Guiding Lights offers monthly training sessions, workshops, and ongoing support to anyone interested in learning introductory support skills in a virtual environment. Instructors are RL licensed or certified, with collegiate level experience in teaching and curriculum design.
Information here: www.slwellness.com/guidinglights.html

The Guiding Lights Center is located here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Aloft%20Nonprofit%20Commons/246/57/25

For additional information, please contact Avalon Birke or Kat Klata in-world.

Classes are free of charge and you can start anytime.

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On Saturday September 6 there will be a mini-track on "Health and Support" at the Second Life Community Convention in Tampa, Florida.

All health care leaders, practitioners, facilitators, group participants, people who have participated in health and disability support groups in Second Life, and who have already registered, are intending to or interested in attending the SLCC, and would like to attend or actively take part in this track, please contact me.

For more information about SLCC or how to register or get accommodation please go to the SLCC website at http://www.slconvention.org/

I look forward to meeting some of you there!

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Hiya Gang,

You may know that I'm in SL representing Great Strides, a RL nonprofit whose mission is: to promote emotional healing and growth in partnership with horses. (Yep, you read it right! ;-) Read all about us at: http://www.GreatStrides.org.

Anyway, we're holding BOTH RL and inworld auctions coming up in August and September and I'm wondering if you might be interested in donating items for sale in our auctions!

* Inworld, we've already secured a yacht, some buildings, equine artwork (photos and other media) and an amazing one-hour personal tour of the elven lands. The auction is planned for 8/9/08 at Lord and Lady Smadga's Horse Park.

* In real life, we have items donated by David and Karen O'Connor, gold and silver Olympic medalists in equestrian, a horse drawn carriage ride complete with a wine and cheese party for two, and some very upscale dinner packages at local restaurants (near Damascus, MD, USA). The event is planned for 9/6/08 at our farm.

This is an incredibly crucial year for the agency as we lost $75,000 in RL support due to shrinking local and state government support for nonprofits. On the other hand, we have strong positive momentum as we've greatly expanded our individual donor base, program offerings and board of directors.

I hope you can help us out inworld or IRL with an item, or by coming to our party! The inworld event will be at Lord and Lady Smadga's Horse Park – a lovely Dutch couple that have taken great interest in our work. The event IRL has a medieval theme – "A Knight to Remember" - and the evening will be a BLAST! (We still have sponsorship opportunities, too, inworld or IRL!)

Thanks for your support in whatever way you can help!

Please let me know what you can do,

Brad/Veri

Brad Lewis (RL)
Veri Oddfellow (SL)
Board Chair
Great Strides
http://www.GreatStrides.org

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What: Non Profit Commons (NPC) Awareness Night

Where: NPC Aloft Island - Main Square

When: Saturday, July 26th, 6 PM SLT

Live Performance - There will be a live performance by *** Vienna James *** with Non Profit Organizations (NPO's) speaking about their organizations during the concert

What else? A display board with info on NPC NPO's, Freebies and tons of fun :-)

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Dear friends and community,

I just had to write to tell you that Topaz took blue ribbons in his first horse show, ever! He is of our therapy horses and has been training, since he needed a little something more in his life at Great Strides. Topaz, ridden by his trainer Jen, took blue ribbons in Training Level 1 and Training Level 3 tests and left the competition in the dust.

Congrats, Topaz!

Brad

Brad Lewis
Board Chair
Great Strides
www.GreatStrides.org

Our mission is to promote emotional healing and growth in partnership with horses.

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Hiya ... in cooperation with the National Youth Leadership Council and Learn and Serve America, there are online streaming sessions from the National Service-Learning Conference, happening live in Minneapolis, this week in Second Life. Sessions on Friday include: Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu from 7:00 am to 8:30 am SLT; as well as a Featured Forum with him from 8:45 - 10:15 am; 12:30 - 2 pm a Global Kids workshop; and from 2:15 - 3:45 pm SLT Youth in Media Featured Forum.

On the main grid, drop into Teaching Island at: Teaching 117, 120, 22. If you have trouble finding it, IM Rhiannon Chatnoir. For more info on the conference, see: www.nylc.org. For more info on service-learning, see: www.servicelearning.org. For more info on funding for young people who want to get involved with service-learning see: www.learnandserve.gov or IM me at: Veri Oddfellow or EM me at: BLewis@cns.gov. Thanks!

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Dear Friends of Great Strides (a member of the Nonprofit Commons on Aloft Island),

Katie, a 5 year old Gypsy Vanner who lives at our farm and works with
clients, sustained a rather severe leg injury this week. While we are
pleased to report that she is recovering from her surgery, she will
require several weeks of hospital care, followed by an extensive
recovery period back home.

With seed funding from our JAM Fund, which covers extraordinary
expenses for horses participating in our program, we are launching a
fundraiser whose first priority will be to cover the cost of her
surgery and subsequent care. The cost of the surgery alone is already
exceeding our available funds by several thousand dollars. Any
donations raised in excess of the cost of her care will be used to
replenish the JAM fund.

Each and every member of our herd selflessly contributes to the
healing work at Great Strides each and every day. Here is our
opportunity to give something back when one of our herd is in need.

Please keep Katie in your thoughts as she begins her journey toward
recovery. And, if you can, please make a contribution to the JAM fund
in Katie's name. Any assistance you can provide will be greatly
appreciated.

To help, please go to (where you can see a photo of her in better times):

http://www.greatstrides.org/Katie2.html

or our Facebook Cause page

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/6822?recruiter_id=2240190

and click on Donate or Donate Now.

Or visit our barn on Aloft Island in the Nonprofit Commons.

Thank you one and all.

Brad/Veri

Brad Lewis (RL)
Veri Oddfellow (SL)
Board Chair
Great Strides
www.GreatStrides.org
Brad@greatstrides.org

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