Blog Entries - June 2008

Create! Achievement Celebration

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The church was decorated with many of the 1000 origami cranes that the children had created, and the programs were in the same shape. The 14 participants, ages 9-13, were dressed up to show off all that they had worked on for the past eight months. Parents and friends were assembled in the pews and food from the accompanying potluck dinner could be smelled cooking down the hall. The children were visibly nervous and
a few mistakes were made, but salsa instructor Lysa-Moni [...]

Jason Nicholas Profile

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With quality in mind, BuildaBridge enlisted a videographer from overseas to capture the sights and sounds of the Institute.

Jason Nicholas returned to Philadelphia from Scotland, where he is seeking his Master's degree, to assist with the technical
equipment for the Institute after previously [...]

Overseas Institute Participants

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From their respective cities, five overseas visitors traveled over 17,000 miles to reach Byrn Mawr, Pennsylvania and the BuildaBridge Institue, traveling from Oslo, Norway, Drammen, Norway, Guatemala City, Guatemala and Lejre, Denmark.

After receiving a grant three years ago to visit churches and religi [...]

Kaleidoscope Institute Participants

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Fifteen hours after driving out of Bowling Green, Kentucky, six
employees of Kaleidoscope, a community based youth development program,
arrived in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania for the BuildaBridge Institute. The
group, which had a few returning participants, att [...]

Institute Participant Profile: Daune Ring

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"I’ve always been drawn to trying to find ways to help
impoverished people become self sufficient – earning and making money finding
resources- connecting the dots for people," said Institute participant Daune Ring

During an exercise for one of Dr. Corbitt's morning Institute lectures,
Ring wrote her personal mission statement: "I exist in the world to be
a creative visionary to help people find their authentic [...]

Institute Coordinator Alina Tudose

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What makes a person a good candidate for service with a non-profit
organization? Having previously created your own non-profit
organization certainly doesn't hurt.
Before the forty-plus pages of Institute-related materials that
participants would receive upon arrival were stapled, hole punched,
paper clipped and [...]

Institute Preparations

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There were hundreds of pieces of paper piled around, and people rushed from room to room, frantically preparing for an onslaught of visitors from around the country and outside of the country.

With only a day left to finalize preparations for the BuildaBridge
Institute, interns and staff wo [...]