SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015
Port to review new fees
Port of Siuslaw Board of
Commissioners will meet to-
night at 7 p.m., at the Port
office, 100 Harbor St.
This meeting will include a
public hearing for increasing
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Siuslaw West awards grant to Helping Hands
moorage and campground
fees. Port meetings are open
to the public.
Following the regular meet-
ing, the board will enter into
executive session.
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Siuslaw West students participate in giving to the community in the Community 101 grant project.
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On Wednesday, May 6, the
Siuslaw West Community 101
class presented grants to non-
profit organizations in the
library at Siuslaw High School.
The students of Siuslaw
West Community 101, with
support from the Harry and
Marguerite Kendal Fund of
the
Oregon
Community
Foundation and the Meyer
Memorial Trust, awarded
$5,000 to local nonprofit
organizations, including Help-
ing Hands Coalition, Florence
Food Share and various school
groups.
The students began this proj-
ect soon after the beginning of
the school year. Their teacher,
Sarah Gage-Hunt, led the class
throughout the entire project.
As a class, they reviewed the
grants from the previous year
and wrote a mission statement.
This year the students’ chosen
concerns were alcohol and
drug addiction, juvenile crime,
rape and sexual assault.
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applicant and once their deci-
sions were made the recipients
were invited to the ceremony
held to award the grants. The
winners of the grants were
required to attend the event.
Helping Hands Coalition,
which provides hot lunches,
toiletries and other services to
those in need in and around
Florence, received a grant in
the amount of $2,000.
There was a brief review of
the work done by Helping
Hands. This Past April,
Helping Hands served 642 peo-
ple.
Hope Claussen, a student at
Siuslaw West, said, “I didn’t
realize Helping Hands served
so many before getting to know
more about them through
Community 101.”
Glen Stewart, the founder
and president of Helping
Hands Coalition, attended the
ceremony.
“This grant means a lot to us
because Helping Hands is
Once a mission statement
had be agreed upon, the stu-
dents began to research non-
profits in the Florence area.
They looked at what the most
important social causes were
in this area, and who in
Florence could meet the needs
of the community.
In November of 2014, appli-
cations were sent to various
organizations and, beginning in
January 2015, the students
began the review of the appli-
cations received.
The students could choose to
give grants up to $1,000 to var-
ious school groups and $4,000
was available for grants in the
community at large.
Every nonprofit that applied
for a grant was interviewed by
the students in the Community
101 class, either on campus or
in visits to the facilities of the
organizations who made appli-
cations.
The students voted on the
amounts to be granted to each
strictly non-profit and the
grants keep us going and able
to provide services to the
needy,” said Stewart.
Treasurer Debe Hamilton
said she had “always believed
in alternative schools and this
coming from the kids makes
me feel good about the
future.”
Administered by the Oregon
Community Foundation and
the PGE Foundation, Com-
munity 101 is a classroom-
based program that provides
student leadership and civic
engagement through charita-
ble giving.
Community 101 students
have granted more than $2.2
million to Oregon nonprofits
since 1997.
For information on how to
become involved or to sponsor
a class at your local high
school,
contact
Jennesa
Datema, the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation, at 503-
227-6846.
ALICE school safety training Friday
stated Chief Tom Turner. “This
training will allow us to train
for emergency response within
a school facility.”
School officials have sched-
uled an in-service day to pro-
vide the training to teachers,
administrators, assistants, of-
fice staff, bus drivers and other
school district staff.
There will be no school on
May 22.
The training is not open to
the public. Keep the area clear
to allow for the trainings to
take place.
Law enforcement and school
officials will be able to answer
community questions regard-
Florence Police Department
and other local law enforce-
ment agencies will be at
Siuslaw Middle School on
Friday, May 22, to participate
in safety training with Siuslaw
School District personnel.
Law enforcement will be
providing Alert, Lockdown,
Inform, Counter and Evacuate
(ALICE) training to school
personnel, which is specifical-
ly designed to improve their
ability to protect students and
coordinate with first respon-
ders in the event of an emer-
gency.
“We want to protect our kids
and keep the community safe,”
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ing preparedness efforts once
they have completed training.
“Our Florence Police
Department has been so sup-
portive of this effort. We
appreciate all our officers
making it possible to bring
this training to our school
and
community,”
said
Superintendent Ethel Angal.
The ALICE system has
been employed across the
country in the past few years
and is now being conducted
in schools across Lane
County.
For more information on
the ALICE system, visit
www.alicetraining.com.
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