DPiP Board Meeting
October 18, 5:30PM
Deer Park Senior Center
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
DPiP Community Garden Update
The DPiP Community Garden project was postponed due to lack of community interest and needing a Garden location. The DPiP Board of Directors voted to look to it as a future project.
We will post updates on the blog.
We will post updates on the blog.
Friday, May 20, 2011
HOW WE CAME TO BE! Deer Park in Progress (DPiP) Nonprofit
Deer Park in Progress started because of Horizons.
HORIZONS IS ABOUT MOVEMENT AND CHANGE: From waiting to leading...from talk to action...from poverty to prosperity...from a few to many...from despair to hope...from indifference to pride.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.
Open to all community members, Horizons focuses on practical strategies and tools. More specifically, it provides locally-delivered training, skill-building, and coaching to strengthen community leadership and civic engagement systems. Experience has shown that small communities can thrive if they have a strong leadership system.
Forty Washington communities including Deer Park have participated in Horizons since 2004. Nearly 300 communities have participated overall in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Washington State University Extension is proud to be one of seven delivery organizations of Horizons, and eight-state initiative of the Northwest Area Foundation.
Now, Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization, not just renamed, but an organization that has formed a board of directors, incorporation and has achieved a 501(c)(3)tax status. Also a 10,000 grant from Horizon's for completing the 18 month program.
The organization is founded on much of the same mission and principals as Horizons. It has added some of its own touch to encompass and reflect the needs of our specific community of Deer Park and surrounding area. We aim to partner with other community organizations to work towards the mission which is always ongoing.
Deer Park in Progress (DPiP) Mission Statement:
"Exploring and finding solutions to reduce poverty in Deer Park and the surrounding area with help and involvement of the community, so all may thrive."
The blog website is an information source, where information is posted and comments and questions welcome and answered as soon as possible.
All board and members are community volunteers and anyone from the community with a passion and belief in the DPiP mission are encouraged to come to the meetings with their ideas, input and info.
HORIZONS IS ABOUT MOVEMENT AND CHANGE: From waiting to leading...from talk to action...from poverty to prosperity...from a few to many...from despair to hope...from indifference to pride.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.
Open to all community members, Horizons focuses on practical strategies and tools. More specifically, it provides locally-delivered training, skill-building, and coaching to strengthen community leadership and civic engagement systems. Experience has shown that small communities can thrive if they have a strong leadership system.
Forty Washington communities including Deer Park have participated in Horizons since 2004. Nearly 300 communities have participated overall in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Washington State University Extension is proud to be one of seven delivery organizations of Horizons, and eight-state initiative of the Northwest Area Foundation.
Now, Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization, not just renamed, but an organization that has formed a board of directors, incorporation and has achieved a 501(c)(3)tax status. Also a 10,000 grant from Horizon's for completing the 18 month program.
The organization is founded on much of the same mission and principals as Horizons. It has added some of its own touch to encompass and reflect the needs of our specific community of Deer Park and surrounding area. We aim to partner with other community organizations to work towards the mission which is always ongoing.
Deer Park in Progress (DPiP) Mission Statement:
"Exploring and finding solutions to reduce poverty in Deer Park and the surrounding area with help and involvement of the community, so all may thrive."
The blog website is an information source, where information is posted and comments and questions welcome and answered as soon as possible.
All board and members are community volunteers and anyone from the community with a passion and belief in the DPiP mission are encouraged to come to the meetings with their ideas, input and info.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
May Board Meeting
Board Meeting at the Deer Park Library
Monday May 23, 5:30PM
Agenda: DPiP Community Garden
Monday May 23, 5:30PM
Agenda: DPiP Community Garden
Monday, February 14, 2011
Deer Park in Progress Community Garden Committee
If you enjoy gardening or need a plot of ground so you can garden please plan on attending this meeting.Deer Park in Progress
Community Garden Committee Meeting
●Meeting to discuss updates on proposed Deer Park Community Garden . All are invited to attend this informative meeting. Bring your questions and concerns - your input is encouraged and needed! Garden Design, water, budget and community interest and awareness.
