Create Community Good Will for YOUR Business!

If you are a regular listener or supporter of WVPE, you undoubtably are aware of the WVPE Business Honor Roll. These are the businesses that help pay the costs of the programs you listen to on a regular basis.  These businesses contribute varying amounts and in exchange they are acknowledged with on-air announcements for a full year.  In addition, these businesses receive varying amounts of tickets for the IU Health Goshen Entertainment Series, as well as a listing and link on www.wvpe.org.  

These businesses maximize their contribution by allowing those funds to be used as a Corporate Challenge during the upcoming Fall Membership Campaign.   When a specific program or hour is designated as a "challenge" hour,  that particular business is featured and receives numerous acknowledgements by "matching" the contributions for that hour.  In some cases, the incentive is to receive a specific number of calls or "pledges" during that hour, and when that number is reached the corporate challenge is met.  It is a win - win situation for both your business and WVPE. 

If you would like to have your business involved in a Corporate Challenge, it's a simple process.  Here is a link to the Business Honor Roll enrollment form.  You have the option  of completing and faxing it to WVPE at (574) 262-5700, or you can complete it electronically and email it to kmacon@wvpe.org.  If you wish to discuss this matter further, please feel free to email or call Kim Macon directly at (574) 262-5699.

Registration is ongoing for new Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts in Michiana

88.1 WVPE supports scouting that provides opportunities for adventure, learning life skills, a chance 

to understand responsibility and more.  Area scouting projects provide over 91,000 annual service hours to the local council.  

For over 80 years, Cub Scouts have been having the time of their lives making new friends and learning new things in an environment designed to help them succeed. There are activities from building his own pinewood derby® car to learning how to roast the perfect marshmallow.  First through fifth graders, or those 7 to 10 years old can become a cub scout.

Boy Scouts prove themselves in an environment that challenges their courage and tests their nerve. After they've been given the proper guidance from those with experience and know-how, they take their own lead, diving into the rugged world of outdoor adventure.  They rely on teamwork and character to accomplish what everyone else thinks is impossible. Boys age 11, or at least 10 and have completed the fifth grade, or have earned the Cub Scout Arrow of Light Award, to 17 years old, are eligible to become boy scouts.

New cub scouts and boy scouts are currently being registered.  More information can be found at Be a Scout.org

4th Annual MoonTree Festival is September 19th

The fourth annual MoonTree Festival is planned for MoonTree prairie and around The Center at Donaldson on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The theme this year takes us back to our MoonTree roots—the confluence of Art,             Nature and the Spirit within. MoonTree Festival Day 2015 will be comprised of activities that celebrate the mission of        MoonTree Studios, including:

• MoonTree Festival Art Fair, with artists demonstrating and selling their works. This year the Art Fair hours are 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT.
• Cob stomping and cob-sculpting for public participation—this is a natural building project to erect a structure adjacent to MoonTree Studios—we’re creating an outdoor kiln shelter using methods and materials that are time-tested in northern climates. The bones of the structure are up—now it’s time to source and harvest the natural materials that we’ll mix and grind into cob—native clay, sand, and straw. Then at the festival, we’ll sculpt the earthen walls. We’re inviting all those interested in sustainable living to come, partake, and learn.
• Street entertainment, featuring Big Mother Fricka, Queen of the Gypsies, and her wacky family: her daughter, Gypsy Princess Magda; Boris—a gypsy by day and brain surgeon by night; Gypsy dancer Serena of the Silk, and the Keeper of the Curse of the Blue Feather.
  • From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. you can participate in a fun family activity—build a balsa plane, learn how to modify it for staying-power in flight, then compete for longest flight time. We have a few secrets that will amaze you!
  • Food service all day long by The Country Griller on the MoonTree grounds
  • Plein Air artists are invited to paint on the grounds around The Center at Donaldson. 

The Festival Art Fair has grown every year, and once again we are showcasing a variety of artists—painters of all media, clay artists, jewelry artists, weavers and spinners, makers of natural soaps and other products, confectioners, print makers, sculptors, wood carvers---their work and wares create a vibrant creative atmosphere. And this year folks can plan to stay for lunch or dinner--The Country Griller will be offering scrumptious fare the whole day long

Inside MoonTree Gallery, Festival day will include the opening reception for a new art exhibit: Down to the Water, a fabulous collection of watercolor paintings and giclees by Indiana Artisan painter Brian Gordy. Brian has ties to this area—in the late-1970’s he taught middle-school art at Rochester. Later, he taught art at the university level and privately for over 25 years.  Throughout his career, Brian’s paintings have depicted the landscapes of the Midwest and the north woods of Michigan and Canada.  His exhibition, “White River Turtles: Watercolors by Brian Gordy” at Minnetrista Cultural Center in Muncie from October 2007– January 2008, introduced a series of paintings of freshwater turtles in their natural habitat, a series that still continues.  

The MoonTree Festival is free and open to everyone. We invite those interested in really learning about natural building from start to finish to contact MoonTree Studios at (574) 935-1712 or moontree@poorhandmaids.org , even before the festival.