***Media Advisory***
What: Blaze the Trail Cat and a Volunteer Pose with Habitat Restoration Tools
When: Thursday, July 29. Volunteer check-in from 9:30 – 11:30 AM.
Where: Lillis Albina City Park. Map
Media Crews: Media is invited to attend this litter cleanup event, capture b-roll and interviews with volunteers and SOLVE staff and learn more about how these groups are giving back to their Portland community.
This event will have plenty of visuals and make for great community packages, VOs and VOSOTS.
ABOUT:
The Portland Trail Blazers and Widmer Brothers Brewing are teaming up with SOLVE to volunteer at the annual Service, Sports, and Suds event. For more than seven years, this annual service event has occurred in different areas throughout Portland. Each Service, Sports, and Suds event is an opportunity for members of The Portland Trail Blazers and Widmer Brothers Brewing to give back to the Rose City through volunteerism.
This year, the volunteer group is meeting a Lillis Albina City Park to clean up the park and surrounding area. Picking up litter is a low barrier way to create a positive impact on an area, especially in a common use area like an urban park. Blaze the Trail Cat will be among the volunteers giving back.
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About SOLVE SOLVE is a statewide non-profit organization that brings Oregonians together to improve our environment and build a legacy of stewardship. Since 1969, the organization has grown from a small, grassroots group to a national model of volunteer action. Today, SOLVE mobilizes and trains tens of thousands of volunteers of all ages across Oregon to clean and restore our neighborhoods and natural areas, and to build a legacy of stewardship for our state. You can follow SOLVE on Instagram and Twitter at @SOLVEinOregon and Facebook at @SOLVEOregon.
About Portland Trail Blazers Members of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Portland Trail Blazers were founded in 1970 and purchased by the late Paul G. Allen in 1988. The team's rich heritage includes 37 playoff appearances, three trips to the NBA Finals, an NBA championship in 1977 and a commitment to community service and sustainability. The Trail Blazers are dedicated to positively impacting underserved kids and their families throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington where they live, learn and play. Portland is the first and only professional sports franchise to receive the prestigious National Points of Light Award for excellence in corporate and community service. The Trail Blazers home arena, Moda Center, is the first existing arena to earn LEED Platinum Certification in 2019 after receiving LEED Gold Recertification in 2015 and becoming the first existing professional sports venue in the world to receive LEED Gold status in 2010. The team is also one of the founding members of the Green Sports Alliance. For more information, visit trailblazers.com
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Contact Info:
MEDIA CONTACTS:
For more information, please contact:
Larissa Gordon at 860-942-9108 (cell) or larissa@solveoregon.org