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‘Care’ campaign to support local health
care workers warms hearts each week
The “We Care” campaign, orga-
nized by Florence Indivisible, has
continued to deliver kits of snacks,
drinks and notes of support and en-
couragement to healthcare workers
at Peace Harbor every week since
Sept. 1.
“The support from the local com-
munity with both financial contri-
butions and volunteering means the
‘We Care’ campaign will extend the
delivery of kits through the end of
the year,” said Florence Indivisible
Group Leader Beverly Sherrill. “The
importance of supporting health-
care workers continues during the
stressful healthcare crisis.”
The “We Care” project began
with the recognition that healthcare
workers were being overwhelmed
and working long hours with a rise
in COVID cases and hospitaliza-
tions.
As Sherrill explained, “This is a
way to show health care workers
who are working so hard to keep us
all alive that we care.”
In addition, the “We Care” cam-
paign includes encouraging resi-
dents to get vaccinated, practice
social distancing and wear a mask,
in addition to providing healthcare
workers at Peace Harbor “thank
you” gifts from the community.
For more information on vaccina-
tion clinics in the area, people can
go to siuslawvision.org/covid19/.
Donations have come from in-
dividuals with financial support as
well as support from the Florence
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
(FUUF) with donations to fill two
of the 21 baskets delivered weekly,
and Silver Lining Boutique donated
trays of snacks and treats that sup-
plied the kits for one of the weeks.
Donations of wrapped snack
items, drinks and notes of encour-
agement for the “We Care” kits
will be accepted at Silver Lining
Boutique at 2217 Highway 101 and
BeauxArts at 2285 Highway 101
Suite H.
This initiative has grown state-
wide to include “We Care” projects
in The Dalles, Hood River, Sea-
side, Astoria, Portland and more
in development. More information
and a tool kit is available from the
Consolidated Oregon Indivisible
Network (COIN), which includes
Florence Indivisible and 50 other
Indivisible groups in Oregon. These
are all local organizations that pro-
mote grassroots activism through
organizing and taking action for
advocacy and electoral work.
For more information, contact
Sherrill at 541-980-3090 or floren-
ceindivisible@gmail.com.
First Step hosts ‘Giving Gumbo Gala’ Saturday
Why not enjoy a special
southern cold weather fa-
vorite and bring home a
bit of New Orleans with a
bowl of authentic Louisi-
ana gumbo.
First Step Florence
Solutions for Housing
Security invites the com-
munity to its first annual
Giving Gumbo Gala on
Saturday, Nov. 13, from
noon to 3 p.m. at the Pres-
byterian Church of the
Siuslaw, 3996 Highway
101 in Florence.
People can experience a
unique flavored treat and
help First Step raise funds
to support its transitional
housing program for fam-
ilies without a secure and
safe place to live.
First Step is designed
to help families set and
achieve appropriate goals
and take that first step to-
wards a more stable living
situation.
With each generous
donation to First Step,
people can take home one
quart of Louisiana gumbo
with a pint of rice! There
is a choice of seafood
gumbo or chicken an-
douille gumbo. It will be
a limited supply, so peo-
ple should be sure to get
their gumbo before it runs
out.
To guarantee yours, re-
serve today by emailing
your name, phone num-
ber and gumbo selection
to: info@firststepflorence.
org.
Donations for gumbo
will be accepted by cash,
check or credit card when
you come to get your gum-
bo at the drive-through,
COVID-safe pick on the
north side of the church.
For more information
about the First Step orga-
nization, contact Program
Director Ken Gaylord
at 541-999-1057 or visit
firststepflorence.org.
Genealogical Society learns about trees, roots
If you would like to meet them
or any of their friends, please visit us at:
OREGON COAST HUMANE SOCIETY
2840 Rhododendron Drive • Florence • 541-997-4277
www.oregoncoasthumanesociety.org
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The Siuslaw Genealog-
ical Society has begun
in-person monthly meet-
ings. On Tuesday, Nov. 16,
the meeting will feature
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information on two of the
most popular genealogy
programs, Family Tree
Maker® and Roots Magic.
Members Merilee Mul-
vey and Jacquie Beveridge
will share features of the
programs they’re familiar
with to help you decide.
Over the past 20
months,
Ancestry.com
saw a 37% increase in
new subscribers as people
stuck at home channeled
pandemic boredom into
genealogy research.
One of the skills which
attendees will learn is
that once information is
gathered, organizing it
becomes critical. When
genealogists are ready
to put it in a binder or
share it with other family
members, making it user
friendly makes a big dif-
ference!
This meeting, open to
all, will be held at The
Mustard Seed, 509 King-
wood St. The group’s
usual meeting location,
Siuslaw Public Library
Bromley Room, is still not
available. So, we’re thank-
ful for this location.
Due to scheduling
conflicts, this meeting
will be on a Tuesday at 3
p.m.
Appropriate safety pro-
tocols will be followed.
In case changes are nec-
essary, people can check
the blog at siuslawgeneal-
ogy.org for updates. Peo-
ple can also email siuslaw-
genealogy@gmail.com.
FRAA holds ‘orphaned’ art supplies sale tomorrow
Florence Regional Arts
Alliance (FRAA), located
at 120 Maple St. in Histor-
ic Old Town Florence, is
seeking a good home for
art supplies that their art-
ists no longer need or use.
Items such as oil and wa-
tercolor supplies, pastels,
pens, punches for card-
making and scrapbooking,
frames, easels, books and
so much more will be of-
fered at amazing prices.
The FRAA Orphaned
Art Supplies Sale will be
held on Sunday, Nov. 14,
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Artists of all types and
abilities are encouraged
to come by and see what’s
available, and give these
supplies the home they de-
serve.
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