Golf tourney benefits Human Solutions

The Dennis’ 7 Dees “Changing the Landscape of Homelessness” Charity Golf Tournament benefitting Human Solutions will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, at Langdon Farms Golf Course in Aurora.

Human Solutions promotes self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income families and individuals in East Portland and east Multnomah County.

Teams will compete to win cash prizes for first, second and third place, longest drive and closest to the pin. The event also includes drawings to win prizes.

Golfers and the general public may purchase $10 raffle tickets for a chance to win $1,000 through a helicopter golf ball drop. Golfers will tee off after the raffle.

The cost is $600 per foursome and includes 18 holes of golf, continental breakfast and an awards barbecue luncheon.

For more information about golf registration or to purchase a golf ball drop raffle ticket, visit humansolutions.org or call 503-768-4299.

Bank collects food for St. Vincent de Paul

Sterling Bank has teamed with St. Vincent de Paul to collect food for St. Vincent’s food banks in Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, Columbia and Clatsop counties.

Sterling Bank has a branch in Rockwood at 10 N.E. 181st Ave. To encourage customers to bring in donations, the Rockwood branch staff made their food drive a “Battleship” game; those who bring in a can of food or donate money toward the food purchase get to play. The branch is working on filling a second food bin.

Sterling Bank branches will collect food until Aug. 31. The most-needed food items are peanut butter, jelly, canned meats, boxed meals, plastic containers of fruits and vegetables, 100-percent fruit juice, rice, pasta and beans.

Mom starts petition against Trader Joe’s

A Troutdale mother has started a petition on Change.org calling on retail grocery store Trader Joe’s to sell meat only from animals raised without antibiotics.

Melissa Lee started the petition after her then 10-month-old daughter, Ruby Jane Lee, nearly died last year from eating ground turkey, purchased from another grocery store chain, which was tainted with antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg.

Ruby was one of 136 confirmed cases. Her parents filed a lawsuit against the ground turkey’s producer, Cargill Meat Solutions, and related businesses.

The family’s attorney, Bill Marler, said the family settled the case for a confidential amount.

“I started my Change.org petition because no family should have to go through what mine did,” Melissa Lee said in a news release. “We know that animals constantly fed antibiotics can develop resistance to bacteria, which can create ‘superbugs’ that humans are then exposed to in the meat they eat.

“(Trader Joe’s) should be a leader in eliminating meat from livestock treated with antibiotics,” she said. “Until stores like Trader Joe’s stop this practice, families will continue to be exposed to health risks like the ones Ruby faced.”

Lee’s petition supports a national effort by the Meat Without Drugs campaign, a project of Consumers Union, which has gathered more than 100,000 additional signatures on its site.