Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Kick off Starts 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon

CLC invited some hard working folks to brunch at the Lakeside Cafe in April for food and fellowship.  "Neighbor To Neighbor" is the spirit behind the work of the OMI Food Network, and its new counterpart in the Parkmerced University Park area.  Thanks to the support of Temple United Methodist Church and the San Francisco Food Bank, neighbors pack boxes of fresh and wholesome food to deliver to seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to stand in the food pantry line. Deloris McGee and Margaret Gray help organize the deliveries and more for the OMI Neighborhood and Karen Holt does the same for the Parkmerced University Park area, with help from St. Stephan's Catholic Church.  Neighbors help identify those who could benefit, and make twice monthly deliveries to a total of 78 people in those neighborhoods.  

If you would like more information about this effort, or would be interested in organizing something similar in your neighborhood, contact CLC at 821-1003

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homestead Skillshare Festival

Sat, May 26th from 10am-6pm

Hayes Valley Farm, 450 Laguna Street, SF

A festival to help educate, inspire and spread sustainable living and self-sufficiency skills. Download a Festival Flyer here.

 

Scheduled Workshops: 

Worm bins, bike powered machines, cob ovens, urban composting, urban gardening in the Bay and container gardening, co-housing and intentional communities, fruit trees, seed-saving, food preservation (wine-making, pickling, miso), disaster preparedness, herbal medicine, herb growing, teas and tincture making, bee-keeping and pollination, backyard livestock (with live chickens and ducks), insects as food, sprouting, solar ovens, mushroom cultivation, soap-making, natural dyes, candle-making, diy green cleaning, natural beauty, nonviolent communication, water catchment and more! (Habra traduccion en Espanol, limited Cantonese translation)

 

Admission: Ticketing at Eventbrite -  http://homesteadskillsharefestival.eventbrite.com/ and cash only at the door. Payment of 2 hours donation to Hayes Valley Farm through www.bace.org and/or $20 donation to the BACE Timebank. Kids are free, families welcome. Free & donation-based food onsite and benefit dinner at end of Festival. Rain or shine. No refunds.

 

Discount if you mention Community Living Campaign:  just enter CLC when you sign-up at Event-brite or say CLC at the door for a 50% discount.

Music: Alma Desnuda will be headlining and Nicco Tyson will be playing during the dinner and silent auction.

Food: Arizmendi on Valencia, PODER (SF) and Occupy SF!

Spanish Translation: PODER (SF)

 

To learn more about the Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank or to schedule a presentation about the Timebank at your organization, email Mira Luna at mira@sfbace.org.  Or come meet the folks from the Timebank (and get a free massage) at the Aging and Disability Technology Summit.

Reaching Seniors Where Seniors Are

We have been fortunate to have help for the Summit from Heidi Zuhl, a skilled Public Relations consultant who has guided our efforts to get press and media coverage for the past few months.  She  has  helped us reach out to seniors who are active in faith communities, starting with a speaking engagement at Calvary Presbyterian Church entitled "Don't Let the High Tech World Leave You Behind."   She also helped introduce the Community Living Campaign to the San Francisco Interfaith Council.  
 

We are grateful for the opportunity to speak at the Interfaith  Council's May meeting  on Thursday, May 8th at 8:00 a.m. at St. Mark's Methodist Church on Franklin Street.   If you are a member of the Council, please join us in this outreach effort.