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How I'm Using my IRA to Give to the Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund
You might not know it, but you can ask your IRA plan provider to make a donation in your name directly to Basic Rights.
What is Community Funded?
Community Funded is a crowdfunding platform, but it's so much more than that. Community Funded is a crowdsourcing platform that makes it easier to start, sha...
Neighborhood Start Fund Tutorial
Step-by-step instructions on how to submit your idea to Neighborhood Start Fund
Capacity Building Across Borders: A Three-Part Strategy for Funders
Funders working globally face competing demands to deliver program results while helping their NGO partners achieve sustainable, lasting impact at depth and ...
Kids with autism see big benefits from massage, study says
The treatment, developed by an Oregon doctor, has been found to be an effective early intervention for both low- and high-functioning autistic children.
How to use the New FDO
FDO s a valuable resource for nonprofits’ fundraising needs. With interactive maps and charts, RFPs, and key funder and grants insights, FDO helps nonprofits...
Could Oregon Legalize Magic Mushrooms, Too?
Fun fact: Although I write nearly exclusively about cannabis, I enjoy other things which sprout from the ground and can bring joy to those who partake (or abject terror—the mind is a tricky thing sometimes). Things such as kale, or, I don't know, psilocybin, AKA magic mushrooms. The biggest issue with psilocybin is that it's illegal, and there's currently no licensed, regulated, taxed recreational adult-use magic mushroom program in Oregon, and although some fascinating studies...
Oregon's nurseries use bug-on-bug tactics to protect high-value plants
It's warfare at the magnifying-glass level. Nursery workers deploy predators by shaking them from trays or from plastic jugs that can hold up to 25,000 bugs. Some simply spread out and start eating. Others are like bizarre special ops forces.
Low Vitamin D levels linked to weight gain, Oregon researchers find
Researchers say it's plausible that the vitamin plays a role in the regulation of body fat. But the few human clinical trials to date on vitamin D supplements and weight control have produced mixed results.
Make-A-Wish® Oregon: Have you had a Make-A-Wish® experience?
Share your recollections about a Make-A-Wish experience.
Your cat may be a jerk but it really does love you, Oregon study finds
Cats form attachments to their owners that are similar to those that dogs and babies form with their caregivers.
Tentative Steps Away from the Gas Tax and towards a Better System
Oregon's mileage-based user fee pilot is a step in the right direction for transportation policy, but a more sophisticated model would have a greater impact on congestion.
Why Providence Capital Funding?
Providence Capital Funding, Inc. is an independent equipment financing company offering creative solutions to meet your unique needs. We recognize the variet...
What's an emergency fund?
"Just because something is unexpected doesn't mean you can't prepare for it."
Start building your emergency fund
Don't wait until you're facing an emergency to start building your emergency fund. You never know when your car may need new tires, your home a new roof, or ...
Is wildfire smoke bad for your health?
With fires blazing across Colorado, California and Oregon, much of the Western United States is awash in smoke this summer. How does the smoke impact our health? Is it OK to exercise outdoors? What can we do to protect ourselves indoors? Colleen Reid has answers.
Solar panels increase grasses for sheep and cows by 90%
Researchers have determined that an Oregon solar facility altered the microclimate variables of mean air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and soil moisture beneath itself significantly - increasing water efficiency, allowing for much greater biomass growth.
You Know You're From Idaho When You Laugh At These Pictures
If someone claims to be a native Idahoan, here's a test you can give them to see if they're telling the truth. If they don't laugh at these pictures, they're a faker - or from Oregon. If they start laughing so hard the Pepsi starts coming out of their ears when they see these, then you have yourself a true Idahoan.
5 Steps to Gamify Your Elementary Classroom @coolcatteacher
How could you take your whole elementary classroom year and gamify it? What if everything students learn could gain them XP (experience points?) What if you can reach those strugglers by making a classroom on mission? Today, Heather Marrs, a teacher and instructional coach from Oregon, takes us through the five steps she used to …
