March 2011
30 posts
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And lift off! Phoenix to San Diego!!! Woo! Wish us luck! :)
T- 12 hours and HIH will be lifting off for sunny CA! Cant wait!
Printing party! Getting ready for CgIU takeoff in t-2 days! Can’t believe it’s almost here! Wish us luck! http://plixi.com/p/87752919
Mac store again and hopefully the last time for website development! Site link should be searchable in less than 24 hours!
Great meeting! Excited to present to the Gambian community in MN in the upcoming months! Special thanks to the president for his support!
Studio fun :) and special thanks to our videographer!!! You’re the best!! http://plixi.com/p/86862388
Plastering UMN with book drive flyers! Donate your book and buck today! Moos Tower15-136 from 8:00Am to 5:00PM!
Wish List
The Paper Skills Recycling Center is a Gambian run organization that provides recycled paper products to children in rural Gambia. With the paper produced by this initiative, school books are produced so children can avoid some of the hefty school fees required to attend elementary education. Amat, the leader of this initiative, just recently sent me a wish list of books. If you would like to...
Front Page Article
Hand in Health was just featured in a front page article in the MN Daily Newspaper! Just want to send out a special thanks to Amanda Banks for writing and Joe Michaud-Scorza for their work in putting this together! Also, thanks to all the HIH volunteers who volunteered to be interviewed!
Check the story here:
http://www.mndaily.com/multimedia/photos/2011/03/20/0321p1books?page=1
RT @RoomtoRead: “When women are educated it…improves opportunities for future generations,” says Secretary Clinton at @WOMENinWORLD #WiW11
Hard at work! http://plixi.com/p/83786485
Quick lunch meeting at Applebees to discuss the future of technology in education and Gambia
Ps photoshoot at the BFA warehouse went great today! Excited to see the shots!
RT @ClintonGlobal: Video: #CGI2010 panel on empowering girls and women, with @QueenRania & @KatieCouric - http://youtu.be/neEupJiHpQg #i …
RT @ClintonGlobal: #CGI2011 Annual Meeting to focus on Girls & Women: Scaling What Works; Jobs, Jobs, Jobs; & Sustainable Consumption ht …
It’s a wrap! Production party until Friday and then the final product will be up on the web! Link to come soon!
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Spyhouse updates with our creative designer @dharsi looking forward to final products Tuesday night!!!
Super productive nonprofit web development meeting at Apple!!
24 hour rebrand challenge with @dharsi at Kafe Kem! So excited!!!
Business card success!
Woop!
24hour Rebranding Challenge has successfully ordered business cards! Look for a sneak peak soon!
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We are at our very best, and we are happiest,
when we are fully engaged in work...
– Earl Nightingale
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We’ve taken on the 24hr rebranding challenge! It’s the facelift we’ve been looking for as we begin the countdown for CGIU on April 1st! See our link for our progress and updates. In just a few short hours we’ve re-designed our logo, created business cards, have project templates and are working on banner headings!
Special thanks to our amazing design team and our key...
MCAD Fall Courses
I’m delighted to share that I had a wonderful breakfast meeting this morning with the Dean of MCAD, Mr. Jerry Allan. We had a great brainstorm and swapped ideas regarding sustainable solutions and MCAD student involvement.
We established today that A Hand in Health and the 1 Million Books Project will be represented in two classes this upcoming fall of 2011.
More information will be coming...
Every day we have a choice.
Making fabric out of threads. :)