Portland

CISV Portland Bon Voyage Chapter Picnic
2024-06-09 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Sellwood Park, SE 7th Avenue and Miller Street, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Stay tuned for more details!

Spring Biergarten Fundraiser!
2024-06-01 18:00 - 22:30
Friends of CISV Portland – Bring a friend or 5 (21+) and join us at a German biergarten fundraiser as we raise money for CISV Portland’s hosting fund to help us host an international Youth Meeting for 12-13 year olds from 8 different countries in 2025.

Leave the kids at home and join us for sausages, sauerkraut, pretzels, 5+ kinds of mustard, potato everything, and of course bier (wine and zero proof drinks too!)! CISV will get 100% of all money raised, and you get to have giddy glockenspiel bratwurst fueled fun. Evite with full details coming soon, so for now save the date!

CISV Portland Spring Mini-Camp
2024-05-17 17:00 - 2024-05-19 13:00 | Camp Lacamas
Join us for our Spring 2024 Junior Branch (JB) mini-camp!
Registration is open to youth ages 10-17 from CISV Portland chapter families. Not yet a member? Join our chapter today – Contact portland@cisvusa.org!

Location: Camp Lacamas, 2025 NE Goodwin Rd, Camas, WA 98607
Date/Time: Friday, May 17th from 5pm to Sunday, May 19th at 1pm (6 meals included). Please plan to have your child attend for the entire duration of the program.
Registration Fee: $100 for your first child, $90 for each additional child from the same family to be paid via CISV Portland Square site at THIS LINK. Scholarships may be available. Please email portland@cisvusa.org.

Deadline to register is May 1, 2024

PLEASE FILL IN THIS FORM FOR EACH CHILD WHO IS ATTENDING.

Note: **We will also need chapter volunteers 25+ to help as car pool drivers, and 21+ to be day/night chaperones, and kitchen crew.There is no fee for volunteer chaperones and kitchen crew who will remain onsite for the program. Background check/driving check required if you have not already completed one in 2022 or 2023. If you are interested in helping out, please contact portland@cisvusa.org **

A pre-camp with program information will be sent in early May.

CISV Portland Spring Mosaic Project
2024-03-17 13:30 - 17:00 | TaborSpace – Dining Room
What is a Mosaic? A CISV Program designed and run in cooperation with a partner organization to further the benefit to the local community.Being part of a Mosaic project is a real-life learning experience that will have a lasting impact and, if you’re new to CISV, it’s a great way to get involved!
Our partner organization for this Mosaic is called Path Home. Formerly known as Portland Homeless Family Solutions, their mission is to empower families with children to get back into housing and stay there. Part of their work includes the running of a shelter in SE Portland which can house numerous families at one time, giving them a safe space to land while they work to get back into permanent housing.
Join our Junior Branch (JB) as they learn about homelessness in Portland and cook dinner for the Path Home shelter families! This event is open to kids ages 9+

Junior Branch (JB) Activity Day
2024-02-04 13:00 - 16:00 | TaborSpace – Dining Room
Join us for an afternoon of CISV Activities for kids 9+. We’ll do some fun introduction games, and run a CISV activity similar to one that might take place at our Village program. Parents are welcome to drop their kids off – snack will be provided!

2024 Program Infosession #2
2023-12-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Want to learn more about our 2024 programs? Attend one of our Virtual Program Infosessions – Zoom Link Below. Children are welcome!

Note: More sessions will be added as needed. And attendance at these sessions is not mandatory to apply though it might be helpful. Application packets are coming soon!

Infosession #2: Monday, December 4, 2023, 7pm
At this session we will answer questions like: What is CISV? What do kids do at these programs? How much does this cost? Where will my child be staying? How do I apply? And more as we cover:

CISV Basics – history, mission, values
Peace Education – our hands on educational model
Program Overview – in general, plus our 2023 invitations
The application process (applications coming soon!)
Child Safety and COVID protocols
Key dates, local activities and volunteering for CISV

Topic: CISV Portland 2024 Program Information Session #2
Time: Monday Dec 4, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85251524800?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 852 5152 4800
Passcode: [REDACTED]

2024 Program Infosession #1
2023-12-02 09:00 - 10:00 | Zoom
Want to learn more about our 2024 programs? Attend one of our Virtual Program Infosessions – Zoom Link Below. Children are welcome!

Note: More sessions will be added as needed. And attendance at these sessions is not mandatory to apply though it might be helpful. Application packets are coming soon!

