Blog Questions Week 8
Congrats to Andrea of Grangeville, she’s our weekly winner!
Thank you all for the interesting responses about your community and what makes it ‘unique’ to you compared to other rural communities in Idaho.
I grew up in a small farming community in Idaho near the Utah border and I still think about it every day, the views and colors and smells and intense farm work we did (pulling rye, driving around and around in a tractor for 12 hours a day, herding cattle, etc) helped shape my life and world view. It’s that sense of place that helps define who we are and how we relate to the world around us.
I hope you’re all getting comfortable and familiar with the blogging process. Mary, MJ and I thank you for all the time and hard work you’ve devoted to this part of Horizons and know it’s just a small part of what you are all doing in your communities.
Please let MJ (merijoz@uidaho.edu) or me (dgray@uidaho.edu) know if we can help you with any questions you might have about blogging.
A ‘how to blog’ handbook is now available on our Horizons website at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/coaches.htm at the very top of the page…
Reflective Questions:
As we near the ‘end’ of this phase of Horizons, take a moment to look back on the past 18 months to answer these questions.
Has your community sought any additional resources outside of Horizons for your projects?
At this time we have not sought any outside resources at this time for our projects due to the fact that we have discovered that other groups are trying to accomplish the same goals so we will be working in conjuction with them.
How has your community partnered with communities and/or organizations beyond Horizons?
Silver Valley Horizons is supporting the Shoshone Co. Women’s Resource Center in opening a shelter for women & children escaping domestic violence situations. After this goal is accomplished we can hopefully work towards homeless and/or transitional housing as the community has neither of these either.
SV Horizons, Shoshone County Women’s Resource Center, and Velocity Business Training are working together to reach out to prominent members and organizations in the Silver Valley in hopes of opening a business incubator as well as provide entrepreneurial business & life skills training to the community.
Silver Valley Horizons has also joined with the SVEDC to work towards the goal of a Job Corps facility here in the Valley. the Community Resource Committee to complete an extensive community resource guide, as well as joining with Project Uplift since we both have the same goal of bettering our community.
Both of these are still in the works but progress is being made. Mountains do not spring up over night.
Scavenger Hunt Question: Which Horizons community has an organization sponsoring a ‘Volcano Breakfast’ and what IS a Volcano Breakfast?
This week’s winner will receive a copy of:
One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All / Mark Robert Rank
Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by May 20 (midnight) and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles…
NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.