From: justin@unionproject.org Subject: We still need your help! Date: August 16, 2005 8:31:21 AM EDT To: update@unionproject.mennonite.net Cc: justin@unionproject.org       UPDATE: We’ve got great news! – Jess and Chad had their baby AND we are 91% finished with our Phase I campaign to raise $1,646,000 to renovate the Union Project! When the remaining funds are pledged, Union Station (the café partnership with Peabody High School Culinary Arts Academy students) construction can be completed within weeks, and the café will open this fall! Go to www.unionproject.org to check out construction already completed on the renovated offices, studios and meeting rooms that will be open in September.   WE NEED HELP! Union Station won't be finished without your membership pledge. Please consider a pledge today. An incredible amount of work has already been completed, but there is still a lot to be done. Please donate online now at www.unionproject.org.   Become a member at one of the following levels!   1. $100 (or $9 a month for a year OR 100 hours of volunteer labor) sponsors a Union Station mug – your name or loved one’s name stamped on mugs to be used in the café; benefits include: 10 free cups of coffee, 10% discount on stained glass class, Union Project bumper sticker, invitation to annual membership event   2. $250 (or $21 a month) sponsors a Union Station chair   - you can come decorate the chair or have it designed by youth artists; benefits include: 25 free cups of coffee, 20% discount on stained glass class, Union Project bumper sticker, choice of Union Project t-shirt or mug, invitation to annual membership event   3. $500 ($42 a month) sponsors a Union Station table – you can come decorate the table or have it designed by youth artists; Benefits include: 50 free cups of coffee, 25% discount on board room or sanctuary rental, Union Project bumper sticker, choice of Union Project t-shirt or mug, handmade stained glass Christmas ornament, invitation to annual membership event   Your gift will: - Complete the capital campaign and build Union Station - Provide employment and training opportunities for youth - Create a neighborhood gathering space and recreate a strong, diverse community - Support the growth and sale of fair trade coffee - Celebrate local artists whose work will be on display and for sale at the café - Add vibrancy and safety to our neighborhood   Please donate online now at www.unionproject.org.   Introducing Esmé Rebecca King Martin – the newest member of the Union Project! Esmé was born on Monday, August 15. She, Jess & Chad are all doing very well. She says, “My mom hasn’t been able to help with demolition or painting for the last nine months – but I think she’s been busy helping in other ways. I hear lots of you on this list have been waiting to meet me – from what I hear, you’re a great bunch of folks and I can’t wait to meet you either! Anyway, I hope you’ll help us finish this fundraising stuff so my mom can get some sleep (or at least leave me to be the only reason she doesn’t get any sleep for the next while!). Do you like my t-shirt? I think I set the record for the youngest Union Project member ever – hope you’ll join me!”  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? Did you know that August marks the 4th Anniversary of the Union Project? – the month when young, enthusiastic and idealistic Pittsburghers came together to purchase the former Union Baptist Church and dream of it’s creative reuse.   Please help the Union Project meet its goal by donating online at www.unionproject.org. _______________________________________________ update mailing list update@unionproject.org http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/update.unionproject