1) Tar Wars Poster Contest Winners
2) Orchestra acquires cargo trailer
3) Care to talk about.Your Brain Health
3) Care to talk about.Your Brain Health
4) 59th Annual Easter-Egg Hunt
5) Ice Cream Bingo
6) Random Acts Fundraiser for Haiti Tsunami Relief
WHAT: Tar Wars Poster Contest Winners
Winners of the Tar Wars poster contest to promote tobacco-free messages were announced at Highland Elementary on Friday noon, April 1st. First prize, an iPod shuffle, was garnered by Essie Cardoso for her oversized "You're pretty smart & cool" design. Second prize went to Macey Hall for her "Wishing for a healthier world" poster, and third place went to Rislun Hall for her colorful "We'll never chew" design. The 3 posters will be sent to the statewide Oregon Academy of Family Practice contest next week
Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program administered by the American Academy of Family Physicians that increases fourth- and fifth-grade students' awareness of attitudes about tobacco use and the effects of tobacco on the body. Since it was established in 1988, Tar Wars has reached more than 8 million children with its tobacco-free message.
The Tar Wars program culminates with its annual poster contest, which encourages children to create posters that emphasize the positive aspects of not using tobacco.
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WHAT: Orchestra acquires cargo trailer
WHERE: Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport
WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
WHO: The Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO)
Contact: website, WWW.OCCO.WS . Or you may call 541-997-6770
WHAT: Orchestra acquires cargo trailer
WHERE: Pacific Auditorium in Reedsport
WHEN: Sunday, May 1, 2011 @ 2:00 pm
WHO: The Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO)
Contact: website, WWW.OCCO.WS . Or you may call 541-997-6770
Thanks to major gifts from many coastal businesses and foundations as well as the generous support of patrons, the Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra (OCCO) has been able to purchase a cargo trailer. It will be used to transport the musical instruments and other equipment needed for the group's frequent school and concert appearances. The following foundations and corporate donors have been significant contributors to the success of this project: Douglas County Cultural Coalition, Fred Meyer Corporation, Lincoln County Cultural Coalition, Siletz Tribal Charitable Fund and the Western Lane Community Foundation.
Some additional work is required to finish the interior of the vehicle, so that the tympani and other large instruments will be safely housed for travel. Additional funds are necessary to complete this phase of the project. Further donations should be send to OCCO, 2359 21St Street, Florence OR, 97439. The orchestra is a tax-exempt charitable organization.
Look for the new trailer in the parking lot at the orchestra's next appearance which is the Spring Pops concert. The Reedsport program will be a matinee on May 1 at 2 P.M. in the Pacific Auditorium at Reedsport Community Charter School.
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WHAT: Care to talk about.Your Brain Health
or Hakuna Matata for Your Medulla Oblongata
WHERE: LUH conference room, lower level, enter through "receiving" door
WHERE: LUH conference room, lower level, enter through "receiving" door
WHEN Tuesday, April 26, 2011
WHO: Sandra Carter, D.O., FACOI, Reedsport Medical Clinic
Contact: Delaine Humphreys, 271-9700
Contact: Delaine Humphreys, 271-9700
Lower Umpqua Hospital is hosting a series of free public presentations over various health-related topics entitled "Care to talk about."
The next to be offered is Care to talk about.Your Brain Health (or Hakuna Matata for Your Medulla Oblongata) on Tuesday, April 26, at 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the LUH conference room with the newest member of the LUH Medical Staff, Sandra Carter, D.O., FACOI. The conference room is located on the lower level near the cafeteria. Parking is available in the lower lot. Enter through the door marked "Receiving." Healthy refreshments are provided.
Upcoming topics include electronic medical records & what that means, hospital finance, and more.
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WHAT: 59th Annual Easter-Egg Hunt
WHAT: 59th Annual Easter-Egg Hunt
WHERE: Jim Barrone Park, Reedsport
WHEN: Sunday, April 24th at 1:15 PM
WHO: The Gardiner-Reedsport Lions Club & Winchester Bay Merchants Association
Contact: Mary Ann Wells jwells36@frontier.com
The Gardiner-Reedsport Lions Club in conjunction with the Winchester Bay Merchants Association will be sponsoring the Annual Easter-Egg Hunt to take place at Jim Barrone Park on Sunday, April 24th at 1:15 PM. The hunt will be divided into different sectors so that kids will be hunting for eggs and prizes with their own age group. The Easter Bunny is eager and ready to meet new friends. He has lots of prizes and candies for all the girls and boys. Parents bring your cameras and catch all the action.