Infosession #1: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 9am
At this session we will answer questions like: What is CISV? What do kids do at these programs? How much does this cost? Where will my child be staying? How do I apply? And more as we cover:

CISV Basics – history, mission, values
Peace Education – our hands on educational model
Program Overview – in general, plus our 2023 invitations
The application process (applications coming soon!)
Child Safety and COVID protocols
Key dates, local activities and volunteering for CISV

Topic: CISV Portland 2024 Program Information Session #1
Time: Dec 2, 2023 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85903250698?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 859 0325 0698
Passcode: [REDACTED]

All Family Event - Bon Voyage Picnic + AGM
2023-06-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Sellwood Park – Picnic Area D, SE 7th Ave &, SE Miller St, Portland, OR, 97202, United States
Join us for picnic fun and games/our Annual General Meeting!
That’s right – 3 birds, 1 picnic area. Let’s welcome the summer, send off our delegations to the Czech Republic, Sweden, Luxembourg, Italy, and Germany, AND take care of business at the same time.
This event is a potluck so please bring food to share. CISV Portland will provide the plates, cutlery, napkins, cups, and drinks. A-H – please bring a main course. I-M please bring dessert. N-Z, please bring salad or side.
Rain or shine! We will have pop up tents!
NOTE: the AGM will be from 530pm-6pm so please be there. We need at least half of our member families to be there to vote! Agenda will be circulated ahead of the event

Mosaic Program - CISV Portland JB + Path Home
2023-05-13 14:00 - 17:00 | TaborSpace, Annex, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, 97215
Join our JB for our first ever CISV Portland MOSAIC project!
What is a MOSAIC? Mosaic is CISV’s local community-based programme for participants of all ages. A Mosaic can be anything from a one-off event to a year-long project, and each one responds to local needs and interests in a meaningful way. Most projects are designed and run in cooperation with partner organizations to further the benefit to the local community. You can read more HERE
What is our MOSAIC? The CISV Portland JB will gather, plan, prepare, and serve a meal for the Path Home Portland Homeless Family Shelter. The event will also include content/a discussion around the issues facing homeless families in the Portland region. For more information, please visit www.path-home.org

CISV Portland Spring Fundraiser - Saturday, May 6th, 2023
2023-05-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Nilsen Family Residence, OR, United States
Greetings CISV Friends! As you know, CISV Portland hosted our first peace camp for kids last summer and we need to start NOW to rebuild our hosting fund for the next one! That’s where you come in!

Bring a friend or 5 and join us at our spring fundraiser!
Let’s celebrate our new full chapter status by experiencing the food and drink from the destination countries Portland kids are heading to this year. Leave the kids at home and join us as we eat/drink our way through the Czech Republic, Sweden, Luxembourg, Germany, and Italy.
This event is open to CISV families and friends aged 21+. CISV will get 100% of all money raised, and BONUS, you can buy raffle tickets to WIN STUFF in our super duper RAFFLE!! Raffle prizes will include: tickets, vacation houses, food/drink, and more. Details TBD.
Suggested Donation: $30 per person. Includes food and drink. Raffle tickets available for purchase. CISV Swag will also be on-site. Oh yeah!
REGISTER HERE to let us know you‘re coming! http://evite.me/3sCcqHjg6g

March 2023 JB Activity Day
2023-03-19 13:00 - 16:00 | The Coffey Family House, NE Halsey St, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
Join our March JB Activity Day for some fun, games, an exploration of the UN declaration of human rights, and some event/merch planning time! This event is open to all JB ages 9+, and will be held in a private home. Address will be shared with all attendees. BYO waterbottle and snack.
Questions? Email portland-JB@cisvusa.org

CISV Portland JB Super Fun Day/Program Application Event
2023-01-22 13:00 - 17:00 | TaborSpace – Dining Room
All CISV Portland chapter youth aged 9+ are invited to join us for our CISV Portland JB Super Fun Day/Program Application Event. This event is MANDATORY for all youth and families applying for summer 2023 international programs, and optional but encouraged for siblings, CISV curious friends, and all CISV Portland Junior Branch (JB) members.
At this event, youth will experience the kinds of activities they may do in a CISV camp setting, and we hold brief interviews with the parents and child (separately) applying for programs. This is the final step in the application process to make sure that the child wants to go, the parents understand the structure of the camp preparation process and volunteer requirements of CISV, and that we (the chapter) think the child will do well at the program. Your child needs to be there the whole time, you (the parents) do not.
This event is scheduled for Sunday, January 22nd, 2023 from 1pm-5pm at Taborspace – 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR 97215 in the Dining Room (basement level). There is no cost for this activity. Snacks will be provided. Please send your child(ren) with a water bottle(s).
For the kids: a 5 minute chat with each child will happen in and around the scheduled activities. We will pull them out as needed. Here is an overview of their session.

