In what new or expanded ways are people contributing to your community?
The thrift store name contest got 53 entries, 40 from people that have never been involved in the Horizon II project.
2 board members of the thrift store are emerging leaders that are new to our projects.
I have received several calls about donating to the thrift store.
Area groups are wanting to volunteer time to get the store ready to open.
The Change Presho canisters have been put in local businesses. In 2 weeks we collected $79.18. Hopefully we will continue to bring in money to help with startup costs for the thrift store.
The name of the Thrift Store has been decided, Thift Store and More. The winning entry was by a local youth, Brody Ness, he has won the $25 in Chamber Bucks. He entered his name at the Farm and Home show in February.
A board has been selected and all the paper work to open a business is starting. The Thriftstore accepted donations from the church rummage sale March 15 and I am already receiving calls on donations of furniture to sell and racks to use.
There was 53 entries to the name contest so the community is getting involved in this project.
Thank you to everyone that is participating in getting the thrift store going.
Blogg Training is scheduled for March 31st at the school. We will have a Horizons meeting at 6 and the training will start at 7. We will be offering incentives to High school and Jr High students so please encourage as many people as possible to come. Thank you.
The contest was started at the Farm and Home Show and will continue until March 14th. I have received several replies and am excited for the Thrift Store Board to make a decision. If anyone would like to suggest a name please contact me at 895-2368. We are giving $25 in Chamber Bucks to the winner!!
What changes have been made in the way your community recruits and trains new leaders?
I think we used to try to recruit in a larger non personal way, now we are trying to look at our community and ask ourselves who could we invite to help us.
Are different kinds of people (representing more sectors or parts of the community) now participating in community leadership?
A younger segemnt of our population is getting involved in the Horizon projects. Local clubs are seeing a greater number of students participating. Horizons is targeting Jr High and High School students to start blogging.
How does your plan for poverty reduction link with existing leaders, groups and organizations?
The Economic Development group of Horizons plans to present our business plan for the Presho Thrift Store to the Presho Chamber and the City of Presho to get their support. We will also be asking local clubs for donations. A Modern Woodmen matching fundraiser is tenatively set for May.
What kinds of concrete steps are being taken by your community to address poverty?
The Horizons group has made the decision to go ahead with the Thrift Store idea. A building has been secured and volunteers are being found. Change Presho containers are being placed in business’s to collect money for startup costs. A name contest is being held to get community interest. A board is being assembled to oversee the Change Presho projects, this includes the Thrift Store. A business plan is being prepared for the Thrift Store. There are many concrete steps being taken to get closer to our goal of opeing a Thift Store in Presho.
The canisters for the project have been ordered and should be here soon. I have talked with Pastor Lori and I will meet with the Youth Group on Feb. 26.
We should have a canister at the Farm and Home show and a very good explanation what Change Presho is. Since the Thrift Store is what the community was interested in having the money used for that is also a issue we need to be well versed in. I am currently working on lots of info for the Thrift Store and will make another post on that before the Farm and Home Show.
We need to decide which business’s the canisters will go in and who will be in charge of getting the money collected and where that money will be kept. Lots of questions, we need to have a meeting as soon as possible.