Food for the Marshallese Community in Salem, Oregon
Thanks to the wonderful people over at Village Church on Murray Blvd. in Beaverton, we were able to donate 1400 lbs of rice and 50+ meals to the Marshallese Communities in Salem.
Covid-19 Testing in Salem
This week we joined forces with Micronesian Islander Community to provide translations and interpretation for their Pacific Islanders in North Salem.
Covid-19 testing for Pacific Islander communities
As part Covid-19 response, we have partnered with Washington County and Intel POI to provide language assistance at Pacific Islander community test sites.
The first test site was at Aloha High School, Saturday, June 27th.
We had the help of Virginia Garcia Medical Group for the medical testing, and supplied community members with a resource box full of food, provided by Village Church, Sonrise Church, and Oregon Food Bank.
The event went fantastic with almost 200 community members being tested!
PCEF at Oregon Food Bank
Today we participated in the Portland Clean Energy Funds meeting about support for the Pacific Islanders. Thank you to Oregon Food Bank for putting on this event.
Self-sustaining Micro-Greens! Our visiting to Wind River Project.
This weekend we had the pleasure of visiting the Wind River Project, co-owned by Ryan, one of our Living Islands volunteers, to learn about Microgreens, Hydroponics, and food security for small communities. We were joined by some of our oldest supporters, former Board President Neil Berl and his wife Andrea. It was great to see them again.
Our long-term plan is to find funding to do this for the small communities in the outer atolls in Micronesia. The Wind River Project is pretty amazing and has a great model for almost complete self-sufficiency in a farming project.
