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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Volume 44, Issue 23
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, played by Emily Robison, relays to Oberon how she came across a group of players in the forest and decided to curse one, Nick Bottom, by fixing an
head upon him. This trickery happens to coincide with Oberon’s plans to force his queen, Titania, to fall in love with some beast.
SG brings awareness to local foster kids
By Brittany Anderson
The Clackamas Print
tional celebratory time into one of disappointment.
There are currently 372 foster kids in the
Clackamas County area and at least 12 of these
Io you feel like making a difference in kids are graduating this year. The ASG students
tone’s life? By joining Associated Student decided to give these kids a helping hand.
trnment in raising funds for foster kids, you
The barbecue included a raffle and four trees
do just that.
covered in 93 blue ribbons and one balloon per
In May 18 there was a foster kids awareness tree. Each ribbon represented a foster child in the
ecue outside of the community center. The Clackamas County area. There were games and
lose of this event was to raise money for foster many food choices including hot dogs, chicken
in the Clackamas County area who are gradu- sausages, veggie burgers, hamburgers, soda and
i high school or are otherwise aging out of cake. The barbeque raised $500 and collected 10
ptem. With May being National Foster Care bags of goods for these foster kids.
ith, this fundraiser is perfectly timed.
The event was the brainchild of ASG’s Mandie
think foster kids are a population that doesn’t Gavitt, who is also a member of The Clackamas Print.
b get recognized very often,” said Alyssa
“Mandie contacted me and asked if there was
[president of ASG.
any needs that weren’t met in regards to foster
lost probably don’t tend to think about what kids; her event was planned around those needs,”
lens to foster kids after they turn 18. According said Victoria Pearse of the Oregon Department of
leanna Tracy, the administrative assistant of Human Services. “We really appreciate the support
in many cases these kids have nowhere to go Mandie got at the fundraiser. We get a lot of kids
no help whatsoever.
who have completely nothing. It’s great for them to
Mier entering the age of adulthood, the foster know that there are individuals in the community
y can choose to no longer house the child,” who care about their well-being and that they have
paid. “So in a lot of cases these kids become support.”
[less. After these kids turn 18, the state no
Various members of ASG all worked hard to
kpays for their basic needs. If an emergency ensure that this event was successful and assisted
R arise, these kids are out of luck.”
in setting up for the event and put ribbons on the
ls a heart-breaking situation, made worse for trees, which took more than three hours.
I kids who turn 18 before their high school
Although the barbecue is over, donations of
fation. These kids have no money to pay for money and goods are still being accepted. Contact
pap and gown for graduation, turning a tradi­ asgpromo@clackamas.edu for morh information.
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Nathan Sturgess Clackamas Print
Blue ribbons cover the trees next to the community center
on May 18 in support of local foster kids.
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