The Declaration of Human Rights: 60 Years of Good

Posted October 28th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy

(this post first appeared on WorldChanging.org)
In 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt penned the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On December 10 of that year, the document was adopted and proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. Read it here.

Sixty years later, less than five percent of the world knows the Declaration exists. To celebrate this milestone anniversary and to help make these rights more accessible (and viral), designer Seth Brau created this video:

Employers who give to causes you choose

Posted September 8th, 2008 by Sara

Did you know that more than 50% of large companies have an employee donation program? Employers are looking for different engagement strategies to retain employees and they offer donations to causes important to their employees as a tactic. Part of my day job is distributing grants to charitable organizations where our employees volunteer. But each year, I am amazed how many people do not take advantage of the funding available.

So, in light of this, here is the inside scoop on how to access this money at your workplace and, as a result, possibly double your support to meaningful causes like ChristmasFuture. Read the rest of this entry »

Certified yoga instructors needed as demo teachers

Posted September 6th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy

OneYoga needs 20-30 certified yoga instructors to help demonstrate proper poses to participants and to observe participants to ensure they are practicing safely during the 108 minutes of yoga.

All that is require of this volunteer instructors is:
- to read a couple page orientation document so you get a sense of our plan
- showup at 9:30 on Nov. 16th to go through a rehearsal of the practice and then attend OneYoga that afternoon at 1:00pm

Contact Leif to get involved.

Help out with participant intake at OneYoga

Posted September 5th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy

We need another 20 people to help welcome and intake OneYoga participants at the event. Ensure participants have signed a legal
Responsibilities:
- Attend training session on Monday Nov 10 from 6:30 to 7:15pm at the Jelly (110-308 11 Avenue SE)
- Attend OneYoga on Nov.16th from 11:00-1:30
- Volunteers are welcome and encouraged to participate in the event.

Contact Leif for more details.

Come to Monday night Jelly and test new website

Posted September 4th, 2008 by Leif Baradoy

As you know, we are about to add a few new features to our website. I am looking for a few people to come to the next Jelly at Ideaca (110-308 11 Avenue SE) at 6:00pm to test out the new site. You will have to bring your own laptop. Ideally, we would have 10 people testing the new function of the site.

If you are interested in testing the new site functions, but cannot attend on Monday, please contact Leif