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The month of October is one of the best months of the year with Halloween, stacks of Autumn leaves to jump into and it is even national pizza month!
These are super interesting October facts and trivia for those born in the tenth month of the year.
1. Tourmaline and opal are the official birthstones of October.
2. The birth flower of October is the bright orange calendula, also known as the marigold.
3. The star sign of everyone born in October is either a Libra or a Scorpio. Libras are born between 23 September to 22 October and Scorpios are born between 23 October to 21 November.
4. Shakespeare never mentioned October in any of his plays or sonnets!
5. Matt Damon, Julie Andrews, Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, Katy Perry, Julia Roberts and even Christopher Columbus were all born in October!
6. In German and Dutch, October is called 'Oktober', in Italian it is 'Ottobre', in Turkish it is 'Oketopa' and in Korean it is 'Siweol'.
7. Babies born each year during October are thought to be very smart and are usually high achievers.
8. October is the tenth month of the year and is the sixth of seven months to have 31 days.
9. October and January always start on the same day of the week in common years. In leap years, October doesn't start on the same day of the week as any other month. October and February also always end on the same week day!
10. 28 October is National Chocolate Day, so mark that one down in your calendar as a good excuse to dig into some yummy chocolate just before Halloween!
11. Halloween is of course on 31 October, for an exciting night of trick-or-treating, eating yummy snacks and dressing up as your favourite characters.
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Upcoming Meetings in
Central Northeast Neighbors
Meetings are being held via Zoom. Please look at the Neighborhood Association Websites for updates.
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Central Northeast Neighbors First Wednesday 7pm (CNN) contact Ronda
Sumner Neighborhood Association (SAN) contact Ronda
Madison South Neighborhood Association (MSNA) Click here
Beaumont Wilshire Neighborhood Association (BWNA) Click here
Rose City Park Neighborhood Association (RCPNA) Click here
Hollywood Neighborhood Association (HNA) Click here
Grant Park Neighborhood Association (GPNA) Click here
Central Northeast Neighbors Community Connects Gathering TBD
Central Northeast Neighbors Land Use Transp. Comm. 4th Thurs Zoom
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Central Northeast Neighbors Land Use, Transportation, Open Spaces and Parks (LUTOP)
Please join us for Central Northeast Neighbor’s Land Use, Transportation, Open Spaces and Parks Committee (LUTOP) meeting Thursday, October 28th, 7:00pm to 8:30pm.
This months meeting is open for discussion and updates on projects happening in our Central Northeast Neighborhoods. It is your time to being forward concerns and questions and to celebrate new developments in your neighborhoods. Please come and share with your community.
Our meetings are open to the public. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Learn about Trees For Life!
Large-Species Trees Are Key to Managing Climate Change
Large-form trees—those that grow more than 50 feet tall at maturity and live more than 75 years—give us the most bang for the buck when it comes to health and environmental benefits. Think Douglas-firs or oaks or lindens. Science shows that big trees cool our homes and sidewalks, clean our air, manage our stormwater, reduce noise and crime, and enhance our mental and physical well-being in specific ways such as by lowering our stress levels. Small ornamental trees are pretty. But their limited leaf volume and relatively short lifespans do not offer the same level of benefits that large trees do. At a time when the city has declared a climate emergency, large-species trees matter more than ever.
Portland is losing its big trees to development and to individual homeowners who have the right to remove large trees on their property—half of all city trees are in people’s yards, not in the public right-of-way. Tree advocates hope that revising the City’s tree code, Title 11, which City Council is scheduled to do in 2024-2025, will address some of the loopholes that allow tree removal in development situations. But larger issues such as building and street design and how different City bureaus interact around decisions affecting trees also have a large impact on our private and public right-of-way trees.
Trees for Life Oregon is a group of neighborhood tree team leaders and tree stewards whose mission is to preserve large-species trees and space for new ones to be planted. We do this through education and advocacy, including a summer program called Soak-it-Week. Go here to learn more about our work and sign up for updates to keep informed about how you can help our large trees.
