Here are the fun places we went last summer! Looking forward to this summer 2024!

Transportation 

• For a ride to the picnic location, meet at 5:30 PM at PSU at the south end of the park blocks at SW College St and SW Park Ave.  

• For Saturday picnic, July 15, meet at 9:30 AM

• From 5:30 PM to 5:45 PM, attendees will be placed in vehicles.

• We will return to the PSU campus approximately 9:00-9:30 PM depending upon distance from PSU.

See additional information below the schedule.

Schedule

June 23 - Location:  Sellwood Park - 4.2 miles, 12-22 min

     Host:   FOCUS

     Address:   SE 7th Avenue and Miller Street Portland, OR (far NE corner of the park near parking lot on SE 7th)

June 30 - Location:  David Douglas Park - 17.1 miles, 30-50 min

     Host:  Evergreen Bible Church

     Address:   1016 N Garrison Rd, Vancouver, WA 9866 (covered picnic shelter at the far west end of park )

July 7 - Location:  Captain William Clark Park - 25.1 miles, 35-55 min

     Host:   Bethel Community Church of Washougal

Address: 3333 Index St, Washougal, WA  (Cottonwood Beach Pavilion, up and over the dike, near the bank of the Columbia River)  

SATURDAY July 15 - Location:   Private home in Corbett, OR - 24.2 miles, 30-40 min

For this event, we will pick up at PSU at 9:30AM

     Host:  The Well Community Church (Private home of Kevin Nichols) 

     Address: 36440 SE Gordon Creek Rd Corbett, OR  97019. 

July 21 - Location: Shute Park - 19.6 miles, 30-50 min

     Host:  Chinese Grace Baptist Church

     Address:  750 SE 8th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97123 (Picnic Area C, nearest the playground )

July 28 - Location: Brentwood Community Center - 6.7 miles, 16-26 min

     Host:  Woodstock Bible Church

     Address:  7211 SE 62nd Ave, 97206   

August 4 - Location:  Portland Chinese Evangelical Church grounds (outdoors) - 13.3 miles, 22-35 min

     Host:   Chinese Evangelical Church of Portland

     Address:   5529 NE Five Oaks Drive, Hillsboro, OR 

August 11 - Location: Pier Park - 9.7 miles, 18-30 min

Host:   Grace City Church

Address:   10325 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203

August 18 - Location: Village Church grounds (outdoors) - 8.2 miles, 14-24 min

     Host:  Village Church

     Address:  330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005 

Each week a different church group hosts FOCUS students, scholars & families, providing food and an exciting location for lots of outdoor fun! We'll travel to that location for a picnic meal and other activities. Sometimes this will be a park or church facility where there are recreation opportunities.

Like FOCUS Friday Nights!, the FOCUS Summer Picnics are for Portland-area international students, scholars, and a special invitation to family members. There is no charge for the picnic. 

Occasionally we will not have a group to host the event. On those weeks we will have a "potluck." For those times, we ask that all people bring some prepared food (a "dish" that doesn't require microwaving or additional cooking time) to share with others. The times that will be "potluck" will be listed above and will also be in the weekly FOCUS email.

Depending on traffic and the driving distance to the host church's designated site, we will eat sometime between 6:15pm and 6:30pm.  

We will be return to campus anywhere between 9pm and 9:30pm.