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...
Though voting goes through the end of the day, it's clear that we won't be getting enough votes to win the Fetzer grant contest. The Innovation Empowerment Programme in Kenya has over 7,000 votes ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cinonetwork/7639056908/ When I first moved to Three Rivers the great brick edifice that is Huss School was too large and looming for me to comprehend. My arrival in the winter and the building’s lack of heat allowed me to acclimate to the idea of community development in Three Rivers slowly. Usually I take a running leap...
There may be snow on the ground, but just as snow provides necessary moisture for spring growth, winter planning is a must for Triple Ripple Community Gardens! Now is the time that we're gathering resources for the coming growing season, including volunteers and organizers. Check out this nifty online form you can fill out to communicate...
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...
Music, play, art, food, gardening, community fellowship, storytelling, kickball: what’s NOT to love about the Huss Project? You can love us back right now by taking just 5 minutes to ...
Well, as we expected, brick sales have slowed down a bit after Christmas, but we are still greatly encouraged that we've sold 194 bricks! That's $19,400 we've raised so far toward our goal, which is just amazing. As a volunteer staff, we are working on fundraising events, grant writing and strategies to keep the momentum...
Last month, artist Jay Howard created a participatory art piece called "Contemplate with me" in one of the rooms at the Huss Project. Using space heaters and hot coffee to stay warm (the building doesn't have heat), Jay invited folks into his temporary studio to consider together the meaning and function behind public spaces, private...
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...
