Portland Society Page Celebrates First Anniversary by Giving Big Brothers/Big Sisters “Bright Spot Award”

Portland Society Page Celebrates First Anniversary by Giving Big Brothers/Big Sisters “Bright Spot Award”

by | Nov 11, 2012 | Events, Features, Fundraisers, Uncategorized | 3 comments

Portland, November 7th. After publishing 384 stories about local nonprofits and racking up over 120,000 page views, PortlandSocietyPage.com is marking its first anniversary by handing out the “Bright Spot Award” to Big Brothers/Big Sisters Columbia Northwest. The award recognizes an event which captured the imagination of our readers, and in this case prompted them to give our Big Brothers/Big Sisters story the most “thumbs-up” votes of any article on the website. We made the announcement at a gathering for The Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative where we visited with Danielle, who’s pictured with me, Editor Elisa Klein, and her program little sister, Kyara. It was a chance to learn more about the new program.

The Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative (BOCMI) is an innovative program that will help at-risk Hispanic teen-agers re-engage with their schooling and take ownership of their futures and enable Hispanic children in 3-6 grades develop a one-to-one mentoring relationship that will help them improve their academic achievement.

The Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative (BOCMI) is an innovative program that connects Hispanic teens who serve as mentors to younger neighborhood children helping them to improve their positive social skills and academic achievement.

The Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative is a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters, Hacienda CDC, and Multnomah County. The mentoring takes place at the Multnomah County Health Clinic located at the Baltazar Ortiz Community Center.

Emanuel and Jerry enjoy the program. The Baltazar Ortiz Community Mentoring Initiative is a partnership between Big Brothers Big Sisters, Hacienda CDC, and Multnomah County. The mentoring takes place at the Multnomah County Health Clinic located at the Baltazar Ortiz Community Center.

Moses and Torrence are part of the program. The teenage volunteers meet with their Little Brothers and Sisters once a week, for one hour -- save the last week of the month.

Moses and Torrence are part of the program. Teenage volunteers like Torrence meet with their Little Brothers or Sisters once a week, for one hour. Together they participate in activities which might include playing sports, doing homework, learning a new hobby or working on a craft project; organizers say it’s beneficial for both.

Jacqui and Estrella are learning first hand BOCMI is a win-win situation The program design prevents both teen mentors and their matches from becoming “latch-key” kids.

Jacqui and Estrella are learning first hand BOCMI is a win-win situation. The organized activities prevent both teen mentors and their matches from becoming “latch-key” kids.

Abby Herrera, Bryan Ortega, Christina Starr and Drea Robideau

Abby Herrera, Bryan Ortega, Christina Starr and Drea Robideau help the kids become successful.

We were pleased to honor Big Brothers/Big Sisters with PortlandSocietyPage.com Bright Spot Award. In addition to added community exposure for the nonprofit and a monetary donation, the award includes a chance to publicize an upcoming event with an advertisement which now appears on the sidebar of our site. The ad has information about Big Brothers/Big Sisters’ 10th annual Start Something Breakfast which is coming up on Thursday, November 15th.   Tickets are still available.

PortlandSocietyPage.com is a the only website devoted to nonprofit news in Portland. If we publish an article about your favorite nonprofit, please give it a “thumbs up”. Each story we post has as a “like” button at the bottom. Just press that button and you’ll help select our next “Bright Spot” recipient. There’s an ongoing tally which can be seen on the right-hand side of the page.

About PortlandSocietyPage.com:
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Heard of Reddit, Foursquare, Stumbled Upon?

Heard of Reddit, Foursquare, Stumbled Upon?

by | Jul 26, 2012 | Events, Features

Portland, July 19th.  Charity movers and shakers learned about new social media at workshop  organized by Meyer Memorial Trust. Amy Sample Ward, Holly Ross and Eleigh Doineau from NTEN offered advice. NTEN and PAGATIM joined forces to educate over 175 nonprofit leaders.
Elliot Center, 1226 SW Salmon St., Portland

Resource tables were set up at the Elliot Center

PortlandSocietyPage.com offered information on how to submit stories to our free public platform for nonprofit news. Participants were also encouraged to send PortlandSocietyPage.com information about upcoming charity events. The gathering featured keynote presentations by Amy Sample Ward from NTEN and Laura Mansfield, Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer at PAGATIM.

Laura Mansfield, Co-Founder of PAGATIM, Marie Deatherage, Directorof Communication & Learning for the Meyer Memorial Trust, Tara Rojas from PAGATIM, and Mike Phillips from Myer Memorial Trust

Laura Mansfield is the Co-Founder of PAGATIM, Marie Deatherage is the Director of Communication & Learning for the Meyer Memorial Trust, Tara Rojas is from PAGATIM, and Mike Phillips is from Myer Memorial Trust

Sean Larkin from Think Shout Inc., Holly Ross from NTEN and Drew Bernard from Plegematic

Sean Larkin from Think Shout Inc., Holly Ross from NTEN and Drew Bernard from PledgeMatic

The event was sold out.

The event was sold out.

Monica Down from 24 Notion and Matthew Koren from Cause It Inc.

Monica Down from 24 Notion and Matthew Koren from CauseIt Inc.

Lila Pigott from Idealist Consulting, Laura Finney from Cafe Give Social

Lila Pigott from Idealist Consulting, Laura Finney from CafeGive Social and Laura Price is the CCO of CafeGive Social

Dara Westling from TechSoup Global and Delona Long from OpenSourcery.com

Dara Westling from TechSoup Global and Delona Long from OpenSourcery.com

The workshop offered resources and tools to help nonprofits make the most of online opportunities for reaching audiences.

About the organizers of the event, Meyer Memorial Trust:

Vision:

A flourishing and equitable Oregon

Mission:

We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon.

Values:

As of December, 2011, Meyer Memorial Trust had made 6,687 awards for more than $554 million since it began operating in 1982.
The man behind the Meyer Memorial Trust – Fred G. Meyer – was ahead of his time. His values – to innovate, take risks, embrace diversity, adapt to changing circumstances, contribute to economic development/parity and to develop the power of the mind – continue to create and inform our culture, influencing what we do and how we do it.

We fulfill our mission using a mix of strategic, proactive and responsive investments, including grant-making, loans, initiatives, commissioning research, supporting policy advocacy and a range of community and nonprofit engagement strategies.

First called the Fred G. Meyer Charitable Trust, this foundation was created by the late Fred G. Meyer, who built the chain of retail stores bearing his name throughout the Pacific Northwest. When Mr. Meyer died in 1978 at the age of 92, his will established the charitable trust, bequeathing it nearly two million shares of stock in Fred Myer Inc. In 1982, most of the designated funds were transferred from the estate and the charitable trust began operating. All stock in Fred Meyer Inc. was sold prior to the transfer.