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One Point of Contact
The City of Portland’s One Point of Contact Campsite Reporting System is the mechanism community members can use to report issues of illegal camping or related garbage within Portland. The following video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXSc6cr4WuY) describes how to use the system to make a report and how the City and Central City Concern’s Clean Start Program respond to those reports. Please click on the image below to play the video.
It can be very frustrating for community members to raise issues with the City. It’s not always clear how to make reports and to whom. The City’s One Point of Contact Campsite Reporting System is designed to simplify the process by providing a platform to more easily report issues about campsites. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/70039
There are two ways to report a campsite using the One Point of Contact Campsite Reporting System. Please use just ONE of the following methods:
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PDX Reporter. Please select the "Campsite Reporting" icon from the main menu.
- Call 311.
**Please note that not all reports will result in immediate action by the City. Every site is reviewed and analyzed.**
Whether using PDX Reporter or calling 311, location is the most important piece of information the City needs.
Once a report is filed a crew will be dispatched to conduct an onsite assessment and to pick up camper identified garbage.
It is not necessary to submit multiple reports of the same location in one day. The Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program (HUCIRP) recommends submitting a new report of the same site once a week. This helps to ensure that staff have a current assessment of the location and also helps to ensure that Clean Start (the first responder to reports received) continues to visit the site to remove garbage and biohazardous materials.
If you are reporting people living in a vehicle, please submit a report to PBOT directly using their Abandoned Auto Report Form. This form is also accessible through PDX Reporter.
If you are reporting criminal activity/behavior, please report that information directly to Police.
If you are reporting an emergency, call 9-1-1
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Neighbors: Let’s Show We Care
Two Ways!
Action #1: Help Save Lives.
BWNA is partnering with the Beaumont PTA to conduct a Red Cross blood drive on Sunday, November 7,2021. 10am-3pm in the Beaumont MS Cafeteria. 4043 NE Fremont St.
There is a critical need right now, as we experience record low numbers of donations while patient needs remain high. Come help boost the supply! Your gift can save a life.
To schedule your appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org. Next to Make Your Appointment, type BeaumontWilshire into the Sponsor Code box. Or you can call 1-800-RED-CROSS or use the QR Code below. Drop-ins also welcome. First time donor? Bring a buddy! ☺
Proof of vaccination and masks required of all donors, volunteers, and Red Cross staff.
Action #2: Help Local Families…a Win-Win!
Unable to participate? Honor our neighbor blood donors with a contribution to the PTA’s Beaumont Family Resiliency Fund 2021-2022, which supports students experiencing family hardships that may affect their ability to be successful in school. (The first $2,000 in contributions will be matched.) Beaumont MS PTA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. A receipt will be mailed to you.
For more info and to contribute online, text Beaumontbobcats to (919) 626-3277. Or send a check made out to Beaumont MS PTA to the school address above with BFRF/Blood Donor Tribute in the memo line.
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For the current Beaumont Wilshire Newsletter click here
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Rebuilding Center is Offering Classes
We empower students to develop practical skills through a wide range of hands-on and online classes in basic electrical, plumbing, and carpentry. Our fully equipped woodshop and professional teaching staff welcome hundreds of people every month, online and in-person, from youth groups and DIY homeowners to team-building and employee training workshops.
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COVID GOOD
“Though we tremble before uncertain futures
may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength
may we dance in the face of our fears.”
~ Gloria Anzaldúa, American scholar of Chicana culture
Greetings CFPA Community,
These last two weeks have been relatively optimistic. New Covid case numbers have started to fall and we’re offering an in-person vaccine and booster clinic at the Hollywood Senior Center on Thursday, October 21 (see below for details). With the bathroom remodel on track to finish in the next couple of weeks, we’re excited to christen the completion with an event that re-engages our community and contributes to our goal of increasing vaccinations and vaccine confidence, including the booster. We’ve installed a new PA system at the Hollywood Senior Center, and have been offering “Live Zooming” for the last couple of weeks, engaging members of the CFPA community who have been uninterested or unable to participate in our virtual programs (see below for available programs). We’re continuing to track the Covid numbers, but our sincere hope is that if trends continue, we can start offering limited in-person programming in the center starting in November. More to come.
