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NEWS UPDATE PORTLAND SUPPORT GROUP No Support Group Meeting in December. The January Support group meeting will be on Monday January 12th starting at 6 p.m. SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, January 27th • 6:30–8:00 p.m. The Use of Complementary Medicine During the Treatment of Cancer Dr. Joe Bubalo, Assistant Professor of Medicine, OHSU The Old Spaghetti Factory • 0715 SW Bancroft Road • Portland (on the waterfront) Dinner provided, 1.5 CEU’s for RN’s. ZooLights Activity for Candlelighters Families Saturday, December 13th • 4:00 p.m. Oregon Zoo at Washington Park in PortlandJoin us for a magical evening to celebrate the holidays at the Oregon ZooLights! See the zoo transformed into a winter wonderland, aglow with a million lights! This winter festival includes more than 200 animated animals swing through trees, jump across lawns, hide in bushes and appear in places where they’re least expected. Displays include swinging monkeys, leaping frogs, flying bats, diving penguins and a perfect-for-photos light sculpture featuring a dozen animals. Bundle up with warm clothes, hats and mittens, as it can get cold! We require you to RSVP no later than December 9th at CandlelightersActivities@gmail.com or 503.332.6526. PLEASE PROVIDE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION: • Full Name • Ages of Each Family Member Attending • Phone Number When you arrive: DO NOT STAND IN THE LINES AT THE TICKET BOOTH. Volunteers will be stationed at the zoo entrance to give you complimentary tickets at 4 pm. Look for the Candlelighters banner and volunteers wearing glow necklaces to check in your family. You are welcome to bring extended family or friends, but Candlelighters is unable to provide tickets for these individuals. Additional guests will need to buy their own tickets at the ticket booth. We hope you can join us for this unique and exciting holiday event!
Candy Canes for Candlelighters On Halloween, I once again visited Lincoln Middle School in Cottage Grove. For the last five years, they have had an annual fund raiser for our local group called “Candy Canes for Candlelighters.” Sara Dreiling’s Leadership Class heads up the candy cane sale, selling them around the school for 25 cents each. All of the profits go to our group for our family activities. I begin my visit by asking the students how many of them know someone who has or had cancer. The entire class raises their hand. I shared my story about my son Chris’ battle with cancer and I show pictures of him then and now. I also pass his port-a-cath around, they think that is cool. I tell them about Candlelighters, who we are and who we help. I shared with them some facts about childhood cancer. They are a fantastic audience! They had all prepared for my visit by writing up some questions for me. I was very impressed by their questions. One boy asked me how many other schools raise money for our group. When I told them they were the only ones, you could see the surprise and pride in their faces. I always tell them that their donation is so special to me because it is kids helping kids. This is one of my favorite groups to talk to. Lincoln Middle School Rocks!! Mom’s Night Out We never know how many will make it to MNO. In October we had 12 moms, November brought out only four. No matter how many come, I still think it is an important evening. It is important to stay in touch with each other and this month we had two that weren’t able to come last month. Remember no MNO this month, but the new year will bring more months of MNO. Christmas Party December 14th at 2:00 p.m. at the Eugene Elks Lodge on W. 11th We are planning for another fantastic Christmas Party! Good news... our favorite Santa and Mrs. Claus will be back with us this year! They are a special part of our party. The Oregon Duck will be there along with Rainbow the Clown.Let the balloon sword fights begin! The Eugene Active 20/30 Club has once again given us a very generous donation that will be used to buy gifts for the children and Hometown Buffet will once again help provide our meal. It is a special day not soon forgotten for all of our families. We hope to see you all there! We are off to such a big start to our new year of activities. It is great to have so many families involved and seeing so many happy kids. If you haven’t had a chance to attend an event yet, I hope we will see you soon. We really are just one big happy family! Harvest of Hope Congratulations and good job to those that worked so hard to put the Harvest of Hope together. My husband Larry and I went for the first time and had a great time. It was nice to see people I just talk to over the phone or via email! We really enjoyed the evening and visiting with families the next morning at the hotel. Well done! Upcoming Activities Snowmobile Day - Tentatively set for January 11th MNO - January 20th • Sizzler Restaurant • 6:30 p.m. January Freeze is coming back!! January 25th - The Elks are working on reviving our annual event. Look for more details. Watch Your Email The newsletter is one way to find out what is happening with our group, but if you have email watch it regularly for updates and current information on what’s happening. With Robyn and I working full time, it is so nice to be able to communicate via email. We also don’t want to leave anyone out. If you don’t have email or don’t check it regularly, please let us know so we can be sure to give you a call. We don’t want anyone to miss out on our fun! For information or questions about our events, please contact: Mary Lou Bradley at 541.687.0697 or email at mloubradley@comcast.net or Robyn Thompson at 541.343.4528 or email at adome45@msn.com.
We are excited to announce the first Mom’s Night Out of 2009! Moms, come and join us for an evening of relaxation, good food, and good company. We will be meeting on Tuesday, January 20th at 6:00 p.m. at Sully’s Italian Restaurant in Redmond. Dinner will be provided. We hope that you can all join us. Please RSVP for this event by January 15th at jascheres@yahoo.com or 541.388.5621. We look forward to seeing you there!Be watching for more information on the 2009 Family Play Day at Wanoga Snow Park. The tentative date is March 14, 2009. Be sure to put it on your calendar now. More details will be coming soon! ^BACK TO TOP
The Southern Oregon area families were treated to a special Halloween party this year at Lave Lanes Bowling Alley. Everyone came in costume, filled up on all kinds of goodies and got to have a great time showing off their bowling skills. There was a cakewalk and everyone went home with a prize. This is such a fun event for all. It seems like once Halloween is here then it’s just a hop, skip and jump until the holidays are upon us.This year our annual Christmas Party will be at the D & S Harley Davidson store in their upstairs room on Sunday, December 14th from 1–4 p.m. Then in no time at all, we will be meeting at the top of Mt. Ashland for our annual ski day, then it will be off to 1000 Springs for snowmobile rides. Keep an eye out for invitations to arrive in the mail and call Michelle at 541.941.5069 if you have any questions. |
