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Share ice cream with your neighbors
Shaver Elementary School invites the community to an Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, June 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the school, 3701 N.E. 131st Pl.
Donations are being accepted for this year’s gift basket auction. As a donor, you or your business will be added to the list of sponsors and included with every gift basket auctioned. For more information, or to donate a gift certificate, service, or other item, please contact Christy Hillman, Shaver Parent Faculty Association, or SPFA, President at 503-408-7816 or via email at chillman@teleport.com.
You may also send donations directly to Shaver Elementary School at the above address, Attn. SPFA. Proceeds benefit the students at Shaver Elementary School. SPFA provides funds for field trips, playground equipment, computers and other enhancements to school programs.
Support your school
The Bronco Boosters, the community-based group organized to support positive opportunities for Parkrose High School, or PHS, seeks new members and leaders at their next meeting on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 pm in the PHS library. “Bronco Boosters are parents, alumni, staff and Parkrose neighbors,” says out-going president, Janet Gardner. “Many of our parent leaders are stepping down now that their last children are graduating from PHS. There is room for new leadership, new ideas and energy.”
The Bronco Boosters raise money for at least six scholarships annually. The club also supports the school with grants and fundraising activities. The June 5 Community Fair, organized by the Boosters, is an annual fundraising opportunity for many school clubs and classes. When the new business teachers at PHS wanted to upgrade the student store, they sought a loan from the Boosters to purchase new merchandise, repaint the store and revitalize the program.
“The Boosters are more than a Parent Pep Club,” says Roy Reynolds, principal of Parkrose High School. “I see the Boosters as the key partner who can make great things happen for our students. Parent and community engagement is necessary if PHS is to meet its potential. I encourage the people who have been wanting to help, but haven’t known where to begin, to get involved with the Boosters.”
Janet Gardner is stepping down from the president’s position at the June meeting. She invites inquiries about the Boosters’ officer positions at 503-254-1752.
SENIOR RESOURCES
Diabetes support program
“Healthy Changes for Living with Diabetes” meets on Mondays now through June 28 at the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave. The free group meets from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Multi-purpose
Room 1. Participants must be 55 years of age or older.
This program is sponsored by the Mid-County YWCA District Center. For information and to pre-register, please contact Abby Kennedy at 503-988-6073.
Blood pressure clinic
Free blood pressure screenings are offered twice monthly, located in the Senior Services program office at the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave. The next sessions will be held Friday, June 4 and July 2 from 10 am to noon; and Wednesday, June 16 from 10:30 am to noon. Appointments are not required.
Learn about services to seniors
On Monday, June 14 at 1 p.m. Sounding Board for Widows and Widowers will meet at Central Lutheran Church, 1820 N.E. 21st Ave. (one block North of Broadway). An Elders In Action volunteer will be on hand to inform about the organization and available services to seniors. Guests are welcome. For information, call Helen Long at 503-774-1717.
On Monday, June 28, the group will meet at Marie Calendar, 205 N.W. Burnside in Gresham at 1 p.m. The no host lunch will be chosen from the menu. Make your reservations with Phyllis Griffey at 503-775-5994.
Managing multiple medications
Providence Center on Aging offers a free forum to learn about the dangers of taking too many medications and offers tips to help you manage your medications.
A pill a day keeps the doctor away - but what about 10 pills? The majority of people ages 65 or older are taking one or more prescription drugs, as well as over-the-counter products like vitamins and herbal supplements. Problems can occur when a person takes more medications than needed or when medications do not interact well together. Carol Baird, M.D., Providence Center on Aging medical director, will offer tips on how to talk with your doctor and pharmacist about the amount and kinds of drugs you take.
You can hear the doctors presentation on Wednesday, June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Providence Portland Medical Center Social Room, 4805 N.E. Glisan St. Parking is free.
Space is limited and registration is requested. For more information or to register call the Providence Resource Line at 503-574-6595.
Senior law and health benefits clinics
The YWCA Mid-County District Center coordinates the Cherry Blossom Senior Services program office that hosts many free informational clinics and health checks.
The Senior Services program offers a free Law Clinic every Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. Multnomah County residents who are 60 years and older are eligible for a free one-half hour consultation with an attorney.
Medicare advice is available as well, through Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA). Volunteers help both seniors and people with disabilities to understand their rights, make informed choices on how to receive their benefits, and file claims and appeals.
Appointments are required. To make an appointment for either of these clinics, call 503-988-6073.
New social groups forming
A Book Club Discussion group and a Write Your Life Story group has begun meeting on Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave. For additional information or to pre-register for the free, on-going groups, call 503-988-6073.
