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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
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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
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