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Women in Trades Fair May 8-10 Women and teenage girls can learn more about possible careers in con- struction, mechanical, utility, and other trades at the 22nd Annual Women in Trades Career Fair, sponsored by Ore- gon Tradeswomen Inc. Admission is free. This year’s fair will be held Thurs- day, May 8, through Saturday, May 10, at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center, 16021 NE Airport Way, Port- land. Employers and tradeswomen will be on hand to lead hands-on workshops and to talk about job opportunities, paid training programs, and more. Past workshops have included: Concrete Stepping Stones, Wind Power, Wire a Light and Switch, Building Bird Feed- ers, Highway Transportation, Climb a Utility Pole, Operate a Jackhammer, Make Sheetmetal Flower Pots, and much more. Saturday, May 10 is “Careers For Women Day,” and will be open to the general public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. At 1 p.m., a special workshop for dads and daughters will take place. Coffee and refreshments will be served and the first 20 daughters attending with an adult will receive a free gift. On Thursday, May 8, middle-school students will tour the fair, and May 9 is reserved for high school students. An estimated 1,100 students from more than 50 middle and high schools across Oregon and Southwest Washington are expected to participate. For more information, call 503-335- 8200, or go to their Web site at www. tradeswomen.net. Letter Carriers prepare for May 10 food drive Letter carriers in the Portland metro- politan area and in Clark County, Wash. will help “Stamp Out Hunger” on Sat- urday, May 10, part of the 22nd annual National Association of Letter Carriers and U.S. Postal Service Food Drive. Shortly, plastic bags will be deliv- ered to every household. All you have to do is fill the bag with nonperishable food items such as canned meat, fish and soup, cereals, pasta and rice, and leave it at your mailbox on the morning of Saturday, May 10. (Please do not in- clude glass items, homemade items or previously opened containers.) Letter Carriers will collect the bags and deliver them to drop points, where volunteers will sort the donations and forward them to the Oregon Food Bank. Food collected in Clark County will benefit Clark County hunger-relief agencies. The Food Drive raises more than 1.5 million pounds of food each year for the Oregon Food Bank. It is the largest one-day food collection of the year in Oregon — and in the nation. NW Oregon Labor Council relocates The Northwest Oregon Labor Council moved to a new office April 23. The space is located in the building owned by the IBEW and United Work- ers Federal Credit Union at 9955 SE Washington Street, Portland, Ore. 97216. NOLC is on the third floor in Suite 305. Their phone and fax numbers re- main the same: 503-235-9444 and 503- 233-8259. Executive Board meetings are now held in the second floor meet- ing room (Suite 201). Labor Appreciation Night slated June 7 Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 7, for the Northwest Oregon La- bor Council’s 17th annual Labor Ap- preciation and Recognition Night. This year’s dinner and awards cere- mony, which serves as a fundraiser for Labor’s Community Service Agency, will be held at Milwaukie Elks Lodge, 13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Dinner tickets are $20 per person. Raffle tick- ets also will be sold for $1 each or seven for $5. The labor council is currently ac- cepting cash and prize donations for the raffle. The labor council also is accepting nominations for persons to be recog- nized for their service to and with the labor community. The top award is the The Del Ricks Community Service Award, recognizing one individual for their exemplary service to labor and the community at-large. Nominations should be sent to: Northwest Oregon Labor Council, 9955 SE Washington St., Suite 305, Portland, OR 97216. For more information or to order tickets, call 503-235-9444. WA-CLUB charity golf tourney June 11-12 BREMERTON, Wash. — The Washington CLUB Charity Golf Clas- sic will be held June 11-12 at Gold Mountain Golf Complex in Bremerton, Washington. CLUB stands for Contractors, Leg- islators, Unions and Business. For the last 13 years the tournament, a fundraiser for three Washington char- ities, has been held the week before Fa- ther’s Day. Last year the tournament passed the $1 million milestone in money raised. The three charities are Holly Ridge Center in Bremerton, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the Diabetes Research In- stitute. Wednesday is a pre-CLUB tourna- ment in which participants play their own ball. Thursday is a four-team scramble format. For more information on how to be- come a tournament sponsor, or to regis- ter a team, contact Brian Remington at 206-432-9014 or e-mail him at: brian@golfcorpsolutions.com. PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 2, 2014
