2011 News Stories Featuring Mercy Corps Northwest Clients

• “Acupuncturist gets start with Mercy Corps’ help”
  by Molly Walker, Yamhill Valley News Register, December 18th, 2011

• “Small business lending in a tough environment: Q&A with the Small Business Development Center’s Rick Stone”
  By Molly Young, The Oregonian, November 12th, 2011

• “Armchair Mayor: Katrina Scotto di Carlo”
  By Bill McDonald, Neighborhood Notes, October 28th, 2011

• “Business Behind Bars”
  Your Business: Education Nation, MSNBC, September 24th, 2011

• “SBA Awards Grants to Support Small Business Teaming”
  MarketWatch, September 23rd, 2011

• “Agriculture programs help Northwest refugees settle in”
  by Deena Prichep, Northwest News Network, September 15th, 2011

• “Interview with John Haines, Doug Cooper, Alverda McCoy & Felton Howard”
  by Ann Schatz, Heart of the Matter, September 15th, 2011

• “Small business owners struggle to turn social media ‘likes’ into sales”
  by Molly Young, Oregonian, September 3rd, 2011

• Interview with Community Outreach Coordinator Loren Guerriero
  by Professor Lauri Smedley, Small Business H.E.L.P., August 16th, 2011

• About the Portland Grower’s Alliance
  by Liz Crain, Food Lover’s Guide to Portland Blog, August 8th, 2011

• “Female Prison Inmates Trained To Start Businesses”
  by Deena Prichep, National Public Radio, June 7th, 2011

• “Mercy Corps Northwest wins two SBA Awards: 2011 Women in Business Champion and 2011 Regional Award for Excellence & Innovation”
  Small Business Administration Awards Dinner, May 12th, 2011

• “Five Microenterprise Organizations Selected for Scale Academy”
  CSR Newswire, May 4th, 2011

• “Southeast Portland Garden Provides Income, Produce for Neighbors”
  by John Chilson for Neighborhood Notes, May 19th, 2011

• “SBA Portland names small-business award winners”
  The Oregonian, March 31st, 2011

• “Escuela Viva prepares students to learn through building positive attitudes”
  El Hispanic News, February 4th, 2011

• “Pressed for success: Self-employed by necessity, a divorced mother of two says failure isn’t an option”
  The Oregonian, February 6th, 2011