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Faith in Action will put grant money to use training volunteers |
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
donates $6,000 to the Newberg-based organization |
By Gary Allen,
Newberg Graphic news editor
E-mail Gary at
gallen@eaglenewspapers.com |
Spirit Mountain Casino
has provided a grant to a religious-based nonprofit agency in
Newberg that provides volunteers for helping the elderly.
The Spirit Mountain Community Fund announced recently it will give
Faith in Action $6,000 to recruit and train volunteers. Faith in
Action (it changed from Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers in summer
2004) has more than 100 volunteers who, among other duties, do minor
home repairs, provide transportation to medical appointments, and
visit with the elderly and disabled.
Janet Irish, Faith in Action program manager, said the money will
be used “for some of the normal things we do to recruit volunteers,”
including printing volunteer recruitment brochures and inserts in
church bulletins, as well as for staff time to make presentations.
This was the first time Faith in Action applied for a Spirit
Mountain grant, Irish said.
The community fund was created by the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde with 6 percent of the proceeds from Spirit Mountain Casino.
Established in 1997, the fund has given more than $30 million to
area nonprofit agencies.
Spirit Mountain will formally present the grant to Faith in Action
officials at its annual meeting, slated for 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at
Providence Newberg Hospital.
The opportunity to volunteer continues at Faith in Action and
extends to helping older adults with chores, driving them to
appointments, assisting in Faith in Action’s office, coaching
exercise classes or visiting with a special-needs child.
For more information or to learn how to volunteer, call Irish at
503-537-1549. In addition to completing an application, potential
volunteers undergo a 30- to 45-minute training session. Faith in
Action’s office is in the Chehalem Senior Center, 101 W. Foothills
Drive. |
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From
Dec. 31,
2005, Newberg Graphic
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