June 17, 2015
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Parks center initiates extra teen support
The Matt Dishman Community
Center in northeast Portland has
made access easier for teenagers
this summer as part of the city’s
long range plan to provide safe
and free activities for youth.
Supported in part by $2 mil-
lion in the mayor’s approved
budget for 2014-15, the Dishman
Center will be free for all regis-
tered youth, age 18 and younger,
through Aug. 15. Participants
should bring addresses and phone
numbers for themselves and their
parents or guardians; and informa-
tion about health conditions.
Mayor Charlie Hales and Parks
Commissioner Amanda Fritz out-
lined the initiative last week with
plans to expand free summer pro-
grams to the Portland Parks &
Recreation’s East Portland, St.
Johns and Mt. Scott community
centers as well.
“We have a crisis of gun vio-
lence and youth violence in our
community, and one answer to
that is to get upstream in the lives
of your kids,” Hales said. “That
means letting them pick up a soc-
cer ball or a paint brush, a pen or a
guitar, a job skill or a résumé. The
more of these safe, positive activ-
ities we can provide for them, the
better.”
Fritz says the city has a chance
to make a real and lasting differ-
ence in the lives of youth who
need our support the most.
“I thank the mayor for his ef-
forts towards enhancing young
lives and reducing violence, and
PP&R staff for their dedication in
making this program a reality,”
The Matt Dishman Community Center, located at 77 N.E. Knott St.
Free Kids Boxing Camp
Champion mentors
to lead effort
Golden Gloves champion Andy
Minsker will lead a free summer
boxing camp for kids at the Matt
Dishman Community Center in
northeast Portland. He will be
joined by retired boxer and USA
Boxing referee Daryl Lewis and
Olympian collegiate wrestling
champion Roy Pittman.
Amateur boxers from the com-
munity will also be on hand to
guide students through their les-
sons. The camp will include moti-
vational speeches and mini-work-
shops from famous athletes Andre’
Channel, Joe Johnson, Johnne
Mae Reed Bell, and Judy Robin-
son. There will also be special ap-
pearances from retired profession-
al boxer Lightening Ray Lampkin
Jr. and Chuck Lincoln, owner of
the institution hosting the camp,
Chuck Lincoln’s Corner.
Chuck Lincoln’s Corner is a
non-profit youth boxing program
and hopes to provide education,
training, and discipline to its stu-
dents.
The camp will be held over
three days, Monday, July 6
through Thursday, July 9, from 9
a.m. to noon each day. The camp
is free and open to campers ages
Wells Fargo Presents the
2015 Good in the Hood
Music and Food Festival
Saturday June 27th, at 11 AM, starting at King School
Roy Pittman
8 through 18. Spaces are limited
and pre-registration is required.
To sign up your child, visit chuck-
lincolnscorner.org.