Kiwanis Club of Portland Oregon

11/04/2020

The article Tom Hallman has been working on the Club's closure has just been posted on OREGON LIVE. Be listening to OPB Radio as Kristian Foden-Vencil is preparing a four-minute presentation. After talking to myself, Joyce, Handa of the Lake Oswego Club and planning to interview another person I'm hoping they'll decide to give the coverage more time. Tom said it was very difficult to decide what to cover in this article. Hope you like it. I'm grateful to have the contribution of the members to the City of Portland over the years acknowledged. Thank you Tom!

The group faced a dwindling membership as society has changed, with younger people not as interested in joining service clubs.

10/01/2020

After 101 years of serving the community and supporting causes around the world, thirteen members of the Kiwanis Club of Portland met for their last meeting today. Interesting that the Club started during the Spanish Flu pandemic. Only a small group of the 100 founding members were able to gather in the Crystal Ballroom at the Benson Hotel to receive the Charter back in 1919. How appropriate that the thirteen of us met on Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic going on. For fun, we took a picture with most of us wearing face masks. Going forward, several of us are joining other Kiwanis Clubs, all of us will do service work, and the group will continue to gather together on a regular basis. For those of you who want to know more about Kiwanis and the many clubs that are still active in the Portland area please call the Pacific NW District office at 503-305-7635.

09/21/2020

Kiwanis Club of Portland is closing effective September 30, 2020, after more than 100 years of service to the Portland community and beyond. Many of the members have joined other Clubs in the area to continue as part of the Kiwanis family.

If you want to know more about Kiwanis and the Clubs in the area you can attend, please call the District office in Gladstone at 503-305-8303. A friendly person will be there to give you the information you are looking for.

08/18/2020

Kiwanis Club of Portland invites you to join us on September 2nd at noon on a Zoom meeting for Nana Goto Bellerud's presentation on "Friendship through Flowers" She will explain how we, with all kinds of diverse backgrounds, can be connected through Ikebana. She has been studying the Sogetsu School of Ikebana for 15 years and continues to be inspired and have new insights from its teachings. Nana demonstrates, exhibits, and teaches ikebana at a wide range of venues including the Portland Art Museum, Portland Japanese Garden, and Leach Botanical Garden. Through her demonstrations and workshops, she seeks to introduce others to the art of ikebana and to intrigue and inspire them.

To get the link to the meeting, please send a message to KCOP here or send one to Connie Shipley on her page, Connie Jean Shipley.

08/06/2020

Join us on Wednesday, August 19th to hear Rev. Michael Ellick, the founder and organizer of a group called “The Common Table” (state-wide faith leaders from different traditions and political perspectives) speak on this new opportunity for people to come together to build relationships and work together across the barriers that normally divide us as a culture.

The project has a statement on their website about systemic racism following the death of George Floyd and the rise of BLM protests. https://www.commontableoregon.org They're about to launch a state-wide curriculum of engagement to help faith traditions grapple with the legacy of racism here in Oregon (the territory was founded to explicitly exclude people of color).

Michael is Director of Public Engagement at Oregon Ecumenical Ministries and heads the Metanoia Peace Community in NE Portland, a Christian ministry to the homeless.

To receive a Zoom link to the meeting please email me at [email protected].

Hope you can join us,
Connie Shipley, KCOP President

07/15/2020

On August 5th, Dr. Christopher Cirino will give a brief health talk on mindfulness and mindlessness and how it can affect health.

Dr. Christopher Cirino is an infectious disease physician, and public health officer based here in Portland, OR. As a physician, he has found the greatest obstacle to achieving healthy lifestyles is one’s behavior. He set on a journey through writing to better understand behavior and how to modify it for benefit. Last year, he launched a health and wellness blog, Your Health Forum, to help educate and inform. He uses his experience and knowledge from years in the field to share articles on how to live healthier lives, in both mind and body. If you check out his website, https://www.yourhealthforum.net/ it’s full of medically-based information on all aspects of health, including relevant COVID-19 tips and advice for prevention, stroke awareness, healthy weight loss and nutrition, etc.

Your Health Forum. Dr. Cirino is a physician health specialist, board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He offers corporate, group and one-on-one formats in seminar or zoom conferencing formats and a growing health blog. Health Coach, Health Assessment

07/15/2020

On July 29th join us for a Zoom meeting at noon to hear Deb Kolodny talk about the Portland United Against Hate organization and what they are doing to make a difference now. If you want to get the Zoom link to this meeting, send a message above to the Club and we'll contact you with the information.

Everyone and every community deserve a safe, prosperous, and peaceful life, a life free from hate and harassment. We recognize and honor our collective resilience and our right to nurture our communities from a place of compassion, security, and belonging. Portland United Against Hate is here to tra...

07/15/2020

Join Kiwanis Club of Portland on July 15th to hear Dr. Shereck and 3rd Year Fellow Patrick DeMartino speak on what has been happening at the Doernbecher Children's' Cancer Program during COVID-19. Noon meeting. To get Zoom connection please send message to KCOP on this FaceBook page.

05/12/2020

May 20th we will be having our two scholarship winners as our guests. If you want to join our meeting, please send a message to our page and you will get an email withthe Zoom meeting number and password! It will be held May 20th at noon.

Let us know you want to join us, Connie Shipley, President

05/06/2020

Please support Kiwanis Doernbecher Children's Cancer program by getting a raffle ticket on-line. With the pandemic we all have to be flexible - this year get your ticket on-line. Thank you!

https://kiwanisdoernbecher.org/give/mustang-raffle/?fbclid=IwAR0N-RmBPQADcPmx7dscEwnV7dPtzval6NR94pnK0-z7at5h6xGXoGxVfzA

04/30/2020

I want to share with you what a Kiwanis Club of Portland meeting looks like now. Last month we had Zoom meetings without speakers and got used to the technology. Today we had Alan Cabelly speak on how COVID19 is affecting the workplace. As Governor Cuomo advises New Yorkers to reimagine New York, businesses and organizations and ourselves need to reimagine where we work and how our lives are going to be changed going forward. Thank you Alan for the great presentation. Our next meeting will be May 6th. PM mee if you want to know the Zoom meeting details, Connie Jean Shipley

04/03/2020

Stay home and stay safe! We are meeting on Zoom until we can meet again in person. Go to our website www.kiwanisclubofportland.com to get the meeting number to join us every first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month. There are three meetings in April so I had to make a new number starting in May. We will get through this!