Announcements
Circles® 2012 Program Schedule
1st Thurday: Circles® Meetings (Effective June 2012)
2nd Thursday: Circles® Support Night
3rd Thursday: Resources and Case Studies
4th Thursday: Big View*
*You’re encouraged to bring guests and potential program participants on these nights.
R.S.V.P. 747-7158 or email team@teamworkql.org
MOM’s scholarships are now available. See Dorica for more information.
Harvest Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Friday 5-7 Knights of Columbus $7 for adults and $4 for children.
If you would like to help with the Community Garden this year, let Kellie know!!
We still have some Circles® t-shirts available. They are $7 each. Please see Angelic if you would like one.
Also, our spring practicum student, Kaitlyn Meeks, created a directory that includes the names and most of the faces of all individuals involved in our Circles Community. The directory can be viewed at her presentation on April 26th at 5:45pm before dinner. You can also find and purchase the directory at the following location: http://issuu.com/kaitlynmeeks/docs/circles_directory_
Post-Awareness Events lead to Action Planning
In partnership with the Muncie Action Plan Steering Committee, TEAMwork and the other Poverty Awareness Week Leadership Partners will host a “Moving to Action” meeting to create a plan for solving issues facing people in poverty. The session, open to the public, will be Wednesday evening, April 11, from 6:30-8 at the Innovation Connector, 1208 W. White River Boulevard, Muncie.
Some of these issues were identified in the Delaware County Poverty Awareness Week activities attended by 776 local residents last month. Consensus from those attending the 30 events hosted during a nine-day period was that the Delaware County community should move on to developing an action plan to address at least some of the problems that were showcased.
“Ranging from employer difficulties in retaining low-income employees to problems parents living in poverty have in funding their children’s participation in extracurricular school activities, the issues are complex,” said Molly Flodder, executive director of TEAMwork for Quality Living, the project manager of the awareness week activities. “This session will give us an opportunity to list, prioritize and zero in on what we can do as a community to augment the hard work our local service agencies are already doing.”
Local business consultant Brian “B.J” McKay, in his role as executive director of The Leadership Board, will lead the strategic planning session. There will also be opportunities for people to sign up to volunteer for local organizations serving people living in poverty.
Because of limited space, reservations are required and may be made to 747-7158 or americorps@teamworkql.org
Thaddeus Rex: Circles speaker
Thaddeus Rex, national recognized writer, educator and motivational speaker and creator of “Read Like a Rock Star”, will be the speaker at the Circles Dinner on Thursday, April 12, from 6-8 p.m. in the Lower Auditorium. Rex learned about the Circles movement and is coming gratis to speak to Circles families who are working their way out of poverty and the Allies who support them. The community is invited to attend. Dinner is included for a freewill donation.
Please RSVP to americorps@teamworql.org or to 747-7158.
