Portland, August 6th. Sunny skies greeted the 100-plus OMSI supporters celebrating the opening of a new educational exhibit on Salmon. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries (NOAA) and the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) joined forces to create the big sidewalk mural outside OMSI’s back door. Among those cheering were: Barry Thom (Deputy Regional Administrator of the NOAA), Alix Smith (NMFS/NWR Communications), Dr. Jane Lubchenco (NOAA Administrator), Cecilia Nguyen (OMSI Exhibit Developer), and Kate O’Neil, (the OMSI Project Manager). In the back row: Will Stelle (Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries) Nancy Stueber (President of OMSI), Kim Hall (OMSI Senior Production Lead) Blane Bellerud (NOAA biologist) and Chad Jacobsen (OMSI Design Manager). (Photo Credit, Gia Goodrich)
The Salmon Sidewalk is an outdoor exhibit designed to engage OMSI visitors in learning about the life cycle of Pacific salmon from freshwater to ocean, and the many ways they can help create healthier rivers that salmon need to thrive.
The mural and carved granite uses interactive media and works of art to help the public visualize and understand this dynamic relationship. By describing how people’s choices influence salmon and local ecosystems, Salmon at Your Doorstep promises to attract and engage large numbers of visitors—more than 800,000 museum visitors and at least 500,000 public users of the Willamette waterfront annually.
The mural is located at the OMSI pavilion on the banks of the Willamette River—a river that is home to several species of salmon and steelhead.
The Salmon at Your Doorstep mural is part of a larger partnership between NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region and OMSI. Both organizations share a strategic goal of promoting lifelong collaborative education and public awareness. By bringing environmental awareness to Portland’s urban shoreline, NOAA and OMSI seek to enhance public knowledge of the environmental challenges we face in the 21st century.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco addresses the group.
The Willamette River is home to six salmon species listed under the Endangered Species Act. Upper Willamette River Chinook and steelhead spawn and rear throughout the entire basin; while Lower Columbia River Chinook, steelhead, coho, and Columbia River chum use the lower portions of the Willamette River, below Willamette Falls. These threatened species face several challenges, including degraded habitat and poor water quality. Bringing environmental education to the Willamette shoreline will help visitors understand how they personally are tied to the landscape and how their actions affect the health and recovery of salmon. The mural is a wonderful way to help people of all ages make these connections in a fun and engaging way.
New Orleans, August 11th. Chefs from 16 states competed in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off and chef Gregory Gourdet, with his dish of Oregon Chinook Salmon, claimed the title of King of American Seafood. “Oregon is known around the world for our culinary riches, and Oregon chefs like Chef Gourdet bring artful creativity to the flavors of the Pacific Northwest,” said Governor Kitzhaber. Chef Gourdet will be working with Travel Oregon to promote the state’s abundant ingredients and culinary talent. He’s also a supporter of FEAST, the regional fundraiser to fight childhood hunger. (Photo credit, Ron Ruggless)
Oregon’s winning dish
Ewell Smith, executive producer of the cook-off said, “Chef Gourdet secured an extraordinary win,” Smith said, “and we’re proud to have him join previous winners in serving as an ambassador for domestic and sustainable seafood.” For the competition, teams of chefs competed against each other by cooking dishes featuring seafood native to their states. The Oregon chef’s winning entry was a dish of slow-cooked Oregon Chinook salmon with butter clams, bacon dashi, pickled porcini, roasted heirloom tomatoes and crisped sea greens. (Check out the photo to the left.)
The Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission selected, Gregory Gourdet, Chef de Cuisine at Departure Restaurant high atop the Nines Hotel in Portland to participate. He’s a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Chef Gourdet worked his way up the culinary ladder in the presence of renowned chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten in New York City before heading west, first to California and then to the Pacific Northwest and Portland. He was the Executive Chef at Saucebox before assuming his current position at Departure, known for its “modern Asian cuisine”.
Four other notable seafood dishes.
