HAAM Back-to-School Supplies Drive

We are joining with the community to collect school supplies for needy families in our area through HAAM's School Supply Drive.  Donations will be accepted in bins in the foyers of our church buildings until August 11, 2013.  Donations are completely voluntary.

There is particular need for the following items:  

* wide-ruled filler paper
* pocket folders with brads
* spiral notebooks
* 2-inch binders
* dividers
* glue and glue sticks
* pens
* pencils
* colored pencils
* markers/highlighters
* rulers
* erasers
* crayons
* calculators
* backpacks (with no rollers)

Remember the Pioneers

"I share the feelings of President Heber J. Grant, who said, "I can never think of  [the pioneers] but I am full of admiration and gratitude, and utter a prayer to the Lord to help me, as one of the descendants of that noble band, to be loyal, to be true, to be faithful as they were!"

~ M. Russell Ballard, October 1996

FIREHOUSE GILMAN ART GALLERY & STUDIOS

Through 2013 into January 2014, the temp space, on 1360 10th Street in Berkeley, is housing the Firehouse Gilman Village Art Gallery and Studios. 

Please come and meet some of the twentyfive plus artists on second Fridays "Art Attack" Open Studio. They will have refreshments, eclectic art of mixed media and you can buy local directly from the artists. 

To see a list of the growing list of Firehouse Gilman Village studio artists you can click here. 

Former Firehouse Art studios being rebuilt

While the new Firehouse Gilman Village studios are being built, as a second story of the old building (see architectural drawing below) which is currently being taken bare bone (see photo), and rebuilt to a thriving neighboorhood area with a cafe, shops, yoga studio and Whole Foods across the street and already in existence T.Rex retsuarant plus all the known local hangouts, the developers coin it the new "Berzerkeley", we are happy to have found such a nice home for our thriving arts community.

To reserve a spot on the new building, see the architecyural drawing below, with bayviews and affordable prices starting at $ 200 (which you can also share if you like) and an open floor plan, you can contact us here. We take applications and downpayments starting in September. Sign up for our NewZine here to recieve monthly updates on this development.

Architectural drawing by Avila Design

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Be Good Citizens

"May we be good citizens of the nations in which we live and good neighbors in our communities, reaching out to those of other faiths, as well as to our own.  May we be men and women of honesty and integrity in everything we do."                                                               ~Thomas S. Monson, October 2008 General Conference