Articles Posted in the Causes Category
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2012 Local Give Guide!
Rowe Middle School: In Milwaukie, the Christmas Ships parade and Winter Solstice Bonfire on the city’s waterfront will benefit Rowe Middle School’s Outdoor School, which sends students into Oregon’s forests to learn about science. A…
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The Great Willamette Clean-Up 2012
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Annie Ross House
So who is Annie Ross? Annie Ross was a local Milwaukie philanthropist. Northwest Housing Alternatives operates the Annie Ross House and has provided emergency shelter to families for over 25 years. They are the only…
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Kellog Creek-Milwaukie Presbyterian Restoration Project
“But there were still lots of open space and fir trees around and another little creek that come (into Kellogg Lake) from the natural springs on the old Presbyterian Church property…There is a holly tree…
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Meet Me In the Middle: Two Sides of the Downtown Development Fence Find Common Ground in Community, Revival Part 2
continued from part 1 As a Milwaukie small business owner and contractor for the last 11 years, ED PARECKI has had the unique opportunity of not only witnessing the growth and revitalization of the city,…
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Celebrate Milwaukie!
In Milwaukie resides a group dedicated to bringing good times to town. You may have been to a few – car shows, dances, park concerts. It’s all the handiwork of Celebrate Milwaukie inc. They are…
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PAINTING THE TOWN: MILWAUKIE’S ARTMOB, ON A MISSION
Art belongs to the people. Within any community, it can serve as a tool to engage residents in healthy dialog, to both stir and support the public’s sense of place, and to evoke powerful emotional…
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Milwaukie Community Gardens
Lisa Lashbrook was trying to figure out how to integrate herself into her children’s school life when she came up with the solution: become a 4H OSU wildlife steward at Lewelling Elementary. In her tenure…
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M.U.S.T. (Milwaukie Understand Sustainable Transition)
Bet you didn’t know there is a group dedicated to helping Milwaukie residents understand and transition to a more sustainable society? This is the group behind Ban the Bag Milwaukie, The Tool Library, and the…
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Ban The Bag Milwaukie
Last year, on my first visit to the beautiful island of Maui, my friend’s mom told us there was a sight off the beaten path we just had to see. As she drove our small…
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