ADVISORY/Columbia Sportswear Donates Over $28,000 in Product to This Year's ''Christmas for Kids'' Program.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Friday, Dec. 8 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2000 WHAT: Filled with holiday spirit, Columbia Sportswear Company(R) (Nasdaq:COLM) donated over $28,000 in product (jackets and t-shirts) to this year's "Christmas for Kids" program. This annual community service program sponsored by the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors- Portland (NAIFA-Portland) helps underprivileged children in the community receive coats, clothing and toys for the holidays. Teachers from various school districts, including Portland, Tigard/Tualatin, David Douglas, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Forest Grove, and Clackamas schools individually nominate the children who are in need of assistance. Representatives from NAIFA-Portland, Columbia Sportswear, and other corporate sponsors will help the children "shop" for items that they would like to have for the holidays. WHEN: Friday, December 8, 2000 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Hollywood West Fred Meyer Store (Entrance B) 3030 NE Weidler Portland, OR WHO: NAIFA received community and corporate support from some of the following: Columbia Sportswear Columbia Sportswear Company NASDAQ: COLM is a United States company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear. Founded in 1938 by the late Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Company: Donated over $28,000 in product to give each child. Columbia employees will volunteer all day. Fred Meyer: Hollywood West store offers a generous discount on all merchandise purchased for the children. Fred Bear Fred Bear (March 5, 1902 – April 27, 1988) was an American hunter and bow manufacturer. He was born March 5, 1902, in the town of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Although he did not start bow hunting until he was 29 and did not master the skill for many years, he is widely regarded will be present. Oregon Ballet Theatre Oregon Ballet Theatre is the premiere ballet company for the state of Oregon. The company is the result of the 1992 merging of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, formerly a dancer with Joffrey Ballet as well as a principal dancer for Pacific Ballet Theater, : Artistic Director James Canfield can·field n. Games A form of solitaire. [After Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), American gambler.] Noun 1. has donated tickets to OBT's performance of the Nutcracker nutcracker, common name for a small crow of the genus Nucifraga in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) is found throughout the colder regions of Europe, including high mountain forests. . Various costumed characters from the Nutcracker will appear. Portland Police Bureau The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) is the law enforcement agency of the City of Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. While oversight of Portland's bureaus shifts among the five City Commissioners, the Mayor is always assigned the Police Bureau as the police , Clackamas County Sheriffs Office and Tigard Police Bureau: Donated teddy bears and stuffed animals. |
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