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City of Gresham Fri Night Basketball 2018: Fri, Nov 23, 2018 6PM-10PM

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City of Gresham Fri Night Basketball 2018: Fri, Nov 23, 2018 6PM-10PM. Let's Hoop It Up! Info here!

Let's Hoop It Up!

When: Fri, Nov 23, 2018 6PM-10PM
Where: H.B. Lee Middle School
1121 NE 172nd Ave.
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Middle school and high school youth can attend free basketball practice, skill building and game play on Friday nights at H.B. Lee Middle School, 1121 NE 172nd Ave.

  • Open to boys and girls in grades 6-12
  • Learn new skills, make new friends, play basketball.
  • Adult supervision and mentorship provided by the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC).
  • Sponsored by the City of Gresham.

Schedule

  • 6-8 p.m. for grades 6-8
  • 8-10 p.m. for grades 9-12

Registration form

For more information, visit our basketball page or contact Coach Michael Magnum at 503-975-2929.

Pictures with Santa at the History Museum: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 10AM-4PM

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Pictures with Santa at the History Museum: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 10AM-4PM. Info here!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 10AM-4PM
Where: Gresham History Museum
410 North Main Street
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Photos with Santa schedule:

  • Nov. 24 10:00 am 4:00 pm
  • Dec. 1 10:00 am 4:00 pm
  • Dec. 8 10:00 am 4:00 pm
  • Dec. 15 10:00 am 4:00 pm
  • Dec. 16 Noon 4:00 pm

Free crafts while you wait.

Pricing:

  • $15 for 4x6 photo
  • $10 for digital file
  • $20 for both

Museum members get 10% off.

All proceeds benefit the Gresham Historical Society.

For more information about this event, contact Evan Smiley at 503-667-0347 or director@greshamhistorical.org.

City of Gresham Sat Night Basketball 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 8PM-12AM

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City of Gresham Sat Night Basketball 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 8PM-12AM. Let's Hoop It Up!. Info here!

Let's Hoop It Up!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 8PM-12 am
Where: Friends of the Children
424 NE 172nd Ave.
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Middle school and high school youth can attend free basketball practice, skill building and game play on Friday nights at Friends of the Children at 424 NE 172nd Ave.

  • Open to boys and girls in grades 6-12
  • Learn new skills, make new friends, play basketball.
  • Adult supervision and mentorship provided by the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC).
  • Sponsored by the City of Gresham.

Schedule

  • 8:00 - 10:00 pm for grades 6-8
  • 10:00 pm - 12:00 am for grades 9-12

Registration form

For more information, visit our basketball page or contact Coach Michael Magnum at 503-975-2929.

Spirit of Christmas Holiday Bazaar: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 9AM-4PM

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Spirit of Christmas Holiday Bazaar: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 9AM-4PM. Come and Join the Fun! Info here!

Come and Join the Fun!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 9AM-4PM
Where: SALT Academy
333 N. Main Avenue
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Join SALT Academy and partners for The Spirit of Christmas Holiday Bazaar.

Activities will include:

  • Free pancake breakfast with Scrooge. All donations benefiting SnowCap Community Charities and made possible by event sponsor Gresham Ford.
  • Free gift wrapping
  • Free letters to Santa (presented to Santa The Spirit of Christmas tree-lighting that evening).
  • A table for children to make keepsake gifts for their parents, $5 and under.
  • Hot cocoa bar and cookies for sale.
  • Characters and carolers from SALT's upcoming production, "A Christmas Carol."

And many more fun activities to get you and the family into the Christmas spirit.

For more information about this event, contact Harvest moorman at 503-504-4026 or harvest@saltacademy.com.

Grab a Mug & Join the Fun! Cocoa Crawl 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 4PM-6PM

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Grab a Mug & Join the Fun! Cocoa Crawl 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 4PM-6PM. Info here!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 4PM-6PM
Where: Historic Downtown Gresham
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The Gresham-Barlow Education Foundation is adding another fun, family-friendly element to this year's Spirit of Christmas a cocoa crawl.

The Cocoa Crawl will begin at 4:00 pm and will involve nine Gresham businesses in and around the downtown area. The final "Sip Stop" will be at the Arts Plaza with ServPro serving hot cocoa to everyone gathered for the City of Gresham's 27th annual tree lighting event.

Cocoa Crawl participants must purchase a $10 commemorative mug and will be provided with a map of Sip Stops. This mug allows you to enjoy a serving of hot cocoa, another hot beverage or small treat at 9 downtown Gresham businesses. Several businesses are also offering a special discount for cocoa crawlers.

You can purchase mugs for $10 at: Burns Feed Store, Core Coffee, Accent on Attitude, Glass Butterfly, Gresham Ford or by contacting the Gresham Barlow Education Foundation at 503-766-0008. Only 200 mugs are available and they are selling quickly so don't delay.

For more information please see the event brochure, which includes a map of sip-stops.

