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just <Mf« ▼ may 6, 1 M 4 ▼ 11 Thrift store to benefit people with AIDS and HIV Thrift & Give 4 Life, a thrift store that will donate all its proceeds to local organizations serving people with HIV and AIDS, will open in Portland sometime this spring. Paul Smith, who is organizing the store, said he began planning the non-profit organization after he learned he was HIV positive. “I feel this is a good way of unifying our commu nity because it allows people to get involved in many different ways, and the money helps those desperately in need," Smith said. Similar stores operate in other U.S. cities, such as Chicago. Proceeds from Thrift & Give 4 Life will ben efit agencies such as Esther’s Pantry, the Friends of People with AIDS Foundation and Our House. Esther’s Pantry provides food and personal care items to people with AIDS. The Friends of People with AIDS Foundation is a volunteer association that assists people living with AIDS in meeting daily needs such as grocery shopping, clothing and meals. Our House is a residential care facility for people in the last stages of AIDS. Organizers hope to raise $5,000 for the store, which should cover expenses for three months. Fund-raising events thus far have included a Queer Night at La Luna and an auction at Scandals earlier this month. Organizers are seeking a space large enough for a center for gay, lesbian and bisexual youth and for community meetings and social gather ings. Possible locations include the Hawthorne district. Old Town and the John’s Landing area. For more information on the store, or to make donations, call 241-2446 or visit local sponsors such as The Cat’s Meow, Spartacus Leathers, Presents of Mind and The Goddess Gallery. Scholarship formed in honor of Gladys McCoy A $300,000 campaign began last month for an endowed scholarship in honor of Gladys McCoy, the late Multnomah County Commission chair woman. McCoy served on the Portland School Board and was a staunch advocate for social programs. The scholarship will be awarded to ethnically di verse graduate students from Oregon and southwest Washington attending Portland State University’s Graduate School of Social Work. McCoy earned a master’s degree from the school in 1967. “Gladys McCoy was committed to change in this community and committed to making [the community] a better place,” said campaign head Kay Toran. “This scholarship in her name will bring benefits to the community for generations to come.” For more information on the scholarship, call Northwest Strategies at 241-8383. G&M Automotive PDX Automotive 6006 E Burnside, Portland 231-6486 5934 N E Halsey, Portland 282-3315 “Mechanics with a Conscience’ CERTIFIED MECHANICS Complete automotive service of foreign and domestic cars and light trucks Katz increases services for domestic violence survivors Free ride to MAX Gerard Lillie Todd Connelly Portland Mayor Vera Katz has announced a proposal to increase the number of shelter beds and staff to assist survivors of domestic violence. The proposed budget provides $115,000 for the operation of the Peninsula Transitional Pro gram. The money would be used to provide beds and ongoing transitional services for women housed at the shelter. In addition, $200,000 would be appropriated to increase the number of emergency and transitional shelter beds available in the city and to provide additional assistance to women and children. Also, Multnomah County Chairwoman Bev Stein is proposing that the county allocate $200,000 for programs to assist women and children who are survivors of domestic abuse. “It’s important that the city and county work as a team to ease the suffering created by this problem and to help women and children get their lives back on track,” Stein said. The proposal is part of the mayor’s proposed budget for fiscal year 1994-95, which was pre sented April 8. Compiled by Pamela Lyons Visit Rejuvenation this season and enjoy the quiet company of our lions, gargoyles, gods, goddesses and a wonderful assortment of exceptional cast cement statuary and garden ornam ents that can withstand the elem ents. Equally at home indoors or out. Rejuvenation... we sell the past. The scene at Lamb's Peacock Lane Thriftway on March 19. Kracmer Farms of Mt. Angel. Steinfeld’s and NORPAC, the maker of FLAV-R-PAC and Santiam products, are the primary distributors of Kraemer Farms produce. About 100 people gathered in front of Lamb’s Among groups represented at the rally were Peacock Lane Thrift way, in southeast Portland, March Jobs with Justice, the Rainbow Coalition, the 19 to support the boycott of Steinfeld’s, FLAV-R- Hotel Workers Organizing Committee, the Na PAC and Santiam products that is being organized by tional Association of Letter Carriers, Earth First!, the farmworkers union Pineros y Campesinos Unidos the National Lawyers Guild and the Laborers del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Union Local 483. Farmworkers United). The rally marked the presen The PCUN Boycott Committee has been gen tation of a petition signed by 2,032 Thriftway cus erating community support for the boycott in tomers and neighborhood residents asking the store Portland for more than a year by leaflcting, can vassing and giving public presentations. not to carry the boycotted products. 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