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Rummage sale
Daybreak Shelter Network, operated by Human Solutions Inc, will benefit from a rummage sale at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1700 N.E. 132nd Ave., on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This program provides transitional housing for families with children. Up to 14 guests can be accommodated at any one time. The families are with the program for about 30-90 days until more permanent housing is found.
If you have gently used treasures to donate, call Shar Giard at 503-860-7264.
Nutrition assistance for homebound seniors
Meal-A-Grams are a great way for people to send a tasty boxed lunch to friends, family, colleagues or themselves while helping feed homebound seniors at the same time.
Students from Le Cordon Bleu Hospitality & Restaurant Management Program at Western Culinary Institute created this year’s menu. Meal-A-Gram purchasers will have a choice of:
• Rancher’s Roast Beef Sandwich - This delectable sandwich features mounds of thinly sliced roast beef, oven-roasted red bell pepper, a slice of cheddar cheese and grilled chipotle onion relish. It’s served with a Santa Fe black bean and corn salad.
• Oregon Cobb Salad with Pinot Noir Vinaigrette - This signature Northwest salad is a medley of fresh greens topped with grilled chicken, bleu cheese, bacon crumbles, hazelnuts, sun-dried cranberries, hard-boiled egg and poached baby pears and is served with an Oregon pinot noir vinaigrette.
• Roasted Vegetable Panini - This tasty vegetarian treat is filled with oven-roasted eggplant, red bell pepper and caramelized onion with fresh basil, sun-dried tomato pesto and Parmesan cheese. It comes with an Asian sesame noodle salad.
Now in its 18th year, Meal-A-Gram will take place on Thursday, Oct. 14. The lunches are $20 each and all proceeds go to support the Meals-On-Wheels program in the Portland metro area. Orders can be placed by calling 503-736-6325 or via the agency’s website, www.loavesandfishesonline.org.
Hundreds of volunteers will pick up the Meal-A-Grams at two Loaves & Fishes locations, and then deliver them to purchasers and recipients throughout the Portland metro area in time for lunch. People who want to volunteer to deliver Meal-A-Grams can call Colette Ashby, special events manager, at 503-736-6325, ext. 25914.
LIBRARIES
Gregory Heights Library, 7921 N.E. Sandy Blvd., 503-988-5386, www.multcolib.org/agcy/grh.html
Toddler Storytime: Storytime for children 18 to 36 months. Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to noon
Pajama Time: Bedtime stories for the whole family. Wednesdays from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
Preschool Story time: Storytime for children 3 to 6 years. Thursdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Book Babies: Storytime for children newborn to 18 months. Fridays from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Artist Trading Cards: Create your own trading cards using colored pencils, rubber stamps, collage and more! You may keep your cards or trade with other artists. Saturday, Sept. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Clay Flute Making: Artist Hugo Nava will teach you how to make a clay flute. Saturday, Sept. 25 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Teen Lounge & Homework Center: Use computers to access the Internet and do word processing; get homework help from staff and online tutors; or just do your homework and listen to music while hanging out in beanbag chairs. For teens in grades 6 to 12. Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m.
Duct Tape-O-Rama: Learn how to make cool stuff out of duct tape! Make a wallet, book cover, cell phone holder or picture frame for your locker. Saturday, Sept. 18 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Intercambio/Language Exchange: Engage in conversation with native English speakers who want to practice their Spanish as well as with native Spanish speakers who want to practice their English. Thursdays, 4 to 5 p.m.
Pageturners: Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Read “Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women” by Geraldine Brooks. Award-winning journalist Geraldine Brooks offers an intimate, often shocking, portrait of the lives of modern Muslim women. Her stunning vignettes carefully distinguish misogyny and oppressive cultural traditions from what the author considers the true teachings of the Koran. Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Computer Lab: Lab assistants are available to help beginners practice their computer skills. You may also ask for basic assistance writing reports, creating résumés, establishing an e-mail account, preparing research projects, filling out online application forms, and locating library and Internet resources. Ask about computer classes.
No pre-registration required. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 to 10 a.m.
TechnoHosts: Volunteers help you search the Web, look up books with the library’s online catalog, and use online databases. Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.
Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., 503-988-5392, www.multcolib.org/agcy/mid/html
Story Stop: Stories for children newborn to 6 years. Daily from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Book Babies: Storytime for children newborn to 12 months. Tuesdays resuming Sept. 14 from 10:15 to 11 a.m.
Tiny Tots: Storytime for children 12 to 24 months. Wednesdays resuming Sept. 15 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m.
Toddler Storytime: Storytime for children 24 to 36 months. Wednesdays resuming Sept. 15 from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Preschool Storytime: Storytime for children 3 to 6 years. Thursdays resuming Sept. 16 from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Grandparents’ Day in the Park: Spend the afternoon at the park with your grandparents. Enjoy stories, crafts and live music. Sunday, Sept. 12 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Building Blocks to Literacy - Level 1: Children aged 3 to 4 years learn concepts that are the necessary building blocks to reading. Each week has stories, fingerplays, crafts, educational toys and games. Pre-registration required; call 503-988-5734. Saturdays, Oct. 2 through 30 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Read to the Dogs: Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dogs from the Dove Lewis Animal Assisted Therapy and Education Program. Pre-registration required; call 503-988-5392.
Tuesday, Sept. 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and Mondays, Sept. 13 and 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Pageturners: Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 6:45 to 8 p.m. Read “Everything is Illuminated” by Jonathan Safran Foer. Hilarious, energetic and touching, this novel follows a young writer as he travels to the farmlands of Eastern Europe, where he embarks on a quest to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Guided by his young Ukrainian translator, the writer discovers an unexpected past that will resonate far into the future.
Wednesday, Sept. 15 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Read “Five Quarters of the Orange” by Joanne Harris. The daughter of a woman accused of a tragedy in a small French village during World War II finds a scrapbook of her mother’s recipes and opens a small crêperie. As she studies the scrapbook, she discovers a deeper meaning and understanding of what really happened during that summer long ago.
Computer Lab: Lab assistants are available to help beginners practice their computer skills. You may also ask for basic assistance writing reports, creating résumés, establishing an e-mail account, preparing research projects, filling out online application forms, and locating library and Internet resources.
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