Honors, Galas, and Treasures

This is today and I completely forgot to give you advance warning. My apologies.

CAMOM Consignment Sale , 6700 Cradlerock Way, 8:00 am - 11:30 am. (See image for more details.) I wrote about this group in April of 2023 if you’d like more background information about who they are and what they do.

The Big Come-Back! Village Green/Town² April, 2023

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Congratulations are in order for Columbia Community Care director Erika Strauss Chavarria on the publication of her book, Practicing Restorative Justice by Myers Education Press. Chavarria was also a recent honoree as a Community Star by local nonprofit Just Living Advocacy.

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The folks of Community Ecology Institute are celebrating the arrival of a new fridge and freezer for Freetown Farm. The purchase was made possible a BGE Green Grant. The new appliance will be used to store produce before community distribution and to freeze some of the farm’s harvests as well.

Speaking of harvests, I believe that tickets are still available for CEI’s Harvest Gala on October 17th at the Meeting House on Robert Oliver Place.

Proceeds support CEI’s work in the community, which is considerable.

Join the Community Ecology Institute for a farm-fancy evening of fall festivities during our second Harvest Gala, which supports our mission to cultivate communities where people and nature thrive together! We look forward to celebrating everything we have created together and planting seeds for future growth. Tickets are limited, so don't wait!

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Finally, if you need a quick pick-me-up, I highly recommend this story in the Baltimore Banner.

How a father’s love transformed Columbia into a pirate adventure, Jess Nocera

It’s the story of Columbia resident Chris Fuchs and how HoCo Pirate Adventures came into being. It almost makes me want to be a kid again.

Also, it looks like the Baltimore Sun has hired a new reporter to cover the Howard County beat. If you’re still a subscriber, be on the lookout for stories by Kiersten Hacker.

Been keeping a secret… last week I accepted a job with @baltimoresun community papers to cover Howard County @HoCoTimes! I’m so excited to start digging up important stories and I can’t wait to keep exploring the state where I’ve built a new home. - - Kiersten Hacker

Part of me wonders if all the enthusiastic HoCo coverage by the Banner has nudged the Sun to up their game, but honestly I have no idea how these things work.

Have a great Saturday. Part of me is contemplating staying inside until we get some decent Fall weather. It doesn’t look good on that front, though. Sigh…

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