peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, and Wellness, Ellendale Plaza suite 601 (across from Walmart). canned foods including tomatoes and canned meat, pasta. JAMES 2 COMMUNITY KITCHEN Non-food items: Feminine Provides free meals 4:30 6 pm twice a – products, toiletries, baby toiletries week. Tuesday meals are at the Catholic including diapers and wipes, and Church on Mill Street and Thursday meals are at the United Methodist Church socks. on LaCreole Drive. They welcome Please make sure donated items haven’t volunteer helpers. passed their expiration date. LOOKING AHEAD COMMUNITY EVENTS Women’s Spiritual Renewal Retreat POLK COUNTY FREE CLINIC The Murray Hills Christian Church This provides health care on a will be holding Melody of “The first-served basis on the first and fourth Freedom” fall spiritual renewal retreat, Saturdays each month from 9 am to October 13-14, 2017. The speaker will noon. People start lining up around 6 be Katy Valentine, Minister of am at the Lutheran Church, 320 SE Fir Women’s Ministries Christian Church Villa Road. This faith-based free clinic in Northern CA/NV. The cost will be serves the uninsured of Polk County $45 for Friday night starting with who have either medical or mental dinner through Saturday afternoon or health issues. $25 for Saturday only (includes lunch). They can use volunteers to help with First time attendees will get $10 various aspects of the clinic. For more discount. 8th person from a church is information, call 503-990-8772. free with 7 regular full retreat COMMUNITY CLOTHING CLOSET registrations. Registration materials, At Dallas Evangelical Church, 783 SW schedule, local housing information Church St. It is open the second available at or the Christian Church in Saturday and second Monday of the Oregon and SW Idaho Facebook page. month from 9 am to noon, and the There is a brochure about this on the fourth Thursday from 6 pm to 8 pm. events bulletin board. Clothing donations can be dropped off at Notes for the Journey the church or at Willamette Acupuncture
peanut butter, spaghetti sauce, canned foods including tomatoes and canned meat, pasta. Non-food items: Feminine products, toiletries, baby toiletries including diapers and wipes, and socks. Please make sure donated items haven’t passed their expiration date. COMMUNITY EVENTS POLK COUNTY FREE CLINIC This provides health care on a first-served basis on the first and fourth Saturdays each month from 9 am to noon. People start lining up around 6 am at the Lutheran Church, 320 SE Fir Villa Road. This faith-based free clinic serves the uninsured of Polk County who have either medical or mental health issues. They can use volunteers to help with various aspects of the clinic. For more information, call 503-990-8772. COMMUNITY CLOTHING CLOSET At Dallas Evangelical Church, 783 SW Church St. It is open the second Saturday and second Monday of the month from 9 am to noon, and the fourth Thursday from 6 pm to 8 pm. Clothing donations can be dropped off at the church or at Willamette Acupuncture and Wellness, Ellendale Plaza suite 601 (across from Walmart). JAMES 2 COMMUNITY KITCHEN Provides free meals 4:30 – 6 pm twice a week. Tuesday meals are at the Catholic Church on Mill Street and Thursday meals are at the United Methodist Church on LaCreole Drive. They welcome volunteer helpers. LOOKING AHEAD Women’s Spiritual Renewal Retreat The Murray Hills Christian Church will be holding “The Melody of Freedom” fall spiritual renewal retreat, October 13-14, 2017. The speaker will be Katy Valentine, Minister of Women’s Ministries Christian Church in Northern CA/NV. The cost will be $45 for Friday night starting with dinner through Saturday afternoon or $25 for Saturday only (includes lunch). First time attendees will get $10 discount. 8th person from a church is free with 7 regular full retreat registrations. Registration materials, schedule, local housing information available at or the Christian Church in Oregon and SW Idaho Facebook page. There is a brochure about this on the events bulletin board. Notes for the Journey