Upcoming Community Events
18 November 2005
Good Morning,
Mercy! There is a lot to reflect upon this week:
- The Ethics Training is set for 16 Dec 05 at a cost of $25 for 5 hours & will be held here in Boone. We only have room for 25 people—1st come, 1st served—finding another room may really be necessary. Drop anl email for more information.
- World AIDS Day is 01 Dec 05 (Thursday this year) & The Mountain AIDS Support Endowment is working with community members in hosting a reception at the Turchin Center . Please join us at 700p for a meet & greet displaying this beautiful 4 panel mural.
Artist Shelly Hehenberger directed the completion of the project. Shelly lives in Boone & earns a living illustrating children’s books. There is quite a list available through a google.
- Blazing Saddles newsletter is almost finished—seems that creating a PDF of a WordPerfect document is not as straightforward & easy as I anticipated. Yet, it won’t be long now.
Looks like we will soon have carabineers & nalgene water bottles for sale.
- A complaint about a housing complex was passed along to me from some case managers re: discriminatory attitudes of a manager. It was disturbing. I did find someone with the correct contact person should one of the case managers wish to follow through with a formal complaint.
- Took part in the 1st service definition specific “endorsement” of a provider by the New River provider relations monitoring task force. It went smoothly because the provider had all the appropriate policies handy. What I’ve learned is that a provider is a sub-contractor & ultimately is an “employee”—to use the word loosely—of the state of NC. Provider Relations has the job of checking behind everyone to make sure that the notes & work is correct & quality & does not violate any laws. It is surprising to me the amount of time this team takes to insure consumers receive quality services.
- Met today with a photography instructor from Appalachian State University who has a class on Documentary Photography & wants his students to get experience while supporting mission-driven organizations. Gives them a taste of a wider world.
- Of course, most of my time was devoted to Serenity Farm and the drop-in lunch on Tues (22 Nov 05). A small steering committee will entertain community members about the needs of the program. Following that lunch, there will be a workshop session to define the outline of the plan. Getting too tired to write much more. I’ll fill in on the results of the meeting on Tuesday.
rmcox
