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Don’t Leave Appreciation Unsaid

Sep 7th, 2010
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LSD - acknowledgement #2Dan Barrett’s project from the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program, ‘Don’t Leave Appreciation Unsaid’, invites people to create 5-10 minute videos and DVD’s that acknowledge important people in their lives. The project has led to an event of the Toastmasters of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and was featured in an article by The Chelmsford Independent.

At an open house meeting of the Chelmsford Toastmasters being held on October 14, both members and visitors will be supported in how to give a speech that acknowledges people, as well as touching and moving them. Some Toastmaster members will give a 5-10 minute speech that acknowledges a loved one, and as per Barrett’s project, will have DVD’s made to give to the person.

Barrett’s inspiration for the project came from a video acknowledgement he made for his own father shortly before he died.

“All we have is right now; tomorrow is not guaranteed,” said Barrett.

For more information about ‘Don’t Leave Appreciation Unsaid’ or the Chelmsford Toastmasters event on October 14, Barrett can be contacted at 978-454-5019.

Dance 4 Donations Set for September

Sep 1st, 2010
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PD - Dance for DonationsGlendon Evarts has posted on the Landmark Education Graduates Facebook page about Dance 4 Donations, a fundraiser dance designed to benefit Open Family Australia, an organisation dedicated to providing services for young people ages 12-25 who are homeless or at risk.

Dance for Donations, which appears to be Evarts’ project from the self-expression and leadership program, is being held Sunday, September 12th at the Cabana Bar in St. Leonards, from 12-10pm. A $10 minimum donation is required.

A variety of performers will be there to perform or play for the cause, including DJ Libre, DJ Samrai, Carlito Bangs and many more. To find out the latest news, visit the Dance 4 Donations Facebook page(where 277 are currently confirmed as attending the event) – or go directly to this contributions page to give directly to Open Family Australia.

Ruby Violet Pampers Women

Aug 30th, 2010
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LSD - ruby violetRachel Teubert manages the Simple Scissors Salon and Spa in Ganesville, Wisconsin. According to the Gazette Xtra of Ganesville, Teubert’s project from Landmark Education’s self-expression and leadership course was the creation of Ruby Violet, a program to provide salon and spa pampering treatments to women who have suffered the effects of domestic violence.

Teubert’s project goes beyond simply providing care in her own salon – she has put together a team of people which has a group of participating salons, the support of the local YWCA, which has a shelter for battered women, and ultimately, the purchase and refurbishment of a travelling RV which will be a ‘salon on wheels’ catering to victims of domestic violence. The project is named Ruby Violet both because of the color of bruises and the same initials as an RV.

Jane McCauley of the YWCA, Jeni Sauser of Studio 107, Rachel Walker of J.P. Cullens & Sons, and Chad Barnes are all taking leadership roles within the project. Allison Hokinson of the YWCA describes the value of the project in the Gazette:

“Their self-esteem is at an all-time low, and they’ve never been treated with such dignity and respect that you get during a salon appointment,” she said. “The project and its tag line ‘pampering with a purpose’ provides an opportunity for women to feel pampered again and to connect with another woman.”

Treatments are ongoing at local salons until the RV can be purchased and set up – fundraisers are planned to raise $15,000 for this purpose and for raising awareness.

Visit our story on Olga’s Beautiful Beings for another great example of salon treatment for those affected by domestic abuse.

Transport Autism Comes to Biggleswade

Aug 27th, 2010
by Julia Taylor.
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LSD - autismMark Ty-Wharton’s project from the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Programme brings together two different worlds – classic cars and motorcycles, and autism. The project aims to create a museum of classic transport staffed by those who have some degree of autism. The Biggleswade Chronicle has written stories about the Transport Autism project, one of which is reproduced below.

Motorcycle display puts transport museum into gear!

A vintage motorcycle has roared into a shop to help promote ambitious plans for a new transport museum.

The 1956 Ariel Red Hnter 350 is currently on display in the window of Serendipity on Biggleswade High Street.

And it is hoped that the bike, which is on loan from Stotfold Engineers, will encourage more people to get involved in the project and show their support for Transport Autism.

Transport Autism, the brainchild of Mark Ty-Wharton, is a project that hopes to bring a transport museum straffed by people with Autistic spectrum disorders to the town.

Anyone interested in finding out more is encouraged to drop into their shop and sign up to the new mailing list for the latest news about the project.

The bike has been in storage for 15 years, and was the first restoration project of Stotfold Engineers’ Terry Ives.

For more information visit the website at transportautism.org.uk.

‘On a Mission for Families’ Featured on WTMJ News

Aug 25th, 2010
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LST - mission for familiesUpdate: The event created by Brent Kroll in the Landmark Education Self-Expression and Leadership Program to honor and entertain military families, “On a Mission for Familes”, took place on August 22 and was featured on local television stations, including MTMJ News in Milwaukee.

The event, the logistics of which were organized by Laura Boxhorn, was held in the afternoon at Minooka part and was covered in this previous story here at Leadership and Self Development. Watch the coverage from MTMJ News in the clip below.

Men and Women: Bridging the Gap

Aug 23rd, 2010
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In this video, a man named Bart Chow explains how while coaching Landmark Education’s self-expression and leadership program, he created a non-profit, charitable project designed to help women titled ‘Understanding Cars – Connecting with Men’. Chow took his passion for cars and used it as a way of creating something that bridged the gap between men and women:


Landmark Education Bringing Men and Women Together
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As the video shows, Chow examined how cars are often an interest of men that women may feel cut off from – he created a workshop to LSD - carsconnect women to this world, while at the same time having all the proceeds go to children with AIDS. The event was a big success, and allowed women to connect to traditionally ‘male’ interests.

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