Hello All,
It's time to bag that winter trash!

This Saturday we are having our make-up Trash Pick Up
day in our designated area on Northwest Highway at 75,
on the west side. (We postponed the date because of
snow, rain and cold in the forecast.)

Please join us in the parking lot in front of Bllue
Mesa Restaurant on the southwest corner of 75 and
Northwest to get bags. It feels good to make a clean
start, a clean difference in our environment. The more
people who come, the faster this goes, and certainly
the more bags we can drop off for the city to pick up.

Any questions, please call Brynne Sissom 972-650-1647



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The Trash Pick up starts at 9am at the Blue Mesa...


--- Brynne Sissom <brynne2k@...> wrote:

> Hello All,
> It's time to bag that winter trash!
>
> This Saturday we are having our make-up Trash Pick
> Up
> day in our designated area on Northwest Highway at
> 75,
> on the west side. (We postponed the date because of
> snow, rain and cold in the forecast.)
>
> Please join us in the parking lot in front of Bllue
> Mesa Restaurant on the southwest corner of 75 and
> Northwest to get bags. It feels good to make a clean
> start, a clean difference in our environment. The
> more
> people who come, the faster this goes, and certainly
> the more bags we can drop off for the city to pick
> up.
>
> Any questions, please call Brynne Sissom
> 972-650-1647
>
>
>
>
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> with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.
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>


Brynne Sissom, CG, QDE
http://www.abchandwriting.com



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Hello RPCV,

I received the following email from the assistant principal at Irving
ISD.  They would like a former Peace Corps volunteer to speak about
their expereince during their Career Day 2007.  Please contact Lisa
Molinar directly if you are interested.


Hello,

We are currently beginning to plan for the 2007 Career Day at Farine.
We would like to cordially invite you to come be a part of our Career
Day which will be held on May 18, 2007, from 8:00-2:30.  We would
love for you to come and speak to the students about your career, how
you got there, and what it takes day to day.  The kids love to hear
about you and what your days are like, along with any props you may
want to bring.

You may request whatever time frame during the day that works for you
(i.e. I can come all day, or I can come from 9-10, etc), what grade
(s) you would like to speak to, and if you need any equipment etc.
We would be happy to work around your time and schedule.

Please let me know if you are interested, if you can stop by for a
few minutes, or even give us the name of a friend or associate who
might also be interested in presenting at our career day.

Career Day is one of the many highlights each year for the
students/staff and it is all due to your time and generosity.  I
would like to thank you in advance for considering Farine and I look
forward to seeing you this year!



Lisa Molinar
Assistant Principal
Farine Elementary
(972) 261-2700
lmolinar@...
www.irvingisd.net/~lmolinar

1)  There is no RPCV annual meeting on 3/2/07; that actually occurred
on 2/2/07.  Sorry for the typo.
2)  There will be a Steering Committee meeting on Monday, March 5 at
Borders Book Store on Lovers Lane at Greenville Ave. at 6:30 PM.
3)  A big thank you to those who worked on "Adopt a highway" last
Saturday and those six who made Happy Hour at Metro Grill last Thursday.

The Hill Country RPCVs invited you to volunteer for a service
expedition to Rio Bravo, Mexico -- just across the border from
McAllen, Texas. (This project was started 19 years ago from Hurricane
Gilbert and has just kept going.)

The trip departs from Austin on the morning of Thursday, March 15 and
returns March 18.  The volunteers will be painting murals, building
study tables and otherwise contributing to bettering the conditions
for these young learners. All in the company of fellow RPCV's, their
friends, and distant acquaintances are invited.  YOU NEED NOT SPEAK
SPANISH OR HAVE ANY INNATE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS TO PARTICIPATE!

Total expenditures typically range between $120 and $220 (depending
on what you spend on gas, hotel, food).

To sign up to go, or just find out more, contact Christine Cwik via
email: Mathabo@... or rob@....

To see some pictures of past trips, or for more information about
Amigos de las Escuelas (the 501-c-3 charity spin off from HOTPCA that
runs this "Mexico Project") visit their web site: www.my-amigos.org

NTPCA Happy Hour reminder for Thursday


  Hello All,

  Happy Hour Thursday night at Italian Cafe in Las
  Colinas; on Las Colinas Blvd at 6:30pm.

  If parking is tight, circle around to the right and right again to the
  underground free parking lot or go on the street.

  Maybe we can pull up chairs and sit outside. Depends on the weather...

  Looking forward to seeing you there!

  Brynne Sissom

Hello all,
I'm a relatively new RPCV living in ARKANSAS, but considering a move
to Dallas. I'll be in the city next weekend (March 30-Apr 1) for an
interview and would like to find out if anything is planned for that
weekend. I will be staying with a friend of mine but would love to
meet some RPCVs in the area on the off chance that I end up moving to
Dallas in the future. Thanks!

I'm a recently returned PCV from Tonga living in the North Texas area
(Fort Worth) and wanted to reach out and touch someone, meet some Peace
Corps folks, make some friends, do some networking…

Garry (peacecorps_G)

I am sure that many in our community have heard of or even experienced
micro-lending in the developing world. Micro-lending as implied in the
name are very small loans, not grants or gifts, that the borrowers use
to start or expand businesses and has been very successful in lifting
many people out of poverty. As some of you may recall Muhammad Yunus
won the Nobel Peace Prize last year for developing micro financing in
Bangladesh.  Check out www.kiva.org where you get information on the
borrowers, check their progress and loan repayments, set up your
lending portfolios. Skip going out for dinner and drinks one day this
week and you will have enough capital to become an international
banker.  Nicholas Kristof had a very good article about this in the NY
Times on March 27th. I would have forwarded the article but our Yahoo
site does not allow us to send attachments.  If you can't access the
article send me an e-mail and I will forward the article to you.
Regards,
Roger Chapin
chapinr@...

Hello All,

We had a terrific Earth Day clean up on Northwest
Hiway today! The Brannons, Courtney Bauman,
myself and Roger and Kathy Chapin participated. We
left 8 bags of trash, old crummy boards, and
construction debris for pick up by the city.

Afterward, we enjoyed lattes, cool drinks and snacks
at the Starbucks in the B&N store. Yippee! Great
turnout and fun time for all.

Several cars honked their appreciation to us as they
drove by...
I hope you all will join us in three months when we
clean again. We make a difference in Dallas!

Heads up for the Happy Hour TUESDAY at the Gingerman
and the fun-raising party May 5--Kathy Carson needs a
head count soon...
Brynne Sissom




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fund-raiser.  I would love to visit Kathy's home.
However, I won't be able to attend.  Have fun!
Best Regards, Rob
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