FUNDRAISERS
The big one
That’s the claim made regarding the St. Rita’s Annual Garage Sale.
Priced to sell will be antiques, furniture, household goods, jewelry, toys, tools, clothes, bikes and more.
At St. Rita Catholic Church, 10029 N.E. Prescott, on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. you will surely find what you’re looking for.
Anything left after Saturday will be offered on Sunday, June 6 at 11 a.m. at special Bag Day pricing.
For more information, contact Judy Jewell at 503-252-3403.
On Sale - the whole neighborhood
On Saturday, June 5, the Parkrose Heights Neighborhood will offer finds from attics, basements and garages for sale from 9 a.m. until all the treasures are gone. You will find homes participating in this neighborhood wide garage sale between Northeast Halsey Street and the I-84 freeway, and 102nd and 122nd Avenues.
Funds raised from the modest fee collected by the Parkrose Heights Neighborhood Association will help fund the annual National Night Out Neighborhood Celebration on August 3.
Montavilla area sale
Don’t miss a great collection of previously owned treasures at the second annual Kiwanis Garage Sale, on Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The sale, located at Southeast 78th Avenue, between Washington and Stark Streets, is organized by three Kiwanis clubs in the East Portland area to benefit local youth programs and projects. Sale items will include furniture, household items and books.
For more information, contact Nancy Walsh of the 205 Earlyriser’s Kiwanis Club at 503 233-4140.
Benefit yard sale
The Columbia View Kiwanis Annual Spring Sale will be Saturday, June 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Glenfair Elementary School, 15300 N.E. Glisan St.
Anything you might find at a Yard Sale, you just might find it here as well. You will find all kinds of items, clothes, toys, puzzles, appliances, furniture, tools, housewares, and more.
All proceeds will go to Columbia View Kiwanis community programs, such as SnowCAP, Daybreak Shelter and the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp.
Afternoon concerts on the lawn
Eastminster Presbyterian Church chartered by the Presbytery of Portland (now Cascades) on October 31, 1954 will be holding two outdoor concerts as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebration this year. The first concert will feature the East County Community Orchestra and will be held Sunday, June 6 at 3 p.m. on the church lawn west of the Education building at 12505 N.E. Halsey St. The second concert will be held on Sunday July 18, also at 3 p.m. and will feature The Portland Metro Concert Band. Both concerts are free, but a suggested donation of two cans of food and $5 per person for SnowCAP Community Charities is requested at each. Some chairs are available but you are encouraged to bring your own lawn chair.
The congregation will celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a homecoming weekend the last weekend in October with a number of special events being planned. If you are a former member or friend of the church you are invited to come back to help celebrate this special event in the life of the congregation. For more information about these and other 50th Anniversary events call: The Eastminster Church Office at 503-252-3888 Wednesday through Friday or check the church website at www.eastminsterptld.org.
Pastor William E. “Bill” Taylor celebrated his 35th Anniversary of ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church USA on Sunday May 30. He was ordained on May 25, 1969. Taylor will have completed 29 years as Pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church in July, having been installed there on July 17, 1975.
Lions and music and shoes, oh my
Sponsored by the Parkrose Lions Club, Operation Shoe Lift has been providing shoes for needy children for 35 years. In the past year, shoes were provided for 219 children in the Parkrose and Reynolds school districts. The Lions would like to double that number in the upcoming year.
To support this effort, you are invited to a benefit concert featuring Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne Johnson with special guest Alexx Carnathan. The concert will be held at Rivercrest Community Church, 3201 N.E. 148th Ave., on Saturday, June 19 at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available by phone from Safeway, Tickets West ticket centers at 503-224-8499, from Parkrose Lions, Ed and Diane McLarty at 503-254-2523, and the Rivercrest Community Church at 503-254-4400.
Play golf, assist neighbors in need
Low-income residents of Mid-County are assisted every day by the hard working folks at Human Solutions, Inc. On Tuesday, June 22, area golfers can lend a hand by participating in a benefit golf tournament.
Utilizing a shotgun start, golfers will tee off at 8 a.m. at Persimmon Country Club in Gresham. Individuals will pay $100 each; foursomes will contribute $400. A luncheon is available for $25.
For more information, or to sign-up contact Human Solutions, Inc at 503-988-5201.
Volunteers are needed to run games and take photos from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Training will be provided. No golf experience is necessary. Contact Vynett Arnell at 503-988-5200 extension 26574 to help out.
THE ARTS
A spring classic
The East County Community Orchestra will present its spring concert of popular and light classical selections Friday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the David Douglas Performing Arts Center, 1400 S.E. 130th Ave.
Donations are requested.
For more information, contact Clement W Norton, Jr., Publicity Director at 503-253-6180.
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