ORCCA: Feed • House • Warm • Educate

Coos Bay, OR (October 28, 2011) – A team of enthusiastic youth will soon be rolling up their sleeves and helping families thrive with Oregon Coast Community Action. AmeriCorps NCCC Team Green Four is coming to fulfill their mission of “getting things done” in Coos and Curry Counties from November 4th until December 16th. The team will help South Coast Food Share provide food to hungry families, support local kids in South Coast Head Start classrooms, increase energy efficiency in local resident’s homes, and improve community gardens in Charleston and Reedsport.

Coos Bay, OR (October 21, 2011) – Communities around the country are gearing up for the first annual Food Day, aimed at increasing public awareness about the importance of good food to health and economic prosperity. Food Day is set for Monday, October 24, 2011, and will see thousands of forums and celebrations from coast to coast aimed at promoting healthy diets and solving local communities’ food problems. More information can be found at http://foodday.org.

On behalf of hungry children and families on the South Coast, I want to thank our community partners and the public for supporting Hunger Action Month activities and fundraisers. Highlights included “Eat Drink Share,” the Bay Area Fun Fest Parade, and the “Rock for Food” benefit concert. The activities generated over $1,600 in funds, 200 pounds of food, and helped raise awareness about hunger issues on the South Coast. A big thanks to “Eat Drink Share” restaurants and owners, including Mama Mias, Porta, La Costa, and Momijis. Also, kudos to the volunteers who represented South Coast Food in the Bay Area Fun Fest parade, and to Walt's Pourhouse and Hookah Stew who presented Rock for Food. Hunger Action Month activities successfully helped ensure everyone on the South Coast has enough to eat.


Sincerely,
Rollie Lobsinger
Director of South Coast Food Share
Oregon Coast Community Action

Coos Bay, OR (September 30, 2011) – The 2011 Octoberfish festival has great food, art, music and family fun! Come to the Old Charleston School Saturday October 8 from noon to 7pm, rain or shine. Enjoy live music, tasty food, local vendors, games, raffle prizes and more! Admission is $1/person, and all admission and meal proceeds support ORCCA's children's programs.

Music lovers will be thrilled by performances from seven local bands including Dale Inskeep Band, Ston Soup, Sean and Marley, WE ARE GO, Che's lounge, Los Panchos, and African drumming and dance by Rhythm Village.

August 17, 2011

Oregon Coast Community Action was recently recognized as the “Project Sponsor of the Year” by the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps program. ORCCA appreciates the acknowledgement, and also wants to commend the exemplary work of the NCCC team Silver 2. They accomplished an impressive array projects during their visit. They received, inventoried and distributed 250,047 pounds of food to partner on the South Coast, providing 166,698 meals to 8,638 people. Members organized 203 volunteers totaling 410 volunteer hours, administered 17 trainings at food pantries for167 volunteers in Food Safety and Civil Rights, developed the Fresh Alliance program, assembled 700 snack packs for children, upgraded 3 pre-school classrooms, conducted 66 community assessments, started 3 community gardens, and painted a beautiful food-themed mural on a food delivery vehicle. On behalf of the South Coast, thanks for helping our community thrive! For more information on how you can volunteer with ORCCA, visit www.orcca.us.


Sincerely,
Mary Schoen-Clark
CEO, Oregon Coast Community Action

August 5, 2011

On behalf of Oregon Coast Community Action, I want to commend the hard work of 28 teens who participated in the Watershed, Dunes and Beyond summer camp organized through the Community Action Adventure Program. Teens spent the week engaging in environmental stewardship service projects, and participants received leave-no-trace certification, as well as college credit for their work. This program was made possible by the support of staff and students from the Upward Bound program and Belloni Ranch’s Independent Living, and the leadership of visiting youth recreation specialist Nancy