From Katie:

Hi Everyone,
Hope you are having a lovely Sunday in the sun! Tomorrow night at 6pm SynerGeo is having its Potluck community dinner for the month of June. It is the second Monday of the month because the usual 3rd monday of the month we will all be in Comer,GA on a volunteer trip. So we hope you join us tomorrow night(Monday June 8th) at 6pm to enjoy some dinner nad conversation! We will be available to talk about our summer camps we have this summer if you or anyone you know is interested!! And you never know, maybe some 4 square will pick up again outside our building.

If you aren’t aware of SynerGeo, it is on the corner of S. Laurel and Albemarle street! It’s a small non profit that reaches out to the community in different ways such as after school art and music programs for kids and these community dinners! www.synergeo.org for a lot more info.

Hope to see you tomorrow,
Katie Cowles and the rest of the SynerGeo staff

“In celebration of being our new neighbor the Chipotle on Laurel and Grace is having a $5 Burrito night for the Byrd House market and Grace Arents Community Garden. Show up at the new Chipotle at Grace and Laurel and for $5 you get a great burrito, chips and a fountain drink and all the money will go to the fabulous market and garden programs at William Byrd Community House.”

I am particularly interested in seeing how the new Chipolte lives us to the chain’s promise to use more locally grown produce.

There will be a memorial ceremony in Hollywood Cemetery for Jefferson Davis on Saturday at 10 am. There will be cannonfire as part of the ceremony.

From press release:

The American Red Cross, Greater Richmond Chapter is offering free
CPR/AED classes to the unemployed in the Greater Richmond area.
Interested people can register by calling 343-2088 during the week of
June 1-7, National CPR/AED Awareness Week. The training can be conducted
on-line followed by a one-on-one two hour session with a Red Cross
instructor.

“The Red Cross helps during all types of crisis and being unemployed is
definitely a crisis,” stated Reggie Gordon, Chapter CEO. “Becoming Red
Cross certified can make people more qualified when searching for jobs,
especially in the fields of construction and healthcare. For example,
OSHA requires construction workers to be trained in CPR and First Aid.
If one is already trained, they will be more marketable. Being
unemployed can take its toll emotionally and completing a Red Cross
class can help give one a sense of accomplishment.”

Learning CPR and use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) may
mean the difference between life and death. “We’d like to see every
household, place of work or worship, have at least one person certified
in CPR/AED and to have more AED in locations throughout our area,”
continued Gordon. “By learning basic skills one will go from being a
helpless bystander to trained, empowered and prepared to take action
during an emergency.”

“Imagine two jumbo jets crashing and killing all on board. That’s about
how many people nationwide that die every day from sudden cardiac
arrest. Now, imagine a safe and simple device about the size of a
lunchbox and price of a laptop that may have saved many of those lives.
That’s the power of the AED,” according to Gordon.

During CPR/AED Awareness Week the chapter is also launching an on-line
training program for businesses or individuals. Red Cross Online
Training offers lifesaving training from the convenience of a computer
then enhanced by hands-on skills review and certification testing with a
Red Cross instructor.

For more information about the classes, go to
www.greaterrichmond.redcross.org

The Richmond Street Soccer project will be having an event this Saturday,
May 30th from 12 – 2 p.m. in Monroe Park. If you are interested in
participating or learning more about the project, this is the perfect time
to learn more.

The street soccer team is a project of the Daily Planet and is also
sponsored by the Richmond Kickers. The purpose of the team is to create a
fun and healthy atmosphere for Richmond’s homeless and potentially homeless
individuals, where for a few hours a week, they can forget about their
problems and experience achievement through sports. Outreach services will
be offered to players to assist them on a personal level.

Saturday’s event will be a culmination of our recruiting efforts – we will
mainly be giving more information to interested players and playing a bit of
soccer. Practices start June 1 and last through the end of July, with a
national tournament in Washington D.C. sponsored by the national
organization, Street Soccer USA. If you are interested in being a part of
this project and would like to learn more about how you can help or get
plugged in, we’ll have more information for you this Saturday.

You may also visit our blog:
http://richmondstreetsoccer.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/10-ways-you-can-help-the-richmond-street-soccer-project/
or contact us: richmondstreetsoccer@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Liana Kleeman

Volunteer Organizer
liana.kleeman@gmail.com
(804) 873-4828