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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 2001)
Smoke Signals 3 Tribe sets Milestone 'Mark of Giwln to Communities in Oregon Spirit Mountain Community Fund reaches $10 million in charitable contributions. APRIL 1, 2001 By Justin Phillips A new mark for the new millennium. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde are accomplishing what no other Tribe in Oregon has accom plished. A Tribal tradition of shar ing and giving back to their commu nities has resulted in the Tribe reach ing the $10 million figure for chari table giving in the state. The Spirit Mountain Community Fund recently announced the Tribe's accomplishment of reaching the mark in less than five years. The Spirit Mountain Community Fund was created in early 1997. An eight-person board of trustees made up of Tribal Council members and community leaders administers the community fund. "$10 million is a lot of money, but to me, the real worth in our giving lies in the lives that we touch. How can you measure the value of a smile?" said June Sell-Sherer, Tribal Council. "It's priceless." A celebration dinner was held in Salem on March 19 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and in another event that took place in Portland on March 22 at the Oregon Zoo. The community fund disperses six percent of Spirit Mountain Casino profits to projects and programs in the areas of education, health, pub lic safety, problem gambling, arts and culture, environment and historic . JC a E I xz a. o a , 1 66 no million is a lot of money, but to me, the real worth in our giving lies in the lives that we touch. How can you measure the value of a smile? It's priceless." June Sell-Sherer, Tribal Council preservation in eleven Northwest Oregon counties: Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington, Tillamook, Lincoln, Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Benton, Linn and Lane. "I am so pleased that the Commu nity Fund reflects the values I share as a member of the Tribe and I am proud to play a role in continuing our traditions by sharing with the com munity," said Angie Ellis, Commu nity Fund Administrator. "The community fund has enabled us to address the special needs in our community in a very proactive way," said Kathryn Harrison, Tribal Coun cil Chair. "It honors our ancient Tribal traditions of sharing and giv ing back. All of our members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde are so pleased that we are able to help worthwhile organizations and projects who work to protect our en vironment and help our neighbors." r ft I -. .-.! ttf: . o I a. c Breaking New Ground for Giving The confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Tribal Chair Kathryn Harrison poses for a photograph with the founder and CEO of (Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism) SOLV Jack McGowan. SOLV was a major recipient of dollars from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. I tm0""i my Some Grant Recipients t r A.C. Gilbert House Renovation American Diabetes Association Elizabeth Furse Diabetes Grant Research Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Pacific Northwest: Regional Council Documentary Video: Year End Report Easter Seal Society of Oregon Capacity Building Project Friends of the Willamina Library Library Materials Upgrade Grand Ronde Elementary School 3-Point Self-Esteem Builder Project for Reading and Math Improvement Academic Improvement Health Dynamics Hospice Foundation Terminal Care for Indigent Clients Hospice Care Lane Community College Student Longhouse The Library Foundation The Fund for Native American Collections & Programs Life Flight Network Oregon Children's Foundation "10,000 By 2000" Campaign BlazersSmart Read SMART Statewide Expansion Oregon Coast Aquarium OCA's Frogs and Whales Changing Exhibit Revision of Passages of the Deep Oregon Gambling Addiction Treatment Foundation Prevalence StudyFoundation Initiation Disordered Gambling Among Older Adults Demonstration Project tied to Adolescent Study The Oregon Garden Foundation The Oak Grove Restoration at The Oregon Garden Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Debt Reduction Program Supplemental Grant for Education Outreach Educational Outreach Riverwak The Oregon Zoo Foundation Eagle Canyon and The Oregon Zoo's Great Northwest Birds of Prey Polk County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Services Grand Ronde Police Services Portland Art Museum Lena Taku Waste Exhibit Center for Native American Art Western Oregon University Construction of New Library Willamette University Native American Gallery in the Hallie Ford Museum of Art " s 4
