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Mayor Ted Wheeler | Lisa Pellegrino, Director
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PCL sponsorships available starting Friday, May 31st
The Levy has a limited number of sponsorships available through its Event Sponsorship program to help underwrite event costs in areas related to PCL funding areas. The Levy will distribute 10 $500 sponsorships for events from July through December 2019 on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Friday, May 31st.
Details can be found on the Levy website. Questions? Email marygay.broderick@portlandoregon.gov
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We want your feedback via Small Grants Fund Survey
Responses due by end of business day this Monday, May 6th.
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Stay up-to-date on the upcoming Levy funding round
Go to the
2019-20 Fund Round page on the Levy website to stay informed about the upcoming funding round.
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Check out the new Community Report and Levy logo!
The Levy's 2019 Community Report is themed "Reflections" and comprises stories from past participants in PCL programs.
Take a look.
Also, the Levy has a new logo. Go to
the
Logo Toolkit
on our website for more info.
Here, you'll find various logo versions that can be downloaded for your social media/print collateral needs, and a handy style guide. Questions? Contact
John or
Mary Gay at PCL.
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4th annual Greater Portland Young Parent Fair
The Greater Portland Young Parent Fair, sponsored by
Squires, Empowering Teen Dads, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, May 23rd at KingPins Family Entertainment Center, 3550 SE 92nd.
This is an opportunity for parents ages 25 and younger to connect with multiple community resources, employment and education opportunities while having fun! Info in English
HERE. Info in Spanish
HERE.
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PCL Programs Making a Difference:
IRCO hunger relief program
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Helping others is a family affair for Heather Franklin and two of her daughters. The mother of six is a long-time volunteer at IRCO's food pantry at Gilbert Park Elementary, where her 4-year-old daughter, Tuesday, assists with sorting the food and other misc. tasks. Meanwhile, Heather's 15-year-old daughter Shalo works after-school weekly at the IRCO-operated food pantry at Lincoln Park Elementary.
The ninth grader at David Douglas High School
has wonderful ideas about changing the world.
Case in point: Some excess food after her shift ended had Shalo wondering: "What do we do this?" She called her
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(From left)
DDHS student Shalo, 4-year-old Tuesday, and mom Heather |
mom and they filled their car trunk with the leftovers, which they then proceeded to transform into a tasty meal of stuffed burritos, which were wrapped in foil and transported to the homeless camp near 92nd and Flavel. Since that first outing they have repeated this generous act several times using leftover food that otherwise might have gone unused. Thank you to Shalo, Heather and Tuesday for their dedication!
The PCL-funded IRCO hunger relief program goals are to
to increase emergency and supplemental food access to families and communities of IRCO SUN schools.
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Allocation Committee News
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Upcoming AC meeting scheduled for May 13th
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It's time to sign up for kindergarten
Do you work with families with children who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1st? If they are heading to kindergarten they should sign up by June 1st. Families should sign up at their neighborhood school in the next few months to give children a good start, connect to summer activities, and get access to free resources. School offices close for the summer, so don't wait. To identify your school, call 2-1-1 or text "MYSCHOOL" to 898211
More info will be coming soon, and go HERE for a flier for families.
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Stay Informed about Levy Updates
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Click
here to check out PCL's website!
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PCL helps nonprofits recruit volunteers
- A link: either to your website where volunteer information can be found, or the email and/or phone number of the name of the person responsible for volunteers.
- A short blurb about what you are looking for from volunteers.
- If you would like to include any specific wording about outreach to older and/or retired potential volunteers.
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Director, After School & Hunger grants:
Assistant Director and Early Childhood & Mentoring grants:
Child Abuse Prevention/Intervention & Foster Care Grants Manager:
Communications Director:
Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Fiscal Specialist:
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Who We Are
The Portland Children's Levy was created by city voters in 2002 and overwhelmingly renewed for the third time by the electorate in May 2018. Funding for the new five-year Levy begins July 1, 2019 and runs through June 30, 2024.
The Levy is supported through a property tax paid by City of Portland homeowners that generates $21 million toward investments in proven programs in areas of Early Childhood, After School, Mentoring, Child Abuse Prevention/Intervention, Foster Care and Hunger Relief. The Levy reaches over 8,000 children and their families annually; in addition, Levy-funded hunger relief services provide food to over 11,000 children and 9,167 parents/caregivers annually.
The Levy is annually audited and administrative costs do not exceed 5 percent.
Questions? Contact: Call Mary Gay Broderick at 503-823-2947 or e-mail
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