What’s that smell? It’s vision brewing!!!
Our community meeting tonight was fantastic. Thank you everyone who participated in discussion and helped to refine our focus and mission for the next couple of months. Thank you also to our gracious host, Gold River Carpets & Floors, for opening up their business as a meeting place.
A Focus on Shoes: We have decided to focus on supporting a shoe drive for local homeless students. The District Liaison for Homeless Services has let us know that new shoes are a very relevant need for students, and so it makes sense for us to be a part of something like this. The shoe drive will take place in December 2009 and we will be communicating very soon about the details of how everything will work as well as some exciting and creative opportunities for community involvement. Our goal will be to raise $1,500, which in effect will provide 100 pairs of shoes for local homeless students. Does this sound good to you?
The Boutique Idea: We had previously kicked around the idea of doing a shopping boutique for students on the same day of the shoe drive, but after conversation with the District Liaison for Homeless Services and several core Project 680 members, we thought it best to focus exclusively on shoes. A shoe drive is something we are excited about, and to be honest, it’s a bit of a relief to not be taking on a boutique also since that would have been a huge undertaking to effectively pull off. Let’s not burn out or overcommit, okay!!!
Biking for Shoes: One more exciting announcement is that we will be putting together a community bike ride at some point in the next two months (before Thanksgiving). We will ask each rider (or household) to donate $5.00 or get sponsored to ride. This will be a very fun and creative way to raise funds for shoes for homeless kids. This event will be a minimal ride in terms of mileage and will take place somewhere along the American River trails most likely (it’ll be safe being off the streets). This will be a very family-friendly event and all ages will be encouraged to participate.
Ideas are flowing, so keep checking back to see how things evolve. Our hope is to see many residents, organizations, churches and businesses find creative ways to participate in the upcoming shoe drive. We are looking for a large amount of people to team up together in this very practical cause. We encourage you to consider how your talents, passions and abilities could fit in to the shoe drive.
May we find ways to be intentional about blessing local homeless students. May we be creative in coming months. May we have a whole lot of fun as we do what we do.
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