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NextStep’s Springfield ReUse Store and Teen Challenge Thrift Store are teaming up Friday, Nov. 27 to present “Green Friday” (commonly referred to as “Black Friday”).

TransActive Education & Advocacy, a leader in education on trans children & youth issues has released their "How-To Guide for Oregon Public & Charter Schools". It contains valuable information for how schools everywhere can support trans kids.

The first ever Music Matters comes to an end.

‘Kristin’s Kidz’ named after MVP owner’s deceased friend

TransActive Education & Advocacy to present at the Transgender Health Bazaar We will be distributing our new brochure: Oregon Safe Schools Act – A “How-To” Guide for Public & Charter Schools

TransActive Education & Advocacy, a Portland, Oregon based organization that provides education, advocacy and support services to transgender children, youth and their families will be holding their Second Annual Silent Auction on December 6, 2009.

NextStep Recycling, Springfield Public Library, and M.E.C.C.A. (Material Exchange Center for Community Arts) are joining forces in celebrating ARD. Join us at the Springfield Public Library, 5th St & B St. in City Hall, on Sat, Nov 14 from 12 - 4pm.

Milgard Windows & Doors makes donation to Helping Hands House charity in Pierce County, Washington

The Center for Car Donations focuses on soliciting and facilitating automobile donations from donors to a verified shortlist of charitable organizations. The Oregon-based Center is headed by Jacquie Elliott, a veteran of the car donation industry.

Leading broker Andrea Johnson donates a portion of her proceeds

Professional Outdoor Guide, Grant Putnam is the auctioneer for this NSIA event to be held November 7, 2009. A silent auction and cocktails will begin the evening followed by dinner and closing with the live auction.

For the second time, Washington County Rotaract “panhandled” for donations in the Portland and Vancouver area. Donations tripled the amount received at the first Panhandling for Polio. The club is now preparing for World Panhandling Day in 2010.

Renaissance woman/filmmaker, Laura Spitze, has made a philanthropic improv-comedy with over 30 of Portland's hottest rising stars to help the homeless, and founded a non-profit to boot to benefit from it's proceeds. (Nov. 17th @ Hollywood Theatre.)

FosterClub is described as ‘The Little Non-Profit That Could’ by one reviewer and is recognized by GreatNonprofits, VolunteerMatch, DoSomething.org, and Guidestar based on reviews received from people the organization serves

Master fingerpickers bring spirits of the greats to life to help fund Blues in the Schools and collect cans for Food for Lane County at November 1 Ghosts of the Delta event.

Oregonians Lynn C. Johnson of Portland and Dr. Allen J. Douma of Ashland were elected to two different PRS boards on October 19, 2009.

Effective January 1, 2010 computers, monitors and TVs CANNOT be disposed of in the garbage or at disposal sites such as landfills, transfer stations and incinerators. Recycle these items FREE at NextStep Recycling.

NextStep Recycling recently hired Diana Barkelew, CPA as Finance Manager, Melissa Mattick as Finance Assistant and Mikayle Anderson as the new Marketing Manager.

Roots & Wings Intl has plans to complete the first technology center in rural Guatemala for the impoverished Mayan communities in the Boca Costa region. Land has been purchased with funding from TECO Energy, and an architect has begun design.

Look before you leap! If it is not an accredited not-for-profit community college. Don't go!

The students at the Academy at Sisters Boarding School recently completed an ADA Accessible trail at Rosland Campground, La Pine, Oregon

Net proceeds from Keys of Hope will benefit Transitional Youth, a non-profit organization helping homeless youth in the Portland, Oregon metro area.

Cultivating character through a camping experience can be enhanced by applying the suggestions in Lee Cuesta's new online article, derived from interviews with the staff of the Alpine Camp for Boys.

First-hand perspective is provided by a youth from foster care at a Congressional Hearing regarding the Foster Connections to Success And Increased Adoption Opportunities Act of 2008

Serving the greater State of Oregon, Nevada, Northern California and Southern Washington, EVEA Horse Rescue (Oregon Horse Rescue) has placed over 500 horses, mules, ponies and donkeys into new homes in the last 9 years.

