{reclaiming roots} » grant wood http://reclaimingroots.org restoring the beauty that is our community. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:31:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 See you at Grant Wood! http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/10/24/see-you-at-grant-wood/ http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/10/24/see-you-at-grant-wood/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:48:50 +0000 luke http://reclaimingroots.org/?p=136 At 6.45am, the rain forecast is about as good as we could have hoped! It does looks like it could be chilly, so dress warm. See you at 9!

]]> http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/10/24/see-you-at-grant-wood/feed/ 0 Grant Wood Neighborhood event this weekend! http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/10/22/grant-wood-neighborhood-event-this-weekend/ http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/10/22/grant-wood-neighborhood-event-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:22:37 +0000 luke http://reclaimingroots.org/?p=129 We’re looking forward to this weekend’s event! If you haven’t signed up but you’re planning to make it Saturday, pleaseregister here so we can plan accordingly! AND, if you’ve signed up, we’re planning on you so please email us at info@reclaimingroots.org if you can’t make it – we’ll be able to plan likewise!

To recap, and add LOTS of new details:

Where: Grant Wood Elementary School, Iowa City (1930 Lakeside Dr, Iowa City)

When: Saturday, October 24 from 9am-12pm

What:

  1.  helping with a variety of winterization & clean-up tasks around the neighborhood.

  2. canvassing for a coalition seeking answers on changes in the neighborhood (if you’re looking for a day of hearing stories and listening to life through somebody else – this will be for you! the canvassing will be the heart of helping the big picture in this neighborhood)

  3.  oh, and meeting lots of new people!

Eats: coffee and pastries served before, lunch served at noon!

Tools: we’ve been asked what is helpful? rakes, rakes, rakes! if you’ve offered (via the registration) to bring other tools, we’re planning on them. ***Please put your name on whatever tools you bring!*** and we’ll bring more specific tools as well.

What to Wear: whatever you need to stay warm and dry, it could be muddy/wet in places. bring gloves! If you’d like to help canvassing on this day, wear comfortable walking shoes.

Weather: our weather channel friends say cool, and a chance of rain. If it’s seriously raining………. check the website www.reclaimingroots.org , Facebook, or Twitter, before coming. We’ll put a status up so you can plan accordingly. However, not much outside work can happen in a downpour, so you may end up enjoying coffee as the most strenous activity to your Sat.

FACEBOOK and TWITTER: many of you may not know that we can be found on both. Please join us, and you’ll get more regular updates on what’s going on before projects!

Sponsors: Thank you to the generous help of local businesses, churches, and individuals! If you’re interested in helping financially as well, please email luke@reclaimingroots.org. And please thank those who are helping make this event happen!

Other questions? Please email info@reclaimingroots.org. If you’d like to have volunteers help you this weekend, please call Stan at 530.4076.

Thanks again for your interest and support! Hope to see you Saturday, have a great weekend!

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Last fall, we coordinated a neighborhood clean-up day in the Wetherby Neighborhoods.  This fall a similar day is being planned for another Iowa City neighborhood, and the date is October 24, 2009.  We will be bringing together communites with fall yard clean-up, trash pick-up, and hazardous waste removal.

We hope that again this year, neighborhoods from all over the greater-Iowa City area will reach out to help this community.

Come and witness what we can accomplish when we come together for others.

Stay tuned here at reclaimingroots.org for updates as the date gets closer.  Click here to register.

]]> http://reclaimingroots.org/2009/09/02/project-6-grant-wood-neighborhood-clean-up/feed/ 1 Grant Wood community… THANK YOU! http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/11/08/grant-wood-community-thank-you/ http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/11/08/grant-wood-community-thank-you/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2007 06:41:44 +0000 luke http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/11/08/grant-wood-community-thank-you/ THANK YOU! We appreciate every person who came together a couple of weekends ago, for the cause of helping the Grant Wood community. We hoped that this day would help form and deepen relationships between neighbors…. whether you’re a Grant Wood neighbor, or a neighbor from another part of the community – we’re all better off when “community happens”! We hope that these relationships continue, and we hope that a culture of “reclaiming roots” and helping others continues to grow… every day, not just on project days!

In total, 31 families were helped by 61 volunteers. 20 houses used the Hazardous Waste Trailer. Awesome! Thank you for your support.

Many thanks as well to every group who supported this day by helping plan, facilitate, or with financial support:

Grant Wood Neighborhood Association and Christine Harms
City of Iowa City Housing Authority
City of Iowa City Solid Waste Dept
Iowa Association of Realtors
MidAmerican Energy
Iowa Utilities Board
University of Iowa students and faculty
Infinity skin care and spa
Cafe del Sol Coffee Roasting
HyVee


We would also like to hear ANY feedback on how future events could be run more smoothly. We had a few snags in communication during the project, but hopefully the greater good was still accomplished. So, please pass back any thoughts, feedback, or general feelings of the overall day!

You can also check out pictures from the day!

We also hope you’ll be interested in supporting other areas of the community in the future, and continue to come together for the cause of others. We’ll keep you posted on next year’s events!

]]> http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/11/08/grant-wood-community-thank-you/feed/ 0 Grant Wood Neighborhood – now Morning only! http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/10/17/grant-wood-neighborhood-morning-only/ http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/10/17/grant-wood-neighborhood-morning-only/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:36:39 +0000 admin http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/10/17/grant-wood-neighborhood-morning-only/ There has been 1 change to the weekend project: we are canceling the afternoon shift. Nearly all of the volunteers and Grant Wood neighbors preferred the morning, so we’re going to channel our energy and efforts into the 9am-12pm shift.

Meet at the Grant Wood Elementary School:
1930 Lakeside Drive, Iowa City
(Directions: from Hwy 6, go south on Sycamore Street, then left (east) on Lakeside Drive)

Schedule – Rain or Shine!
8.30 sign-in
9-12 work, play, and help others!
12 lunch provided for the volunteers and homeowners

Please remember to bring your lawn tools, dress accordingly for outside work and likely moderate weather (will it rain?! Lets hope not!), and bring any friends! If you’re a neighbor in the Grant Wood neighborhood, please email stan@reclaimingroots.org to sign up your house. If you’re a volunteer that needs to sign-up, please hit the “project.2″ on the side bar. Then follow registration links to the “morning” link and do so there. See you Saturday!

]]> http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/10/17/grant-wood-neighborhood-morning-only/feed/ 0 Grant Wood Registration is OPEN! http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/09/22/grant-wood-registration-is-open/ http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/09/22/grant-wood-registration-is-open/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:18:15 +0000 admin http://reclaimingroots.org/2007/09/22/grant-wood-registration-is-open/ The registration for the Grant Wood Community Project is now open. We will now have only a morning crew, separated into many teams, so we can blanket this community.

em-link[4:Click here to register for the morning.]

em-link[5:Click here to register for the afternoon.]

Please stay tuned to the website for more project details as they unfold. Things are really starting to roll on this project!

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