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sarah5365
Feb 10, 20122 min read
Common Goods Treasures Go Global
Contributions by Claire Erholtz, Common Goods Summer Retail Staff; and Jim Nagy, Common Goods Volunteer ——————————————————————- Last...
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sarah5365
Jan 17, 20121 min read
Recycle Mania
Posted by Suzanne Welch, Common Goods General Manager. Common Goods held its first two-day Recycle Mania event on Jan 6-7, 2012. We had a...
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sarah5365
Dec 28, 20112 min read
Having Christmas Every Day
Photo by Michal Marcol http://bit.ly/freedigitalphotosMarcol This Christmas, many of us will have ventured out into stores to purchase...
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sarah5365
Dec 12, 20113 min read
Having an Upcycled Christmas
So my extended family has this somewhat quirky (although not completely unique to us) tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas...
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sarah5365
Nov 21, 20111 min read
Giving to the Max
We here at Bridges of Hope were blown away last Wednesday, when our supporters hit the $40,000 mark on our Fall Campaign. In case you...
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sarah5365
Nov 11, 20111 min read
First Bridge Section Complete
Thanks to the quick work of the good folks at Nor-Son, the first section of our bridge is already complete! On Wednesday, November 9,...
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sarah5365
Nov 8, 20113 min read
Building a Bridge
Artist's rendering of the completed bridge Bridges of Hope is building a bridge. Yes, a physical bridge. This fall we established a new...
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sarah5365
Jul 26, 20113 min read
Not in the Spotlight but a Rockstar Nonetheless
image by smokedsalmon | http://bit.ly/freedigitalphotos_smokedsalmon One of our positively stellar volunteers–someone who inspires you to...
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sarah5365
Mar 29, 20112 min read
The Spirit of Service
For many middle school and high school students, Spring Break is time to head out on a family vacation or to just take it easy for a...
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sarah5365
Feb 10, 20111 min read
Common Goods Volunteer Recognized
Congratulations to Phillip Vennemann of Brainerd for being selected as the Youth Volunteer of the Month! Philip is one of our valuable...
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