The Selway-Bitterroot Foundation is the featured nonprofit at Kettlehouse Brewing Co. on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Fifty cents of every pint sold between noon and 8 p.m. will be donated to the Selway-Bitterroot Foundation. A raffle will also be held. Call Beth at 777-1653.
The Human Resource Council has been awarded $44,393 to provide assistance to homeless individuals in Missoula County. The funds have been awarded under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. These funds will be used to assist local organizations that provide services to the homeless. In Missoula County past recipients have been the YWCA, Poverello, Salvation Army, Missoula Youth Homes, Missoula 3:16 and the Missoula Food Bank.
A local board will determine how the funds are to be distributed in both counties. Organizations interested in applying for these funds should contact the council for an application packet. Organization applications are due Jan. 26. Further information on the program may be obtained by contacting Jim Morton at the Human Resource Council, 728-3710.
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week is Feb. 5-9. Teen volunteers are acknowledging this event by organizing schoolwide assemblies, outreach materials and peer education. Festivities will kick off Jan. 24 with assemblies in Plains and Hot Springs and Jan. 25 in Thompson Falls and Noxon. The assemblies will be presented by Rae Anne Spence, a survivor of dating violence from Austin, Texas. Spence has been on /20” and “Montel” and is a national spokesperson for dating violence prevention. Her story emphasizes the dangers of treating dating violence lightly.
During the week, PEACE Program volunteers will be encouraging students from across the county to take part in outreach activities reminding their peers that “Love Shouldn't Hurt.” Stickers, posters and silicone wrist bands with these messages will be made available to all schools and students. PEACE volunteers will also be wearing and passing out white ribbons as personal pledges to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence in dating relationships.
More activities may be added to the week's events. Teens interested in becoming a PEACE volunteer may contact Abby at the Sanders County Coalition for Families at (406) 827-3218.
An organizational meeting of Legacy Montana will be held Thursday, Jan. 25, from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Missoula Art Museum. All nonprofit organizations are invited to attend this meeting to learn how you can be part of the Legacy Montana awareness campaign in 2007. Call Jean Bowman at 543-5387.
Habitat for Humanity will hold a volunteer celebration dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the First Presbyterian Church Parish Hall, 201 S. Fifth St. E. Those with the last names beginning with A-L bring a salad or dessert and those with the last name M-Z bring a main dish. Kids are welcome. Call 549-8210.
The first Winter Senior Expo will be held at Hunter's Glen Assisted Living, 3620 American Way, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7. This mini health fair is open to the public and free of charge. Register for door prizes and get information on home health and nursing services, advance directives, massage therapy, medical imaging, physical therapy, Alzheimers'/dementia care, retirement and assisted living options. Call Diane at 542-7009.
Experience Works has openings throughout Montana to assist unemployed, individuals age 55 and older with limited income to gain paid work experience, training, and employment services. Any seniors with limited income who live in counties with openings and are interested in learning new skills may apply.
Seniors who might have met with Experience Works personnel in the past and were over-income (ineligible) at that time, should contact a representative again to see if the changes might now make them eligible. For more information about Experience Works and its services in your area, contact Jackie Lynch at (406) 447-3211 or toll free at 1-800-450-5627.
Experience Works is a national, nonprofit organization that provides training and employment services for mature workers. Established in 1965 as Green Thumb, and renamed Experience Works in 2002, it is the largest provider of the Senior Community Service Employment Program. Information is available at www.experienceworks.org. Information about other providers of SCSEP can be found at www.dol.gov.
Stevensville Music Association and Stevensville High School Choirs present “A Night by Candlelight,” a dinner with musical entertainment by the choral department, Saturday, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. (two shows). All proceeds go to benefit the school's music programs. For tickets contact director Sarah Ochsner at 777-5481 Ext. 213.
Does your nonprofit organization have an event to share with the public through the roundup? If so, call Tandy Khameneh at 523-5240, fax it to 523-5294, e-mail her at tandyk@missoulian.com or write to her in care of the Missoulian, P.O. Box 8029, Missoula MT 59807. Items must be in by noon Wednesday for inclusion in the next column.
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