Archive for October, 2008
Lawrence Launches Operation Storytime
0 Comments Published by DJacoby October 31st, 2008 in Children, Education.Sandy Lawrence works in the marketing of books running a company named Perceptive Marketing. He is also committed to making sure young people be able to read have full access to books. As a result, in his self expression and leadership program Perceptive Marketing launched “Operation Storytime,” a unique program designed to encourage and increase […]
First Friday Exhibit Showcases Washington Park
0 Comments Published by DJacoby October 30th, 2008 in Artistic and Creative.For her project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, Meghan Murphy put together a major art display as part of Albany, New York’s prominent First Friday art festival which takes place each year on the first Friday in November.
Murphy’s exhibit featured art of Albany’s famous Washington Park, which has been a centerpiece of the […]
Window Into the World of Cats
1 Comment Published by Julia Taylor October 28th, 2008 in Artistic and Creative.A Self-Expression and Leadership Programme project like no other has led to an equally novel photo exhibit taking place over the month of October. Jessica Bavinton was curious about where cats go when humans aren’t around, so she began attaching cameras to them to find out. Her project in the Landmark Education programme let to […]
Pal Rekindles Dreams for Young Adults in Recovery
0 Comments Published by DJacoby October 27th, 2008 in Health and Wellness.Aviva Pal completed the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program earlier this year in New Jersey, and in so doing created a workshop for young adults in recovery programs from alcohol or substance abuse to have a chance to breathe new life into their dreams.
Titled ‘Breathing Dreams’, the workshop took place with 30 recovering young […]
Bridport Works Towards Zero Waste
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor October 23rd, 2008 in Environment. Ian Robins lives in the historic port town of Bridport in Southwestern England. When he took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme, he thought of and was inspired by the Japanese town of Kamikatsu, where each citizen is responsible for disposing of their own rubbish.
Robins invited the town council and community leaders of Bridport, […]
Cutting Hair to Fight Cancer
0 Comments Published by DJacoby October 21st, 2008 in Fund Raising, Health and Wellness.Chicago resident Allison Lerner is holding a fundraiser on Wednesday, October 29 for the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Women Cancer Programs as an outgrowth of her project that she initiated in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program. Held during and in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Lerner is naming the event HAIRoic MEASURES - Those […]
Community Green: An Access to Activities for the New Jersey Environmentalist
0 Comments Published by Tom October 20th, 2008 in Environment.Community Green, the website clearing house for New Jersey environmentalists and their projects around the state created by Ariane Delafosse in her Self-Expression and Leadership program last year, has continued to thrive and flourish, providing access and promotion to dozens of worthy projects and events.
Community green is an all-volunteer, 5013c non-profit that has a full […]
BTT Recognizes Lee-Lows’ Efforts
0 Comments Published by Julia Taylor October 15th, 2008 in Fund Raising, Health and Wellness.In July, Sue Lee-Lows created a parachute jump fundraising project (in her Landmark Education SELP programme) to benefit brain cancer research through the Samantha Dickinson Brain Tumor Trust (SDBTT), in honour of her friend Penny who suffered from brain cancer (see previous story).
Sadly, Penny died shortly before the parachute jump event in July. Lee-Lows has […]
Writing Services Donated for Traumatic Brain Injury Fundraiser - The “Reaching Out for Rob”– Public Relations Campaign
0 Comments Published by Dave Benjamin October 13th, 2008 in Fund Raising, Health and Wellness, Artistic and Creative.When Dave Benjamin received an email from a friend requesting a donation for the “Reaching Out for Rob” traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery fundraiser, he knew he wanted to help in a larger capacity because he had witnessed the impact that TBI can have on a person’s life. Soon it became his May 2008 Self-Expression […]
Dancing the Tango During a London Commute
2 Comments Published by Julia Taylor October 9th, 2008 in Artistic and Creative.Thomas Lindner created a project in the Self-Expression and Leadership Programme that is utterly unique: The Tango Commute. The Independent, a leading National British Newspaper explains Lindner’s event in its theatre section.
Scores of couples, plugged into tango music no one else could hear, smooched on the concourses of several London stations. “Tango Commute” was the […]
Making a Difference with Loan Problems
0 Comments Published by macaniff October 2nd, 2008 in Business and Commerce.Licensed real estate broker Jim Chubb of San Jose, California, took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program this spring, and in the course he saw he wanted to make a difference with people who had loan problems. He decided to take on ways to help, including the planning of a website designed to answer questions. […]



