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.
Peace.
mike
