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Community Calendar

• Holiday Market
  November 28 - 30
  Lutsen
   
• Sustainable Fair Trade Market
  November 29 - 30
  St. Joan of Arc (Minneapolis)
   
• Holiday Concert for United Way
  November 30
  Willmar
   
• A Logging Camp Christmas
  December 6
  Grand Rapids
   
• Member Double Discount Days
  December 7
  Mill City Museum
   
• Vatican Splendors
  through January 11
  Minnesota History Center (St. Paul)
   
• I'm New Here: Introducing the Library
  Every Saturday through 2008
  9:15 - 10:15 a.m.  Free (register online)
  Minnesota Historical Society Library, St. Paul
   
• To find your local farmer's market,
  visit www.localharvest.org

Mark's Weekly Volunteer Suggestions

• Big Brothers Big Sisters: Click Here
• Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota FAQs: Click Here

Websites

• Action Without Borders/Idealist.org: www.idealist.org
• Afghans for Afghans: www.afghansforafghans.org
• Afghans for Tomorrow: www.afghans4tomorrow.com
• Arm in Arm in Africa: http://www.stjoan.com/erfr.htm
• Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency: www.aeoa.org
• Audubon: www.audubon.org
• Barbara Lewis: Info about Barbara Lewis
• Befriender Ministry: www.befrienderministry.org
• Blessed Sacrament Church: www.blsachibbing.org
• Bloom Ladies: www.minneapolisblooms.org
• BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools): Visit Web Site
• Bren Bataclan and "The Smile Boston Project": www.bataclan.com
• Canning Tips and More: www.pickyourown.org
• Carmen Pampa Fund: www.carmenpampafund.org
• Charity Navigator: www.charitynavigator.org
• Charlie Maguire: www.charliemaguire.com
• City Songs: http://citysongs.umn.edu/
• Cold Fusion: www.lenr-canr.org
• Community Action Partnership: www.communityactionpartnership.com
• COSAD: www.cosad.org
• Council of Crime and Justice: www.crimeandjustice.org
• David Bornstein and How to Change the World: Buy the Book or visit his site: www.howtochangetheworld.org
• David Sirota: www.davidsirota.com
• Day One Services and Ride for Survival: www.dayoneservices.org/news.htm
• Diane Wilson and Spirit Car: www.wilsonwords.com/files/overview.html
• Dignity Center: www.haumc.org/Page.asp?I=125&T=0&K=20
• Doing Good Together (family volunteering): www.doinggoodtogether.org
• Earthjustice: www.earthjustice.org
• Ely: www.ely.org
• Eshowe Community Action Group USA: http://www.eshowe.net
• Explore Minnesota: www.exploreminnesota.com
• Fallout Urban Art Center: www.falloutminneapolis.com/contact/index.htm
• Families Moving Forward: www.familiesmovingforward.org
• Father Dom's Duck's Doo Compost: www.fatherdomsducksdoo.com
• Father Jim’s Work with South Africa: www.arminarminafrica.org and www.openarmsmn.org
• Feed My Starving Children: www.fmsc.org
• Franklin Street Bakery: www.franklinstreetbakery.com
• Fresh Energy: http://www.fresh-energy.org/default.htm
• FROM ME TO YOU CLOTHING MINISTRY: www.frommetoyou97.org/index.htm
• Girl Scouts Land of Lakes Council Boundary Waters Canoe Trips:
  Call 218-254-5696 or toll free 1-800-862-0875
• Global Citizens Network: www.globalcitizens.org
• Gretchan Pyne and LuLu: www.lulubellebooks.com
• Habitat for Humanity: www.tchabitat.org/content/view/58/29/
• Hands on Twin Cities: www.handsontwincities.org
• Heifer International: Visit this Site
• Homecoming Project: www.mnadopt.org/homecoming.htm
• Homeless Youth - organizations who work with them:
  • Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless: www.mnhomelesscoalition.org
  • Lutheran Social Services: www.lssmn.org
  • the Bridge: www.bridgeforyouth.org
  • Avenues for Homeless Youth: www.avenuesforyouth.org
  • YouthLink: www.youthlinkmn.org
  • Ain Dah Yung Shelter: www.aindahyung.com
• How you can save energy go to:
  www.energystar.gov
  www.commerce.state.mn.us
• Humphrey Institute: www.hhh.umn.edu
• In the Heart of the Beast Theatre: www.hobt.org
• Intermedia Arts: www.intermediaarts.org
• Isaiah: gamaliel.org/ISAIAH/default.htm
• Jewish Community Action: www.jewishcommunityaction.org
• Jewish Community Center: http://www.sabesjcc.org/ca_index.asp
• Jill Jacoby and Sweetwater Alliance: www.sweetwateralliance.org
  The outcome of the City Council's vote was: The 2 acre proposal was defeated by one vote, the 1/2 acre project was kept alive by one vote.
• Joan of Arc medals: www.patbenincasa-art.com and click on the medal
• Joe Margulies: www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/margulies
• Joe Seliga: http://www.holry.org/joecanoe.html and http://www.inmemoryofjoeseliga.blogspot.com/
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: www.jdrf.org
• Kairo Dance Theatre: www.kairosdance.org
• Katherine Scherer and Gratitude Works: www.gratitudeworks.com
• Kathleen Schuler’s Environmental Tips: www.healthylegacy.org and www.iatp.org/foodandhealth/
• Kids Against Hunger: www.feedingchildren.org
• La Nativad: www.hobt.org
• List of stores in Minnesota: www.needmagazine.com/purchase_stores.htm
• Live Green, Live Smart: www.livegreenlivesmart.org
