The INDEPENDENT, April 5, 2007
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Bilingual volunteers can help victims
Hazardous waste events planned
The Washington County Dis-
trict Attorney’s Victim Assis-
tance Program is seeking
Spanish-speaking bilingual vol-
unteers to provide emotional
and informational support to
victims of crime. The Victim As-
sistance Program has over 500
contacts each year with crime
Welcome your car back into
the garage and take household
hazardous waste to a safe rest-
ing place at one of Metro’s free
household hazardous waste
collection events.
The next events are sched-
uled for April 13-14 at Century
High School, 2000 SW Century
victims who speak only Span-
ish. Volunteer opportunities in-
clude court accompaniment,
case status notification and as-
sistance with referrals and re-
sources for victims of domestic
violence, sexual assault, child
abuse, robbery, identity theft
and more.
The spring training for new
volunteers will be held May 1-4.
Call Carie at 503-846-8671 for
more information and an appli-
cation. Call now to join the
Washington County District At-
torney’s Office’s crime victim
advocate team!
Blvd., Hillsboro, and April 20-21
at Intel Ronler Acres Campus,
2501 NW 229th Ave., Hillsboro.
The time is 9:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.
For more information includ-
ing a list of hazardous items,
call Metro Recycling Informa-
tion at 503-234-3000.
Pet microchip event on April 7 New focus for fifth annual Faith Forum
In an effort to spare hun-
dreds of lost pets and their
owners the possible heartbreak
of never seeing each other
again, Washington County Ani-
mal Services and Bonnie L.
Hays Small Animal Shelter will
hold an “Every Day is Pet Tag
Day” event on Saturday, April
7.
During this event, the animal
shelter will offer pet identifica-
tion microchip implants for only
$20, and rabies and health vac-
cinations to prevent distemper
and parvovirus in dogs, or fe-
line distemper and upper respi-
ratory diseases in cats, at just
$10 each.
The event is from 11 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. under the big tent at
the Washington County Fair-
plex, 873 NE 34th Avenue in
Hillsboro.
“Our shelter is joining other
animal organizations through-
out the nation to promote Every
Day is Pet Tag Day,” said Ani-
mal Services manager Gary
Hendel. This is an awareness
campaign on the importance of
tagging pets.
“We want to make sure that
dogs wear current licenses and
have microchips,, and that cats
wear identification tags and
also have microchips, so that
they can be reunited with their
owners if they get lost. Without
a dog license or microchip, a
lost pet could remain in the an-
imal shelter for days while our
staff tries to locate the pet’s
owner. Our goal is to get these
pets back home where they be-
long,” Hendel added.
Last year the Bonnie L.
Hays Small Animal Shelter re-
ceived over 5,000 lost pets.
This could be dramatically im-
proved if all pets wore identifi-
cation.
Owners need to bring dogs
on leashes and cats in carriers.
In order to receive a microchip,
a dog must have a valid dog li-
cense. Licenses will also be
available for purchase at the
event. For more information,
call 503-846-7041.
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Focus on Homelessness will
be the topic of the fifth annual
Community Faith Forum of the
Inter-Religious Action Network
of Washington County. The fo-
rum will include two keynote
presenters, a break-out ses-
sion and light breakfast and
lunch.
The forum will be held on
Wednesday, April 18, from 8:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Provi-
dence St. Vincent Medical Cen-
ter, Souther Classrooms and
Auditorium at 9205 SW Barnes
Rd. Portland. Parking is free.
Keynote speakers will in-
clude the Rev. Chuck Currie,
interim minister at Parkrose
Community United Church of
Christ in Portland and long-time
housing advocate, and Sydney
Sherwood, Executive Director
of the Good Neighbor Center in
Tigard.
Participants will also attend
one of three interactive break-
out sessions where they will
have the opportunity to explore
local programs and discuss
ways to engage their faith com-
munity around homeless in
Washington County. Breakout
session topics include Food,
Children & Youth, and Afford-
able Housing. Chair Tom Brian
from the Washington County
Board of Commissioners will
provide opening remarks.
The 2007 Community Faith
Forum is sponsored by Provi-
dence Health System, Tuality
Healthcare and Central Beth-
any Development. Additional
sponsors include the Commu-
nity Housing Fund and the
Washington County Housing
Advocacy Group.
The Inter-Religious Action
Network, created in 2002, in-
vites people from all faith com-
munities to come together to
build respect for our diversity
and to provide leadership for
the improvement of life in
Washington County. The Net-
work helps connect faith lead-
ers with the efforts of individu-
als and local community lead-
ers.
Everyone is invited to the
Community Faith Forum. To
register, send your name and
contact information, along with
the $20 registration fee, to: The
Inter-Religious Action Network,
c/o Vision Action Network,
3700 SW Murray Blvd, Suite
190, Beaverton, OR 97005.
Make checks payable to Vision
Action Network or call 503-846-
5792.
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