Participating businesses include:

  1. Core Coffee
  2. Glass Butterfly
  3. All About Kids Resale
  4. Accent on Attitude
  5. Off the Charts Games
  6. Books Around the Corner
  7. Maggie Mae's Kids Bookshop
  8. Boccelli's Ristorante
  9. Party Surprise

The final stop is with ServPro at the Arts Plaza at 6:00 pm for the tree lighting event.

For more information about this event, contact Vicki Moen at 503-766-0008 or info@gbefkids.org.

City of Gresham Spirit of Christmas 2018 Tree Lighting, Arts Plaza: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 5PM-6:30PM

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Spirit of Christmas 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 5PM-6:30PM. Come and Join the Fun!. Info here!

Come and Join the Fun!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 5PM-6:30PM
Where: Arts Plaza
401 NE Second St.
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The 27th Annual Spirit of Christmas tree lighting one of the communitys most popular events rings in Greshams holiday season with a family-friendly program that includes music, photos with Santa, refreshments and the lighting of the 60-foot Ponderosa pine on the Arts Plaza.

Watch for fun activities beforehand in Historic Downtown in the afternoon leading up to the tree lighting festivities on the Arts Plaza.

For more information, contact Event Coordinator Shannon Chisom at Shannon.Chisom@gmail.com or 503-750-3785.

Read more about the Spirit of Christmas event.

Downtown Gresham Shop Small Business Saturday 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 6AM-10PM

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Small Business Sat 2018: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 6AM-10PM.  Info here!

When: Sat, Nov 24, 2018 6AM-10PM
Where: Throughout Gresham
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Black Friday? No, Shop Small Saturday! Support your local businesses of Gresham on November 24. Stay tuned for a list of participating businesses in the Gresham area. Visit the Gresham Chamber of Commerce for more information.

Why do we shop small?

  1. Small and local businesses give back more to your community. According to Civic Economics, "On average, 48% of each purchase at local independent businesses is recirculated locally, compared to the less than 14% of purchases at chain stores."
  2. Small businesses make a major economic impact in our City. According to the SBA, since 1990, small businesses have added 9 million jobs. The more you shop local, the more local job opportunities will increase.
  3. Small businesses create a sense of community. Check out the City's Spirit of Christmas event. Events like this are made possible because of participating local Gresham businesses.

For more information about this event, contact Shelley Write at 503-665-1131 or shelleyw@greshamchamber.org.

City of Gresham Senior Healthy Hikers, Tickle Creek Trail Hike: Tue, Nov 27, 2018 10AM-5PM

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City of Gresham Senior Healthy Hikers, Tickle Creek Trail Hike: Tue, Nov 27, 2018 10AM-5PM. Let's Go Walking! Info here!

Let's Go Walking!

When: Tue, Nov 27, 2018 10AM-5PM
Where: Meet at Gresham City Hall
1333 NW Eastman Pky
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  • Round-trip travel: 36 miles
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Elevation gain: 166 feet
  • Suggested donation per rider: $4

Note: This hike has a 10 am start time.

This easy 3.2-mile hike will take us on a wooded, scenic trail through a forested area just off Highway 26 in Sandy. Well cross five bridges over Tickle Creek and walk short distances through neighborhoods linking the trail. Bring an energy snack and water for the trail. Well stop at a local restaurant in Sandy for lunch. As always, dress for the weather.

For more information about this hike please contact Mary Ann Buck at 503-667-9468 or buckbanter@gmail.com.

Senior Healthy Hikers asks that participants be 50 or older. A couple wishing to hike is welcome if one member of the couple is 50 or better.

Pets are not permitted on our hikes or walks.

Senior Healthy Hikers member guidelines

Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Fall 2018 Newsletter here!

Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Fall 2018 Newsletter here! Wilkes East Neighborhood, Gresham Oregon USA. Diversity, Harmony, Community- Together 'WE' can make a difference.

2018 Fall Newsletter

"Diversity, Harmony, Community -
Together 'WE' can make a difference!”


Read it now!

Inside This Issue:

 

  • TriMet’s New 162nd Ave Bus Line
  • 2018 Reynolds Athletic Hall of Fame 11/16
  • Happenings at Nadaka Nature Park
  • Don’t ‘Leaf’ Debris In The Street
  • Holiday Cooking, Freeze the Grease
  • WENA Annual Election of Officers

Download your copy here. (includes active web links)

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Happening’s At Nadaka Nature Park & Garden Fall 2018

Happening’s At Nadaka Nature Park & Garden Fall 2018. A place that nurtures nature, food, and families

“A place that nurtures nature, food, and families”

Turned leaves are falling, the mornings are cool, and our plants are drinking up the first rains of the season as we settle into a beautiful autumn here at Nadaka Nature Park.

By Monica McAllister & Grace Graham

After a summer buzzing with community celebrations and gatherings, gardeners tending their bountiful harvests, and many educational workshops and volunteering events, we at Friends of Nadaka (FON) are looking forward to our winter programming and have already begun planning for next year’s events. Over the next several months, we will be offering indoor gardening workshops, forest restoration projects, and other community engagement events that we encourage all of our neighbors to attend. Before diving into information about our upcoming park activities, however, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the past season’s successes and thank our community members and partners who helped make them possible.