• Living Consciously and Dying Gracefully: www.nanbec.com
• MAD DADS: www.maddads.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=2
• Magnum Chorum: www.magnumchorum.org
• Mark Martell and The Minnesota Audubon Society: www.audubon.org/chapter/mn/mn/
• Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community and Pow Wow: www.mendotadakota.org
• Mercy Housing and Human Development: www.mhhd.org
• Minneapolis Friends Meeting: www.quaker.org/minnfm
• Minneapolis National Night Out: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno/
• Minnesota Army National Guard's Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Program
• Minnesota Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union: www.aclu-mn.org
• Minnesota Citizens Federation: www.citizensfed.org
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits: http://www.mncn.org/index.htm
• Minnesota Department of Commerce State Energy office
• Minnesota Green Communities: www.greencommunitiesonline.org/minnesota
• Minnesota International Center: www.micglobe.org
• Minnesota National Guard Beyond the Yellow Ribbon: Visit Web Site
• MN State Energy Office: www.energy.mn.gov
• Minnesota Valley Action Council go to: www.mnvac.org
• Mother Bear Project: www.motherbearproject.org
• Multicultural Village: www.multiculturalvillage.org
• National Night Out: www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/
• National Ten Thousand Villages: www.tenthousandvillages.com
• National Whistle Blowers Center: www.whistleblowers.org
• National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology project: www.nwf.org/campusecology
• NEED Magazine: www.needmagazine.com
• Never Give Up by Kevin Winge: www.nevergiveupbook.com  (Purchase book)
• Nichole Smaglick and Another Land: www.anotherland.com
• Nonviolent Peaceforce: www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org
• North American Water Office: www.nawo.org
• North House Folk School: www.northhousefolkschool.com
• Open Arms and Kevin Winge: www.openarmsmn.org
• Operation Helmet: www.operation-helmet.org
• Operation REACH: www.operationreach.org
• OutFront Minnesota: www.outfront.org
• Paul Loeb: www.paulloeb.org
• Peace Foundation and Peace Ball: www.citypeace.org/home.html
• PLAY it Forward Adventures: www.pifadventures.com
• Queen Brown and "What's Going On?": www.queenbrown.com
• Qui Commission: www.keepmnjusticeimpartial.org
• Re Gifts: www.GreenGiftsOnline.com
  To get your 10% discount put in "village ten" as the code
• Rebuilding Together Twin Cities: www.rebuildingtogether-twincities.org
• Reverend Barry Lynn and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State: http://www.au.org/site/PageServer
• Revolution Youth Theatre: Visit Web Site
• Ricky McKinnie: www.rickymckinnie.com
• Rita Golden Gelman: www.ritagoldengelman.com
• Robert Robinson - Buy featured CD or more info: www.robertrobinsonmusic.com
• Sally Rogers: http://www.sallyrogers.com
• Sami Rasouli & Muslim Peacemakers Team: www.mpt-iraq.org
• Sami Rasouli: www.worldwidewamm.org/home.html
• Sami Rasouli's Letters for Peace: lettersforpeace.pbwiki.com
• Schools First: www.schoolsfirst.org
• Simpson Housing: www.simpsonhousing.org
• Soldier's Angels: www.soldiersangels.org
• Spiritwood Music: www.spiritwoodmusic.com
• Spread the Bread: www.spreadthebread.org
• St. Joan of Arc: www.stjoan.com
• St. Olaf's environmental website: www.stolaf.edu/green
• Sweetwater Alliance: www.sweetwateralliance.org
• Take Back Your Time: www.timeday.org
• Ten Thousand Village store: 867 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105
• The Center for a New American Dream: www.newdream.org
• The Green Belt Movement: http://www.shaklee.com/main/aboutNewsRelease_031806
  http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/
  http://www.shakleemilliontrees.org/
  Bob Grobe, call 952-361-3317 or 1-800-736-3298
• The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory: www.comozooconservatory.org/cons/index.shtml
• The Sacred Voice: www.sacredvoice.org
• Third Way Network: http://www.thirdwaynetwork.org/forms/contact.php
• Tibet: www.tibet.org and www.tibet.net
• Tony Signorelli: www.calltoliberty.org
• Transit for Livable Communities: www.tlcminnesota.org
• Twin Cities Green: www.GreenGiftsOnline.com
  To get your 10% discount put in "village ten" as the code
• United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations:
  www.unitedcongress.org • www.movementmakers.org
• Veterans and Friends: www.vetsandfriends.org
• Veterans on the Lake: www.veterans-on-the-lake.com
• Vincent Wycoff: Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier
• Voices United: www.haumc.org/Worship.asp
• Wilder Foundation: www.wilder.org
• Will Steger's presentations on global warming
• Wolf Ridge: www.wolf-ridge.org
• World Changing: www.worldchanging.com
• World Relief: www.worldreliefmn.org
• World Vision: www.worldvision.org
• Yako Tahnahga's workshops and/or for more information, contact Mary Mueller at 952-472-1678

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