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VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

VoiceFlame is experiencing an exciting time of growth and we need volunteers to help with:

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Sharing your talents and time will be an opportunity for you to make a difference and will help VoiceFlame further its mission and vision.

VoiceFlame Events

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Ignite your
VoiceFlame in a writing workshop for women.

Lafayette, California
September 18 -
October 23
(Wednesdays
10:00 - 12:00)

Facilitator
Mary Tuchscherer
For details email:

COOK-WRITE-EAT
Workshop

Lafayette, California
October 5
10:00 - 4:00 
Ignite your creative juices and TOUCH your heart.

Join Susen and Mary in this one day workshop that will explore your authentic voice through writing and cooking.

No writing experience necessary.  Fee will cover workshop and food.  Net proceeds benefit VoiceFlame's mission and vision.

Writing Facilitator:
Mary Tuchscherer
Resident Chef:
Susen Hickman

For more information or to register contact:

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EVENTS OF INTEREST
 
Mark Your Calendar
 
Book Discussion

Led by:
Sue McCollum and Pamela Schmidt

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by:  Willaim Kamkwamba

Lovettsville, VA. Library

October 1, 2013

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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Search For Meaning
Book Festival
Seattle

February 15, 2014

Mary Tuchscherer will be making a presentation at this event.


 
 
Mary Tuchscherer, CEO
 
Sue McCollum, CEO
 
Susen Hickman, CFO
 
Julie Gardner, EC
September 2013 Newsletter
VoiceFlame Endorses
  Memoir
 
 
 
From the CEO, Mary Tuchscherer
 
On behalf of everyone at VoiceFlame, it is my honor to congratulate our dear friend and colleague, Susen Hickman on the launch of her new memoir, Be Happy:Life After Loss.
 
The first time Susen shared with me that she was writing a book she said her intention was to tell her story in a manner that people could relate to and benefit from.  She has accomplished that and so much more.
 
Whenever I visit Susen in her lovely Lafayette home, the first words I hear are always, "Sitte ned noen," a Norwegian phrase passed on by her mother that loosely means 'sit a while.'  She motions for me to settle into the comfy wing-backed chair by the fireplace and instantly, I feel welcomed and warmed by her presence.
 
I dare say that when you read Susen's memoir that same feeling of comfort and receptivity will wash over you. Susen opens her heart and invites the reader into her intimate experience of grief without ever abandoning her humility or wavering from her truth.  From beginning to end it will feel as if you are the one being held in the care of a steadfast and compassionate woman who understands what it means to be human in the face of loss.
 
The poem below, Liwonde Night was inspired by an evening safari in Malawi and is included in her memoir, along with other grace-filled poems.
   
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Liwonde Night

 

The guide cut the engine of the

safari jeep and the sounds

of the Malawi wilderness

crashed upon my ears.

 

With eyes shut I tried to record

the sounds as to never forget

the symphony that stirred me

into a kind of rapture.

 

A hundred, no a thousand

clicking crickets, frogs croaking

and buzzing-from what creature?

joining the chorus

 

Memory is not capable of exact

recollection which makes me sad,

for it was all for that moment,

that one unforgettable night of music.

 

 

 

Click on the following link to order this book:

Be Happy: Life After Loss

 

www.lulu.com

As the new school year begins - around the world - VoiceFlame continues to fulfill its commitment to support girls in Malawi in completing their secondary education. VoiceFlame will once again support scholarships for this academic year for a number of Malawian girls currently enrolled at the following Community Day Secondary schools:

Chigodi Community
Nikhoma Community
Namwera Community


If you would like to contribute a tax-deductible donation toward the mission and vision of VoiceFlame, please send your check to VoiceFlame, P.O. Box 363, Lafayette, CA. 94549
 
Sincerely,
 

Susen Hickman
VoiceFlame, Inc
Nda Ku Ona 
I See You With My Heart
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You can order VoiceFlame's Anthology here
 
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