Eugene Fire hosts February diaper drive
SPRINGFIELD – Eugene Springfield Fire is hosting a diaper drive from Feb. 1-28. Diapers and pull-ups (sizes 5 and 6) are needed, open or sealed, and baby wipes. The district’s goal is to collect 3,000 diapers. Drop-off donations at the fire department, 6853 Main St., for the Lane County Diaper Bank.
Get cold this weekend at the Polar Plunge
EUGENE – Special Olympics Oregon (SOOR), a sports organization for individuals with intellectual disabilities, will host the annual Eugene Polar Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Maurie Jacobs Park. Registration starts at 9 a.m., followed by a Polar 5K run at 9:30 a.m., a costume contest at 10:45 a.m., and the Plunge at 11 a.m. The fundraiser will benefit SOOR’s 5,000+ athletes statewide.
Cottage Grove food pantry needs help
COTTAGE GROVE – Community Sharing Pantry needs donations of nonperishable food. Drop off items at 1440 Birch Ave. in Cottage Grove on Monday between 1:30-6 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday between 1-3:30 p.m. Call 541-942-2176.
Territorial joins statewide seed giveaway
The Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge, Oregon State University Extension’s statewide seed giveaway, has returned for a sixth year, featuring a continued partnership with the Oregon Bee Project and Cottage Grove’s Territorial Seed Company as a new seed source.
Signups opened this week to receive a seed-starting teacher classroom kit, group kit, or individual/household seed kit through the mail.
The seed-starting classroom kits include an Explore the Bees of Oregon book, a reusable grocery tote, foil pans, seed markers, classroom spray bottles, and a peat pot for each child. The individual/household kits will include a flower seed, vegetables for vegetables made into salads, and a pollinator-friendly seed packet from the Territorial Seed Company in Cottage Grove.
Food Hero spearheaded the challenge, a statewide initiative of the Oregon Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) program.
Signup information: foodhero.org/growthis
February NAMI resources, meetings
- Second and fourth Monday: NAMI Connection Recovery Peer Support Group in person, 6-7:30 p.m., Fern Ridge Library: 88026 Territorial Hwy, Veneta.
- Every Wednesday: NAMI Connection Recovery Peer Support Group via Zoom, 6:30-8 p.m.
- First and third Thursday: NAMI Family Support Group in person, 7-8:30 p.m., NAMI Lane County Resource Center, 129 9th St., Springfield.
- Second and fourth Thursday: NAMI Family Support Group via Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m.
- Second and fourth Friday: NAMI Connection Recovery Peer Support Group in person, 4-5:30 p.m., NAMI Lane County Resource Center, 129 9th St., Springfield.