Oregon’s entry to the GASCO was sponsored by Seafood OREGON, the marketing arm of the state’s four industry-funded seafood Commodity Commissions – the Oregon Albacore, Dungeness Crab, Salmon and Trawl Commissions – that operate under the umbrella of the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Each year, Louisiana Governor Jindal sends a letter to his fellow governors inviting their states’ best chefs to compete in the Great American Seafood Cook-Off. Governors will sometimes choose their own executive chefs, while other times they appoint a chef from a noteworthy restaurant in their state.
Sam Saltos and chef Gregory Gourdet of Departure Restaurant & Lounge in Portland, Ore.
Gregory Gourdet was also featured in this promotion for FEAST.
From FEAST: Oregon is a culinary mecca, and now we have a world-class food celebration. It’s called Feast Portland, and it’s happening September 20-23, 2012. Reserve your place at the table by visiting FeastPortland.com.
Portland, August 4th. Over 50 literary agents and Hollywood film managers were in Portland looking for the next breakthrough talent at the 43rd annual Willamette Writers Conference. Ruth Witteried, the film coordinator for the conference recruited among others: Grace Ledding from Agile Entertainment, Alex Budzinski from Stage Coach Entertainment and Jacqueline Gault from Jackal Films. The conference was August 3-5th at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel and attracted 850 people.
Andy Ross from Andy Ross Literary Agency and Laurie McLean, Literary Agent from Larsen Pomada
Stefan Feuerherdt, Willamette Writers Conference Chair and Bill Johnson Office Manager and Registration Chair for the nonprofit Willamette Writers
Writers Marcia Turnquist, Rod Gramer and Sue Sammons
Writers wait to pitch their books to literary agents.
Book sellers offer a variety of fiction and nonfiction, many written and signed by conference speakers.
Willamette Writers honored at the conference included, among others: Humanitarian Award, Mary Margaret Maitland; Distinguished NW Writer, David Guterson; Lifetime Achievement, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
The conference offered over 100 workshops, panels, speeches, and a chance for pitching manuscripts.
According to a fact sheet distributed with the welcome packets, “Usually about 25 people acquire an agent to represent them, and three to six get published or have a script optioned at each conference.”
In the video below, Diana Page Jordan interviews agent Laurie McLean and author Marni Barnes who met at the at the 2010 conference.
Forest Grove, July 29th. An all-star cast from the worlds of music and sports helped KISS lead guitarist Tommy Thayer put together another successful fundraiser for Pacific University Athletics. The 2012 Pacific University Legends Classic, hosted by the Beaverton native, grossed more than $360,000 to benefit the University’s 21-sport NCAA Division III athletics program. The event was held at The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Aloha.
Night Ranger front man Jack Blades
Jerome Kersey
Former Oregon football coach and ESPN analyst Mike Bellotti and Colleen Bellotti
Casey Martin
The silent auction was popular.
Music brought many together to support Tommy Thayer, who shared the stage with Robby Krieger from the Doors.
Tommy Thayer got the crowd excited during the live auction.
Friends included second from the left, original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, Tommy Thayer and legendary guitarist Robby Krieger from The Doors
The energetic crowd enjoyed a rocking night of music with over 20 celebrities from the worlds of music, sports and entertainment. More than 350 people attended the dinner, auction, and concert. The benefit concert brought together a hall of fame lineup of some greats from the world of music. Joining Thayer on stage were Night Ranger front man Jack Blades and drummer Kelly Keagy, the Eagles’ original lead guitarist, Don Felder; legendary guitarist Robby Krieger from the Doors, original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, country musician/comedian Gary Mule Deer and acclaimed Portland-based jazz saxophonist Patrick Lamb.
Tommy & Amber Thayer
“It was another magical event,” said Thayer. “I sincerely thank everyone who made the 2012 Legends Classic such a great success. I am looking forward to another exciting event in 2013.”
Other highlights of the 2012 Pacific University Legends Classic included:
• A special appeal during the live auction raised over $64,000 for the Boxer Learning Center, a state-of-the-art audio-visual learning in the University’s Stoller Center. Featuring the latest interactive video technology, the center will allow Pacific teams to review game tape, watch live video and strategize for success.
