$ Minority & Small Business Week
PagpAI8
SHARED OBJECTIVES
Come Bid With Us
bring DePaul Industries Together
with Albina Community Bank
I
Portland Public School District welcomes
interest and participation by MBE, WBE
and ESB companies in our contracts for
goods and services.
Throughout the
year, we purchase a variety of items
including
office
equipment,
school
supplies, paper products, maintenance
services, construction projects and more.
Please contact our office for additional
information on bidding opportunities.
Dave Fajer
Director of Procurement and Distribution
Portland Public Schools
501 North Dixon
Portland OR 97227
(503) 916-3576
(503) 916-3109 fax
dfajer@pps.k12.or.us
We encourage and appreciate your
interest in doing business
with Portland Public Schools.
The N ational Association of M in o rity C ontractors (NAMCO)
Celebrates the Accom plishm ent of all M in o rity Businesses
I
COME TO A GREAT COM M UNITY
CELEBRATION BLOCK PARTY
Historic Billy Webb Elks Lodge
Six North Tillam ook Street
II.
We invite EVERYONE
(c o m m u n ity m em bers, civic/socia l organizations, p u b lic agencies),
lU.
lo in us, c o n trib u te or volunteer as we renovate
the Historic A frican Am erican ow ned Billy Webb Elks Lodge.
Special In vite d Guests from the City of Portland,
PDC and other fo r each event.
Come; Make Your C on trib u tion s and
V olunteer to Support this C om m unity Project
Saturdays and Sundays 7am to 4:30pm
October 4th and 5th
October nth and 12th
October 18th and 19th
October 25th and 26th
Special Thanks to our Partners
Northwest Natural
N W Carpenters
Portland Developm ent Commission
City o f Portland
Legacy Health System
Cl Jackson Construction
Hoffman Construction
W orkhorse Construction
Champion Sweeping and Striping
Island Landscape
City o f Roses Drop Boxes and Recycling
FM Burch and Associates, Inc.
Ham ilton Construction
Slayden Construction
S eptem ber 24. 2 0 0 8
,||
DePaul Industries, a local 5 0 1 (c)3 non­
profit corporation, has recently team ed up
with A lbina C om m unity Bank for their
banking relationship. “W e are very excited
about our new banking relationship with
Albina. They are providing us with com ­
petitive and com prehensive credit, cash
m anagem ent and corporate banking pro­
gram s along w ith personalized custom er
service and local decision making. Besides
the X ’s a n d O ’s.A lbina’sactive support o f
ou reo m m u n ity ’s social well being really
sealed the deal for us. W e both recognize
the greater good that can com e from orga-
nizations that recognize both good busi­
ness and actively support a social m ission"
stated Dave Shaffer, C h ief Executive Of-
ficerofD ePaul Industries.
In addition to being the N orthw est’s
most com prehensive outsourcing special­
ist, DePaul Industries has a social mission
to help people with disabilities have the
opportunity to work. “DePaul Industries is
different than most other not-for-profits,”
Shaffer noted. “W e operate businesses—
-businesses that operate using sound busi­
ness practices and employ and give prefer­
ence to individuals with disabilities. As our
busi nesses grow — so does the fui fi II m ent
o f our mission.”
As a like-minded local business, Albina
Com m unity Bank also understands that a
businesscan be financially healthy, while
also being strongly com m itted to a social
m ission. A lthough regulated the sam e as
any bank and focused on strong share­
holder return, A lbina also offers a mission
tocreate hope and financial opportunity for
those who care most about our local neigh­
borhoods.
“ W ith their shared m ission to m ake a
m eaningful difference in our local neigh­
borhoods, w e’ re proud to welcome DePaul
Industries to Albina,” stated Scott Bossom,
A lbina Vice President and C om m ercial
Relationship M anager and new Am bassa­
do r C lub M em ber o f D ePaul Industries.
“ A long with the bank’s top m anagem ent,
Teri K arren-K eith, Vice President and
M LK Branch M anager and her branch
relationshipteam .w e’lldoeverything we
can to support their banking efforts and
theirorganization.”
W ith approxim ately 431 nonprofit or­
ganization custom ers, Albina Community
Bank offers banking expertise by under­
standing the changing funding cycles o f
these organizations and their fundraising
challenges. One o f the unique benefits for
nonprofitorganizationsistheAlbina’swill-
ingness to open their website tocustom er’s
fundraising efforts and volunteer calls.
About DePaul Industries
D ePaul Industries has been helping
people with disabilities have the opportu­
nity to work since 1971. The organization
has played a m ajor role in positively im ­
pacting the lives o f people, w ho are ca­
pable of m aking a substantial contribution
to the com m unity. These O regonians are
doing real w ork and contributing to the
econom ic life o f ourcom m unity.
