How exciting! Such an appropriate honor for our wonderful Marge.

Belated Happy Birthday, Marge—sorry I didn’t get something written for you ahead of time, but know you are one of the Spirit Movement giants in my eyes.

Susan

Susan Fertig-Dykes

(personal email account)

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 ESV

From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Terry Bergdall
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 10:15 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community; Colleague Dialogue
Subject: [Oe List ...] Special birthday present for Marge Philbrook

Marge's 85th birthday party was held today at 4750 with many people in attendance. A donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, sent a contribution to ICA-USA for $8,500 (eight thousand five hundred dollars) with some specific instructions. To celebrate her eighty-fifth year, Marge is to designate portions of this $8,500 contribution, in amounts as she sees fit, to the seven major current program areas at ICA-USA. These are:

- GreenRise Uptown for creating a green culture within the largest nonprofit service center in the Midwest;

-  Resilient Communities via the “Accelerate 77” program in Chicago neighborhoods;

-  Service Learning for leadership development with university students;

-  Learning Basket for early childhood education and family literacy;

- International Initiatives in support of “peer-to-peer” work with other national ICAs;

- Global Archives for preserving and passing-on ICA wisdom to future generations;

- Technology of Participation (ToP).

For the many of you who shared stories about Marge,  I thought you would enjoy hearing about this special birthday present.

Terry Bergdall