Top of the morning to you all. 

Remember, we are meeting at Second Harvest tomorrow afternoon to help with Food Sorting from 1:00 – 4:00.  You indicated that you were coming on Facebook and if you haven’t registered with Hands on Nashville or received an email from them about the logistics, I have done so below. 

What:  Food sorting @ Second Harvest + Happy Hour at Yazoo’s Tap Room

When:  Food sorting – 1:00 to 4:00 pm, Happy Hour – 4:30 to 6:30 pm

Where:  Food sorting – 566 Mainstream Drive, Ste. 700, Nashville, TN  37228 (link to map) http://bit.ly/cggJk5

Happy Hour – 910 Division St, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 (link to map) http://bit.ly/9KJ44M

BONUS:  We’ll have t-shirts for $15 as well.  I’m picking them up today. 

I called HON to verify who has registered with them upfront and asked if it was okay if a couple extra who did not pre-register show up and they said it would be perfectly okay.  I verified that Casey & Emily Woodling, Taya Owens, and Roger Hume have registered.  So even if you didn’t register with HON, but indicated on FB that you wanted to come, please come anyway.  You’re good to go. 

If you have any questions, you can give me a call at 615.668.3728 or Meghan Markie with HON.

Meghan Markie
email: volunteer@secondharvestmidtn.org
phone: (615) 627-1570

http://www.hon.org/r.php/1222543140

Information:
The Emergency Food Box and Grocery Rescue Programs are integral to
supporting individuals and families in crisis. During the flood recovery
stage, more food is needed and additional volunteers are necessary to help
sort food at a greater inventory.

Volunteers may also donate peanut butter, tuna, and canned fruits and
vegetables for flood victims. Volunteers will typically need to be able to
lift 20-35lbs. All volunteers must wear closed toe shoes.
This project is open to volunteers age 12 and older. All volunteers under
the age of 18 are required to bring a signed Volunteer Release Form with
them to each project. Groups of people younger than 18 must be accompanied
by adult chaperones – one adult per five young people.

Please keep this email. It is the only place where you’ll find the project’s
address information.

Remember, all youth volunteers must bring a signed Volunteer Release Form to
each volunteer project. Access the waiver by pasting the following address
into your web browser,
http://www.hon.org/AboutUs/download.php/docs/hon_liability_waiver.pdf.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Dave Keiser 

Let’s help out Second Harvest from 1:00 to 4:00 and then all meet up at the new Yazoo Tap Room in the Gulch immediately afterward. Please visit http://www.hon.org/ and look on their project calendar for July 24 or visit this link and sign up. You must sign up with Hands on Nashville in order to help out. If you have questions, please give Dave Keiser a call at 615.668.3728. http://bit.ly/diGx4T

Description:

The Emergency Food Box and Grocery Rescue Programs are integral to supporting individuals and families in crisis. During the flood recovery stage, more food is needed and additional volunteers are necessary to help sort food at a greater inventory. Volunteers may also donate peanut butter, tuna, and canned fruits and vegetables for flood victims. Volunteers will typically need to be able to lift 20-35lbs. All volunteers must wear closed toe shoes.

This project is open to volunteers age 12 and older. All volunteers under the age of 18 are required to bring a signed Volunteer Release Form with them to each project. Groups of people younger than 18 must be accompanied by adult chaperones – one adult per five young people.

Impact Areas: Disaster Relief Services, Children & Youth, Homelessness/Hunger: Meal Service

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Children and Youth, Community Enrichment, Family and Women’s Services, Health and Wellness, Hunger / Homelessness

Skills: There are no skills specified for this project.

Good news and bad news.   The good news is that we sold 100 calendars, the bad news, we’re out, but don’t worry.  If you didn’t get one this year, we’ll be ordering 2011 calendars around September again.  Thank you to everyone out there who purchased one or two or three! 

Thank you,

Dave Keiser – President
TN Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Morocco 98-00

Senate Gives Final Congressional Approval to $400 Million for Peace Corps

A short while ago, the United States Senate gave final congressional approval to a package of six appropriations bills to fund many government programs for Fiscal Year 2010.  The package includes $400 million for the Peace Corps. 
 
Because of your efforts and the leadership of many Peace Corps champions on Capitol Hill, the approved funding level for Peace Corps is a significant step forward:

The $60 million increase in funding (over the previous fiscal year) represents the largest single-year dollar increase in funding in the history of Peace Corps.

The $60 million increase is higher than the combined, minimal funding increases for Peace Corps over the past seven years.

While less than the $450 million requested by the House, the approved funding is $23 million above the request made by President Obama and recommended by the Senate. 

President Obama is expected to sign the appropriations package into law shortly.