Monica Beemer receives a check from Jim Wilcox and Tom Reese of Pacific Continental Bank.  The Beaverton branch of Pacific Continental Bank has a special sponsorship of Sisters through their employee pop machine which is owned and managed by the Bank.  All profits above the cost of pop go directly to Sisters, so employees know when they are buying a refreshing cool drink, they are also contributing to the work of Sisters - what a deal!

Dar Williams (second from right), whose October 2005 Portland concert benefited Sisters, poses with Sisters’ staff.  Photo by John Severn.

Portland City Commissioner Eric Sten and his Chief of Staff Bob Durston congratulate Genny Nelson and Monica Beemer on Sisters’ receipt of a generous grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, August 2005

Mayor Potter and his wife Karin Hansen with PhotoVoice participants Laura Brown and Alan Shipley at the Look Here! premiere in May 2005

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Bob Dole and Genny Nelson at the National Caring Award (of which Genny was a recipient) ceremony in Washington D.C., December 2005.

Customers, staff and volunteers party down at Sisters’ 25th anniversary party in November 2005.  Click here for more fun pics, including DJ Manic!

Sisters’ staff Tamara Brauchler and Monica Beemer pose with Kathy Kelly when they attended the Gandhian Institute’s 2005 Non-violence Conference in Memphis, TENN.  Kathy Kelly, a hero to many, helped launch Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end United States/ United Nations sanctions against Iraq.

Shelly Hanson from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund poses with Sisters’ staff, volunteers and customers upon awarding Sisters with a truly generous grant to keep our cafe running, August 2005

Mayor Potter and his wife Karin Hansen with PhotoVoice participant Doug Chandler at the Look Here! premiere in May 2005