BUSINESS GIVING.Byline: The Register-Guard Donations The Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation has awarded $100,000 to United Way of Lane County for social programs; $12,000 to Forests Today and Forever for education programs; $8,000 to Northwest Youth Corps to buy a walk-in refrigerator and freezer for the teen meals program; $3,000 to Camp Fire USA
Camp Fire USA is a nationwide youth organization that began on March 17, 1910 as Camp Fire Girls. The organization has been co-ed since 1975 and has youth from pre-kindergarten through age 21. , Wilani Council for leader training workshops; $3,000 to Lane Arts Council An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. for YouthArts programs; $2,000 to Irving Elementary School elementary school: see school. for a community playground project; $2,000 to Hamlin Middle School for greenhouse project; $1,450 to Arts Umbrella for concerts; $1,000 to North Eugene High School North Eugene High School is a public high school of about 1,200 students in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is located at 200 Silver Lane near the Santa Clara area of Eugene.[1] North Eugene's mascot is the Highlander. for recycling program. Pacific Continental Bank of Eugene has contributed $7,000 to KidSports; $2,000 to Food for Lane County; $2,000 to the Springfield Museum; $2,500 to ShelterCare; $1,000 to Dress for Success Oregon; $1,500 to the Relief Nursery; $1,500 to the Neighborhood Economic Development Corp.; and $1,000 to the Center for Community Counseling Community counseling is a generic term for any kind of professional counseling that occurs outside a hospital setting. . The Oregon Country Fair The Oregon Country Fair (OCF) is a three-day fair that takes place yearly beginning on the Friday of the second weekend in July in Veneta, Oregon, approximately 15 miles west of Eugene, with an attendance of approximately 45,000 over the three day period, with attendance peaking Endowment Fund Noun 1. endowment fund - the capital that provides income for an institution endowment patrimony - a church endowment chantry - an endowment for the singing of Masses has awarded $2,500 to Veneta Elementary School for classes in dance and arts; $2,000 to Elmira Elementary School for music; $1,300 to Fern Ridge Middle School for improvements to a vocational classroom; $2,000 to the Fern Ridge Library for summer summer programs; and $2,200 to Camp Fire USA, Camp Wilani for a challenge course. Coos Bay Coos Bay (k  s), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. Nissan will provide grants of $1,000 to every school in
Coos County - 26 public schools and four private ones.
Camp Fire USA Wilani Council has received $10,000 from the Clorox Kingsford Co. to create a challenge course; $6,000 from the Richmond F. Snyder Fundfor teen programs; $2,500 from REI for summer camp programs; $2,000 from the Jackson County Commission on Children and Families for after-school programs; $600 in printing services from Shelton-Turnbull Printers in Eugene for a summer camp brochure; $600 from the Wal-Mart Foundation for after-school programs; $400 in limousine services from Abed's Eugene Limousine for Camp Fire USA's 94th birthday; and $300 in carpet and tile from Gardner Floor Covering. Weyerhaeuser Co. has donated $3,000 worth of fire suppression equipment to Creswell High School's Forestry Program. Business Giving runs monthly. The column recognizes volunteer work, donations and other contributions by businesses, labor groups and others in the private sector. Fax items to Business Giving, 683-7631, or mail them to Business Giving, The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440. For more information, call business editor Christian Wihtol, 338-2381, or e-mail cwihtol@guardnet.com. |
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