Monthly Archives: August 2012

Each summer, the Homeless Families Foundation helps families prepare for their children to go back to school. HFF’s goal is to provide each elementary school student with 2 new outfits and a backpack full of supplies. Middle school and high … Continue reading →

Local Foods Week is off to a great start! I volunteered at two fantastic events this past weekend. First was a large conglomeration of events at the Hills Market: a foodie spelling bee, the Hills farmers’ market, the grilled cheese … Continue reading →

Our crawl was a great success for our first year!  The weather cooperated, we had wonderful volunteers, and such enthusiastic crawlers! It began a little rough–we only had 5 people sign up in the first hour at Park Street Patio. … Continue reading →

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then how much is a slideshow? And if a blog is only a few hundred words, then boy, are you in for a treat! Wrapping up these last few weeks, the Down Syndrome … Continue reading →

Things are starting to resemble a finished product! I’ve been spending a majority of my energy this week focused on formatting my reports and editing content, which is a great opportunity for me to be a little creative. I look … Continue reading →

Hello all, As many of you know, I have been planning the Inaugural AIDS Walk Bar Crawl and let me tell you, the game is always changing. You make a timeline, create a budget, compose a spreadsheet full of contacts, … Continue reading →

This week there have been multiple meetings with service providers (i.e. Maryhaven and Faith Mission), the Community Shelter Board (CSB), and the City Council to address the shelter waitlist.  The average waitlist for men and women seeking shelter for July … Continue reading →

I’m happy to report that my transportation study is essentially complete. I reviewed all of the information – and my related recommendations – with the Homeless Families Foundation’s executive director on Monday. And I’ll be working to create an abbreviated … Continue reading →

The main objective of the project I was given at Local Matters was to create a document telling the story of how the Near East Side Cooperative Market came to be. At first, I thought of this document as a … Continue reading →