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Volunteers Needed at
Foreclosure Event
NeighborWorks America is looking for
about 80 volunteers to help staff an impor-
tant family foreclosure-prevention event
happening in Portland on Saturday, Dec. 3.
They are a great, effective organization so
we are helping them get the word out. If
you’re feeling thankful for a warm roof over
your head, please consider grabbing your
senior/student/community/church/business
group and joining them (individual volun-
teers are welcome too of course)!
They are holding this event in conjunction
with the U.S. Treasury, HUD, Fannie Mae,
and major lenders. Homeowners in danger
of losing their homes to foreclosure can
meet with their servicer and/or a housing
counselor in an attempt to resolve their
issues. They hope to see at least 500 fami-
lies.
Forty volunteers are needed in the morn-
ing from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and another
40 in the afternoon from noon to 4:30 p.m.
No experience is needed, just a willingness
to help people.
Sign up by calling Bonnie Wolferd at 713-
819-3156.
“Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience,” traveling exhibit comes to the Portland Central Library on
Saturday, Dec. 3. The exhibition will be on display at the library until January 22, 2012. Here is the Pittsburgh Crawfords in
front of their team bus at greenlee Field, Pittsburgh, 1935. The library sponsors free programs and other events as part of
the baseball show, for more information, visit www.multcolib.org. Courtesy of National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
Occupy wall Street and Free Homeownership
Retention Program for
Inner Northeast
Seniors
Portland
Two dialogues including the Occupy
Movement and inner North and Northeast
residents are scheduled at Reflections
Coffee and Books Saturday, Dec. 3, 3-5
p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 10, 3-5 p.m.
The questions on the table are: What do
we think about the Occupy movement? And
how should we relate to this movement?
The event is free and open to the public.
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Are you a senior homeowner, 55 or older,
living in the city of Portland, need assis-
tance to avoid foreclosure, need help find-
ing resources? If so, there is a Free
Homeownership Retention Program avail-
able to help you.
Portland Housing Bureau has extended
and expanded funding for the Minority
Homeowners Assistance Collaborative
(MHAC) which consists of Portland
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Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc.
(PCRI), the African American Alliance for
Homeownership (AAAH), Hacienda CDC
and NAYA Youth and Family Center.
Due to the success of last year’s program
serving seniors in N/NE Portland the pro-
gram has been expanded to provide servic-
es to seniors living in the City of Portland.
Last year the MHAC Homeownership
Retention Program served over 100 clients
living in N/NE Portland providing
resources and referrals that connected sen-
iors to organizations that offer free services
that can help seniors maintain homeowner-
ship. The types of resources and referrals
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included assistance with: free home repair,
utility assistance, tax deferments, free legal
assistance and free foreclosure prevention
service.
If you are: a senior homeowner over the
age of 55 years of age or know senior home-
owners that need support and resources to
maintain homeownership, please contact
Shalonda Menefee at 503-288-2923 x 123
or by email at Shalonda@pcrihome.org.
If you missed the Cully Main Street Open
House in October at Rigler School, you can
still view the information that was present-
ed and share your thoughts and comments
about the future of the neighborhood.
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More info from Robin gordon 503-890-5393
PORTLAND CAREER FAIR! Meet local companies in
your area that are hiring. Bring resumes and
dress for an interview. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Red Lion
Hotel on the River, 909 N. Hayden Island Dr.
Saturday December 3
If you have an event you want to share
with the community, email it two weeks
in advance to The Skanner at
info@theskanner.com
friday December 2
THE HOLIDAY SEASON AT BEAVERTON’S TREE
LIgHTINg AND OPEN HOUSE! This is a great family-
friendly event that continually brings our
community closer together during this special
time of year. 5 – 7 p.m. Beaverton City Library,
12375 Sw 5th St. Followed by tree lighting
beginning at 6 p.m. across the street in
Beaverton City Park.
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BLACK UNITED FUND COLLEgE FAIR! Session
include: college 101/college life, financial aid
and scholarships, visiting with over 10 local
colleges and universities and much more. Free
admission. Portland State University registration at
7:45 – 8:30 a.m. Fair begins at 8:30 a.m. For
more info call 503-282-7973 or visit
www.bufor.org
100 YEARS BIRTHDAY PARTY: Celebrate the
birthday of “Stell” Colbert, who was 100 years old
on Nov. 28. A party in her honor will be held from
2 to 5 pm in the Crowne Plaza 1441, N.E. 2nd
Ave.
MIND BODY SPIRIT: How what we eat impacts us
Fresh Start offers a presentation on food from 10
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at New Columbia Community
Center, 4625 N. Trenton. (freshstarthealth.org)
Wednesday December 7
HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE wITH IN OTHER wORDS. You
and your friends, and family are invited to come
in out of the cold and enjoy warm drinks and
snacks with In Other words volunteers. 5 – 9 p.m.
14 NE Killingsworth St.
Saturday December 10
HAwTHORNE BOULEVARD’S HOLIDAY STROLL! The
2nd annual holiday stroll features neighborhood
business sales and parties, live music and
entertainment, complimentary snacks and hot
drinks & much more. Noon – 7 p.m. All of
Hawthorne main tent on 36th & Hawthorne.
Sunday December 11
Ice skate for the sunshine division! From 12:15 to
6:15 p.m. anyone who brings 8 cans of food for
the Sunshine Division can go ice skating for free.
Lloyd Center Ice Rink.