<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted #D4D4D4 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:dotted #D4D4D4 .75pt;padding:0in 0in 11.0pt 0in;background:#F6F6F6;margin-left:44.25pt;margin-right:0in" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15343">
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; line-height: 14.2pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15344"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#646464;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15345">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15346"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15347"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#646464" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15348">Project Vida was founded 25 years ago. Bill
and Carol Schlesinger have been co-directors since then.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15349"></o:p></span></b></div>
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Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA).<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15355"></o:p></span></b></div>
</div><div style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:14.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;background:#F6F6F6" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15356"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:#646464;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15357">·<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15358"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15359"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#646464" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15360">It provides many services including child
care, after-school programs, health clinics, a wellness program, sexual and
reproductive health education.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15361"></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height:normal;background:#F6F6F6" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15362"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.35pt;margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15377"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15378">As Bill Schlesinger, the co-director of
Project Vida, looks out of the 60,000 square foot glass-house building in
the Chamizal neighborhood, it is difficult for him to hold back his smile.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15379"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.35pt;margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15380"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15381">"We started out in a 5,000 square foot
duplex 25 years ago right where this building is now," said Schlesinger,
who can see the Chamizal National Memorial from his second-floor office.
"Then we added another and another one and another. Now we have multiple
sites all over the city."<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15382"></o:p></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15256">
</div><div style="margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15383"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15384">Project Vida, a
program of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church
(USA), provides a multitude of services including child care, after-school
programs, health clinics, a wellness program, sexual and reproductive health
education, homeless prevention, housing and economic development training.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15385"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15383"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333"><br></span></div><div style="margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15383"><span style="font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15569">full story here:</span></div><div style="margin-left:62.25pt;line-height:19.55pt;background:#F6F6F6" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15383"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15533"><span style="font-size: 16.6667px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15534"><a href="http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/2016/09/25/project-vida-25-years-and-going-strong/90747150/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475096233017_15570">http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/2016/09/25/project-vida-25-years-and-going-strong/90747150/</a></span></font><br></div><div></div><div> </div><div class="signature"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123">Jim Wiegel</a> <br><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;line-height:18.3999996185303px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">“If you want an adventure . . . what a time to be alive!”. 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--></style><div><div class="yiv4480538600WordSection1"><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">It has been awhile since I communicated what Linda and I have been doing to try to keep up our commitment to the life of service which you all are exhibiting in your own lives. We have been for a few years now, along with our colleagues the Butchers (who enticed us into this volunteer opportunity), working with a genuine grassroots organization called Corazon, which began several decades ago building houses for and with people in the Colonias of Tijuana and Tecate, Baja, Mexico. The organization has evolved over the years into a full community-building, family-oriented effort and now works in seven, soon to be eight separate communities, with a total of 10 staff, eight of whom are Mexican. In addition to the continued program of house-builds in a day using all volunteers, there is an emphasis on local leadership development, support for education from elementary to college age students (tutoring and scholarships), and several other emerging projects, all aimed at self-sustenance and growing the sense of community.</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">The staff of Corazon has adopted ToP methods in their entirety and all staff have been to TFM. The executive director would by now be on a path to certification as a ToP trainer if she was not so dedicated to her mission with Corazon. Linda has done most of the follow-up training of staff and mentoring, as well as co-leading with the E.D. a number of trainings. The methods are now being disseminated into the leadership of the seven communities.</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">My role with Corazon as a volunteer has been providing technical support, specifically helping to set up a computer learning lab. The vision for this is to have computer learning capability in all of the seven or eight community centers. I have been refurbishing donated computer equipment and taking it down to the Tijuana office, where one of the staff who is quite tech-savvy completes the setup and training of users. I have been letting all my friends in my neighborhood know that I welcome their donations of computers, monitors, peripherals, etc, when they are ready to upgrade. I have now taken on the task of locating used laptops, netbooks, tablets, etc. that still have life in them. We are hopeful of beginning to provide a notebook or tablet to be incorporated in the scholarship program to be given to students who qualify through Corazon’s point system (they have to earn their scholarships etc. by putting in tutoring or volunteer hours). I am able to wipe all personal data and programs if necessary, and even try to recover photos, videos, data that may be left, before refurnishing the unit. Any Windows laptop from XP on is OK. Mac notebooks OK, Chromebooks, any kind of tablet, iPad, etc. Unfortunately, I am not able to cover shipping costs. But if you are thinking of moving to a new laptop or tablet and want to donate your old one, and are willing to bear the cost of shipping it to me, I assure you they will be put to good use for a great organization. Education in Mexico is tuition-free at the elementary to about 8<sup>th</sup> grade level, but it still costs a grade school student about $200 a year, $700 for middle school, more for high school and college of course. Students may have cell phones, but they are in need of working computers to do their homework and other school projects. If you can help out it will be most appreciated.</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">If you would like to learn more about Corazon, the organization and its programs, please go to the following link: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.corazon.org/en/">http://www.corazon.org/en/</a> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Thanks for your consideration!</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Milan Hamilton</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Aka Mellowmilan</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">80 North Center Street</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Redlands, CA 92373</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">909-735-5163 (H)</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">909-556-5815 (M)</div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">E-mail: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mellowmilan2@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mellowmilan2@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue;">mellowmilan2@gmail.com</span></a></div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Blog: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mellowmilan.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:blue;">www.mellowmilan.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal">Blog 2: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.mellowmilansite.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:blue;">www.mellowmilansite.wordpress.com</span></a></div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div><div class="yiv4480538600MsoNormal"> </div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>OE mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net" href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>