The Next Door, which runs over two dozen programs to support and empower people in the Mid-Columbia region, is conducting a fundraising campaign to mark the organization’s 45th anniversary. The Next Door is working to raise $45,000 in 45 days, with longtime supporters Phil and Judy Jensen offering to match the first 15-thousand dollars raised. The Next Door began in 1971 with a group home in Hood River that eventually became the Klahre House day-treatment center and year-round alternative high school. The organization will host the Hood River Chamber of Commerce Coffee Clatter at 8 a.m. on July 15. Executive Director Janet Hamada says they want to reconnect and celebrate with former staff, teachers, students and program participants, community partners, donors and anyone else who wants to mark the Next Door’s anniversary.