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Portland State Students
Hold Food Drive for
Other Struggling
Students
Portland State University students are
holding a food drive to fill the shelves of the
student-run food pantry for spring term,
noon-4 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at the Viking
Game room, basement of Smith Memorial
Student Union, 1825 S.W. Broadway.
The pantry in Smith Memorial Student
Union stocks donated non-perishable food
and personal items such as deodorant and
toothpaste. The shelves are often nearly
empty, because the food goes out as fast as
it comes in.
To encourage donations, Associated Stu-
dents of Portland State University (ASPSU,
student government), KPSU (student-run
radio station), The Portland State Vanguard
(student-run newspaper) and the Viking
Gameroom are hosting free, unlimited
bowling, pool and games for faculty, staff
and students in exchange for a suggested
donation of two food items or $3.
The public can drop off donations in the
ASPSU office (Smith 117) or at the pantry
(open noon-2 p.m. Monday-Friday in Smith
325). To make a monetary donation, please
contact Katie Jundt, 503-725-5745 or
kjundt@pdx.edu.
Free Head, Neck and
Skin Cancer Screenings
Oregon Health & Science University
Knight Cancer Institute offers free screen-
ings for cancers that develop on the skin
(face and scalp) as well as in the mouth,
throat and neck, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
Friday, April 19, at the OHSU Center for
Health & Healing lobby, 3303 S.W. Bond
Ave., Portland. (The Center for Health &
Healing is near the base of the Portland Aer-
ial Tram.)
Health care professionals will also pro-
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vide participants with information about
symptoms and risk factors associated with
these forms of the disease. Physicians at the
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and else-
where are seeing larger numbers of younger
patients who are suffering from cancers that
develop on the head (face and scalp) and
neck.
No appointments are necessary. Screen-
ings are first come, first served. Translation
services in Mandarin and Spanish will be
available from noon to 3:30 p.m.
on the face and scalp, thyroid cancer and
cancers of the mouth, throat and neck.
Information: For additional questions
about the screening, call 503-418-9235.
Snowcap Accepting
Gardening Sign-Ups
The nonprofit group SnowCap offers no-
cost educational workshops for gardeners in
East County.
Sessions will be limited to the first 25 per-
sons reserving space by calling SnowCap at
503-674-8785 (ext 17) or emailing aman-
da@snowcap.org. Topics will include creat-
ing healthy soil, planting suggestions and
harvesting tips.
SnowCap’s community garden, which
includes raised planting beds and a green-
house, is located at the agency’s headquar-
ters behind the Rockwood United Methodist
Church at 17805 S.E. Stark Street.
Gardeners are provided free seeds and soil
to get started. Seeds include tomatoes, let-
tuce, beans, peas and cucumbers.
SnowCap Community Charities is a philan-
thropic organization founded 47 years ago
to provide food, clothing, advocacy and
other services to the poor in much of East
Portland, including the communities of Gre-
sham, Fairview, Wood Village, Troutdale
and other areas in East Multnomah County.
Write Around Portland
Hosts Saturday WRITE!
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Giving Up Is Not An Option
The amazing, dynamic and
anointed
speaker,
Elder
Sharon L. Grant from the
Bishop T.D. Jakes The Potter’s
House.
Elder Grant is a
phenomenal woman who is
anointed
and appointed
servant of God. As Founder
and CEO of Sharon L. Grant
Ministeries
the Lord has
allowed
her
to
travel
nationally and minister to
those in need of healing from
life’s most difficult challenges.
Her gifts flow from a place of
experience and overcoming
life’s struggles. Elder Grant’s
mission is one of teaching,
mentoring,
counsel
and
empowerment. She touches
many through the Word of
God and inspires us to find
God’s purpose for our lives.
She is the best selling author of Giving Up Is Not An Option: The Purpose
for the Pain. In addition to being a minister and author, Elder Grant has
received her Bachelors in Computer Science and Masters in Theological
Studies. She is a member of Theta Alpha Kappa, Honors Society for
Religious and Theological Studies.
Join the Allen Temple C.M.E. Church Family for three inspirational nights of
praise and worship.
Workshop
Write Around Portland hosts free commu-
nity writing workshops open to adults and
young people (age 13+). Everyone is wel-
come—first-time writers, full-time writers
and everyone in between, at the event com-
ing up Saturday, April 13, 1-2:30 p.m. or 3-
4:30 p.m., at the PCC Southeast Center,
2305 SE 82nd at Division St. in Mt. Tabor
Hall, Room 140.
Due to construction, enter PCC campus
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on SE 82nd. Free parking in the PCC lot.
(Do not park on neighborhood streets.)
Pre-registration is required. Call 503-796-
9224 or email saturday@writearound.org
with your name, phone number and pre-
ferred workshop time. Bring a journal or
notebook. Workshops are ADA-accessible.
Call by April 10 if you need specific accom-
modations.
For
more
information
go
to
www.writearound.org
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B ULLETIN B OARD
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
Saturday April 6
SAFE ROUTES KICK – OFF. Join us for our 3rd
annual Safe Routes Spring Kick-Off to celebrate
walking and biking. This is a family-fun event that
celebrates health, safety, and physical fitness.
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There will be activities for parents, students, and
younger children. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Cesar
Chavez School, 5103 N. Willis Blvd.
Thursday – Friday April 11 – 12
KIDS EARTH MONTH ARTS AND CRAFTS CLASS. A fun
arts and crafts class for kids using recycled
materials. We will be making mobile clouds with
rain drops. Free 10 a.m. Whole Foods Laurelhurst,
2825 E. Burnside St.
EASTER SEALS OREGON BLOOMFEST. Each April
Easter Seals Oregon sells tulip bouquets to raise
funds to change lives of Oregonians with
disabilities and special needs. 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Saturday – Sunday April 6 – 7
Saturday April 13
33RD ANNUAL TRILLIUM FESTIVAL & NATIVE AND
HARDY PLANT SALE. As always the Festival will
feature guided interpretive nature hikes,
children’s nature activities, a marketplace for
local craft environmental groups, and food &
coffee vendors. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Both days. The
Friends will offer a free shuttle from Riverdale High
School and Lewis & Clark College, (Both located
just north of the park.)
59TH ANNUAL HOOD RIVER VALLEY BLOSSOM TIME
& FESTIVAL. Nothing compares to Spring in the
Hood River Valley. Come to the annual Blossom
Festival and tour the Hood River Valley. Take exit
64 off I-84 and follow festival signs. Hood River,
Oregon. 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.