• Joining Thayer in supporting Pacific athletics in the two-day event were PGA professionals Casey Martin, Brian Henninger, and Tommy Masters; LPGA standouts Stephanie Louden, Paige Mackenzie, and Perry Swenson; former Portland Trail Blazers Bobby Gross and Jerome Kersey; NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine, former Oregon football coach and ESPN analyst Mike Bellotti and former Major League Baseball player Richie Sexson. Shauna Parsons, anchor of Fox 12 Oregon’s Ten ‘O Clock News, served as master of ceremonies for Sunday’s dinner, auction, and concert.
• Terry Boyd and Ron Callan of KPAM-AM 860 broadcast both of their shows live from the tournament on Monday, which included interviews with most of the event’s celebrity guests.
Pacific University enrolls 3,302 students, who represent all 50 states and 23 foreign countries. The University strives to provide an education of exceptional quality in liberal arts and sciences and selected professional programs, in preparing students for service to a changing community, nation, and world. The video below offers more information about the University.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Charlie M. Clint, a 30+ year volunteer for the Portland Rose Festival, has been named Volunteer of the Year by the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), the trade association for events worldwide. Clint will be honored during the IFEA Hall of Fame Luncheon on Friday, September 21, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.
Charlie M. Clint, a 30+ year volunteer for the Portland Rose Festival, has been named Volunteer of the Year by the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), the trade association for events worldwide.
“The Rose Festival is always a big winner at the IFEA Conference, but this is the first time we’ve had a Volunteer of the Year,” said Jeff Curtis, Rose Festival CEO. “We’re thrilled to have Charlie recognized, because we honestly don’t know where Rose Festival would be right now without her enthusiasm and energy. She’s a key member of our team.”
In 2007, Clint agreed to become the Rose Festival’s unpaid Webmaster and IT Manager after a staff reduction, along with continuing to fulfill key roles for events like the Danner Memorial Day March and the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade. She is also the designer and editor of the festival’s eNewsletter, which has won three IFEA Pinnacle Awards since she assumed the project.
Below is a Rose Festival interview with Charlie about the honor.
To be eligible for consideration for the IFEA/Zambelli Fireworks Volunteer of the Year Award, a nominee must have provided significant enthusiasm and specific expertise to a member festival, be a volunteer of the nominating festival or event for at least three years, must have shown initiative and leadership in his or her efforts, have a positive attitude and have exemplified his or her dependability. Conservatively determined, Clint commits 30-50 hours a week to the Rose Festival, and is estimated to have saved the Rose Festival tens of thousands of dollars. In 2008, Rose Festival gave Clint a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for her unprecedented level of volunteerism.
“Volunteers are our most important resource,” said Sue Bunday, Rose Festival President. “Charlie Clint exemplifies the heart of this festival.”
Clint, a lifelong resident of north Portland, attended Roosevelt High School and Portland State University, focusing her education on English and Art. She is a self-taught website designer and maintainer, and hand-codes the Rose Festival’s extensive website. She is also the Webmaster for the Portland-Sapporo Sister City Association and the Roosevelt High School Alumni Association. She’s an avid reader and writer, enjoys singing, riding bicycle and both playing and watching tennis.
IFEA and Zambelli Fireworks are hosting Charlie’s trip to Denver, where she’ll speak in front of festival representatives from around the world.
The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) was founded in 1956 and today is The Premiere Association Supporting and Enabling Festival & Event Professionals Worldwide. In partnership with global affiliates under the umbrellas of IFEA Africa, IFEA Asia, IFEA Australia & New Zealand, IFEA Europe, IFEA Latin America, IFEA Middle East, and IFEA North America the organization’s common vision is for ‘A Globally United Industry that Touches Lives in a Positive Way through Celebration.'”
Oswald West State Park, August 14th. A Lifestyle report… Catching a wave is growing in popularity on the Oregon Coast. One spot drawing surfers is just 10 miles south of Cannon Beach: Short Sands Beach in Oswald West State Park. Beach access from Highway 101 is about a half-mile hike down a trail lined with old-growth timber, but surfers happily make the trek to the beautiful cove.
A Short Sands Beach Summer Surfer rides in.
It’s an aquatic scene open to all skill levels. Most of the surf comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. A fairly popular wave can get crowded but according to surfers, “The vibe is generally friendly.”
