Portland Parks Foundation 2021 U. S. Bank Parks

PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION 2021 U. S. BANK PARKS CHAMPIONS The Portland Parks Foundation mobilizes support to improve Portland’s system of parks, natural areas, and public spaces.

We help people We accomplish this mis- help parks. sion through delivering leadership, partnership and funding that advances a commitment to excellence, accessibility and good stewardship of our parks. Our primary partner is Portland Parks & Recreation.

RANDY GRAGG JESSICA GREEN Board Executive Director Program and Operations ADAM WILSON Director ADENA LONG BOB GANDOLFI CRISTIN O’BRIEN LISA SANMAN JERIC QUILIZA JACK JEWSBURY Development Director Program and Operations JONATHAN NICHOLAS Associate JR LILLY JULES BAILEY JULIE VIGELAND KAREN KERVIN KIA SELLEY LEE NOVAK MAJA HARRIS MARTINA BIALEK MARY ANNE CASSIN MARY RUBLE MELISSA NAITO PATRICIA FROBES RICH GEORGE SILAS SANDERSON SUBASHINI GANESAN-FORBES SUZANNE BISHOP VICTORIA SCHWOEFFERMANN ZARI SANTNER 3 - recognize individuals PPF’s vision to help Port help to vision PPF’s

accounts and direct outreach. They were accepted between February 2021 February between 2021 accepted were They and direct outreach. accounts and places of connection. of and places Our annual U.S. Bank Parks Champion Awards Bank Awards Our annual ParksChampion U.S. land communities create more equitable access to nature, play, health, health, play, nature, to access equitable more create land communities natural garden. community area, or through March 19, 2021. 2021. through 19, March to a community organization that a community alignsto with promoted through the foundation’s email newsletter and social email media newsletter through the foundation’s promoted Nominations were made through an online form open to everyone and everyone to through open an made form online were Nominations Recreation. PPF will make a grant of $1,500 on the recommendation of the honorees the honorees of the recommendation on will PPF make $1,500 granta of who provide outstanding volunteer service to a park, community center, service center, park,a community to outstanding volunteer provide who Thank you to our sponsor U.S. Bank and partner U.S. Portland sponsor our Thank to Parks & you We had 48 nominations this year. To those who submitted nominations, thank you. To those who were nominated, we recognize the thousands of hours you put in to support your communities and parks and recreation areas. We also recognize there are thousands more amazing volunteers that aren’t listed in this book. Thank you to all of you for your commitment to creating more equitable access to nature, play, health, and places of connection. We received nominations for volunteers contributing the following activities to our communities:

• Service spanning decades to places like Leach Botanical Gardens, Columbia Children’s Arboretum, Mt. Tabor Park, Lan Su Chinese Garden and Terwilliger Parkway. • Place justice advocacy in North Portland working to revitalize George Park and downtown. • Reimagining what public space looks like with community-led design and education programs at the Boise Eliot Native Grove. • Advocating for recreation and programming and creating a sense of belonging through biking and soccer and hiking. • Providing safe and inclusive educational and healing opportunities in nature for BIPOC community members. • Maintaining parks and public gardens through pulling weeds, cleaning up debris and invasive species in places like Marquam Nature Park, Portland Japanese Garden, the Lilac Garden at Duniway Park and Forest Park. • Cleaning up trash and graffiti and increasing safety in Laurelhurst Park, the Pearl District and Waterfront District. • Assisting community members to grow their own food by providing accessibility and supplies and general support. • Advocacy for accessible playground equipment and park improvements all over the city. • Creating and maintaining free, accessible youth recreation programs and educational opportunities in our parks to youth with a specific focus on youth of color and low-income communities in places like Lents Park, Brooklyn Park, Tanner Springs, Whitaker Ponds and the Columbia Slough Watershed. • Managing countless volunteer groups and inspiring others to form new friends groups in places like Argay Park, Mt. Tabor Park, Tryon Creek State Natural Area and Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. 5

