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Casino and Tribe receive major tourism award
programs including the Oregon Beach Clean
up, the South Yamhill Restoration Projects,
SOLV's Adopt-a-River, and watershed and
salmon habitat restoration projects.
Revenue from Spirit Mountain Casino has
helped the Grand Ronde Tribe pursue its dream
of achieving self-sufficiency for itself and tribal
members and, in the process, helps Oregonians.
Thanks to Spirit Mountain, the Grand Ronde
Tribe has started programs in such areas as edu
cation, housing, health care, medical insurance
coverage and pensions for tribal Elders.
Spirit Mountain Casino
tops tourism charts again.
On June 24, the PortlandOregon Visitors
Association presented the 1999 Gene Low Rose
City Award to Spirit Mountain Casino in recog
nition of its significant contribution to the pro
motion of tourism.
Spirit Mountain Casino's status as Oregon's
number one tourist attraction made it a natural
candidate for the award. But, it was Spirit
Mountain's significant contributions, through its -Community
Fund, to many tourist-related pro
grams that made it the unmistakable winner.
Spirit Mountain Community Fund has made do
nations to important Oregon establishments such
as the Portland Art Museum, the Hallie Ford
Museum of Art at Willamette University, OMSI,
Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Oregon Zoo, and the
Classical Chinese Garden.
The Community Fund has also impacted the
quality of life for Oregonians through environ
mental preservation by contributing to several
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Food Bank.
The Grand Ronde Community Resource Center has finally opened its Food Bank doors. Dennise
Wheeler, chairperson of the board, needs volunteers to help in many ways with the food bank.
This center will serve community members and tribal members jointly. Photo by Tracy Dugan
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contributions from that day to the Food Bank.
Holmes said the financial end of things is look
ing good. The board needs to wait and see how
much of a need there is going to be for this ser
vice in upcoming weeks, so they can plan to staff
the Food Bank house with volunteers and board
members. They may even end up increasing their
business hours.
The Grand Ronde Community Resource Cen
terFood Bank Board members are: Tim Holmes,
Dennise Wheeler (chairperson), Mel Wheeler,
Marvin Kimsey, Michaelle Kimsey, Margaret
Wilds, and Carolyn Ashodian.
They would like to thank the following groups
individuals for acting as advisors and supporting
the Food Bank project: Cheri Garr, YCAP Food
Program Director; Grand Ronde Tribal Council;
Spirit Mountain Community Fund; Grand Ronde
Pow-wow Committee; YCAP; Blanche Fisher
Foundation; Grand Ronde Methodist Church; Ed
Larsen; June Olson; Pam Bernards; Annette Mor
gan; Nancy Holmes; John Mercier; Steve Kelly;
Phil Adams; and Doug Hampton.
Interested in volunteering at
the community Food Bank?
Please call Annette Morgan
at (503) 472-1230.
Grand Ronde Community Resource Center
Food Bank
8715 North Street Grand Ronde
Phone: 879-5731
Hours: M-W-F 9 a.m. to noon