Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Siletz news / (Siletz, OR) 199?-current | View Entire Issue (March 1, 2018)
Photo by Diane Rodriquez Representatives from organizations that received Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund grants on Feb. 2 Tribe continues to give to community organizations through charitable fund The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contri- bution Fund distributed $186,171.14 to 46 organizations today as it continued its quarterly donations to nonprofit groups. The Siletz Tribe has made contribu- tions through employment, monetary donations and cooperative measures to the Siletz community, Lincoln County and the state of Oregon. The seven-member charitable fund advisory board has dis- tributed more than $11.4 million since its inception in 2001. Overall, the Tribe has honored its tradition of sharing within the community by distributing more than $14.7 million through the charitable fund and other Tribal resources. Chinook Winds has donated more than $2.8 million in cash and fund-raising items since it opened in 1995. The casino also provides in- kind donations of convention space for various fund-raisers as well as technical support, advertising and manpower for many events. The next deadline to submit appli- cations is March 5, 2018. Eligibility for money from the charitable fund is limited to two categories: • Entities and activities located in the Siletz Tribe’s 11-county service area (Lincoln, Tillamook, Linn, Lane, Benton, Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Mult- nomah, Washington and Clackamas counties) Native American entities and activi- ties located anywhere in the U.S. • Applications and requirements can be obtained at ctsi.nsn.us/charitable-con- tribution-fund; by calling 800-922-1399, ext. 1227, or 541-444-8227; or by mail- ing Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, P.O. Box 549, Siletz, OR 97380- 0549. Applications can be submitted via e-mail at stccf@live.com. Siletz Clinic’s Mail Order Pharmacy To use mail order pharmacy to order your refills after hours and on weekends: Please call the Siletz Clinic 7-10 days before you need your refills. This allows us time to contact your provider, if necessary, and for mailing. • • Call 800-648-0449; enter 1624 as soon as the clinic’s message begins – you’ll be transferred to the refill line. Or call the refill line direct – 541-444-9624. Feb. 2 – Distribution of $186,171.14 Arts – $11,217 Bridgeway House – space rental, mar- keting and supplies for theatre production featuring children with autism; Eugene, OR; $2,067 Portland Center Stage – actor and production costs of DeLanna Studi’s And So We Walked: An Artist’s Journey Along the Trail of Tears; Portland, OR; $5,000 St. Johns Center for Opportunity – pop- up canopies and musician fees for neigh- borhood art walk; Portland, OR; $3,400 Yaquina Art Association – steel materials to fabricate new security gate at gallery entrance; Newport, OR; $750 Drug & Alcohol Treatment – $2,180 Sharing Hands Inc. – GED course and test fees for clients in recovery; Browns- ville, OR; $2,180 Education – $37,804.85 Altrusa International of Yaquina Bay – supplies and paperback books for Inspired Writers Project for sixth-graders in Lincoln City, Newport, Siletz, Toledo and Waldport; Newport, OR; $2,200 Career Tech High School – mileage, meals, cooking supplies and student incentives for Culinary and Food Services program; Lincoln City, OR; $4,735 Cedar Park Middle School – student supplies for earthquake preparedness and bridge building projects in seventh- and eighth-grade science classes; Portland, OR; $600 Eddyville Charter School – Chrome- books to improve use of technology in education goals in two elementary class- rooms; Eddyville, OR; $2,100 Oregon Coast Community College, Nursing Program – health care simulation training manikin and peripheral equip- ment; Newport, OR; $23,000 Oregon Coast Visitors Association – curriculum, copying and Oregon Restau- rant and Lodging Association instructor training to implement hospitality worker training and certification program; Til- lamook, OR; $2,500 South Prairie School – large seating- delineated rug and headphones for third- grade classroom; Tillamook, OR; $669.85 Sprague High School, Honors Research Class – digital and technical equipment for