Winners PARKS CHAMPIONS 6 this summer’s following rally/concert/march at Cathedral park. The duo helped promote events and such start as the Illamette HipHop festival and traditionally left been out of placemaking stewardshipand events. Donovan a number of focused projects on including communities of color who have volunteers,years. artists, As and advocates for change, they’ve worked on The duo is also hoping to hold an annual music festival in the park in future this park and is getting community feedback on the mural there. park as awhole. Donovan is of also part the Repair City mural project for with goals of upgrading current play structures and making changes to the Friends of George Park group with a focus on Black and Latinx communities, Portland parks for along time. Mat, along with Donovan, helped create a Donovan Smith and Mat Randol have been community advocates for North Noise. Noise. Donovan and Mat would like their $1,500 grant to go towards Friends of is WEIRD. have also played an integral role with the local movement Gentrification & Mat Randol Smith Donovan 7 - - - - Tarne Benjamin Ben would like for his $1,500 grant to go towards Friends of Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn of Friends towards go to grant $1,500 his for like Ben would mune at the park, the center of the community. the of center the park, the at mune potlucks held at Brooklyn City Park, brings people together, provides an an provides together, people brings City Park, Brooklyn at held potlucks com to chance a offers and SYP, the and FOBP about learn to opportunity ferent people, groups, and businesses to all share in common causes. The The causes. common in share all to businesses and groups, people, ferent community monthly of effort, Park” the a series at Potlucks “Community Ben is a leader, community advocate, and collaborator who brings in dif in brings who collaborator and advocate, community a leader, Ben is than 400 people participated in the event. the in participated 400 people than hosting information booths and samples, The Aladdin Theater and The The and Theater Aladdin The samples, and booths information hosting More Park. Brooklyn at SYP the all and music, live a BBQ, hosting Lamp and FOPB led a partnership with the Greater Brooklyn Business Association Association Business Brooklyn Greater the with a partnership led FOPB and 30+ businesses with potluck community Brooklyn’ of ‘Best the for (GBBA) borhood, and played a leading role in continuing the organization’s Sum organization’s the continuing in role a leading played and borhood, he 2019, July In 2017. in cut was its funding when (SYP) Program Youth mer Ben Tarne runs and helped found Friends of Brooklyn Park (FOBP) back in in back (FOBP) Park Brooklyn of Friends found helped and runs Ben Tarne neigh Brooklyn the in communities and youth local champions He 2017. We had 48 nominations this year. To those who submitted nominations, thank you. To those who were nominated, we recognize the thousands of hours you put in to support your communities and parks and recreation areas. We also recognize there are thousands more amazing volunteers that aren’t listed in this book. Thank you to all of you for your commitment to creating more equitable access to nature, play, health, and places of connection. We received nominations for volunteers contributing the following activities to our communities:

Nominees PARKS CHAMPIONS 10 Eliot Native GroveEliot WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT 01. 03. 02. Garden program, which acts as a food lifeline for many. lifeline afood as acts which program, Garden greenspaces in NW Portland and more and greenspaces Portland NW in FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO rescues flowerbeds and public spaces all over NW Portland. Aubrey is quiet, sincere, and sincere, is quiet, Aubrey NW Portland. over all spaces and public flowerbeds rescues havenin plant native lot a flourishing into a vacant transformed They neighborhood. an historically Black neighborhood, providing education, play, art, and native habitat habitat native and play, education, art, providing neighborhood, Black historically an beautiful one flower bed at a time. He inspires others to get involved, including teenagers. involved,including to get others inspires time. He one ata flowerbed beautiful determined to leave beauty wherever he goes. He’s on a mission to make Portland more Portland He’s wherever he goes. tomake toleave beauty on amission determined groups community local worked School, with Ivy The and Eliot Boise from of students inner-urban their in pocket-park pollinator Grove, Native anative Eliot Boise of the children and a variety of native habitats. of native avariety and children gives supplies, other and compost secures events, fun plans and work parties coordinates for neighbors and wildlife to enjoy. Throughout the process, they’ve engaged dozens dozens engaged they’ve enjoy. to process, the Throughout wildlife and for neighbors Community for the funding He helped secure communication. inter-garden facilitates seasonal garden advice and information, communicates garden needs and concerns, and and concerns, and needs garden communicates information, and advice garden seasonal to design and install a bench, and installed educational signage, art by neighborhood by neighborhood art signage, educational installed and abench, install and to design Aubrey makes visible changes to neglected and overgrown City landscape areas. He areas. landscape City overgrown and toneglected changes visible makes Aubrey maintenance and creation the organized and designed, imagined, &Howard Andrine He years. ten for more than Garden Community Sewallcrest the managed has Allen

