Women in Trades Career Fair — May 19
Visit this annual interactive career fair for women and school girls, produced by Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. The Women in Trades Career Fair, sponsored by PGE, provides participants a unique opportunity to meet employers and tradeswomen, operate equipment and learn about career opportunities in the trades. Careers for Women Day is Saturday, May 19, and is open to the public. May 17 and 18 are for pre-registered middle and high school girls.
Stop by the PGE booth to learn about PGE careers, or a PGE-hosted workshop for a power pole climb or bucket truck ride.
Portland Heart and Stroke Walk — May 19
Join PGE walkers and thousands of others for the American Heart and Stroke Walk, Saturday, May 19. This annual PGE-sponsored event, raises funds for the American Heart Association, to help raise awareness around cardiovascular disease.
Walkers can also visit the PGE Survivor/Tribute booth, where heart event survivors can take a photo with their family and friends, or participants can pay tribute to a loved one.
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Reach the Beach — May 19
Join PGE cyclists for the American Lung Association of Oregon’s signature event, Reach the Beach, Saturday, May 19. This annual PGE-sponsored event, helps raise funds to help those who suffer from lung disease.
Choose from four different starting points and ride lengths, and all finishing at Pacific City. Along the way, there will be medical and mechanical support, water and snacks and PGE volunteers will be helping serve up lunch at the Grand Ronde stop.
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RiverFest on the Deschutes — May 26
Visit this all day festival, celebrating wild fish & white water on the Lower Deschutes River. RiverFest on the Deschutes, sponsored by PGE, is a free, family-friendly event that takes place in Maupin on Saturday, May 26. The day will include live music, good food, kids’ activities and more.
Festival visitors are encouraged to return to Maupin the next day, to help with Maupin’s annual SOLVE River Clean-up. Following the clean-up, a free BBQ luncheon will be served to all volunteers at the Imperial River Company Lodge.
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Portland Rose Festival
Named the “Best Festival in the World” in 2011, the
Portland Rose Festival is packed full of fun for the whole family to enjoy. Here are just a few of those fun events:
CityFair — May 25 to June 10
Powered by PGE renewable energy, CityFair is open for three full weekends, starting on Memorial Day weekend. In addition to carnival rides for kids of all ages, festival goers will enjoy food from local vendors, live entertainment and much more. Be sure to stop by PGE’s booth to learn how you can join the more than 80,000 PGE customers who have chosen to power their homes with clean wind and other renewable energy sources.
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PGE/SOLVE Starlight Parade — June 2
See PGE’s “Safety Rocks” float light up the night as it winds through downtown Portland with the PGE/SOLVE Starlight Parade, Saturday, June 2. This year, our float will feature Pedro, the star of PGE’s newest electrical safety school presentation, “Pedro’s Path to Power,” which teaches kids about the importance of electrical safety. Joining Pedro will be three third grade students who won PGE’s “Color Me Safe” Contest. Learn more about the contest and the winners.
Don’t forget to wave to the dozens of PGE volunteers who will be passing out SOLVE garbage bags along the parade route. Each year we help to keep the PGE/SOLVE Starlight Parade one of the cleanest and greenest parades in America. Right after the last parade entry, you’ll see us again helping pick up trash before our friends from City of Portland come through to wash the streets.
And once again, PGE is helping make this year’s PGE/SOLVE Starlight Parade carbon neutral by purchasing carbon offsets for all the parade entries, garbage trucks and street sweepers.
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Grand Floral Parade — June 9
Check out PGE’s “Safety Rocks” float as it comes into full bloom, with hundreds of flowers and plant life, at the Grand Floral Parade, Saturday, June 9. Our float will feature three third grade students who won PGE’s “Color Me Safe” Contest and colorful reminders of how to be safe around electricity. Learn more about the contest and the winners.
PGE and its employees are pleased to once again help make the Grand Floral Parade one of the cleanest and greenest parades in America, by helping cleanup the parade route and by purchasing carbon offsets for all parade vehicle emissions.
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