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working longer, caring for
grandchildren.” She said.
“The number of new volun-
teers is dwindling at a rapid
pace.”
She said many of the
volunteers operating food
pantries are the same ones
who were doing so 10 or 20
years ago, and are now in
their 80s.
Dave Hughes, direc-
tor of Hermiston’s Agape
House, agreed that most
service clubs are struggling
to maintain membership.
Hughes said they always
need people to help deliver
items in the summer when
the donation of household
goods increases.
“There’s a lot from yard
sales and people cleaning
house, and we struggle find-
ing enough people to help
sort and pick things up,” he
said.
Agape House tries to
focus on helping younger
people cultivate an inter-
est in volunteering, Hughes
said.
“If we can instill in them
a spirit of being volunteers
now, it’ll carry on the rest
of their lives,” Hughes said.
They offer positions on
their board of directors for
juniors and seniors in high
school, or college students.
But some of those board
members recently left for
college, and all those posi-
tions are now vacant.
Recruitment is also
tough, Hughes said, espe-
cially in the summers when
many public events tend to
fall on the same day.
“For example, the golf
tournament,” he said of
Agape House’s fundraiser
last Saturday. “It falls on
the same day as Funfest. It
stretches us pretty thin to
have a presence at both.”
United Way of Uma-
tilla and Morrow counties
refers people to organiza-
tions that need volunteers
and donations.
Director Kricket Nichol-
son said volunteerism has
decreased, for a variety of
reasons. Many of the peo-
ple who used to be stay-at-
home moms would volun-
teer, she said.
“Most are now in the
workplace,” she said. “Even
younger people — employ-
ers expect more of them. Or
people have time, but they
have their own things.”
Nicholson added that
monetary donations have
gone down as well.
“There are so many
causes, and non-profits ask-
ing for money,” she said.
“It’s almost like, who gets
to the donors first.”
WHERE TO VOLUNTEER
Here are some local organizations that need
volunteers:
• Agape House: 541-567-8774,
www.agapehousehermiston.org
• Domestic Violence Services: 541-276-3322,
www.dvs-or.org
• Hermiston Campus Life: 541-567-6003,
www.bluemountain.yfc.net
• Lost and Found Youth Outreach: 541-276-3987,
www.cnrstone.org
• Neighborhood Center of South Morrow County:
541-676-5024
• SMART (Start Making a Reader Today):
971-634-1614, www.getsmartoregon.org
For more volunteer opportunities, contact Umatil-
la-Morrow United Way at unitedwayumatillamorrow.
org.
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Club and the Hermiston
High School College Sav-
ings group have joined
forces to raise money to
upgrade the landscaping
and art located at the inter-
section of Highway 395 and
Highway 730.
On June 29 the students
and their advisors met to
talk about the project, and
the Hermiston students
presented an $800 check
to the Umatilla club for the
project, according to Uma-
tilla interim city manager
Tamra Mabbott.
College Savings Group
advisor Liz Marvin said
that the club was grate-
ful for the opportunity to
invest in the community
together.
“We have found this
process to be empowering
for the students through
their planning, fundraising
efforts and the grant deci-
sion making process,” she
said in a statement. “The
opportunity to be part of
the 395/730 project is a
source of pride for both
communities.”
Umatilla Key Club advi-
sory Chris Early said ser-
vice is what their club is all
about, and they looked for-
ward to making the gate-
way between the two com-
munities more beautiful.
• • •
The city of Echo is roll-
ing in the “dough-nations.”
Recent gifts reported in the
July edition of The Echo,
the city’s monthly news-
letter, included a season of
“Frasier” and seven DVDs
from Caleb Jacobs and six
books from Elsie Middle-
ton, which will be added to
the collection at the Echo
Public Library. Other
donations included $50
from Charlotte Berry for
general beautification and
America in Bloom, and
$500 of $4,000 for pub-
lic art by Kent and Laura
Madison, and an anony-
mous donation of $20 for
National Night Out.
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY TAMRA MABBOTT.
Liz Marvin and Chris Early hold a check for $800 for the Highway 395-Highway 730
landscaping project surrounded by Grecia Mendez, Martin Heredia, Oliver Rodriguez
Marvin, Elizabeth Loera, Yarectzy Carrillo and Elizebeth Burres.
• • •
A pair of employees
with Umatilla County
Community Corrections
recently graduated with the
77th Basic Parole & Pro-
bation Officer Class.
Parole
and
proba-
tion officers Patricia
Arrington and Daniel
Garcilazo-Madrigal were
among the classmates who
were recognized by the
Oregon Department of
Public Safety Standards
and Training during a
June 29 ceremony at the
Oregon Public Safety
Academy in Salem. Ross
Caldwell of the Oregon
Criminal Justice Com-
mission served as guest
speaker.
• • •
Projects or groups that
relate to literary endeav-
ors, historical preservation,
visual and performing arts,
or humanities and cultural
organizations are invited
to apply for grants through
the Morrow County Cul-
tural Coalition, which are
funded by the Oregon Cul-
tural Trust Foundation.
The coalition is accept-
ing funding proposal
requests for the 2019
grant period for organiza-
tions or projects in Mor-
row County. The applica-
tion must be submitted by
Wednesday, Aug. 1. Pro-
posals must include a time
line with project comple-
tion no later than Oct. 15,
2019.
Grants awarded for
2018 included a Heppner
Art & Culture Club guest
instructor,
Lexington
Grange building preserva-
tion work, Heppner High
School Drama Club,
Morrow County Histor-
ical Society Chronicles
and Inland Northwest
Musicians/Willow Creek
Symphony.
For guidelines and a
grant application, contact
Gayle Gutierrez at 541-
676-5630 or ggutierrez@
co.morrow.or.us. For more
about the Oregon Cultural
Trust Foundation, includ-
ing project ideas, visit
www.culturaltrust.org.
• • •
Hermiston School Dis-
trict is hosting a wellness
event at Hermiston High
School on Aug. 1 from 2-6
p.m.
Sports physicals, vision
and dental screenings
will be available, as will
help enrolling in the Ore-
gon Health Plan. Students
under 15 years old will
need a parent or guardian
with them. Students will be
asked to provide insurance
information, according to
the school district’s news
release, but no student will
be turned away for not hav-
ing health insurance.
The is made possible
by Advantage Dental,
Columbia River Health,
Eastern Oregon Coordi-
nated Care Organization,
Lifetime Vision Source,
Oregon State University
Extension Service, Uma-
tilla County Health, and
Umatilla-Morrow Head
Start, Inc.
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