Up and Comming Coffee Shop!!

Hello Fellow Eco Warriors!!

I am happy to report that today The Downtown Job Placement Center took a quantum leap forward by developing a new Community First coffee shop in City Hall!!

New Community First EconomicDevelopment Program

Good Morning Luke & friends,
That was a RAD picture of the balloons over Reno!!!
Have a great day everyone!!!

Hugs from MOM Stella

Goooooood Morning Vietnaaaaammmmm!!

Today we are putting together the computerlap. If anybody has some time or a pick up truck we can use a bit of assistance in our efforts. If not make sure to stop by and check out the new addition to the facility and have a steaming hot cup of coffee on this balmy day.

With Respect,

Luke

C1

Computer Lab / TV Room

Good morning!!

I am very excited to announce that we are actually working on the Computer Lab/TV Room and that we hope to have phase I complete by this Monday evening 7/20/2009!! Andy of Mountain Computing has generously put together two computer systems for us and has agreed to help with the set up / maintenance of our lab. WAY TO GO ANDY!! The facility looks as good as it ever has since it's inception and I would like to take a moment to thank everybody on the team for their dedication to this project.

With Respect,

Luke, C1

Back on Res

Hi Everyone!!

After some time "off reservation" as my friend Phil would say; I am back in the saddle again. My most heartfelt and sincere apologies to everyone. It is my greatest hope that we can all begin to move forward again together as one.

With Respect,

Luke Stella

C1

Change is the only constant

Obviously Chuck Boston and I have decided to no longer work with each other. While it is for the best, I wish Chuck success in all that he does. I feel s though I need to clarify the structure of C1. There is a board and it is comprised of of three key individuals at the moment. Mr. Boston was never a board member, and frankly has no right to any form of disclosure. Second, Mr. Boston asked me to submit to a drug screen for a program that we were hoping to be associated with. I readily submitted as my life is an open book and I have nothing to hide in that respect. The chain of evidence was not respected, there was no seal, no signature, and i have no idea where the test was taken to for submittle, or by whom. Mr. Boston then informed me several days later that because the test came back "dirty" that i was going to have to step down, and that he and Mike Gregor from drug would be running the company. Needless to say, words cannot describe how bad i feel about this situation as I had such incredibly high hopes for Chuck's involvement with this company.

L

I for one thought last nite was a success - we did get a lot accomplished - if nothing else came of it we have a great base to build upon as far as getting our name out into the public. As a group we came together and put an event on - THAT IS HUGE - I would like to take the time to thank everyone who came to help and support

Good morning All, I want to digress from the norm this morning.
Forty four years ago on June 11 at about 1:30 PM a little baby boy came into the world and into the heart of the Stella family. This little boy was a very funny and bright little guy, well, he grew up and along the way made some blunders but he learned from the mistakes he made and now he had developed into "A Stellar Young Man".
Dear Luke, may you continue on the path you have chosen to help your fellow man, may you continue to have success and achieve all you set out to accomplish.
Have a wonderful birthday and as I said last night if no one makes you your chocolate cake, buy the hostess cupcake, put a candle in it and call me, I'll sing Happy Birthday Son.

Much love and Lots of hugs,
MOM Stella

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. - Buddha

Let's get going on the June 19th fundraiser by establishing a Tuesday night team meeting this Tuesday night June 9th at 6-7pm. Please RSVP ASAP.

L

Good morning all, hope the food bagging went well. You guys are awesome accomplishing so much for the less fortunate. Keep up the good work.

Mom Stella

The community challenge

Hello Community First Activists,

TAKE THE WALK!

I want to make sure everyone here is aware that of the challenge to TAKE THE WALK this Sunday. Take a look! www.thinkkindness.org This is an example of a few people coming together and doing something really amazing.

DATE: SUNDAY, JUNE 7th

START TIME: 8:45 (check in) 9:30 (start)

START LOCATION: Manzanita Bowl (UNR)

END LOCATION: Starbucks (UNR)

Single: $10

Team of 4: $30

Taken from the RGJ Article today:

Walk raises funds to send shoes to orphans!


