Articles in "Community"

That’s what people ask, Joan Hanna smiles. What goes on at the Barn? Joan, the tall, elegant 70-something dynamo who opened space at her family home in 1978 and then in the Barn in 1994, has created a unique community resource. In the renovated barn at her family home on Maury Island, she offers workshops, camps, concerts, and readings.

In spite of their finest efforts at remaining teenagers, the Vashon Island High School Class of ’82 is now confronted with the reality that it’s been thirty years and their childhood plans of perpetual youth have fallen through. But being a hearty lot, they’ve decided to work with what they have and hold their thirtieth anniversary reunion.

Get inspired when plant expert, author and renowned speaker Daniel Hinkley shares insights into the joys and challenges of creating beautiful, low maintenance gardens in Northwest landscapes 3 p.m., Sunday, June 10 at VAA. Known for his sense of humor and deep knowledge of plants, Hinkley has written several resource books including The Explorer’s Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials, and another on shrubs and vines.

Where can you find multitudes of dollars and colorful stars lying at your feet? Dollars by the dozen will be standing in beach sand at Jensen Point on Sunday morning, June 3, from 10am to noon, when the low tide moves out to -3.2 feet.

The Vashon Beach Naturalists invite whole families to come and learn about these and other intertidal species. There will be special accommodations for elderly and less mobile people.

Hilary Emmer is running for this year’s Vashon Maury Island Unofficial Mayor. Her platform is, "help make healthcare accessible to all Vashon Maury residents".

This year Hilary expanded the existing Dental Van Program to include children.

Inspired by her volunteer experience with Habitat in Madagascar and Costa Rica Maridee BonaDea is volunteering again to lead this trip to build houses in Ghana. So please come join her and Habitat for Humanity August 31 – September 14. 2012 in exploring Ghana upfront and personal. Helping Habitat Ghana is a great service opportunity to spend your vacation making a difference in the world. No construction or building skills necessary.

Carla Decrona and Andrea Aldrich have more than 20 years combined experience living and traveling in Europe. These two women "of a certain age" have compiled their knowledge to help and encourage women, in their same age group, to travel abroad with confidence,

Vashon Allied Arts is sponsoring its fifth annual Father/Daughter Dance, to be held at the Vashon Island Golf and Country Club on Saturday, May 19th. Last year’s event was a huge success, and most of the dad’s were left breathless by the end of the evening. Smiles and fun are guaranteed. Uncles, Grandfathers, and other stand-ins are also welcome. Proceeds from the event will benefit VAA’s Blue Heron Dance program.

Just a quick note to let you know that the VMICC Governance and Policy Committee will meet at 10 AM, Friday, May 11 in the "round table" room at Minglement. They will be discussing a motion brought by Joan Sells & others calling for a bylaw change where the job currently appointed to the Outreach committee would instead be assigned to a member of the board of directors.

We would like to celebrate all the events and classes that have been held here at Vashon Intuitive Arts. Dream Group, Yoga, Medicine Wheel, Art Walk, Reiki Jam, Women’s and Men’s groups, Qi Gong, Book Club, Drum Circle, Channeling Events, Hosting a dinner for Grandmother Margaret of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, Ascended Masters Study, Drum Making workshop, Wisdom Circle, Kabbalah 101, Kirtan, Crystal Bowl Ceremonies, Goddess Songs, Dance of Universal Peace,

Vashon College is offering two courses, Ethical Decision Making and Competent Communication & Learning Styles, which could change your life.

Ethical Decision Making (4 sessions beginning Wednesday, June 6) will take the participant on a historical journey while introducing a model that allows the user to actively create more personal wins in his or her life. S/he will gain an understanding of how individuals, couples, families, communities, and entire nations find themselves in trouble or, conversely, living in harmony.