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MAY 15, 2021
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Your home is your castle and you want it to look that way.
"We don't have to do it
Relax and let us take care of the
work. We were
all alone.
never
meant
to."
Call today and make an appointment to have one of our property
service
representatives
come and listen to your needs and provide you with
an estimate
-Brene
Brown
503.383.4064
CCB #208867 LCB #9720
Licensed, bonded and insured.
Are you frustrated with your diabetes control?
Do you have questions about diabetes?
Do you need help managing your diabetes?
If so…
Call the Medical Clinic today at 503-879-2002
To schedule an individual diabetes education appointment
2021-22 O PEN E NROLLMENT
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Mental Health Texts
iLAUNCH presents
C HINUK K INDERGARTEN
I MMERSION
!
As of May 17, 2021, we will be accepting registration ap-
plications for interested incoming kindergarteners. We are a Chinuk
Wawa immersion program offering literacy instruction through the
use of Chinuk Wawa. Our students are shared with the Willamina
Elementary School, so they are dually enrolled. In the year’s past, we
have been a half-day program holding services from 7:30-11 a.m.
with transportation provided for students to end their school day at
Willamina. However, due to the pandemic and unknowns regarding
school plans in the Fall, our programming model has not yet been
determined. If interested, please contact us for more info or fill out a
registration and be updated on our plans as soon as they are decided.
No prior language experience needed. If a student in a grade beyond
kindergarten wants to enroll, please contact us for more information.
Once we are at capacity, we give Tribal preference.
On Fridays you will receive a message
about mental health, a social
emotional tip or a simple quote or
message of encouragement.
Applications are available at https://www.grandronde.org/services/education/elementary-chinuk-language-program/
and can be turned in starting May 17 by:
Text JOIN to
Mail: 9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
OR e-mailed to either contact listed below
Elaine Lane
K/1 Chinuk Teacher
503-879-1920
elaine.lane@grandronde.org
(971) 318-3459
TRIBAL VETERANS
SERVICE OFFICE
Ramona Quenelle, Tribal Veterans’ Service Officer, (TVSO)US Navy Veteran (IT2 SW)
Phone: 503-879-1484 | CTGRTribalVSO@grandronde.org
CTGR Social Services Department, Attn: Tribal Veterans’ Service Officer
9615 Grand Ronde Road, Grand Ronde, OR 97347
VETERANS CRISIS LINE, CALL 1-800-273-8255 AND PRESS 1 OR TEXT 838255
Sept. 2, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Mindfulness Behavioral Health Training #3
VETERAN’S CORNER:
All CTGR veterans send us your e-mail address so we can
include you on the monthly CTGR Veteran Newsletter
Distribution List and periodic e-mail information updates.
Sept. 17, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Cultural Class #2 – Cattail Cordage
CTGRTribalVSO@grandronde.org
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UPCOMING EVENTS:
VIRTUAL BI-MONTHLY VETERANS MEETINGS:
Memorial Day Honoring
Honoring families of Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde veterans who have walked on …
Open to all veterans in our local community. The meet-
ings will focus on various informative topics each month.
• June 15, 2 p.m. Blue Water Navy Meeting #2
• Sept. 2021 – VISN Network Presentations – Meeting #3
Gathering Around the Canoe Veterans Cultural Class:
Thank you to all the par-
ticipants for the first Vet-
erans Culture Class. It was
an honor to learn with
you.
Shout out to the Army
veterans. You had the
most participants in this
event. Thank you for your
support.
We enroll families, not just students. It is our
belief that the only way for the language to
live and flourish is for it to be learned and
used in the home by the whole family.
Let us express our gratitude and pride for those who
served; those who put their lives on the line; and the
families who supported them. We raise our hands to ac-
knowledge and honor the service of the veteran in your
family and their memory. hayu masi.
To Receive a Memorial Day gift:
Be a Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR) Tribal
member or a Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde fam-
ily member with,
1. A CTGR veteran in your family who has made their
journey (from any service era) and,
Nov. 12, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.
Veterans Day Dinner
SAVE THE DATE CALENDAR:
May 31, 2021 at 1 p.m. (Meal starts at noon)
(attendance limited due to COVID precautions)
Memorial Day Event
July 8, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.
Paint with a Vet event (only 22 spots available)
Contact TVSO to sign up.
July 2021 (Date/Time TBD)
Veterans Virtual Claims Clinic
Oct. 2021 (Date/Time TBD)
Native Wellness Behavioral Health Training #4
Dec. 2021 (Date/Time TBD)
Veterans End of the Year Event
2. Submit a photo, biography, story or information about
your Tribal veteran and/or their military service by May
21, 2021 (to TVSO office by mail/email).
Honoring our Veterans –
David Leno, US Army
(All information submitted is kept confidential and will
not be shared). In return: The first 100 submissions will re-
ceive a gift:
#ctgrtribalveterans
#ctgrwehonorourveterans
#ctgrarmyveteran
June 8, 2021 at 2 p.m.
Military Sexual Trauma (MST)
Behavioral Health Training #2
www.grandronde.org/services/social-services/veterans-services | www.benefits.va.gov/vso | www.facebook.com/CTGRVeteransSEB
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