Animals and Environment: Erik Fernandez, Wilderness Coordinator/GIS Expert, Oregon Wild (formerly Oregon Natural Resource Council) an organization that works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy for all Oregonians. They have been instrumental in securing permanent legislative protection for some of Oregon's most precious landscapes.
Arts: Noah Kleiman, Executive Director of NW Digital Art Kids/The Old Library Studio, an organization that puts creative technology in the hands of young artists. The Old Library Studio is a recording studio offering young people from a broad range of musical and non-musical backgrounds the opportunity to learn to compose and record their own music with technical and artistic guidance provided by staff and professional mentors.
Community: Rodney Bender, Garden Program Manager, Growing Gardens, an organization that promotes food gardening for improved nutrition, health, and self-reliance by providing mentoring, supplies, and education to build and maintain home food gardens for low-income households and community gardens for organization and youth.
Health & Social Welfare: Shelagh Johnson, Youth HIV Prevention Coordinator, Cascade AIDS Project, providing education, resources, and support for those struggling with and at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Youth: Darren Linder, Mentor, Friends of the Children, matches kindergarten-age at-risk children with professional mentors who stay with them until they graduate from high school.
Animals and Environment: Erik Fernandez, Wilderness Coordinator/GIS Expert, Oregon Wild (formerly Oregon Natural Resource Council) an organization that works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring legacy for all Oregonians. They have been instrumental in securing permanent legislative protection for some of Oregon's most precious landscapes.
Arts: Noah Kleiman, Executive Director of NW Digital Art Kids/The Old Library Studio, an organization that puts creative technology in the hands of young artists. The Old Library Studio is a recording studio offering young people from a broad range of musical and non-musical backgrounds the opportunity to learn to compose and record their own music with technical and artistic guidance provided by staff and professional mentors.
Community: Rodney Bender, Garden Program Manager, Growing Gardens, an organization that promotes food gardening for improved nutrition, health, and self-reliance by providing mentoring, supplies, and education to build and maintain home food gardens for low-income households and community gardens for organization and youth.
Health & Social Welfare: Shelagh Johnson, Youth HIV Prevention Coordinator, Cascade AIDS Project, providing education, resources, and support for those struggling with and at risk for HIV/AIDS.
Youth: Darren Linder, Mentor, Friends of the Children, matches kindergarten-age at-risk children with professional mentors who stay with them until they graduate from high school.