From the editors

By Sara & Rob Bednark
The Portland Upside
December 2009

They say “a picture’s worth a thousand words,” and while that’s true, one can never replace the other. Photos complement stories as much as stories complement photos.

Rebecca Ok’s article about Children’s Book Bank, (From Caring Hands to Children’s S helves, p. 1) and their Oct. 20 distribution of 780 book bags takes us to the school gym where eager pre-schoolers explore the wonders of books they now own. Rebecca’s accompanying photos let us see some of the curious faces that will benefit from the organization’s caring volunteers.

Nicole Morales (Coming Soon: Kids, Coffee & Community at Café au Play, p. 4) follows the years of planning and hard work put in by Kristin Heying and other community volunteers to bring life to Café au Play. The before and after photos help us appreciate how much change has taken place on the Tabor Commons site.

Building a fence never sounded so fun and rewarding until we read Nikki Jardin’s article (Freedom for Dogs, One Fence at a Time, p. 1). The photos by David Childs of Noah running along the fence, reveling in his new untethered freedom, captures the spirit of why the Fences For Fido volunteers do what they do.

Perhaps when looking at the photos from past issues (A Look Back at Our First Seven Issues, p. 5) you’ll be inspired to go to our website and read some of the articles that you’ve missed. If you’ve already read them all, we hope the photos will remind you that Portland is full of people doing wonderful things to help others in the community.

Happy holidays!

Sara & Rob

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