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OUR MISSION
Our United Villages inspires people to value and discover existing resources to strengthen the social and environmental vitality of communities.
OUR VISION
Community Outreach of Our United Villages envisions neighborhoods that recognize and build on the strengths, talents, and resources of each individual to create a healthier, more vibrant community.
Community Outreach is currently accepting applications for a Community Outreach Assistant. Click here to find out more and read the job description.
DISCOVER
Watch a video from the 2011 Food Sharing Workshop.
Listen to audio from Cultural Sharing Conversations in 2009.
Read about six inspiring projects in the Inspirational Storybook.
Welcome
“Community. A word of many connotations – a word overused until its meanings are so diffuse as to be almost useless. Yet the images it evokes, the deep longings and memories it can stir, represent something that human beings have created and recreated since time immemorial, out of our profound need for connections among ourselves and with Mother Nature.”
– Helen Forsey
Our United Villages believes every community, no matter how you define it, has tremendous capacity for enriching the day to day lives of everyone within it.
Community Outreach serves as a free resource for anyone who sees value in connecting with each other.
UPCOMING EVENTS
OPEN HOUSE
Kick off the new year with a little community hospitality. Drop in on Thursday, January 26th between 4:00 and 7:00 PM to learn more about our organization, free activities and community resources.
RESOURCES
Community Resource Library
The Community Resource Library is a free resource of books, articles, DVDs, historical documents and other helpful materials. Use these resources to gain inspiration, knowledge and skills for turning your community-building ideas into action. Do you know of something you think we should add to the library? Let us know about it! Click here to view the online library catalogue and submit resource recommendations.
STORIES
Inspirational Storybook
We are happy to announce the first edition of the Inspirational Storybook, Sharing Ideas: Grassroots Started by Neighbors. We share these stories with the heartfelt intention to inspire you. Read about local, innovative grassroots projects that are strengthening the social vitality of our community. This and future editions of the Inspirational Storybook, produced by Community Outreach, will showcase stories of everyday people doing extraordinary things. Enjoy!