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September 21, 2005
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OMSI Hosts Safety Safari
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needs assistance with spaying or
neutering your pets call:
Local kids will get
safety tips directly
from emergency
medical providers
and other safety
officials at this
weekend’s Safety
Safari at OMSI.
503-626-4070
ext. 1
or log onto
www.poppainc.org
“Help slop pet overpopulation a n d be a responsible pet
owner by spaying or neutering your pet.
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jam night
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dance
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9:00p m every frid ay - $ 7
Gulf Coast disaster a reminder to be ready
Kids and their fam ilies will
learn about everything from
em ergency preparedness to
s preventing everyday house
T~ hold injuries during the Safety
8 Safari on Saturday and Sun
day, Sept. 24 and 25 at OM SI.
The
annual event is spon
sored by the Northwest Osteo
pathic Medical Foundation is free
CM for kids age 13 and under, and
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$9 for adults.
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tions are offering activities and
demonstrations, making Safety
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Safari the Portland Metro area’s
largest health and safety festi
val for kids and families.
P a rtic ip a n ts can ex p lo re
emergency vehicles, watch a
simulated mountain rescue, talk
with officers from the Portland
Police, and map how vulnerable
their own neighborhoods could
be in a major earthquake.
V isitors will also learn how
to build a 72-hour em ergency
kit, create and practice a fam
ily em ergency plan, what to do
in various em ergency sce
narios, and how to volunteer
and becom e involved in a
N e ig h b o rh o o d E m e rg e n c y
Team .
“What we’ve seen recently
in the Gulf Coast tremendously
highlights how important it is to
educate families about emer
gency preparedness, and more
specifically, how critical it is to
have an emergency kit in every
household for use during the
time between a disaster and
when first responders can ar
rive to help,” explained Rachel
Jacky, community service man
ager with the Portland Office of
Emergency Management.
Donated Food Buys a Movie
See a film for ju st three
cans of food and help fight
hunger at the 25th annual Cans
Film Festival, Thursday, Sept.
22.
D onate three or m ore non-
p erishable food item s at any
Regal C inem as and receive
free adm ission to a m ovie
and a free sm all box o f p o p
corn. The offer is good for
all show s except “ no pass'
a ttrac tio n s.
M oviegoers donated more
than 111,000 pounds of food at
last year’s Cans Film Festival.
All food donations directly
benefit the Oregon Food Bank
Network in the com m unities
where the food was collected.
“While we are w orking with
our national netw ork o f food
banks to aid in helping Katrina
refugees, we are also seeing
unprecedented levels of hun
g er in O re g o n and C la rk
County,” said Rachel Bristol,
executive director o f Oregon
Food Bank. “Cans Film Festi
val is a great opportunity to
replenish supplies for hunger
relief right in our local com
munities.”