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20/20 Case Study: How one denomination empowered school adoption
Monday, January 14th, 2008(Submitted September 2007) INTRODUCTION This case study reports on the implementation of Paint the Town 2007 (PTT) and relies on written documentation, first person observations, and interviews with the internal PTT administrative team and external PTT project partners. VISIONARY LEADERSHIP Visionaries transcend what is familiar to see what the familiar cannot. They perceive the “new [...]
Adopt-a-School comes full circle
Friday, September 14th, 2007On Wednesday, Generation Xcel and Abounding Grace celebrated a milestone in their relationship with PS/MS 34, the public school across the street from Xcel that both organizations have “adopted.” The school invited them to hold the first middle school assembly in over two years to introduce the murals they painted in the schoolyard this summer. [...]
A dream come true
Monday, July 23rd, 2007On Friday and Saturday, an entire neighborhood witnessed answered prayers with their own eyes as the guy who organized this as a tribute to old-school hip hop, coordinated this as a tribute to new school opportunity: Eleven years ago, thirteen young people ages 14-22 overcame the lack of money, space, equipment, and paid staff to [...]
Timeline: Adopt-A-School Generates Traction
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007[Photo courtesy of Michael Mowery.] It never ceases to amaze me how the right idea at the right time can inspire action. Sometimes, it takes a while for the idea to germinate underground before sprouting. But good seed in good soil with good nurture produces good fruit. So it’s been with Adopt-a-School. Timeline + Jan [...]