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Parkrose Business Association
December2016
www.parkrosebusiness.org
ISSUE 11
PBA District OrganizerSponsored by Venture Portland
CALVIN HOFF
Hello Parkrose!
It’s been a year full of exciting events for the Parkrose Business Association!
We recently hosted our annual Holiday Party in an ef-fort to raise money for the Parkrose Business Founda-tion’s scholarship fund. Held at the Holiday Inn, many businesses braved the winter weather to donate in our silent auction, enjoy an array of desserts, and honor those who have made an exceptionally large effort to improve the Parkrose community. Thank you to our wonderful members, who amazed us all by raising $2,480 for Parkrose students!
We held several mixers this year, which allowed the Parkrose business community to network and get to know their neighbors further. We were lucky enough to have businesses such as Prism House PDX, Parkrose Hardware, and Bistro 23 to help us host these events!
We also held our signature “Trunk or Treat” event for the second year in a row! Our Trunk or Treat Commit-tee took a risk by changing the date of the event this year, but the decision paid off with over 1,000 attend-ees. Whether you left the event with a bucket full of candy, and wallet full of coupons, or a ‘Shop Parkrose’ tote bag, everyone exited with a treat.
The Parkrose Business Association’s Board of Direc-tors and membership have made me feel extremely welcomed as a new community member. The energy and enthusiasm that the directors show at our early morning meetings is nothing short of inspiring. Cap-ping off the year with our Holiday Party scholarship fundraiser was appropriate, as I’m consistently as-tonished at the generous financial and time donations Parkrose community members make.This is exemplified in our former director Marsha
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President Angie Jenkins introduces new PBA member and Guest Speaker
for NovemberCollette Livermore
fromMEALS ON WHEELS
How can a senior receive Meals on Wheels?Meals on Wheels are hot, nutritious lunches that are delivered Monday through Friday to the homebound elderly who meet these requirements: ~ 60 years of age or older (or the spouse of a person 60 years of age or older) ~ at risk of malnutrition ~ unable to come in to a Meals on Wheels People center for a meal What is a typical Meals on Wheels People menu?Our menus are designed to provide at least one-third of the daily nutrients required for older adults. Each meal includes a salad, entrée, starch, vegetable, bread, dessert and milk. We also provide the DASH diet for those who require diabetic, soft, low cholesterol or low sodium meals. Vegetarian meals are also available. Is Meals on Wheels a national program?Every state has a Meals on Wheels program, but a variety of nonprofit organizations provide these services. We provide Meals on Wheels service to Multnomah, Washington and Clark counties.
We employee about 110 full- and part-time people and we depend on 500 volunteers every day. The cost of each meal is $7.39 and diners age 60 and older are asked to contribute what they can afford.
Meals on Wheels People receives funding from a variety of sources. More than 70 percent of our annual budget comes from contributions from the community. We receive some federal support through Older American Act and Medicaid dollars, as well as from the USDA. Participants are asked to contribute what they can toward the cost of their meals and we have an active development department that seeks private donations and grants.
November Highlights
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Prism House Member MomentSamantha Montanaro
Sam is multi-talented. She studied education and therapy autism, Spanish & psychology in Wisconsin. Then cameChicago, Illinois Institute of Art, 2006 Magazines, Design Firms, LED Lighting company, and School of Rock.
Oregon and a new company ~Prism House is my company that dabbles with Urban Farming, Workshops, and Child Lead Learning. Also Graphic Design and Intentional Event Coordination. All aspects of Prism House include underly-ing goals that are progressive and uplifting in nature with intentionality, inclusion, and artistic expression in the forefront.
Sam says she will continue to offer space and art for those in need and hone in on things she feels most passionate about that can make the biggest impact.
“In a world full of global division, I find the best place to focus my efforts are my community around my family, and supporting Neighbors and encouraging growth with acceptance”, Samantha Montanaro says.
Looking for a venue for your event? Give Samantha a call.4105 NE 112th AvePortland, OR 97220
971-319-4105
Soup Bowl Event Seeks Sponsors
Meals on Wheels People will host the Third Annual Soup Bowl on Sunday, February 19, from 12 to 3 p.m. at Cedarville Lodge in Gresham. This unique neighborhood event features homemade soup and salad, along with handcrafted pottery bowls from local artists and col-legiate art students along with an art sale and live enter-tainment. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. All proceeds support meals for seniors Gresham and East Multnomah County.
Sponsorship opportunities for this event range from $100 to $5,000 and many include tickets to the event as well as promotion in Meals on Wheels People publications and on their website.
For details, please contact Colette Livermore at 503.953.8104 or email
Calvin Hoff continued from page 1Grabinger of Copy Express, who has been the commu-nications hero of 2016. Whether she is putting together newsletters like this one or assembling our newly re-leased 2017 PBA Directory, she has shown through her actions that she truly cares about bringing the Parkrose community together.
