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It’s summer again, and we’re all doing our best to keep cool—whether that means staying inside with ten fans and an air conditioner or swimming in cool, refreshing water. You can refresh your soul by reading all the things us 100 Good Women have done.
(Pat yourself on the back for jobs well done!)
The most heartfelt request came from outside of Lawrence. A single Mom with 3 teenage girls was dying of cancer. To add to the stress, the girls needed clothes, toiletries, and gift certificates. The response from 100 Good Women was, in a word, spectacular.

Other missions accomplished:
· A woman who had been sleeping on the floor received a twin bed. We hope she’s been having wonderful dreams.
· ECKAN got lots and lots of food and toiletries.
· A woman with special food needs got her food supplies.
· Apartments for several DCAP clients were furnished. This included outfitting a homeless person in his first home.

· Work clothes were given to a woman who had been unemployed for awhile and was starting a new job.
· A wheelchair-bound woman who left her abusive husband was furnished an apartment.
· Furnished another apartment for a single Mom.
· Bottled water and portable food items were donated to a woman driving back and forth to Kansas City in order to take care of her dying sister.
· A woman was driven to Kansas City so that she could receive care for her cochlear implant.
· Our Clothing Exchange last March was extremely successful. Wardrobes were cleaned out and refurbished, and we brought in $387.11 for our Women Speak fund and over six carloads of clothing for the Ballard Center.

CANS! CANS! CANS!
Our friend, the Can Lady, has started her own recycling effort to benefit our community. This may be the answer for the temporary shutting down of the other recycling center. Profits will go to a different charitable organization each month.
Take your aluminum cans to:
· The Can Cottage behind Immanuel Lutheran Church at 15th and Iowa.
· The Bargain Center at 12th and Haskell
· Call 862-9671 for a pick up.
Push our buttons!
ECKAN needs 100 scientific calculators for junior high and high school students. Do you have a lonely calculator needing a new home and more attention? We may have found just the place for it. Take it to the United Way offices at 2518 Ridge Ct.
Convergence 2005—“Paths and Structures”
October 17th-November 30th, 2005
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” -Stella Adler
“Convergence” is an international art event including work by 18 women artists, nine from Lawrence and nine from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. “Convergence” will include an art exhibition at the Lawrence Arts Center, “Paths and Structures,” a community-created installation, the “Labyrinth,” an artist installation, along with workshops, panel discussions, a lecture and additional events. As a sponsoring organization, One Hundred Good Women will host a Women’s Speak event on Wednesday, October 26th at the Lawrence Arts Center. Saralynn Reece Hardy, the new Director of Spencer Museum of Art Works will speak at 7pm. A reception will follow.
    In addition, One Hundred Good Women will participate in creating a part of “Paths and Structures.” Put your creative hats on—we will need 3-7 volunteers to put this together. This event involves community members in creating a path that conceptually links Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Lawrence, Kansas, USA. The floor of the KU Art and Design building will be divided into areas based on a street map of downtown Lawrence. Groups (of which One Hundred Good Women is one) are invited to delineate the path through their assigned “block,” using materials of their choice. Installation will be Sunday, October 16th through Friday, October 21st with an opening reception on Saturday, October 22nd.
If you are interested in creating our space, contact Jennie: 841-3453 or email her at Jennie@Sunflower.com.
Look for more information at http://www.convergenceart.com/
Women Speak September 11th, 2005