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The Community Center Friends and the City of Port Orford send thanks to all the folks who turned out for Family Fun Day on September 14. The money raised at this event will go toward renovating the old Community Center and the American Legion Hall. Special thanks go to all the volunteers who made the event so enjoyable, like music man John Clute, jolly juggler Sierra Izumida,  Karate Master Loren Kessler and his students, the Pickleball Club, the Frisbee Golf gang and the Rotary expert hamburger flippers. It is impossible to list the many businesses and individuals who donated wonderful …

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By Tobe Porter The Community Center Friends and the City of Port Orford are pleased to announce that two grant applications for renovation of the community building and the American Legion Hall have been submitted to private foundations. They are: $50,000 to T-Mobile$20,000 to Oregon Community Foundation. And so we begin the work of raising the $400,000 needed to complete the renovation. Just $400,000, so let’s get goingeveryone. We can do this! Our Committee, always working with City Administrator Melissa Radcliffe, will submit two or three more grant applications. In addition, we will meet with folks who may want to …

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Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 14 so you won’t miss Family Fun Day at Buffington Park. This day of golf, food, music and games is put on by CommunityCenter Friends and Port Orford Rotary to raise the last bit of money needed to renovate the Port Orford community building and American Legion Hall. The fun begins at 11am when the first group tees off in the Community Putt-Putt tournament. The fee is $25/person which includes lunch. Tickets may be purchased by calling Michele at 707-321-4332 or purchased that day at the Park. There will be games galore—Corn Hole Toss, …

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Hold on to your hats; here is some really good news about the Port Orford Community Centerproject—the City was awarded a $1.5 million federal Community Development Block Grant tobe used solely to renovate our Community Building! Mayor Pat Cox said, “This was a wonderful Christmas gift to Port Orford and will be a big boost for our community.” The local Community Center Fundraising Committee members are ready to get back to work, raising the additional monies needed to link the Center and American Legion Hall and make long overdue upgrades to the Hall. John Johnston, Co-Chair of the Committee, said, …

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It is fitting that long-time community member Thelma Belcher won the beautiful quilt titled “Pillars of our Community.”  The raffle raised funds to help renovate the Port Orford Community Complex.  Another lucky winner was Joyce Hodge who won the second quilt raffle—a symphony of blues titled “Stack and Whack.” Special thanks to master quilter Vicki Young who is a member of the Community Center Complex committee.  Also – special thanks to the winner of this same quilt in 2018 who donated it back to allow the quilt to raise even more money toward the effort.

As the wind blows and the rain falls, it’s hard to remember we almost celebrated summer with Family Fun Day at Buffington Park on September 4. Due to the resurgence of COVID, we had to postpone the fundraising event, but a whole bunch of very generous people said, “keep the donation and use it when you reschedule.”  Such a show of support moves projects forward, no matter the odds. So all of us involved with the Community Center Renovation Project thank the following individuals and businesses. Thompson Tree Service, Gold Beach Lumber, Bandon Crossings, Battle Rock Coffee, Salty Dawg, NorCal …

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Be on the lookout for a new date (original 9/4/21 date postponed due to COVID) so you won’t miss Family Fun at Buffington Park. This day of golf, games, food, and music is put on by the Port Orford Community Center Fund Raising Committee and the Port Orford Rotary Club. The fun starts at 11 am when the first group tees off at the putt-putt golf tourney. Just $25 to enter and that includes grilled hamburger lunch with chips and cookies.  This course is so tough you might win a prize just for finishing. The lunch will be available to …

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Covid 19 may have slowed us down, but we are still working behind the scenes to raise money for a new Port Orford Community Center Complex.  As our local Port Orford/Langlois businesses reopen,  look for our distinctive “donation houses.”   You can also make a contribution on our website or send your tax-deductible gift to RCOPO Community Service Fund, PO Box 1284, Port Orford 97465. Be sure to check out the “MoneyMeter” sign on Hwy 101, it is slowly rising toward our goal.  We can build our much needed community center…together! We have some fun local fund raising events ready to …

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