Come early and join in on some fun activities while we wait for the arrival of the Easter Bunny. Starting at 12:45 PM the Gardiner-Reedsport Lions will be hosting some traditional relay races. The "Bunny Hop" Race, the three-legged race, and an egg carried on a spoon race. It should be a good time for all. All pre-activities will be weather permitting.
Also, parents and friends, this would be a good time to bring any old eyeglasses, even old sun glasses that the Lions Club can recycle in third world countries where the need for glasses is great. We will have Lions Club members there to collect any that you can bring. We have boxes ready to send for recycling. We could use all that you could bring.
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What: Ice Cream Bingo
When: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 6 to 9 p.m.
Where: Highland Elementary School
Who: Great Afternoons
Contact: Chris Marsh, 271-3926
Saturday May 7 is the date! Don't miss the Ice Cream Social and Bingo Night sponsored by Great Afternoons. This highly anticipated annual event takes place Saturday evening, May 7, from 6 to 9 PM at the Highland Elementary School gymnasium.
Generous individuals and businesses in our community have donated thousands of dollars' worth of prizes and gift certificates to be awarded to bingo winners throughout the evening in both adult's and children's categories. One bingo card is provided with paid admission, and additional cards can be purchased at the door for $2/adults, $1/children.
Great Afternoons volunteers will dish up ice cream sundaes with your choice of delicious toppings. Soda, coffee, popcorn and nachos will be available throughout the evening. Door prize drawings and kids' consolation prizes will round out a great evening in a good cause.
Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.50 for children under 12, and family-of-four admission is just $15.00. Advance tickets are at the Great Afternoons programs or the Family Resource Center or can be purchased that night at the door.
Great Afternoons is a nonprofit after-school, infant & pre-kindergarten/day care program serving over 160 children in our community. The program operates at Highland Elementary School facilities under the auspices of the Oregon Coast Community Action Committee (ORCCA).
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WHAT: Random Acts Fundraiser for Haiti Tsunami Relief
WHAT: Random Acts Fundraiser for Haiti Tsunami Relief
"My name is Tahni Nikitins. I am a twenty-one year old college student of undecided major, I work the front desk at a local hotel, and I have the opportunity to partake in a pretty amazing adventure. Let me tell you a little bit about it.
In 2010, Haiti was hit by a devastating magnitude seven earthquake. The people of Haiti are still struggling to put their world back together, and are still waiting on the much needed international aid which was promised. In response to this tragedy, the charity organization Random Acts ( therandomact.org ) ran a fundraiser called "Run Misha Run" in which one of the founders ran a one man marathon asking for pledges. The run raised nearly $85,000 which went not only to funding aid in Haiti, but also to Pakistani flood relief. This year, Random Acts is returning to Haiti.
With all that is happening in the world it's pretty easy to forget about last year's tragedies. But Random Acts has made a promise to be source of continued support in Haiti, especially Jacmel, where they will be returning in June with a team of forty to build a multi-purpose community center. The center will act not only as an orphanage to shelter some of Jacmel's homeless children, but also as a micro lending center and school, in addition to housing a sustainable fresh water fish farm to provide a ready source of protein to the children who will be housed and fed there. I, and many others like me, have the opportunity to be on the team which will help to build this amazing center.
Here is where you come in. Random Acts is running what I like to think of as a derby. In essence, it's a race to be one of the forty team members who will join Random Acts on the journey to Haiti to build the orphanage. To be one of the forty, I have to do some fund raising. The goal is $5000. The first forty to reach this goal earn a place on the team going to Haiti this coming June. The $5000 raised goes directly to funding the project and to funding Japanese disaster relief. As of April fourth, we had 78 days left to raise $5000, and I have faith that I can make it happen with your help.
So here I am, asking you lovely strangers for just a little bit of help. If you want to help, know that you don't have to give much - even just a couple of dollars gets me closer to the goal. And of course, don't forget that your donation is tax deductible! ("Your donation to a US-Based 501(c)3 charitable organization through Crowdrise is 100% tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Network for Good provides an electronic receipt at the time of the donation that you should try not to lose but we can send another if you do." -- from the Crowdrise website, where all of the fund raising is happening)
If you feel the urge to help out, I strongly encourage you to listen to that urge! All you have to do is follow this link to my Hope to Haiti page ( http://www.crowdrise.com/hopetohaiti1/fundraiser/TahniNikitins ) and hit the "Donate" button. You can also find some more information about the project right there on the page or the Hope to Haiti page on Random Acts' website.
If I am unable to raise the full $5000, that's OK, and I am going to tell you why: even if I don't reach the goal and don't get to go, all of the money that we will have collectively raised will go directly to helping build this orphanage, with its school, micro lending center, and sustainable fish farm. Even if I don't get to go, I am so excited to play a part in helping to make this happen - I hope you'll join me."
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