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FEBRUARY 1, 2017
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Food Bank provides LIHEAP program
boxes, seeks help open in service area
The Grand Ronde Food Bank – iskam mfkhmfk haws – is operated by
Marion-Polk Food Share, which was been leading the fight to end hunger
since 1987 because no one should be hungry.
Recipients of SNAP, TANF, SSI or LIHEAP assistance automat-
ically qualify for assistance at the Grand Ronde Food Bank, 9675
Grand Ronde Road. No one will be turned away in need of a food box.
“We believe that everyone deserves to have enough to eat,” says
Food Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose. “You are welcome to
get a food box at each of our regular weekly distributions. No one
will be turned away in need of a food box.”
Upcoming food box distribution dates are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 3; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday,
Feb. 17; and 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22.
The Food Bank will be closed on Monday, Feb. 20, in observance
of the Tribal Chiefs’ Day holiday.
Those who are unable to pick up a food box can fill out an autho-
rized representative form and that person can pick up a food box
on your behalf. The authorization is good for one year.
The Food Bank continues to seek volunteers to help with repack-
ing food, putting food on the shelves, handing out food boxes and
end-of-month inventory.
In addition, the Food Bank is participating in a program called
Fresh Alliance in which volunteers pick up food donations directly
from area stores. Volunteers with a truck who could pick up at these
stores at least once a week and a partner to ride along and help
load are being sought.
Call to ensure someone is available to assist. People also can sign
up for a monthly e-mail for the Food Bank calendar and events, as
well as follow the Food Bank on Facebook.
The Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.
Contact Ambrose at 503-879-3663 or at fambrose@marionpolk-
foodshare.org for more information or to volunteer.
The Tribal Social Service’s LIHEAP – Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance Program – is open to eligible Tribal members in the six-county
service area and Clackamas County.
This is a first-come, first-served program and income criteria applies.
LIHEAP is federally funded through the Department of Health and
Human Services and is designed to help low-income households with
home heating costs.
For more information, contact Social Services at 503-879-2034.
Twenty-seven seats set to expire
The Tribe’s myriad committees and special event boards will have
27 positions expiring on March 31.
Anyone interested in applying for one of the positions should con-
tact Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Martin at 503-879-2304 or
stacia.martin@grandronde.org.
Committees and special event boards with openings include the
Ceremonial Hunting Board, three seats; Education Committee,
four seats; Election Board, four seats; Enrollment Board, four seats;
Fish and Wildlife Committee, one seat; Health Committee, one seat;
Powwow Special Event Board, four seats; Timber Committee, two
seats; and Veterans Special Event Board, three seats.
ATTENTION
TRIBAL MEMBERS
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant positions.
WIC visits Health & Wellness Center
Pregnant? Breastfeeding? Does your family include a child under the
age of 5?
If so, you may qualify for the Women, Infants and Children program. With
WIC, people can receive answers to nutritional questions and access fruits
and vegetables, whole grains, eggs, milk, cheese, juice, cereal and more.
A WIC representative visits the Health & Wellness Center on the third
Tuesday of the month, which will be Feb. 21.
Walk-ins are welcome between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. When WIC clients arrive
at the Health & Wellness Center, they should enter through the Wellness
Department located at the back of the medical wing.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 503-623-8175,
ext. 2297.
Committee & Special Event
Board meeting days and times
Below is the most current information on the meeting days and times for
Tribal Committees and Special Event Boards:
• Ceremonial Hunting Board meets as needed. Chair: Marline Groshong.
• Culture Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month
at the Grand Ronde Food Bank/iskam mfkhmfk haws, 9675 Grand Ronde
Road. Chair: Vacant.
• Education Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the
month in the Adult Education building. Chair: Tammy Cook.
• Elders Committee meets at 10 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month in
the Elders Activity Center. Chair: Julie Duncan.
• Enrollment Board meets quarterly in Room 204 of the Governance Center.
Chair: Michael Mercier.
• Fish & Wildlife Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the
month at the Natural Resources building off Hebo Road. Chair: Tyson Mercier.
• Health Committee meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month
in the Health & Wellness Center. Chair: Patti Tom-Martin.
• Housing Board meets at 3 p.m. the third Thursday of the month in the
Housing Department conference room. Chair: Matt Thomas.
• Powwow Special Event Board meets monthly at noon at the Community
Center. Dates vary. Contact Dana Ainam at 503-879-2037. Chair: Dana
Ainam.
• Timber Committee meets at 5 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at
the Natural Resources building off Hebo Road. Chair: Bob Mercier.
• Veterans Special Event Board meets at 5 p.m. the first Tuesday of the
month in the old Elders Craft House. Chair: Steve Bobb Sr.
To update information on this list, contact Publications Coordinator Dean
Rhodes at 503-879-1463 or dean.rhodes@grandronde.org.
Ceremonial Hunting Board
Election Board
Powwow SEB
Education Committee
Veterans SEB
Culture Committee
Fish & Wildlife Committee
1 vacancy
1 vacancy, 1 alternate vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
Please send completed applications to Stacia Martin,
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
Official Tribal Facebook pages
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde:
www.facebook.com/CTGRgov
• Grand Ronde Tribal Council:
www.facebook.com/TheConfederatedTribesOfGrandRondeTribalCouncil
• Grand Ronde Higher Education:
www.facebook.com/grand.r.ed
• Grand Ronde Youth Education:
www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthEducation
• Spirit Mountain Community Fund:
www.facebook.com/SpiritMountainCommunityFund
• Grand Ronde Station:
www.facebook.com/GrandRondeStation
• Grand Ronde Royalty: www.facebook.com/CTGRRoyalty
• Veterans Special Event Board:
www.facebook.com/pages/Veterans-Board-of-the-Confederated-Tribes-of-
the-Grand-Ronde-Community
• Community Garden: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeCommunityGarden
• Grand Ronde Food Bank: www.facebook.com/GrandRondeFoodBank
• Grand Ronde Youth Council: www.facebook.com/CTGRYouthCouncil
• Grand Ronde Tribal Police Department:
www.facebook.com/grandrondepolice/
Clothes Closet open Monday, Friday
The Clothes Closet is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday and Friday on
the Tribal campus near the Elders Activity Center at the end of Blacktail
Drive. It accepts clothes, small appliances, small pieces of furniture, elec-
tronics 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 Walker-Her-
nandez at 559-847-7565 or Daniele Powley at 503-917-8732.