Results!

The results of our 350 Green Project are in!

362 people joined up with the Center, SIFE, and Bridging the Gap to reduce their individual carbon footprints. This surpassed our goal of 350 people!

Together, all 362 of us have contributed to a total annual carbon savings of 1,334,661 pounds.

We had our prize drawing on Friday to celebrate our success, and the winners were Matt Drabenstott, Phillip Cuendet, Rebecca Ewing, and Alixandra Dennis. Congratulations to the winners, and to the whole Jewell community for making such a huge difference!

This marks the end of our Jewell campaign, but you can continue to sign up at Bridging the Gap. If you haven't done so, join this important effort and Do Five Green Things!

tomorrow: earth hour

Don't forget to participate in Earth Hour tomorrow night from 8:30-9:30pm!

Rock Out Reach Out

The website for Rock Out Reach Out is up! You have heard about it, now learn more at rockoutreachout.org

Socially Conscious Shopping

Confident that you are buying good, socially conscious brands? Find out the real story behind all that marketing money and store visibility.

Burt's Bees, Tom's of Maine, Naked Juice: Your Favorite Brands? Take Another Look -- They May Not Be What They Seem
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/131910

Earth Hour 2009

8:30PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth. Saturday March 28, 2009.

Projects 2009

The first Projects for Justice and Sustainability grants have been awarded!

• A grant will allow the department of music to sponsor a choral competition. The goal of the project is to solicit and select a choral music composition for public performance that has as its inspiration and text some connection to the concepts of justice and/or sustainability. The composer of the selected composition will receive a prize and will travel to campus for the final rehearsals. The selected composition will be performed by Jewell students in the choral studies program at the annual summit sponsored by the Center for Justice and Sustainability.

• Alaina Barclay, a junior nonprofit leadership major from Kansas City, MO, received a grant to travel to Mozambique, Africa for three weeks this summer to work at the Carolina Belshe Orphanage.

• Abigail Pratt, a sophomore religion major from Liberty, MO received a grant to travel to central and eastern Uganda for three weeks with a group of undergraduate students sponsored by the "student.go" program of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

Projects for Justice and Sustainability is an annual competition sponsored by the Center for student-developed and student-executed projects. The grant program allows students an opportunity to develop, formally propose, receive funding for, and conduct research/action projects related to issues of justice and/or sustainability. We hope to announce each year's winners and hear from the previous year's winners at the annual Justice Summit. In this, our first year, the committee who determines the winners of Jewell's Pritchard Humanitarian Service Award served to determine the Projects for Justice & Sustainability as well.

Matthew 25 Project

We're trying something new this summer to engage and connect local faith communities with each other around issues of service and justice and make a difference in KC. Read about Matthew 25 here, and go to matt25project.com to find out more and get your community involved.

The Matthew 25 Project is...

... a great way to engage your local church in a local service project with high impact, low cost, and long lasting benefits for your church and the community. You will begin relationships with other servant-minded folks from another church as you work together painting a home in the city's urban core.

Get Involved...

Do something for folks that need a helping hand, the kind of people Jesus referred to when he said, "Whatever you do for the least of these, you have done for me..." In the urban core of Kansas City there are widows, single moms, and disabled residents who are looking for hope. Their homes are in disrepair, the Matthew 25 Project is a way you can roll up your sleeves along with others from your church and make a lasting difference in their lives. Your church group will be partnered with another church from the area, as we will serve together in the “City of Fountains,” to share Christ’s living water by improving resident’s homes.

The Mission...

The mission of the Matthew 25 Project is to provide a spiritual, cross cultural experience for church crews that volunteer to improve substandard housing for residents in Kansas City’s urban core. Participants will be mobilized and encouraged to serve with the heart, attitude and hands of Christ. (Matt. 25:40)

Distinctives of the Matthew 25 Project...

Ecumenical
Participating groups come from a variety of churches, representing a wide spectrum of the Christian Church in this region.

Diverse
Participants from local churches, will represent a variety of ethnic backgrounds.

Group Building - Option
William Jewell’s Tucker Leadership Lab is a fully staffed high and low ropes experience on campus, that groups may choose to utilize in preparation for your actual day of service in the city. Your crew members will have the opportunity to participate based on their own comfort level with the elements. There is a slight fee for this option and should be scheduled through the Tucker Leadership Office.

The Matthew 25 Service Experience

The Matthew 25 Project offers a service experience for your group that will provide a full day of service and relationship building. All the tools and materials you need will be on-site. Prior to the work day you will be in touch with your partner church and you are encouraged to begin getting to know one another through church attendance and other venues. Our hope is that the Matthew 25 Project can be a way for your church to build bridges while serving the community. A real life-changing, mission experience for students and adults.

Need more information? E-mail Jeff Buscher or call 816-415-7560