One of the important values of the Huss Project is creating space for all people to contribute what they are able, in the belief that we all have something to give. For some of us, we have gifts of time or creativity. Others have the ability to give money or encouragement. We know that $100 is...
We only need $8,100 more to reach our goal! When we sent out our S.O.S. report on the Huss Project Brick Campaign on May 3, we were stuck at $29,300, which was a whopping $20,700 short of what we need to pay the balloon payment on our mortgage on June 15. Since then, we’ve been...
Re-posted from the *culture is not optional web site. Thanks to the amazing generosity of supporters near and far, we are less than $10,000 away from our big $50,000 goal with just under one month left until June 15 when our mortgage is due. We know we still have a lot of work ahead of us,...
Earlier in the day, the weather turned cold, gray and windy -- not a surprise for May in the Midwest. But by 7:00 pm, the sun was shining, the grills were hot and the guests were arriving in anticipation of our third Underground Supper Club, this one at the Apple Farm Community in Three Rivers. It...
After our blog post and e-mail on May 3 about the possibility of losing the Huss property if we can't pay the balloon payment on our mortgage by June 15, we had a flurry of donation activity. When we sent out that S.O.S., we were at $29,300, but this morning, we're at $39,200 -- which...
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...
Here in Three Rivers, we have a tradition of reading a poem or a blessing before our shared meals, and so we keep around a variety of collections of short meditations. One that I've appreciated has been Dialogues with Silence, which combines prayers and drawings from Thomas Merton. The collection opens with this one, which...
Let May 3, 2013 go down in history as the date that *culture is not optional met its matching donation goal a whole 12 days early! Our Brick Campaign donations last Friday not only reached our goal of matching a $4,500 commitment from an anonymous donor by May 15, but they exceeded the goal to...
When we first launched the Brick Campaign, we set a very ambitious goal: to raise $100,000 by June 15, 2013. Why June 15? That’s the date that the balloon payment is due on the mortgage for the Huss Project property -- about $50,000. The campaign has been going very well, with many generous contributors helping...
Many folks have asked us about the logistics of purchasing the historic Huss School as the headquarters for *culture is not optional's work in Three Rivers. How could a scrappy, upstart organization afford such a fine palace as this? Well, I'll start from the beginning...
Stephen demonstrates a homemade drum as part of his session for making musical instruments out of recycled materials in the art tent at Huss Future Fest 2012. Around the time we were raising the funds for *cino to purchase Huss School in 2009, we received an out-of-the-blue blog comment from someone named Stephen Wirzylo in Toledo. ...
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...
