Hilltop Montessori School Raffle features a Tiny House with proceeds to benefit Morningside Shelter
Tickets are $20 each and are available at Morningside Shelter, from any Hilltop student, or online at: http://tinyhouseraffle.eventbrite.com
Upper Elementary students (grades 4-6) at Hilltop Montessori School in Brattleboro, Vermont, have been busy building a Tiny House, as part of their Practical Life work.
The custom made Tiny House will be raffled this June in support of Hilltop Montessori School’s financial aid program, as well as Morningside Shelter, the only homeless shelter in southeastern Vermont. Students are using the Tumbleweed XS plans.
Tickets are just $20 for a chance to win an amazing Tiny House (as with all Tiny Houses, check your property and town for zoning restrictions). A Tiny House is a real house, on wheels, perfect for a studio, guest house or get-away home. It's built on a trailer and will be finished and ready to go.
In a Montessori classroom, the Practical Life curriculum gives students the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to take care of themselves, to be responsible for their classroom and school environment, and to successfully explore the world around them. For older students, the practical life curriculum provides them opportunities to learn new skills and to practice problem solving in real world situations.
Working in partnership with Farnum Cellulose Insulators, these Hilltop students have been constructing a Tiny House, and learning to safely use a variety of hand tools; practicing measuring and other practical math (the Pythagorean Theorem comes in handy when you’re laying out rafters), and basic framing techniques. Students had to work on dividing up the tasks involved, learning to work with new adults, and dealing with the frustration of the bent nail. Leader Home Centers donated materials and Jancewicz & Sons donated the windows and roofing. Huge thanks to Farnum Insulators, Leader Home Centers, Sherwin Williams and Jancewicz & Sons for their support.
In addition to building skills, Upper Elementary students are learning more about the issues surrounding affordable housing and income security in Brattleboro and the surrounding communities.
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Camp for a Common Cause was a great success! Many thanks to all who supported us!
 Suggested fundraising goal: $100/person Form a team if you would like! Ask your co-workers, school group, church, friends, family, neighbors, etc.
There are many faces of homelessness in our community, and we are seeing increased need for services that assist the homeless and precariously-housed. There are many reasons for the increased need: our weak economy, our difficult job market, and a major shortage of affordable housing options are pushing more families and individuals (including youth and young families with children) into unstable housing situations.
The wintertime Overflow Shelter closed on April 15th and Morningside continues to operate at capacity year-round. There is a great need in this community for an additional year-round shelter to help meet the need (Morningside maintains a waiting list of anywhere from 30 – 50 households year-round). We have a great need for more affordable housing options, which would help reduce the length of stay in our shelters and allow residents to transition back into sustainable housing.
There is no silver bullet to fix this problem, but Morningside and the Drop-In Center are collaborating to raise awareness and expand their ability to meet the need - addressing individualized solutions to homelessness. This is a community issue – deserving of the community’s attention. Please join us on May 3rd and 4th as we Camp for a Common Cause. | CAMP FOR A COMMON CAUSE |
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