From winterety at sbcglobal.net Fri Feb 19 20:43:16 2010 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:43:16 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] Fwd: IRWS Newsletter - February 2010 References: <1103064913386.1102003667399.959.8.3316000D@scheduler> Message-ID: > > > > In This Issue > Drivers & Intake Staff Needed > Beans, Beans, Beans! > Feedback/Suggestions? > Host Site Schedule > Quick Links > IRWS > Grace-in-Action > Davis Community Meals > > Supporting Groups > Alpha Phi Omega > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints > Congregation Bet Haverim > DaVinci High School > Davis Community Church > Davis High School Service Club > Davis Lutheran Church > Davis United Methodist Church > Design House Furniture > First Baptist Church > First Church of Christ, Scientist > H.E.L.P. > Lutheran Church of the Incarnation > Mother and Baby Source > Our Faith Lutheran Church > Pyrtanean Honor Society > Renaissance Community Church > S.H.O.C. > Society of Friends > St. James Catholic Church > St. Martins Episcopal Church > The Belfry Campus Ministry > The Spare Changer > Yolo Thrivent Financial > Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis > Unity Center of Davis > University Covenant Church > > Drivers & Intake Staff Needed > > As the IRWS begins to draw to a close (March 13th), the Intake Staff > are in need of reinforcements. As might be expected, these > dedicated Staff (many of whom commit to numerous days each week) are > starting to tire. If you are willing and able to provide some > assistance at Intake, we would be extremely grateful. You can sign- > up online > HERE. > > Additional Evening Drivers are also needed next week, Feb. 21st - > Feb. 27th while the shelter is Our Faith Lutheran Church (1801 Oak > Ave). OFL is a smaller congregation and needs support from other > congregations/groups to ensure success of the shelter. You can sign- > up for Evening Driving HERE. > Beans, Beans, Beans! > Fresh, home-grown beans are available if you would like to use them > for a meal. We even have a volunteer (Vickie Ito, > gxito at sbcglobal.net) who has offered to cook them for a meal if you > like. > > Bean options include: > > 1. Speckled heirloom > 2. Crimson dark red kidney > 3. Canario yellow > 4. Jacob's Cattle heirloom > 5. Holstein heirloom > > Recipes are available upon request from Bill Habicht, > bill at dccpres.org. If you would like to use the beans, but aren't > sure how to prepare or cook them, please drop a line to our local > bean expert Steve Temple, srtemple at ucdavis.edu. > Have Feedback or Suggestions? > Once the shelter closes and the IRWS Core Team is able to rest a > bit, they will begin the process of planning for next season. We > made many improvements this year, but know further improvements are > certainly warranted. > > The Core Team would like invite your feedback and/or suggestions for > topics to discuss during the off season. You are the ones on the > ground and know what worked well and what didn't. Therefore, we > created a Google Document for you to post suggested topics for > discussion. Your input is greatly desired, and will enable us to > make next season even better! > > To add a possible topic for discussion, please click HERE. > > If you would like to participate in the discussions and planning > process for next season, please send an email to Bill Habicht, bill at dccpres.org > . > Host Site Schedule > Feb. 14 - Feb. 20 First Baptist Church > Feb. 21 - Feb. 27 Our Faith Lutheran Church > Feb. 28 - Mar. 6 Davis Community Church > Mar. 7 - Mar. 13 First Baptist Church > OUR MISSION: > The Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter of Davis (IRWS) is a > community based-effort enabling member congregations to provide cold- > weather shelter and hospitality on a rotating basis to persons who > are homeless in the Davis community. > Forward email > > This email was sent to winterety at sbcglobal.net by bill at dccpres.org. > Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe? > | Privacy Policy. > Email Marketing by > > Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter of Davis | 412 C Street | Davis | > CA | 95616 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: