Union Project Update - www.unionproject.org -   Volunteers Needed 12 volunteers are needed to help clean stained glass windows as part of our stained glass restoration classes and to assist with putting together a mailing. Volunteer help is needed this Thursday, June 9, from 7-9 pm. No previous experience is necessary. If you are able to help with this project please contact Justin@unionproject.org or call 412-478-3105. Volunteers will also be needed on July 9, July 16 and July 23 to assist with gardening between 10 am and 2 pm. Magic Penny Garden request for plants and volunteers Persephone Project founder/director and UP resident artist Stephanie Flom is creating a Magic Penny Garden, a public artwork on the corner of Stanton and Negley Avenues. The garden is being designed by Stephanie along with ten community collaborators and will be comprised of plants shared by community members. The shared plants are those that have been given to the gardener and hold special meaning because of the significance of the narrative they hold. Please bring a perennial plant from your garden to the Union Project on Sunday, June 26 between 1 and 4 pm to help create the Magic Penny Garden. Join Stephanie and other community volunteers on three Saturdays in July from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help plant the garden. The Persephone Project is a community conceptual art project that promotes gardening as contemporary art and recognizes gardeners as artists. (persephoneproject.org) For more information about the Union Project's Magic Penny Sharing Day e-mail Stephanie at sflom@andrew.cmu.edu. Calling all Coffee Addicts/Lovers The Union Station has a surplus of Pura Vida Coffee on hand - 35 lbs to be exact- and we are looking for people to purchase it from us! This is notjust good coffee, but GREAT COFFEE with a GREAT CAUSE! Pura Vida(www.puravidacoffee.com) is a Seattle-based coffee company that sells all certified fair-trade, organic, and shade grown coffee. It is 100% charitably owned and uses all of its resources and profits to benefit at-risk children and their families in coffee-growing countries, including meeting kids tangible needs through soup kitchens, free after-school programs, computer centers, soccer teams, and educational programs. We have several coffees to offer at $10/pound: Organic Decaf French Roast (a darker roast) Organic Decaf House Blend (very nice, smooth coffee) Organic Cafe Kilmanjaro (a dark, bold coffee- excellent!) Organic House Blend (medium roast, very smooth) Organic Breakfast Blend (milder roast) Organic French Vanilla (great flavoured coffee) If you love to drink coffee this is a great way to CREATE GOOD WITH EACH CUP YOU DRINK! Not only can you feel excited about providing farmers a living wage, drinking coffee that is grown using sustainable practices that help to protect the environment, and providing for the needs of at-risk children and family, but you can also know that the UNION PROJECT APPRECIATES YOUR SUPPORT! To place coffee orders, you can call Liz Steggall-Lewis at 412-362-0102 or email Justin@unionproject.org. You can either purchase/pick up your coffee (it is already ground for a drip coffee maker) at our summer markets each Thursday from 4-7 pm, or if that is inconvenient, please give us a call and we will work to deliver it to you. Call for local potters Union Project is requesting support from local ceramic artists in making Union Station Café a vibrant and successful coffee shop and to reflect the value of community support even in the dinnerware that is used to serve our customers. If you are a ceramic artist and would consider contributing 10 handmade ceramic mugs or cups for us to use in Union Station your in-kind contribution of dinnerware to the Union Project is fully tax-deductible. We plan to use your gift of functional ceramic art in Union Station. Customers will eat and drink out of your pieces on a daily basis. Additionally, customers will have the opportunity to purchase the dinnerware they are eating off of (or similar clean pieces). If you are a ceramic artist and would like to assist the Union Project in this way please contact Justin@unionproject.org or call 412-478-3105. Glass Restoration and Team Building @ Union Project Do you want to build relationships with your co-workers, staff, or employees? Union Project is expanding its revolutionary stained glass restoration classes to the broader Pittsburgh business community. We would like to work with your business or organization to provide a valuable service in relationship and team building, while at the same time promoting volunteerism and service to the community. Union Project will host your group of between 4 and 12 individuals for half-day, full-day, or weekend long workshops concentrating on team building and the importance of good working relationships. Your group will assist in and/or complete the full restoration of a historic stained glass window that will be permanently reinstalled into the Union Project. Union Project staff skilled in leadership initiatives will lead the team building portion of the classes. Catherine Berard of Prism Stained Glass is the primary instructor for stained glass portion of the classes. Cost for each workshop is determined by the number of participants in each workshop. Contact justin@unionproject.org for more information.   Now accepting applications for rental partners Union Project is now accepting rental applications for use of studio, office, venue, and board meeting spaces at the Union Project. Rental agreements can begin as early as September 1, 2005. Union Project has 8 unique office and studio spaces available for rent. In addition, there are 3 separate common areas that are available for use as worship space, performance space, board meeting space, weddings, and other civic gathering opportunities. Visit www.unionproject.org for more details, or email jess@unionproject.org or call 412-363-4550 for more information. Call for Weekly Volunteers Union Project is in need of several dedicated volunteers to spend a few hours each week at Storehouse, a Pittsburgh organization that redistributes abundance to local non –profits. Union Project representatives must volunteer approximately 12 hours per month in the warehouse doing jobs such as sorting, packaging, arranging, labeling, loading, and unloading, phone answering, paperwork, cleaning and building maintenance. If you are interested in supporting the Union Project in this way please contact Justin@unionproject.org or call 412-478-3105.   _______________________________________________ update mailing list update@unionproject.org http://unionproject.mennonite.net/mailman/listinfo/update.unionproject