Paul Iarrobino, a longtime volunteer, advocate, and program facilitator with the Hollywood Senior Center, developed a program through his organization, Our Bold Voices, entitled "Voices from the Pandemic." This live virtual program was offered on Sunday, September 12, and explored the ways in which the pandemic highlighted strength and resiliency in our community. Four storytellers were given the opportunity to share their stories of how the pandemic affected their lives, and how they’ve changed their perspective as a result. One of the storytellers, Brenda Culhane (pictured), is a beloved member of the Community for Positive Aging (Hollywood Senior Center) community and the Hollywood Ukulele Group. Brenda shared her experience of contracting Covid, and subsequently dealing with how “long Covid” has affected her quality of life, but also how she remains hopeful when she notices small positive changes that give her glimpses of a brighter future ahead. Brenda finishes with a touch statement, “My hope is that maybe, just maybe, things will get different enough to include more joy.”
One experience that I was so happy to be a part of, was the in-person private movie screening of The Apartment for members of the Community for Positive Aging at the Hollywood Theatre. We had a great turnout, and I heard from numerous people that this was the first group activity they had participated in since the beginning of the pandemic — and it felt safe. All of the attendees were vaccinated, and everyone wore masks and remained socially distanced. It was an opportunity for people to forget about the pandemic for a couple of hours. To get some popcorn or a snack and remember what it was like to just lose yourself in the story on the screen. This event felt like a re-engagement with the CFPA community, and staff, volunteers, and attendees alike had a wonderful experience. One attendee, Carol, an active and long-time member of the CFPA/HSC community, wrote, “I wanted to thank you so much for doing that [the movie] … it was SO ENJOYABLE! I had not been in a movie theater during this whole awful pandemic time … and I felt safe.”
All of these are hopeful signs that despite an uncertain future, we can find ways to connect with our community and do the important work of community-building and support. We want to hear from you. We want to see you. Please reach out if you have questions about events, activities, or resources, because we’re here to do our part in ensuring that life goes on, even while the pandemic continues to cycle.
We continue to offer a variety of virtual programs, in addition to our walking groups. To support the Community for Positive Aging in our ongoing efforts to keep our community connected, visit http://mightycause.com/organization/Hollywood-Senior-Center or send a check or money order to Community for Positive Aging at Hollywood Senior Center, 1820 NE 40th Ave, Portland, OR 97212.
All the best,
Michael Murphy
Center Activity & Event Manager
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Rose City Bluff
Join Us Planting Oregon Natives This Fall
In anticipation of the first autumn rains, we are preparing to plant more native species on the Rose City Bluff. Over the last three years an ever-growing number of volunteers have taken up the challenge to reclaim this wildlife corridor along the north edge of the Rose City Park Golf Course. We began by curtailing the overgrown non-native Himalayan Blackberry bushes which had nearly strangled all else. Learn more about about the Rose City Bluff.Rose City Bluff Restoration
Last year we began a modest plan of new plantings of native vegetation. This year we have received several funding resources that will enable us to increase the number of plantings. Central Northeast Neighborhood Coalition (CNN) has encouraged our efforts and agreed to be our fiscal agent. Thank you to all of our volunteers, CNN, East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District and Portland Parks Bureau for your support over the last three years.
Our prep work party dates are September 12th, and October 3rd. The native plants will arrive for the November 7th and November 12th work parties. Join us by RSVP rosecitybluff@gmail.com and we will share more work party details including what tools to bring.
