is limited. Please RSVP by Monday, October 18th to outreach@ourunitedvillages.org or by calling 503.546.7499.

Light meal provided. Child care, transportation, and interpretation provided upon request. Community Outreach of Our United Villages is a local non-profit organization. For more information, go to www.ouvcommunityoutreach.org.

SCRAP Re:Vision Gallery Presents: Masks of Incognito

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News from SCRAP:

Masks of Incognito represents the innovation and variety inspired by artists’ use of reclaimed and recycled materials. Transforming discarded materials (such as leather scraps and zippers, milk jugs and metal springs, vintage piano keys and clock parts ) into masks, twenty five artists have created works to transform the face and character of a mask wearer.

The masks will be on display in Re:Vision Gallery in October, and then auctioned at SCRAP’s fundraising masquerade ball at the Oregon Zoo on October 28th. All artists have donated their masks to SCRAP.

25 Artists include: Mark Crummett, Dan Daniels, Tony Fuemmeler, Susan Gallacher-Turner,Monica J. Roxburgh, Bill Rutherford, and Arvie Smith

Where: Re:Vision Gallery at SCRAP 2915 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Portland OR 97212
When: October 7th, 6-8:30pm (Reception) October 3rd – October 27th, 10am to 6pm daily
http://scrapaction.org/creative-reuse-center/art-gallery/

www.scrapaction.org