Smoke Signals
2 OCTOBER 152010
NOTICE Monthly Tribal Council Wednesday Meetings
DATE TIME
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General Council mooting
Sunday, Nov. 7 11 a.m.
Tribal Community Center
Fellow Tribal Members:
The Yamhill Community Action Partnership ia one of several boards I
sit on as a Tribal Council member.
YCAP ia a non-profit organization that serves many low-income, senior
and disabled residents of Yamhill County through services ranging from
a food bank to emergency family shelters. For the past two years we have
been engaged in a capital campaign for a new client services building and
food bank. At present we are roughly 75 percent of the way to our $2.9
million goal.
Pepsi has generously offered to provide $250,000 to the top two non-profits
that can generate the most online votes by the end of October. YCAP
is presently ranked No. 22 on their list as of the time of this letter. They
have put forth a valiant effort considering the hundreds of other projects
also competing for this generous grant.
I am asking for your help in this effort. All it will take is a few minutes
of your time. Please log on to www.yamhillcap.org and click on "Vote for
this Idea." It will take you directly to the YCAP page on the Pepsi site.
You can vote each of your e-mail addresses online and also vote through
texting. Text 102615, send to 73774. Vote every day through Oct. 31.
I have been working with YCAP for several years now and can say very
confidently that this organization makes a difference in the lives of people
locally.
Thank you,
Chris Mercier
Roll 1821
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Photos by Rob Greene
Tribal Council members, from left, Rcyn Lano, Jack Giffan Jr. and
Stave Bobb Sr. visited Washington, D.C., in late September to talk
with members of Oregon's congressional delegation about House
Resolution 6070, which would streamline the process for the Grand
Ronde Tribe to take former reservation land back into trust. In the top
photo, Tribal Council representatives met with 1 st District Rep. David
Wu and in the bottom photo they are pictured with 5th District Rep.
Kurt Schrader, who introduced the resolution."! think we did some
good work on behalf of the Tribe' Giff en said at the Oct. 3 General
Council meeting about the trip.
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CORRECTION In recent stories about the Tribal plankhouse opening
and the employee appreciation barbecue, Smoke Signals did not mention
that the events were catered by the Mek Mek Haws in Grand Ronde Sta
tion. Staffers, half of them Tribal members, put in 44 hours over three
days for the plankhouse opening alone.
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