Sooo Whats Happenen?

In Bedford Hills we just finished a tag sale / bake sale.  We raised a few hundred dollars for our YEHA / Phoenix scholarship fund —YYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!   Next month Olga -Nim and I are working on a greeting card / postcard printing using the center’s talent for art or poetry, design – whatever any one can do in any way.  I’m using the project to raise awareness that Phoenix and YEHA are here to stay and that we have a real obligation to growing these scion communities.  

 I’ve noticed that fundraising is becoming a drag on our members as most of them are not “made of money”.  I propose to initiate some community service projects that help our members; house cleaning, yard clean up, home repair…… things that people pay for that are easy for any of us to do.  In this way we can combine healing for our members with learning and growing service projects that help lessen the stress of life and create/strengthen a community bond around our centers.

One Phoenix member mentioned a 50/50 raffle 50% of the purchase price of a ticket goes into a prize money pot and the other goes to the scholarship fund.  I’m thinking we could have a drawing every month coinciding with our friends and family healing night – CHUNJIKIUN party. 

Peace and Empowerment -matthew HlrNm