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February 20. 2013
Youth Center in Peril
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v o lu n te e r in g th is s u m m e r fo r m ore than 2 00 signatures to give to
S afew ay ’s LPG A g o lf tournam ent the board to save the youth center
C h air C olleen D om enech, resigned. kept the non-profit afloat until the
that he has been attending fo r three
D ay T en E y ck told the P ortland end o f the year.
years. “T h is is ho m e to very m an y ,”
O b serv er that the G resh am cen ter
D am on M iller, P A L ’s associate said G lover.
w as “a financial m ess” w hen she director, w as heartbroken w hen he
O th er kids m ade glittery signs
w as hired in 2011. In July 2012, she heard about the closure. “T he co m ­
that read, “SA V E P A L ,” and “D o n ’t
called a m eeting to alert board m em ­ m unity w ill feel th is,” he said.
T ake PA L aw ay from u s.”
bers that P A L w as financially “in
M iller, w ho began w orking for
“T his is the o n ly place I c an b e,”
the re d ” fo r the next six m onths, she PA L as a youth co u n selo r in 1995, is
said Jesse D unn, 12. “B oth o f m y
said.
hoping to sustain P A L ’s football parents w ork until 5 p.m . I c a n ’t ju s t
In A ugust, the n o n -p ro fit’s c o r­ program , now in its 14th season and
be w aiting on the porch. I t’s m y
p orate com m ittee pledged to raise serving up to 1,200 kids. “W h eth er
hom e aw ay fro m h o m e,” he said.
$50,000. By the end o f D ecem ber,
it’s P A L o r not it’s a com m unity
“T h is is the greatest place for
they h ad raised nothing.
program and P ortland should take kids,” said D ’S haw n B ogan, 13, a
Since the econom y tanked in 2008, resp o n sib ility .”
P A L reg u lar since age 9. H e had
m oney from donating organizations
D ay T en E y ck said if P A L can plans to co n tin u e com ing to PA L
had fallen through. Federal funding m ake it to A pril, they have six to
until he w as “at least in co lleg e.”
w as cu t fo r P A L ’s su m m er sports seven fundraisers planned through
S e v e n th
g ra d e r,
A n to n ia
cam p in 2005. PA L recently lost fund­ S eptem ber. “I think w e have a solid
M cS w ain, 12, w as angry, yet reflec­
ing fo r their late night basketball funding p lan ,” she said, including a
tive. “I think i t ’s stupid because it’s
p r e v io u s ly b u d g e te d b y th e goal to secure m ore corporate sup­
such a g o o d place. It brings such
P o rtla n d ’s M ay o r’s office o f Y outh port.
positive energy into k id s’ lives w ho
V iolence Prevention.
A group o f staff, parents, kids d o n ’t com e fro m a good past. It
As county, state, and federal fund­ and others from the com m unity held
brings hope. So m an y kids w ould be
in g fell through, D ay T en E y ck said
a rally to save P A L late Friday after­ struggling w ithout it and they w ould
the b udget go t tig h ter and tighter.
noon n ear the cen ter on N ortheast h a v e a n e g a tiv e im p a c t o n the
P A L p ro p o sed cutting both su m ­ 181st and G lisan.
w orld.”
m er cam p p ro g ram s and th e ir fo o t­
Izay a G lover, a 14-year-old W alt
A little girl w as ov erheard saying
ball pro g ram to save m oney. M oney M orey M iddle School student and
to h e r friend, “I t’s so sad that PA L
P A L staff and p olice officers earned P A L ’s new youth p resid en t rallied
is clo sin g .”
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