{"id":669,"date":"2015-06-01T11:34:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T16:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/?p=669"},"modified":"2015-07-25T12:21:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T17:21:33","slug":"soarring-2015-spring-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"SOARRING 2015 Spring Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2015 Comcast Cares Day<\/h3>\n

Comcast Cares day held on the grounds of the Midwest SOARRING\u00a0 Native American Cultural Center on Saturday, April 25, 2015 was a great success, despite the intermittent rain. Everyone worked hard to clean up, cut, and burn brush and fallen limbs. All enjoyed a hearty lunch which Comcast supplied all volunteers. Many Comcast employees participated for the first time in a Native American talking circle and were amazed to experience the spiritual context of the talk. Midwest SOARRING Foundation is indebted to Comcast for their continued interest and support.<\/p>\n

Black Ash Basket Making with Kelly Church<\/h3>\n
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Black Ash Baskets by Kelly Church<\/p><\/div>\n

On May 3rd, participants enjoyed a fascinating Black Ash basket making class led by Kelly Church of Odawa heritage. Kelly hails from generations of Black Ash basket makers from Michigan, and is a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Nations. As an artist and activist she shares her knowledge of working with Black Ash trees as well as educating the public on the effects of the Emerald Ash Borer on cultural traditions.\u00a0 In the workshop Kelly discussed what is being done to save seeds which will sustain the traditions for future generations. Each participant helped weave a group Black Ash basket.<\/p>\n

Naperville Elementary School Around the World Celebration<\/h3>\n

Midwest SOARRING Foundation participated in the Around The World celebration at May Watts Elementary School in Naperville on May 12, 2015.\u00a0 SOARRING brought their artifacts table with hides, dream catchers, and Native tools which generated much interest and curiosity for the children. Two\u00a0 high school age Native dance performers danced in full regalia on stage to tribal drum music. Their performance was received.<\/p>\n

Midwest SOARRING Foundation Photography Exhibit<\/h3>\n

The Midwest SOARRING Foundation Pow Wow photography exhibit has been on display for the months of April and May at the Wheaton Public Library.\u00a0 It will move to the Eola Branch of the Aurora Public Library for July and August. Librarians are happy to sponsor the exhibit and say library patrons respond positively to the display.<\/p>\n

Your Membership Matters<\/h3>\n

Midwest SOARRING Foundation welcomes your involvement and membership in our organization. To become a member sign up online.<\/a>\u00a0 Anyone who wants to volunteer at the 2015 Harvest Pow Wow, to be held September 26 & 27, 2015 at the Naper Settlement, please contact 708.257.4300.<\/p>\n

Pepsico as New Sponsor at Harvest Pow Wow<\/h3>\n

Pepsico will be a brand new sponsor at the Midwest SOARRING Harvest Pow Wow this\u00a0 year. Their participation will bring a focus to the green movement with a bottle recycling machine and handbags made from\u00a0 recycled bottles.\u00a0 Learn more about the 2015 Harvest Pow Wow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

April 2015 Comcast Cares Day Comcast Cares day held on the grounds of the Midwest SOARRING\u00a0 Native American Cultural Center on Saturday, April 25, 2015 was a great success, despite the intermittent rain. Everyone worked hard to clean up, cut, and burn brush and fallen limbs. All enjoyed a hearty lunch which Comcast supplied all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midwestsoarring.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}