Warning:
interaction with this group may cause you to get
up, get going and do something REAL.
EDUCATE – INNOVATE – PARTICIPATE
Organized to encourage and balance thought, creativity
and action through hands on projects synergizing and recognizing our broader
value to society and our world. …….Dedicated to do
good works…...
What can students do to help our planet? GET REAL!!!
gEtReal
January/10: Thanks to Teri and friends who donated New Books for our summer GET REAL'10 Bazaar!
September 27, 2009: Harvest luncheon...celebrating our first Mission Garden with a Pasta meal. Organized by the GET REAL FOUNDATION in conjunction with the Bedford Presbyterian Church .
August 15 / 16 : Barn sale-09 : Bedford, NH...was awesome!!! We covered over an acre of property with goods which helped to raise funds and distribute goods for charity. Special thanks to Sheri Wilding-White, Families in Transition, Harvest Market, Sunlite Realty-Pelham, Prestige Auto Body and all the volunteers who made this GET REAL event ... a happening ! Although we will be collecting goods year-round...We will be moving our location for next year's event...check back for details.
September /09... will be a major pick day to prep our sauce for the luncheon...call to join us...472-5923
August/2009: We are ready to harvest. Join us for picking (usually Saturday AM)...call to set up community pick time.
We will sell on Sunday/after church service at coffee hour...(10:30 AM) Funds raised will be dedicated to the hungry.
July / 2009...Saturday (9-3)...Our Mission Garden was one of the stops on the Bedford Women's Club Garden Tour.
May/June 2009: We have a tomato "Mission Garden" to help " GET REAL HUNGER ELIMINATED" !!!
Our Mission Garden is about offering seeds of encouragement and hope...for everybody.
It's about community...as we can all help out and join the project.
It's about outreach as we extend ourselves, seeing growth from seed to harvest.
April/2009: We're building community energy on our initiatives...Now we are taking our Yogurt connection a little further to start collecting yogurt containers (as an ongoing project)...cup or 16 oz...if you have a group of cleaned containers you'd like us to put back into use through the recycling process contact us for the drop zones.
February/2009: Save your flip-top rings off your soda cans. We're collecting...bring them every time we meet!
December/2008: Thank you for your help collecting Stonyfield labels...The award for the playground grant went to a Maine group.
October/2008: We would like to thank the community for their support of our BARN SALE BLASTOFF in Bedford over Columbus Day Weekend. Special thanks to Sheri Wilding-White, Harvest Market, Sunlite Realty-Pelham, Prestige Auto Body, Brenda Godin, Jane Beaulieu of Logo Loc, the Koeppl and Bailey families and the numerous friends and members for making it happen. Through innovation, education and participation, we hope to encourage works for environmental and humanitarian causes, working towards a healthier planet.
October/2008: Vanessa Rodanas, co-founder of the organization with her brother Rex, presented a Thousand Dollar Honorarium to Families in Transition, a leading southern N.H. charity, at their sold out Annual Fashion Show on October 2. The honorarium recognizes the GET REAL students' dedication to reduce hunger and poverty in the local community.
For more information,to join in on a project, or to become a member... contact Vanessa Rodanas ...
e-mail: getrealfoundation@comcast.net
or leave a message @ 603-472-5923
