Hope you are all doing well with more and more spring-like days :) Pictured here is our current full Development Team. We are sending Elijah off with all the best wishes and currently looking to hire a full-time Communications & Events Coordinator, as well as a part-time Grants Coordinator. A few other positions in the org are also open -- please check them out HERE and share with folks who may be a good fit!

I had so much fun at our Youth Rising event last month! (If you saw me there or anywhere else in the past few months you know my big news is that I'll be a first-time mama in mid-July). This newsletter also looks ahead towards some unique volunteer opportunities coming up this summer. Additionally, you're the first to be invited to SAVE THE DATE(S) for drop-in Open Houses at our newly renovated Albany House! Check out the invitation below!

On behalf of many,

P.S. Here are links to past e-newsletters from March & April

P.P.S. If the email stops abruptly, click the three grey dots to expand the view :)

Last week many of us gathered to celebrate 20 years of helping youth "Then & Now" at our Youth Rising event. Many others joined us online for our first hybrid event! It was a truly powerful program and if you haven't yet caught it, I encourage you to watch the full 30 minutes (starting about minute 13 in the YouTube recording shared here). Enjoy these photo highlights from the evening!

The core values of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) are Friendship, Knowledge, Service, Morality, and Excellence. FIJI prides itself on developing leaders who contribute to the community throughout their lives -- not just sometime in the future, but NOW. At OSU FIJI is recognized as giving the most community service (over 4,300 hours each year). Jackson Street is one of the primary beneficiaries of FIJI’s community outreach.

Our records show that since 2010, FIJI members have been involved one way or another in making the lives of youth better through Jackson Street. There were many years of weekly “Rec Time” activities where approved volunteers would take youth and staff to the park for kickball or over to a local church for indoor basketball and other games. Since 2014 FIJI members have hosted a Haunted House fundraiser called “Terror on 25th Street” with proceeds benefiting Jackson Street. They creatively navigated the challenges of the pandemic, and found other ways to continue to raise funds and awareness for youths experiencing homelessness. In the last 9 years Phi Gamma Delta has raised over $25,000 for Jackson Street! Incredible!!

Given the rotating nature of fraternity membership on campus, it is impressive that the young men of FIJI continue to steadfastly and consistently support, year after year, Jackson Street’s outreach to at-risk youth in our community. So we want to publicly acknowledge and honor FIJI’s remarkable efforts. Thank you, FIJI members!

We are looking to build a "cohort" of volunteers to help with booth events this summer. If you're interested in being contact directly for these kinds of opportunities, please notify Hannah. UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES:

Either order by going to the app or pandaexpress.com. Enter code 336161 in the fundraiser code box. OR show this flyer from your phone.

The Corvallis Knights is resuming their 50/50 Raffle in support of nonprofits this season! Jackson Street's night will be June 22nd. We are in need of 6-8 volunteers to hang at our booth, and walk around selling raffle tickets!

Don Rea was a beloved human and incredible supporter of Jackson Street. His vision for this fundraiser has been carried out by Jackson Street Ambassadors since 2016.

Keep saving those items to donate to the sale! We will not be accepting couches or adult clothing. The sale will be held again outdoors at Kenagy Family Farm (same location as last year).

HONOR ROLL OF COMMUNITYAMBASSADORS

Kevin Kryger

Alicia Moselle-Tomich

Stacey Doerner

Russa Kittredge

Alden Sosnovske

Christine Troetschel

Mark Wiebe