The Miracle Center
2nd Annual Fundraiser
Presents:
Ballet Magnificant! in The Scarlet Cord
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
7:00pm; doors open at 6:30pm
North Grand High School
4338 West Wabansia
Chicago, IL 60639
Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased by calling 773.276.5933
The Miracle Center's second annual fundraiser is in collaboration with the awe inspiring Ballet Magnificat! School of the Arts and their current touring production. The Miracle Center and America's premier Christian Ballet Company brings The Scarlet Cord to Chicago. Inspired and loosely based on the Biblical account of Rahab, the ballet is set against the gray background of the communist Soviet Union. This newest Ballet Magnificat! production depicts the story of Rahab the harlot, party official Vladimir Ivanovich, and the undercover missionaries Aaron and Anna Grimes, as well as those pressed down by the iron fist of the Soviet government. This tale of betrayal, love, dedication, and ultimate sacrifice paints a portrait of an offering brought before our amazing Savior. Come witness this moving drama of a revolution - a human heart turning to the ultimate truth, Jesus Christ.
Monday, September 22, 2008
CPR Anytime Friends and Family Training
Attend the CPR Anytime Friends and Family Training and you could save a life!
The CPR Training will teach you the core skills of CPR, and will send you home with a kit you can use to train your family friends.
The CPR Anytime Friends and Family Training
sponsored by the American Heart Association
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
6:00pm-8:00pm
The GAP Community Center
2100 N. Kildare
Chicago, IL 60639
Training is free, but registration is required.
Register with Herminia Vanna at 312.747.8820 or vanna_herminia@cdph.org
*Please note that this is not a certification course.
The CPR Training will teach you the core skills of CPR, and will send you home with a kit you can use to train your family friends.
The CPR Anytime Friends and Family Training
sponsored by the American Heart Association
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
6:00pm-8:00pm
The GAP Community Center
2100 N. Kildare
Chicago, IL 60639
Training is free, but registration is required.
Register with Herminia Vanna at 312.747.8820 or vanna_herminia@cdph.org
*Please note that this is not a certification course.
Summer Vacation is Over and We're Ready for Fall!
Well, it's the first day of Fall, but I will say that the HHAPC had a very productive summer. Over the last few months, we successfully:
*finalized our Strategic Planning document
*worked with our summer youth to put together the steps we need to take in order to roll-out the Strategic Plan
*used the youth's roll-out steps in the development of an Implementation Plan, which we will use to guide our efforts in the 2008-2009 school year
*created a Community Profile booklet, which will be distributed in the month of October
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This Fall, we will focus our efforts on one of the strategies we identified in the Strategic Plan, a Social Norms Campaign. The Social Norms Campaign has three major components:
A - Marketing/Media Materials
B - Interactive Strategies such as Campaign Presentations and Contests
C - A Youth Pocket Guide
We hope to put together some committees of HHAPC members to help us make our campaign a success, using the Implementation Plan to guide our efforts.
We will also be reaching out to more youth who might be interested in either designing campaign materials, or testing and distributing campaign materials. So if you know of any youth that might be interested, please have the contact us.
Please join us for our next HHAPC meeting, where we will go over the details of the Implementation Plan and determine who would like to work on specific areas of the Campaign.
As soon as we have set a date for the next HHAPC meeting I will post that information here, however right now we are looking at the second week in October.
I hope you all had a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.
*finalized our Strategic Planning document
*worked with our summer youth to put together the steps we need to take in order to roll-out the Strategic Plan
*used the youth's roll-out steps in the development of an Implementation Plan, which we will use to guide our efforts in the 2008-2009 school year
*created a Community Profile booklet, which will be distributed in the month of October
*********************************************************************************
This Fall, we will focus our efforts on one of the strategies we identified in the Strategic Plan, a Social Norms Campaign. The Social Norms Campaign has three major components:
A - Marketing/Media Materials
B - Interactive Strategies such as Campaign Presentations and Contests
C - A Youth Pocket Guide
We hope to put together some committees of HHAPC members to help us make our campaign a success, using the Implementation Plan to guide our efforts.
We will also be reaching out to more youth who might be interested in either designing campaign materials, or testing and distributing campaign materials. So if you know of any youth that might be interested, please have the contact us.
Please join us for our next HHAPC meeting, where we will go over the details of the Implementation Plan and determine who would like to work on specific areas of the Campaign.
As soon as we have set a date for the next HHAPC meeting I will post that information here, however right now we are looking at the second week in October.
I hope you all had a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Strategic Planning Meeting Results
Thank you again for your participation in our Strategic Planning Meeting last month. Based on the your votes from that meeting, three strategies were selected for implementation in Hermosa in 2008-2009:
*Alcohol-prevention workshops aimed at adults and children in the Hermosa community
*A social norms campaign, increasing concern around underage drinking and bringing awareness to alcohol-related laws and policies
*A youth pocket-guide that includes alcohol-prevention resources and healthy alternatives to alcohol
These strategies, along with the needs assessment data we used to select them (which we reviewed at our meeting), as well as the goals and objectives for the coming year are included in the abridged Strategic Planning document, which is posted on our Google Docs site. (To acces this site, see the archived posting from March titled "HHAPC Documents on Google Docs.") We encourage you to review the Strategic Plan before our next meeting, where we will discuss the Plan and develop an Action Plan and Timeline for implementing these strategies.
The tentative date for the Action Plan Meeting is Thursday, July 17th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
We will confirm this date as soon as possible. Thank you!
*Alcohol-prevention workshops aimed at adults and children in the Hermosa community
*A social norms campaign, increasing concern around underage drinking and bringing awareness to alcohol-related laws and policies
*A youth pocket-guide that includes alcohol-prevention resources and healthy alternatives to alcohol
These strategies, along with the needs assessment data we used to select them (which we reviewed at our meeting), as well as the goals and objectives for the coming year are included in the abridged Strategic Planning document, which is posted on our Google Docs site. (To acces this site, see the archived posting from March titled "HHAPC Documents on Google Docs.") We encourage you to review the Strategic Plan before our next meeting, where we will discuss the Plan and develop an Action Plan and Timeline for implementing these strategies.
The tentative date for the Action Plan Meeting is Thursday, July 17th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
We will confirm this date as soon as possible. Thank you!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thank you!!!
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Strategic Planning Meeting yesterday. I will be emailing out the presentation and the "intervening variables" handout to everyone who attended. I will also post them on our Google Documents site.
In addition, I will post a meeting summary to this blog very soon.
Thanks again!
In addition, I will post a meeting summary to this blog very soon.
Thanks again!
Friday, May 2, 2008
Reminder: Coalition Meeting May 8th
Just a reminder that it's May already! That means its time for our larger meeting with the Healthy Hermosa Coalition. Its happening this Thursday, May 8th from 10:00am-11:30am.
See you there!
See you there!
Strategic Planning Meeting
The Healthy Hermosa Alcohol Prevention Strategic Planning Meeting will be held:
Wednesday, March 21st
10:00am-12:00pm
GAP Center
2100 N. Kildare
Please RSVP by posting a comment here or
email me at sbarr@themiraclecenter.org
Wednesday, March 21st
10:00am-12:00pm
GAP Center
2100 N. Kildare
Please RSVP by posting a comment here or
email me at sbarr@themiraclecenter.org
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