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Local Teens
Go Hungry To
Help Africa
While thousands of U.S. troops are
working to provide safe passage for the
food that is so desperately needed by
the starving people of Somalia, young
people in Portland are making their
own efforts to fight starvation by taking
part in World Vision’s annual 30 Hour
Famine. Over 200 Portland teens are
among more than 10,000 across the
country who have already committed
themselves to go without food for 30
hours to help feed the hungry in Soma
lia and around the world.
“The enthusiasm here in Portland
has been incredible,” says local World
Vision representative Ruth Nottingham.
“These kids are really committed to
making a difference in the world, and
they deserve our support”
To join in the 30 Hour Famine,
participants obtain sponsor books and
educational materials from World Vi
sion by calling the 30 Hour Famine Hot
Line at 1-800-7-FAMINE. Around the
U.S., schools, churches, youth groups
and individuals are already recruiting
sponsors to support their 30 hour fast by
pledging donations. From 1:00 p.m.
Friday, February 19 to 7:00 p.m. on
Saturday, February 20, the participants
will go without food, taking only water
and fruit juices. The funds raised will be
used to fight hunger through World
Vision projects. Last year, more than 1
million participants around the word
raised over $15 million.
Students
Raising
Funds For
Somali
Medical Aid
Holiday Lunch
Program For
School Children
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Santa (fans’ Visit To Hwamaa Celebration
Media representatives interested in
reporting on the Portland School
district’s efforts to feed children during
the holiday school vacation can visit
Vernon Elementary School, 2044 N.E.
Killingsworth St., Monday, Dec. 21,
from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
School personnel and volunteers
will be serving soup, sandwiches, fruit
and milk to children in the north Port
land area.
S chool B oard m em ber B ill
Panaretos, whocreated the holiday lunch
program, will be at Vernon to answer
media questions.
In addition to Vernon School, lunch
is being served Dec. 21 -24 and Dec. 28-
31 at the following schools:
Arleta Elementary ,5109 S.E. 66th
Ave.
B each E le m e n ta ry , 1710 N.
Humboldt Street
Boise-Eliot Elem entary, 620 N.
Fremont Street
C larendon Elem entary, 9325 N.
Van Houten Street
K enton E lem en tary , 7528 N.
Fenwick Street
King Elem entary, 4906 N.E. 6th
Avenue
Rigler Elem entary, 5401 N.E.
Prescott Street
Sunnyside Elem entary,3421 S.E.
Salmon Street
PCC Offers Workshop
Series On Theme Of
Racial Harmony
Santa delivers gifts to the mothers and children of Project Network
Squeals, shouts of delight and
frenzied excitement resulted as Santa
Claus, the merriest Merry Maker of
all limes, made his grand entrance
into the midst of fifty plus children at
the Project Network office building.
Some children eagerly accepted
Santa’s invitation to sit on his knee
and discuss their past years behavior,
or express their Christmas expecta
tion, and others were not accustomed
to Santa’s bizarre appearance, and
they sought refuge in their mothers
arms.
Joyce Harris of the Black Educa
tion Center presented an educational
program on Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is a
non-dcnominational African-Ameri
can cultural event based on the har
vest celebrations held in many Afri
can communities.
The seven day holiday is ob
served from December 26 thru Janu
ary 1, and is based on seven prin
ciples: unity, self determination, col
lective work and responsibility .coop
erative economics, purpose, creativ
ity and faith. Each night celebrants
observe one of these principles with a
candlelighling ceremony followedby
activities which reflect the theme for
Portland Community College will
present “A Vision of Race Unity Work
shop,” a Tuesjiay evening series of pre
sentations and discussions led by - and
for -- community leaders in the metro
politan area.
The series is intended to focus on
how to bring the healing process to the
currently challenging issue of racism.
Participants in the series can increase
their awareness of this sensitive and
timely issue and explore specific solu
tions which may apply in their area of
influence.
Here is an outline of the series.
Jan. 5 Dr. Michael Balter,“A vision
of Race Unity”
Jan. 12 Dr. Darrell Millner, “His
torical Dimensions of Racial Issues”
Jan. 19 Charles Boulden, “Con
temporary Issues and Perspectives’
Jan. 26 Denise McVey and Janet
Filips, “A Racist Incident - Two Views
in Black and White”
Joyce Harris of Black Education Center conducts Kwaanza Ceremony
the evening. Gifts arc given to the
children on the last day of the celebra
tion for the good work they have done
throughout the year.
