Featuring Jodi Pfarr
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Northfield Middle School Auditorium
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Early bird registration: $15.00 (until 8/1/06); Registration: $25.00

For more information or to registerr, visit www.northfieldhci.org

Questions: Call 664.3524 ir email info@northfieldhci.org

Objectives of the Training:
* Develop an accurate mental model of generational poverty and explore the impact of poverty on those living in it
* Review research on the causes of poverty
* Explore the hidden rules of economic class
* Examine the impact of poverty on family structure
* Identify ways in which the information can be used to improve relationships and outcomes at individual, organizational, and community levels

The Campaign for Children Committee is a group comproised of women from the Northfield United Methodist Church. Operation Backpack is a back-to-school program that furnishes new backpacks and school supplies for all children entering kindergarten through Grade 12 whose households are certified to use the program services of the Northfield Community Action Center. These women seek out help in the form of monetary donatioons and supplies from a wide spectrum of individuals, business and churches throughout Northfield. Sending children off to school with a shiney new backpack filled with all the supplies they are expected to bring has an impact on the success a child has in and out of the classroom.

The committee accepts monetary donations. Checks may be sent to Operation Backpack in care of Jean DeLong at 1002 S Spring Street, Northfield, MN 55057.

For information agout qualifying to receive a backpack and school supplies, contact the Northfield Community Action Center, 664.3550. The deadline for registration is August 9th!

More rain than shine in the Econofoods lot as the teams of mechanics huddled under tents and swarmed around cars testing for fuel efficiency, performance and safety Saturday.

NAPA Auto Parts, Convenience Car Care, Northfield Auto Care, Valley Autohaus and Witt Bros. Service, Inc. worked together checking over 85 components of the car’s system and then reported to the owner.

Vehicle inspections were free, but the guys were doing it asking for a cash donation or non-perishable food item for the CAC Food Shelf.

Thanks to the hearty souls working on Saturday in the cold rain for food for the hungry in our community! It was a kind and generous service to the whole community.

CAC is thrilled to announce that the community of Northfield has helped us again surpass our fundraising goal by raising $72,019 and collecting 22,455 pounds of food in the Minnesota FoodShare Campaign! These donations will keep the CAC Food Shelf operational and well stocked throughout the year.

Through our work at the CAC we get to watch how the community’s donations impact the lives of the people who are served here. We are proud to live in a community that responds compassionately to issues of hunger and allows us to distribute a bounty of nutritious food to those in need.

We are grateful, says Jim Blaha, executive director, for this community’s generosity. Thank you!

CAC is the grateful recipient of a new X226 Server for the computer system through the On Demand Community Grants Program of IBM Company in Rochester.

The step into new technology comes at just the right time. The agency has operated with a used machine for its network for 10 years and even though the network has given the staff operational strength, the server was starting to show it is overworked.

Thank you to IBM for their community grants program.

The March 11 Bizarre Bazaar, first ever for the CAC, was a smashing success. Everyone attending had an enjoyable evening, in particular the Style Show of Clothes Closet finds and personal favorites modeled by familiar friends!

The vintage clothing, odd treasures and donations of all sorts made the auction interesting, if not bizarre.

The most gratifying part of the auction, however, was the sale of enough food to feed a family of four for a week. Contributions were made to the MN FoodShare campaign, an annual March event. A couple people started, and then Ed Kuhlman, auctioneer extraordinaire, could hardly keep up with the bidders! Twenty-eight people helped us ensure people don’t go hungry in Northfield.

Thanks to all who donated, helped and attended.

Dr. Jerry Appeldoorn
Beth Berry
Valerie Bollinger
Bill Cowles
Soren Erickson
Shawn Groth
Mary Ho
Rebecca Judge
Perry Mason
Rev. Clay Oglesbee
Lynne Pederson
Israel Quintero
Howard White

What will they wear to the Bizarre Bazaar?

Silent Auction, Live Auction and Style Show to benefit the Northfield Community Action Center. Featuring Ed Kuhlman, Auctioneer Extraordinaire.

Join us for an evening of fun, food and Fashion.

Saturday, March 11, 2006
6:00 p.m. - 11 p.m.
The Grand Event Center

$15.00 Admission. Includes bidding number, two beverage tickets and hors d’oeuvers.

Tickets available at the Northfield Community Action Center. Contact us for more information.

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund’s Portraits of Home, Families in Search of Shelter in Greater Minnesota , photography exhibit highlights the personal impact that the lack of affordable housing has on the lives of people in Northfield and throughout Greater Minnesota. Click here to visit the GMHF exhibt

Watch the film created by Rachel Teagle and Elli Steil of the Carleton College Cinema and Media Studies program.
This film is hosted by the Northfield Area United Way, a partner of the Northfield Community Action Center.