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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1998)
X • 7 'X i - JL ► 4> l e d NWK JAN. 21. 1998 Page A5 a > u ori lattò (Oh semer America’s Fa Nursery Receives Grant V o lu n teers of A m erica (V G A ). O r egon received a $ 10.000 gran t from The O regon C om m unity F o u n d atio n (O C F) to fund the Fam ily N ursery p ro g ram , a prev en tio n and early in te rv e n tio n p ro gram lor ch ild ren and their p aren ts in al- risk fam ilies O CF aw arded the grant based on the Fam ily N u rse ry ’s co n g ru en cy w ith the fo u n d a tio n 's funding o b je c tiv e s in c lu d ing stre n g th e n in g ol a tta c h m e n t and bonding betw een p aren ts and c h ild re n , parents learn in g to belici cope w ith p a rental and life stresses, fam ilies m oving tow ard a safer, more stable life sty le and aw ay from alco h o l, drugs, d o m estic v io lence and violent b eh av io rs. T he grant was made p o ssib le th ro u g h $ 5 ,0 0 0 front the A nna W heeler H ayes Fund. $ 3 .0 0 0 from the S c h a m p F am ily Fu n d and $2.000 front the W eston Fam ily Fund V olunteers of A m e ric a s Fam ily N u rs ery is a p rev en tio n and early in te rv e n tion pro ject w hich lakes a c o m p re h e n sive ap proach to e lim in a tin g the abu se and neglect o f very young c h ild re n The pro g ram serv es paren ts of in fa n ts, to d d lers and p re sc h o o l-a g e ch ild re n to d e velop h ealth y fam ily re la tio n sh ip s and build on e x istin g fam ily stren g th s. In 1996. 30 O regon ch ild re n died of ab u se or neg lect. S ev en teen o f these d eath s re su lte d from n e g le c t, 13 from ab u se, w hile 10 of these deaths w ere c h ild re n under age 3 O regon claim s a 3.8 p ercen t in crease in ch ild re n id e n ti fied as abuse v ictim s from I 9 9 5 i o 1996. T he O regon C om m unity F oundation w as e sta b lish e d in 1973 and m anages c h a rita b le funds given by in d iv id u a ls, fa m ilie s, and b u sin esses to e n h an ce and su p p o rt the q u ality o f life in th eir c o m m u n ities T o d ay , the F ou n d atio n s e n dow m ent co nsists ot 500 funds with c o m bined a s s e t s ol $200 m illion. V o lu n te e rs of A m erica. O regon is a n o t-fo r-p ro fit, hum an serv ice o rg a n iz a tion serving the P ortland co m m u n ity for m ore than 100 years through its service to c h ild re n and fam ilies, sen io r c itiz e n s, and a d u lts and ju v e n ile s in com m unity c o rre c tio n s. C l-iild Ebony and Brandon. Ages 7 & 6 This delightful brother and sister have ready smiles and ideas to share. They are two of over 300 Oregon children currently awaiting adoption. Ebony likes to color, play outdoors, swim, sing, and put puzzles together. She is enjoying first grade, after having benefitted from an all-day Kindergarten last year which helped prepare her with pre-academic skills. She is developmental^ right on target. Brandon likes to ride his bike, play basketball, go to the park, and be read to. He plays well with peers, but can also happily entertain himself. Brandon is enjoying his all-day Kindergarten, after having attended Early Intervention and Head Start programs for the past two years. He has a delay in expressive language, but is making good progress in speech therapy. These precious little ones experienced severe neglect, lack of supervision, and chaotic environments related to parental substance abuse. To help them continue the great progress they ve made& ^ony^andadoptive family to provide structure, close supervision, and warmth. Older siblings to serve as positive role models would be welcomed. To learn more please contact The Special Needs Adoption Coalition at 222 9661.— ------------------- U.S. Bank Donates More Than $1 Million Organizations throughout the stale to ben efit with the help of U.S Bank, developing and funding affordable housing programs and economic development el torts got a little easier for 40 Oregon organizations. In sup port ot these efforts. U.S Bank distributed $1 I million in 1997 to assist in a variety of community development projects. These contributions were the result ol U.S. Bank's continual outreach efforts to community development agencies around the state, encouraging them to apply tor these funds "We told them to tell us what they were trying to accomplish and how much financial support thev needed to succeed, explained Barbara Smith, vice president, community investment. "We know' there are tremendous needs in our communities, ami U .S. Bank has a long history of forging partnerships with community development organizations to meet those needs." I'lie impact ot these giants can he seen around the stale - Portland. W ashington County. Albany. Dallas. Independence. McMinnville. Medford. Roseburg,Corvallis. Tillamook. Baker