The temperature of the water, even in August rarely rises above 58-degrees, so wetsuits are a necessity.
Urban legend claims pirate treasure is buried in the area, nicknamed Smugglers Cove.
All of the trails to the beach are through a mature forest; one trail follows the winding path of the Short Sands creek. This trail gives way to the spectacular view of the creek meeting the Pacific Ocean.
The park has adjacent to the beach has amenities like picnic tables and restrooms.
Summers find hundreds enjoying the beach.
Dogs are welcome in Oswald West State Park.
After a good rain, there’s even a waterfall on the northern end of the cove.
Portland, July 20th. Hoffman Construction & Woofter Architecture won the coveted Golden Shovel first prize at Sand in the City 2012.This summer it took just six hours for eleven teams to transform over 450 tons of sand and 4,500 gallons of water into magnificent sand sculptures right in the heart of the Rose City. The event drew over 50,000 thousand people to Pioneer Square and raised almost $150,000 for Impact NW. Sand judges Junki Yoshida, Timber Joey, Amy Roloff, Ken Carr, and KOIN Local 6’s Jenny Hansson were also impressed with the efforts of Pacific Power & LRS Architects. The team racked up three awards: the Silver Rake, People’s Choice and Competitor’s Choice. Turner & Ankrom Moisen Associated Architects took home the Bronze Bucket.
Yoshida’s Sand in the City is Impact NW’s biggest fundraising event of the year. It benefits the Kids on the Block Awareness program as well as the Youth & Family programs.
This is the sand sculpture crowned the winner was build by Hoffman Construction & Woofter Architecture.
In addition to the visually stunning sand sculptures, the children’s activities at the Children’s Inspiration Village sponsored by Evergreen Aviation were huge hits.
Snoopy was a favorite
In it’s 17th year, this annual event sponsored by Yoshida raised awareness about the importance of early childhood education and promotes the Impact NW Kids on the Block educational program. The video below explains the pioneering puppet show.
Impact NW was founded in 1966. We implement innovative programs that respond to our community’s specific needs, connecting clients with tools and resources that empower them to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and transition into financial independence. We helped develop Southeast Portland’s first Senior Center, Youth Service Center, and free health clinic. In the 1990s, we piloted Multnomah County’s first Parent Child Development Services program and the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) program. Over the past three years, Impact NW has helped stabilize and improve Portland’s social services sector by merging with established nonprofits—Senior GAP, Urban Opportunities and the Kids on the Block Awareness Program—to increase the agency’s service area, expertise and direct client benefit.
Impact NW has grown to serve over 60,000 residents in Multnomah, Clark, Washington and Clacakmas Counties and parts of Washington State, including children, families, seniors, and adults with disabilities. Community partnerships and innovation are essential to achieving our mission. Impact NW works closely with area schools, businesses, community-based organizations, and governmental agencies to create a safety net and springboard for our region’s low-income residents.
Save the date for next year’s Sand in the City – July 19-21, 2013. For information on how you can participate in Sand in the City, contact Catherine Hayes via email at [email protected].
Portland, August 10th. Six large scale mural projects are recently completed or underway in Portland this summer – all recipients of grant funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. RACC’s public art mural program, financed by the City of Portland, provides funding for community murals that reflect diversity in style and media and encourages artists from diverse backgrounds and range of experience to apply. In the photo above, Korean-American artist, Una Kim, has been feverishly working on a mural on the east wall of the Keller Auditorium with the assistance of students from Portland State University who enrolled in a class to specifically work on this project. The mural is located on the bottom half of the east facing wall of the Keller Auditorium along SW 2nd Street between SW Clay and SW Columbia. The design is influenced and inspired by such works as Degas’ ballerinas, Mary Cassatt’s At the Opera, and Dufy’s The Yellow Violin. Also included are a modern dancer, two musicians in an orchestra, and a jazz musician along with an acrobat to represent the large scope of the theater. A celebration is scheduled for Friday, August 17th, 6:00 – 8:00 PM (on SW 2nd);
Antwoine Thomas, mural designer, puts finishing touches on the Rosewood Initiative Mural, one of six new murals being created around Portland this summer. The Rosewood Mural will have an opening celebration this Saturday, August 11, 1-4pm at 16150 SE Stark.
