4 The RAPS Sheet October 2021 Upcoming RAPS events NOVEMBER Thursday, November 18 “Acting on Equity and Racial Justice,” presentation by President Steve Percy and Ame Lambert, vice president for Global Diversity and Inclusion, on the University’s efforts to combat racism and advance social justice across campus. Room 333 SMSU. DECEMBER Thursday, December 9 Annual Holiday Party, Augustana Lutheran Church, NE Portland. JANUARY Thursday, January 20 “What Happened in Afghanistan?” presentation by Grant Farr, professor emeritus of sociology. Room TBA. FEBRUARY Thursday, February 17 “The Inside Story on Who First Planted Pinot Noir in Oregon. It Might Not Be Who You Think,” presentation by Michael Alberty, wine writer for The Oregonian. Room TBA. RAPS Scholarship Donation Form N a m e __________________________________________________________________________ A d d r e s s ______________________________________________________________________ C i t y __________________________________________________________________________ State ________ Zip __________________________________ P h o n e __________________________________________________________________________ Email __________________________________________ Donation amount: q $500 q $250 q $100 q $50 Other: ____ Donation made in memory of: ______________________________________ Donation made in honor of: ______________________________________ Make checks payable to: PSU Foundation and noted for RAPS Scholarship Please mail to: RAPS, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751 To use a credit card, go to the PSU Foundation website: https://www.psuf.org Since 2011 RAPS has awarded a scholarship every year to a student whose interest is focused on an aspect of gerontology. Some recipients have focused on health care, others on the economic and social challenges of old age. Four years ago, noting rising tuition and costs of books, the scholarship amount was raised to $4,500. And always we have been successful in funding the scholarship, even through the past academic year when the PSU campus was closed and many of our fundraising activities were not possible. We are now starting a new academic year. The campus is opening and, though nothing is certain, it seems that more and more in-person events are going to be possible. The scholarship recipient for the 2021 academic year will soon be announced. So expect door prizes and opportunities to donate. Most importantly, travel is resuming—albeit rather cautiously. We expect to resume our partnership with Collette Tours. When a RAPS member travels with Collette, the scholarship fund receives a generous donation. A trip to Portugal was being planned when COVID interfered. That may seem a big trip to many of us who have scarcely left home in recent months, but Collette offers many less ambitious tours, such as the Western national parks, the South focusing on Savannah, or the East with the Islands of New England. So think about where you might like to travel. Larry Sawyer is our link to Collette; let him know what ideas you have. And thank you for your generosity in the past year. —Joan Shireman Door prizes? Travel? Opportunities to donate to the RAPS Scholarship abound!
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