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The Backyard Initiative is Allina's effort to galvanize a coalitionof community residents and community-based, government, education and health care organizations towards improving the health and health care of residents of the communities within the Backyard: Central, Powderhorn Park, Corcoran, Ventura Village, Phillips West, Midtown Phillips, East Phillips.

If you are a resident of one of these neighborhoods, please come to participate.

Cultural Self-Study for European Americans

The next meeting of the European American Learning Community will be Thursday, November 1, from 6:30 - 8:00 PM at the Midtown Global Market in the seating area by Cafe Finspang, Grand Italian Ice, and Jakeenos. We will be continuing our discussion on our culture and health.  Some of the questions we will discuss:

• What do we do to stay healthy? What did we learn from our families?  Are there foods we eat or practices we engage in?  Where did that knowledge or practice originate?
• What experiences inform how we stay healthy?
• What do we do when we are sick? What were we taught to care for ourselves and our families?  What remedies, what foods?

In December and January we will study the history of Western ideas about health and our current health care system. 

 We hope you can join us on the 1st. Contact Janice Barbee at janicegwb@yahoo.comfor more information.

On Give to the Max Day Thursday, November 15, 2012, thousands of Minnesota nonprofits will come together to raise millions of dollars in just 24 hours.

GiveMN is a collaborative venture to transform philanthropy in Minnesota by growing overall giving and moving more of it online. It is a new model for e-philanthropy. The idea is actually simple – GiveMN.org is a website that features every Minnesota nonprofit. GiveMN markets giving opportunities and donor tools to people who care about Minnesota. GiveMN helps them find, connect and engage with the causes that they care about. The GiveMN model combines a state-of-the-art national technology platform with local knowledge and trust-based relationships.

The result is a uniquely dynamic nonprofit marketplace that has quickly established itself as the destination for online giving in Minnesota.

We are asking you to share the below link on your email to encourage family & friends to give to the Cultural Wellness Center now & on “Give to the Max Day Thursday, November 15, 2012.”

By going to www.GiveMN.org  November 15 and contributing to the Cultural Wellness Center, you can help CWC win $1,000 in addition to your contribution.

Even if you can’t donate just now, you can still become a fan of the Cultural Wellness Center on the GiveMN.org site at no cost, at any time. Your contribution will support the CWC to continue the programs and classes that we currently have and to expand our community offerings in the future. We hope you will help support the Cultural Wellness Center on November 15 by giving generously. Thank you.

http://www.razoo.com/story/Cultural-Wellness-Center