Plum Ck. Foundation & Star of Hope, Jan. 15

The Star of Hope Activity Center, Inc., has been awarded a grant by the Trustees of the Plum Creek Foundation in the amount of $5,000.00. Plum Creek is one of the largest and most geographically diverse private landowners in the nation with approximately 6.4 million acres of timberlands in major timber producing regions of the United States and wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. Plum Creek practices sustainable forestry on all of its 383,000 acres in Oregon. www.plumcreek.com Star of Hope Activity Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 to provide services to adults with developmental disabilities in Coos County. The Center provides an array of comprehensive programs such as; Customized Employment Services, Recycling and Materials Pickup, Confidential Document Destruction, Residential Services, Vocational Assessments, Job Coaching & training at no cost to the employer and many other services www.star-of-hope-com (541-888-8893) including special hand-crafted Myrtlewood items made at The Oregon Connection/House of Myrtlewood. The grant award from the Plum Creek Foundation will be used in Product Customization and Specialization Upgrade to aid in the overall purchase of a special engraver used at the Oregon Connection.