FIRST
DAY SCHOOL ON THE ROAD
The
religious education committee of Fredonia Monthly Meeting is planning a
car camping trip for the last weekend of July.
The rough draft itinerary is as follows:
Friday
7/27 Trip will begin with a
tour of the Seneca/Iroquois national museum in Salamanca , NY. Participants will meet at the museum ant 9:30 AM. This site
is a rich archive of Quaker history, as well as U.S. history. Campers will
then commute to Letchworth Park, to
make camp.
Saturday
7/28 Breakfast will be
followed by a guided tour of the museum and points of interest in
Letchworth Park. our focus
will be William Letchworth, a nineteenth century Quaker’.
Sunday,
7/29 Friends will
head for Genesee Country Village.
We are trying to arrange with the management to hold meeting for
worship at the Village Meetinghouse.
We will explore this authentic living museum, and
make camp at Cayuga Lake State Park in the early evening.
Monday
7/30
Friends
will travel to Seneca Falls and spend the morning
exploring the National Womens Hall of Fame.ô
We will probably camp again Monday night at CLSP, and leave for
home Tuesday morning, or possibly head homeward and
find another campsite for Monday evening.
PURPOSE:
The main purposes of this trip are to have fun enjoying each others
company , and to learn about the lives of
Friends and the legacy they left for us.
PARTICIPATION:
We are hoping for 12-25 campers, with one adult for every 3-4
children
FOOD:
I propose bringing a
supply of foods ready to eat,
pre-made sandwiches, granola, fruits, vegetables, and snack foods o
minimize the amount of time taken up in food prep
COSTS;
It's a little too soon to say.
$ 50 per camper should probably cover basic fees and
transportation.
TRANSPORTATION:
by privately owned vehicles.
SUPPLIES:
Campers will provide their own spending money, personal supplies, sleeping
bag, clothing and tent space. Most
of our campsites allow 6 people per campsite, so groups of people in large
tents would be better than individuals in small tents.
DESIGNATED
ADULTS: Children not accompanied by a parent or guardian will need to
select an adult camper who will be available to help out with emergencies
or difficult situations.
SUGGESTIONS:
This
is currently a work in progress. Please
forward it to persons who may be interested.
I welcome feedback of any sort which could improve the planning for
or implementation of this trip. email
to: rmselec@NETSYNC.NET.
Farmington
Scipio Regional Meeting Family Gathering
Please join Farmington-Scipio Friends on August 11 at Stony
Brook State Park - everyone's invited for the day or to camp the weekend.
We will gather with special attention to getting to know the young people
ages 8 - 12 and do activities with them. Each family group is responsible
for their own transportation, food, and arrangements. All children should
be with a parent or designated adult
who will be responsible for them throughout the day. Friends will be
gathering on the porch by the changing rooms at the lower park at 10am to
take off to hike the brook (water shoes or old sneakers are recommended!).
Friends will again gather at 3:30 for an early
potluck supper. There is camping at the park and some of us will be
staying Friday and/or Saturday. Reservations at the park may be made by
calling 1-800-456-2267 or on line at http://www.ReserveAmerica.com. Please note
that reservations are for a minimum of two nights. (contact #'s deleted)
News
of Quaker Bolivia Link
Newton
Garver will be co-leading Quaker Study Tours to Bolivia this year
(starting October 26) and next year (probably starting June 29).
The tours visit Quaker Bolivia Projects as well as historic sites,
and involve contact with Bolivian Friends.
The 2001 tour is almost filled, but the 2002 tour is just being
planned.
At its annual meeting at
Guilford College, the Friends Association for Higher Education (FAHE)
named a committee to report on the problems and opportunities for the
higher education of Bolivian Friends.
The committee has not yet organized itself nor set its tasks.
They will undoubtedly include presenting a survey of the higher
educational opportunities available in Bolivia, together with notations
about both the sponsors of the various institutions and their respective
programs and admission standards. Since
Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in the world, part of the
opportunities includes low tuition, and part of the problem is low income.
One a nominal basis our average annual income for teachers is about
50 times what it is in Bolivia; on a purchasing power basis (which takes
account of barter and other things) the ratio is about 15 to 1.
There are a dozen or so Quaker secondary schools in Bolivia, and
their graduates often cannot afford further training because of the cost.
PEOPLE
NEWS:
While at Pendle Hill this
spring Newton Garver gave a week-long intensive course on Wittgenstein,
the first such course offered at Pendle Hill for some time.
The enrollment was more than double what Pendle Hill expected and
the evaluations were enthusiastic, so the success may have helped Pendle
Hill break a barrier in its curriculum planning.
While the course, which met seven times in six days, touched on all
phases of Wittgenstein's career, the high point was the Thursday evening
session on Wittgenstein and George Fox.
Wittgenstein admired Fox's Journal and once mentioned Fox as one of
four men whom he regarded as genuinely religious persons. Newton has been invited to present his paper on
"Wittgenstein and George Fox" at the annual meeting of the
International Wittgenstein Symposium in Austria this August.
Julia Garver was living at Knollwood
while her parents were at Pendle Hill.
She has now completed her certificate program in graphic design at
UCLA. She and her husband Joe
Ruh will be moving back to this area in July, having bought a house in
Leroy.
Ruth
Steward has accepted a position as a Research Scientist 2 with the NYS
Dept. of Health. She will be working with the Bureau of Toxic Assessment
in Troy, NY. Her duties will include evaluating potential public health
risks of environmental contaminants and doing formal risk assessments.
While we will miss Ruth, we wish her well and rejoice that she has found
full time professional work. At July Business Meeting (at the Pierces'
home), we will honor Ruth as
she will be moving to the Albany area in August.
