TogetherWeCan2023 ANNUAL GUIDE TO SUPPORTING LOCAL NONPROFITS PRODUCTIONSPRINGFIELDANDEUGENE RYAN SCHOLZ
Read the guide and learn about local nonprofits and what they are doing to enrich our community.
Find a few that you’d like to support and see when their next initiative is and mark it on your calendar. Go right to the calendar and find a month or two this year where you could get your family, friends or co-workers together and make it an event!
This is a great resource guide to plan your next team building event, or to set aside a few hours in a coming month and find a cause to get behind!
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— Healthy Beginnings “...ignite the potential of youth in Central Oregon mentorship?”through
— Heart of Oregon Corps“...connect people of all ages with volunteer opportunities in Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties, with an emphasis on services for and by youth.”
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— The Giving Plate “...provide access to books and increase third grade reading levels.”
— Love INC of Central Oregon “...educate for more responsibleguardianship.”horse
The following comment bubbles are the rally cry for our participating nonprofits — we asked them to finish the sentence, What If We Could... “...provide a safe place for anyone at rock bottom to reach out and be connected immediately to someone who cares.”
— Destination Rehab
— Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center “...build a world where everyone has access to the benefits of outdoor recreation, regardless of ability?”
— Every Child Central Oregon “...provide a safe place for rescued bunnies to receive proper vet care and find loving forever homes. ”
— Stroke Awareness Oregon “...live in a world where all young people have the resources they need to create pathways out of poverty, learning job skills, earning educational tools, and increasing their selfconfidence?”
— Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon
—Rock Bottom Hope “...eliminate stroke through awareness and education.”
— Oregon Adaptive Sports “...ensure that nobody had to experience hunger in Central Oregon?”
— SMART Reading “...break loneliness and isolation by giving people with disabilities confidence, support and training to be full participants in their local community and the great outdoors.”
— Deschutes Public Library Foundation “...have a waitlist of amazing foster homes so when kids came into care they could have the best placement for them?”
— Volunteer Central Oregon “... all ‘heal with horses’ by improving the wellness of Central Oregonians through nationally accredited, affordable, horse-centered therapies and programs?”
— Equine Outreach Horse “...ensureRescue that all our children enter their school life ready to learn, contribute, and thrive?”
— Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary and Bunny Rescue “...walk with someone through their challenge, rather than just focus on immediate relief?”
“...provide everyone in Deschutes County access to books and learning and arts and ideas?”
MountainStar’s mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect through community support and therapeutic services that help vulnerable children and families succeed. We are the only program in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties providing therapeu tic classrooms, parenting education services, and family support targeted at protecting babies and toddlers who are at significant risk for abuse and neglect. MountainStar works directly with families living with an average of 14 risk factors. Our therapeutic services provide crisis intervention at a critical time for families with young children. In 2019, Moun tainStar successfully kept 98% of the children in our program safe from confirmed cases of abuse and MountainStarneglect.isproud to celebrate 20 years of service for Central Oregon families. Your support has helped 5,000 local babies and toddlers remain safe from abuse and neglect. With your con tinued support, MountainStar will serve vulnerable families for many years to come. Thank you for your commitment to child abuse prevention!
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EVENTS VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISING IN-KIND DONATION
FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY CHILDREN&FAMILY MountainStar Family Relief Nursery Services provided inBend, Redmond, La Pine, Madras, and Prineville 2125 NE Daggett Ln., Bend, OR info@mtstar.org541-322-682097701|mtstar.org JUN AUG SEP OCT DEC NOVMAY SEP FEBKINDRED CONNECTIONS Kindred Connections 62895 Hamby Road, Bend, OR kindredconnections.co@jbarj.org541-306-931197701kindred-connections.org
Helping Families in crisis who lack a safety net: Mobilizing and equipping mentoring families and area church com munities to provide support while parents work to secure stability for their families. We provide mentoring relationships for parents and temporary housing for children to families in crisis. Our purpose is connecting families with needed sup port during a time of challenge, including possible job loss, serious illness, homelessness, or other issues that complicate parenting. Providing support in those times of need can help keep the family together. We are J Bar J Youth Services.
Cover March Beulah’s Place — Essentials needed for those we serve; zippered bags (all sizes), canned soup, brown paper lunch bags, healthy school snacks, candy treats, travel size hygiene products like, kleenex, antibacterial sheets, cotton balls Deschutes Public Library Foundation — “Author! Author! literary series -Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn - New York Times reporters NICHOLAS KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN received a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square movement.” Diversability Inc. — World Down Syndrome Day Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary and Bunny Rescue — Easter Photos Fundraiser: Family photos with a rescue bunny and cute Easter background! Equine Outreach — Photo Exhibit Event Every Child Central Oregon — The Neighborhood - Connects caring community volunteers to local foster families to provide tangible and relational care such as meals, random acts of kindness and encouragement. Furnish Hope — “Hope on Wheels” - Help hope continue to roll throughout Central Oregon! Be one of 50 supporters donating $50 to help us increase our delivery capacity by expanding our transportation fleet. The Giving Plate — Need Easter Baskets - drop o any extra filled Easter Baskets to be distributed to the families we serve. Value no more than $20 Healing Reins — Responder Families Open House World Muse — MUSE UnConference and MUSE Youth Summit April Beulah’s Place — Car wash fundraiser April 17th Deschutes Public Library Foundation — “A Novel Idea” “This year’s ‘A Novel Idea’ double-feature follows the story of immigrant families and their pursuit of the American Dream,” said Deschutes Public Library Programs Supervisor Liz Goodrich. Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary and Bunny Rescue — Easter Egg My Yard –We stu and hide eggs for your kiddos to wake up to Easter morning. This is a fun way to make Easter easy for you while helping bunnies in need! Equine Outreach — Lecture Series Event to the Public with DCSO May Bethlehem Inn — Spotlight on Homeless Boys and Girls Club of Bend — House Party - virtual fundraiser Central Oregon Veterans Ranch — The 4th Annual COVR Armed Forces Plant Sale Ember’s Wildflower Animal Sanctuary and Bunny Rescue — Outdoor Play Area Mosaic Medical — Brighter Smiles Sisters Folk Festival — My Own Two Hands Virtual Art Auction EVENTS VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISING IN-KIND DONATION Purposely placed, each nonprofit below has an initiative in months when they are in need of our support the most. Please consider finding a month(s) to rally your friends, family and co-workers to give back. Learn more and sign up each month at www.WhatIfWeCould.com Calendar 2023
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