February 2010 Archive of News and Musings

Friday, February 26, 2010
Spring Thaw Bike Tour--ALL NEW IN 2010
 
We have exciting news about the Spring Thaw Bike Tour. The 2010 event will take place April 24, in partnership with the Harrisburg Bicycle Club as part of their biggest cycling event of the year.

The Club has agreed to welcome our riders to join with the hundreds of riders that take part in their event. This allows us to offer five all new routes. While our event in past years targeted more experienced riders with routes 25 miles and above, this year we have those routes as well as a 6.6 mile family friendly route. You can read detailed descriptions of the routes on the Harrisburg Bicycle Club's event site, and all the details for riding in or sponsoring the event on behalf of BHA are on our Events page.

We're looking forward to a great year...and a partnership that can help us grow our event while allowing our staff to spend less time on ride details and keep our focus on helping homeless families on their journer to greater stability and self-sufficiency.

Posted by Steve Schwartz   (2/26/2010 4:00:52 PM | link)

Friday, February 05, 2010
Haiti Fundraiser Concert
 
In my previous post I shared about the jewerly the women in BHA's program made for a fundraiser concert and craft sale held for Haiti earthquake relief. Thanks to Danielle Lucas we now have photo highlights.

Posted by Steve Schwartz   (2/5/2010 8:06:58 AM | link)

Thursday, February 04, 2010
Jewelry Making For Haiti
 
In January, volunteer Jill Osielski led BHA program participants and Bagwashi volunteers in making handmade jewelry. Jill recently spent several months in the Dominican Republic through an internship with BuildaBridge. During this time she gained experience in using the arts to teach life skills and promote hope and healing.

Jill led our group in a evening of making earrings which were then donated for a fundraiser concert, auction and craft show at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on January 31 that raised over $5,500 for Haiti earthquake relief.

We look forward to working with Jill in the future and exploring how the curriculum of BuildABridge could enchance our life skills training.

(All photos below are courtesy of Jill Osielski.)

Jill prepares the group for their jewelry making session.

Pam and Dinecia strategize their next earring design.

You have to select just the right beads.

Darlene, Brandy and Marquitta show off their designs.

The finished product.

More pictures on our Facebook page

Posted by Steve Schwartz   (2/4/2010 12:23:41 AM | link)

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