Aubrey Russell | de laRochaAndrine &Howard Patterson | FieldAllen | https://www.portland.gov/parks/sewallcrest-community-garden https://www.nativegrovepdx.org Sewallcrest Community Garden Community Sewallcrest Neglected planters and Boise Boise

11 ------Brooklyn Park Forest Park Forest Tryon Creek State Natural Area State Creek Tryon https://tryonfriends.org https://forestparkconservancy.org https://www.friendsofbrooklynpark.org Cesar | Huerta Bill Bannister | Benjamin Tarne | Tarne Benjamin

Bill is with Rapid a Responder and an the Park Independent Volunteer Forest Con Benjamin Tarne created and runs the Friends Brooklyn of organi Park (FOBP) Cesar creates community amongststewardship the volunteers for Eco Crew pro zation that puts the on free summer youth program at Brooklyn City Park. Benjamin the organization and staff number a in of ways, both with regularduties volunteer the SYP with support the for community and local businesses. The program contin servancy,meaning reports he trail damage and other issues and can without work summer camps and programs. ues to provide youth withhealthy games, activities, and crafts; teach them valuethe early, stayingearly, late and alwayswelcoming individuals and making sure they hap were er colleague our on staff field team we needwhen – therethere; him, and he’s he’s of community;of and take responsible care our of community resources. Having this established funding when FOPB the for Brooklyn neighborhood’s summer youth and helping even when we don’t realize don’t and Park we even when - Forest helping need until his we help later.” a staffmember present long as open communicationas there’s with staff. helps He and in that ways are above and “Havingbeyond. Bill around feels like having anoth gram while also plant improve helping diversity and trails at the park. Over the media, and works with PortlandParks and Recreation ensure to our a youth have relationships with local businesses, plans online and FOBP’s and develops social py duringpy their time volunteer at Tryon. His accomplishments regular beyond went previous two years Cesar became stewardship fellow a leader of volunteers, coming program is essential to Brooklyn and families that the have means don’t paid for place to grow, play, and discover. With and discover. Benjamin’s leadership has he play, brought backplace to grow, programwas cut. plans He the fundraising efforts, does communityoutreach, builds FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR volunteer tasksvolunteer --build helped he a welcoming community volunteers. of Conservancy StaffMember. 06. 05. 04. WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO 12 WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT Garden Garden 09. 08. 07. Portlanders who live far from the more well-known parks to enjoy the respite of nature. respite toenjoy the parks more well-known the from who far live Portlanders the helped manage volunteers, garden other the inspired and motivated Recreation, charac diverse with or women by authors BIPOC mostly written books She uses Park. welcoming approach tovisitors. approach welcoming FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO more than 500 books to children. tochildren. books 500 more than garden’s website, supported the care of the garden’s plants, and successfully transi successfully and garden’s of plants, the care the garden’s website, supported including pulling blackberry and other invasives and planting native plants. This sort sort This plants. native planting and invasives other and blackberry pulling including ages the garden, representing the Portland Chapter of the American Rhododendron Rhododendron American of the Chapter Portland the representing garden, the ages animal species of the Johnson Creek watershed flourish and will provide a place a for place provide will and flourish watershed Creek Johnson of the species animal and help plant the will does Darlene work that restoration The parkland. useful and of restoration work is really hard, but can transform a degraded slope into great habitat habitat great slope into adegraded transform but can hard, work really is of restoration & Parks Portland with liaison the as served projects, supervised has Dan Society. atLents especially area, metro Portland the around tochildren books free distributes ters, with many books being in other languages. Over the past year, she has distributed year, distributed past she has the Over languages. other in being books many with ters, tioned the annual in-person sales events to an online campaign in 2020. He provides a 2020. He in provides campaign online to an events sales in-person annual the tioned Christie operates The Bookmobile Babe, a nonprofit bookmobile for children, and a nonprofitfor children, bookmobile Babe, Bookmobile The operates Christie Darlene has worked tirelessly to restore a habitat above the formal gardens at Leach, atLeach, gardens formal the above ahabitat torestore worked tirelessly has Darlene andman now 10 than as a volunteeryears for more services his offered has Dan

