High Mesa Happenings

International Day of Peace Ruidoso Activities

7:00-7:30 am Peace Begins with You-Morning Meditation Meditate with peaceful music followed by a short presentation on finding your "peace within". This event will be held behind the Ruidoso Public Library at the outdoor theater.

12:00-1:00 pm Warriors for Peace - Peaceful Leaders in History Join the ENMU History Club who will share information on Peace in History. Bring your lunch and enjoy refreshments at ENMU-Ruidoso, room 105.

4:00-5:00 pm Kids for Peace - Peace Day Parade Meet at the Kids Connection Pavillion for music and activity followed by a short walking parade procession around a portion of the Links Walking Trail beginning around 4:30 pm and ending at the outdoor stage behind the library. Bring your peace costumes, flags, banners, bubbles, buttons, bells and other noise makers, and let the communities of Lincoln County and Mescalero know you value peace! This is an event for all ages.

6:00-8:30 pm - Give Peace a Dance Enjoy peace shared through the arts at an all ages Peace Day Celelbration held at Common Ground in the Sierra Mall (next to ENMU). Scheduled activities include live music, dancing, "Make Art, Not War" crafts table and speakers addressing the value of peace in our homes, schools, and community.

All Peace Day activities are free thanks to local community partnerships. Special thanks to Andrea Reed of Common Ground, Mayor Ray Alborn, Parks and Recreation, ENMU-Ruidoso, ENMU-Ruidoso History Club, High Mesa Landscaping, Lou Ann Ellison, others who have contributed to planning this event. Bring friends and enjoy the day.

Making Peace the Way We Live

FROM THE PEACE COMPANY

Dear Peace Friends,

Mother's Day is a time to say thank you to Mom and other special women and mentors in our lives. It's also a time to reflect on the challenges and sacrifices of women and mothers around the world. The Peace Company believes that every mother counts, and we're sharing a number of thoughtful ways to say thank you and show you care.

I. Gifts For Mom and Others
Please consider the following "special offerings" for Mother's Day, peace gifts for global healing found on the web site, http://www.thepeacecompany.com/ for additional ideas and options.

II. Take One Action at "Every Mother Counts"

• Did you know 1000 women die everyday due -- one every 90 seconds -- due to pregnancy related causes?
• Did you know most of these deaths could be prevented if women had access to affordable and timely medical services?
• If women and girls were educated and empowered to make decisions about their sexual and reproductive rights?
• Learn more about how you can help at http://www.everymothercounts.org/. (A Peace www.everymothercounts.org/Company Partners Project)

To every Mother and nurturer out there, we say "Thank You" and God Bless You for all you are and all you do.

Peace and Blessings

Kimberly King and Brent Bisson
and The Peace Company Team

No painter's brush, nor poet's pen
In justice to her fame
Has ever reached half high enough
To write a mother's name.

 

Earth Day Picnic

Thanks to Keep Ruidoso Beautiful, the Village of Ruidoso, and wonderful volunteers, the Earth Day Picnic is on!!! Bring your picnic supplies, friends and neighbors and join this free event geared towards strengthening our community and promoting stewardship and social responsibility. There will be music, entertainers, geocaching, games, prizes and surprises. Don't forget to bring your old clothes to exchange for new (used) ones at the clothing swap booth. It should be a blast so don't miss it. Volunteers still needed :>

Please help us get the word out on this wonderful event by taking a few minutes to see this exciting commercial created by the talented Phillip D. Collins using footage from last year's event.  This is a great way to get a visual of what fun we're going to have.  Please share with others!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWzLW1Xsah4
 
Thanks for the support.  Hope to see you there! Sunday April 17 at Wingfield Park from noon-5pm for a picnic/potluck.  If you have ideas to make it better, please call Andrea Reed at 937-2725.

Helping Children Manage Stress

March 5, Saturday, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. (PST), Free Webinar: Helping Children Manage Stress with special guest, Timothy Culbert, M.D. and facilitator, Jeff Goelitz, education specialist with the Institute of HeartMath. Culbert and Goelitz will discuss practical strategies and techniques on how you can teach children habits of the heart and integrate them into their daily lives that will benefit children immediately and into the future. Webinar topics include: Why now is so unique for children, recognizing the many faces of stress, different stressors for different children and more. To register: click here.

Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools

Implementing Salad Bars in schools is one of the fastest ways to create fresh food access to all students purchasing a reimbursable meal. In fact the "salad" can be much more than greens and fruit. By utilizing USDA Commodity brown box items like diced chicken, tuna, egg products and grain products the Salad Bar reinvents itself as a reimbursable meal. Using the bar to introduce children to foods in their raw states and educate students' palates by offering some special seasonal salads makes fast work of transforming the cafeteria into a classroom enjoyed by all every day. Want a salad bar in your school and need help getting started?  This information comes from http://www.thelunchbox.org/resources/salad-bar.  For more information, click on the web site.

 

Family Day

 Join in the Celebration

*Monday September 27^th Has Been Declared*

FAMILY DAY

A DAY TO EAT DINNER WITH YOUR CHILDREN

MAKE TIME FOR DINNER…..MAKE TIME FOR EACH OTHER

Things You Could Talk About!

Ask everyone to share their favorite part or biggest challenge of the day. Exchange memories about your favorite family pastimes. Discuss an activity the family can do together and then put it on the calendar.  Cell phones    , TV    , Computers

The facts are on the table: eating dinner together every night keeps the doors of communication open. It’s the perfect time and place to reconnect and to show your kids that they are your priority. Sitting across the table is where and when you can find out more about your children’s likes, dislikes, and daily life. Having this information can help you direct your children toward positive activities and behavior, reducing the likelihood that they will get involved with alcohol, tobacco, and/or illegal drugs.

Peace Village Coming Soon

Peace Village is coming July 26-30, 2010!  Children ages 7-13 are invited to attend.  Camp is from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. daily.  Cost per child is $90, but full and partial scholarships are available.  Information and/or registration forms may be obtained by contacting co-director Kaylah Glasgow at 575.937.0876 or ksglasgow@gmail.com or co-director Susan Finch at 575.258.9932 or sfinch1946@aol.com.  Application forms should be returned to Peace Village-Ruidoso, P.O. Box 7398, Ruidoso, NM 88355. Lunch will be provided for each camper daily by the Community Youth Center Warehouse.  Anyone wishing to donate funds or sponsor a child for Peace Village may do so by sending a check to the same address.  Peace Village is a 501 (c) 3 organization, so donations are tax deductible.

Campers will enjoy a morning with Brandon Hutchison at Angus Outdoor Education (www.angusoe.com).   Andrea Reed from The Dance Gallery (www.danceruidoso.com) will teach aspects of health, character, respect, diversity, community, and the environment through dance.  Melissa Gebhart and Linda Hand, certified facilitators for Envision Your Future will teach EYF, a program that guides youth to realize their intrinsic value and power, and in the process motivates them to make healthy choices.  There will be nature walks, yoga, music, arts and crafts.  Taryn McCain from Laughing Eyes Kennels (www.lekennels.org) will bring trained service dogs.  There will be all of this in addition to the Peace Village curriculum of non-violent conflict resolution, media literacy, and environmental awareness.

From Barbara

Greetings my friends,

I invite you to join with me in the support of this new project for the children of Lincoln County, The Agape Center for Hope  . It is a much needed service to youth of our community. I have been attending meetings  where this project has evolved . So I have had the privilege of observing the evolutionary process that birthed  “The Agape Center for Hope”.

I have known Kelly and Boyd for several years as they are a part of our spiritual community and volunteers in Peace Village.

Peace. Love and Blessings,

Barbara

I am a nurse and part of a global community.

 

Year 2009: Barbara Reflects

As I reflect back over this past year I am amazed and grateful for the unfolding and growth here at High Mesa Healing Center. Seems the more I delegate and step back the more things just open up to be of service to the community. It is rather like being a parent and allowing you kids to grow up. Well, I am allowing HMHC to take her place of service and enjoying observing the process.

In September, Shiva's Mountain Meadow Massage School opened here in the yurt. The other classes and workshops continue to meet: Tai Chi, Pilates, Yoga, Attitudinal Healing Circle, Science of Mind, Open Circle, Peace Village, Sweat Lodges and other various groups. The leaders of these groups bring such richness to the Center and the community. Thanks to all of you, too: Linda, Jim, Vanessa, Nancy, Barbara, Pierre, Shiva, Sonnie, Memo, Kaylah, Susan, Willy and Kathy. There are two who work very closely with me mostly behind the scenes and they are the heart of HMHC. Nadette and Kate are keeping us all in balance and harmony. What a team we all are, thanks for being a part of this ongoing adventure. 

All is in place at High Mesa for another great year in 2010, so stay tuned for more action and excitement.

Barbara

December 16, 2009

 

Written by Barbara Mader,

RN, CHTP, Reiki Master and Founder of HMHC

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Bless You All !