Monday April 11, 4:00pm
DEER PARK LIBRARY
Monday April 11, 4:00pm
DEER PARK LIBRARY
Friday, January 28, 2011
Deer Park Community Kiosk Completed
Deer Park Community Kiosk Completed
Deer Park in Progress and Eagle Scout Troop #28 worked together to apply the finishing touches to the Deer Park Community Kiosk at City Hall.
Community information can be posted on the east side by calling 509-280-4635. On the west side there is a cork board for posting other information.
The DPHS Key Club will help with the maintenance of community information to the Kiosk.
Any questions:
Dusty Finafrock, Chairwoman
Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization
PO Box 1045
Deer Park, WA 99006
finafrock@gmail.com
http://deerpark-wa.blogspot.com/
509 -280-4635
Deer Park in Progress and Eagle Scout Troop #28 worked together to apply the finishing touches to the Deer Park Community Kiosk at City Hall.
Community information can be posted on the east side by calling 509-280-4635. On the west side there is a cork board for posting other information.
The DPHS Key Club will help with the maintenance of community information to the Kiosk.
Any questions:
Dusty Finafrock, Chairwoman
Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization
PO Box 1045
Deer Park, WA 99006
finafrock@gmail.com
http://deerpark-wa.blogspot.com/
509 -280-4635
Thursday, January 27, 2011
DEER PARK COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE
The Deer Park community has requested a brochure; a way to get details available about the community concerning local services, lists of information for Deer Park churches, schools and vital locations needed such as the Deer Park Post Office, City Hall, Senior Center, Greenhouse Food Bank, and other local services and resources.
Last year the Deer Park Horizons group identified poverty as being not just a lack of finances but also resources. They formed a committee to produce this brochure, accompanied with a map to locate the services.
The committee did not want it to be a commercial retail project, but a community project compiling the services and resources that the Deer Park Community and surrounding areas have to offer.
It has taken a long time to complete the brochure because the leg work and design work which included many, many donated hours by a dwindling committee. The project received a very welcome and much appreciated donation from Deer Park Rotary to pay for the printing. The printing of 2000 brochures on glossy stock tri-fold paper for each brochure has taken place.
They will be distributed in Deer Park at various places including the Deer Park Chamber, Deer Park Library and city hall.
Deer Park in Progress Nonprofit (DPiP)
(Formerly, Deer Park Horizons 3) is very happy to share this information with the Deer Park Community and surrounding area.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tri- County Resident Weatherization Services
Spokane Neighborhood Action Program, (SNAP) Services available include energy assistance and weatherization, community and emergency services including voice mail for those without telephones, financial access services, assistance with other services.
SNAP services can be accessed at the Deer Park Greenhouse Community Center at 12 W. First or by phone: 509-276-8224; http://www.greenhousecommunitycenter.org/
SNAP website: http://www.snapwa.org/. SNAP's main office contact is (509) 456-7111.
Stevens County residents can access services through Rural Resources.
Rural Resources will provide(depending on available funding) low to no-cost weatherization improvements for homes in Stevens, Pend Oreille, Ferry Counties. If your application is approved you will be placed on a waiting list and scheduled for an energy audit with priority going to households with children under 6, disabled, sixty or older. For more information call:509 684-8421/ 866 260-2729
SNAP services can be accessed at the Deer Park Greenhouse Community Center at 12 W. First or by phone: 509-276-8224; http://www.greenhousecommunitycenter.org/
SNAP website: http://www.snapwa.org/. SNAP's main office contact is (509) 456-7111.
Stevens County residents can access services through Rural Resources.
Rural Resources will provide(depending on available funding) low to no-cost weatherization improvements for homes in Stevens, Pend Oreille, Ferry Counties. If your application is approved you will be placed on a waiting list and scheduled for an energy audit with priority going to households with children under 6, disabled, sixty or older. For more information call:509 684-8421/ 866 260-2729
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