A Warm Welcome to Spring

Hopefully this warm weather is here to stay! 

The sun decided to come out, and so did everyone else at OCP :)

 Mike happily prepared fresh cut fruit for lunch today.

 A friendly fellow admired the remaining plants from last weekend's plant sale.

Jonathan planted some raspberries!

JMU students donated hand-decorated potted pansies (try saying that 10 times fast!).

And bikes were a fixin'.

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Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey.

Learning About Our Planet

Did you know that caribou make the longest land migration? Neither did we.

Today, OCP watched Planet Earth and learned some fun facts about nature along the way.

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Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey.

Crafts: Earth-style

It's Earth Month at OCP! This afternoon we crafted in the sunshine.

We painted rocks, made candle holders, and painted with sticks!

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Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey

Happy Wednesday!

A group of community members went on a beautiful hike this morning.

Others stayed behind job searching, playing ping pong, and making lunch.

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visit our website at ourcommunityplace.org.

Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey.

Arts and Crafts

This morning OCP members were busy little bees making thank you notes for everyone who contributed to our Job Resource Fair. Thank you again, we couldn't have made it possible without our supporters! Check out our lovely handmade envelopes below:

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visit our website at ourcommunityplace.org.

Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey.

A Shakespearian Wednesday

This morning our community viewed Shakespeare Behind Bars, an inspiring documentary about twenty Kentuckian inmates and their road to forgiveness and healing through the creative process of theatre.

If you'd like to know more about the film, feel free to jump over here: http://www.shakespearebehindbars.com

Our furry friend distracted me from photographing, and struck a pose behind some branches from our Palm Sunday celebration.

For more about Our Community Place visit our website at ourcommunityplace.org.

Written and photographed with love by Anne Carey.

Healthy Soil: Composting at OCP

Sharon, Director at OCP, walked me through

the process of composting on this beautiful, sunny Monday.

There's community member, Mark, emptying

the bucket of food scraps into the pile. Thanks Mark!

Sharon showed off her impressive strength

as she turned the soil over the scraps.

Yum! Fresh composted soil needs to be

covered and protected from this on-and-off rainy season.

For more about Our Community Place

visit our website at ourcommunityplace.org.

Written and photographed with love

by: Anne Carey