As the Forsythia flowers bloom in the front yard, we're also getting ready for summer: new interns, summer programs like Family Fun Night and Future Festival 2013! Forsythia flowers are always a friendly reminder of the season to come -- bright and full of possibility. Summer is always a busy season at the Huss Project and we...
Julianna Sauber leads volunteers cleaning up the Triple Ripple Community Garden at the Huss Project during the garden's clean up day in 2011. As the weather heats up, we get closer to starting the garden's fourth season with this year's clean up day! On May 4, we will be at Huss from 10:30am to 1:30pm...
Dale Hasenick chats with students from Calvin College about farming at White Yarrow, and the importance of growing vegetables organically. For many of the students, this was the first time they'd ever visited a farm. In this photo, Dale explains how he starts many of the vegetables he grows inside and under lamps before transplanting...
At Future Festival 2012, Liesje Brouwer and Hannah Thyberg set up a tent for face painting. There were many different choices to choose from, but like this young man, many chose to be Spider-man. Liesje (as seen above) has had an exuberant amount of experience with face paint, beginning when she worked at a theme...
As a part of our annual Future Fest in July 2011, The Huss Project hosted a Culture Make Sale. We invited artists from around the country to sell pieces of art they made and donate the proceeds to raise funds for Huss. In the photo above, former *cino intern Elizabeth Wroughton is taking a look...
In May 2010, the Huss Project took its first steps toward starting Triple Ripple Community Gardens. A volunteer plowed the land where plans had been made to place the garden. Since that day, The Huss Project has enjoyed growing tasty vegetables in the backyard, donating over 3,000 pounds of produce to various folks in the...
A service-learning group from Calvin College meets with local pastors to discuss the role the church community plays in Three Rivers, Michigan. Father David, from Trinity Episcopal, talked about the traditional notion of a parish as a geographical area a church serves -- which was of particular interest for the group as it studied the...
Geneva College students help remove carpet from one of the Huss classrooms during a service-learning spring break trip in March 2012. All of the classrooms at Huss feature maple floors that we hope to refinish. Unfortunately, the carpet was installed primarily by gluing it directly to the hardwood floors, so it will take quite a...
Liesje Brouwer and Deborah Haak (far left and far right, respectively), *cino volunteer staff and resident community members, present "Joy," a collaborative art piece, at Florence Church of the Brethren Mennonite on Sunday, January 21. Florence's theme for this year is "Embrace joy" and they will display this piece in their worship space for part...
Jay Howard, right, at last Friday's opening for his new experiential and participatory art piece, "Contemplate with me." Drop by the Huss Project this week or next week, Wednesday through Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm to take in the show yourself and to talk with the artist. If you attend, remember to dress warmly as...
Margaret sells vegetables to a visitor during last year's Huss Future Festival. We received donated produce from several local farms and from the Triple Ripple Community Gardens at Huss to sell at a one-day Farmer's Market during the event. And everything was delicious!...
Triple Ripple Community Gardens coordinator Julianna Sauber waters the plants in the garden during the summer of 2010, our first growing season at the garden. The garden has grown over 1,000 pounds of produce each summer for the last three years, all of which is donated to the county homeless shelter, the local domestic assault...
