Thank you all for showing up in Nehalem this past Saturday. You are a good group, and we’d love to see you again. We’d also love to see you with twenty of your best Friends.
We will be meeting this coming Thursday, May 1, Mayday, for our next PROTEST. This PROTEST will take place from 4:30-6:30 PM and will coincide with hundreds of other PROTESTS held around this USA. You may not see them, but there will be thousands of people out protesting at the same time you are. The place will be back in Manzanita where Laneda and Manzanita Avenues run into Highway 101.
Dress in layers. The forecast is for sun, but in Nehalem we had a chilly wind blowing. Hat, gloves, scarf, and again layers to keep you comfortable. Bring water, a sign, and of course, if you are able, a can of food for the North Tillamook County Food Bank.
The cutting of government funds has affected many local programs. A critical program in our area is the North Tillamook County Food Bank (NTCFB) located in Wheeler. We are asking you to donate what you can to this organization. The location of the NTCFB is 278 Rowe Street-which is across from the Nehalem Bay Health Center. The building is only open when food is distributed and that is at noon on Tuesdays. You can donate in three ways. Go to their website, www.northtillamookcountyfoodbank.org and press the “donate” button to donate online. You can send a check to NTCFB, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon, 97147. Or you can go to the NTCFB on Tuesday to deliver food at that time. A monthly donation they can count on would be a real bonus. The NTCFB has a message phone, 503-368-7724. Thank you for considering adding them to your giving list. We will have collection boxes for canned foods at all our PROTEST locations.
A reminder of our PROTEST will be sent out later this week.