This year’s 8th Annual Nadaka Community Festival was a huge success! We had over 350 participants, 3 performances, and 34 partnering organizations & businesses. We were thrilled to have The Aztec Dancers, Ukrainian Folk Singer Natalia Hougan, and the NW Panmen Terry Baber and Brad Hirsch on the Steel Drums perform again at this year’s festival. The Audubon Society of Portland education birds and handlers, City of Gresham Police Cadets and Fire Department had a ton of fun connecting with the community and teaching them about the amazing work they do. Environmental education activities, crafts, and face painting were led by our Nadaka Interns, East County Nature Crew, Centennial Park High School, Gresham High School Key Club, and TALON Apprentices from Audubon Society of Portland while the Boys & Girls Club kept the fun going with games and activities at the picnic shelter! We extend a big thank you to our Festival Committee, volunteers, partners, and everyone else who made the festival a marvelous success! Our Festival sponsors and donors included: Owens Corning, City of Gresham, and St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, as well as Albertsons, Starbucks, and Rockwood PUD who donated hot dogs & chips, coffee, and water respectively. We are extremely grateful for their support!

Friends of Nadaka would like to recognize the amazing work of our two Nadaka SummerWorks Interns and nine East County Nature Crew who helped lead and teach bilingual events for the Human Solutions apartment complexes and lead nature activities for the SKIP Program (City of Gresham’s Summer Kids In the Park Program, which includes free lunch and family-friendly activities) hosted at Nadaka with the Boys & Girls Club this summer. This year, Lilia from the SummerWorks Intern Program joined the ranks of the Nadaka Ambassadors, and Trey has returned as an Ambassador after his internship with the East County Nature Crew to continue working at the park year-round. We also want to recognize the amazing work of our year-round Ambassadors who have been working to engage the community, lead events, and keep the park safe and clean!

For the fall season, volunteers from the neighborhood showed their love for Nadaka at our SOLVE Beach and Riverside Cleanup in September and the No Ivy Day event in October. For this year’s No Ivy Day event, Friends of Nadaka was awarded a $2,000 SPACE Grant from East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. This grant enabled us to purchase native plants and tools, and help support the Nadaka Park Coordinator and Nadaka Ambassadors in running the event. We were lucky to have “College Possible” high school youth and community members come together to prep the garden for winter. Another great annual event was our Fall Bird Walk with Audubon Society of Portland, where we cataloged the number and variety of species passing through the park during fall migration. In the garden, we finished up our free hands-on gardening workshop series with Outgrowing Hunger, and did an end-of-the-season cleanup. For those who are interested in gardening at the park, new garden registration for Nadaka begins February 1st. Contact Adam Kohl of Outgrowing Hunger (adam@outgrowinghunger.org) for more information and how to register for a garden plot.

New to our team at Nadaka Nature Park this fall is AmeriCorps Member Grace Graham, who recently started an 11-month term of service as the Events & Outreach Specialist for both Nadaka Nature Park & Garden and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council. Grace was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, and graduated from Willamette University in Salem, OR last May with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and degree emphasis in Social Sciences. During her time in school, Grace managed her university’s Outdoor Program, assisted her academic advisor in climate research, and spent a semester studying biodiversity and the local social impacts of ecotourism in Bocas del Toro, Panama. After graduating, she worked for a diversified organic farm in Salem before moving to Portland to begin her service with AmeriCorps.

Grace is thrilled to have the opportunity to bring her passions for environmental conservation and social justice together through her position as the Events & Outreach Specialist. At Nadaka, she has begun facilitating and leading environmental stewardship programming with the SUN Program at HB Lee Middle School and students from Centennial Park Alternative High School. She is also looking forward to becoming more involved with communities and organizations in the Wilkes East neighborhood. At the Columbia Slough Watershed Council, she assists with outreach and communication efforts, and provides logistic and administrative support for community events. She is excited about becoming more engaged in diversity, equity, and inclusion work in the environmental field, and looks forward to building many more relationships with the communities she serves! If you have questions about Grace's role, the AmeriCorps program, or opportunities to collaborate, please contact her at grace.graham@columbiaslough.org.

Even though winter weather will be upon us shortly, Friends of Nadaka will still have many fun events coming up rain or shine! Join us for our Urban Weeds Workshop with EMSWCD on Thursday 11/8 from 6-8:30 PM in the community hall at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church. MLK Day of Service will be at the park on Monday, January 21st, and the Community Planting Event will follow on February 9th. Starting in March, we will be offering our Annual Free Indoor Gardening Workshop Series with Oregon Food Bank in English, Spanish, and Russian. Another event to keep an eye out for is our Spring Bird and Nature Walk Day with Audubon Society of Portland.

These are just a few of the activities we have in store for the community at Nadaka. For more information and opportunities to get involved and help create a positive social and environmental change in the Wilkes East and Rockwood community, visit www.friendsofnadaka.org, “Friends of Nadaka” group and Nadaka Nature Park page on Facebook, or contact Monica at monica@friendsofnadaka.org or 503-956-8558.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the park!

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