Darlene Chirman | Darlene Chirman McLaughlinDan | Christie Quinn | Quinn Christie https://leachgarden.org https://www.crystalspringsgardenpdx.org https://linktr.ee/bookmobilebabe Lents more Park and Crystal Springs Rhododendron Crystal Leach Botanical Garden Leach Botanical - - - 13 - - - SW Portland parks and trails Harper’s Playground Arbor Lodge Lodge Arbor Playground Harper’s Mt. Tabor Park Tabor Mt. https://www.harpersplayground.org https://swtrails.org https://www.taborfriends.org David Gutzler | Gutzler David Dave Manville | Dave Dave HillmanDave |

David volunteers 2-3x a month to clean the up inclusive playground at Harper’s Play For many yearsFor has Dave with worked asPP&R an individual and a member of Dave is a foundingDave member Friends of Tabor Mt. of Park also He (FMTP). started this neighborhood has a clean and safe playground to gather. that is it every Portlander’s responsibility maintain to help these important spaces all. for the FMTP Patrol, Foot established and the served park’sVisitor Center, as Board Chair tunities, and more. so that families, especially those need an who accessible space, can still use drives it. He stores to the natural areas the of hilliest part has the He of city. also led groups young of for manyfor years. By creating a face” “put to FMTP Dave the Visitor Center, and the park SWTrails to maintain PDX and repair trails within the In partnership city. with PP&R by answeringby questions, educating about the FMTP mission, providing oppor volunteer all the from way Beaverton to North Portland to invest his own time in ensuring that and local Friends groups, build helped Dave maps, led walking tours, and generally cre atedstronger pedestrian and bikeconnections between schools, bus stopsand grocery itself- the volunteers create Center’s a connection between visitors and Tabor Mt. Park ground Arbor Lodge Park. Because the of pandemic, been have we unable to host group multiple times every month throughout the entire pandemic to clean the up playground FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR work partieswork to social due distancing constraints. David himself upon it took up to show Portlanders in efforts volunteer to maintainour parks. Thoseopportunities connectour youthwith our natural areas while also them helping gain skills and internalize the idea WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO Park 12. 11. 10. 14 13. 15. 14. Parks and more and Parks WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT People Program. He grows extra produce, beyond the call of duty, for that program. He of duty, program. for that call beyond produce, the extra He grows People Program. FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO ported the annual South Tabor Harvest Fest, worked with the PCP MULTCO Dems, was was MULTCO Dems, PCP the Fest, worked with Harvest Tabor South annual the ported public of our management of styles traditional by behind left out and pushed policed, fol summer’s this and HipHop festival Illamette the as such events start promote and what as well as mural on the feedback community getting is and park for this project pantries. He has a regular route of deliveries, where our produce is anticipated weekly. anticipated is produce where our route of deliveries, aregular He has pantries. com is Gary for space relaxation. agreen with SE Portland close-in in folks provides music festival at the park in future years. Donovan is also a part of the City Repair mural mural Repair City of the apart also is Donovan years. future in park atthe music festival mitted to supplying fresh produce, which many people cannot afford or get at food or at get food afford cannot people many which produce, fresh tosupplying mitted group with a focus on Black and Latinx communities and the goal of holding an annual annual an of holding goal the and communities Latinx and on Black afocus with group is responsible for the maintenance of the outside-the-fence part of the garden, which which garden, of the part outside-the-fence of the maintenance for the responsible is and recreate in parks. He is a catalyst of inclusion for those who have been historically whohistorically have of been forinclusion those He a catalyst is parks. in recreate and excluded communities historically with how “He to collaborate knows events, ardship lowing rally/concert/march at Cathedral park. Donovan’s volunteer efforts bring people Donovan’s bring park. volunteer efforts at Cathedral rally/concert/march lowing showing been has Donovan Additionally, site needs. the amenities and of services kinds designed an emergency prep NET workshop, chaired the community building, sup building, community the workshop, chaired NET prep emergency an designed placemaking/stew traditional in included not be who would otherwise parks out tothe up for years to city and other mainstream events and meetings building a presence apresence building meetings and events mainstream other and tocity up for years create a sense of community around the area. the around of community asense create for Black community in these spaces. As an artist and community activist, he helped activist, community and artist an As spaces. these in for community Black spaces.” - NECN staff member. staff spaces.” -NECN twice union President of SAG-AFTRA, ran the Soroptimist tree lot, and more. He and helps lot, tree Soroptimist the ran of SAG-AFTRA, President union twice touse people of center color, like way that they the and parks our in events to support

