A New Year's Briefing from Greg Chaillé
Dear Friends,
As we enter a new year, I’d like to share some wonderful highlights with you from the Foundation’s activities in 2011.
We have topped $123 million in donations to the Foundation for 2011!...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Volunteer Leadership Councils Strengthen OCF Around the State
by Carly Brown,
OCF Volunteer Programs Coordinator
OCF is unique among foundations in its use of volunteers as advisors. We engage volunteer time, talent and knowledge in our administration, development, grantmaking and outreach.
Key...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Estate Planning
by Julie Gregory, Regional Director Central & Eastern Oregon
Many estate planning professionals are familiar with OCF and the opportunities it affords donors to create legacies to support the causes they care about. OCF can also offer...Read & Comment...
Community 101: Mentoring Youth, Creating Change
by Jennesa Datema, Community 101 Coordinator
"This is an inspiring program that will transform students' lives!"
- Carol Hansen, Parkrose High School teacher, Portland
For the past three years, I’ve had the privilege...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Art - At the Heart of a Community
Posted April 12, 2011
by Greg Chaillé, President
According to a report by the nonprofit Americans for the Arts, the nation’s nonprofit arts...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: OCF's Scholarship Program - A Path to Higher Ed
Posted February 2, 2011
By Belle Cantor, Program Officer...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: OCF’s Statewide Leaders Gathering Balances Perspective and Possibilities
By Patty Lieuallen, Central Oregon Leadership Council
The Oregon Community Foundation’s Statewide Leaders Gathering held in Bend in late September was both inspiring and sobering.
Both Duncan Wyse,...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Playing to Learn - Oregon's Outdoor School Tradition
Posted October 7, 2010
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By Lara Christensen, Donor Relations Officer
Kids love to play, and when you take them outdoors they are happy to combine their playing with a good dollop of learning. Enter Outdoor School.
Outdoor School...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Early Childhood Education - What Oregon Can Learn From Harlem
Posted August 24, 2010
by Mary Louise McClintock, Early Childhood Program Director
We’re excited to be working with partner organizations to bring former New York Times Magazine editor Paul Tough, the author of Whatever...Read & Comment...
Community Notes: Children’s Dental Disease - A Preventable Epidemic
Posted July 13, 2010
by Annette Leong, Southern Willamette Valley, Regional Action Initiative Coordinator
In the midst of the media’s focus on various health scares, we hear very little about dental health disease. Often called a “silent epidemic”,...Read & Comment...
Community Notes
The Power of Community – and Community Foundations – in Complex Times
Posted June 24, 2010
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