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Can collections continue one Saturday a month
The school year may be winding down, but the Parkrose Boosters just keep on going. This dedicated group of parents wants you to know they will be at Parkrose Middle School, 11800 N.E. Shaver St., one Saturday each month throughout the summer to collect your refundable cans and bottles. Find them there rain or shine on Saturday, June 4 and Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All monies raised from these collections are used to benefit Parkrose High students.
If you have an abundance of cans and bottles, or cannot get down to the middle school, call Gail Volk at 503-253-7993 to arrange for pick up.
Kiwanis hold giant yard sale
If you are on the look out for toys, clothes, puzzles, sports equipment, decorations, kitchenware, tools, and other valuable stuff, the Columbia View Kiwanis Yard Sale is for you. The sale will be held at Glenfair Elementary School, 15300 N.E. Glisan St. on Saturday, June 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Proceeds will go to some of the club community service projects including SnowCap, DayBreak Family Shelter and the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp for Handicapped Individuals.
Columbia View Kiwanis invites any men or women who are interested in being involved in community service to attend a meeting and to think about joining. They meet every Wednesday from noon until 1 p.m. at Russelville Park, Southeast 103rd Avenue and East Burnside Street. Stop by and see how you might fit in with club members to serve our community. If you need more information call Charlie Ross at 503-252-1570.
You are invited to annual ice cream social and fundraising auction
The Shaver Parent Faculty Association wants to see you at its annual Ice Cream Social and Gift Basket Auction at Shaver Elementary School, 3701 N.E. 131st Place, on Thursday, June 16, beginning at 6 p.m. This is a great opportunity to support the kids at Shaver Elementary and spend the evening socializing with your neighbors. Your family can feast on Burgerville hamburgers and ice cream treats made available by WinCo Foods.
This will also be your chance to participate in a gift basket auction. Each class at Shaver Elementary selects a theme and builds a special basket to offer as an auction item. Expect to find free hotel stays, tickets to sporting events, gift certificates to restaurants and much, much more.
Organizers claim rummage sale to be the event of the season
Summer is a slow time for food drives, but children without school lunch need to eat even more at home than usual. To raise money to stock rapidly emptying shelves, SnowCap is putting on the Sale of the Season. On Saturday, June 18 at 17805 S.E. Stark St. there will be a huge selection of rummage offered at the lowest possible prices. Furniture, books, record albums, vintage clothing, jewelry, candles, and car parts will be for sale.
Did you know that SnowCap fed 1,673 families in the last month? They also provided 514 children with needed clothing from its clothes closet. In addition, 96 families received utility assistance. You can help neighbors in need by cleaning out your basement and donating your rummage during the week of June 13, and by shopping the sale on Saturday.
Call 503-674-8785, ext. 12 for more information.
Parkrose Lions step up to help kids step out
The Parkrose Lions Club has been providing needy children with shoes through Operation Shoe Lift for 36 years. Last year there were 234 children in the Parkrose and Reynolds school districts sporting new shoes around Christmas time as a result of its efforts.
Local talent Michael Allen Harrison, Julianne Johnson and some special friends will perform two benefit concerts on Saturday, June 25 in support of this cause. Show times will be 5 and 8 p.m. at the Rivercrest Community Church, 3201 N.E. 148th Ave.
Tickets cost $20 and are available at all Safeway Tickets West ticket centers, by phone at 503-224-8499 or on the Web at www.ticketswest.com. Look for Inspired: Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne Johnson.
The Lions would like to put new shoes on 460 pairs of little feet come the holiday season. Buy your tickets now.
If you need more information, contact Ed or Diane McLarty at 503-254-2523 or the Rivercrest Community Church at 503-254-4400.
St. Rita garage sale date set
St. Rita Catholic Church will hold its annual garage sale on Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, June 26 will be bag day. Beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday only, shoppers can purchase an empty bag for either $1 or $2. Anything and everything that can be stuffed into that bag is theirs for that one low price. The sale ends when the merchandise is gone.
Organizers say antiques, furniture, jewelry, toys, tools, clothes, and bikes will be among the items offered for sale. You name it you will find it and everything will be priced to sell. St. Rita Catholic Church is located at 10029 N.E. Prescott St.
SnowCap will benefit from concert
New Life Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 12505 N.E. Halsey St. will host a Concert on the Patio to benefit SnowCap Community Charities on Sunday, June 26. The East County Community Orchestra will perform under soaring pine trees beginning at 2:30 p.m.
A donation of three non-perishable food items or $5 is requested. Bring your own lawn chair and settle back for an afternoon of great music and the opportunity to help your neighbors in need.
Music, charity combine at blues festival
If you are a fan of blues music, then there is one not-be-be-missed music festival of the summer: the 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Credit Union.
The festival is the largest festival west of the Mississippi and the second largest blues festival in the nation. It annually attracts more than 120,000 blues fans who travel from throughout the world to hear performances by more than 100 blues artists on four stages in Tom McCall Waterfront Park on the banks of Willamette River in downtown Portland.
The 18th annual blues festival opens at noon on Friday, July 1, and concludes Monday, July 4, following a display of fireworks.
This year’s festival includes some of the finest blues artists in the U.S., including Buddy Guy, considered the greatest living exponent of classic Chicago electric blues and a peerless showman.
In addition, the Women in Blues show on July 3 includes soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples, and blues belter Shemekia Copeland.
Another featured artist is Guitar Shorty, whose pyrotechnics and stage antics were an early influence on his young brother-in-law, Jimi Hendrix.
For a complete list of those artists attending, go to www.waterfrontbluesfest.com.
And look for in-depth educational workshops and the Ethos Blues Lab for children.
“The workshops give the festival a cultural depth that doesn’t exist at other festivals,” said Lisa Wiebe, director of development at the Oregon Food Bank.
Daily admission to the festival is $5 and two cans of food. The festival is the major annual fund-raiser for Oregon Food Bank, a charitable nonprofit agency. All festival proceeds benefit Oregon Food Bank’s work to eliminate hunger and its root causes.
Rossi Barn Bash on the horizon
One of the most original fundraising events to be found anywhere, the Rossi Barn Bash, is set for Saturday, July 9 from 6 p.m. until midnight. Mark your calendars, polish your cowboy boots and plan to become part of this great evening. For the price of the $12 admission, you will feast on the all-you-can-eat barbeque chicken dinner, enjoy live actors as they present a Wild West show, dance until you’re ready to drop to the music of a local country western band and undoubtedly run into friends and neighbors from throughout the area.
Proceeds from this fun event benefit the Parkrose Youth Activities Fund that helps to support a host of youth programs in the Parkrose School District.
Last year over 1700 partying folks were at the Barn Bash. We suggest you drop by Rossi Farms at 3839 N.E. 122nd Ave. to purchase tickets in advance. Check into the volunteer opportunities while you are there. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the event. This is a 21 and over affair. To learn more, call 503-253-5571.
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