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.
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