Month: April 2015

Farmers Market Fund , an independent 501(c)3 charitable companion organization to Portland Farmers Market dedicated to providing increased access to healthy, locally grown food for low-income, elderly and underserved populations, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the USDA’s Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program for an Oregon SNAP incentive program called Double Up Food Bucks.

This year’s three Central Electric Cooperative Washington Youth Tour winners represent the best and brightest Central Oregon has to offer. There was an array of applicants this year with impressive essays, records of community involvement, and achievements that made it hard to narrow the field of seven applicants. Due to the caliber of candidates, the

Youth 16 to 18 years old can now apply for eight weeks of summer employment with the Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps. Heart of Oregon Corps, a local non-profit, is recruiting for the education and work program, which provides natural resource employment for conservation projects on the Ochoco and Deschutes National Forests and the Crooked

Registration is currently open for volunteers interested in an annual training weekend focused on developing skills to perform trail maintenance on the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests. Each year the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests, The Pacific Crest Trail Association, and the High Cascades Forest Volunteers host trainings, called Trail Skills Colleges, which train and

Six hard-working, smart, community-minded high school seniors in Oregon each received a $5,000 college scholarship in a program sponsored by Wells Fargo, the Trail Blazers and Portland guard Wesley Matthews. The honorees include Abby Stevens of Bend, a 17-year-old student at Redmond Proficiency Academy. The students can use the funds to help pay for a