Mat Randol, , along with Donovan Smith, helped start a Friends of George Park Park of George aFriends helped start Smith, Donovan with ,along Randol, Mat Gary helps provide food for those with limited access to groceries. togroceries. access limited with for food those helps provide Gary He is the Clinton Community Garden manager and coordinates the Produce for Produce the coordinates and manager Garden Community Clinton He the is of Trees, Friends with of trees dozens He planted projects. many conducted Duane

Donovan &Mat Smith Randol | Duane Hanson | Duane Gary Quinn | Quinn Gary https://www.portland.gov/parks/george-park https://www.portland.gov/parks/clinton-community-garden Clinton Community Garden Community Clinton SE Portland around Mt.SE Portland Tabor North Portland Portland North - - - - 15 - - - Multnomah Southwest Community Center/ Southwest Throughout Portland https://www.streetsoccerusa.org/playforpdx https://www.multnomahartscenter.org Gordon Campbell & Kathleen Madden | & Kathleen Madden Campbell Gordon Ian Jaquiss | Ian Jaquiss Jacob Thoreson | Thoreson Jacob

Ianprovides a city-wide perspectiveserved to PP&R. He full 2 termsthe on Parks Kathleen extensive & Gordon put have efforts supportinginto the non all-volunteer Jacob is the Jacob lead coach Streetat Soccer Portland USA and has served than more 300 from other local agencies with whatever they need, may from parks information to resources. food coordination program. Free with + Play Lunch PP&R’s doing annual appeals to community members, and working with volunteers to write each in recent years. They both have been tireless advocates supporting of affordable landers and park users, particularly those with differentphysicalof levels ability. bution of over $40,000bution over of in art supplies, distributing them to kids throughout the city in and their families with a natural support system they where can receive assistance and accessible arts education, fundraising through three art major sales each year, grants Thistoo. they past fundraised year, and advocatedthe for purchase anddistri profit profit friends Multnomah group, the Arts Center Association,hundreds for hours of FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR which are refugees and immigrants, to resources around assists the Jacob city. players Board,providing and comprehensive a strategic perspective fulla for range Port of youth and their families connect helps in the participants, Jacob city. a large portion of WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO East Portland Community Center Arts Center 18. 17. 16. 16 19. 21. 20. Memorial Tennis Courts Tennis Memorial WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT way. She also volunteers her knowledge and time to inform other people interested in in people interested other toinform time way. and her knowledge volunteers She also FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO and trails at Gateway Green. Jason’s work keeps the parks running smoothly so that that so smoothly running Jason’s Green. parks atGateway work the keeps trails and ameaningful in members up follows with and 141st. motivates, NE and She informs, learning how to operate their own park volunteer group. park own their how tooperate learning employees to maintain the courts, making sure the facilities are in excellent condition. excellent in are facilities the sure making courts, the employees tomaintain sponsor summer tennis events with prizes for kids of all levels and work with park bureau bureau park work levels with and of all for kids prizes with events tennis summer sponsor the entire community is able toenjoy able it. is community entire the Blvd offSandy of area garden the maintains that group the She leads years. twenty What they do: Jason devotes his time to caring and maintaining the cycling facilities facilities cycling the maintaining and caring to time his do: devotes Jason they What Jim and Geri Rovello care for and maintain the tennis facilities and memorial. They They memorial. and facilities tennis the maintain for and Rovello care Geri and Jim aVolunteer held for together more than has Park Group and atArgay began Jane

