We Are All In This Together!

Vision for Vashon is a loose-knit network of individuals acting in response to the economic crisis and its impact on our community.

We exist to:

• Rally support now for the Vashon and Vashon Interfaith Council on Homelessness to strengthen the community safety net that looks out for all of us.
• Rally support now for local businesses, including farmers and artists.
• Recognize longer-term opportunities, facilitated by the focus that crisis brings, to realize positive visions for Vashon - moving toward a more equitable and sustainable world, learning from others and ideally creating models for others to follow. The crisis is an opportunity for new and creative thinking and acting.

What you can do today:

• Donate to the Food Bank and IFCH. Please consider donating on a regular basis, to provide dependable support throughout the year. Click Here for contact information. (Check back soon for information about how to make automatic recurring donations through your credit card or bank account.)
• Please shop locally! Buy from independent local stores, farmers, artists. Use the power of your shopping dollar to help resolve economic inequalities that are a root cause of social, agricultural and environmental problems today.
• Read landmark books that may change the way you think about your food and shopping choices. (link to reading list page)

What you can do soon:

• Participate in our upcoming series of community forums planned for early 2009 -- check back here for more information.
• To participate in our planning discussion, join the Vision for Vashon Google discussion group.

Please give directly to the groups mentioned here. We are not a fundraising organization. Vision for Vashon has no budget and no overhead, and uses communications resources generously donated by others.

You can contact us through the Google Group or by emailing bobp@dogpatch.com (temporary
contact)