We are happy to announce that our website is up and running again! Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.
- PPCA Board
Upcoming Events
Please continue to check PPCA's website for updates on events: http://www.crpca.org/crpca-events/
Monday 9/14, 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Salon Francophone
Salon Francophone is being held as a Zoom meeting. Please RSVP to service@crpca.org to receive the Zoom link. Tou​s les niveaux sont bienvenus. On vous y verra!
Screening: "A Towering Task - A Story of the Peace Corps"
As the Peace Corps begins to celebrate 60 years of service in 2021, the Committee for a Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (CMPCE) is jump starting this celebration by sponsoring a virtual showing of A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps from September 17-30, 2020. If you missed previous showings in a theater, or were unable to attend a showing, now is the chance to see it in the comfort of your home, with friends (watching parties are encouraged). We are reaching out to you to help us promote this event. Please find attached our flyer that explains the details. Thank you.
Bill Saphir
RPCV 1967--70 (Thai XXI)
Committee for a Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
Job Opportunities
Volunteer with online ESL
The organization, Helping Link/Mot Dau Noi works with the Vietnamese immigrant community in Seattle and is seeking volunteers to help teach online ESL classes to adults. The program is a very important part of their work to help community members integrate into the broader community, get work, and be prepared for citizenship interviews. The classes have moved completely online due to the pandemic, and several volunteers from Portland have stepped up. Please feel welcome to contact Lauren Johnson (RPCV Cameroon) if you would like to know more. The demand for the classes is very high and online classes require smaller groups, especially for the very beginning English learners. Lauren.Johnson@helpinglink.org to find out more.
Part-Time Companion/Helper for RSVP
Looking for mature internationally interested woman, to join care team for 75-year-young professor and RPCV with chronic, not debilitating health conditions in her home in Beaverton. Very independent; needs fluctuate. Benefits from intelligent conversation. Position requires flexible afternoon/evening times. Lunch/dinner food preparation and clean up; join her for meal while enjoying conversation on various international topics. Help to remind to take medications. Fridays required, other days negotiable. Hours flexible, but generally around 1-9 pm, 5-8 hours day. For more information contact Mari Alexander, 503 523-9630 (preferred) or marikalexander@gmail.com.
Newsletter Photo Contest
Each month, one service photo from a PPCA member is featured in our Newsletter. If you would like a photo of your service to be included in a future Newsletter, please submit a photo from your Peace Corps service to communications@crpca.org and include 1) your country of service, 2) years served 3) Short caption to go with the photo (i.e. description of what is going on in the photo/where it was taken). As you Communications Coordinator, I have been having a lot of fun including more photos and graphics in these weekly publications. I am always looking for suggestions for how to make these publications more interesting, engaging and inviting, so do not hesitate to reach out with suggestions!
Andrea Franke
PPCA Communications Coordinator
