by Michael Austin | Jun 7, 2016 | Volunteers
For the second consecutive year, a group of volunteers from Salem’s Relevant Life Church came out on an unseasonably warm Sunday in June to volunteer at CCPC. (Click here to see a post about last year’s work.) This happy and hard-working group painted,...
by Michael Austin | Jun 6, 2016 | Fundraiser
On May 14, 2016, CCPC held its Bridge the Gap Breakfast Fundraiser. On a rainy morning out at the Wine Studies Center on the Chemeketa Eola campus, over 125 people turned out to hear about the exciting work being done at CCPC. Attendees heard reports on all of...
by Michael Austin | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many of us have heard the seemingly dire facts concerning youth in foster care–how they will be bounced around from home to home, how so many of them will age out of the system without a permanent family, and how the correctional system is filled with former...
by Michael Austin | Jan 21, 2016 | Volunteers
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King, Jr. On January 18, 2016, a crew of students from Corban University came out to CCPC to work in our community garden. Every year on...
by Michael Austin | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
With the holidays coming up, we at CCPC would like to wish our community a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! 2015 has been an exciting year for us, as we have seen the beginning of a new mental health program, as well as continued work in our other programs. We...