Thank you for a fantastic 2016; I’m looking forward to an even more exciting 2017!
Calvin [email protected]
M err y C h r i s t m a sa n d
Happy New Year!
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November Highlights
We began our November luncheon meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and then enjoyed the wonder-ful buffet lunch the Holiday Inn prepares for us each month.
William and Marsha man the desk and welcome Gordon Boorse, Compaction And Recycling.
Angie and Kate make it through the buffet line with big smiles.
Calvin Hoff counted the ballots and reported that Naomi Coultas, Burger-ville, and Wayne H. Stoll, Argay Square were unanimously elected to a three year term on the PBA Board of Directors.
Wayne H. Stoll, Argay Square, generously donated his 50/50 winnings to the PBA/PBF Scholarship fund. PBA Treasurer, CPA William Keller, says. . .
“Thank you VERY much!”
december 9, 2016
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Annual PBA Christmas Party
FUNDS RAISED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Silent Auction ~ $1,536.00 Dessert Dash ~ $690.00 Jelly Beans ~ $44.00 Wall of Wine ~ $210.00
Thank you EVERYONE for making the evening successful in every way!
december 9, 2016
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Annual PBA Christmas Party
The buffet was delicious. The Dessert Dash was very suc-cessful. The Wall of Wine is always a hit, and of course, guessing the number of Jelly
Beans in the Jar. All the money raised is for schol-arships.
As always the fellowship and networking were a lot of fun as everyone engaged in the festivities.
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december 9, 2016Annual PBA Christmas Party
ANGIE JENKINS PRESIDENT’S AWARDSAlison Stoll Marsha Grabinger Cathy Morris
Wayne Announces high bidders duringthe Silent Auction
Jon Wilson, Copy Expresswins the 50/50
William Keller, CPAwins the coveted David Ashton chocolate
Left is the Dessert Dash. Carolyn selects the dessert her table bid on.Thanks to high bidders, we raised $690.00 for the Scholarship fund.
Each year Mark Eves rings the bell for the Salvation Army. Brent hands his donation over his shoulder. Mark
matched the$1500.00 raised that brought the total to $3000.00.
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december 9, 2016
LKARL F.IND
AWARD
Kristin T. TrevinoSIGNS NOW NORTHWEST
Parkrose Business Association is very proud to announce that Kristin Trevino is this year’s Karl F. Lind Award winner. Kristin is one of the happiest people in Parkrose. She always has a wonderful smile for everyone that she meets. She does so much for PBA and our entire community. One very early morning at our PBA Board meeting we were talking about the need for someone to work on our social me-dia. Without hesitation Kristin, stepped up. Our PBA Facebook posts are now filled with pictures and information about our upcoming events. Then we needed a chairperson to lead the Trunk or Treat committee. Again, Kristin stepped right up. She led a small but mighty group of committee members. She led by example by focusing at our very early morning meetings to shape the 2016 “Trunk or Treat” event resulting in a huge success. Through her leadership we were able to have over 45 businesses participate with four businesses sponsoring the cos-tume contest. This was a huge success that attracted over 1000 children and their families to participate in the Second Annual “Trunk or Treat” event. Those families not only received candy and coupons they learned about their Parkrose Businesses! Kristin is a talented designer and can make your business a wonderful sign or banner to advertise in our community. Kristin has generously donated her talent and products to many of our PBA projects. Perhaps you saw pumpkin colored signs around in October announcing our Trunk or Treat Event. Kristin is an avid adventurer and when not working hard at Signs Now or PBA she is most likely traveling, skiing or hiking. Many of you may have benefited from her abundant Tre’vino’s Greenhouse and Garden. She grows many wonder-ful vegetables, sunflowers and roses in her backyard. Did you know that she cans and gives away delicious homemade sauces and salsas.
Another volunteer project that she generously gives to is “Dress for Success”, a nonprofit that provides professional outfits for women re-entering the work force. Kristin’s enthusiastic and
warm personality makes her the kind of per-son that makes Parkrose Business Associa-tion a terrific business organization!
