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HOOD RIVER NEWS | Hood River, Ore.
COMMUNITY
Hood River
Lions Club plans
Christmas Tree
pick-ups
The Hood River Lions Club
is again volunteering to pick
up Christmas trees for re-
cycling on Saturday, Jan. 11
starting at 10 a.m. Lions ask
for a donation per tree for
local community projects.
Volunteers will cover all
streets within the City of
Hood River, and will pick up
in the Stonegate and Summit
View areas off of Frankton
Road the streets off Avalon
Drive.
Trees need to be at the
curb by 9 a.m. on Jan. 11, as
Lions make just one pass in
each area and move to the
next. Sometimes trees are
missed because of parked
vehicles blocking the view or
other reasons.
“If volunteers miss you,
leave a comment on the
Hood River Lions Facebook
Photo by Michael and Angela Schock
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Michael and Angela Schock, who live on Hood River’s west side, write, “We were welcomed into the New Year with a bright set
of rainbows.”
page or send us a message on
the Facebook page and we’ll
make sure it gets picked up,”
said Lion Greg Simpson.
Please remove all lights,
other decorations and
stands, as these trees will be
recycled into mulch.
“If we can identify which
residence the tree came
from, we will contact you,
or leave a donation envelope
if you’re not home,” said a
press release. Donations can
also be mailed to Hood River
Lions Club, P.O. Box 860,
Hood River, OR 97031.
Funds from this project go
into Lions Community Fund
and are returned to the com-
munity in a variety of ways.
The club is on target to raise
more than $50,000 this fiscal
year, most of which stays in
Hood River County.
Volunteers miss you?
If volunteers miss picking up your Christmas tree, leave a comment
on the Hood River Lions Facebook page and someone will come to
pick it up.
Gorge communities plan
Martin Luther King Day observances
Gorge residents are invited
to participate in a celebration
of the life, work and dreams of
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
on Monday, Jan. 20.
The theme of this year’s cel-
ebration, sponsored by Gorge
Ecumenical Ministries (GEM),
is “Perseverance in the Strug-
gle for Justice.”
Events will begin at 4 p.m.
with simultaneous workshops:
“Get Informed About Immi-
gration Laws” in Spanish and
“Being an Ally for the Common
Good” in English.
The workshops will be fol-
lowed by a celebration with
music and guest speakers at
5:30 p.m. and a community
potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone interested in partic-
ipating in a community Gospel
Choir during the 5:30 p.m. cel-
ebration is invited to contact
Evelyn Charity at 541-380-1815
by Jan. 13.
The MLK events will take
place at Riverside Communi-
ty Church, located at Fourth
and State streets in downtown
Hood River.
Events are free of charge and
open to the public. Donations
will be accepted to support
the community justice work of
Gorge Ecumenical Ministries.
Childcare and professional
Spanish language interpreta-
tion will be available.
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