Jim and Geri RovelloJim Geri and | Jason | Baird Jane Roffey | Berry http://www.gatewaygreenpdx.org https://www.portland.gov/parks/argay-park http://alexrovellomemorial.org Gateway Green Argay Park Argay Berkeley Park, Alex Rovello 17 - - Leach BotanicalLeach Garden Elizabeth Caruthers Park Portland Botanical Gardens https://leachgarden.org https://www.portland.gov/parks/elizabeth-caruthers-park https://portlandbg.org Katie & Ron GoodwinKatie & Ron | Kate BodinKate | Kay Dannen | Dannen Kay

Kate is the Executive volunteer Director Portland of Botanical Gardens. Over the Kay has been a tireless the for waterfront volunteer community the for past 15 TheGoodwins together work in out the garden every doing week whatever kind the proposed PortlandBotanical Gardens will (PBG) become global a and Metro-area to clean graffiti. up single garden bed and path the on property many They also have times helped over. cover, and the celebrate strength, beauty, cover, and resilience plants. of den. They’ve made an impact the on garden decades. for of maintenanceof needs They work to be raked, done. have weeded, and tended every leader in horticultural training, climate change research, and environmental justice and safe all for members picking by trash, up weeding, and organizing volunteers and in cases some the were Chairs the of events. The Goodwins constantly take the and equity. She helps ensureand helps She equity. cultivates PBG a community connect, people where dis initiativein engaging with visitorsand other volunteers, they make eachand every person and they they encounter welcome, feel are tireless ambassadors the for Gar pastyear has she organized dedicated people groupa of realizingto the “vision” that FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR with every important fundraising the event Garden has going back many held years, years. Over the years has she volunteered to ensure the waterfront district is clean WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO 23. 22. 24. 18 27. 26. 25. Nuclear Free NW, Oregon CORE, Hanford Cleanup Board WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT Cascadia Film Arts Festival: Living in a Nuclear Landscape, and has been volunteering volunteering been has and Landscape, aNuclear in Living Festival: Arts Film Cascadia group. watershed Slough Columbia tothe Board Cleanup Hanford Oregon tothe CORE FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO in helping seniors maintain their garden plots and obtain fresh vegetables. fresh obtain and plots garden their maintain helping seniors in visitors. and volunteers, tostaff, inspiration an She was activities. family various in ing experience visitor She volunteer enhanced hours. volunteer 4,000 only toreach their is ambassador and makes a huge impact for the garden especially related to her support toher support related especially garden for ahuge the impact makes and ambassador participat while visit their during experience enriched tohave an families assisted and and 2000 Su in atLan volunteering due 2020 November away toCovid-19. in She started She’s been a part of numerous actions with SOLVE, was a volunteer coordinator for The for SOLVE, The a volunteer coordinator was with of actions numerous She’s a part been upwards of 20-25 hours a week doing everything from nuclear cleanup actions through through actions cleanup nuclear from everything aweek doing hours of 20-25 upwards for Save Columbia Pool. Columbia Save for

