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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
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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.
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Author Hans Chris-
tian Andersen born,
1805
International Chil-
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lished (1860)
1st iPad in U.S., 2010
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born, 1939
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rendered to Ulysses
S. Grant (1865)
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proved (1818)
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(1964)
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established 1948
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as Jefferson born,
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