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Learn how to actively engage impoverished communities through arts-integrated delivery methods.
BuildaBridge Institute 2009
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Support BuildaBridge
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Donate online to support
arts education for children
and youth in emergency
and transitional housing.
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Mark Your Calendar
6 PM March 3, 2009 All Things BuildaBridge Training
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For more information about free training contact Sarah Heady
215.842.0428 x15
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Learn More
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205 West Tulpehocken Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: 215.842.0428
Fax: 215.842.2025
info@buildabridge.org
www.buildabridge.org
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| Martin Luther King Day of Service 2009
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A Germantown Journey through History
By Charlene Melhorn  Even before our volunteers arrived, a group of students gathered in the
foyer at Second Baptist Church of Germantown. The cold and snow of
January 19th couldn't keep them away |
Martin Luther King Day of Service 2009
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A True Volunteer Spectrum on a Day of Equality
By Sarah Heady  I admit to a bit of nervousness in the weeks leading up to the MLK Day
of Service. Along with Charlene, I found myself responsible for
coordinating a full day of meaningful service and reflection on Dr. King's legacy, heading up a team of almost twenty volunteers and six BuildaBridge students.
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| Sharing the Love
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Celebrating Valentine's Day at Jane Addams Place
By Anna Murphey  It was a frigid January morning, and the halls of Jane Addams Place, an
emergency family homeless shelter in West Philadelphia, were unusually
quiet. Some of the shelter's 30-some families were out visiting relatives, running errands, or just relaxing in their
rooms after a long week of work and school.
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International Opportunities
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Travel Abroad to Central America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia
 Are you a visual artist, videographer, photographer, poet, actor,
musician, dancer, or do you practice any form of art? Would you like to
use your artistic talent to help children?
The international program at BuildaBridge is very excited about all the plans we have for the year.
Last year, Artists on Call traveled to Haiti, Kenya, and Guatemala for
a week in November to use the arts to bring about hope and healing to
these communities.
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Board News
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Henry J. Holcomb Joins BuildaBridge Board
BuildaBridge is pleased to welcome Henry J. Holcomb as our newest Board
Member. Mr. Holcomb joins BuildaBridge as the former Deputy Foreign
Editor, assistant to the editor and staff writer at The Philadelphia
Inquirer and former President of the Newspaper Guild of Greater
Philadelphia.
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Development News
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The Volpe and Koenig Giving Fund Awards BuildaBridge two-year Grant
The Volpe and Koenig Giving Fund has awarded BuildaBridge a two year
grant for the Discovery Program. Discovery partners with emergency and
transitional housing sites to provide arts-integrated education in
multiple art mediums (dance, drama, visual art, music, culinary arts
and creative writing).
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Financial Experts Needed
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BuildaBridge is looking for financial experts interested in participating
on a volunteer basis in a community service training program focused on
financial literacy. The program is 6-8 weeks long and will be starting in March. If you have
expertise in homeownership, savings, bank accounts, loans and credits,
and would like to share it with underserved families living in emergency and transitional housing,
please email us at institute@buildabridge.org or 215 842 0428 x 11. The program will run in weekly two hour sessions.
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BuildaBridgeBuildaBridge
is a non-profit 501(c)(3) arts education and intervention organization
that engages the life changing power of the arts to bring hope and
healing to children, families, and communities in the tough places of
the world.
Sincerely,
Dr. J. Nathan Corbitt, President and CEO
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