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June 5, 2019
Divas Purse
Donation Drive
The Rose City Divas Group to fill purses please contact
is bringing together resources Covington at Rosecitydivas@
to make a bigger contribution gmail.com.
to our community. Current ef-
forts include collecting purses
for donations to women who
are less fortunate.
Members are collecting gen-
The Rose City
tly used purses and filling them
Divas are collecting
with women’s personal care
items such as lip balm, Kleen-
purses and filling
ex, lotion, hand sanitizer, per-
them with personal
sonal hygiene items and snacks
such as gum, mints, candy and
care items to
$5 for each purse.
donate to women
Divas group organizer Ange-
la Covington said the idea is no
in need. Members
matter where you are in life all
include Angela
women should have a purse to
carry their personal belongings
Covington, Rachel
and money even if it’s only $5.
Allen, Darlene
It’s the small things in life that
we sometimes take for granted
Malone, Rose
that can make all the difference
Williams, Cherrell
in other’s life, Covington said,
“With your help we can reach
Edwards-El, Tamika
one woman at a time… And for
Johnson, April
that we are very grateful.”
If you have a purse sitting on
Lloyd and Rolanda.
the shelf in your closet that you
Thompson
no longer use or you would like
to donate personal care items
Rose City Showcase Returns
Top talents
featured in
weekend
tournament
Before Dwight Howard became
an NBA All-Star, before Josh
Smith and Gerald Green won the
NBA Slam Dunk Contest, before
O.J. Mayo, Michael Beasley, and
Kevin Love became All-Amer-
icans and before Brandon Rush
and Mario Chalmers led Kansas to
the 2008 NCAA Championship,
they all had one thing in common -
they participated in the Rose City
Showcase by NIKE!
Now in our 17th year, the
Showcase is held this weekend
at Portland Community College’s
Cascade Campus in north Port-
land. The event will kick off Fri-
day night, June 7. The intensity
continues through Sunday evening
when the 2019 Rose City Show-
case Champion will be crowned.
The Rose City Showcase field
includes 170 of the top young men
and women from AAU and high
school teams, continuing a tradi-
tion of featuring the nation’s next
generation of basketball stars on
this exclusive Northwest platform.
For maps and detailed sched-
ules, visit rosecityshowcase.com.
Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade
The prized centerpiece of
the Rose Festival, the 2019
Spirit Mountain Grand Floral
Parade will begin at 10 a.m.
on Saturday, June 8, starting at
the Rose Quarter and proceed-
ing to downtown on a 4 mile
route via Martin Luther King.
Jr. Boulevard and the Burnside
Bridge.
Father-Daughter Princess Ball
A magical evening where
fathers and father-figures will
bring their daughters out for a
special night of music, danc-
ing, food, photos and fun. An
evening to remember forev-
er! Saturday, June 29 from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Embassy
Suites Portland Airport. Tick-
ets available at eventbrite.com
or Contact Joseph Blake at
503-317-1999.