On Saturday, August 28th, 2010, Integrated Services Network brokerage (ISN) and Shangri-La in Lincoln County collaborated on the annual End of Summer BBQ at the Depoe Bay Community Center. ISN staff and volunteers prepared hamburgers and hot dogs with chips, cookies, watermelon, and beverages while Shangri-La staff ran the karaoke activity and helped with set-up [...]

Shangri-La, The Oregon Rehabilitation Association and the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities hosted a briefing and tour for Representative Tina Kotek, D, District 44, NW Portland. Representative Kotek is a member of the Ways and Means committee and a long time advocate for Oregonians who are also disadvantaged. She is known for her compassionate and [...]

If ever there was any proof that love has no boundaries, it would have to be Sharon and Gordon’s love story. This story was first published in the Serenity Hospice Journeys Summer 2009 Newsletter. We’d like to thank Serenity Hospice for graciously giving us permission to post it here for your to read. We are [...]

Shangri-La’s ARK Manufacturing has acquired screen printing equipment to assist them with their production services. The new equipment was secured through a grant three years in the making. This will enable ARK to do their own screen printing and have more control over their turn around times and quality, issues which have been a problem [...]

Shangri-La is among more than 300 organizations that will be receiving HUD grant funds for local homeless assistance programs. The $66,647 grant will help Shangri-La provide services to people with physical and mental disabilities. For more information, please contact Robin Winkle (503) 581-1732.

Shangri-La LEAP participants in Salem have been helping plant and grow flowers for hanging baskets at the Pringle Creek Community greenhouses. The Statesman Journal recently reported about the Pringle Creek greenhouses and Shangri-La’s Salem LEAP participation. Below are a few paragraphs from the Statesman Journal article detailing how LEAP is partnering with Pringle Creek. You [...]

Shangri-La has set up a booth showcasing our services at the 2010 Marion County Fair. The fair runs from July 8 to 11. Shangri-La staff and LEAP participants will be manning the booth Thursday and Friday from 10:00 am to 11:30 am and other Shangri-La employees will be manning the booth the rest of the [...]

Shangri-La will be participating with a float in the Creswell 4th of July parade on Sunday, July 4, 2010. This parade brings 10,000-15,000 people from all around who come to be part of this big day. Good thing Creswell is that the exit you take for Creswell is the town’s main road. This will be [...]

Shangri-La’s Housing program for people with developmental disabilities held a picnic on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Coolidge-McClaine Park in Silverton, Oregon. Consumers from the various homes in the Willamette Valley and even some from the Coast enjoyed a wonderful day at the park. The weather couldn’t have been better and the socializing was great [...]