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Rachel Thompson/News-Register##New YCAP Executive Director Laverne Pitts stands in the organization’s lobby, which was recently reopened to the public at Pitts’ direction. Building and strengthening relationships are goals for Pitts, she told the News-Register.

 
Knowledge is powerful: An informed and experienced Laverne Pitts takes lead at YCAP

... involved with nearly every program the nonprofit service provider offers. She started working with the food bank, then developed housing and shelter programs, secured grants, oversaw construction, helped with ...

Residents line up early for Natural Grocers opening

... the line to reach the front doors. Before the ribbon cutting, officials of the Colorado-based organic food chain presented a $2,500 check to the Yamhill Community Action Partnership food bank. The store also ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##McMinnville’s newest grocery store will stock all-organic produce, meals, dairy products and groceries, along with nutritional supplements.

 
Natural Grocers store opens this week

... baked products, such as croissants and brioche. The store also sells a variety of coffees and teas, pet food, snacks such as bars and chips and some grab-and-go entrees. One item the store doesn’t offer ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Mary Kaye Stephens, a longtime volunteer at Hope on the Hill, hugs Jack Pettit, a Hope House resident who helps at the food bank weekly. Pettit said moving into Provoking Hope’s residential program almost a year ago changed his life for the better, and he enjoys doing community service to assist others.

 
Recover, rebuild

Provoking Hope program sets a path to overcome addiction, detach from criminal behavior and serve the community

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas chef and manager Jessica Callahan prepares hearty sandwiches for Monday’s dinner service at the nonprofit dining spot, which provides free food to anyone in need from 4 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Callahan said she finds it rewarding to be able to help people by feeding them.

 
Hospitality with heart

New soup kitchen manager enjoying transition from private chef to feeding those in need

Nathan Ecker/News-Register##Hometown Days parade grand marshals Cheryl and Ivan Whitlow were recognized for the decades of volunteer service they gave to the annual community celebration. Sheridan Hometown Days is organized by the Sheridan Revitalization Movement and other West Valley non-profits.

 
Sheridan gets help from neighbors at Hometown Days

... put on great family events and support one another, he said, whether that is through cooperation with food banks, other charities or annual events like Hometown Days and Willamina’s Fourth of July. He ...

Sheridan adds grant line item to budget

... Sheridan Parks, Friends of the Public Library, Rotary Club of the West Valley and the Grand Sheramina Food Bank each receiving $500. The Parks nonprofit is in the process of relocating the community garden ...

Willamina city cleanup set Saturday

... residents — proof of residency is required. City officials are suggesting a donation of two cans of food per vehicle, which will go to the local food bank. Volunteers are also needed to assist fellow residents. For ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Tim and Emily Duerfeldt package food bags for low-income students at Wascher Elementary School, with help from Dana Libonti. The Duerfeldts have received the Linda Lyon Community Service Award from the city of Lafayette.

 
Duerfeldts honored with Lafayette community award

... city of Lafayette recognized Tim and Emily Duerfeldt’s dozen years of service running the Friday food bag program at the school by presenting them with the Linda Lyon Community Service Award. Lyon was ...

 
Lee N. Howard 1936 - 2025

... affordable homes. Lee also served on the executive committee for YCAP’s capital campaign to build a new food bank, contributing countless hours of expertise in order to create food security in his community. Lee ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register## tree will soon be planted to recognize Alvin and Wilma Nisly’s community service as part of the Sheridan City Hall’s new landscaping. The improvement is part of the city’s wider mission of becoming a pollinator paradise and home to native vegetation. Local permaculture farm Treedemption Gardens will plant and maintain the landscape for the first year.

 
Sheridan greenlights pollinator garden at city hall

... rededicating a tree to Alvin and Wilma Nisly, who were recognized for their dedication to the fire district, food bank and community fundraisers. Stearns has several native trees in mind, such as a vine maple or a ...
Submitted photo##Vicki Gunn, one of Edible Landscapes’ Bounty Share volunteers, picks excess vegetables to give to the YCAP food bank in the fall of 2025. Between September and November, the program brought in 4,000 pounds of food. Charlene Doland of Edible Landscapes said she hopes Bounty Share will collect even more this year.

 
Bounty Share will collect excess produce

... sends volunteers to pick excess fruit and vegetables to donate to the Yamhill Community Action Program food bank. Volunteers may keep a portion of what they glean, while the majority is donated to people in need. “This ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##McMinnville Garden Club members Judy Toliver, foreground, and background from left, Lisa Binner, Sharon Reed and Linda Velebir help repackage and label pasta and marinara sauce at the Yamhill Community Action Program food bank. YCAP Director Laverne Pitts said the food program stretches its money by buying some items in bulk. Local businesses and organizations, such as the garden club, help divide the big bags into smaller ones for distribution.

 
Stopping By: Beyond beautification

McMinnville Garden Club has flourished for a century

Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Bella Elmer, co-owner of the new Velour Medical Spa on Third Street in McMinnville, reaches for an Eminence Organic Skin Care product on display. Elmer, a certified advanced aesthetician, uses the organic skincare line in the treatments she offers at the spa she opened with her husband, Grayson Elmer.

 
Along the Street: New Mac spa offers aesthetic treatments

... — mostly elaborate grilled cheese sandwiches — and donating part of the proceeds to the YCAP food bank. Participating sites include: McMinnville: The Diner, McMenamins Hotel Oregon, The Laughing Bean, ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Bert’s Chuckwagon owner Richard Bert greets a customer at his newly opened location — Cowboy Kitchen — at DeLashmutt Arena at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds. He’s serving burgers, hot dogs and breakfast foods with plans to add more items to the menu.

 
Bert’s opens at fairgrounds

The Bert’s Chuckwagon BBQ food truck owner has opened a new non-mobile location, Bert’s Cowboy Kitchen, at the Yamhill County ...

Amity council urged to seek ODOT grants

... committee has recommended a $2,000 donation to Yamhill County Transit, $300 to the Isaiah 58 Outreach food bank, $250 each to Homeward Bound Pets and Juliette’s House and $100 each to Amity Boosters and ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##TJ Humphreys, chef at The Diner in McMinnville, removes toasted sourdough slices covered with melted cheese from the grill as he makes a Melt Down special. He also will add garlic aioli, red onion jam and slices of Eola Hills prime rib for the sandwich, which is part of the food bank fundraiser that will run throughout February. The Diner, which has participated in the Melt Down since it started in 2017, is one of 53 businesses taking part this year.

 
Melt Down marks 10 years

... cheese and other ingredients on behalf of the Yamhill Community Action Partnership’s countywide food bank. For 28 days — all of February — they donated part of the proceeds from sales of the ...

Pilot food donation project seeks coordinators

... oversee donation groups. Coordinators work with groups of neighbors, friends or co-workers to collect food every other month. The donors fill bags with non-perishable food; the coordinators collect the bags ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##At the Merkley town hall, Sheila Mariagh asks the senator, pictured below, what he thinks of current Democrat leadership. He noted that new leaders will be chosen in January 2027.

 
Town hall topics range from shutdown to Social Security

... up. “That’s stunning,” the senator said, “and justified.”   Dayton Food Pantry in the spotlight As he does at each town hall, U.S. Sen Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, highlighted ...

Melt Down coming to a grill near you

... February. Each sandwich sold will mean $2 for the Yamhill Community Action Program’s countywide food bank. The kick-off celebration marks the 10th year of the Melt Down. YCAP started the fundraiser in ...
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