Rosewood Initiative – Antwoine Thomas, Artist 16150 SE Stark St (south wall of Union 76 Gas Station); RACC Funding: $3,000
In developing this fantastical design for a mural in the Rosewood Neighborhood, Antwoine Thomas, with the assistance and support of Addie Boswell, began collaborating months ago with local residents through The Rosewood Initiative community meetings and activities like Youth Night to create a design that represents the positive change occurring in the neighborhood. Throughout the energetic mural one can identify recognizable elements from Rosewood including roses, community gardens, diversity, and local businesses. There are also elements that link the neighborhood to the greater Portland metro area, honoring some of the neighborhoods from which many residents have relocated. While the mural contains these true elements, the design is also highly detailed and fantastical, meant to entice the senses and invite the eye to linger and keep discovering.
The People’s History of Hawthorne – Artist, Chris Haberman Fraternal Order of Eagles, SE 50th & Hawthorne; RACC Funding $2,400;
Work continues on this ambitious mural that extends along the north and west walls of the building that serves as the Portland headquarters for the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The mural’s theme, “The History of Hawthorne” – or the “people’s history” — celebrates this SE neighborhood, located between an extinct volcano (Mt. Tabor) and the 100 year old Hawthorne Bridge, both components of his design. Scattered throughout the mural are notable historical figures (such as Dr. Hawthorne), the asylum, pioneers, the street car line and the always changing figures that have been part of Hawthorne for 100 years. It is Haberman’s first mural grant and he is “very proud to have such a piece of art in public view and to have so much support for my crazy looking art in the city.” A celebration was held on July 1st. The west wall will be completed late summer/early fall.
Albina Maintenance Yard Building – Spacecraft Mission to the Arts 3150 N. Mississippi Ave.; RACC Funding: $10,000; 14’H x 177’L
Photo: Courtesy of SpaceCraft Mission to the Arts
Over the last several months, a mural has begun to take shape along the west side of the City’s Albina Yard Maintenance Building. Throughout the design development, community engagement has been the driving force—the Boise Neighborhood Association, community members, and the maintenance workers have all contributed their voices as to how they want themselves and their neighborhood depicted. More than a way to deter graffiti, it is a powerful, collaborative, self-reflective vision of the neighborhood created by those who live in it. The mural embraces a theme of “perpetual collaboration” through time. Community practices and industries that affected the local Portland-Albina neighborhood can be found among the local mountains, bridges, gardens, parks, icons of communities, and city workers behind the scenes that keep the city functioning. Included are symbols of the neighborhoods’ transitions of communities from the Native American, Volga German, Finn, Chinese, and African American communities. You can follow the project on https://www.facebook.com/spacecraft.missiontoarts.
Alberta Street Crossing – Loey Hargrove, Artist 4824 and 4905 NE 42nd Avenue; RACC Funding: $3,000; 11’H x 77’W and 13’H x 50’W
Photo: Courtesy of artist (proposed mural)
Finishing touches are underway on a pair of twin murals at NE 42nd & Alberta. Members of 42MSC began working on the project at the Alberta Court Crossing — one on the north-facing wall of the Morel Ink Building and another on the south-facing wall of Doggy Business. The murals aspire to invoke community through a “Tree of Life’ theme symbolizing process, change, the continuity and connectivity of life. Words submitted by members of the surrounding neighborhoods are being added to the mural and are intended to reinforce the symbiotic relationship between the commercial district and area residents.
Lutz Building – Mike Lawrence, Artist 4625-4639 SE Woodstock Blvd; RACC Funding: $6,000; 15’H x 60’L
Photo: Courtesy of artist (proposed mural)
This proposed mural is situated centrally in the Woodstock Neighborhood and is highly visible from the street. The mural aims to highlight the best of the neighborhood and instill a sense of community pride. Local artist Mike Lawrence designed a mural for the building’s west wall that celebrates commerce, education and the outdoors. The Lutz tavern wall that will host the mural is divided into three sections, as is the mural. A strong central figure grounds each section. Each figure is adorned with symbols of Greek Gods that represent the theme of each section. The project is still fundraising and hopes to begin the project next Spring.
