The butterfly weed is blooming at the Huss Project Farm! This is a bright orange variety of milkweed that attracts pollinators, and more pollinators means more veggies. This year, we’re growing food on about an acre of our land for our community of volunteers and our neighbors, especially those who have a hard time affording...
Thank you to our friends at Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Three Rivers for all of the many ways your congregations supports our work! You have helped make our community feel like home for so many and we’re grateful for your generosity, love, and compassion....
The 2018 Future Fest committee has been meeting for several months already, and now that the weather has warmed up, we've moved operations to the "office" at the Huss Project. Those of us who have served before—Andy, Julie, Rob, Kirstin, Deborah, Elisabeth, and Annelie—are very excited about new committee members Nicole, Kim, and Angela bringing...
The Huss Project is all about a big IDEA: imagination! We seek to grow our community’s ability to dream big! But just as important, the Huss Project is a PLACE and we need your presence this summer as a volunteer partner in this good work. Our big projects this summer include the Huss Project Farm, the...
Spring is springing, summer is on the way, and we’re getting ready for our big annual rummage sale as part of Huss Future Fest 2018! Upcoming needs include RUMMAGE DONATIONS and VOLUNTEERS to help with sorting and organizing donated items. Here are some dates to mark down on your calendar and plan your spring cleaning...
You all amazed us here in Three Rivers over the past two weeks. Earlier this year, a generous donor approached us with a proposal: they’d contribute up to $5,000 as a match for individual donations to *culture is not optional (the parent organization of the Huss Project) before the end of 2017. Our small core community...
Our Dollar for Dollar Campaign officially launches today! From now until December 12, all donations will be matched by a generous donor (up to $5,000). You can donate online today to help us reach our $10,000 goal! We'll update our progress on the site throughout the campaign. Donations will help us continue our community development work...
A grand time was had by a record over 900 attendees at Huss Future Festival on Saturday, July 22! From the halls of the rummage sale to the chairs in the shade of the trees, nearly every corner of the Huss Project was abuzz with activity throughout the day. The sun came out from behind...
We've just uploaded over 100 photos to our Future Festival 2017 album. You can now check out all of our Photo Booth pictures and see images from throughout the day. Thank you again to all of the volunteers, artists, musicians, organizations, food vendors, farmers, and visitors who made this year's Festival such a great event!...
We're still working on organizing and uploading more photos from Future Festival, but this year's photo booth pictures are up and they're fantastic! Head on over to our Huss Future Festival 2017 album on Flickr to see all of this year's pictures....
What does it look like to do your grocery shopping at a Farmers’ Market? It looks like free blueberry samples, and huge baskets of fresh-picked corn. It looks like picking out the very best tomatoes, the ones you want to be at the peak of ripeness for your salad on Tuesday, or your spaghetti sauce...
Ready for some fun for the whole family? One of the reasons kids love Future Fest is because of the games and activities where they can learn, create, and be active! We’ve got a whole line-up of things for kids to enjoy: The Community Carnival is back for the fifth year running! Organizations from the...