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Constructing Civic Dialogues - Trainings for Portlanders
October 25 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Contact Carlee Smith, Grant Coordinator, East Portland Community Office
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Community Resilience Project
The Community Resilience Project will provide $100,000 of RDPO partner contributed funds to directly support at least four community-based organizations from around the region with a one-time grant up to $25,000 to meet self-identified capacity- and capability-building needs.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Emergency have highlighted the key role community-based organizations play in the provision of humanitarian relief and in performing other community-based emergency response roles -- from public messaging and educating to contact tracing. During the 2020-2021 emergencies, State, regional and local governments seeking to better meet the emergency needs of disproportionately-impacted and marginalized communities, including low-income, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, people with disabilities, and other under-served/marginalized/disproportionately impacted populations, entered into new or expanded pre-existing partnerships with organizations that serve these communities.
With $100,000 in RDPO partner contributed funds, the Community Resilience Project will directly support at least four community-based organizations from around the region with a one-time grant up to $25,000 to meet self-identified capacity- and capability-building needs. The pilot’s results will inform the RDPO Steering Committee’s decision for potential future grant cycles.
The timeline is below for your reference:
Grant information session 1………………………….….Sep 7 at 2:30pm
Grant writing workshop………………….…………….Sep 13 at 10:00am
Grant information session …………………………...Sep 16 at 10:00am
Announcement of selected pitch……………………....….October 2021
Grant award announcement.…………………………....November 2021
Work begins………………..………………………………...January 2022
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Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program
The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program helps eligible low-income households with their past due rent and utilities. This program uses funds from the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which allocated a collective total of $280 million to Oregon, the City of Portland, and multiple counties in the state. In most cases, approved applications will result in payments made directly to landlords and utility providers.
Qualified renters who have experienced financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, and are at risk of homelessness or housing instability, may apply for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
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Do you Need a Notary Public?
We have you covered.
Central Northeast Neighbors can help you. Our own Ronda Johnson is a Notary! This is a free service from Central Northeast Neighbors. Please contact her for more information about doing curb side notaries during
Covid-19 quarantine.
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Please join us for the Portland Air National Guard (PANG) Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)
online meeting on October 20, 2021 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. All are welcome to attend! The RAB meeting is a forum to discuss and hear reports on the Portland ANG cleanup progress and future activities. This RAB was formed to assist efforts focused on investigating the releases of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) to the environment based on historical use of fire suppression foam. To participate in this online meeting, RSVP by October 18, 2021 to Kellie.Koenig@Jacobs.com and the link will be provided to you.
For more information about the meeting or serving on the RAB, please contact: Roger Rein, Environmental Manager roger.rein@us.af.mil.
Community Calendar:
October 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm, Regular meeting of the Portland Air National Guard’s Restoration Advisory Board to discuss relevant issues. This will be a virtual meeting and it is open to the public. To request a link for this virtual meeting, please contact Kellie Koenig at Kellie.Koenig@jacobs.com. For more information, call: Roger Rein, Environmental Manager, (503) 335-4462.
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CNN Resource Numbers and Websites
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"You Are Not Alone" We know physical distancing creates increased concerns, but there is help. At this website, https://govstatus.egov.com/or-dhs-not-alone is a list of resources for you, friends and family, and community members. All of these help lines offer translation services and are confidential.Your personally identifying information is not required.
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Please refer to www.211info if you require a resource that cannot be found on our website. Learn about community resources: Dial 2-1-1 They have extensive information if you are looking for resources related to food, housing, energy, emergencies, childhood and parenting, and maternity services. The website provides contact and location information for service providers nearest you.
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Mlutnomah County and City of Portland Resource List https://multco.us/sites/default/files/health/documents/community_resource_list.pdf
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This is a Great Resource during Covid-19 Check it out! Macs List Portland Oregon https://www.macslist.org/working-in-portland/covid-19-resources-for-the-portland-community
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People with disabilities and older adults: Aging and Disability Hotline at 503-988-3646 or adrc@multco.us
- Mental health support: Multnomah Mental health Call Center at 503-988-4888
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Looking for the COVID resources featured in recent issues of the NEWS? These resources can now be found in https://www.multco.us/dchs/covid-19-information-resources-people-disabilities-older-adults
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This newsletter has been made possible through funding by the City of Portland, Office of Community & Civic Life. Views or findings expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the City of Portland or the bureau.
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