The INDEPENDENT, June 5, 2003
Generous donations
made a great activity
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U nited W ay agencies. It w as
dow n sig n ifica n tly because, d e
spite the best efforts of c a m
paign vo lu n te e rs and staff, the
U nited W ay of C olum bia C o u n
ty fell fa r sho rt of its goal fo r the
first tim e in ten years.
W hen you m eet o r exceed
goal e ve ryon e ce le b ra te s, and
the acco la d e s of the co m m u n i
ty follow. W hen you fail to m eet
goal, the ce le b ra tio n and a cco
lades are m uted, though th e e f
fort and the c o n trib u tio n s of
those w ho vo lu n te e re d to lead
the cam paig n, and th o se w ho
pledged th e ir sup port to the
ag encies, w as proba bly m ore
heroic than usual. T h a t’s just
hum an nature.
The B oard of D irectors and
the staff of R iversid e T raining
C enters w ould like to do a sm all
part to cha n g e that. W e w a n t to
p u b lic ly
a c k n o w le d g e
and
tha nk e ve ryon e w ho w o rke d on
the 2 0 0 3 U nite d W ay C a m
paign. W e w a n t to a ckn o w l
edge and th a n k in a special
w ay eve ry d o n o r to the U nited
W ay ca m p a ig n w ho con tinue s
to give so g e n e ro u sly to help
the less fo rtu n a te in the c o m
m unity even in the face of p e r
son al u n certa inty. W e w o u ld
like to p a rticu la rly th a n k those
w ho serve on the U nited W ay
Board of D irectors and the re
view panel w h o had to listen
night a fte r night to painful s to
ries of needs, and then m ake
very difficult fun d in g decisions.
K udos to all of you!
O u r focus at R iverside is not
on how m uch w e w ere cut. O ur
focus is on how de e p ly honored
and tou che d w e are tha t the
p e o p le of C o lu m b ia C o u n ty
con tinue to sup port R iverside
and all the agencies so g e n e r
ously even in the face of great
e co nom ic hardship!
W hile w e are at it, we w ould
also like to say a special tha nk
you to e ve ryon e w ho serves in
a v p lu n te e r le a d e rs h ip role,
w h e th e r on one of the U nited
W ay a g e n cy boards, o r on the
board of a spe cial services d is
trict^ o r on the school boards
during these difficu lt tim es. W e
w an( you to know that yo u r e f
fo rts and yo u r lea dership are
deeply a p pre ciated by all of us,
e sp e cia lly w hen the task before
you seem s im possible.
L e t’s all m a ke a p o in t of
show ing ou r sup port and sa y
ing a personal “th a n k you" to
those w hom w e know th a t are
giving of th e ir tim e, and bearing
the co n sid e ra b le stress of v o l
un tee r leadership during these
To the Editor:
On behalf of the Jr M idgets
B aseball league. I w ant to send
a tha nk you to all the m em bers
of the com m un ity w ho cam e
out and supported o u r pop can
drive in A pril. W e raised nearly
$300 to be used for equipm ent
and our e n d -o f-th e -ye a r picnic,
raffle and fa m ily ball gam e.
I also w ant to extend a big
thank you to all of the in d ivid u
als and bu sinesse s w hose d o
nations m ade o u r event a huge
success. B ecau se of all the
ge nerous donatio ns and d is
c o u n te d p ro d u c ts , v e ry little
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Kids (and adults) enjoyed a visit from Red Robin at T-Ball pic
nic in Hawkins Park. Red Robin was just one of many donors
who helped make the season very successful.
difficult tim es.
Al Soenneker
Executive Director
Riverside Training Ctrs, Inc.
St. Helens
Your generosity helps
meet growing needs
To the Editor:
The V ernonia C ares Food
B ank w ould like to tha nk the
fo o d c o n trib u to rs and postal
carriers fo r a successful Letter
C arriers Food Drive on M ay 10.
T h anks to you, 659 pounds of
food w as added to y o u r local
foo d pantry. O ur shelves w ere
b e c o m in g e m p ty of c e rta in
fo o d s an d y o u r a d d itio n of
canned foods helped to m eet
the need. T h a n k you, esp ecial
ly to P eter O ’Leary, w ho head
ed up this project.
The nu m be r of clients c o n
tinues to increase. In January,
w e assisted 304 people; in Feb,
298; in M arch 321; in April 327;
and in M ay 341. This continual
clim b in the num ber of people
needing food assistance tells
us that w e ’re doing w hat w e’re
supposed to be doing: helping
feed the hungry of ou r co m m u
nity. It takes both food and
fu n d s to ke e p C a re s open.
G ifts can be sent to Vernonia
C ares, P.O. Box 126, Vernonia,
O R 97064. All donations are
tax deductible.
W e also could use vo lu n
teers. C ou ld you spare fo u r
h o u rs a w e e k ? P le a se ca ll
(5 0 3 -4 2 9 -1 4 1 4 ) o r co m e by
627 A dam s A venue (front entry
of the Legion Hall, behind W est
O re g o n E le c tric ) d u rin g ou r
b u s in e s s ho u rs on T u e s d a y
and Thursday, from 10 a.m . to
2 p.m . M any of you brought
plastic and pa p e r sacks for us
to use filling the grocery orders.
Y our re s p o n s e w as great.
Thanks! W e can still use more,
especially pa per sacks.
The Food B ank is you r hand
e xte nd ed to th is com m unity.
Thanks, again, to all of you w ho
are w illing to help dem onstrate
that “V ernonia C ares."
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m oney w as a ctu a lly used from
o u r g e n e ra l fu n d . T h e re fo re ,
there w ill be m o n e y still left for
next year.
W e eve n had a su rprise visit
from “ RED", the m ascot from
Red R obin. Red had his picture
taken w ith all the kids and w as
a good sport w he n the kids
w an ted him to get up to bat.
Red w as able to hit the ball and
the kids even got Red hom e.
I w as very d e lig hte d to have
so m u ch p o s itiv e re s p o n se
from people in a tim e w hen
budgets are so lim ited.
Thank you again.
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