Upcomming Projects in June!

Hey Boulder297
A little update on a few things we've got going coming up this summer:

• Don't forget to sign up for the sharefest project by visiting http://sharefestsummerofservice.org/ and clicking "volunteer". The project is on June 6th and we will be doing basic yard work, gutter cleaning, and repairs. I plan on the project going from 9-2 with lunch provided.
• I met with Habitat, and sadly boulder297 does not have the resources to have "Group volunteer days." But, we're not discouraged: there are individual sign up days and Habitat encourages us to sign up for these. The next is on Friday June 19th, I'll be there, and it'd be sweet to have a number of people from Boulder297 working on the site. To volunteer visit http://www.flatironshabitat.org/ and click "Volunteer now", create an account and click on "Sign Up" for June 19th! These fill up real fast so sign up soon if you're interested!
• Also, in our meeting with Habitat, we were excited to learn about a new program of theirs "Bridges out of poverty" :

  Bridges Out of Poverty is a resource designed to empower communities to better understand the experience of being in generational poverty and to work cooperatively to help people in poverty achieve economic stability. Topics include creating an accurate mental model of poverty, the root causes of poverty, the hidden rules according to which the three economic classes operate, and the resources that communities can help people in poverty leverage toward the goal of implementing positive change. The program’s emphasis is on the importance of creating relationships of mutual respect among people in poverty, middle class, and wealth in order to achieve transformational outcomes.

  Derek From flatirons habitat will be coming to All Souls on May 31st to give a short 30 minute introduction to the program for anybody who might be interested in participating in the Bridges mentoring program. The presentation will be at 11:30 in the small sanctuary.

That's all i've got! Feel free to contact me with ideas, questions, and comments about any of these projects or Boulder297.
Peace.
mike

mobile home project

Yo Boulder297,

I'm getting my ducks in a row here. Sorry this is late notice but we've gotta get this project done before it gets too cold.

Robert and Charlene have a leaky roof that needs fixed before winter sets in. I need a handful of people to help me apply sealant to the roof. The home is in North Boulder, i can give you directions if you're interested or you can meet at my place and ride with me (I live in south boulder). I think the plan is to start around 10 after its warmed up and the morning dew has left.

If we have a lot of people, there is more work that needs done including painting the house and maybe some energy retrofits.

As winter sets in, keep your ears open and remember that Boulder297 has people that can help lower energy bills. If you know somebody that's struggling to keep the heat on, holler and we'll send a group to see what we can do.

Peace.
mike

Project: Nov 15th

Boulder297,
Man, fall is beautiful! What better way to enjoy it then help an elderly couple fix up their mobile home?

• When? Saturday November 15th, 10-4 (weather permitting)
  
• What? Roofing and Painting
• Who? You! We need: Workers, an expert roofer, and an expert painter. I'm sure you fit in one of those categories!

Also, if you get around to doing some fall cleaning and find any sweet tools you'd like to donate to Boulder297, we'll take them!

Finally, a really great way you can help out with Boulder297 is to spread the word! Tell your friends to get on the e-mail list and if you hear of somebody that needs some help, put them in touch with me!
Peace.
-mike

Boulder297 Workdays: Aug 9th and 16th!

Holler Boulder297!
You asked for it, and here it is! More projects at EFAA! We're hitting them with the old 1-2 punch: There will be workdays on the 9th and the 16th of August! Both have the same details:

• Meet at 8 AM at the 27th way park and ride to carpool
• No skills are needed!
• Lunch will be provided!
• Please RSVP if you can make it so we can plan accordingly
  (BUT, if you DON'T rsvp and still want to come, PLEASE DO!)
  

I'll be out of town for both of these workdays, so Andrew's heading them up. You can contact Andrew or myself with questions!

I love all of you Boulder297 Volunteers! Ya'll are the "bomb-diggity".
-mike

Boulder297 EFAA Project: April 5th

Jambo Boulder297!
3 posts in 1 week, it must be a Good Week. I forementioned in a previous post that details would follow about a project on April 5th at EFAA! To fulfill the prophecy, here they are:

EFAA would really like to get solid core doors hung in a lot of their apartments in their Lafayette facility, as well as have cabinets painted in a number of the apartments. We need 3 types of people on this project:

• Door Hangers: We need skilled labors on this job. The doors need to be planed, fitted and hung. This is something I have little knowledge on, so we need a couple people who have done this before/know what they're doing.
• Door Hanger Helpers: These are people who are skilled and handy, but have never hung doors. Hopefully we'll pair off door hangers with door hanger helpers in teams of two to rock out some door hanging. I want to say the number of doors to be hung is in the teens.
  
• Painters: I hope that this is self explanatory. These are people who apply paint to objects such as cabinets or fellow volunteers.

We'll be working on Saturday, April 5th and we'll just meet at EFAA, LaFayette (located Just South of Baseline on N. Carr Road in LaFayette) at 10 am. Depending on how many volunteers we have, we'll be working 4-6 hours. Delicious kickshaws will once again be available for our consumption! Please, Let me know if you plan on coming.

Peace.
Mike

(p.s. You probably thought I forgot to plug the website in this e-mail, but you are wrong. I did not forget).

FLC Project Update

Konichiwa B-297!
I just wanted to give everyone a quick update about our work at the Family Learning Center in case you missed it! The FLC is an organization located in a heavily Hispanic area of N. Boulder dedicated to helping all ages learn. We have an ongoing relationship with the FLC and are always looking for people to help tutor and volunteer at the FLC. The Family Learning Center wanted a large swing-set removed from their playground to leave more room for playing soccer and other sports. After a contractor quoted the job at $3000, they called on Boulder297 to see if we could help out. A Boulder297 team lead by Andrew was able to dig up and tear down the swing-set last Saturday. We broke up and hauled off the concrete foundations to a local concrete plant to be recycled on Thursday, and are hoping to complete the job soon by taking the large metal beams from the swing-set to Eco-Cycle to be recycled. If you have access to a large truck and want to help haul these beams over to the recycling-center, contact Andrew or Myself, and we'll let you know if we haven't gotten them hauled off yet.
Thanks to everybody who helped out with this project, and for everybody involved with Boulder297 for loving the city well. As always, you can see what we have going on, and what our needs are on the website at www.boulder297.org

Peace.
Mike

(p.s. if anybody has some pictures from the work on Saturday, send them to me and I'll throw them up on the website)

Boulder297 UPDATE

Hey All!
I hope everybody's enjoying this sunny weather as much as I am! Here's whats going on with Boulder297:

• First off, I have to apologize: I've been hearing from a lot of people saying "we never heard from you about the last project." The fact is, we had enough volunteers to cover that project so we never sent out an e-mail announcing it... But, don't mope long, because we do have a couple projects coming up very soon where we DO need your help!
• Tomorrow! (Thursday, March 27th) We need some hardcore volunteers for a back breaking project! We'll be meeting at 10:30 at FLC to break concrete foundations off of some 400 lb beams and then haul them to the dump. If you have a sledgehammer, or a truck, then those things would be great to bring! Let Andrew or myself know ASAP if you can make it!
• Mark your calendars for April 5th, for our seconded workday at EFAA. We'll be hanging doors and possibly doing some painting! More News to come soon!

The website is still alive and kicking, for all your Boulder297 needs. Check it out at www.boulder297.org!
Peace.

P.S. We're looking for sledge-hammers for tommorow, if you have one to donate to us, or to let us borrow, please let us know!