I started off the week by meeting with Missy to discuss where we are going with our individual projects as well as the areas we are working on together. Specifically, we are trying to plan for the ‘Healthy Holiday’ event that is set to take place in early December. After meeting with Sarah last week it was made clear to me that this event will take a lot of outside effort from volunteers. We are hoping to have lessons and activities that move beyond holiday recipes and touch on finances and safe fun. There is no way I can do this all on my own. I am hoping that Staci may have an interest in this event as well as some of my friends who are looking to get involved with volunteer work. I also know that once November approaches, time is going to move very fast and the event will be here before I know it.
I have also been trying to get the word out about the running club that is set to begin this Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Meyerhoff Soccer Pavilion in Brooklyn. I have a feeling that it will be scarcely attended and I will have to better promote it for the following Sunday. I have not started a club before and want to make certain I get the information out to as many residents as possible. We shall see!
The biggest news of the week centers on my experience with Masonville Cove residents who are contributing to an oral history project led by Glenn G. Page from SustainaMetrix. Carol and Sarah asked me to participate in their oral history interviews so I recently attended an interview at the Cove Recreational center this past Wednesday. There were two men to be interviewed who grew up in the Masonville/Brooklyn area. They were so excited to be a part of something that would document their history and Glenn has an exuberant personality while doing the interviewing. The interviews are based on a book of generalized historical questions, created by the SustainaMetrix. I noticed that if Carol or Sarah started to ask questions that directed the interview into a serious tangent, Greg was very successful at steering everyone back on track. This was a great skill to watch because I know that it is so easy to get off track. Glenn suggested that we can do follow up interviews that are just based on stories, however, it is important to get all the groundwork covered.
I had brought my fancy camera to the interviews and Glenn asked me to take as many pictures as possible. When we were finishing up he asked me if I would be the main photographer for as many as interviews as I can attend, as well as photograph the landscape and construction taking place throughout the Masonville Cove. Pretty exciting! He even said that he would purchase an extra hard drive for me to back up all the images on. I will be labeling the events and the specifics of each photo. I feel so professional.
Glenn and Carol plan on hosting an event at the Polish Home Hall that celebrates the history of the watershed area and Masonville Cove. The pictures I take will be shown at the event and some may even be streamed through a television at the Cove Recreational Center. We are trying to schedule a follow up with the two guys, whose names I will specify in my next entry, for next Friday.
A quick update about the running club: I raced from work to Brooklyn after picking up two friends on the way. Unfortunately, no one showed up! It is my fault though because I did not promote it enough. Even after trying to post about it on Craigslist, I realized I had not hit the right button because I tried to check it days later and couldn’t find it. My friends and I still ran around the area though and came up with a generalized route. I was in touch with a guy named Chris who is interested in helping me get the group started and he said he is definitely coming next week. I am going to make some fliers this week and at least post them at the Cove center. We shall see!
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