10A | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS
‘We Care’ campaign
delivers thanks to local
health care workers
O
n Wednesday, Flor-
ence
Indivisible
launched a new communi-
ty-based campaign with the
first of the weekly deliveries
of “We Care” kits of snacks,
drinks and notes of sup-
port and encouragement
to healthcare workers at
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center.
“We support our health
care workers who are work-
ing so hard and to show
them that we care,” said
Beverly Sherrill, Group
Leader of Florence Indi-
visible. “The campaign
includes encouraging res-
idents to get vaccinated,
practice social distancing,
and wear a mask in addi-
tion to providing the ‘thank
you’ gifts to the health care
workers at Peace Harbor.”
Donations of wrapped
snack items, drinks and
notes of encouragement
can be dropped off at Sil-
ver Lining Boutique at 2217
Highway 101 and Beaux-
Arts at 2285 Highway 101
Florence Indivisible launched its new community-based
“We Care” campaign to support hardworking health care
staff in the area, especially at PeaceHealth Peace Harbor.
Suite H.
Groups are encouraged
to participate by adopting
a “We Care” basket or pro-
viding donations of hand-
made notes or small craft
items.
Florence Indivisible is
one of 50 other Indivisible
groups in Oregon — all lo-
cal organizations that pro-
mote grassroots activism
through organizing and
taking action for advocacy
and electoral work.
For
more
informa-
tion, contact Sherrill at
florenceindivisible@gmail.
com and 541-980-3090.
Food share receives grant funding from Siletz Tribes
Florence Food Share
announced the receipt
of $2,500 in grant fund-
ing from the Siletz Trib-
al Charitable Contribu-
tion Fund. These funds
will be used to purchase
wool socks and water fil-
tration bottles for clients
of Florence’s emergency
food pantry.
“We so appreciate this
support from the Siletz
Tribal Charitable Contri-
bution Fund,” said Flor-
ence Food Share Executive
Director Colin Morgan.
“The Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians have been
true partners with us in
our mission to alleviate
hunger and enhance the
health and dignity of peo-
ple in western Lane Coun-
ty.”
The
Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians
of Oregon formed the
Siletz Tribal Charitable
Contribution Fund in
1999 to help give back
to its communities. So
far, the Siletz Tribe has
honored its tradition of
sharing by distributing
more than $16 million
through the charitable
fund and other tribal re-
sources.
“This project will spe-
cifically support our
clients who are experi-
encing homelessness,”
Morgan added. “Each
year, Florence Food
Share serves more than
350 unique individu-
als who are unhoused
in our area. The wool
socks and a clean source
of water will help local
people this fall and win-
ter. Thank you to the
Siletz Tribe.”
Florence Food Share
is located at 2190 Spruce
St. and is open Monday
through Friday from
9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Wednesdays from 4 to 6
p.m. and every Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-997-9110 or
visit www.florencefood
share.org.
Keep school routes in mind as
school prepares to start this week
Many of us have gotten
accustomed to children
learning remotely, but
slowing down and look-
ing for children wherever
you’re driving is critical
for safety as many schools
return to in-person learn-
ing.
While school zones
and areas where kids may
be exiting public transit
or school buses are im-
portant settings, school
routes are everywhere,
so driving cautiously in
neighborhoods or places
outside of school zones is
also important.
To help remind people
of these safe driving be-
haviors, ODOT has part-
nered with Metro and the
Portland Bureau of Trans-
portation’s Safe Routes to
School Program to launch
a statewide campaign
called “Drive Like It.” The
key messages are intend-
ed to keep us all safer on
the road.
Parents and children
are also adjusting to
in-person learning envi-
ronments. As part of this
transition, the campaign
encourages active and
multimodal transit meth-
ods such as walking, bik-
ing and public transit.
These methods im-
prove children’s physical
activity, help them in-
tegrate with their com-
munity, and reduce car-
bon emissions and may
reduce congestion at or
around schools which can
increase safety for all road
users.
“We can all take steps
to make sure children get
to and from school safely
whether they’re taking the
bus, being dropped off by
their parents, carpool-
ing, walking, bicycling
or rolling,” said ODOT
State Routes to School
Program Manager Heidi
Manlove. “People driving
should exercise caution
and avoid distractions in
neighborhoods and in
school zones. That means
focus on the task at hand,
not the radio, your phone
or the conversation in the
back seat.”
She reminded the com-
munity to remember to
watch for children.
“Families may be walk-
ing, bicycling on the
street or crossing at in-
tersections or crosswalks
near schools, in neighbor-
hoods and by bus stops,”
Manlove said. “Children
may dart into the street
to catch a bus without
checking for traffic. And
children aren’t always the
best at gauging distance
and speed or knowing
when it’s safe to cross.”
While driving, peo-
ple should also take care
backing up, obey traf-
fic rules — especially at
school drop off and pick
up times — yield to pe-
destrians at intersections
and watch for school bus-
es.
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Monday-Saturday
10:30am – 9:00pm
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From our family to your
family, thank you!
We appreciate your support and
hope you are all doing well.
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