DePaul Industriesisdevotedtom aking
a significant im pact to im prove the trou­
bling statistics and standard o f I i v ing asso­
ciated with people with disabilities:
• The unemployment rate throughout the
U nited States and greater Portland for
people w ithdisabilitiesexceeds 65%
• Nearly 200,(XX)Oregonians have dis­
abilities that present barriers tocom petitive
employment
• “ People w ith disabilities are nearly
three tim es m ore likely to live in poverty
than people without disabilities” (Associ­
ated Press: 2(X)6)
« I ■!
Emerging Industries Grow with PCC
continued
from A l l
qualified technicians in renew­
able energies as well.
"The option has been very
well received by the local
industry and our community,
and it is a timely and w el­
comed response to the en­
ergy situation confronting
us," said John M cKee, dean
of the Science and Engineer­
ing Division at Sylvania.
The need is clear. Port­
land General Electric, an in­
vestor-ow ned u tility that
serves the majority of O r­
egon customers in the Port­
land m etropolitan area, is
actively building one of the
larger wind farm s in the
state.
The Biglow Wind Farm,
lo c a te d w ith in S herm an
County (in North Central
Oregon), will have 217 tur­
bines with a total installed
capacity of 450 megawatts.
One of the critical issues for
PGE and other wind farm
owners is an acute shortage
of workers: it takes one wind
turbine technician to service
every 10 turbines.
For the Biglow project
alone, PGE estimates it needs
more than 22 wind techni­
cians plus about 10 m anage­
ment and support workers
when fully built out.
"Regionally, the projected
need for wind turbine tech­
nicians is over 300 in the
next five years," said Gary
Hackett, plant manager of
PGE's Biglow Canyon Wind
Farm. "As the demand for
new wind projects continue
to increase, as driven by cus­
tomer demand and regula­
tory requirem ents, the need
for new wind turbine techni­
cians will continue to be high.
One of the problems is a lack
of training programs to meet
the present needs. From my
perspective, the community
colleges that can offer wind
technician training programs
will play a critical role to help
meet the increasing demand
for wind turbine."
For more information, con­
tact Sandu W illiams, instruc­
tor and department chair of
E le c tro n ic E n g in e e rin g
Technology at 503-977-4527
orsanda.w illiam s@ pcc.edu.
More information can also
be found online at pec.edu/
p ro g ram s/electro n ic-en g i-
neering/.
M cDonald Excavation
NW Infrastructure Inc.
Stacy Witbeck Inc. General Engineering
■Hill
Professional Minority Group Inc.
Kaleidoscope Construction
Carleton Hart Architect
IBEW Local 48
O'Neill Electric
Elks Membership
DEPAUL IN D U S T R IE S
NAM CO Members*
DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY
Business Services
AND ENJOY FOOD FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT
Packaging
sihamco
I.
Security Services Include:
* Security Officers
* Club Store Packaging
* Short & Long-Term Staffing
* Accounting Asst.
* Dry Fill Co Packing
* Contract Staffing
* Security Access Control
* Customer service &
* Temp-to-Hire Staffing
* Blending Services
* Pouch Sealing
5 O 3 .7 3 5 .9 4 4 O
«’ Shrink Wrapping
* Bundling Services
* Kitting I Fulfillment
NAMCO is a Non Profit (501c) O rganization*
Security
Clerical « Light Industrial:
Co-Packing Services Include:
For more details contact:
n a m c o -p o rtla n d S ya h o o .co m or
lilt
Staffing
Employment
Opportunities
* Hand Assembly
Reception
* Admin. Asst.
* Call Center
* Asset Protection
The R ig h t Person
fo r th e R ig h t Job.
* Data Entry
* Foot and bicycle patrol
* Receptionists
* Short & Long-Term
* Word Processor
W “ take cate o f the recmiting,
* Security Presence 24/7
* Flaggers
llcivie w in g , screening, testing,
* Complimentary security
anil HR needs fqr your temporary
evaluations
* Supply Chain Management
employees
Portland
Portland, Eugene, Salem Corvallis
Portland, tugtne Salem
www.depaulpackaging.com
www.depaulstaffing.com
wwwdepaulsecurity com
* Forklift Operators
* Janitorial Workers
* Laborers
Advertise with diversity in
|J o rtIa n b 0i)hßerbrr
C all 5O3-288-OO33
»
ads@ portlandoh8crvcr.coin
I
Call DePaul Today (503) 281-1289
www.depaulindustries.com
/
* Material Handlers
* Production Workers
* Shipping & Receiving
* Warehouse Workers