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<r*<**r^*4 f v V r i v o V t T v r t r i r*'* »v » « »»> «# » » v » v * v » ’>••»*» * * * ^ * * ^ ’ » * ' ♦ vVvvtJVWt- j W f / f W r - * ♦ • * »v V V M V > , VVVV4 v » v » v ^ » ‘t •» Serving the community through cultural diversity Y oluinn XXIII. N um ber 39 -VW »» »v> » » » »»TW ............ 1 September 22. 1993 Habitat for Humanity was one o f the many community organizations that benefited from Key Bank of Oregon’s Neighbors Make The Difference project. Eighteen Key Bank volunteers spent the afternoon pitching in to help with a Habitat for Humanity home renovation project on NE 6th Avenue. Instead o f financial statem ents and transactions, Key Bank o f O r egon employees attended to plant ing flowers, tutoring kids and col lecting food for the homeless, Sept. 14. As part o f “Neighbors M ake the Difference” day, more than 800 Key Bank o f Oregon employ ees left their jobs for the afternoon to volunteer in their communities. Key Bank em ployees dedicated 3,200 hours to nearly 60 different projects. V olunteers accom plished a wide variety o f tasks, from paint ing playground equipm ent and to K ey B an k v o lu n te e rs, and mayors from 17 cities and towns stretching from Portland to Eu gene proclaim ed Sept. 14 “N eigh bors M ake the Difference” day. Except for a handful o f locations. Key Bank branches and offices closed at 1pm that day. “W ecall ourselves ‘A m erica's Neighborhood B ank,’ and to us, being a good neighbor means get ting involved with our communi ties and helping others,” said Ted W innowski, C EO and president o f K ey B an k o f O re g o n , “ O u r branches and offices picked their own volunteer projects, which gave helping low income families refur bish their homes to cleaning up areas in their home town M ore than 100 Key Bank volunteers pitched in to help local seniors with yard work, home m aintenance and arts and crafts projects. Six pub lic use areas, including neighbor hoods, p ark s an d recreational areas were cleaned up, weeded and replanted Some 130 volun teers collected clothes, food and donations for battered wom en's shelters, hom eless shelter, low- income families and refugees G overnor B arb a ra R oberts issued a letter o f commendation Portland Police Chief To Keynote Mentorship Program Portland Police Chief Charles Moose will discuss the valueofhigher education during a reception for Afri can American high school students in Portland The reception will provide information about when and how to select a college, the application pro cess, college life and financial aid. The reception, sponsored by the Linfield College Mentorship Pro gram, will be held Thursday, Sept. 23. from 6 to 7:30pm. in the foyer of Peterson Hall on Linfield's Portland Campus, 2255 NW Northrup Moose will discuss the value of higher edu cation and how students can benefit from attending college. A group of Portland profession als arc giving something back to their community by reaching out to help young people succeed and achieve their dreams. Led by Portland businessman Baruti Artharee, president of Coast Industries, a group of Linfield Col lege alumni organized the Mentorship Program and designed it to provide role models and support to African American students attending Linfield The mentor remains available to the student if needed and prov ides them another av enue for support or assis tance A student group meets on a weekly basis to socialize and discuss issues of concern. In addition to serv ing as role models and providing support, the mentors can also help the students establish a network in the Portland area that will benefit them after their college years. The idea for the Mentorship Pro gram began during a fund raising effort initiated by Byron Brown an other Linfield alumnus, to establish an endowed scholarship in memory of Frazier Sparrow , a Linfield alum nus who was killed in a car accident in 1989 As funding for the scholar ship progressed, so did the desire for the former college classmates and friends to remain in contact and give something back to young people in their community and alma mater Linfield President Vivian A Bull will attend the reception along with John Reed, dean o f enrollment services; Dave Hansen, dean o f students, and several Linfield stu dents and faculty members M em bers o f the Mentorship group w ill also be in attendance For more information, contact John Reed, 472-4121, ext 279 LOOK FOR OUR MBE SPECIAL SEPTEMBER 29 & OCOTBER 6 a . a • 4. * * * A. w * ? * » < * * < / , • * * * - * . ♦ * • « • • - • * / * ’• ? * * M 4 em ployees a chance to choose projects they deemed important to their individual communities. We hope our closure did not inconve nience our customers too much and we hope they share with us our pride in being able to help in our communities.” “Neighbors Make The Differ ence” is a corporate-wide program. The 10 Key Banks in Alaska, Colo rado, Idaho, Maine, New York, Oregon, Utah, W ashington and Wyoming completed 745 projects for local, not-for-profit agencies 12,234 Key employees worked 48, 997 hours in their communities to complete these projects. KeyCorp (NYSE: DEY) with as sets over $32 billion, is a multi-re gional bank holding company head quartered in Albany, New York As “America’s Neighborhood Bank,” KeyCorp avoids overcrowded mar ketplaces, concentrating its resources in smaller communities KeyCorp focuses its business on consumers and small to medium sized commer cial enterprises. Students To Have Access To Computer Network A U.S. Department of Education grant of $80,000 will allow the Or egon Department ofEducat ion to con nect elementary and secondary stu dents and staff to Internet, an interna tional computer network Internet is a system o f about 12,000 interconnected networks used by an estimated 12 million people worldwide It includes the network o f the Library o f Con gress, NASA and many universi ties and technology com panies throughout the world “This connection will have a sig nificant effect on learning,” said State School Supt. Norma Paulus. “As well as using the library that's down the hall, students will now have access to information systems throughout the world.” Oregon students and staff will use Internet mainly for electronic mail which will allow them to ex change information and collabo rate on projects. “ For example,” Paulus said, “ students in Nyssa might exchange data on a science p ro jec t w ith stu d en ts in New Zealand ” The system, called the Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN), will connect schools to Internet through North WcstNct using a model implemented in Lane County earlier this year. Students and staff in schools not connected to a hub to access OPEN can dial in to Internet as long as they have a microcomputer and modem OPEN is expected to be opera tional this fall There will be some minimal start-up costs for school and education service districts, but the expenses will be a fraction o f what it would cost if each district acted independently. The network will allow con nected school districts and the O r egon Departm ent o f Education to comm unicate instantly. “This is a quantum leap from our current practice - mailing letters and m ak ing phone calls,” said Paulus. KINCO Helps Kids International Kinco International has an nounced plans to donate a portion of it's profits to the Boys and Girls Clubs The non-profit agency sen ices ov er 5,000 "at risk" youth in the Portland area Kinco, a Portland-based indus trial and sports glove wholesaler, will donate $1.00 to the Boys and Girls Clubs for ev e n one dozen pairs o f insulated gloves it sells this season K inco'sglovcscan be found at welding supply and safety sup ply stores in Oregon and nation wide “I am a business owner and par ent who is very concerned about the direction many American kids arc taking,” commented Bmcc Kindlcr, Kinco’s president “1 know this con- ccpt is not a novice one, but it is my hope we can possibly set an example for other businesses to consider con tributing to a youth-oriented char ity.” If you have questions or need additional information, please call Pamela Rains at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Portland Metropolitan area at 232-0077
