Category Archives: Helping Out

Poverty Weekend

This Saturday and Sunday, January 21st and 22nd, is “Poverty Weekend” as a part of the larger “Poverty in America Awareness Month” being promoted by the Partnership to End Poverty. For this upcoming weekend Greg forwarded the link to the … Continue reading

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Donate to The Stylish Stork

The Stylish Stork is Bend’s largest non-profit baby clothing and furniture store located over on Greenwood, selling new and gently-used items for children up to six years of age. They accept tax-deductible donations and they seem to be going out … Continue reading

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Ladies Of Elk’s Christmas Toy Drive

I received this press release email and it’s definitely for a good cause. Their page about the Christmas Toy Program is here; they’ll be collecting toys in each pickup location until December 22nd. Ladies Of Elk’s Continues Christmas Charity Tradition … Continue reading

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The Santa Express rolls through this week

The Salvation Army and the Bend Fire Fighters are participating in the Santa Express again this year; from today (the 5th) through Thursday the 8th, the Santa Express is visiting Bend neighborhoods to collect food, toys, and clothing donations to … Continue reading

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Garage Sale fundraiser for Robotics Team

Bend has a high school robotics team – the High Desert Droids. There are students from three local schools who participate, and the program is operated out of the Mountain View High School science department. Every year they design and … Continue reading

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