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2010 Activities
(See also Picture Gallery below):
A Big " Thank You" to Those Who Helped with 2010 Heifer Volunteer Activities:
- Shelly Staat (coordinator), Monica Geocaris, Linda Nishi, Scott Roos, and Betsy Storm for presenting a Heifer exhibit at the Lincoln Square Garden Walk and Green Fair on Saturday, August 31.
- Amanda Jones and Duane and Linda Arnold for presenting a Heifer exhibit at the EnviroFest 2010 in Elkhart, IN, on Friday, July 23.
- Wendy Davis for presenting an “Ark” plaque on June 3 to the Olive/Mary Stitt elementary school in District 25 in Arlington Heights. This was the second time the children, families and teachers at the schold stepped up to the challenge and raised $5000 through the “Read to Feed” program. A great program and a great school! Wendy found the program easy to introduce with the help of the school librarian.
- Margaret, Susan, and Rich Eyre and all the volunteers and customers that made the hosta Happenings at Rich's Foxwillow Pines Nursery a great success on May 29. The Hosta Happening generated $3750, and over $6,000 was sent to Heifer International for combined hosta and perennial sales during the months of April and May. All donations will be matched for a Heifer project in Honduras. Click here for more details and photos.
- Barb Christian, Twila and Loren Habegger, Mary Hughes-Olson, and Amanda Jones for staffing a Heifer exhibit at the GR2010 - Celebrating Sustainability event in Joliet on May 22.
- Wendy Davis for giving a presentation about the work of Heifer at the St. Simon's Episcopal Church in Arlington Heights on April 25.
- Tom Amos and Beryl Bills fo providing leadership for the Quilt Auction planning meeting on April 24. Quilts on hand were displayed (See Picture Gallery below)
- Karen Fox, Barb Christian, Mary Hughes-Olson and Rosemary Larson for staffing a Heifer booth at the Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (CARE) 8th Annual Earth Day Fest in Romeoville on April 18. A main focus was sustainability, one of the Heifer Cornerstones.
- Amanda Jones and Rick Davis for staffing a Heifer booth at the Forum on Faith and Food for Chicago area seminaries held on Saturday, April 17.
- Tom Amos, Cathy Cahill, Twila & Loren Habegger, Amanda Jones, Linda Nishi, Chris Quinlan, Carol Reichel, and Ken Schroeder for staffing a Heifer booth at the Religion Communication Congress 2010 at the Downtown Marriott in Chicago on April 7-9.
- Wendy Davis for giving a presentation about the work of Heifer at the Church of the Incarnation, United Methodist, in Arlington Heights on March 24.
- Susan and Rich Eyre from Richís Foxwillow Pines Nursery for sponsoring a booth to sell hostas and conifers to benefit Heifer at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show at Navy Pier, March 6-14. The proceeds were sent to Heifer to support the Kierhe Community Based Watershed Management Project In Rwanda (ID#21-1326-01). Every dollar sent in is matched with $3.00! So we did really well with the
$4,130 of proceeds turning into $16,520.
The long list of volunteers that helped at the booth included Tom Amos, Andy & Faith Campbell, Janet Cape, Karen Fox, Mary Francoeur, Jean Gilligan/Stephanie, Loren & Twila Habegger, Joan Hanover, Donna Hurst, Amanda Jones, Lynn Kalata, Judy Krych, Lois Nicol, Linda Nishi, Carol Reichel, Lisa Rhodes, Ken Schroeder, Janet Simpson, Lynne & Marty Sobczak, Phyllis Stowe, and Chuck & Marilyn Wonderlic
- Cathy Cahill (coordinator), Christine Fisher, Loren & Twila Habegger, Amanda Jones, Linda Kuhn, Lisa Lois, Nicol Scacco, Shelly Staat, and Michelle Thoma-Culver for staffing a Heifer booth at the Family Farmed Expo at the UIC Forum in Chicago on March 13.
- Rick Davis for giving a presentation on February 11 to 40 members of the Glenview Rotary (Sunrise Club). His presentation centered on Heifer's work in urban agriculture and urban gardening. He also showed the Seeds of Hope DVD.
- Rick Davis for giving a presentation to 26 Brownies from Troop 60, Washington School, Evanston, on February 23. Rick spoke about what Heifer is doing to assist earthquake victims in Haiti. The troop is planning a fund raising event for Heifer's work in Haiti.
- Ken Schroeder for making a presentation to about 35 persons in the Immanuel Lutheran Church's Couples club in Elmhurst on Feb 21.
- Cathy Cahill for convening our Chicago Heifer volunteers for a planning meeting on February 8.
- Rick Davis for giving a presentation on February 5 to the Ravinia Elementary School in Highland Park about what Heifer is doing to assist earthquake victims in Haiti. In the following three weeks, the students (K1-5th Graders) raised $2,077.76 for Heifer doing chores and tasks around their houses as part of the school's Care-A-Thon program.
- Barb Christian for making a presentation to 150 attendees at the St. John's Luthern School in Elgin, IL, on February 3.
- Rick Davis for giving a follow-up presentation on January 19 at the Orrington School in Evanston where he spoke on December 10. A statement from the Brownie Troop:
"On behalf of Orrington Elementary School's third-grade Brownie Troop 1605 in Evanston, Illinois, I am very excited to present this check for $473 payable to Heifer International. The 25 girls in our troop worked very hard to develop, promote, and host a bake sale, and our donation reflects the total proceeds of their amazing effort. The troop has taken a vote, and would like to donate a number of animal gifts with the funds raised. Specifically: One water buffalo, one goat, two honeybee hives, and two flocks of chicks."
- Ken Schroeder for giving a presentation about Heifer to a group of 60 in the Adult Ed Hour at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lombard on January 17.
- Rick Davis for giving a presentation about Heifer to a group of 55 at the Evanston Rotary (Breakfast Club) on January 5.
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Click here to see the list of volunteers that helped with 2008 Heifer-Chicago activities and
2009 Heifer-Chicago activities.
Sorry if we missed you. Contact Loren Habegger at habegger4@comcast.net to add your 2010 volunteer activity to the list.
Updated 4/13/2010 |
