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If Feeding the Hungry Isn’t Big Government’s Role, Show Us Whose Role It Is

As nonprofits struggle to fill the gaps left from federal funding cuts, individuals are supposed to step in. Are you?
by The Source Editorial Board

As we write this, one in eight Americans is living in an existential limbo. Monday was the deadline for the Trump Administration to say whether it would follow the rule of law and comply with a judge’s order to release emergency funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — a lifeline for a vast contingent […]

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A Half-Mil and Counting

The Source and What If We Could’s giving program raises more than $580k for local nonprofits
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

In years past, the Source Weekly’s Give Guide helped local nonprofits get the word out about the work they’re doing in the community. But this year, the program went one giant step further by partnering with What If We Could and adding a digital giving component, CentralOregonGives.com, in which people could donate directly to any […]

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A New Place to Call Home

A donation from Deschutes County will add 19 more affordable homes to the community
Jaclyn Brandt

The high costs of land and construction labor are some of the factors making housing so expensive in Central Oregon and elsewhere. But recently, Deschutes County stepped in to help. The County just donated 1.85 acres to Habitat for Humanity in La Pine, soon be home to 19 multifamily townhomes—a new type of home for […]

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Happy St. Paddy’s Day! Here’s your Potato

Local org and farm donate spuds
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

W hat’s more Irish than leprechauns, top hats and green beer? Potatoes, of course. This St. Patrick’s Day, the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance and Casad Family Farms are getting in the Irish spirit and donating potatoes to NeighborImpact, which provides food to people in need in Central Oregon. According to a release from […]

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A big gift from Bend to Nicaragua

Seven tons of equipment sent to Nicaraguan fire service
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

While you were preparing for your Earth Day festivities last week, firefighters in the tiny country of Nicaragua were celebrating the arrival of a big gift, courtesy of the Bend Fire Fighters Foundation.  Last week, the Condega Bomberos Project, part of the Bend Fire Fighter’s Foundation, delivered over 7 tons of used, but usable firefighting […]

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In the Spirit of Giving

Avatar photo Brianna Brey

The Source’s 2013 Give Guide is on stands now. Featuring nearly forty of Central Oregon’s finest nonprofit organizations, what they do, and what your donation can do to help them help our community. Like this! We’ve put together profiles of some local nonprofit all stars, read them here. And give a little bit! Click here […]

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