Cohousing-L Mailing List: Corvallis CoHo - article on fundraising for disabled unit

[Tree Bressen (tree]

Hi folks,

I thought others might enjoy checking out this article, about how Corvallis 
Cohousing is raising money for a unit in their community to be home for a 
disabled member. What a wonderful group!

Cheers,

--Tree


> From: "Juva" <juva [at] comcast.net>
>
> This is what I have been doing the last few months.  The article says we 
> have raised $54,000 because that is what is in the bank but we have a 
> commitment for closer to $100,000 from the CoHo members alone!  And we 
> just started the fundraising! We knew we were going to get an article in 
> the paper but we are the front page! Mike is really a great asset to 
> CoHo.  It became clear to us that most people look and see why he would be 
> better off in CoHo but most don?t understand the benefit to us.  Just one 
> example is all the kids are comfortable with a big electric chair now?the 
> toddlers see a chair and say ?Mike?.  So we realized that not only is this 
> home needed in CoHo but other communities.. so the project has grown?. Go 
> to for more info go to the link for our web page.
>
>
> <http://ahomeincommunity.org/>http://ahomeincommunity.org
>
> We are the whole front page ? except for the headlines which are heart 
> breaking today.
>
>
> <http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/04/17/news/community/6aaa01_coho.txt>http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/04/17/news/community/6aaa01_coho.txt 
>
>
>
> Juva
> Ah, Community - check it out!
> cohousing-corvallis.com
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