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S moke S ignals MAY 1, 2016 Fun Walk 11 Clothes Closet open Monday, Friday The Clothes Closet is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Fri- day on the Tribal campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of Blacktail Drive. It accepts clothes, small appliances, small pieces of furniture, electronics and household goods that are clean and in good condition. It does not accept books, large TVs or large furniture, but there is a community board where people can post those items. Donations are accepted during regular business hours. For more information or emergency clothes, contact Lori Walk- er-Hernandez at 559-847-7565 or Daniele Powley at 503-917-8732. Learn about Carrot Cake Cookies and Power Popeye Smoothies! Free Hands-on Cooking Class Photos by Michelle Alaimo Tribal employees participate in the sixth annual Fun Walk on the Tribal campus on Wednesday, April 20. After the walk, a lunch and door prize drawings were held the Tribal Community Center. The walk supports safe and happy childhoods and healthy families for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Sixty people participated in the event organized by the Social Services Department’s Children & Family Services program. Carrot Cake Cookies Power Popeye Smoothies Tuesday, May 17 5:30pm Iskam MǝkʰMǝk-Haws 9675 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347 Sign up TODAY! ! Call Francene Ambrose, coordinator at 503-879-3663 or fambrose@marionpolkfoodshare.org Oregon State University Extension Service offers educational programs, activities, and materials without discrimination based on age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran's status. Oregon State University Extension Service and Marion-Polk Food Share are Equal Opportunity Employers. Family Tutoring Nights “Come help grow your child’s educaion” Wednesday evenings 5:15 to 7 p.m. May 4, 11, 18 Youth Educaion K-12 Building Tribal Records Administrator Kim Mueller picks out a bird feeder and bird seed as a door prize during the sixth annual Fun Walk and Lunch at the Tribal Community Center on Wednesday, April 20. Groups form Helping Hands The Clothes Closet, iskam mfkhmfk haws, Empowerment Outreach Min- istries and A Cause For Paws have started an ad hoc group called Grand Ronde Helping Hands and are inviting community members to join the effort of supporting local families. “The goal is to bring those of us together who are supporting families in Grand Ronde to share the services and resources we provide and create a resource guide we can all use,” said Food Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose. The next meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, at The Clothes Closet at the end of Blacktail Drive near the Elders Activity Center. In ad- dition, a collection day at the Food Bank is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, and is seeking donations of children’s birthday kit items, school supplies, camping equipment for homeless families and pet items. “If you provide any type of services to families in our community, please consider attending,” Ambrose said. “We are looking for meal site calendars, food box sites, clothes closets, showers and laundry services. We are asking churches, church groups, departments and support groups to share with us.” If you are interested in joining the effort, contact Ambrose at 503-879- 3663 or at fambrose@marionpolkfoodshare.org. Aciviies include: Healthy Family Dinner YED Computer Lab access Tutorial assistance Homework support Literacy skill building Lots of PRIZES Free transportaion is available for Naive American youth and their parents that live in the Willamina and Grand Ronde area Please contact Contact Andrea @ 503-879-2162 by 4 p.m. if your family would like transportaion. For more Informaion Please contact Youth Educaion @ 503-879-2101