Terry Scott (left), the executive director of the B-17 Alliance Foundation, with a group of veterans at Salem’s KMUZ radio station. (Courtesy/Terry Scott) When your business has a B-17 Flying Fortress, a hulking WWII-era aircraft, mounted in your parking lot, you tend to attract a lot of veterans. Terry Scott[Read More…]
Tag: SALEM NONPROFITS
Meals on Wheels looking for distribution hubs in south, west Salem
Charlotte Dehut accepts a delivery from Meals on Wheels volunteer Charles Schaer on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Salem’s Meals on Wheels added hundreds of clients during the Covid pandemic as public gathering places closed, and the City’s seniors and disabled adults retreated indoors to avoid exposure to[Read More…]
Uncategorized Years in the making, the foundation is being built for Salem’s new YMCA
Construction workers work at the site of the new YMCA facility on the corner of Court Street NE and Cottage Street NE on Tuesday, March 2. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) When Timothy Sinatra sent out a fundraising appeal late last year to supporters of the YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties[Read More…]
Cloth diaper kits are ready and waiting for Salem families through the Salem Cloth Project
Kaileigh Westermann-Lewis sews cloth diapers at her Salem home on Feb. 9 (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) A closet in the attic of a Salem home contains shelves packed with cloth diapers, inserts and wipes. Organizers of the Salem Cloth Project are ready to give these supplies away to families in need. [Read More…]
With coronavirus measures in place, Willamette Art Center resumes classes
Roger Williams, director of the Willamette Art Center, straightens a pottery Covid totem, a class project of students at the center. The totem features heads wearing face masks while the virus orbits. The center starts classes on Monday. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) One public place in Salem where you probably won’t[Read More…]
Uncategorized Working to survive 2020, Pentacle Theatre moves out of downtown office
Lisa Joyce, executive director of Pentacle Theatre, holds a set piece from the 2020 production of “Murder on the Orient Express” while cleaning out the downtown office on Nov. 24 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Lisa Joyce looked wistfully at a gold-painted winged cherub. The piece had graced the top of the[Read More…]
Uncategorized This week, your local beer or wine purchase can help Salem kids
A child in day care at the Boys & Girls Club of Salem on August 13, 2020 starts on a DIY lava lamp project (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) If you’ve been looking for a chance to stock up on local beer or wine, you’re in luck. The Boys and Girls Club[Read More…]
Uncategorized YMCA to get new leader as construction on new building begins
YMCA demolition in progress, seen from Cottage Street on Dec. 10, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The executive who took over Salem’s YMCA when it was near bankruptcy won’t stay on to see his largest project complete. Sam Carroll, CEO of the organization, announced Monday he’s stepping down Oct. 1. Timothy[Read More…]
Salem museums get money for art work and a fresh look at Asahel Bush
Jonathan Bucci, curator of collections and exhibits at Hallie Ford Museum of Art, pulls out a print by artist Rick Bartow. The museum recently received a grant to preserve and digitize Bartow’s print collection. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Every year, the Oregon Heritage Commission, awards grants to museums. This year, two[Read More…]
Uncategorized Local nonprofits stock the shelves with Amazon and Walmart leftovers
A man grabs food at a United Way Good360 giveaway on Jan. 22, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) Just before 9 a.m., dozens of people carrying empty boxes waited inside a warehouse in south Salem, staring at tables piled high with pet food, sheets, toys and pots and pans. They waited[Read More…]
