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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 2008)
MAY 16, 2008 Together, let’s create a personalized strategy for your goals and dreams, whether Pixie Project Serves Pet Lovers Nate, a 1 1/2-year-old black domestic short hair cat, was abandoned by his owner and taken to a shelter. Now, Nate hangs out in the cat room at the Pixie Project, 510 N.E. Martin Luther King ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ planning for your retirement evaluating your current portfolio managing your inheritance saving for your children’s education managing distributions from your retirement accounts ♦ utilizing unique planning strategies for singles and same gender couples ♦ aligning your financial goals with your social and environmental values. Frontrunners Makes Splash at Pride The Portland Frontrunners gay running team springs to mind around Pride season because of the group’s annual Fun Run. With more than 100 members, Portland Frontrunners has become a healthy staple in the sexual minorities community. Since 2001, when the organization became a nonprofit division of International Frontrunners, the club has continued to grow. Its mission is to promote good health and provide positive social interaction through running, walking and events in a supportive queer running community. “I absolutely love this organization because it is Karli Covington (left with Malcolm) and Amy Sacks (right with Sadie) are helping animals get great for runners at any level. When I started with fixed and adopted through the Pixie Project. Frontrunners I was out of shape and had never been a runner, but people were so supportive and Jr. Blvd. Like Nate, many other cats and dogs at stayed with my pace to motivate and support me,” the Pixie Project are ready to go home with lov said CM Hall, spokeswoman for the organization. ing families. The organization’s weekly runs have gained The Pixie Project is a nonprofit, no-kill popularity. Monday night’s Ladies Run has had a adoption agency that raises awareness about major impact for runners’ bodies and minds. “Not spaying and neutering pets. With profits from only did I meet my partner of over three years dur its pet supply store, the Pixie Project puts ing the ladies run, but I also have been able to animals into the inner-city spotlight. Anyone serve as a mentor to younger female runners and passing the Oregon Convention Center can have developed great relationships in the proc see the cat room in the front window, com ess,” said Frontrunners member Liz Kellogg. plete with ladders, scratching posts and several Like many local groups, Portland Frontrunners cats waiting for permanent homes. is gearing up for Pride weekend. Frontrunners is Amy Sacks, founder and executive director of the Pixie Project, said: “I’ve always been an animal lover, and so f has my family. 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