Brian Williams is hoping people realize on Sunday how tough it is. He is organizing Take The Walk, a fundraiser to send more than 7,000 shoes to orphans in Nyeri, Kenya. The walk costs $10 and participants will walk a mile barefoot starting at the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

The event will raise money to ship the donated shoes that were collected by local high school students. Williams also hopes to raise enough to film a documentary about the project. "These shoes will go to people who haven't ever worn shoes," said Williams, who is a motivational speaker and founder of Think Kindness, a nonprofit he started in 2007. Williams, 26, is a 2001 Bishop Manogue High School graduate and UNR student.

The shoes were collected during the past few months by students at Damonte Ranch and Bishop Manogue high schools after he spoke to students at both schools. "I challenged them to change their community in 90 days," Williams said. The student councils at both schools came up with the idea and spearheaded the collection of 7,500 shoes by putting up donation boxes around town including at gyms and schools.

"It's a way to get people involved in doing something good," Williams said. "I realized once you start something, you create a spark and more people want to get involved." Williams, a black belt in martial arts, has spoken to more than 25,000 local students. He started a program where he combines his martial arts training with a program to encourage random acts of kindness.
His motto is "Kindness is the ultimate form of self-defense."

The program developed for elementary school students encourages children at schools to document 5,000 random acts of kindness. "It can include stuff like picking up a pencil for someone or opening a door," Williams said.

"I hope that eventually, I can document a million acts of kindness to show people what it looks like," said Williams.

He said Sunday's walk is an easy way for people to get involved, and learn what can be accomplished by taking small steps. "You always hear people talk about what it's like to walk in someone else's shoes," Williams said. "This walk gives people a chance to see what it's like to walk a mile in someone's shoes when they don't have shoes."

Williams said Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons and Reno and Sparks mayors will be attending the walk.

TAKE THE WALK!

Food Bagging Event Today

Hi Everyone,

Today around 1pm we have an opportunity to get outside of ourselves and help with food bagging for the homeless and hungry at The First United Methodist Church on 1st and West St. The event usually lasts about 45 minutes. Give me a holler if you would like to join in.

L

FUNDRAISER / RENOVATION

WOOOOHOOOO!! JUNE 19th IS THE DAY!! Bobby Day, our events Guru, has secured the date for our next fundraiser. It will be at SE7VEN in West Street Market . We also have our new logo just about dialed in and I will be emailing that to you guys today. Electrical work at the hotel continues to move forward. And Drug Court came out and gave us some direction for getting on board with them. We are now actively looking for plumbing, and carpeting, and would like to have a total renovation on the within the next 6 weeks. WE NEED YOUR HELP PEOPLE!! MORE

CALLS!! MORE INVOLVEMENT!! We are not before the eye of the needle,

WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH IT!!

Carpe Diem,

L

GOOD MORNING

Good Morning Everyone! We all took the day off yesterday, a luxury, however we will be back at it today. Monday the facility gets a complete electrical overhaul. We now need to get our computer center online, and redevelop the admin wing of the hotel. I am remiss in getting out the team/board minutes, and will rectify today. We need any tools, paint, painting supplies, CARPET, fans, computers, etc, etc that we can muster. Thanks for alllllll your help! We are not before the eye of the needle, we are halfway through it!! In the immortal words of Otis Day and The Nights, "Just a little bit louder now."

L

Great Job Red Team!!

Thanks to Everyone for comming out last night to our meeting. Great energy, synergy, and direction from all involved!! Let's do the damn thing today!!

L

daily mantra

I dedicate myself to be of maximum service to those around me, to be a living example of what humanity can be and to practice “harmlessness” in generating peace, love, harmony and good will in my world. I am grateful and relaxed – and so it is. "author unknown"

New Team Members!

Good Morning Everyone!! We are going to working with two new team members. Nancy Hillestad, and Donna Goldsmith have come on board. Nancy is an interior designer, and Donna is a grant intern/research assistant. We are incredibly luck to have them please make them feel welcome.

L

Team/Board Meeting

Hello Everyone, hope you all had a great weekend. Things are ramping up pretty quickly and we need to conduct our next Team meeting, and our first Board of Directors meeting. Thursday May 28th in the evening seems to be the general consensus as the day/time most of us can make it. How does 6pm sound? Please RSVP ASAP on the QT, BYOB.

L