Re: Coho Contributions to Society | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholsonmaroon.tc.umn.edu) | |
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 05:09:24 -0500 |
Jeff Hobson JHOBBIT [at] GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU is the author of the message below but due to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred). **************** FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS ********************* Mike: Here's another example, about N Street Cohousing in Davis: While I lived at N Street I was also involved in a homeless shelter in town. I often called on N Street members to help the homeless shelter. Examples include: - borrowing a truck to move supplies for a rehab - several community members donated time for the rehab - laying carpet, painting, etc. - when the shelter had an auction, one member who is a rafting guide offered to auction a raft trip if someone else would pay the expenses. $120 in donations from individual community members paid the expenses for the trip which brought in $350 or so at the auction. - when the shelter was moving into a permanent location, the owner of the nearby child care center objected. One of her employees lived in N Street, and the community member was one of several staff members who publicly supported the homeless shelter. N Street didn't make these things happen. Several of them would have happened without the existence of the community, but probably not all. They were all *easier* because of the community. There are several others vis-a-vis N Street, but those are the ones I can remember right now. Kevin Wolf could, I am sure, provide a more historical list. peas, Jeff Hobson ex-N Streeter now at:
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Coho Contributions to Society Dan Suchman, August 27 1995
- Re: Coho Contributions to Society Paul Zelizer, August 27 1995
- RE: Coho Contributions to Society Rob Sandelin (Exchange), August 28 1995
- Re: Coho Contributions to Society Fred H Olson WB0YQM, August 31 1995
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