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{roots} at university volunteer fair

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:35:35 +0000

Don’t miss your chance to visit the {reclaiming roots} table at the University of Iowa’s Volunteer Fair on September 2! We will be in the Iowa Memorial Union from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Not only will we have all sorts of information on upcoming projects and what we’re all about, but we’ll be raffling off some pretty sweet re-purposed swag.

Our good friend Nicki from foundbynicki.etsy.com has made a wallet and a pouch from repurposed leather coats to be taken home to two lucky volunteers! Thanks so much, Nicki!

Stay tuned for more news. We’ve got an event in the works.

we’re back

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:47:27 +0000

. . . and this time we’re not kidding around.

We can now be found on the Facebooks and followed on Twitter too.

Project.3 – Final Details

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:16:42 +0000

The weather man says that tomorrow will be a great day to spend a few hours working (ahem, we’re thinking positive!) With that, here are a few final details for tomorrow’s {reclaiming roots} project on the project.3 Big White House. Weather: There is a chance for rain, but the project will be going rain or shine! The coffee and pastry break just may go a little longer that scheduled… Clothes: We would recommend wearing pants, it should be cool enough in the a.m. and it will make working in the brush easier. Bring a long sleeved shirt along as well. Tools: Whatever you signed up to bring, mark with your name in permanent marker. As much as we love getting new tools, we’d rather you leave with everything you came with!Parking: We’ll have signs to help direct you from each direction on 12th Avenue in Coralville. Food: Remember that if you’re working the morning shift OR the afternoon shift - lunch is provided for both! Grilled burgers and brats… Sign-Up: If you plan to come, please sign-up at www.reclaimingroots.org as it helps us plan more efficiently. If you’ve signed up and can’t make it – drop me an email. If you have any other concerns or need to contact the project Saturday morning, call Stan at 530.4076. Have a great day,{roots} crew

Urgent Help Needed

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:02:22 +0000

If you want to know where you can chip in this weekend, there are certainly places that need urgent help right now. Iowa City is already setting up a Volunteer Coordination Center. We as {reclaiming roots} have been asked to form a core volunteer group to be sent out to critical areas to help. Iowa City is providing busses to transfer any and all volunteers – let’s do our part to help pack them full!

Plan
1. Meet:
a. The primary plan is to still meet at the Laverman’s house (24 Highland Drive, IC), at 8.30am (NOTE, THIS IS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED). Stan’s cell is 530-4076.
b. The secondary plan: Officials are asking that residents be prudent in their traveling around the city. IF east side residents cannot cross the river tomorrow, or shouldn’t cross – then east side residents will meet at Regina School (2150 Rochester Avenue, IC) at 8.30am. I will be on the east side, and my cell is 331-7860. West side residents will still meet at the Lavermans. Both locations will have a bus to transfer volunteers.
2. Childcare:
If you need childcare, it will still be provided at the Laverman house until noon.

3. Coffee/Pastries:
We’ll try! If we have the “secondary plan” – no promises!

Please call with questions – and sign-up on the website so we know to wait for you…. www.reclaimingroots.org. We’ll try to check email as well, but internet access has been intermittent.

Please help out somewhere that needs urgent assistance, and ask your friends to do the same! Every hour of help counts.

Be safe,
Luke

Project.3 Update – Flood Relief

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:38:25 +0000

As you know, there is an urgent need in our community for volunteers to help sandbag and support areas that are already flooding and areas in which flooding is imminent. The water level is not expected to peak until early next week, so we have decided to change the focus of our {reclaiming roots} project this weekend to help with those efforts. We are rescheduling project.3 BigWhiteHouse for Saturday, July 12. So, please change this date, and re-check your calendar!

As for this weekend, here’s the new very loose and impromptu plan:

WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, June 14, 8.30 a.m….meet at Stan & Melanie Laverman’s house (24 Highland Drive, Iowa City)
WHAT: Indulge in pastries and coffee
THEN WHAT?!: Carpool and head out to help sandbag/whatever work is necessary. We’ll work until noon (or later if you choose!). Childcare will be provided at the Laverman house until noon.
GOAL: We’ll still come together for the cause of others, and have a good time doing it!
TOOLS: Gloves, shovels, waterproof boots?
SIGN UP: If you want fresh-roasted coffee and freshly baked pastries, we need to know you’re coming, so please sign up by clicking here. (If you have already signed up, we will plan on you–so please let us know if you can’t make it.)

If you decide to go pitch in someplace by yourself, that’s great! If you want to work with your {roots} friends, then c’mon over. We also know that many of you have been sandbagging all week and may need this day to be with your family…that’s great, too. Regardless, thank you for helping your neighbors…this week, and as the flooding continues.

Stay tuned to this site for any future changes – we’ll post anything else by Friday evening.

Project.3 Sponsors

admin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:35:39 +0000

Just wanted to share our sponsors with you all. As of this weekend these are the businesses/organizations that are in support of Project.3, BigWhiteHouse:

Cafe Del Sol Roasting
Infinity Skin Care & Spa
Genesis Church
Hy-Vee

So feel free to give them a visit if anything to say thanks. Their support is vital to the {reclaiming roots} projects.

{reclaiming roots} wins a 2007 radish award!

admin — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:38:29 +0000

Thanks to all of our volunteers and hard work, {reclaiming roots} has won a 2007 Radish Award from Radish Magazine. Please either check out the article here or pick up the newest print of Radish Magazine.

Thank you to all our sponsors and volunteers for your support. We hope you will continue to join us in reclaiming building our communities!

Project.1 – Update

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:25:11 +0000

It’s been almost one month since we launched {reclaiming roots} and we are very happy with the response so far. Many people are asking questions about who we are and what we are about. It’s great to be able to see people jive with our vision for community.

We wanted to give everyone an update on how things are lining up for Project.1 at Roosevelt Ravine. First, we want to thank all of you who have signed up to volunteer so far. We are currently aiming at 50 and so far we have 19. We are very happy about that. If you are interested in registering for this event em-link[1:click here]. We need all the help we can get!

Second, we want to celebrate sponsors that have joined us so far: House of Aromas Coffeehouse, Café del Sol Roasting, Hy-Vee, and Johnson County Refuse. We will hopefully have a few more coming on board in the next few days so keep checking our Project Sponsors page for updates on local support (If you are interested in sponsoring a part of this project, please email Luke at luke@reclaimingroots.org).

If this is your first time to the site, we encourage you to scroll down to read what has been going on and what we have planned for this project.

Last night we did another walk through the ravine to talk through some of our plans. There is plenty of work to be done on the trail and around the path. Here are a few pictures of our walk through:

To see a few more photos, click here.

em-link[1:Click here to go to our registration page!]