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September 06, 2023 Page 3 INSIDE L ocaL N ews Shop With A Cop For Back To School Arts & ENTERTAINMENT page 7-8 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association PO QR code Publisher: Mark Washington, Sr. Editor: Shawntell Washington Office Mngr/Clasfds : Lucinda Baldwin Admin Coord : Quayuana Washington Creative Director: Kenya Anderson Web Editor: Zoe Holman-Kragero CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015• news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com• subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208 First Black Women Jurist in Oregon to become a U.S. District Court Judge Judge Adrienne Nelson and Libra Ford. Photo by Antonio Harris US Senate confirms Judge Adrienne Nelson to a seat on federal bench 230 Portland-area Kids To Shop With A Cop For Back-to-School Clothes at Fred Meyer Helping 230 Underserved Children with Food and Clothes Sunshine Division is part- nered with Fred Meyer and the Portland Police Bureau to help 230 underserved children shop for back-to-school clothes with help from local police officers at the Johnson Creek Fred Mey- er. The 21st annual Izzy’s Kids “Shop With A Cop” event falls during the year of Sunshine Division’s 100th anniversary of providing emergency free food and clothing assistance to families and individuals in the Portland metro area. Each child received a $150 gift card from Sunshine Divi- sion’s Izzy’s Kid’s Fund for back-to-school clothing and other items, and they will be paired with an officer from the Portland Police Bureau to help them spend it. Fred Meyer, in addition to a cash donation, will provide a significant dis- count off clothing purchased at the event along with school supplies and toiletries for each child and Columbia Sports- wear is contributing backpacks for all participating children. “This event is one of the best ways officers can build relationships with youth in our community,” said Sunshine Division’s Bureau Liaison, Officer Rashida Saunders. “I received help from the Sun- shine Division growing up in Portland as a kid, so it’s just full circle to become one of the people helping children in need.” Kids who participate in “Shop with a Cop” are selected based on their financial need and iden- tified by multiple agencies in- cluding Portland Public Schools, Multnomah County, David Douglas School District, Port- land Refugee Support Group, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Human Solutions, Oregon Department of Human Services, Neighborhood House, Somali American Council of Oregon, Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization and the Portland Police Bureau’s Muslim Advisory Council. “The need for this program is greater than it’s ever been in our organization’s 100-year history,” said Kyle Camberg, Executive Director of Sunshine Division. During 2020-2023, Sunshine Division is helping as many as 10 times the number families as it did pre-pandemic at their two food pantry locations. At rough- ly 1,650 households served per week, this appears to have be- come the “new normal.” Sunshine Division funds the Izzy’s Kid’s “Shop with a Cop” event and year-round programs through its Izzy's Kids fund. Sunshine Division has fund- raised and invested nearly a million dollars into the Izzy's Kids program in the last decade serving more than 4,000 chil- dren. Izzy's Kids, which began in 1981 in honor of longtime board member Isabel Hoyt, provides funds so that Portland police officers will support and shop with 230 children at this week’s event, and addi- tionally shop with up to 250 children in need, shopping for new school clothes throughout the school year in an one on one environment.
