Send Notes of Encouragement

Posted by Noland Hoshino

Heifer is asking our staff, volunteers and friends to provide personal encouragement, support and well wishes to our staff in Haiti. You can send a note to our Haiti staff by e-mailing: haitirecovery@heifer.org

The Most Important Catalog in the World

Posted by Noland Hoshino

Did you get the greatest gift catalog in the world, The Heifer International's Living Gift Catalog, in the mail today? Christmas is just around the corner (I know it's hard to believe) and you'll be sorting out your naughty or nice list. Ties, socks, gadgets, widgets and toys, are nice but why not buy a gift that will change someone's life.

Cards for Cows

Posted by Noland Hoshino

How many people does it take to make a difference? One. An extraordinary one. 13-year old Zach Meskell makes homemade greeting cards, Cards for Cows, to raise money and global hunger awareness for Heifer International. Learn about this incredible young man who is making a difference

Heifer Portland BlogWorld Experience

Posted by Noland Hoshino

Last weekend we attended the 2009 BlogWorld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas, and it far exceeded our expectations. As you know, we got to BlogWorld (the only industry-wide conference and trade show for the growing world of blogging and new media) by placing in the Top 10 of the NameYourCause.com contest. Thanks to everyone who voted and supported us

12 Myths About Hunger

Posted by Heifer Portland

Why are there people who go hungry? In most developed countries, a general scarcity of food is seldom the cause of hunger. The United States, for example, produces enough food for its 303 million people as well as for much of the rest of the world. It is the lack of means to acquire food that is the problem.

Exciting News @ Heifer Portland

Posted by Noland Hoshino On Thursday, November 12, 2009


Exciting things are happening here at Heifer Portland.  

WE'RE MOVING!

What!?!?!

Not us exactly, but the Heifer Portland blog is moving to something bigger and better.

We started the Heifer Portland blog back in Feb 09 as a medium to communicate with our volunteers and supporters in our community. Since then the blog has evolved into a sophisticated design that is admired by Heifer International headquarters and other volunteer groups around the world. 

In the next few weeks we will be moving our blog to a central Heifer International blog website. This will make it easier to locate a volunteer group and find out what Heifer International is doing in your community. For example, if you live in Sacramento, California, and you want to find a Heifer volunteer group in your city, just go to the Heifer International blog website and locate Heifer Sacramento, or Heifer Boston, Heifer Phoenix, Heifer Detroit, and so forth.

For the Heifer volunteer groups, there will be a blog template (similar to Heifer Portland) on the Heifer International blog website for you to download and use. Simple, easy and fun.

We will keep you posted when the Heifer Portland blog makes the transition.

In the meantime, here are some other exciting news...

At the BlogWorld and New Media Expo, Bryan (and Haley the cow) did an interview with WhatGives!?: A Site for Social Good. See the interview here or visit www.whatgives.com

The other day I did a picture storyboard about how I got involved with Heifer International on Whrrl. Whrrl is a super duper cool web and iPhone application that lets you tell and share a story with photos and text. Our friends at Spirit Jump told me about Whrrl and how easy it was to put a short story together. The next day, my little story is now Whrrl's "Featured Story" website front page. You can view the slide show here or visit whrll.com

We thank all of our volunteers and supporters for making Heifer Portland one of the best grassroots volunteer group today. What started as a seedling back in Feb 09 has grown into a tree of life...growing bigger and bigger each day.

Thank you.

Noland Hoshino
Heifer International Portland Volunteer
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About Us

Heifer International Portland is a grassroots volunteer group in Portland Oregon and Southwest Washington, with a common goal of fulfilling Heifer International's basic mission - "To end hunger and save the earth by passing on the gift to others."

We are an extension of Heifer International and together we are improving our world and the lives of resource-poor families while building the foundation for a peaceful world in practical, down-to-earth ways.