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Mason Springs Fire (part of Canyon Creek Complex),
photographed
the evening of August 13, 2015
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Oregon Department of Forestry’s John Day
Unit is raising money for the Grant County Food Bank by auctioning off two tree
planting packages. Each auction package includes 500 mixed conifer seedlings
(ponderosa pine and western larch) donated by the Malheur National Forest and planting by ODF’s John Day Unit
staff. The auction is also intended to help local residents affected by fire. The
one requirement for bidding is that the trees be planted on lands burned by the
Canyon Creek Complex.
It is a sealed bid auction, with bids due
at the John Day ODF Office by 4:30 p.m. Monday, February 29, 2016. Minimum bid
for each package is $100. The two highest bidders will be contacted to
coordinate the delivery and planting schedule for the seedlings. Those
interested should come to the ODF office located at 415 Patterson Bridge Road
in John Day to submit a bid.
One in five households in Oregon lives in
hunger. Of those households, 42 percent contain someone who is disabled and
unable to work, retired, or staying home to care for a child or disabled
person. Overall, an average 270,000 people each month eat meals provided by
Oregon Food Bank pantries – 92,000 of those are children. Every $10 donated
provides 30 healthy meals.
the Grant County Food Bank, and may be tax deductible. ODF’s John Day Unit is
sponsoring the auction as part of the Governor’s Food Drive. The theme this
year is “Together we can solve hunger!”
Working together has helped those affected by the Canyon Creek Complex
in the recovery process and in healing the community.