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A life Altering Documentary

MOVIE SCREENING

What if the solution to the world's problems was right in front of us all along?

I AM   (A life altering documentary).

The shift is about to hit the fan.

Please join us for the movie screening

Saturday, January 26th 2013

2-4pm

2331 New St.  Burlington Central Library

Centennial Room

Light refreshments will be provided.

 RSVP on Event brite http://iamburlington.eventbrite.com/ 

Sponsors: KAIROS, IDEA Burlington, Greening Sacred Spaces, Hamilton 350, Environment Hamilton, Halton Environmental Network.

Cooking from scratch: A youth's perspective

Cooking from Scratch with the Good Food Box contents
by 'Canada World Youth,' Kirsten Gelllein

This month's Good Food Box order, at 424 boxes, was our biggest yet!  Luckily the coordinators were very organized, and the volunteer team was motivated, energetic and hard working.  The contents were described by some of the volunteers as some of the most delicious looking yet, including: local fingerling potatoes, beets, butternut squash, carrots, romaine lettuce, cucumber, mushrooms, tomatoes, oranges, bosc pears and bananas!

After a bit of rest I made my way to Friends Meeting House for Cooking from Scratch, a cooking class and communal meal presented by Greening Sacred Spaces, a joint program by Faith and the Common Good and Environment Hamilton.  Darlene and Harriet led our group of twelve to cook up a gourmet meal using the contents of the Good Food Box.  On the menu was: ginger and squash soup, warm beet and feta salad, roasted fingerling potatoes and a mixed salad with homemade croutons and roasted almond slivers.  Getting a chance to get to know more about one another, we spent just over an hour preparing and compiling the ingredients and learning some new cooking techniques and recipes.  Then we got to sit down, take pleasure in each other's company and enjoy the fresh, easy-to-prepare and delicious meal we had created!

One of the 'chefs.'

I had such a great time meeting new people; it's easy to forgot how something as simple as coming together to cook can produce such a wonderful socializing atmosphere.  Incorporating a Cooking from Scratch program into your faith group or other community groups could be a great (and economic) way to get to know each other, learn some new cooking skills, and get a stronger bond to the food that you consume!"

Cooking From Scratch: Upcoming session, Nov 21st

The Good Food Box is a non-profit fresh fruit and vegetable distribution program. It makes healthy fresh food affordable and accessible to everyone.  The Good Food Box Network buys food at wholesale prices, with a preference for Ontario farmers. 

We'll gather at 5:30 pm and cook together until 6:30, ending with a delicious communal meal!

Where: Friends Meeting House, 7 Butty Place, Hamilton.

Last class: Wednesday, November 21st

Register early to avoid disappointment.

Bring your appetites and your willingness to learn   :-)

Although a hearty meal will be provided, a free GFB is NOT included, but you can obtain information about joining a Good Foob Box program in your community!!

GSS End of Year Report.

Open publication - Free publishing - More environment

Get to Worship Without Your Car Results

New Hope CRC. A jumble of bikes!

Thank you for participating in this years 'Get to Worship without your vehicle Challenge.' 

Below are the winners of the competition.Congratulations and please be in touch to arrange pick up of your prizes!

New Hope Church- FULL participation are the winners of the "Get to Worship without your vehicle challenge.' They will receive 2  return VIA rail tickets from Aldershot to Montreal to put in a draw. They will also receive a certificate for CarShare valued at $50 each courtesy of Hamilton CarShare http://communitycarshare.ca/hamilton/

Their youth Emily Sinclair will receive a bike helmet for her efforts in organizing her faith group to do the challenge. Thanks to Zsuzsi Trim at Healthy Living Division, City of Hamilton for donating the helmet.

Westdale United Church.

Westdale United comes in a close second. They will receive two certificates for the CarShare program courtesy of  HamiltonCarShare, worth $50 each.http://communitycarshare.ca/hamilton/ They will receive a free meditation workshop valued at $150, cortesy of Kelly Hilton Meditation.

Regina Mundi R.C. Church.

Regina Mundi comes close with 103 people walking to worship that weekend. They will receive rainbarrel courtesy of RainBarrel.ca. They will also receive a GO Transit customer coupon valued at $50.00 and redeemable when used towards the purchase of GO Transit fare media- courtesy of GO Transit.

Here's a note from Emily Sinclair who organized the challenge at her church:

My church is New Hope CRC. We are a small group of people who are focused on meeting the needs of our community in East Hamilton. For the most part the members of New Hope live in the same vicinity as our church. One of our ministries is a Bike Co-op, the purpose of which is to provide our community with affordable environmentally friendly transportation. I heard about the Greening Sacred Spaces contest through Jeff Neven, a member of New Hope, and we decided that our church was particularly well-suited to this competition. After several weeks of announcements and reminders the day of the contest arrived. I biked to church early in order to interview people about their mode of transportation as they arrived. Excitement grew as the jumble of bikes grew larger and the parking lot remained empty. There were several guests that Sunday and I was nervous because I knew they wouldn't know about the contest. But when I asked them about their mode of transportation, they carpooled! In the end, every single member, and guest, at our church that Sunday walked, biked, took the bus, or carpooled to church. Consistent to a church that is affiliated with a Bike Co-op, almost 50% of our turnout that Sunday biked to church. 

And the winners are....

Tim and Jessica Brand!

  

Cook it from Scratch

First session, Sept 19th. This could be you!

Cooking from Scratch (with Good Food Box contents).

The Good Food Box is a non-profit fresh fruit and vegetable distribution program. It makes healthy fresh food affordable and accessible to everyone.  GFB buys food at wholesale prices, wit

 h a preference for Ontario farmers.

Start: 5:30 pm, cooking together until 6:30 and end with a communal meal.

Where: Friends Meeting House, 7 Butty Place, Hamilton.
Wednesday, October 17th
Wednesday, November 21st
Register early to avoid disappointment.
Bring your appetites and your willingness to learn.

FREE! GFB NOT included.

Contact Beatrice             905 549 0900       or email bekoko@faith-commongood.net