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Girl Scouts
Celébrale
International
Thinking Dag
th inking Day is an International
Girl Scout holiday, in which Girl
Scouts and Girl G uides gather to
think ol their sisters w orldw ide. This
year the Rosew ood Girl Scout neigh­
borhood o f N ortheast Portland ce le­
brated by holding an event at the St.
Andrew C hurch C om m unity Center,
4940 NE 8th A vneue, on Friday.
Each Girl Scout T roop in the
N eighborhood represented one co u n ­
try with a craft, dem onstration, and/
or a food. I he G irls also each partic­
ipated in a W orld A ssociation Pin
Cerem ony.
Cedric Ceballos, LA Lakers basketball >tar, visits The P u z z l e ' ^ i ^ k i d ^ S v i d F u ^ r ^ S ^ l ^ a
special episode entitled, "We Three Kings" airing on Friday, on PBS stations nationwide
Photo credit: Alan Shaffer.
G ood savings habits m ake sense.
Just ask the fifth grade class at M artin
Luther k in g E lem entary School in
northeast Portland
Through a partnership with the
Lloyd C enter branch o f Key Bank o f
O re g o n , fifth g ra d e rs in L o lita
I darby’s class are learn ing about bank-
ing, savings, and m anaging their
money And th ey ’ve established their
own teller w indow s at M artin Luther
k in g Elem entary to accom m odate
w eekly student deposits.
In addition, o ver a five w eek peri­
od, a representative from Key B ank’s
Lloyd C enter Branch m eets with stu ­
dents as part o f their curriculum .
“This program is an excellent way
for young people to learn good sav­
ings habits," said Scott Ringsage,
m anager o f the Lloyd C enter Key
Bank branch. "In addition to the
w eekly sessions we have with the
students, w e’ve also introduced a
new savings program in which stu­
dents are rew arded for establishing
and continuing a lifetim e o f good
savings habits."
Key B a n k o fO re g o n ’s D inoSaver
Statem ent Savings A ccount program
is a savings program recently intro­
duced toO regon schoolchildren Stu­
dents who make an initial deposit o f
$10 are rew arded with a C arnegie
C ollection dinosaur figurine and a
certificate for $5 savings deposit from
Key Bank o f Oregon.
Students are encouraged to add to
their accounts and add to their d in o ­
saur collection through tw ice yearly
offers o f new dinosaur collectibles
with additional $10 deposits.
Hands-On For
Earth Day '96
In the spirit o f com m unity-build­
ing. organizers and volunteers for
Earth Day '9ft are distributing thou­
sands of brochures all over the P ort­
land metro region encouraging chil­
dren and adults in neighborhoods,
schools, com m unities and business­
es to prom ote a healthy environm ent
and participate in "hands-on" projects
that conserve, protect and restore the
environm ent during Earth M onth,
April, Earth Week, April 15-21, and
Earth Day, April 20.
The n um berof Earth Day com m u­
nity-based projects is expected to be
even greater than the 225 projects
and 40,000 people that participated
in last y ear’s Earth Day, a record for
participation across the country.
H ands-on pro jects range from
large, organized illegal dum p and
garbage clean-ups, w etlands restora­
tion and educational conferences, to
sm all decentralized events planting
trees and com m unity gardens, learn­
ing alternatives to hazardous house­
hold projects and building backyard
com post piles.
T o request a hands-O n project
B rochure or find out more about
projects that you can sponsor, call
the Earth day Hotline at 224-9932.
Toastmasters Bring
Confidence To Speakers
Most people find it difficult to
stand up in front of a group and five
a speech for m ore that tw o seconds.
If you want to have any success in
this world, w hether it be selling a
product, sw aying voters, prom oting
legislation or talking to your neigh­
bors. it is very im portant to have
good public speaking and presenta-
• tion skills.
Fortunately aclubexists specifical­
ly designed to help people improve
these skills. Toastmasters Internation­
al was formed over sixty years ago to
help people improve their speaking,
listening and thinking skills. Today
there are thousands o f Toastm aster
Clubs all around the world. Toastm as­
ter members are able to learn through
hands-on projects, preparing and pre­
senting speeches to their club, and
receiving constructive feed back from
other club members.
The best way to learn about T o ast­
m asters, is to attend a club meeting.
T here arc nearly a hundred clubs
in the Portland Metropolikin area with
meetings every day of the week. Most
cluhs meet once a week. Guests are wel­
come toaltendclubmeetings, and try it i Hit.
If you would like to learn more about
IToastmasters, you can call the T o ast­
m aster at 293-1820. You will be sent
a list o f clubs in your area.
Program Needs Helpers
The Arc o f M ultnom ah County is
recruiting providers for its respite
care program.
The program serves fam ilies who
live with and care for a child or an
adult with a disability, R espite Care
recruits, screens and trains individu­
als to provide short term relief care to
fam ilies th ro u g h o u t M u ltn o m ah
County.
W hile they encourage individuals
with all level o f skills to apply, train­
ing is provided for those w ho have
little or no experience and is with few
exceptions free o f charge.
"There is a critical need,” accord-
ing to Stella Bouldin, Recruitm ent
and T raining C oordinator, “ for pro­
viders experienced with individuals
w ho have m edical needs, and espe­
cially those skilled in tube feeding,
handling seizures, and fam iliar with
behavior m anagem ent.” A lso in d e­
m and are m ale providers to provide
care for adult m ales as well as those
in their adolescent years.
C are may be provided in the fam ­
ily hom e or in the provider home,
follow ing an on-site screening by
A rc professionals. The Arc o f M ult­
nom ah also operates an afterschool
program .
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