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MAY 1, 2016
Fun Walk
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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
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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