Legacy Health System includes:
Emanuel Hospital & Health Center,
Good Samaritan Hospital & Health
Center, Holladay Park Medical Cen
ter, Meridian Park Hospital, Mount
hood Medical Center, Visiting Nurse
Association and Managed Healthcare
care Northwest/PPO.
Ronald E. Waite
When the sixth-graders at Beau
mont Middle School began discussing
events in Somalia in their social studies
classes recently, they were so touched
by the plight of the children o f the
country that they decided they wanted
to help them.
With the permission of their teach
ers and principal, they made posters
asking others in the school to join them
and placed collection boxesout in some
rooms during the lunch break and after
school.
Their efforts have been directed
toward raising funds, which will help
send medical supplies to the ill and
starving in Somalia.
On Friday in a morning assembly,
the school plans to present a check for
$360.44 to representative Ronald E.
Waite from Northwest Medical Teams.
The money will be used to transport
medical supplies to the country.
The collection has grown steadily,
with many of the school’s 750 students
and staff members contributing daily
since the boxes have been out, accord
ing to Ora Lee Green, a sixth-grade
teacher and integration coordinator at
the school.
Green said there was special inter
est among the students be cause on
sixth-grader, Vina Kassai, recently
came to Oregon from another small
African country near Somalia.
“The students wanted to do some
thing, and they feel that this is the real
Christmas spirit, by giving to someone
who is not able to give anything
back,”Grccn said.
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Oldc Saint Nick made an early stop
this year to bring Christmas joy to more
than 100 at-risk children and their fami
lies who arc part of the Child and Fam
ily Program of Mental Health Services
West.
Infants, toddlers, elementary-aged
kids and teenagers, as well as their
parents, were treated to an early Christ
mas dinner and a holiday party made
possible by some 200 Portland General
Electric Co. (PGE) employees who
donated needed gift items and cloth ing.
Another three dozen PGE employees
organized and volunteered at the party,
which was held at the World Trade
Center building, 121 SW Salmon St.,
Wednesday, Dec. 16.
The festivities included games for
the children, face painting, tree decorat
ing, arts and crafts sessions, and holiday
videos and music. The kids also had the
opportunity to sit on Santa and Mrs.
Claus’s laps while a photo was snapped
for them to take as keepsakes.’T h is is an
event that our employee vol unteers look
forward to each Christmas,” says Kathy
Carlson, PGE Community Resources
Manager. “It’s a time when we can all
reach out to the many families that don ’ t
have other opportunities to enjoy Christ
mas. It’s also a time for us to let these
very special families know that people
in the community do care about them.”
“This was the largest party yet in
the eight years that PGE has helped us
put on this event,” says Margie McLeod,
of Mental Health Services West. “For
many families involved in the Child and
Family program, this party has become
a holiday tradition.”
Mental Health Services West, a
private non-profit agency, launched the
Child and Family Program to provide
counseling services and offer a thera
peutic preschool to families whose chil
dren arc experiencing emotional and
behavioral problems. Nearly all of the
200 families served through this pro
gram arc also severely economically
disadvantaged.
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Feb. 2 Catrinus Wallet and McKinley
Williams, “Diversity in the Workplace”
Feb. 9 W endy Schlitz, “ W hite
Struggles Against Racism”
Feb. 16 Joy Cross, “Axiology”
Feb. 23 Kathleen Cross, “Beyond
Color Blindness”
Mar 2 Abdi Hassan, “Racial Issue
Theories of the 50s and 60s”
Mar 9 Dr. Michael Balter, “Models
of Unity”
The series is offered through the
Community Education department at the
PCC Rock Creek Campus and is spon
sored by the Bahai community of Wash
ington County.
The class will meet at Sunset High
School, 13840 N. W. Cornell Road, from
7 to 9 p.m. Tuition is $43. Interested
persons are asked to register for and
attend the whole series.
For more information, call the PCC
Community Education office at 244-
6111, ext. 7307.