A Brighter Future Community: Our Children Oregon Our Children Oregon (OCO), a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring every child in the state has the opportunity to thrive, has announced its “15
The 100+ Who Care Alliance in Clackamas County is a testament to the power of collective action, uniting over 100 individuals to donate $100 twice a year, resulting in a $10,000 donation to a local non-profit. Led by Vanessa Zimmerman, the program has exceeded its goal, raising $11,900 at its last event and sharing the surplus with other nominees.
Camas-Washougal Community Chest and its partners announce $134k in grants. Services for children, families funded by Rotary volunteers. Includes emergency food assistance, safe temporary shelter, and water quality monitoring. Donations needed to meet goal. Learn how to contribute on the CWCC’s website.
Western Oregon University celebrates a record-breaking enrollment increase, with nearly half of its student body being first-generation college students,
The Camas-Washougal Community Chest will launch its annual fundraising drive Oct. 1, 2023 with a goal of raising $120,000 for 2024 grants. In a continuing partnership with CWCC, the Camas–Washougal Rotary Foundation and the Camas Lions Club plan to provide additional grant funds.
In the spring of 2018, Hazel’s House partnered with the Newberg Animal Shelter and began to learn everything about running a shelter and foster program. They learned about shelter and rescue medicine, which helped them during the rescue process.
Fundraising continues for a larger facility. With the community’s support, the nonprofit also plans to greatly expand and enhance its programs and services in Canby, strengthen partnerships with other local organizations and nonprofits serving those in need, and work to share its model with neighboring communities who have expressed interest in replicating it.
Service above self. “As I mentioned, people join the Rotary for many reasons, but statistically, the number one reason people remain in the Rotary Club is for the fellowship.”
— Wendy McArthur Trumbo, Newberg Noon President
Car donations = 580 meals to neighbors in need.
Donate Your Car to Charity.
Help Drive Away Hunger.
Providing meals, shelter and vocational training for people seeking a path to new life.
Almost every story about success a Canby High School team or athlete has experienced at the state level is also a story about Canby Kids. Canby Kids Inc., is the local, independent nonprofit organization dedicated to providing youth recreational and competitive team sports opportunities for children in and around the Canby area on a year-round basis.
The Cheahmill Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, which was founded in 1961, was launched in 1998 and has collaborated with local governments to transform and maintain public land full of trees, flowers, grasses, and other plants that are literally at home. “The term ‘native’ plant refers to plants that have adapted over time to local environmental and social influences, such as soil types, hydrology, micro-climate and human influences,” explains chapter member Michal Wert, who lives on Chehalem Mountain north of Newberg. “They produce flowers, fruits and seeds throughout the year and create a beautiful, natural look.”
About four years ago, a family asked Brittney Hazel and her wife Kendall if they could help find a home for a stray litter of kittens that had been found in a barn. That was the beginning of Hazel’s House, a cat-and-kitten rescue operation that continues to this day. It is a mission that has put hundreds of stray and abandoned cats in homes where they’re safe, healthy and loved.