independent investigative research and sci- ence classes; Salem, OR; $2,000 Environment & Natural Resource Preservation – $14,563 Devils Lake Water Improvement District – aeration system installation for Devils Lake water quality improvement; Lincoln City, OR; $10,000 Nez Perce Tribe, Wildlife Division – initiate ammunition exchange program to reduce lead from spent ammo in food web within Tribal community; Lapwai, ID; $4,563 Housing – $10,000 St. Vincent De Paul of Lane County – upgrade infrastructure to help rehabilitate Saginaw Mobile Home Park to preserve affordable low-income housing options in rural Lane County; Eugene, OR; $10,000 Other – $5,750 Health – $37,547 Business for Excellence in Youth – food for weekly food backpacks delivered to 300 + students in Lincoln City schools; Neotsu, OR; $2,000 City of Creswell – sprung f loor- ing, glassless Mylar mirrors and studio improvements for dance and movement classes; Creswell, OR; $5,000 Corvallis-Albany Farmers Market – Power of Produce Club for children age 5-12 ($4 of tokens per week per child); Corvallis, OR; $2,000 Fair Share Gleaners – food for commu- nity food bank; Sweet Home, OR; $2,000 Lane Senior Support Coalition – emer- gency assistance for seniors to help with utilities, home repairs/access, dental, medi- cal, transportation, etc.; Eugene, OR; $5,000 Lincoln County Oral Health Coali- tion – dental volunteer recruitment bro- chure and dental providers event to plan for emergency services in community; Newport, OR; $1,500 Mary’s River Gleaners – food for com- munity food bank; Corvallis, OR; $2,000 Mountain Gospel Fellowship – gas vouchers for volunteer transporters’ vehicles for Friday Produce Distribution Program; Falls City, OR; $1,400 North Santiam Gleaners – food for community food bank; Scio, OR; $2,000 Olalla Center for Children and Fami- lies – replace flooring, and lighting and therapy/respite room furnishings/supplies; Toledo, OR; $10,000 Philomath Community Gleaners – food for community food bank; Corvallis, OR; $2,000 RSVP of Linn, Benton and Lincoln Counties – durable medical equipment for seniors and persons with disabilities; Albany, OR; $2,647 Historical Preservation – $38,450 Friends of Historic Butteville – fenc- ing for restoration of historic Butteville river landing on Willamette River; Don- ald, OR; $6,000 Makah Cultural and Research Center – printing Makah Museum exhibit leaflets and visitor rack cards; Neah Bay, WA; $7,450 Siletz Tribal Arts & Heritage Society – museum capital building fund; Siletz, OR; $25,000 American Legion Post 122 – repair heat pump in building; Canby, OR; $5,000 Yachats Pride – Transgender Tea Party and LGBTQ speakers panel during Yach- ats Pride 2018; Yachats, OR; $750 Prevention – $7,081 City of Sweet Home – sponsorship of “Sweetheart of a Run in a Sweetheart of a Town” walk/run fundraiser for youth recre- ation activities; Sweet Home, OR; $1,878 Eddyville Charter School – girls and boys basketball uniforms for third- to sixth-graders and uniform storage totes; Eddyville, OR; $1,000 Hillsboro High School, Grad Night – alcohol- and drug-free all-night gradu- ation party; Hillsboro, OR; $500 Milwaukie High School, Grad Night – alcohol- and drug-free all-night gradu- ation party; Milwaukie, OR; $500 Nestucca High School, Grad Night – alcohol- and drug-free all-night gradu- ation party; Pacific City, OR; $500 Oregon Titans Fastpitch – helmets, jackets and uniforms for girls age 9-18 softball team; Independence, OR; $1,203 Taft High 7-12, Grad Night – alcohol- and drug-free all-night graduation party; Neotsu, OR; $500 Toledo High School, Grad Night – alcohol- and drug-free all-night gradua- tion party; Toledo, OR; $500 Youth Movement – lunch for partici- pants at American Indian youth empower- ment through sports and education event; Eugene, OR; $500 Public Safety – $21,578.29 Depoe Bay Fire District – emergency food supplies and shelter for Otter Rock cache; Gleneden Beach, OR; $2,000 North Lincoln Fire & Rescue and Depoe Bay Fire District – haz-mat suits and equipment to improve response time to spills; Lincoln City, OR; $9,500 Siletz Valley Fire District – chest compression machine; Siletz, OR; $8,000 Tillamook County Search and Rescue – two AED units, printer and microwave for SAR command trailer and training center; Tillamook, OR; $2,078.29 March 2018 • Siletz News • 9