1:00-1:15 – welcome and sign-in
1:15-1:45 – name games and icebreakers
1:45-2:45 – Activity 1 and games
2:45-3:00 – snack break
3:00-4:00 – Activity 2 and games
4:00-4:30 – Junior Branch (JB) meeting
4:30-5:00 – wrap-up and goodbye

For the parents: At least 1 parent per family must attend the 10 minute interview. We will be circulating a link for sign ups in January to all families who have applied for a program.

JB Pizza and Movie Night!
2022-12-04 17:30 - 20:00
Join your JB friends for a night filled with CISV activities, watching “Finding Nemo” and ordering pizza! PS Please bring $5 to contribute to the cost of pizza.
This event will be hosted in a private home in inner NE Portland. Address provided to all who RSVP.
NOTE: CISV Chaperones/Adult supervision will be provided for the event.

2023 Program Infosession #2
2022-11-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Want to learn more about our 2023 programs? Attend one of our Virtual Program Infosessions – Zoom Link Below. Children are welcome!

Note: More sessions will be added as needed. And attendance at these sessions is not mandatory to apply though it might be helpful! Application packets are coming soon!

Infosession #2= Saturday, November 19th at 10am

At this session we will answer questions like: What is CISV? What do kids do at these programs? How much does this cost? Where will my child be staying? How do I apply? And more as we cover:

CISV Basics – history, mission, values
Peace Education – our hands on educational model
Program Overview – in general, plus our 2023 invitations
The application process (applications coming soon!)
Child Safety and COVID protocols
Key dates, local activities and volunteering for CISV

Topic: CISV Portland 2023 Program Infosession #2
Time: Nov 19, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89495299631?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 894 9529 9631
Passcode: [REDACTED]

2023 Program Infosession #1
2022-11-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
Want to learn more about our 2023 programs? Attend one of our Virtual Program Infosessions – Zoom Link Below. Children are welcome!

Note: More sessions will be added as needed. And attendance at these sessions is not mandatory to apply though it might be helpful! Application packets are coming soon!

Infosession #1 = Wednesday, November 16th at 730pm

At this session we will answer questions like: What is CISV? What do kids do at these programs? How much does this cost? Where will my child be staying? How do I apply? And more as we cover:

CISV Basics – history, mission, values
Peace Education – our hands on educational model
Program Overview – in general, plus our 2023 invitations
The application process (applications coming soon!)
Child Safety and COVID protocols
Key dates, local activities and volunteering for CISV

Topic: CISV Portland 2023 Program Infosession #1
Time: Nov 16, 2022 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83998827943?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 839 9882 7943
Passcode: [REDACTED]

2023 Program Reveal + Chapter Annual General Meeting
2022-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 | TaborSpace – Dining Room
Drumroll, please! We will be revealing our 2023 programs at this 2-hr event! Bring the whole family and find out where in the world we will CISV next year. Dessert and drinks will be provided.
Also on the agenda: a brief Annual General Meeting which will include a chapter update + voting in the 2022-2023 executive team.

JB Activity Day and Kick-Off 2.0
2022-10-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Taborspace – Day Hall, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
Please join us for some CISV Junior Branch (JB) activities (naPlease join us for some CISV Junior Branch (JB) activities (name games, energizers, and more) at this 2-hour indoor session. We will also be re-energizing our JB plans for 2022-2023, so join us and have your say in what YOUR JB will look like!
All JBers ages 9+ are welcome, even if they are not applying for a program this year.
Masks optional. If you’re feeling under the weather, we’ll look forward to seeing you next time!
BYO water bottle.

JB Outdoor Activity Day
2022-04-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Taborspace – Outdoor Yard, 5441 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, 97215, United States
Greetings friends!
Please join our Junior Branch (JB) Outdoor Activity Day. Rain or shine, we will gather, see how many energizers and activities we can remember, and enjoy some fresh air and fun. This event is open to all CISV Portland JB, ages 9 and up, and feel free to bring friends!
This event will be held rain or shine so please dress accordingly. Also, BYO water bottle, snack, and mask. CISV USA COVID protocols still require masking, even outdoors. We will update you if that changes.

Local Leadership Training
2022-04-23 09:00 - 13:00
Are you volunteering for CISV as a leader or staff this summer? Do you want to get more involved in our local chapter and are looking to learn more about our organization? If yes, join us for our local leadership training session where all will revealed! Location will be provided to all participants.

JB Super Fun Day
2022-02-05 14:30 - 16:30 | TaborSpace – Dining Room
Please join us for some fun, CISV Junior Branch (JB) activities at this 2-hour indoor session. All JBers ages 9+ are welcome, even if they are not applying for a program this year. Masks required. Full COVID safety protocols will be communicated to all attendees prior to the event.
Please note: this session is mandatory for all program applicants. Selection interviews will be conducted at this time.

