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Submitted by amschuelke on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 18:26.
This project will be a series of events, but I don't really know when it will take effect. To explain, it needs a background story. So basically I moved into Oshkosh, WI about 8 years ago. Sheldon Nature Center has always been a great destination for the family, and it's also a very nice shortcut to Oakwood Elementary School, rather than taking Omro Road. Anyway, it's really flourished over the years; more and more plants and animals are finding refuge in Sheldon. There is a trail that winds all over the area, and a bridge to watch the pond.
Submitted by PeacePark on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 15:07.
This project is stimulated from Public Achievement which is an international, experienced-based civic education initiative that empowers young people to engage in public work. Focused on the most basic concepts of citizenship, democracy, and public work, Public Achievement draws on the talents and desires of ordinary people to build a better world and to create a different kind of politics.
The Peace Park project was generated from a group of Public Achievement students that want to improve their surrounding community by restoring the Peace Park in Lafayette Colorado.
Submitted by KIWIROCKS on Thu, 03/13/2008 - 11:06.
I am currently volunteering at a brand new community resource home titled the House of Hope. The House of Hope of Ocean County, Inc. is a non-profit, interfaith organization which assists individuals and families achieve and sustain self-sufficiency. Our program is based on the belief that everyone needs sufficient money, relationships, and meaning in their lives to thrive.
Submitted by kziarko24 on Mon, 11/05/2007 - 20:56.
As a community, we will work together to devote some time and to help clean up our environment. We will take special trips to the beach, parks, and neighborhood areas to help reduce, reuse, and recycle the products found. :)
Got any ideas? Have questions?
Contact me at kziarko24@sbcglobal.net
Submitted by gsmercedes on Tue, 10/16/2007 - 16:46.
This has been an ongoing project for 2 years now. I am a girl scout and have been working with parks and rec. to rebuild our only park in our little town. we have bought a new swing set and swings, added lots of trees, shurbs and plants. Fixed benches, added new basketball hoops and some benches, changed the sandbox out to newer sand. We are still planning to add a covered area for the picnic tables, slides, sand toys, a dog park, lighting, a new sign, parking, fixing the court asphalt.
Submitted by rsl1 on Sun, 03/25/2007 - 00:32.
I would love to take the children in our area and start a training for the obese children in our area. I know that the parents in my area can not afford or have the time to work there children out. We would like to start in the area around, our school and then hopefully grow to all around stafford, sugar land, houston.
Submitted by jacobkomar on Mon, 03/19/2007 - 10:12.
I started Computers for Communities (CFC) in 2001 when I was 9 years old. First I acquired computers that were being discarded from a local school. Then I refurbished and distributed them to individuals in my community that could not afford to have a computer at home. What a great feeling to see the smiles on those kids' faces. I felt like I was Santa Claus! Since then, I have created a non-profit organization that helps other groups do the same thing: locate discarded computers, refurbish them, and distribute them to those in need.
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:43.
In 2000, Tonya Allen won a BRICK Award for her work as Director of the Warren/Conner Development Coalition in Detroit, MI. Tonya helped provide more than $60,000 in grants to neighborhood organizations, organized 34 area churches to increase childhood immunization rates to 89%, and mobilized parents at five local schools to secure $3 million in school repairs in her Eastside Detroit neighborhood.
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 22:31.
Alex Poeter founded the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council in Chicago, IL. An East German immigrant who was raised under an oppressive dictatorship, Alex leads a grassroots organization that mobilized local residents to close down 27 drug houses, secure $40 million in local school improvements, and improve the local economy through $65 million in Community Reinvestment Act funds. Alex won a BRICK Award in 2000.
Submitted by BRICK Winner on Sat, 08/26/2006 - 21:41.
1997 BRICK Award winner Joseph Barisonzi served as an executive coordinator of the Minneapolis, MN-based Lyndale Neighborhood Association, which creates a network of services that encourage the investment of financial and social capital into the community.
