Thank you FOX 12 Oregon for featuring the MFS Ready, Set, Go! early education program in their story about nonprofits benefitting from Classic Wines Auction funds 🖍️
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MFS program Social Purpose Works engages professionals to build infrastructure and capacity for Oregon’s nonprofits through pro bono work. Pro bono professional Russell Williams (pictured) currently works with ROSE Community Development. Thank you, The West Linn Tidings for sharing. Read the article here, and learn more about Social Purpose Works here.
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The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities is showcasing Metropolitan Family Service in its #AdvancingEquity video series! “[MFS] uses their community-based programs to achieve an authentic, inclusion-focused environment, regardless of culture, age, or economic need.” Check out the video here!
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Last Thursday, MFS Hunger Relief programs held a Vietnamese cooking class at West Powellhurst, led by MFS Hunger Relief AmeriCorps member Thu Le, and two Vietnamese community members. They taught parents, students and volunteers how to make Vietnamese salad rolls and peanut sauce, sticky coconut rice, and a Vietnamese chicken and vegetable soup. 🥥🍲🍴
Each family took home a bag of healthy groceries and recipes! Thank you, Portland Children’s Levy for the support!
This is one of THIRTY healthy cooking workshops being held by the MFS Hunger Relief team at our SUN Schools!
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Caty Marshall, MFS SUN Site Coordinator at H.B Lee Middle School, has been awarded the Educator Grant from Teaching Tolerance to start a Culturally Inclusive Cooking Club at her school! 🍲☀👏🏽
Read Caty’s story, featured on the Teaching Tolerance website, about why this cooking club is so crucial for her students.
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