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Friday, June 21, 2019
Alphabet Soup Pride Potluck and Party
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
MidSummer Fae Festival
All proceeds will go to the Sponsoring Charities
Friday, June 14, 2019
Go-to vaccine education list
https://www.verywellhealth.com/anti-vaccine-myths-and-misinformation-2633730
Part of a larger play list, this is an excellent series on how immunity works. B cells and T cells are key to specific immunity, which is what vaccines trigger without the getting-sick part. Memory T cells are 'experienced' after exposure and are why we have an effective response for years.
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/human-biology/immunology/v/b-lymphocytes-b-cells
As for religious exemptions:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/religious-exemptions-to-vaccines-2633702
"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant."
-- Harlan Ellison
Now you, too, can have an informed opinion on vaccines. Or, if you do not want to learn this (or any special topics), there's nothing wrong with deferring to experts, and nothing wrong with getting second opinions - from other experts.
Recycled Sari clothes "eco-fashion"
This is where I got my current skirts. The run a 5 for the price of 2 sale often. That works out to about $28 per skirt. They do follow your instructions for what colors you prefer. Took about 2 weeks to get them. 20% of the panels are not silk, but poly-rayon blend. I'd say I got 3 all silk, and two with one silk & one poly-rayon panel. They wash and wear much the same. You can wear them as tops or sundresses too.
https://www.darngoodyarn.com/products/sari-silk-wrap-skirts
They have a blog that explains the origins of their skirts and more. They work with a co-op of 600 'suppressed' women to give them livable incomes. This has also saved 1 Million pound of silk sari's from being throw right into the landfills. This saved million of gallons of water that would have been used to make and dye new fabric. Their skirts are packaged by ARC in NY, a place much like Employment Solutions. They also have scarves, and recycled sari yarn, and much more. They run newsletter-only sales too.
I found similar options on Amazon. They too work with a/the woman's co-op. I buy the largest size (58 - 60 inches of skirt, not including ties). There are smaller options too. These links are to the larger size.
One skirt, you get the pictured skirt. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B014D9498W/
They do update this page as they sell with new ones. Slow turnover, slow shipping. I bought one this way so I'll let you know how it is when I get it.
A three pack for $36, updated occasionally, $12 a skirt and you get what's pictured: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01M8IT53H/
5 random colored skirts for $45, that's less than $10 a skirt: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00P3AU1JM/
And last but not least, the pants. 5 pants for $33, and they have pockets! Random colors only. One size but it is pretty generous. I found them to be well made. I think I got 5 silk and one poly-rayon.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00P3AS66C/
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Monday, June 3, 2019
Fellowship this Sunday
Council meeting at 2:30 PM.
Fellowship and potluck at 5 PM. Love and Tristan will be showing us the Garden's area behind the Employment Solutions building and leading a discussion about the work and why choices were made.
Bring a dish for the potluck if you are able. Looking forward to seeing you there!
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