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Write a Letter to a Homeless Friend

In charity, friends, homeless, mail art, nevada, reno, volunteer on 26 March 2011 with 2 comments

Updated: Oct 2011—-From December 2010 to September 2011, I volunteered weekly at our city’s community assistance center in the shelter/tent city complex. The City of Reno Tom Vetica Resource Center offers free phones, computer access, faxing, mail service, resume help, free classes and so much more to people experiencing homelessness. The resource center makes it [...]

Happy Holidays

In family, holidays, reno on 27 December 2010 with 2 comments

I hope everyone is having a fun holiday season! Annabel has been enjoying her time at the ice rink downtown on the river, so much so that she doesn’t even need anyone to skate with! Whew! My ankles aren’t what they used to be. I sit on the sidelines and guard the shoes & hot [...]

Slackers!

In charity, crochet, holidays, homeless, reno, volunteer on 9 December 2010 with 2 comments

I’ve been pretty slack on the blog lately – holiday time is always busy, but fun! My biggest commitment right now has been making cards & collecting gifts for the Downtown Angel Tree… we have 161 kids to take care of this year, wow! It is a little bit scary when everyone likes to wait [...]

3rd Annual Warm Heads, Happy Hearts

In charity, family, homeless, nevada, reno on 22 November 2010 with 3 comments

Now that INDIE RENO is over & done (and was a raging success!! yeah!!) it is time for me to focus on my winter time projects! For the 3rd year in a row, I will be walking around downtown Reno handing out handmade hats to the homeless men, women and children in our community. I [...]