Resource Assistance for Rural Environments

No Easy Solutions to Hunger

How to improve food delivery to those who need it was the focus of a workshop April 3 in Reedsport. It was hosted by Oregon Food Bank and NeighborWorks Umpqua. “I work all over the state as a community organizer on rural, community food systems,” Sharron Thornberry, community food systems manager at Oregon Food Bank, said to open the meeting. “FEAST is a program we developed in 2009. It stands for food, education, agriculture solutions together.”

Food for thought: Movie Time! Two thumbs up and no rotten tomatoes for ‘A Place at the Table’-Written by RARE AmeriCorps Member, Valerie Walker

I’m not the most up-to-date person. I don’t know who Justin Bieber is dating, if Oregon is progressing in the NCAA basketball Final Four tournament, or what strife is happening in the Middle East.

Enhancing Resources-Council Approves Committee for Historic Restoration

The city council recently approved the formation of a new committee to improve economic, social, and environmental conditions in Coburg, with a focus on local history. The Historic Preservation Committee is a group of five community members that were appointed by the city council at a February meeting.

Call me Master Walker-Written by RARE AmeriCorps Member, Valerie Walker

From now on I will only respond when people address me as Master Walker. I’ll insist on this because, not only am I the newest member of the Columbian Toastmasters and enrolled in a master’s program at Portland State University, but by the end of March I will be one of 26 newly minted Master Gardeners scattered all over the county who will have completed the 11-week Oregon State University Master Gardener program. You will be able to spot us by our snazzy, eye-catching orange Oregon-shaped nametags.

Cobalt Open House Garners Community Interest, Ideas

The welcome was warm at the Cobalt Building Open House last week, in spite of the frigid temperatures during two of the three events hosted by the Creswell Recreation Advisory Committee (CRAC) with partners Willamalane Park and Recreation District and the Creswell School District.

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