Laurie assists gardeners with watering, weeding, maintaining plots. She is a garden agarden She is plots. maintaining weeding, watering, with gardeners assists Laurie She volunteers she goes. abicycle everywhere by using earth honors the Laura passed volunteer. recently Kim activity family and host garden awonderful was Kim

Kim LueyKim | Laurie Kitxke | Laurie Kitxke Laura Feldman | https://www.columbiaslough.org https://lansugarden.org www.portland.gov/parks/gabriel-community-garden-and-orchard Lan Su Chinese Garden Lan Gabriel Park Community Garden Community Park Gabriel Columbia Slough Watershed, Slough Columbia - 19 - - - Columbia Children’s Portland Japanese Garden Portland Japanese Mt. Tabor Park Tabor Mt. https://japanesegarden.org https://www.portland.gov/parks/columbia-childrens-arboretum https://www.taborfriends.org Masaki | Shimada Maryhelen Kincaid | Maryhelen Mary Kinnick |

Masaki is a garden ambassador, horticulture and art volunteer, exhibition docent. Maryhelen has many volunteered for programs and parks the for past years. 18 Mary was Board Chair Friends for Tabor Mt. of Park (FMTP) many for years and to educate them about the beautiful and rich culture Japan. of to bring peace and tranquility 100,000 in people to over a pandemic through his vol sweeps, pathways levels and new volunteers. mentors During the helped he past year, sory and Group the Board the of Multnomah County Drainage District. Additionally, unteer Additionally, work. Masaki shares his Japanese culture with Garden visitors her Easther with Columbia worked she home, the Bureau Environmental of Services to headed the campaign to raise funds thefor FMTP StewardshipCoordinator position. is currently volunteering with Warriors the Weed as guiding a Crew Leader, others to remove invasiveremove plant species from the park and plant native plants. also She spear purchase the land. is protected now It wetlands and could someday become a park. FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR when 42 acres 42 wetlandswhen of in were the early planning stages near development of Highlights grant advocacy, her writing include and capital improvements with the Friends the of Columbia Children’s Arboretum, Vanport, North Portland Parks Advi Masaki does whatever needs cleans He to be done. benches, picks trash, up weeds, WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO 30. 29. 28. Arboretum 20 33. 32. 31. WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT Tanner Springs. She does so with respect for the Park’s needs and the volunteers’ skills skills volunteers’ the and needs Park’s for the respect with so She does Springs. Tanner Fields Park. She helps create representation and builds empathy in an area where there where there area an in empathy builds and She representation helps create Fields Park. at march Matter Lives Black the organized and PTA, Elementary for Chapman DEI chair District. visitors and explains the park and its native plantings, provides educational opportunities opportunities educational provides plantings, native its and park the explains and visitors FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO isn’t much for marginalized communities and people of color. and communities isn’t much for marginalized and preferences, while liaising with Portland Parks and Recreation staff. She talks with with talks She staff. Recreation and Parks Portland with liaising while preferences, and developed and maintains the Friends’ website. Friends’ the maintains developed and coordinator for the group, chairs its Board, is an active naturalist and horticulturist, and and horticulturist, and naturalist active an is Board, its group, chairs for the coordinator for school children to learn about native plants growing in the park, serves as volunteer as serves park, the in growing plants native about tolearn for children school Mike has gone out every day for 15 years to clean graffiti throughout the entire Pearl Pearl the entire throughout graffiti toclean for day 15 gone years out every has Mike for caring in them guides and of developed volunteer agroup gardeners Michele has Nicole headlined the centennial Black History Month at Friendly House, was the first first the House, was atFriendly Month History Black centennial the Nicole headlined

