friday, september 24, 2010 was most definitely one of my favorite days everrrr!
i woke up early to go for a run in preparation for the 5K race that i have decided to take part in on december 4th...ahhhhh. the lasallian volunteers program participates in a marathon every year to help raise money to allow the program to continue sponsoring volunteers each year. soooooo...(insert shameless plug for money) if you want to help sponsor me in running and help support the lasallian volunteer program, you should go to https://lasallianvolunteers.myetap.org/fundraiser/lvsrunninginmemphis/individual.do?participationRef=4586.0.2022467 and help me out :)
i spent the rest of the morning over at the center do some catch up stuff. we met some people who may be potential benefactors for the center. they seemed really interested in the work we were doing, so hopefully they will be feeling extra generous the next time they want to give money away. and they will remember the center!
after work was done, we went to lunch at a new place that just opened. its called the soup and as you may have guess it serves only soup. the food was so delicious and we got to speak with the owner for a few minutes. she told us that she only uses locally grown produce and makes the soup fresh every morning! loveeeee
we walked around main street for a little while after and went to the HOPES center. it is an organization run by the dominican sisters and has three different purposes. the HOPES center has a fair trade goods store, a coffee shop with all fair trade coffee, teas, and hot chocolate, and an area that offers counseling and life coaching services. SOOO COOOLLLLL- google it! needless to say i loved it :)
we were able to speak with one of the sisters who works there and a woman who was so knowledgeable about everything fair trade. she told us that of all the places in wisconsin, racine is one of the most progressive! coming from ny, i wouldnt label racine as "progressive" but i completely understand what she meant.
there really are some very cool places that are doing "out of the box" stuff here. i have seen so many different organizations and establishments that recognize the green movement and fair trade and the importance of saving energy. there are entire buildings here made of recycled materials and that run entirely on solar energy. pretty awesome.
thennnn last night a woman named mary beth, who was the former principal of the school where the center is located and we have affectionately named our crazy aunt of racine, invited us to go to family fun night with my absolute favorites family of students that come to the center. and the theme last night was chemistry! I WAS SO EXCITEDDDD! my favorite kids and my favorite subject- what more could i ask for? :)
so we went over to that with the kids. it was basically a bunch of demonstrations by the chemistry majors of a local college of various experiments involving chemistry. the kids loved it! every time one of the college students did something the kids clapped and every time they asked a question the kids were jumping up and down trying to get picked to answer. it made me wonder if teaching (yikes!) may be in the future for me. i have always said that i dont think i would want to teach but who knows? maybe?
after the chemistry night we went over to the pumpkin farm and then back to mary beth's house to roast marshmallows. it felt so much like fall! such a great night :)
and after alllllll of that, we came back and decided to go out for beer with one of our other roommmates. we got a drink and then stopped at a pizzeria. i asked if they sold slices of pizza to which they replied yes. so i ordered one. naturally i expected this slice of pizza to be a large triangle shape and be ready in about 3 minutes, right? WRONGGG...it took about 15 minutes to get a circular personal pan pizza deliver to me. it was so weird to me haha and i wanted to share. whatever midwest...
i think thats it for now- catch you on the flipside!
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