Welcome to the Warden, Washington Horizons Community Blog

2009-08-05T23:26:00.000-07:00

Warden Development Council

2008-07-30T23:35:00.000-07:00

The Warden Development Council (WDC) came together in the summer of 2006 as an informal group of citizens concerned about the lack of growth in the City of Warden and it’s viability as a thriving, growing community. The county and communities around Warden were growing at an unprecedented rate, but Warden remained a community in poverty and on a downslide. At the same time, the community was approached by WSU to be part of the Horizon’s Project. As in most small towns, even though these two organizations came about independently, many of the members of the WDC also were in the Horizon’s Leadership. In 2007, the ideas produced by these two groups merged with the WDC taking the lead in registering with the state as a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6). As the groups became more and more focused on the work of creating a community where families that earn a ‘living wage’ would like raise their children, it was obvious through the strategic planning process of the Horizon Project that the WDC become the vehicle for change.

Gear Up Partnership

2008-07-30T23:00:00.000-07:00

The WSU Horizons Program is partnering with the Warden School District Gear-Up Program (funded by Central Washington University) to support low income students in attending various activities throughout the school years. This partnership will allow students who would not otherwise be able to afford to participate in those events that could encourage them to make a higher education a life goal that can move them from poverty.

Financing Your Education

2008-07-30T22:16:00.000-07:00

Tony Garcia, Community Coach for WSU’s Horizons Program presented a workshop titled “Alternative Financing for Your Education” at the DSHS/Worksourse Annual Columbia Basin Job Fair, information on Displaced Worker funds, Tuition Assistance for Working Parents,
Scholarship opportunities, student employment, Workforce Training Program, Job Corps, Veteran’s assistance, and all the other possibilities. Other partners that served as a panel included:
• WIA funding (Skillsource)
• Opportunity Grant sources (Worksource Center, BBCC),
• Work-based Learning Tuition Assistance Program & Financial Aid (BBCC)

Citizenship Training

2008-07-30T22:03:00.000-07:00

June 13, 2008 WSU sponsored a workshop entitled "General Information Regarding Citizenship and Visas for Family Members” . David Estudillo, attorney from the Estudillo Law Firm from Seattle, presented basic information about citizenship requirements, obtaining lawful permanent residency, visa preference categories, and other potential visas at the Warden community Center. Following the presentation on June 14 Horizons partners (The Moses Lake Community Health Center; Warden Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Central Committee)"Know Your Rights as an Immigrant and How to Acquire Your Records" presented by Miriam Cardenas of the Mennonite Centeral Committee.

Grants Library

2008-07-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

The Horizons program has purchased and supplied the community with a small grants library to assist community members in furthering their needs to seek funding in order to advance our efforts towards poverty reduction. The small library has been purchased from the Foundation Center and consist of the following books:
Foundation Directory, 2008
Foundation Directory, Part 2
Foundation Directory, Supplement
National Directory of Corporate Giving, 13th edition
Foundation Today Series
Foundation Centers Guide to Winning Proposals
Grantseeking on the Web
Foundation Fundamentals
Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing
Guia Para Escribir Propuestas
The grants library will be housed at the Warden Community Library for easy use by community members.

Grant Writing

2008-07-30T21:59:00.000-07:00

The Horizons Program is sponsoring a Grant Writing Workshop for community members and community agency partners on April 4 & 5. The program was honored to have renowned grants trainer Susan Howlett. During the two-day training the following topics were covered:
• Where does money come from (types of sources and where to find them)
• How do you decide what’s a good match for you and your project.
• How do you prepare your organization to be grant-ready.
• Writing a compelling letter of inquiry
• What do grantmakers look for in a proposal.
• What are the standard questions and what are strong answers for each.
• Budgets and other support documents and the stories they tell.
• Cultivation, recognition and stewardship of grantors.
• How to corroborate need.
• How to articulate outcomes or measurable objectives.
• How to develop an evaluation plan.
• An exercise in reviewing real letter of inquiry.

Dept of Wildlife & Warden Students Relocating Squirrels

2008-04-07T18:19:00.000-07:00

Horizons Public Relations Training

2007-04-17T09:54:00.000-07:00

The Best Western Motel in Moses Lake, Washington was the site of the Horizons Program training in public relations April 10-12.
The Horizons program is about the changes a community can make to move from poverty to hope, from population and economic decline to prosperity. This initiative is for rural communities of fewer than 5,000 and with poverty rates of at least 10 percent.
23 Washington communities were represented at the three day program. Training was provided in two different tracks. One track was Leadership Plenty, designed to equip community members with skills that they will take back home and pass on to others. The other track was public relations. Pictured are people learning the basics of digital photography, media releases, web sites, blogs and more.
The Public Relations track trainees will be the people who publicize the Horizons Program in their towns.
The Horizons Program will continue in Washington for another year helping communities to raise up leaders, identify resources, and bring people together to improve their own community.

Virginia Capetillo - Horizons Training

2007-04-16T18:54:00.001-07:00

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