I Spring Fundraiser Planning
The fundraiser sub-committee and CSUS students Kelly
Cassidy and Anne-Marie Jara, reported on the status of event research/planning,
which is planned tentatively for a weeknight in April. The students
report success in previous years with putting on a Casino Night to reach young
people. The event would include food and alcohol sales and offer donated
prizes.
The sub-committee is finding difficulty with settling on
a suitable location with the least cost while remaining proximal to the CSUS
campus. They have several ongoing discussions waiting for additional
information. We will know more soon.
II Musical Fun-Raiser
The musical FUN-raiser is set for Friday, March 29 from 7
pm to 9 pm at Arcade Public Library, 2443 Marconi Ave, Sacramento. John Brewer
is organizing musical friends who will invite supporters for both their
performances and for Heifer. A special page on Team Heifer has been set up to accept
online donations. III 2013 Earth Day Events
Based on previous experience with spring Earth Day events, we have identified those that most worthwhile and beneficial for our group to attend. The list of Earth Day events we plan on attending follows.
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Sacramento Earth Day – April 21, 2013 from 11 am to 4 pm at
Southside Park (volunteer spots covered)
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Sacramento City College Earth Day – TBD
- Walk on the Wild Side – May 18, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm at Beach Lake Preserve, Freeport (2 afternoon volunteer spots still open)
- Soil Born Farm Day on the Farm – May 19, 2013 from 10 am to 4 pm at American River Ranch, Rancho Cordova (volunteer spots covered)
- United Methodist Conference – June 20/21, 2013 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Sacramento Convention Center (Jill will attend)
III Progress on Team Heifer
Teresa & Cheryl report that previously identified bugs
have been worked out and donations are crediting correctly to the Sacramento
Heifer Volunteers -- $1,416.77 has been generated towards our goal of
$10,000. See the Heifer Sacramento Volunteers team page.
IV Outreach Opportunities
The Nevada County Beekeepers has requested a
“bee-specific” program from our group. JoAnn Peter and Cheryl McKinney will make
a presentation to them when the date is set. Cheryl is in the process of
researching on the topic of bees in Heifer’s work and with Jill’s help has
heard from some area directors with information. Jo Ann will speak about her
visit to a Heifer Honduras project that included bees.
A Girl Scout leader invited us to speak at this year’s World
Thinking Day (February 22, 2013). Unfortunately, wires got crossed and we didn’t make the connection to allow us to participate this year. We’ll
make a note to start contact earlier next year. She is still interest in have us
speak about Heifer and offered to have us make a presentation at a monthly
leaders’ meeting on what Heifer can offer troops. Pat Sayer-Handley will carry
forward with this lead.
V Hunger at home
Many donors and those we speak with about Heifer’s work
are interested in what Heifer is doing about hunger here at home in the community. Heifer’s only
current domestic project is Seeds of Change located in Appalachia and in
the Arkansas Delta regions. Jill described that the initiative is only in the
first year of a five-year process, even though we have been aware of the
initiative for some time.
We discussed the new film “A Place at the Table”. More information and a trailer is available throught the link.
On Friday,
March 1, Magnolia Pictures released the movie documentary on American hunger
titled "A Place at the Table" by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush.
The movie drives home several important points.
1) There is
enough healthy food for every American.
2) With the
increasing poverty in our country as a result of the ongoing recession and
other reasons, over 50 million Americans (one in four children) receive some
form of government or charitable food assistance.
3) This
generation will live sicker and die younger than their parent's
generation.
4) Cheap,
processed food is the only option for many Americans and the result is
poor diet, chronic disease (diabetes, obesity, etc.) and rising health care
costs.
5)
Faith-based groups are working hard to provide adequate food for all adults and
children, but they cannot meet all of the needs. If churches could solve the
problem, they would have done it by now.
6) This is a
question of patriotism. If another country was doing this to our kids, we would
be at war.
The movie is
available on i-Tunes, cable and satellite on-demand and in selected
theaters.
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