Archive for April, 2009
Pets and bets aids animals
0 Comments Published by DJacoby April 29th, 2009 in Fund Raising, Humanitarian.The Michigan newspaper Hometown Life featured James Labadie’s Self Expression and Leadership program in a recent article. Labadie’s project involves raising money for no-kill animal shelters, using Texas-Hold em’ poker and other events and a raffle at a day long extravaganza on Saturday, April 25. Details are in the article below.
Play poker, walk, bowl to [...]
Joanna Faso’s project in Landmark’s SELP program was to bringing yoga to underprivileged citizens of Chicago. Nancy Gerstein wrote a story about the project and the issue Faso is addressing.
Taking Yoga to the People
Chicago’s affluent areas are rife with yoga studios that offer exquisite bodies and stress- free, enlightened spirits. Just the thought of yoga [...]
People Empowered through Wellness Website
0 Comments Published by DJacoby April 10th, 2009 in Artistic and Creative, Health and Wellness.In Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program, Amy Silverman helped pioneer the launch of BeWell, at bewellliving.com, a website that creates events and resources that support wellness in all its aspect – physical, financial and personal.
One of BeWell’s premier launch events was the “Thriving Arts Initiative”, held January 19th in New York City, which was [...]
High Schools Come Together for Basketball Makeover
0 Comments Published by DJacoby April 7th, 2009 in Education.When Mike Jones of Dallas took Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership program (SELP), he knew he wanted to make a difference in his community in a way that related to basketball and the community – Jones works for ESPN, and formerly played basketball at Mansfield High School. He found his project in helping nearby James [...]