BUSINESS GIVING.Byline: The Register-Guard FOOD for Lane County received $7,500 from OnPoint Community Credit Union and $832 from Telephone Pioneers, a charitable organization of active and retired telephone industry employees. Students in a University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. graduate seminar in philanthropy gave $5,000 grants to two Eugene nonprofit agencies: Doulas Supporting Teens, a nonprofit group that pairs volunteer doulas - trained labor support professionals - with pregnant teens in the Eugene-Springfield area; and M.E.C.C.A., the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, a local group that diverts reusable arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. materials from the landfill. The grants are funded by the Stewart Foundation. Bene Food and Friends, a new full-service restaurant from Bene Gourmet Pizza in Eugene, gave more than $5,000 to the Relief Nursery. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (first word pronounced "THRIVE-int" — or more precisely, alluding to contractions, "thrive—n't"; IPA pronunciation: /ˈθɹaɪvɘnt/ , a Minneapolis-based firm committed to national outreach programs, gave $92,400 to Florence Habitat for Humanity for construction of a Habitat home in 2008. The Sacred Heart Medical Center Sacred Heart Medical Center may refer to: In the United States:
n.pr formerly known as the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, this agency researches the quality of medical care and health services. , and $10,000 from the Bess Spiva Timmons Foundation for Courageous Kids. Pearl Buck Center Inc. received $75,000 from Spirit Mountain Community Fund to help renovate the center's facility. Pacific Continental Bank gave to the following organizations: Willamette Family Treatment Center, $1,000; ShelterCare, $2,500; Habitat for Humanity, $2,000 and Great Rotary Duck Race, $3,000. The Coquille Indian Tribe gave $200,791 to the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team. The Coquille co·quille n. A scallop-shaped dish or a scallop shell in which various seafood dishes are browned and served. [French, from Latin conch Tribal Community Fund gave more than $685,000 to 35 nonprofit groups and public agencies in five counties in Southwestern Oregon. The three largest grants went to the Coos County Historical Society ($150,000) to help with construction of a new museum on the Coos Bay waterfront; The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology or OIMB, is the marine station belonging to the University of Oregon. It is located in Charleston, Oregon at the mouth of Coos Bay. This 100-acre marine station was first deeded to the University of Oregon in 1931. ($90,000) for construction of the Charleston Marine Life Center; and the Coos County STEP Commission ($46,300) to build a new spawning building at the Morgan Creek hatchery. The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation gave $5,000 to the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry  This article or section reads like a and may need a .Please help [ to improve this article] to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's . to help fund traveling programs to schools in Douglas, Coos, Lane, Deschutes, Klamath, Jackson and Josephine counties. The foundation also gave $10,000 to ShelterCare to expand its Homelessness Prevention Program. Umpqua Bank employees donated 2,292 hours of their time (an estimated $43,021 value) to 41 community organizations in Lane County as part of the Connect Volunteer Program in 2007. |
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