Come join Master Recyclers Nancy Rhodes and Britte Kirsch to learn about recycling plastics Number 1, 2, 4 and 5 for the upcoming Recycling Take Back Events in Florence. It will be an hour long Zoom training (you will receive a zoom link after you register at www.ecogeneration.org). Click here to register! Click here for […]
Come join Master Recyclers Nancy Rhodes and Executive Director of EcoGeneration David Gardiepy to learn about recycling the wide variety of plastic products for the upcoming Recycling Take Back Events in Florence. It will be an hour long Zoom training (you will receive a zoom link after you register at www.ecogeneration.org). Click here to register! […]
It's time for Siuslaw Family Table - Round 2!!! A community think tank for folks who want to explore ideas & inspirations for promoting affordable, inclusive, high-quality family opportunities in our Siuslaw region. Remember back on January 6th, 2023 when Siuslaw Family Connection partnered with Siuslaw Vision by inviting local families and community to an […]
On Wednesday, May 3rd, the regular monthly hybrid meeting of the Florence Area Community Coalition will feature Clayton Crowhurst, project manager of Shore Pines at Munsel Creek, a multifamily affordable housing development of non-profit Northwest Housing Alternatives (it is visible off Hwy 101 just south of the Presbyterian church). Clayton will talk about what affordable […]
On Saturday May 6th, in conjunction with the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Florence Elks Lodge 1858, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3232 is hosting a Suicide Prevention Seminar. This seminar coincides with VFW’s National “Day of Service”, a day set aside for Veteran-led local community service, under VFW’s #StillServing initiative. The seminar, […]
We're a little behind in our yard work around the First Step transitional housing so we are asking for help sprucing things up! Please bring your clippers, rakes, shovels, weed eaters...gloves and if you have a flowering plant to add to the landscape. We'll have some planters or things to create planters. We'll order pizza […]
UNITED WAY OF LANE COUNTY 2023 DAYS OF CARING Each year, United Way mobilizes hundreds of people across Lane County to volunteer with local nonprofits. Organizations benefit from hard-working volunteers, and volunteers get to enjoy coming together to make a tangible impact in their community! Join us for this year’s Days of Caring, taking […]
This event is a fund raiser where monies raised benefit people living their cancer journey...rather than funding research or a cure. It is a three mile walk on the track at the middle school on Oak Street. There are several opportunities to support to event, its sponsors, and its beneficiaries. Coast Busters was started by […]
This is a "show and tell" event with the goals of recruiting volunteers for our existing four hour a week program, and also finding volunteers to help us open for a second day. We will provide tea and coffee and home baked cookies for attendees, and explain how and why our program is so helpful […]
Come out to the Deadwood Community Center for Third Saturday on November 18th! This month we welcome back to Deadwood… Corwin Bolt & The Wingnuts! Community Potluck dinner at 6:30, music at 7:30. Corwin Bolt & The Wingnuts are a string band formed in 2014 from Eugene Oregon. We don't really play bluegrass. We play […]
The Florence Area Community Coalition (FACC) program on Wednesday, February 7, 2024, will feature Dominique Lopez-Stickney, Senior Director of Medicaid, Trillium Community Health Plan, and Kellie DeVore, Director, Lane County CCO, PacificSource Community Solutions. These health care professionals are Medicaid experts whose companies are the two Coordination of Care Organizations (CCOs) that serve Lane County’s […]
**RSVPs are not mandatory, but they do help us estimate how much food to prepare for lunch. If you’re planning to attend, we’d appreciate you clicking here to RSVP.** The Western Lane Community Foundation (WLCF) and the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) are pleased to announce a FREE Grant Writing Workshop designed to provide grant writing […]
The March 6, 2024 meeting of the Florence Area Community Coalition (FACC) will feature Judy Smith, Area Manager for Home Share Oregon, who will provide an overview of HomeShare Oregon’s services and an update of their progress in the Florence area. HomeShare Oregon is a non-profit organization that partners with SilverNest to help homeowners who […]
On Saturday, April 13, 2024 the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will deliver a training session in Florence, Oregon. COASST participants help make a difference for the environment by collecting data on beach-cast carcasses of marine birds on a monthly basis to establish the baseline pattern of beached bird mortality on North Pacific […]
In conjunction with the City of Florence Environmental Management Advisory Committee (EMAC), the Master Recyclers of Florence will be collecting clean and dry and sorted plastics - Number 2, 4 and 5 - Tubs, lids, jugs, jars, bottles and food containers. LABELS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REMOVED. But your name and address MUST be […]
Come celebrate Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative’s 100th Volunteer Event!!! We need your help pulling Scotch broom at the Oregon Dunes Day Use Area, Saturday, May 11 starting at 10 AM. We will be pulling broom for approximately an hour, then there will be a guided hike from 11 to 12:15 led by local author and […]
Wilderness Ambassadors make up one branch of TKO’s Trail Ambassdor Program. These volunteers head out on some of the most beloved Wilderness trails on Mt. Hood, in the Columbia River Gorge, and new this year (2024) to the Drift Creek Wilderness in Siuslaw National Forest to share Leave No Trace principles, trail etiquette, and more with trail […]
