Kingdom Ventures eBay video
Our friend Rebecca Fadner got a birthday present Tuesday from eBay. A national online ad campaign launched featuring Kingdom Ventures Inc., the fair trade retailer she runs with her husband, Glenn. The eBay Thanks You campaign launched Tuesday with videos on its YouTube eBay channel of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, designer Jonathan Adler, two for-profit companies, a customer and the Ogden-based Kingdom Ventures. Glenn and Rebecca Fadner, who run Kingdom Ventures, say they’ve already watched the video a dozen or more times and are pleased with the final outcome. They didn’t know what to...
Read MoreBlock Party HOT!!
Our annual Arnett Block Party yesterday was a wonderful success in spite of the HEAT, thanks to the generous participation of so many amazing volunteers and contributors. We’ve already been having a very hot and dry summer, but the weatherman was predicting sweltering heat and possible thunderstorms for our Block Party so we were a little concerned. Sunny skies kept the thunderstorms away, but we got the heat – up to the mid-90s! Click here to see a full size slide show So many marvelous people were involved in making our day a success that it will be hard to list them, but...
Read MoreRoberts Honors Judge King
HBI President Honored The President of our Board of Directors, Judge Roy Wheatley King, and his wife Lucille were recently honored in the Summer 2012 issue of Roberts Today, the alumni magazine of Roberts Wesleyan College where Roy serves on the Board of Trustees. As the article notes, “Giving is an ethic that was instilled in Judge King during his time as an attorney, as he was encouraged to take on pro-bono cases and to use his skills as an attorney to give back to his community. Today, the structure of non-profit organizations appeals to King: when he invests in a non-profit, he is...
Read MoreChief on the Street
Last night RPD Chief Sheppard and several of his officers met at His Branches with concerned citizens in the Arnett Boulevard neighborhood and listened carefully to their concerns. Afterwards the group walked the boulevard visiting stores and neighbors and finding out more about how they can help us keep our neighborhood strong. This month’s “Chief on the Street” program was sponsored by the Rochester Police Department in collaboration with the Arnett Block Association and Rochester Youth Outreach....
Read MoreBishop dedicates ultrasound
Knight Dean Hamingson speaking with Jann Armantrout and Bishop in background The Knights of Columbus and the Diocese of Rochester recently purchased a portable ultrasound machine that will be housed at Embracing Options, a local pregnancy care center that is part of faith-based care provider His Branches, Inc. The machine was dedicated and blessed by Bishop Matthew H. Clark during a June 20 ceremony attended by diocesan life-issues coordinator Jann Armantrout, Knights Supreme Council member Arthur J. Harris, His Branches CEO Dr. William Morehouse and other local dignitaries. Dr. Morehouse...
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