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NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Committee & Special Event
Board meeting days and times
COMMITTEE AND SPECIAL EVENT BOARD VACANCIES
The following Committees and Special Event Boards have vacant positions.
Ceremonial Hunting Board
Education Committee
Fish & Wildlife Committee
Timber Committee
Culture Committee
Housing Grievance Board
Veterans Special Event Board
Enrollment Board
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
2 vacancies
3 vacancies
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
1 vacancy
Please send completed applications to
Stacia Hernandez, 9615 Grand Ronde Road,
Grand Ronde, OR 97347.
Veterans Day meal set for Nov. 9
The annual Veterans Day meal put on by the Tribe’s Veterans
Special Event Board will be held starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9,
in the Tribal Community Center, 9615 Grand Ronde Road.
The meal is for all veterans and their family members.
Social hour begins at 5 p.m. with a meal being served at 6.
In addition to the meal, there will be a drawing for prizes.
For more information, contact Veterans Special Event Board Chair-
man Raymond Petite at 541-480-5932 or Tribal Council member Steve
Bobb Sr. at 503-876-3118.
Food Bank provides
boxes, seeks help
The Grand Ronde Food Bank – iskam mfkhmfk haws – is operated
by Marion-Polk Food Share, which has 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,” Food
Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose says. “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 will be:
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2;
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10;
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 (holiday food boxes);
• and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30.
The Food Bank will be closed during the Thanksgiving week of
Nov. 19-23.
People must check in 15 minutes before closing to receive a food
box. If you need immediate assistance, call 211 or visit 211info.org.
The Food Bank also will be closed Monday, Nov. 12, in observance
of Veterans Day.
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.
In addition, the Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center’s Commu-
nity Health Team will be setting up the mobile clinic at the pantry
on the first Friday of every month.
A cooking class on creating a healthy and nutritious Thanksgiving
meal will be held at noon Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Food Bank. Call
503-879-2078 to RSVP.
The Food Bank continues to seek volunteers to help with repacking
food, putting food on the shelves, handing out food boxes, end-of-
month inventory and picking up food donations at area stores. Vol-
unteers are especially needed for the holiday food box distribution
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17.
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.
Call Ambrose at 503-879-3663 or contact her at fambrose@mari-
onpolkfoodshare.org for more information or to volunteer.
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 Gro-
shong.
• 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: Francene Ambrose.
• Editorial Board meets monthly at the Chachalu Museum & Cultural
Center’s conference room, 8720 Grand Ronde Road. Next meeting
is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30. The public is welcome to
attend. Chair: Siobhan Taylor. Contact: Editorial.Board@grandronde.
org.
• Education Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. on the first 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: Penny DeLoe.
• Enrollment Board meets the third Wednesday of the month in Room
204 of the Governance Center. Chair: Ann Lewis.
• 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 Monday 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: Kristy Criss-Lawson.
• Powwow Special Event Board meets monthly at noon at the Com-
munity 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: TBD.
• Tribal Employment Rights Commission meets 10 a.m. Monday,
Nov. 5, in the Employment Services building, Room 118A. Chair:
Russell Wilkinson.
• Veterans Special Event Board meets at 5:30 p.m. the first Tuesday
of the month in the old Elders Craft House. Chair: Raymond Petite.
To update information on this list, contact Publications Coordinator
Dean Rhodes at 503-879-1463 or dean.rhodes@grandronde.org.
Art Tour seeking student entries
WILLAMINA — The Coastal Hills Art Tour, being held Friday
and Saturday, Nov. 9-10, is seeking works for its Student Art Show.
All students are eligible and all art forms are eligible.
Matting assistance will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 7, in Room 6 of the West Valley Community Campus in Wil-
lamina. An entry form will be available at the workshop.
Four of a student’s maximum five entries must be for sale with
students receiving 70 percent of the sale price. The other 30 percent
is split equally among the West Valley Community Campus, food
bank and Art Conspiracy.
For more information, contact Joyce at artconspiracy98@gmail.
com or the West Valley Art Conspiracy on Facebook
Helping Hands schedules meeting
The Clothes Closet, iskam mfkhmfk haws, Empowerment Outreach
Ministries, Lighthouse Church and A Cause For Paws have joined forces
to support local families.
The group, collectively named Grand Ronde Helping Hands, seeks to
bring together those who are supporting families in Grand Ronde to share
services and resources, and create a resource guide.
Helping Hands’ next meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5,
at iskam mfkhmfk haws, 9675 Grand Ronde Road. If you provide any type
of services to families in the community, consider attending. The group
is looking for meal site calendars, food box sites, clothes closets, showers
and laundry services.
There also will be a collection day at iskam mfkhmfk haws from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. Donations are being sought of holiday food
box items, school supplies, pet items and new and gently used toys for
Christmas presents, as well as tents, tarps, sleeping bags, pillows, warm
blankets, rain gear and heavy jackets to restock the shelves.
Helping Hands continues to seek a volunteer with graphic arts skills to
create a logo that represents the organizations. The logo would be used on
business cards, a banner and possibly a website, and the artist possibly
would receive a small honorarium.
For more information, contact Food Bank Coordinator Francene Ambrose
at 503-879-3663 or by e-mail at fambrose@marionpolkfoodshare.org.
