Elkhart County Works Together is celebrating this week of wonderful weather by launching an ambitious campaign aimed at generating 1000 hours of paying work for people in the ECWT Skills Bank!
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Thanks to all who helped make our first ever salsa contest a great success! There were many of you: sponsors/donors, individuals who made purchases, those who made donations, and those who volunteered time. The local community certainly came together for this event. All of us helped in raising almost $800 and all within a context in which we came together despite being at different points on the political, religious, socioeconomic, cultural, or educational spectrums.
Goshen-area residents can taste homemade salsa and cast ballots for their favorite recipe during a contest set Oct. 2 at Goshen’s First Fridays.
Garden Salsa Contest Flier
The event that will be on Washington Street in downtown Goshen, will offer $1 bags of chips for salsa testing, and then participants can place a donation in a designated bucket for the salsa they think is best.
We’re looking for volunteer help for the next 3 weeks. That’s right – a very short term project with no expectations for help beyond October 2. I’m confident that after reading this blog many of you will be excited about this short-term, high-impact event.
So, what can you do to help bring this event to fruition? First contact myself at 238-5514 or darinks@intersights.net
Each Thursday morning Elkhart County residents that are currently unemployed are invited to find support and share common interests at Networking Together.
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Despite ongoing negative economic news and financial challenges for families, personal financial stability is attainable.
Jonathan Geiser, associate professor of Business at Goshen College, will lead a workshop called “Dollars & Sense: Achieving Personal Financial Stability.”
What: Family financial stability workshop
When: Thursday, Aug. 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Where: Goshen College’s Newcomer Center, Room 17
Cost: Free
Newcomer Center is located at the south edge of the campus (1700 S Main St, Goshen), southeast of the stoplight at Westwood Road and South Main Street. Parking is available in the College Mennonite Church parking lot behind Newcomer Center.
The session will outline elements necessary for achieving stability of personal and household finances, will address financial challenges and offer common-sense solutions.
Topics include creating a game plan, household budgeting, securing your family’s safety nets, debt management, communicating with creditors, saving and wealth building.
“This session sends a message of hope — that financial stability is attainable and your could achieve it sooner than you think,” Geiser said.
Elkhart County Works Together, a grass-roots initiative based in Goshen, is helping coordinate the event.
Geiser teaches finance, strategic management and entrepreneurship and is director of business development for Goshen College’s Center for Business and Entrepreneurial Education.
Prior to joining the college in 2008, Geiser accumulated more than 20 years of experience in both large and small companies in Spain, the United Kingdom and the U.S. He held a variety of senior financial and managerial positions in industries including automotive, recreational vehicle, furniture manufacturing, executive education and financial services. He is a certified independent trainer in Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program.
Information: info@ecwt.org or call (574) 534-0903
A “Walk and Talk” session for unemployed people who want to exercise and talk with others in a free, low-key way has been set June 23.
Where: The Wellness Studio
206 S. Main St., Suite 2
Goshen, IN 46526
When: 10 a.m. June 23, 2009
“Taking care of yourself both physically and emotionally can seem like a luxury when you’re unemployed,” Detweiler said. “But regular physical exercise actually increases your energy, and allows you to focus on the important tasks you face.”
After a short introduction, Detweiler will lead the group through Goshen’s historic downtown, along the Millrace and circle back to the Wellness Studio.
To register for Walk and Talk, e-mail Detweiler at Terri@GoshenWellness.com or call Elkhart County Works Together at 534-0903.
What: A group that connects unemployed residents with community and support.
When: 8-10am on Thursday June 18, 2009
Where: Elkhart County Works Together office
206 S Main St, Suite 1 Goshen, IN
A weekly meeting will be held where Elkhart County residents that are currently unemployed can find support and share common interests.
Do you have some extra time on your hands?
Are you interested in helping the Elkhart County community?
Is the Internet one place that you call home?
If you can answer YES to these questions, there may be work for you at Elkhart County Works Together!
Please let us know if you have (or want to have) skills in one of the following areas:
Contact Ben at webadmin@ecwt.org for more details or call 574-534-0903.
Free tomato and pepper plants:
Thanks to Creekside Farms, Prairie Trail Farm and Martin Seed & Supply we have ten flats of vegetable plants have been donated to ECWT . If you know of anyone interested in growing tomatoes or peppers, please send them our way. First come, first served.
Garden space available:
There is still plenty of garden space available in a large garden on the east side of Elkhart.
For plants or garden space please contact Gwen at gardens@ecwt.org or 574-534-0903.
