Joni Photo » Translating life into keepsakes

They say that imitation is the best form of flattery. Being inspired by Hood to Coast, Knowledge Universe (KU) has generated March to Beach. Beach is not the one with shimmery white sand but a North Portland Elementary School. This is the second year that KU has participated in the Schoolhouse Supplies Tools for Schools...

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The theme for this year’s Portland Business Alliance Annual Meeting was their program – Value of Jobs, which is about making job creation a top priority.  The Keynote Speaker Renee James, VP & General Manager of Intel’s Software and Services Group provided scary details which could be used to support investing to boost education in...

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Portland Center Stage never disappoints!  This event was a GAS!  West Coast Productions brought the hip-ness with a “magic bus” bar, lava lamps, mod black and white lounges with black and white posters of The Supremes and Nancy Sinatra with her white go go boots.  Great food and drink was created by Art of Catering...

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Wieden+Kennedy sponsored the Partners in Diversity (PiD) “Say Hey” event held February 10th.  These quarterly events honor new minority professionals relocating to this area and help connect them to the multicultural community. As we say in Hawaii, the “broke da mouth” (loosely translated means “awesome”) culinary experience was provided by Mayahuel Catering and Micro Mercantes....

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Charismatic, entertaining and extremely generous – this is Patty Mills, point guard for the Portland Trailblazers.  Stealing the show at OnPoint Community Credit Union’s Celebrity Spelling Bee to benefit Schoolhouse Supplies.  Patty modestly and gracious posed with adoring fans who donated $100 to meet and have their photo taken with the NBA star.  Even danced with lucky fan, Willie...

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