How can we help bridge local service gaps in individual communities? That’s the question 211info is asking as we kick off a new year and begin planning regionally for community event participation. Building upon the work we do today, 211info is expanding our impact as we deepen partnerships and seek to create a more collaborative…
Do you know about additional assistance available this season? 211info offers resources for those in need and opportunities for those wanting to give back this season. As the holiday season approaches, the spirit of giving and sharing becomes even more significant. Here at 211info, we have resources in our database that can make the holiday…
Piseth Pich sat down for an interview with Darcy Nutter, 211info’s communications coordinator, to discuss why he got involved with 211info, the direction he sees the agency moving in the future, and how both his personal and professional life have shaped how he shows up in service to others.
Frida Kahlo was born July 6th, 1907 in Coyoacan Mexico City, Mexico as Magadlena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderon. Her father Guillermo Kahlo was born Carl Wilhelm Kahlo in Pforzheim Germany, he was the son of a painter and goldsmith. At the age of nineteen he sailed to Mexico, upon his arrival he decided to…
As I thought about what to write about this month, I came up with the idea of bringing attention to the many African Americans who fought hard to open doors that would otherwise have remained closed for them and the many that came after them. Many names and faces are known and recognized during Black…
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, at 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia. He was the second child of Reverend Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor, and Mrs. Alberta Williams King, a school teacher. The King children grew up in the sweet Auburn neighborhood, which at the time was a very prominent…
Joshua Samuel Brown, Eastern Oregon Community Engagement Coordinator, 211info Part One of Two Oregon is big. Multiple trips along I-5 from California to Portland have impressed on me just how much Oregon exists between a leisurely brunch in Ashland and an early supper at a PDX food truck pod. While in the lower 50% of the 50…
Winter Holidays, such a wonderful time of the year, so many gathered together all for the same purpose, to share the joy. To many this is the best time of the year, so much to celebrate, so many reasons to gather and spend time with our loved ones. But what happens when this time of…
El Día de Muertos, una fecha muy emotiva para los Mexicanos, es un día donde celebramos a nuestros seres queridos que han pasado a otra vida. En los tiempos prehispánicos se acostumbraba que al morir nuestros seres queridos eran enterrados envueltos en un petate y la familia organizaba una fiesta para poder guiarlos en su…
Over the past 13 years, I have met many families from all walks of life. These families have many things in common, but the one thing that connects us in a way that could never be broken is: we all have children with special needs. We are special needs families, our children have been diagnosed…
