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Red Cross Giving Day
Youth Basketball
Champions!
Jefferson’s Sixth Grade Youth Basketball team celebrates a 2022
Portland Interscholastic League championship. Congratulations on
a great season!
Jefferson High School's effort
to reestablish themselves as a
marquee basketball program is
off to a promising start.
Building from the ground
up, the Jefferson boys middle
school program accomplished a
clean sweep winning Portland
Interscholastic League champi-
onships with the 6th, 7th and 8th
grade teams all winning their re-
spective divisions.
Tournament play was capped
by the two Jefferson's 6th grade
teams playing each other in the
championship game, with Jeff
Blue led by coach Damarcus
Foster, beating Jeff Gold 73-54.
You too can
give back
Last year, local Red Cross
volunteers responded to nearly
700 emergency disasters, in-
cluding home fires and wildfire
that burned hundreds of thou-
sands of acres. During March,
the organization’s Cascades
Region takes time to honor the
volunteers who make its mis-
sion possible every day.
“When emergencies strike,
our community rallies together
to help families and individu-
als when it matters most,” said
Dale Kunce, CEO, Red Cross
Cascades Region. “We hon-
or this dedication during our
Red Cross Month celebration,
and we invite everyone to turn
their compassion into action
by donating, volunteering, giv-
ing blood or taking a lifesaving
skills course.”
Red Cross volunteer Linda
Sauders said she got inspired to
become a blood donor because of
a medical condition that impacted
her daughter.
“When my daughter was 11,
she was diagnosed with leuke-
mia and needed blood transfu-
sions. This is my way of paying
Supporting
Oregonians
COPING WITH PROBLEM GAMBLING
Coping
Activities that help us cope
with the things we can’t
control are generally positive
choices. Sometimes, however,
those activities themselves
become difficult to control.
For some, gambling
can turn from a fun
distraction into
something that feels
increasingly out
of control.
Linda Sauders gives credit to her daughter for inspiration to
become a Red Cross blood donor.
forward for my many blessings
to have my daughter here to-
day,” Sanders said.
You too can give back during
Red Cross Month. Visit red-
cross.org to make a financial
donation, give blood, become
a volunteer, or take a class in
lifesaving skills, such as first
aid and CPR. On March 23, you
can also join our annual Red
Cross Giving Day campaign
by donating at redcross.org/
givingday to help provide shel-
ter, food, relief items, emotion-
al support and other assistance
for people affected by disasters
big and small.
Help is Available
Here in Oregon, help is available. Through the
Oregon Problem Gambling Resource (OPGR),
gamblers and those who love them can get
support from trained addiction counselors,
often right from home. Treatment is effective.
People are ready and waiting to provide better
mechanisms to cope and to heal.
And, best of all, it’s free.
All it takes is a phone call,
a text, or an online chat
to get started. Reach out.
You’re not alone.
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