Yestermorrow's spring/summer 2006 course schedule is now online and in print! The new catalog features a variety of new classes, including The Zen of Building, Creating Outdoor Spaces, The Super- Insulated Home, Architectural Modelmaking, One Sheet of Plywood, Bike Design/Build, How to GC Your Home, Energy and Resource Efficiency, Tile Your World, and Building a Rustic Trellis and Armchair. Give us a call at 802-496-5545 if you'd like to receive a copy of our print catalog, or if you'd like to register for an upcoming class!

One lucky winner in Yestermorrow's raffle will win a gift certificate for a two-night stay at The Pitcher Inn in Warren, Vermont! This luxurious prize, which includes full breakfast and afternoon tea at the inn, is valued at over $1,300. Raffle tickets are only $25 each or 5 for $100 The proceeds all go to the school, and if you do not win, you have made a tax deductible donation. The gift certificate is good until November of 2006, so you can use it during any of four seasons in wonderful Vermont.

To purchase a raffle ticket, call Kate at Yestermorrow at 802-496-5545 or email kate@yestermorrow.org. Only 200 tickets will be sold and we have less than 50 tickets remaining!

Yestermorrow is excited to announce the hire of two new part-time staff members, Planning Director Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund and Bookkeeper Carol Thompson.

Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund holds a Masters of Regional Planning from the University of Massachussets-Amherst and a BS in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont. Hollis has worked with a variety of nonprofit organizations, municipalities and neighborhood groups throughout Vermont over the past 24 years, providing land use planning, strategic planning, community development, grant writing/fundraising, and organizational development assistance. She is former board chair of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, and served on the board of Audubon Vermont. Hollis lives in Newfane, VT where she and her husband, Arne, continue to find joy and frustration in the never- ending work of their do-it-yourself home improvement hobby.

Carol Thompson has lived in the Mad River Valley for many years, and worked as the office manager of a local construction company, AW Clark Jr and Son, for 23 years. She is also an active volunteer with the MRV Habitat for Humanity chapter, and owns and manages a 4-unit apartment building in Montpelier, so she is no stranger to the building business. In her spare time she is an avid animal tracker, kayaker, and she snowshoed to work on her first day!

As part of our 25th Anniversary celebrations, we are looking to document the stories and projects of our alumni. If you have taken a Yestermorrow class, and gone on to design and/or build a house, cabinet, stained glass window, etc please email us your story and a digital photo and we will start to post them on our website! Email your story to kate@yestermorrow.org and keep an eye out on www.yestermorrow.org for a gallery of images.