Daily Archives: 07/10/2010

(Community Matters) Breakfast today with dear friends who we see way too infrequently – Stephen Walls & Denny Biggs.  First time since she’s been a little girl (versus baby) that we’ve spent anytime with their daughter, Zella. She’s 19 months old, cute as a button, and sees *everything*

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(Community Matters) Survey sent to 400+ active military and reserve service members

(Community Matters) Note I sent today to our HelpHaiti donors:

I didn’t mean for this much time to pass since last providing you with an update.

We’re at $1,346k raised and have now granted $1,191k (including a $38k challenge grant outstanding with CharityWater).  Our last two grants were $100k to ConcernWorldwide to fund their cash for work program (Haitian’s paid $s/day to assist in clean up, rebuilding, day care and all sorts of jobs), and a $50k challenge grant to Fonkoze to fund a malnutrition program for the children of women in their savings and microloan programs (they’ve since met the match).

A lot has been written about the frustrations of deploying government and NGO monies in Haiti.  Continue reading →

(Community Matters) hmm, I won’t say who this is about but we’re close

(Community Matters) Our friend Steven Dietz’s newish play at Zach Scott, Becky’s New Car, fun, witty, light, a rapid fire comedy, especially in the second act, which felt like a farce.  Is there such a thing as an American farce? Certainly Becky’s second act.

Steven directed; Lucien Douglas and Babs George were outstanding; the entire cast did a super job, including its star Lauren Lane.

Much fun with Ingrid Johannsen, Robert Torian, Michael Mitchell & my husband. (Prof Berman and the kids on a road trip to upstate NY)