A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change. A Business Entrepreneur measures performance in revenue, profit, and return on investment.  A Social Entrepreneur measures performance in two equally important ways: First on how well he or she has achieved their social mission and second in revenue, profit, and return on investment. Nonprofits use different terms such as fundr …

Are you a clutter bug? Or a neat freak? Or (like most of us!) lost somewhere in between? Then join us and share organzing/cleaning tips, general household ideas, and good ole conversation. You're a Domestic CEO if you're the one who runs the house.  Cooking, cleaning, organizing, running the kids from here to there, making sure that your house is truly a home. So come join us ~ and together we will find a method to the homemaking-madness! **Please note:  Domestic CEO's is a Message-Board-only gr …

Our Community Pantry is a buying club with members all over the Portland metro area, focused on the collective purchase of raw, organic, super-fresh nuts, seeds, berries, seaweeds and more. We pay close attention to the sourcing of the foods we buy together, order them once every month, and distribute them within just a few days of receiving them, keeping the freshness of the product at the highest standard possible. This meetup functions to organize our distribution. To read more about the Pant …

"The service we render others is the rent we pay for our room on earth."  Wilfred Grenfell This group is for people who have projects around the house that are just to big to master alone. It can be anything from painting a room to deep cleaning one, detailing your car to chopping fire wood. We'll help clean a garage or clean up over grown flower beds, transplant shrubs, plant a tree, remove wallpaper, organize a messy basement, stack firewood, wash windows, clean closets, help decorate, clean …

  We are women who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD or ADD) and who are interested in learning strategies, skills, and processes which can enhance our lives.  We seek companionship, support, resources, recommendations and the kind of understanding that comes from being with those who "get it" from the inside out.  Women who have ADHD, especially those of us who are diagnosed in our 30's, 40's, 50's and later, have many years experience of struggling to "pass" for normal, o …

This group is designed to introduce the principles of time management to its members and to share specific tools that will enable its members to thrive in all areas of their lives. Everyone is welcome, especially those who are feeling frustrated, confused, overwhelmed, or just plain stuck. We will focus on developing clear goals, exploring different time management tools, and outlining specific action steps that will have you organized and productive in no time! Using the principles of life coac …

We are offering classes teaching people how to be self sufficient and ways to grow their own vegetables raise chickens etc. organically and from a permaculture biodynamic viewpoint.

… We try our best to eat organic, sustainable foods. We try to get all our nutrition through food rather than supplements. We understand that there is no “perfect diet”. In Weston Price's book, the populations studied had very different diets, yet they were all strong and healthy as long as their diet was nutrient dense. We hope to see you! Joanna. P.S: If you also enjoy raw foods like fresh vegetable juices, green smoothies, flax crackers and more, you may want to join my other playgroup, Raw Foo …

We are a Wellness Center that is excited to host FREE wellness classes for the Portland area. We have a great space and invite anyone who is interested in making our community healthier to join our group! Our class topics include: fibromyalgia and chronic pain, raw foods, organic gardening, women's hormone balance and wellness, baby sign language, family wellness, exercise and nutrition...and much more! Let us know if there are any topics that you have an interest in and we will get them on the …

This Meetup is for vegans, vegetarians and the veg-curious. We come from all over the greater Portland metro area, East, West, North and South. We do not promote any one political party or religious agenda, nor do we sell anything or recruit for other Meetups. Our group is open to singles, couples, and families of all kinds. We're here for fun, socializing and making new like-minded friends. In the past, we've posted volunteer events, outdoor events, movies, concerts, plays and author readings. …

  Why Join: We are a group just for women on the Eastside! (East of the river) Our group is private but open to all women this keeps our meeting times and locations private and only seen by members. To Join our group click on the "Join Us" button in the upper right section of this page under the banner.   ***Please finish reading this page first*** Our goal is to provide you with a variety of activities to help you round out your fitness and health, get outdoors (sometimes indoors), and to mee …

Our group will be about having a good time! Somewhere for Moms to compare stories, get advice, have girls night out, socialize the babies and just have fun. Most of our kids are under 3 along with a few older ones. We we also just blessed with some brand new babies this year! Heather Bowden is the main organizers of the group and can help you if you have any advice, questions or suggestions. Our group is very lucky to have a large group of very strong organizers. Without any of them we would not …

This is a group for both experienced and inexperienced hikers, all of whom have the tacit fundamental desire to get outdoors for a day (or two). We have no group theory or group philosophy, yet. Personally speaking, I seek people willing to share in this group's organization, with a committed spirit of both activism and ethical eco-tourism. This means that we seek and communicate information about our activities that include regulations as well as education. The purpose of this group should be e …

Why Join:                                                                                                       Join Button ^^^^^ This is a great group to round out your weekly fitness and health, to get outdoors (sometimes indoors), and to meet new people. We offer a variety of activities to help you get healthier and moving, including walks, bike rides, running, water aerobics, farmers markets and other fitness and health related activities.  Most activities will be located in NW/SW Portland …

THIS MEETUP IS CHANGING NAMES & ORGANIZATION: IF anyone would like to recreate the old name under a new heading they are free to do so and start new memberships all over.. the old name was www.meetup.com/forextrading-65 if it is that important to someone. However, the same meetings will happen here and new ones will be suggested and multiple dates will be suggested so members can now vote on what is more convenient and discuss possible mulitiple meetups a week if necessary so more interaction c …

Hello Everyone, My name is Mark, (I am a business owner and entrepreneur, like many of you)   Here is my SECOND revision...   I have just stepped up to replace Bret as the Organizer of this group. (I would like to thank Bret and others for starting this group and keeping it going so far)   Thank you to Tysa for agreeing to be Co-Organizer of this Meetup Group, we are seeking more, plus assistant organizers and event hosts, please speak up.    Picking up where Bret left off, I also want to share …