Cool Stuff Around the Co-op
TONIGHT: Plan Our Sanctuary Neighborhood Thursday, March 23, 7:30-9 p.m., Community Room, 555 Carpenter Lane
Sunset Park, Brooklyn and Capitol Hill, Seattle are declaring themselves Sanctuary Neighborhoods. Do you want to see Mt. Airy added to the list? Attend this initial meeting to consider a plan, facilitated by Weavers Way member, author, activist, scholar and visionary
Paul Glover. Click here for more info. ANOTHER CHANCE: Join the Co-op Composting Pilot We've extended the deadline for the Co-op's Community Composting Pilot. Now you have until Sunday, March 26,
to sign up to help figure out how to reduce waste and save the world! Participants must attend an intro session March 28 or April 2; dropoffs take place on eight consecutive Tuesday nights; a final intensive workshop is set for Sunday, June 4. Click here to register. For more info, read the Shuttle story, or contact outreach@weaversway.coop
or 215-843-2350, ext. 118. A FEW LEFT: 2017 Henry Got Crops CSA Shares Weavers Way Farms and Henry Got Crops invite you to join our farming community for the upcoming season! Our 24 weekly pickups at Saul High School in Roxborough start at the end of May; full and half shares are available, but they go fast! Click here to learn more and to sign up.
APRIL 1: It's Your Lucky Day
Get Taught, Get Networked, Get Inspired at CO-UPSaturday, April 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Universal Audenried Charter High School, 3301 Tasker St.
Be one of 300-plus engaged, spirited people at this extraordinary teach-in to cultivate economic justice in the Philadelphia area. Meet organizers, cooperators, activists, artists, farmers, bookkeepers, construction workers and more — all of them building economic control block by block as they start cooperative businesses.
- Look for a super-inspiring keynote rooted in black history from Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard, author of "Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice." Learn, connect and share ideas at this cross-class, multi-racial, intergenerational gathering.
Eat, Drink, Dance and Bid: It's a Good CauseSaturday, April 1, 7 p.m.-midnight, Commodore Barry Club, 6815 Emlen St.
Mt. Airy USA's biggest fundraiser honors the neighborhood's brightest and most inspiring Community Champions
(one of which, the People's Choice, is being voted on at various polling places, including Weavers Way Mt. Airy). It's a hoot to boot, with food and drink — the renowned "Taste of Mt. Airy" — plus a silent auction with dozens of items from museum passes to a weekend in Jackson Hole, not to mention tasty choices donated by Weavers Way. Online bidding is already open! Reserve tickets at
MtAiryGala.org. Weavers Way Co-op members can get half-priced tickets: Contact Membership at outreach@weaversway.coop or 215-843-2350, ext. 118.
Other Cool Stuff Around the Neighborhood
THIS WEEKEND: Electronics RecyclingSaturday, March 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 8891 Germantown Ave. (Norwood-Fontbonne Academy)
Bring anything with a plug to the next electronics recycling event sponsored by Weavers Way's Environment Committee and Green in Chestnut Hill.
As in the past, donations help support WWEC’s grant program and GRinCH’s Green Warrior Student Grant program. New this time, however, is the participation of PAR-Recycle Works. This Germantown nonprofit offers environmentally responsible recycling services while providing workforce training to former inmates.
'Death with Dignity' Sunday at FUMCOGMarch 26, 3-5 p.m., First United Methodist Church of Germantown, 6001 Germantown Ave.
The public forum "Death with Dignity: Rights and Choices" features Barbara Mancini, a volunteer with Compassion and Choices,
an organization dedicated to the care and rights of terminally ill patients. She will talk about the full range of end-of-life care and options as well as her own real-life perspective on legal barriers that can imperil those choices. Weavers Way has joined with Northwest Village Network, Ralston My Way,
East Falls Village and Mt. Airy USA to sponsor this forum, the fourth in a series on issues of aging.
CONTINUING: Uniting Against SugarMonday, March 27, 7-9 p.m., Community Room, 555 Carpenter Lane
Join other Co-op members ready to face the dangers of modern diets overloaded with sugar in all its guises. We'll share knowledge, experience and concerns, review challenges, set action plans and offer opportunities to share recipes and product information. Late starters are welcome for the two final sessions, but please contact outreach@weaversway.coop or 215-843-2350, ext. 118. Intro to AyurvedaTuesday, March 28, 7-8:30 p.m., Healing Arts Studio, 15 W. Highland Ave. (2nd floor)
The world’s oldest system of natural medicine, Ayurveda offers a nuanced, holistic approach to nourishing and strengthening the body. Discover the principles underlying the ayurvedic diet, what body type you are and how to identify and target your particular nutritional needs. This Moxie Tuesday
workshop is led by Vishnu Om, owner and founder of Mt. Airy's Still Point Ayurveda. Click here for more info and to register. SAVE THE DATE: Growing Edible Native PlantsTuesday, April 4, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Community Room, 555 Carpenter Lane
From tropical-tasting pawpaws to sweet serviceberries to aromatic spicebush, native plants can enhance your garden, invite birds and butterflies and produce food for YOU. Let Diane Ehrich of Collins Nursery in Glenside, which specializes in edible natives from the mid-Atlantic region, show you how native plants can be edible plants too! Click for more info and to RSVP or call 215-843-2350, ext. 118.
Don’t miss the weekly eShopper for specials, samples and more!
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