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- Stevens FORWARD! is an effort among Donnelly, Chokio, Alberta, Morris, and Hancock to ensure a successful future for our county community. We believe the best way we can get there is by all agreeing on where we are going (our destiny), and working together to get there. Our first step to identify a shared vision or destiny is to listen carefully to all our community members. We don’t have all the answers. The “stewards” are folks asked to start the conversations about “What do we want to be when we grow up?” Where do we want to go and how do we want to get there? From these ideas, thoughts and dreams will come our Destiny Drivers. Stewards are residents of Stevens County and from all walks of life and who all care deeply about the community. Stewards are leaders who take an integrated approach and build coalitions for action. They have 360 degree vision, recognizing the interdependencies between the economy, the environment and social equity. Stewards operate at the center of tough issues, not on the edges. They are risk takers. They are passionate and energetic. They are people of vision. http://www.stevensforward.org/about.php
Morris Community Meals offer recipe for forging relationships
ReplyDeletePosted by Matthew A Johnson (Morris campus Local Foods Intern) on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009
http://www.morris.umn.edu/newsevents/view.php?itemID=7149
Event Date/Time: Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 5:30 pm
End Date/Time: Monday, Apr. 27, 2009 7:00 pm
Location: Legacy Living Limited
Morris residents and Morris campus students gathered January 26 at Legacy Living Limited in Morris to prepare a warm, healthy meal to serve to the community. The event is the first in a series of four monthly meals that will take place during the Spring Semester. Morris Community Meal is a collaborative project of students, community members and local businesses that have partnered to provide free meals to Morris residents and to promote a strong, vibrant community.
The meal, open to every member of the Morris-area community and entirely free of charge, will be served on the last Monday of every month throughout the spring semester—January 26, February 23, March 30 and April 27. Meals will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All community members are invited help cook and prepare the meal by arriving at Legacy Living any time between 3 and 5:30 p.m. the afternoon of the meal. Legacy Living Limited is located at 108 E 6th Street in Morris.
Support for Morris Community Meal will be provided by a broad coalition of local businesses and organizations. To date, the collaborating and sponsoring organizations include: Legacy Living Limited, Stevens FORWARD!, Bremer Bank, Bello Cucina, Mobiz Computers, Hoffman Realty, John’s Total Entertainment, Willie’s Super Valu, Pomme de Terre Food Co-op, Stevens County Food Shelf and Hometown Bakery.
Carol McCannon, Morris campus Community Service and Volunteerism coordinator, said: “By bringing people together over food, we hope to strengthen the bonds in the Morris community between students and community members, between the young and the elderly, between the various diverse cultures represented by our city’s population. We hope to create the space for people to cook, eat and interact as a community.”
Lauren Dennhardt, Morris campus Student Volunteerism coordinator, added: “Morris Community Meal seeks to create space for people to come together and enjoy the process of preparing and eating healthy food with other members of their community. We believe that sharing food can be a transformative experience that promotes rich human relationships and an interconnected community.”