Thanks!

Laura Christianson

Beneficiaries include: the annual clothing sale in September for Greylock A Better Chance; the Williamstown Food Pantry; the Rural Literacy Project; educational projects in local schools; and the First Congregational Church’s fall rummage sale.

“Give It Up” is co-sponsored by the Zilka Center for Environmental Initiatives; the Center for Community Engagement and the Chaplains’ Office; the Lehman Council; and Williams College Facilities.

One more time: please don’t take donated items from the pods! Most will be on sale soon at bargain prices that will benefit many good causes! For more information, contact Rick Spalding (ext. 2483) or Stephanie Boyd (ext. 4462).

May is ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER(AAPI) HERITAGE MONTH— Dynamic high school-age local, immigrant and exchange students come together sharing their multicultural backgrounds along with preparing and serving their favorite traditional dishes. Many students will contribute for this celebration.

Centerpiece Presentations and Multicultural Samplings: Alexander Pitman, A Great Barrington Waldorf High School Student of FIlipino descent and Deal Umanetr, a PAX exchange student from Thailand.

We will also sample dishes from PAX exchange student, Ramiz Shaikh and GBWHS student, Teruko Kushi.

Edible Art: try Candy sushi by Great Barrington Waldorf HIgh School Students

Come ready for excellent samplings of authentic dishes and a journey with these youth through their own personal heritage stories.

If you are a student attending a local high school or college and would like to participate in cooking/presenting or the production of this event, contact BRIDGE asap! Also we are calling high school artists and performers interested in sharing a heritage piece! Contact BRIDGE by May 8th, 2009.

Details:

RSVP asap to attend the event with number of guests you are bringing…we need your reservation no later than May 21st to prepare the right amount of food. Email BRIDGE at multiculturalbridge@gmail.com and mail check to 195 Main Street Suite 3, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Special discounted cost is $15/adult, $10/student, & parents pay the age of their children up to age 15 when reserving by May 21st. … (after May 21st and at the door cost is $20/adult and students pay $15.)

Paz, abrazos y sonrisas,

Gwendolyn

Just by committing for 2 hours, you will be helping a lot of people CHAWAKUA reaches out to. The sign-up slots are as follows and I need 3-4 students per shift: 
10:00 am – Noon 
11:00 am – 1 pm 
Noon – 2 pm 

I got to know CHAWAKUA this Winter Study when I went to Tanzania with a Williams class. Toni Kraeva, Monel Chang, and I on a collaborative video project with the staff members of the organization. They do great things like providing 
microfinance to HIV positive women and men, supporting the education of vulnerable youth, and organizing educational talks about sex and HIV. You can take a look at this 10-minute video (which I contributed to) to learn more about 
it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3SII_OvRR4 

But unfortunately, the organization is underfunded right now and we hope that this donation will provide some relief. 

If you’d like to help out, please e-mail me at ba1@williams.edu with the time slots in order of preference.   

Thanks, 

Burge

A food service organization that has experienced great expansion this year, WRAPS is now looking for volunteers for the summer. We collect unserved food from dining halls and make delivery to the needy. Simple and easy, WRAPS makes a great difference to our community!

SIGN UP TO HELP BY CLICKING HERE.