8 • The Southwest Portland Post
BUSINESS
July 2017
Hillsdale appreciates customers with annual Blueberry Pancake Breakfast
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The 41st annual Hillsdale
Blueberry Pancake Breakfast will
be held on Sunday, July 30 from
8 a.m. to noon at the Key Bank/
Casa Colima plaza. The annual
customer appreciation breakfast is
organized by the Hillsdale Business
and Professional Association.
Mark Reynolds, financial advisor
with Edward Jones Investments, is
co-chair of the event this year and
says volunteers are still needed.
“We are grateful to OnPoint
Community Credit Union and Verde
Cocina for again being sponsors of
the breakfast,” Reynolds said. “These
two businesses provide financial
support, a team of volunteers, and
equipment.”
According to Mike Roach,
Hillsdale business owner and co-
chair of the business association,
over 1,000 pancakes are served up
at the annual breakfast.
“We went through 112 pints of
blueberries last year,” said Roach
who added that he was at the very
first event in 1976.
According to Roach, the annual
breakfast is likely one of the longest,
uninterrupted events for a business
district in Portland. The average
attendance is around 500-600
participants.
Local business owners join together
to serve a first-class breakfast with
real maple syrup, donated by Baker
and Spice Bakery. The breakfast will
include sausage, eggs, blueberry
pancakes, fresh-squeezed orange
juice and unlimited hot coffee from
the Hillsdale Starbucks.
“All this for a modest price that
is designed to just break even,”
Roach said. “Any profit made goes
to defray a small fraction of the cost
of the hanging flower baskets on
Capitol Highway.”
One of the longest serving
volunteers is Buzz Bowman, owner
of Bowman’s Pharmacy, and the
oldest ski patrolman in Oregon.
Bowman has the chief chef spot in
the line.
“I come in a little later now to help
flip pancakes and then stay to help
clean-up,” said Bowman, 87.
Bowman figures he missed just a
few in the last four decades.
Complete with the local fire truck
from Fire Station No. 5, the event
also includes musicians and a book
sale down the street.
For more information or to volunteer,
please contact Heather or Tara at the
Portland Wellness Clinic at 503-
245-6516 or portlandwellnessoffice@
yahoo.com
Hard and soft cover book
donations needed for the
Hillsdale Book Sale
The 12th annual Hillsdale Book
Sale will be held on the same day
as the Blueberry Pancake Breakfast,
Sunday, July 30. The event is held at
the Watershed Building at Southwest
Capitol Highway and Bertha Court
and also extends along Capitol
Highway eastward. Food Front and
OnPoint Community Credit Union
are event sponsors.
The sale benefits the non-profit
Hillsdale Community Foundation,
which donates proceeds to
community and school projects.
“We need books,” said Rick Seifert,
River West Village kick-off event
scheduled for July 8
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
River West Village, the virtual
village in Southwest Portland, is
becoming a reality. An information
s e s s i o n a n d k i c k - o ff e v e n t i s
scheduled for Saturday, July 8, at
10 a.m. at the St. Luke Lutheran
Church fellowship hall, 4595 SW
California St.
“We have set our official ‘launch’
date for Oct. 1,” announced Bev
Snow-Kuehn, River West Village
co-chair. “This is when we open
our program to members and begin
delivering services.”
River West Village’s mission
is to build and sustain an inter-
generational organization that
provides older Southwest Portland
area residents with trained
volunteers and affordable paid
services.
“This allows elderly individuals
to stay in their homes as long as
possible,” Snow-Kuehn said. “This
will support them to age in place
and thrive as members of a safe,
caring community.”
Some of the examples of services
that the organization provides
are volunteer drivers (for medical
appointments, running errands,
or social activities), computer
assistance, minor home repairs,
and referrals to professional services
such as plumbers, electricians, and
yard maintenance.
“We hold a variety of social
events,” she said. “These include
potluck dinners, walks, happy
hours, movie and theater groups,
and coffee meet-ups.”
Volunteer trainings will begin in
late July. Throughout the summer,
the organization will be doing
outreach at a variety of community
events including the Hillsdale
Farmers Market, Lamb’s Thriftway,
Multnomah Days and others.
“All volunteers and services are
vetted and pre-screened for the
safety and reliability of all,” said
Snow-Kuehn.
The service area is generally
S o u t h w e s t P o r t l a n d f ro m t h e
Willamette River westward to
Scholls Ferry Road, and north of
Lake Oswego.
River West Village is a volunteer
organization working as a program of
Villages Northwest, a nonprofit 501(c)
(3) organization. For more information
visit www.RiverWestVillage.org.
Hillsdale shoppers browse the sidewalk displays at the annual Hillsdale Book Sale.
(file photo courtesy of Rick Seifert)
one of the volunteer organizers of
the event. “Make your donations on
the two Sundays prior to the sale.”
Donation hours are from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. on Sundays July 16 and 23 at
the Hillsdale Farmers Market.
Seifert said you can also make mid-
week donations at the Watershed
Building on the two Tuesdays and
Thursdays prior to the sale: July
18, 20, 25 and 27 from 3 p.m. to
5 p.m. Parking is available at the
southbound curb on Bertha Court.
“No unwanted books, please,”
Seifert said. “Textbooks, almanacs,
encyclopedias, dated reference
books, catalogs, and magazines have
no value and should be recycled.”
“We gladly accept DVDs and CDs,
though” Seifert said. “Donations are
tax-deductible so make sure to grab
a receipt.”
For more information, contact Rick
Seifert at wfseifert@gmail.com.
August is hot!
So be cool and advertise in
our Multnomah Days
special edition
Includes feature story and
photos of past celebrations.
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