Saturday, March 8th - SAN DIEGO - Speaker Training

Date: Saturday, March 8th

Time: 9 am - 12:30 pm

City: San Diego

Location: Rancho Bernardo Presbyterian Church - 17010 Pomerado Road

This orientation is suitable for both new and experienced volunteers who want to learn more about becoming a part of our Speakers Bureau. You don't need to be an experienced public speaker to talk about Heifer. All you need is a commitment to end world hunger and foster peace. We'll teach you the rest!
If you'd like to attend this event, please RSVP to sw@heifer.org or call our office toll-free at 877-663-1683. Pass on the gift of information and let your friends and family know about this event! We hope to see you there!

Please RSVP to the SW Office by March 1st, if you would like to attend.

Southern California Celebration Dinner

Our Southern California Celebration Dinner is fast approaching. On Saturday, Feb.23rd at 6 pm at the La Verne Church of the Brethren, we will be honoring this year's outstanding volunteers and top fundraisers. We look forward to a wonderful evening of food, fellowship and laughter!

Summer Intern Position

The Southwest Regional Office has a paid Summer Intern Position for the Beyond Our Borders Event at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa. This internship would run from May to August (flexible start and end dates) and the intern would work between 30-40 hours/week.

The main role of the intern is to assist in the volunteer coordination, volunteer training, educational activities, educational evaluation, and events marketing, planning and scheduling, for the Beyond Our Borders educational display.

Education and Experience:
Has completed at least two years of undergraduate studies in social work, education, international studies or a similar field. Has experience coordinating groups of volunteers.
Has experience presenting information to small groups.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Interest in and commitment to Heifer’s mission of working with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.Interest in supporting educators and volunteers to communicate about the root causes of hunger and Heifer’s work to address hunger and poverty. Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills. Confident presenting information to small groups. Environmental Education experience or Museum Program experience desirable

What is Beyond Our Borders?
Beyond Our Borders is a traveling exhibit used for educational and fundraising efforts. The exhibit features replica dwellings and village life in Uganda, Thailand and Ecuador. With photographs, artifacts, instructive paneling and activities, each dwelling highlights how a particular animal helps alleviate hunger and poverty and how Heifer communities are working together to address critical issues.

TO APPLY: Send Cover Letter and Resume by March 1st, 2008:

Attention: Youmna El-Sabaa
HR Project SpecialistHeifer International World Headquarters
1 World Avenue, Little Rock, AR/USA 72202

Upcoming Speaker Training + Orientation!

Mark your calendars folks! We are holding a Speaker Training and Orientation session next month and we'd love to have you take part in this event.

Date: Saturday, February 9th.

Time: 9 am - 1 pm (refreshments will be served)

Place: First United Methodist Church of Pasadena

Address: 500 East Colorado Boulevard,

Pasadena, CA.

This orientation is suitable for both new and experienced volunteers who want to learn more about becoming a part of our Speakers Bureau. You don't need to be an experienced public speaker to talk about Heifer. All you need is a commitment to end world hunger and foster peace. We'll teach you the rest!

If you'd like to attend this event, please RSVP to sw@heifer.org or call our office toll-free at 877-663-1683. Pass on the gift of information and let your friends and family know about this event! We hope to see you there!

Christmas Poem by Maya Angelou

Into this climate of fear and apprehension, Christmas enters,

Streaming lights of joy, ringing bells of hope

And singing carols of forgiveness high up in the bright air.

The world is encouraged to come away from rancor,

Come the way of friendship.

It is the Glad Season.

Thunder ebbs to silence and lightning sleeps quietly in the corner.

Flood waters recede into memory.
Snow becomes a yielding cushion to aid us.

As we make our way to higher ground.

Hope is born again in the faces of children.

It rides on the shoulders of our aged as they walk into their sunsets.

Hope spreads around the earth. Brightening all things.

Even hate which crouches breeding in dark corridors.

In our joy, we think we hear a whisper.

At first it is too soft. Then only half heard.

We listen carefully as it gathers strength.

We hear a sweetness.

The word is Peace.

It is loud now. It is louder. Louder than the explosion of bombs.

We tremble at the sound.

We are thrilled by its presence.

It is what we have hungered for. Not just the absence of war. But, true Peace.

A harmony of spirit, a comfort of courtesies.Security for our beloveds and their beloveds.

We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas.
We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.
We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.
Peace.
Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.
We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian,
Implore you, to stay a while with us.
So we may learn by your shimmering light
How to look beyond complexion and see community.

It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time.

Variety Magazine Covers Heifer International and Alternative Gift Giving

The following is a link to a recent article in Variety Magazine:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117976680.html?categoryid=2873&cs=1

How Each of Us Can Change the World

Bill Clinton's book entitled Giving features an entire chapter on Heifer International. It's a wonderful read that provides many ideas on how to get involved in your community and around the world.

Here is a link to a news story that discusses the book and its concentration on Heifer's work:

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1007/466003.html

Cinthia Joyce "Passing On The Gift" Art Show and Benefit

Join us Saturday, November 17 and Sunday November 18 from 12-4pm at this fabulous art show and benefit featuring the art of Cinthia Joyce. She will have paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography available, and 25% of the proceeds will benefit Heifer International.

You can find more information at www.cinthiajoyce.com or call our office at 562-431-4849.

Welcome to our Blog!

Heifer International is a non-profit organization committed to ending hunger and poverty and caring for the earth. As such, we operate with a talented, committed, and diverse group of volunteers who help us put this mission into action. Our hope is that this blog will help our efforts and serve as a notice board of upcoming events and opportunities in the Southwest region of Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii.

Please contact Catherine Scott, the Community Relations Coordinator of the Southwest region if you have an event you would like to publicize on this blog. She can be reached at catherine.scott@heifer.org. Please also link this blog to folks in this area who would like to know more about how to get involved with Heifer as a donor or volunteer.

We will be updating and filling out the blog as time goes on, and hopefully it will be a dynamic resource for everyone involved with Heifer and those hoping to become involved!