C ouniy. I he Dalles. Eu gene. Astoria. Bend. Salem, and Redmond. Emergency And Winter Clothing Portland service agencies need your help. The "Storm ot'98" has left the low-income and homeless inourcity oi l guard in freezing temperatures. Those that otter emergency clothing are nt dire need ol coals, sweaters, gloves, warm socks and winter hats ot all sizes. To accommodate this need, the t hurch ol Scientology Celebrity t euirc has ottered to act as a drop site every day from 9:00am to IO:(M)pnt throughout the month of January to receive donations on behalf ol Low Income Families Emergency Center (L.I F.E. C en ter). one of Portland's only work-lor-assis- tance program. People in need ol lood. clothes or household appliances can do volunteer work in the Center in exchange tor supplies. For information contact Celebrity Centre at 228-01 16 or bring by your clean, new it possible, donations to 709 SW Salmon. The f unds are used to support community services focused on economic development and to develop or improve a variety ol afford able housing units meeting the needs of low- to-modcrate-income families, seniors, dis abled individuals, and tariti workers. Several umbrella organizations, which provide a variety ot assistance and opera tional support to community development corporations at either a statewide or local level, received funding. Among those funded were The Neighborhood Partnership Fund. $25().(X)O; Association of Oregon Com m u nity Development Organizations. $41.000; Community Development Network. $ 16,(XX), Portland Housing Center. $27,(XX); and the Housing Development Center. $17.500; anti the Housing Development Center. $ I O.(XM). "By funding these agencies, we hope to stretch these dollars to help even more orga nizations that were not funded directly.' said E v e ry D o lla r C o u n ts Ken Mitchell Phillips.Executive Director. (Photo by Kelly Moore) Twenty years ago Rev. Joshua and Dr Smith. and the quality of life is better The first major need they addressed in their business was counseling marriages and families Alter a year ot successful operation and over whelming support from over 42 volunteers in their community they began to seek out addi tional ways they could render marriage anil family therapy. They didn't have lo look lar lo find out the many grave injustices to mi nority children m Portland's community. Not only were (here a large proportion ol minorities without permanent homes, most ot the minorities were placed or adopted into homes that were not culturally sensitive to the children’s needs, outside their cominuni ties, and were not a part ol their original family. Additionally, most minorities were not informed about adoption ot foster care, were not aware that they were losing many ol their children to others outside then commu nity. and were often disqualified from pro viding a home tor these children due lo the lack of minority representation Irom agen cies such as Ciive Us Ibis Day. Inc. Out of these social injustices. Dr Virginia Phillips dreamed up the concept of an "Extended Family Homes Program" a solution n> the problems in losler care, and she established the first African American owned and oper ated adoption agency in Oregon She wanted lo create a network ol minority parents in the NZNE community to eliminate the need to take such a large proportion ol out children out ol the community She recognized the positive response children had when al lowed to experience loving parents in a env i ronment they are used to or then own commu nity Hie network ol parents resembled the same model natural to many mmol tly cultures QUALITY & SELECTION SAFEWAY FOOD & DRUG Look For Your In Your Oregonian FOOOday in the Portland Metro Area ...and save more shopping at Safeway En/oy Extra Savings With The SAFEWAY EXTRA In-Store Savings Guide Visit Safeway s Web site at w ww .satew ay.com C H I LI z. Safeway Weekly Shopping Guide Available at your Safeway store. M o re C h o ic e s F o r Y ou. M o re H e lp W h e r e It C o u n ts . Virginia Phillips had a dream lo strengthen, preserve, restore anil reconcile families all over the northwest. So. they opened the doors ofG ive Us This Day. Inc. Community Center in Newberg. Oregon in November, 1978 They operated underlhe premise that if fami lies are whole, than communities are healthier CHILI „ Honey Glazed Spiral Sliced Ham Safeway SELEtT Whole or Half. <79 SAVE up to $1.50 lb. Nalley Chili with Beans 15-oz. Assorted varieties. SAVE up to 70i lb. 24-Pack Budweiser or Coors Beer 12-oz. cans. Plus deposit in Oregon. ■■ ■■■ ■■ gni KOI r a o Kxa ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ SAVE up to $2.11 P ric e * EM ectiye W ednesday January 2 1 . 7am thru Tuesday January 27. M idnight ^ U n i t e d W ay SB N obody does it B etter ' for L ess .
