ADVISORY/Moooving Out: Kows For Kids Round Up Herd and Prepare For Auction.News/Assignment Editors & City Desks ADVISORY...For Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. (June June: see month. 30) PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Huge cattle cattle, name for the ruminant mammals of the genus Bos, and particularly those of the domesticated species, Bos taurus and B. indica. The term oxen, broadly used, refers also to closely related animals, such as the buffalo and the bison. trucks caravan caravan, group of travelers or merchants banded together and organized for mutual assistance and defense while traveling through unsettled or hostile country. through downtown Downtown (called a "city centre" in British English) is a term used in North America when referring to a city's core, usually both in a geographical and commercial / community sense. Portland Portland, town, England Portland, town (1991 pop. 12,945), Dorset, S England. It is on the Isle of Portland, a small rocky peninsula. Portland stone has been used in St. Paul's Cathedral and other important London buildings. Lobsters and crabs are harvested. on Sunday, June 30 to pick up life-size life-size also life-sized adj. Being of the same size as an original: a life-size statue. life-size or life-sized Adjective kows.
WHAT: Only five days left to grab a walking map at Pioneer
Place, or online at www.kowsforkids.com, and check
out all of the Kows for Kids life-size kows before
they are permanently removed from Portland's
streets.
On Sunday, June 30, members of the Dairy Farmers of
Oregon will corral all of the kows, load up four
cattle trucks and take them to the barn, where 50
will be readied for live auction on July 13 at the
Hillsboro Global Aviation Jet Hangar.
WHEN: Sunday, June 30 at 4 p.m. a caravan of trucks will
head downtown to herd the kows. (If you are
unavailable at 4 p.m., please contact us and we can
give you additional locations.)
WHERE: Cattle trucks will rally at the barn, formerly
Jackson Machine Shop, on the southwest corner of
NW 14th & Northrup.
DAY-OF-CONTACT: Langley Allbritton, 503/754-4522
WHO: The Kows for Kids campaign is dedicated to raising
$1 million for New Avenues For Youth and Trillium
Family Services, two non-profit organizations
committed to providing services to at-risk youth.
The Kows for Kids campaign includes:
Life-size Kows: 108 life-size kows designed by
local artists and sponsored by local companies. Go
to www.kowsforkids.com to see pictures of each kow
and place bids online. Fifty of the life-size kows
will be auctioned off at the July 13 gala.
Nordstrom Designer Kows: 31 small kows designed by
fashion industry icons like Cole Haan, Bobbi Brown
and Tommy Bahama. Bidding ended June 10, but one
was reserved for the auction on July 13.
Mini-Moos: 113 miniature kows decorated by youth
from 70 area schools, sponsored by the Diary
Farmers of Oregon. Bidding ended June 10 but a
select group will be sold in a silent auction at
the July 13 gala.
Kows Merchandise: Collectible Kows for Kids
merchandise is for sale at Meier & Frank, Norm
Thompson, Hanna Andersson, Nordstrom Downtown
Portland, Pioneer Place, Saks Fifth Avenue, The
Bee and Thistle, Boyd's Barista, Desperado,
Emanuel and Good Samaritan gift shops, Este's
Men's Clothing, Fire's Eye Gallery and Wizer's
Market. There are signed Ms. Amoorica kows, a
brand new kowtalog, figurines, note cards, stuffed
animals, magnets and more.
For more information please visit www.kowsforkids.com or call 503/517-3910. |
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