Related Grassroots Grants News

This afternoon at the C. Giles Hunt Memorial Library in Sutherlin, seven folks from Elkton, Oakland, and Roseburg asked me some great questions about Meyer Memorial Trust’s grant application and decision making process. We talked about how local support for a project is really important.

Program Officer Sally Yee reports on her meetings with representative from nonprofit organizations and other community members in Springfield and Oakridge this week. Check back for reports from other towns in Lane and Douglas counties.

Today is a deadline for both our Grassroots Grants and Responsive Grants Inquiry applications.  Since we often get many frantic, last-minute calls with questions, I thought I'd answer a few of the common ones here:

After a brief rest at our hotel, we set out for our evening TWST meeting at the James Ramsey III Community Center hosted by the Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality (SKCE). En route to the event, we crossed paths with the wildly famous and not oft’ seen, Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

We hit the road again on Wednesday for our second TWST stop in historic Oregon City. Armed with my newly repaired smart phone (and its GPS), I was determined to regain a bit of Sally’s confidence in my navigation skills.

We will be visiting five communities in eastern Multnomah, Clackamas and Marion counties March 1-4 to provide advice about seeking grants from MMT and to collect information about the needs of nonprofits and communities there.

Maupin is the last stop on our Central Columbia Gorge TWST of Wasco and Sherman Counties.  About an hour drive south of The Dalles, located along both sides of the Deschutes River on Highway 197, this community of 490 residents strong has reinvented itself over the last few years.

While the county may not have a large number of residents compared to urban areas, residents must cover vast distances and rely on a core group of dedicated leaders to keep services and nonprofits running.  But it’s worth the effort.  When asked to share some of the things they loved about living in Harney County, one participant wrote:“The glitter of frozen air on frozen sunny January afternoons, and the smell of air on a blistering August sage landscape.  We live in Paradise!”

You may notice we have a new look for spring. Welcome to our new website. We hope you feel at home here. Spring is a universal metaphor for the start of better times. And this year, opportunities for growth seem especially appealing.