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How to Throw a Barbecue on a Budget
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and a faint scent of sizzling meat carries on the afternoon breeze: It must be grilling season. Forget about opening day; Memorial Day is the unofficial start to America’s true favorite pastime—tossing heaps of beef, chicken, and pork over open flame. There is no reason to break the bank while dishing out some of the best barbecue your neighborhood’s ever tasted. The trick? Hunting down deals and asking friends to chip in (this is, after all, a community event). Here’s everything you need to know to master the art of throwing a barbecue on a budget
Read more at SmartAboutMoney.org*
* Smart About Money is one of the many programs of the National Endowment for Financial Education®. NEFE® is an independent, nonprofit foundation committed to educating Americans on a broad range of financial topics and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach their financial goals.
Supplies 4 Schools Supports Back-to-School Success for Central Oregon Students
Supplies 4 Schools in Central Oregon Runs Through August
Mid Oregon Credit Union is collecting needed school supplies for students in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties. The Supplies 4 Schools drive will run through the month of August. This year’s Supplies 4 Schools will assure that children who can’t afford needed and required school supplies will have a sense of belonging and readiness on their first day of school.
Supplies will stay in the same community in which they are collected. Community members may drop off donated school supplies at any Mid Oregon Credit Union location:
- Bend (Olney Ave and 2nd Street, across from Black Bear Diner)
- East Bend (On Cushing Drive, south of Neff, off 27th )
- Redmond (next to Bi-Mart)
- Madras (At Fifth and “F” Streets) and the Jefferson County Annex (66 SE D Street)
- Prineville (In front of Bi-Mart)
- La Pine Lending Center (Next to Bancorp Ins on Hwy 97)
Donations for Deschutes County will be distributed by the Family Access Network (FAN). In Crook and Jefferson Counties the supplies will be delivered directly to the school districts for distribution. For more information about Supplies 4 Schools call 541-382-1795.
Cash donations used to purchase school supplies may be made at any branch as well!
Needed school supplies include:
| Back packs | Colored markers thick & thin | Rulers |
| Calculators | Highlighters | Glue & glue sticks |
| College ruled paper | Compass/protractors | Pocket folders |
| 2, 3 &4 inch ring binders | Dry erase markers/pens | Notebook dividers 5-pack |
| Colored pencils | Tissue boxes | Spiral notebooks |
See school websites for more details on needed supplies.
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It’s All For Charities! 2015 Duck Race Again Presented by Credit Unions Working Together
Mid Oregon Credit Union is again joining other credit unions as Presenting Sponsors of the 26th Annual Great Drake Park Duck Race. The Duck Race is an ongoing annual fundraiser organized by all four Bend area Rotary clubs. Since 1989, the race has generated over one million dollars for Central Oregon charities, all supporting children and families in need.
The Great Drake Park Rotary Duck Race itself is scheduled for Sunday, September 13, starting at 11 am at Drake Park in Bend. This year, funds raised from Duck Race ticket sales will go to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Bend, Healthy Beginnings, MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, Pediatric Foundation of Central Oregon and S.M.A.R.T. (Start Making a Reader today). Read more about the 2015 Duck Race Beneficiaries.
How can you help? Stop by one of our branches in Bend (2nd and Olney St.or on the Eastside on Cushing Dr.), Redmond (Next to Bi-Mart), Prineville (Next to Bi-Mart), Madras (5th St./Hwy. 97 Northbound) or our Lending Office in La PIne (Next to Bancorp Insurance) to get your Duck Race tickets. Each $5 Duck Race tickets is matched to a duck in the race, launched into the Deschutes River on that Sunday at 1:30 pm, and the 21 winning ducks get their ticket holder a prize. The top prize this year is a $20,000 Auto Voucher from Smolich Motors.
Tickets are also available from the other “Credit Unions Working Together” partners First Community, OnPoint Community, Oregonians and SELCO Community, as well as from any Bend area Rotarian. Please consider supporting these great local charities and participate in one of the highlights of the Central Oregon year!
To read more about the Duck Race, the activities on that Sunday and the Duck Race rules, www.theduckrace.com