Mike Street | Michele Shapiro | Nicole | Williams https://www.friendlyhouseinc.org http://friendsoftannersprings.org Pearl District/North Park Blocks Pearl District/North Friendly House Friendly Tanner Springs Park Springs Tanner 21 - - Whitaker Ponds, Smith and Bybee Marquam Nature Park Nature Marquam Forest Park Conservancy Park Forest https://www.fmnp.org https://forestparkconservancy.org https://www.meetup.com/People-of-color-outdoors Robin Jensen | | Jensen Robin Rick Pope | Pope Rick Pam Slaughter | Pam Slaughter

Robin isRobin the Friends leader for volunteer Marquam of Nature Park. provides She Rick spends countless hours with his going and partner, out recon Brickey, Sue Pam has been a consistent with volunteer the Columbia Council Slough Watershed structing trails that been have damaged the by storms. takes He pride in his work, she runsshe an organization called Outdoors, Color of People all volunteer-based, and is continually creating meaningful,inclusive and safe connections to the outdoorsand ensuring that the Park Forest trails are accessible thousands for users. of of hope and hope of belonging during a difficult time. leadership vision, collaborates with partners and stakeholders, and manages the local parks and waterways the for Portland BIPOC community. In wrote 2020 she a book bird on watching and hosted than more 30 community outdoor events. The out and has participated in several stewardship events throughout In addition, the year. ings BIPOC helped community members only to experience to not cope, but a sense many projects and activities the for Friends. Marquam Nature Park be not the would nature preserve is it today without the oversight and coordination that provides. Robin FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR FOR MORE INFO MORE FOR WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO WHAT THEY DO Lakes, and Oxbow Park 36. 35. 34. 22 39. 38. 37. WHAT THEY DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT DO THEY WHAT 25 years. She enthusiastically leads on-the-ground work parties in partnership with PP&R, PP&R, with partnership in work parties on-the-ground leads She enthusiastically years. 25 years old and span nearly the entire perimeter of the garden fence. He also educates oth educates fence. He also garden of the perimeter entire the nearly span old and years Committee. Tamara has also focused on improving the Board’s inclusive and equitable equitable and inclusive Board’s the on improving focused also has Tamara Committee. with more than 1,500 volunteers contributing over 6,000 volunteer hours. These efforts efforts These volunteer hours. over 6,000 contributing volunteers 1,500 more than with FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO recruitment and onboarding. She tirelessly works to better equity, diversity and inclusion inclusion and equity, diversity tobetter works She tirelessly onboarding. and recruitment invasive ivy and other canopy weeds that overrun many SW Portland Parks and has helped has and Parks Portland SW many overrun that weeds canopy other and ivy invasive been cleared of ivy. cleared been have also trees over 3,459 and ivy ivy, of 16.68 of tree ground acres 13.5 acres have cleared of the Community Development Working Group and serving on the Board Nominating Nominating Board on the Development serving Working Group and Community of the help, someone needs he When maintenance. grapevine appropriate about gardeners er addressing in instrumental been City. of Robin has the views amazing and habitats, oak jumps right in. right jumps from a systemic level. asystemic from supplying the volunteer power needed to restore the Terwilliger Parkway’s urban forests, forests, urban Parkway’s Terwilliger the torestore volunteer needed power the supplying to enhance these lands for wildlife and people. Through her commitment, Robin has worked Robin has her commitment, people. Through and for wildlife lands these to enhance Robin has been a dedicated Board Member with the Friends of Terwilliger Parkway for Parkway of Terwilliger Friends the with Member Board adedicated been Robin has For the past 3 years, Tamara has served on the PP&R Board, as well as serving as Chair Chair as serving as well as PP&R Board, on the served has Tamara 3years, For past the Scott has led the maintenance of all the garden’s grapevines for years, which are many many are which for years, garden’s grapevines the of all maintenance the led has Scott

Tamara LaydenTamara | Robin Vesey | Scott McKinleyScott | www.portland.gov/parks/gabriel-community-garden-and-orchard http://terwilligerfriends.org https://www.portland.gov/parks/portland-parks-board Terwilliger Parkway Terwilliger Portland Parks &Recreation Parks Board Portland Gabriel Community Garden Community Gabriel - 23

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