Hi everyone,

I'll be participating in this years Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Bangor. My boyfriend Tom and will be supporting my aunt who is a breast cancer survivor!!!!! Wooohoooo!

Please help us support this cause by making a donation using the link below. If you're in the area in the 15th come and join us!

Thanks so much,
Bri



http://maine.info-komen.org/site/TR/RacefortheCure/BAN_MaineAffiliate?px=14746320&pg=personal&fr_id=3499

It's been a busy couple of weeks as the summer starts to leave us. The cold air is already blowing in. I've been trying to spend my time scooping out the job scene and I've been applying to things that interest me. I've also been trying to find interested people two help me with fundraising to help complete the grade school in Zambia and to partner with the Green Living Movement. 

I thought my best bet was to contact the University of Maine's Climate Change Institute but they said they are not able to extend their reach right now. So.......it's back to the drawing board. I was really hoping Maine would be a pioneer for this project but I guess my next move is to look outside the state. I've also contacted a local group called the Maine Network of Community Food Councils to see how I can get involved with issues of food stability on a local level. 


I've also sent a few messages out to my former university. I'm asking the University of Maine at Augusta for help in raising the needed funds to complete a community school in Zambia. I think a lot about the kids who are not going to school day after day because of various hardships such as their parents ability to pay school fees, gender inequality, and the 10 mile distance to get to the next nearest school. That's why this school is so important. I've asked for students to get involved. I'm hoping we can hold fundraisers during games or have an art auction. I really hope I hear back from them. I'm also planning to contact area businesses to donate or to allow me to fund-raise outside their stores.  
I'll keep you posted on my progress and please send me good thoughts for my job hunt :)
Bri