~ Alison Stoll
Artie JohnsonA W A R D
OFFICER JASON JONES
Portland Police Bureau
The Artie Johnson Award Committee is made up of previous active Artie Johnson Award Recipients. These people know what it takes to emulate the efforts and activities of Artie Johnson on behalf of the greater Parkrose community. Artie was a large presence in the Park-rose community, quietly working and volunteering for many, many years to improve the Parkrose area. Typically an email goes out to all of the active previous Artie John-son award recipients, asking them for nominations for the current award without any names being proposed in advance. Most of the time one name will be nominated several times, often by a major-ity of the responders. Done deal, that is the recipient. This year is a little different. In early October the name of Officer Jason Jones was suggested by one individual. That was an excellent suggestion, outside of the box. So the email went out with that name attached and the response was unanimous. Everyone agreed that Jason was an admirable choice for this prestigious award. Jason has worked for years in the Parkrose area, providing protec-tion to our persons and properties. He quietly goes about his job and this is one time we can say that we really do not want to see him on a professional basis. The view from his back seat is not very welcome! Jason has volunteered for community events on his personal time, giving back to our community where he so ably serves. He teaches at the local collegiate level so he knows of what he speaks. Jason has been our featured PBA luncheon speaker on several occasions, letting us all know what is happening in the Parkrose area. He is well-respected within the Portland Police Bureau and recently received a promotion therein. When he was volunteering at the PBA’s Trunk or Treat event, he even sported a “hipster haircut” look as his Halloween costume. Don’t know how that would go over at roll call, though. As Artie herself would have said about this selec-tion, “I like it!
~ Wayne H. Stoll
Annual Karl F. Lind Award and Artie Johnson Award
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MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORSPARKROSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
November 8, 2016
Cathy Morris (Vice President) called the meeting to order at 7:08AM. The meeting took place at Holiday Inn Portland Air-port. Directors present included Marsha Grabinger, Wayne Stoll, Alison Stoll, William Keller (Treasurer), Sharen Fowler (Secretary), Kelly Brown, Paul Wild and Calvin with Venture Portland. Absent Angie Jenkins (President), Mark Eves, David Borer, Mike Taylor, Kristin Trevino.
Minutes for September and October were passed around. Move to accept with corrections. Marsha moved and Paul seconded.
Treasurer’s report-William gave financial reports and said he is improving our chart of accounts.
Correspondence was passed around and given back to Angie.
The Board provided Calvin with volunteer hours.
Executive Session
There was a motion to have PBA pay the $1070.55 to close bill with PPL. William moved and Marsha seconded. Wayne ab-stained. We need to get a statement from PPL to show our account is paid and closed. We really appreciate Mingus Mapps from Parkrose helping us resolve this issue.
We will have an Executive meeting to bring the budget to the board that will be approved in January.Angie emailed Jason and we will be staying with State Farm for our liability Insurance.
The Election of board members will take place at the PBA November luncheon. Wayne and Sharen will return. Kelly will talk to Gene, William to Rick at Moto Guzzi, Wayne will call Tina at Norwest and Jane at the Grotto. We hope to have answers by Friday.
The board has chosen Friday December 8th for 2017 Holiday Party. Sharen to block space.
Directory-What do we need? Need current list of members and if paid. Calvin will send to Marsha. Anything missing Wil-liam will assist.
Committee Reports- Workplan update Trunk or Treat- was a huge success! There were Over 1100 kids for this event. Calvin reported a 40% increase over last year’s event. Several businesses collateral was distributed. Need to discuss if we are going to get more bags for future events. There was a suggestion to have plastic bags for Trunk or Treat. Need to schedule a follow up meeting.
Motion for PBA to support and participate in Merry and Bright, if we can still get in the brochure. William will call and see. And $100 to support Prism House DIY Open House Alison moved and Paul seconded. MSP unanimous
2016 Holiday Party-Karen Taylor-Wall of Wine-Wayne Silent Auction-Sharen and Marsha Dessert Dash. Send Sharen list of donated desserts.
Next after hours event in lobby of Argay Square.
Venture Portland just completed round of grants. William went to the membership training with Venture Portland. Paul and Cathy attended social media training.
Parkrose Alliance, Neighborhood Association, Historic Parkrose and PBA have been working on issues in Parkrose, right now on homeless issues.
Meeting adjourned at 8:33AM Respectfully submitted by Sharen Fowler, Secretary
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PBA
2 0 1 6 O F F I C E R S
P r e s i d e n t - A n g i e J e n k i n s
Vi c e P r e s i d e n t - C a t h y M o r r i s
S e c r e t a r y - S h a r e n F o w l e r
T r e a s u r e r - Wi l l i a m K e l l e r
M i c h a e l Ta y l o r - I m m e d i a t e P a s t P r e s i d e n t :
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K e l l y B r o w n
N a o m i C o u l t a s
M a r k E v e s
A l i s o n S t o l l
Wa y n e S t o l l
K r i s t i n D . T r e v i n o
P a u l Wi l d
If you would like to be a “Member Moment”
please contact Paul Wild or Alison Stoll
503.432.7180 503.823.3157
SPEAKER: Officer Jason JonesPortland Police Bureau
State of the PBASpecial Recognitions us on facebook
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Parkrose Business Association“Businesses for Business”
As editor of the PBA Newsletter, this will be my final issue. It has been a privilege to prepare this monthly newsletter for members and friends for over 20 years.
PBA has a very successful and talented Board of Directors who will continue to inform us of events, issues, and happenings in our business community through various forms of media.
~Marsha Grabinger
