December 2007

Volume 4, Issue 2

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"Center" Board and Staff Complete Training Program, Set Strategic Directions

In October, the Center was one of six non-profits in the area to complete the Initiative Foundation's Healthy Organizations Partnership (HOP) Program.
Annual Conference Shatters Record, Gets High Praise, and Prompts Action

On a bright October morning, they came--from Saint Cloud area schols, from the Twin Cities, and from all over the state--as far north as Pequot Lakes, as far west as Willmar, as far south as Winona, and as far east as Hudson, WI.
The Personal Impact of Being a "Planning Committee Member"

The conference planning committee members are central participants in all major decisions involved in its design, key promoters of the conference, significant contributors to the tasks of the day itself, and important advocates for follow-up projects.
Youth Voices Call For, Help to Establish, a Welcoming Center

I tutored three Somali girls in math. Through this experience and friendship, I began learning not only about the Somali culture and Muslim faith, but also the tension between native and newcomer.
Habitat Joins List of "Culturing Compassion" Retreat Partners

Because of Habitat's age-guidelines about who can work on their building sites, the hands-on experience occurs off-site. Students construct bird-houses, which are then placed in the yards of Habitat homes and their environs.
Center's Partnership with District 742 Continues to Grow

In 2006-7, the Saint Cloud public schools received a Learn-and-Serve America grant--to incrase the number of teachers trained in service-learning, and to further embed service-learning in the district's curriculum.
Partnership with Homeless Concerns Group expand to DVD Project

The Saint Cloud Area Homeless Concerns Group, working with Jim McAlister of Tell-A-Vision Productions (Saint Joseph), and funded by two grants, is now working to create a DVD.