For more information and a copy of the mural program guidelines, visit www.racc.org/public-art.
Story Submitted by Mary Bauer, Communications Associate, Regional Arts & Culture Council
Tualatin, July 28th. There were 359 runners and walkers at a popular fundraiser for the Cat Adoption Team. The race raised more than $24,000. The Cat Adoption Team is the largest feline adoption guarantee nonprofit shelter in the Pacific Northwest. It has found homes for more than 28,400 cats since opening in 1998. The CATnip 5k & Mouse Miler is the organization’s largest public fundraising event.
The CATnip 5k steps off with runners and walkers taking part in this USATF twilight event.
The CATnip team of volunteers from Tualatin Petco included Aisha Beck, Noralyn Danielle, Kelly Reese and Karen Duncan.
Here’s a video of some race action:
The event is one of a few twilight run/walks offered; it’s also USATF certified for serious runners. The 5k was completed in 16 minutes this year and the Mouse Miler sprint was pounded out in 5:06 minutes. The CATnip is known for having great participant swag bags, including more than $45 in coupons and gift certificates. Organizers also encourage dogs to participate for the benefit of the homeless kitties.
CAT staffers help out – Pamela and Liz offer participants one of our awesome swag bags.
The CATnip is put on by CAT staff and a small volunteer committee including: Kathy Covey the race director, Jeff Huber the course director and Heather Christensen the donations coordinator.
Closing ceremonies included raffle prizes and awards for fastest finishers – all done in front of the big cat (in orange – Kathy Covey, Race Director; in blue – Aaron Asmus, CAT Executive Director)
The 5k course heads north paralleling the Tualatin river, over the river, enters Durham City Park, does a loop in the Durham neighborhood, returns to Durham City Park, and finally returns to Tualatin Community Park.
We are is the Pacific Northwest’s largest nonprofit, limited admission/adoption guarantee cat shelter (we are able to take in cats as we find homes for the cats in the shelter). CAT has its own full-service veterinary Hospital on-site.
A leader in the shelter community with its extensive shelter medicine, adoption, and foster care programs, CAT cares for 400 to 600 cats and kittens on a daily basis with the help of a dedicated team of staff and volunteers at CAT’s shelter in Sherwood, foster homes, and various off-site adoption locations throughout the Portland metro area.
As a nonprofit organization, CAT receives no government funding and relies on the generous support of the public and volunteers.
Portland, August 4th. Volunteers from Advantis Credit Union rolled up their sleeves to help paint an elderly woman’s house in North Portland. They were among 250 community volunteers providing critical plumbing, electrical and carpentry repairs, as well as painting of exterior of homes for senior and disabled individuals. This is the sixth year Advantis employees have participated in the REACH Paint & Repair-a-Thon, pictured are: Caitlin Kellogg, Stephanie Woody, Maria Thorpe, Alisha Friedrich, Sheri Cameron-Mendes, and David San Pedro. The Paint & Repair-a-Thon revitalized 20 homes for REACH Community Development.
REACH – Siemens Workday 2012
“REACH is committed to helping Portland’s seniors be able to live safely in their homes,” says Dee Walsh, REACH Executive Director. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with the local business community, who are dedicating a very generous amount of their time, resources, and employees to help our senior citizens stay safe in their homes.”
Support for this year’s Paint & Repair-a-thon event comes from local business and civic partners, including major underwriting provided by: Almar Contracting, Miller Paint, Walsh Construction, Lifetime Windows, Bank of America, Bank of the West, LMC Construction, NW Natural, Advantis Credit Union, Affordable Home Remodeling, Interstate Flooring Company, NW Painting Specialist, Portland Housing Bureau, Milgard Windows, IBEW and the Electrical Workers Minority Caucus, Portland Chapter.
In 1982, REACH began revitalizing neighborhoods in southeast Portland. Today, REACH owns 1,400 units of affordable, safe housing and has changed thousands of lives. We couldn’t do this work without you. Your support and dedication has helped REACH in our efforts to provide quality, affordable housing and opportunities for individuals, families and communities to thrive.
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