The Oregon Humane Society broke ground Thursday on a new x-ray and dental expansion to its Salem shelter. The expanded clinic is scheduled to open in June and will mean animals don’t have to travel to Portland for medical care as frequently.
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Donation boosts therapy through play to help struggling Salem families
Family Building Blocks opened a new mental health program just before the pandemic to make it easier for parents and kids to get therapy in a familiar setting. A recent gift is helping its therapists deepen their training.
Wildlife center supporting thousands of Oregon animals calls on community for help
Chintimini Wildlife Center takes in 2,000 wild animals a year, with about a third from the Salem area. However, they may have to reduce services if their financial situation doesn’t turn around soon.
Salem Folklore Community steps back on the scene with community dances
The dances offer people a chance to learn new steps, meet new people, and connect with timeless music.
Thefts, vandalism spell an end for Ride Salem bike share
Three years after it launched, Salem’s downtown bike rental program is no more.
Indigenous Salem farm lands grant for video storytelling project
Elderberry Wisdom Farm, a three-year-old Salem nonprofit, works to train Native Americans in agriculture, horticulture and ecology while preserving cultural traditions.
Uncategorized Mental health workers, not police, could be responding to calls in Salem by August
Brenton Gicker, left, prepares to pull CAHOOTS van toward a 911 call at Eugene Public Library in 2019. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) For Liz Schrader, the time to have a CAHOOTS-style program in Salem is now. She said the United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley approached the city of Salem about[Read More…]
Local nonprofits invite the public to share the experience of hungry people
A Farm to Families food box at the Marion Polk Food Share on May 22. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) A group of Salem nonprofits wants you to know what it’s like to tighten your belt. Starting next week, 14 area nonprofits will kick off the first-ever Willamette Valley Hunger Challenge, an[Read More…]
How one Salem nonprofit feeds hungry people and cuts down on food waste
When volunteers from Salem Harvest go to collect excess produce, it’s a big communal event. (Courtesy/Salem Harvest). Elise Bauman remembers the field of green beans that would have gone to waste. During the summer of 2011, a processing plant rejected the green beans grown by a local farmer after too[Read More…]
Uncategorized Union Gospel Mission’s extra winter beds go away Monday
Beds at Union Gospel Mission, pictured earlier this month. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter) There will be fewer beds available at Union Gospel Mission starting next week as the weather begins to warm. The 150-bed Men’s Mission adds another 48 beds from Oct. 1 through March 31, the nonprofit’s leaders said, and[Read More…]
