Honor Dr. King's Legacy: Volunteer in Your Community

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette and Hands On Greater Portland are inviting community members to volunteer for service projects on MLK Weekend 2009, Jan. 17-19, 2009.

To celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy of purposeful community engagement, volunteers will work on projects at area nonprofits throughout the four-county Portland/Vancouver metro area.

This is the second year in a row that United Way and Hands On Greater Portland have organized service projects to commemorate Dr. King's holiday. Last year, more than 400 people from across the region worked together to completed done-in-a day volunteer projects.

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United Way Honored Among Most Admired Nonprofits

For the second year in a row, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette joins the ranks of some of the most well-respected nonprofits in the region that were named among Oregon’s Most Admired Companies in the nonprofit sector in a survey conducted by the Portland Business Journal.

United Way ranked sixth among more than 120 nonprofits most admired by Oregon CEOs. According to Publisher Craig Wessel, the intent of the awards is to recognize Oregon and Southwest Washington companies “that CEOs deem to be the very best organizations in the region.”

2008 Intel Oregon United Way Campaign Sets Record

In the midst of very tough times for many Oregonians, Intel Oregon employees and retirees stepped up in donations to United Way of the Columbia-Willamette in 2008. Not only that, but they set a giving record.

Donations from Intel Oregon’s employees and retirees in the just completed Intel Community Giving Campaign totaled over $2.9 million. The Intel Foundation will match the employee and retiree contributions, bringing the total Intel contribution in Oregon to almost $6 million.

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