Come and support the Community Action Weatherization Program and Rebuilding Together, two local charities, by attending this wonderful event. All money collected will be donated to help support these local organizations.

Best Western Hartford Lodge announces a new golf / hotel package to raise funds for Western Oregon University athletic department.

The Portland affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network will hold its third annual “Purple Stride Walk and Silent Auction” on September 13, 2009 to raise money to advance pancreatic cancer research.

The national tour of the PlanetEureka.com Innovation Roadshow stops in Oregon on Sept 19th, providing a one-day workshop for local inventors to find out the fair market price for their ideas. Visit us at www.mipooregon.org

All Proceeds Help Fund NextStep Programs

Join us as we gather to celebrate artists who use their beautiful art to creatively look at what most of us view as trash.

Jolkona Foundation and Roots & Wings International form nonprofit partnership to benefit impoverished youth in rural Guatemala.

The National Foster Youth Advisory Council (NFYAC), a group of young leaders from foster care who convene to provide leadership for foster youth leaders across the country, announces it will begin operations under the umbrella of FosterClub.

Five-time UFC champion, Randy Couture will fight Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and autism the same night. Saturday, August 29, 2009, following the fight, Couture will host a V.I.P. fundraising event, “Natural Understanding” to benefit the ASO.

NextStep Recycling announced today that due to increased costs, EPS block foam (commonly referred to as Styrofoam) will no longer be accepted at their Eugene, OR recycling facility beginning July 1, 2009.

Roy Masters has an alternative theory that blows Big Bang apart. Special Simulcast Presentation Scheduled for Friday, June 26th, 9 – 11p.m. PST

This groundbreaking leadership training program integrates personal leadership principles and practices with the awareness and stillness skills one cultivates in meditation and yoga practice.

Children’s boutique clothing retailer, Honeys & Heroes’ is providing something extra for little girls from homeless families in Northern California. A chic dress from Ses Petites Mains to make them feel special.

On Saturday, April 25th, RideSouth organizers Nick Buck-Niehaus, 22, and Tony Kau, 22, will be at BMW Motorcycles in Tigard, Oregon, to talk about their upcoming adventure and collect donations for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Integrated Research Services publisher of the journal The Prevention Researcher has been chosen as a finalist in the 2009 Distinguished Achievement Award competition sponsored by the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP).

Giving back to the community is essential for caring individuals. Ashland Oregon's "jewels", Gold and Gems' Ron and Richard Hansen, recently supported the Mobility Unlimited Jazz & Jewels annual fundraiser by offering a black diamond necklace.

Eugene, OR- On March 28 & 29 the 30th Anniversary Tour of the 1978 Tony Award Winning Best Musical, “Ain’t Misbehavin”, will be performing at the Hult Center in Eugene.

Springfield, OR- NextStep Recycling, Willamette Valley's largest non-profit electronic refurbisher/recycler, will be holding its grand opening celebration for its new Springfield Donation Depot and ReUSE Store on Friday, February 27th 2009

Feb 7th, 2009 3:00 to 5:00 PM: Heritage Courtyard at Oakway Center, Eugene, OR, Mike Grudzien will perform 5,555 “crunches” (sit ups) to raise $55,555 for donation to 5 charities.

Over a 19-month period, hundreds of inquiring Oregonians participated in several educational events that opened dialogues about slavery in America, and prepared them for the commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the end of the U.S. Slave Trade.

NextStep Recycling, a nationally recognized non-profit computer refurbishing and recycling center which refurbishes used technology to provide computers, education, and job skills training to marginalized populations, was burglarized Dec. 14, 2008.

NextStep Recycling has been selected as the only reuse and recycling nonprofit in central Oregon that is participating in the free statewide electronics recycling legislation.

Oregon Businesses Working Together to Battle Hunger

Local community bank Pacific West Bank has partnered with the local charity organization Friend in My Pocket to participate in its First Annual Connecting Communities Holiday Toy & Gift Drive benefiting local grade school children.

Companies Making It Their Business to Take a Bite Out of Hunger in Oregon