Creating a meaningful holiday through community service! Updates from the Hands On Boomer Initiative…
Our Hands On Boomer Initiative, a partner in Life by Design NW, has organized a Holiday TeamWorks. This offering is so popular that it has already filled to capacity! Our holiday volunteer team will be gathering on December 4th for an orientation to assist us in setting our intentions for a meaningful holiday of service, followed by three service projects in which we will help connect low-income families to bikes, toys and food for the nourishment of body and heart.
In early November, a team of Hands On volunteers assisted with the presentation of a successful webcast of the National Conference on Positive Aging which was broadcast from the University of Minnesota, Center for Spirituality and Healing. Eighty participants gathered at Marylhurst University to view the conference locally and engage in group discussions about how our community can support vital living and longevity. It was an inspiring event that will spawn future related events and discussions. So, stay tuned!
We also have another Books-to-Action discussion group scheduled for February 24th at the Hillsdale Library and March 1st at the Hollywood Library. We will be reading and discussing Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam. Following the book discussion, our book group will be volunteering on a related service project. If interested, please email me and I will notify you as soon as it is posted on the project calendar.
Additionally, in January we will be offering a Boomer Affinity Group to assist you in finding your direction, focus and renewed identity through civic engagement. We will be presenting transformational tools and resources to help you deepen your understanding of yourself while creating a renewed and meaningful connection to the larger scheme of things. Sign-up here for our first gathering on January 15th!
To stay up-dated on our 2009 projects check-out the volunteer opportunities on our Hands On Boomer Initiative webpage.
Karen Beal
Hands On Boomer Initiative
Program Manager
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