10-stall barn with tack rooms, hay storage, and washing area. Park 6+ vehicles plus RVs, boats, riding lawn mower, 4-wheelers, toys, and more in garages, shops, and barn. Bonus room with a private entrance for a home office, craft room, or 4th bedroom. Lower cabinets are all convenient drawers plus a waste bin cupboard. Kitchen has radiant heat floors, an island with a breakfast bar, and a walk-in pantry. Skip trowel textured sheetrock with faux painting/glaze. Great Room has vaulted pine ceiling, fir hardwood floors, and wood-burning stone fireplace. Main home was built in 1980, completely remodeled in 2013. Single-level 2,871 SF ranch home, 3 BD, 3.5 BA + Bonus Room. Jefferson, Black Butte, Broken Top, the North, and Middle Sisters, plus pasture views. 1.94 acres of groundwater irrigation rights. We all believe in this worthwhile program and will continue to support it through good and bad times.4.42 acres of peace and tranquility centrally located between Sisters and Bend. We have 20 to 25 volunteers each day helping at our headquarters (during December). Our great volunteers – Commitment of volunteers and staff involves many long hours during the peak season. This is one way we prevent duplication of giving. During our main season, we contact and work with state and local agencies that assist low-income families. We work with businesses to show them how they can get involved helping with toy collection or donation programs. Our role in the community involves working with schools and the teachers to find and assist families in need and working with schools to teach children about giving and helping their community. County Proclamations for their outstanding work organizing a COVID-safe toy drive. Our program is the largest in the State of Oregon and has a long respected history in working with state and local agencies.Ĭommunity outreach – We have been working in our neighborhoods since 1914. Patricia Byrne Blair, Suffolk County Womens Allia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 311, up from 266 at the 2000 census. We do not share equipment or facilities with other agencies. Parkdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. ![]() We all feel we have a good handle on this. To show the city and its leaders that this is a long established community program that is worthwhile and a valuable PR program for the City of Portland.ĭuplication prevention – We work with other agencies in our area to check for duplication of clients. This project will allow us to continue our program and to look at additional ways to bring in more community participation. We have been adjusting to many changes and now we must look to more outside help. The present & future – The Board of Directors is responsible to make our program work. So far, each year we have reached our target number of children. Buying toys at Christmas time is costly and limited. When we find our program running short of toys, we have gone to the television and radio stations and made our plea to the public and to businesses. In past years, we have accomplished our targets with the help of the continued budget we request. Our history – Portland Fire & Rescue’s Toy & Joy Makers started giving toys to needy children in 1914. Without additional financing that is our only choice. * Our timeline, of course, is the Holiday Season. * To manage the resources and provide the support necessary to accomplish our mission. * To reduce a child’s tragedy of losing their toys due to fire, flood, earthquake and other natural or man made disasters. * To strive to ensure that no child should go without receiving gifts for Christmas. ![]() Catherine works closely with her father, Randy, and older brother Cameron. ![]() Her grandfather, Mamoru Kiyokawa, started growing tree fruit on the farm. Program Goals: * To provide leadership that encourages community Toy & Joy Makers partnerships that result in helping children and their families. Along with editorial production, TJ develops and maintains the magazine’s digital products. Board members are meeting with businesses who we feel can help us with donations of money, supplies, inventory, PR and building location. We are also setting up programs for our show and tell events. Our current program involves getting ready to set-up our distribution center. Our primary service – Portland Toy & Joy Makers helps the needs of low-income families in the Portland area to give their children toys for Christmas.
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