Calvary Lutheran Church, $1500 – 8040 SE Woodstock Blvd.
OHB Coalition Watershed Project
Plant/mulch depaved areas of Church parking lot to capture stormwater runoff and create wildlife habitat
City of Troutdale, $1500 – Columbia Park Woods
Earth Day/Arbor Day
Remove invasives and replant with natives
Coalition of Clean Water Festival Partners, $1500 – PCC Sylvania Campus
Children’s Clean Water Festival
Water resource education event
Columbia Slough Watershed Council, $1500 – Whitaker Ponds/Columbia Slough
Slough Restoration & Workforce Reintegration
Provide work experience for JOIN volunteers and opportunity to earn small stipend while being trained in restoration work throughout Columbia Slough
Columbia Slough Watershed Council, $1500 – Conifer Parks Neighborhood Assoc
Fairview Creek Restoration at Conifer Parks
Purchase native trees and shrubs to be planted along downstream half of Fairview Creek running along the eastern edge of Conifer Parks Home Assoc.
Concordia Neighborhood Association, $748 – 4039 NE Alberta Court
Meek Pro Tech High School Tree Stewardship
Engender stewardship of trees and provide training for low-income students in tree maintenance
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, $1500 – 12790 SE Stark
Lori Johnson Memorial Garden
Install natives and raingarden
Corbett School District, Corbett High School, $1500 – Corbett (Buck Creek drainage on Larch Mtn – BLM lands)
Buck Creek Long Term Research Plots
Establish 3 permanent study plots and teach students to collect data re: standing trees, downed woody debris, understory veg, lichens, soil, etc.
Duniway Elementary School PTA, $1460.5 – 7700 SE Reed College Place
Kindergarten Shade Tree & Stormwater
Remove pavement and plant 3 trees to shade bldg and playground, and help with stormwater infiltration in an area that pools water.
E2 Foundation, $1500 – 11611 NE Ainsworth Circle
Local, sustainable, organically grown food at Outdoor School
Hire intern to develop a local, sustainable, organically based food plan and menus for students of the Outdoor School
Holy Cross Catholic School, $1500 – 5202 N Bowdoin St.
Holy Cross Rain Garden
Disconnect downspouts and install 4 raingardens
Mill Park Elementary School, $1180 – 1900 SE 117th
Mill Park Elem Outdoor Classroom & Garden
Renovate abandoned courtyard with natives and vegetable garden beds
North Willamette Research and Education Center, $1500 – North Willamette Research & Extension Center
Growing Farms: Successful Whole Farm Mgmt Scholarships
Provide scholarships for District residents to learn about small farm management (6 @ $250/ea.)
Oregon College of Art and Craft, $1500 – PNCA/OCAC & WTR
SEAS: Sustainable Rain Chains
Research and provide design concepts for sustainable rain chains with functional and aesthetic appeal.
Oregon College of Art and Craft, $1000 – PNCA/OCAC & WTR
Splash Blocks for Welcome the Rain event
Provide design concepts for sustainable spalsh blocks to encourage disconnection of downspouts and offer functional and beautiful alternatives to plastic splash blocks
Parkrose United Methodist Church, $1500 – Parkrose Heights Community Garden
Parkrose Heights Community Garden Greenhouse
Install greehouse within Parkrose Heights Community Garden to facilitate educational opportunities for children and a place for gardeners to participate in the garden year-round
PDX 2 Gulf Coast, $1500 – Various East Multnomah County High Schools
PDX 2 Gulf Coast Distribution of BP Oil Spill Education Tools
Distribute/implement curriculum: “Just Below the Surface: Perspectives on the Gulf Coast Oil Spill”. Distribute “Beyond the Spill” documentary on DVD to 20 High Schools
Piedmont Rose Connection, $1500 – N Ainsworth & N Borwick
June Key Delta Community Garden
Develop community garden next to June Key Delta Community Center
Reynolds High School, $1500 – Natural Resources Academy, Troutdale
Native Meadow Establishment
Remove grass and plant natives/create outdoor lab area
Sauvie Island Center, $1500 – Sauvie Island Farms
Farm-based educational field trips
Educate youth about food, farming and the land
St Johns Community Garden, $1500 – 8911 N Leonard St
St Johns Community Garden II
Maintain/expand community garden space feeding low income families in St. Johns area. Help James John Elem. School establish garden space for students