2022 Program Information Session #2
2022-01-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
Please join us to hear all about the 2022 CISV Portland program opportunities. You are encouraged to attend with your child! There will be a 20 minute presentation, followed by Q&A. Zoom link will be emailed to all registered attendees.

2022 Program Information Session #1
2022-01-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom

JB Outdoor Game Day
2021-06-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Mt Tabor Park – Meet at the Picnic Shelter, SE 60th Avenue and SE Salmon St, Portland, Oregon, 97215, United States
Hey JB! Let’s have fun together before we break for the summer! We’ll meet in-person at Mt Tabor park for some outdoor games – a mix of CISV classics and yard game favorites like cornhole. Sound fun? Bring a friend! This event will require masks. BYO waterbottle and snack. COVID participation forms will be emailed to confirmed attendees. REGISTER NOW!

JB Event - Among Us, Again
2021-02-07 13:00 - 14:30
It’s a quarantine craze…our #1 requested JB activity is back by popular demand. So make sure you’re a registered member of CISV Portland, download the app (if you don’t have it already), RSVP for our event, meet up with us on Zoom, and get ready for the ultimate in teamwork. The number of games will depend on the number of players – if needed we’ll split into smaller groups as each session as 10 players max. Zoom link to be emailed the morning of the event, and game codes will be given out on the call. NOTE attendees will need 2 devices – a computer or smartphone/tablet for Zoom and then a smartphone/tablet for playing Among Us.
WHAT IS AMONG US? Among Us, basically the best thing invented since flushing toilets, is a great way to make friends. The concept of the game is the same as Mafia, except it’s played in a virtual spaceship. Crewmates go around completing tasks while the impostor, whose identity is unknown to everyone else, tries to kill all the crewmates before all tasks are completed.
It might sound fierce, but with the CISV spirit in mind, we’ll keep it fun! Register now!
Please note: Participation in CISV Portland JB Activities require a 2021 Family Membership ($50). Please complete your registration HERE if you have not already done so. We appreciate your support!

CISV Portland Exec Meeting
2020-12-08 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-11-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2020-10-13 19:30 - 21:00
Our monthly chapter board meeting. If you are interested in joining us, please email portland@cisvusa.org for more information about becoming a board member.

JB Activity - Let's Play AMONG US!
2020-12-06 14:00 - 15:30
It’s a quarantine craze…and our #1 requested JB fall activity. So download the app (if you don’t have it already), RSVP for our event, meet up with us on Zoom, and get ready for the ultimate in teamwork. The number of games will depend on the number of players – if needed we’ll split into smaller groups as each session as 10 players max. Zoom link to be emailed the morning of the event, and game codes will be given out on the call. NOTE attendees will need 2 devices – a computer or smartphone/tablet for Zoom and then a smartphone/tablet for playing Among Us.
WHAT IS AMONG US? Among Us, basically the best thing invented since flushing toilets, is a great way to make friends. The concept of the game is the same as Mafia, except it’s played in a virtual spaceship. Crewmates go around completing tasks while the impostor, whose identity is unknown to everyone else, tries to kill all the crewmates before all tasks are completed.
It might sound fierce, but with the CISV spirit in mind, we’ll keep it fun! Register now!

JB Virtual Cooking Class
2020-11-01 11:00 - 12:30
JB ages 9 and up are invited to join our November online activing – a virtual cooking class! We’ll be preparing a fun lunch of Baked Taco Cups on ZOOM, and will pop into breakout groups for some small activites and discussions along the way.
Recipe and ZOOM link will be sent to all registered attendees a few days in advance.

CISV JB OUTDOOR ACTIVITY DAY
2020-10-04 15:00 - 16:30 | Mt Tabor Park – Meet at the Picnic Shelter, SE 60th Avenue and SE Salmon St, Portland, Oregon, 97215, United States
Join our JB on Sunday, October 4th from 3pm-4:30pm for some outdoor adventure at Mt Tabor Park (meet at the picnic shelter)! Activities will include a scavenger hunt, games, and a look ahead to our winter on-line events.
Please note:

This event is outdoors
Attendance at this event will be capped at 20 JB. We will split the group up further if required.
This event will be socially distant – 6ft space between anyone who is not a member of the same household (this will require a group effort – we will designate safe spacing plus attendees must be able to self regulate)
Air hugs only. All activities will be non-contact
Masks are mandatory and must be worn the entire time
No food or drink will be provided – everyone must bring their own water bottle
RSVPs are mandatory. Please register each child separately
Optional: Please bring an In-Kind donation in support of Portland Homeless Family Solutions. Most needed items include: High Efficiency Laundry Detergent, Haircare products for Black hair, Deodorant, Hand Soap. For a list of other items visit http://www.pdxhfs.org/familyvillageinkind
