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Page 6 April 10, 2019 Preparing Meals for Easter Union Gospel Mission expects to serve 500 free meals to those experiencing home- lessness or anyone in need on Easter Sun- day, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year’s menu consists of ham, scram- bled eggs with cheese, biscuits with sausage gravy, a fruit cup, cinnamon rolls and coffee, orange juice and water to drink. The mission is also assembling 500 gift bags which will include socks, hand warmers, a hat, and a hygiene kit. More than 120 volunteers will be in- volved in preparations and serving the day of the event. On Monday, donations were still needed the event. “We could use more hams for our Easter celebration as well as ground or whole bean coffee,” said Lori Quinney, Union Gospel Mission food service coordinator. I would like to thank the community for putting their trust in me. If you or someone you know needs a New or Used Vehicle Contact Ken Scott 503-442-5089 (Direct) 55 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232 kscott@toyotaofportland.com A volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission, downtown, serves meals for Easter. Donation Expands Youth Mentoring Friends of Baseball, a Port- land-based non-profit supporting baseball and softball programs for boys and girls, will be able to hire a new youth mentor for after school and summer enrichment programs because of a new in- vestment from the Portland Di- amond Project, the organization behind the effort to bring Major Advertise with diversity in The Portland Observer Call 503-288-0033 or email ads@portlandobserver.com C alendar League Baseball to Portland. The donation to Full Count, Friends of Baseball’s after school and summer youth pro- gram, continues the local sup- port for a one-week summer program that started in 2015 and has since grown to serving 12 communities in Portland and east Multnomah County, serving more than 600 students. More than 80 percent of the youth who participate in the program are youth of color. The new youth mentor posi- tion will be set up as an Ameri- Corps public service job for one year and has a starting pay of $15 hourly. To apply, visit friendsof- baseball.org/wearehiring. April 2019 1 2 3 April Fool’s Day One Cent Day MP3 audio format first patented, 1989 Author Hans Chris- tian Andersen born, 1805 International Chil- dren’s Book Day Find-A-Rainbow Day Pony Express estab- lished (1860) 1st iPad in U.S., 2010 8 9 10 Trina Schart Hyman born, 1939 Robert E. Lee sur- rendered to Ulysses S. Grant (1865) Margaret Peterson Haddix born, 1964 Encourage a Young Writer Day National Sibling Day U.S. Patent System established (1790) 4 First U.S. flag ap- proved (1818) 11 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, 1964 (1964) 5 National Read a Road Map Day Booker T. Washing- ton born, 1856 12 Author Beverly Cleary born, 1916 Space Shuttle Columbia First Launched, 1981 6 North Pole Discov- ered In 1898 U.S. entered World War I (1917) 7 No Housework Day World Health Day, established 1948 13 14 3rd President Thom- as Jefferson born, 1743 Lee Bennett Hopkins born, 1938 Palm Sunday Webster’s Dictionary Published, 1828
