Plastic recycling event planned
Zero Waste’s Plastics Project will hold a hard-to-recycle plastic collection event Saturday, Feb. 7, at the McMinnville Covenant Church, 2155 N.W. Second St., McMinnville. “The Great Plastic ...
Free tickets available for Provoking Hope fundraiser
Provoking Hope will hold its annual fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 7, with a twist — tickets are free, and donors can give to the peer-supported recovery program through an online auction and an auction ...
Work of Heart dinner supports schools
Students in the McMinnville School District get to play glockenspiels, compete in the Battle of the Books reading program, work directly with artists-in-residence and enjoy many other projects that enhance ...
Pilot food donation project seeks coordinators
A new effort to address hunger and nutrition in Yamhill County is seeking volunteer coordinators to oversee donation groups. Coordinators work with groups of neighbors, friends or co-workers to collect ...
Melt Down marks 10 years
A decade ago, nine McMinnville restaurants grilled bread sandwiched with cheese and other ingredients on behalf of the Yamhill Community Action Partnership’s countywide food bank. For 28 days — ...
Program tackles plastics problem
Zero Waste’s Plastic Project is promoting reusable dinnerware and food containers as a way of eliminating single-use plastics, In 2023, it started a program encouraging local restaurants to offer ...
Melt Down coming to a grill near you
The Melt Down, Yamhill County’s annual cheese-focused fundraiser, will start with a 10th-anniversary open house on Saturday, Jan. 31, at Golden Valley Brew Pub, McMinnville. After that, 53 restaurants ...
Stopping By: Green advocate works to 'reframe, retrain'
Living a green lifestyle is not difficult, said Brynn Moir, who cofounded Zero Waste’s Plastic Project with Jeri White. “It’s just different.” Her goal is to “reframe and ...
Fundraiser will help school programs
Tickets are still available for the third-annual “A Work of Heart” wine pairing dinner and auction to benefit McMinnville school programs. The nonprofit McMinnville Education Foundation sponsors ...
Ski & Ride to benefit cancer service nonprofits
Winter sports enthusiasts can spend two days on the mountain while helping two local nonprofits during the Ski & Ride events, March 7 and 8. “Our goal with Ski & Ride is to create an event ...
Zoe Pearson joins Juliette’s House
Juliette’s House has appointed Zoe Pearson, LPC, NCC, ACS, CCMHC, as director of its Hope & Healing Counseling Center, starting Jan. 26. The program handles mental health counseling at the child ...
Senior services agency hopes to boost attendance to in-person meal sites
Along with its Meals on Wheels deliveries to homebound seniors (see related story), NorthWest Senior and Disability Service offers in-person dining several times a week in McMinnville, Sheridan and Newberg. Anyone ...
Meals on Wheels volunteers hit the road to help seniors
Outside the McMinnville Cooperative Ministries building, where the local Meals on Wheels program is located, Daryll Alt of McMinnville loaded his car with dozens of packaged lunches on New Year’s ...
Holiday Giving 2025
Amity Tree of Giving : Amity Volunteer Firefighters will install a Tree of Giving at First Federal, 110 Maddox Ave., Amity. To participate, select a tag from the tree and return the unwrapped gift to the ...
Thankful for food, friends and a way to serve others
Whether they were volunteers or diners, everyone at the Soup Kitchen at St. Barnabas Wednesday night was thankful. Thankful for the feast of turkey, ham and all the trimmings, including Blue Raeven pies. Thankful ...
