The Cascade BWB group is officially up and running - well, maybe not running yet but definitely up off the couch and exercising vigorously. And isn’t it fun to find a real opportunity to use ‘vigorously’ in a sentence!
Our initial meet-n-greet meeting took place on Sunday 12/9. Attendance was a strong indicator of the success of PDX Santacon. But those who came had fun and those who didn’t are likely still in Rehab and just haven’t been allowed to use the phones yet. And one member was so inspired that she may actually be on her way to volunteer in Peru right now!
We ate, drank and talked about what we want to do now and in the future. The general consensus was that we want to establish a regular series of monthly and quarterly events, with monthly meetings to plan and socialize.
In the immediate future, everyone’s attention is naturally aimed at the flood victims in our area.
I’ve set aside the weekend of 12/29 – 12/30 as tentative-but-actually-pretty-sure dates for a BWB field trip to either Vernonia or Mist to help the residents there clean up. I’ll be making a scouting trip to those towns on Saturday 12/22 to make contacts and get everything arranged. I would do it this weekend but I’m in Reno right now and the Rebel Fleet is out of transporter range, making a quick trip to the Coast Range all but impossible.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday 12/27 when I plan to hold a meeting for all those interested in the work parties. We’ll go over the details then, and tell everyone where to meet up sat/sun morning for carpooling and caravanning to the worksite in burner-stylee. I’ll announce the place and time of the meeting as soon as somebody here volunteers their house, studio, or workshop for that purpose. Operators are standing by.
If you can’t make it to the meetings or work parties but still want to help out, please consider making a cash or materials donation. Depending on the work we do, we may end up renting (or borrowing) utility trailers and/or hauling stuff to the dump and these things cost $$$. If you’re out of town and you can lend your truck or trailer to a friend that would be great too! But regardless of what we do, all monies collected will be routed 100% to the residents of these towns.
As always, feel free to contact me directly with questions or ideas.
Hasta Pronto!
In Solidarity,
--
Agent DragonFly!
Cascade Regional Coordinator
Burners Without Borders
503.820.8849
Our initial meet-n-greet meeting took place on Sunday 12/9. Attendance was a strong indicator of the success of PDX Santacon. But those who came had fun and those who didn’t are likely still in Rehab and just haven’t been allowed to use the phones yet. And one member was so inspired that she may actually be on her way to volunteer in Peru right now!
We ate, drank and talked about what we want to do now and in the future. The general consensus was that we want to establish a regular series of monthly and quarterly events, with monthly meetings to plan and socialize.
In the immediate future, everyone’s attention is naturally aimed at the flood victims in our area.
I’ve set aside the weekend of 12/29 – 12/30 as tentative-but-actually-pretty-sure dates for a BWB field trip to either Vernonia or Mist to help the residents there clean up. I’ll be making a scouting trip to those towns on Saturday 12/22 to make contacts and get everything arranged. I would do it this weekend but I’m in Reno right now and the Rebel Fleet is out of transporter range, making a quick trip to the Coast Range all but impossible.
Please mark your calendar for Thursday 12/27 when I plan to hold a meeting for all those interested in the work parties. We’ll go over the details then, and tell everyone where to meet up sat/sun morning for carpooling and caravanning to the worksite in burner-stylee. I’ll announce the place and time of the meeting as soon as somebody here volunteers their house, studio, or workshop for that purpose. Operators are standing by.
If you can’t make it to the meetings or work parties but still want to help out, please consider making a cash or materials donation. Depending on the work we do, we may end up renting (or borrowing) utility trailers and/or hauling stuff to the dump and these things cost $$$. If you’re out of town and you can lend your truck or trailer to a friend that would be great too! But regardless of what we do, all monies collected will be routed 100% to the residents of these towns.
As always, feel free to contact me directly with questions or ideas.
Hasta Pronto!
In Solidarity,
--
Agent DragonFly!
Cascade Regional Coordinator
Burners Without Borders
503.820.8849
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