About UsFounded by Mark Yaconelli on Valentine’s Day, 2010, The Hearth Community is a new model of community building based on personal storytelling, reflective listening, and community service. The Hearth Community develops community gatherings in which people explore, craft, and share stories from what they have lived. The Hearth Community also raises money for non-profits in Southern Oregon through community storytelling events.
In 2015, The Hearth was cloned in other communities. The Ford Family Foundation helped. Since that time, The Hearth Grants Pass has held 19 storytelling events and helped 19 non-profit organizations. We are very pleased with the community's response. |
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ThemesEach time we meet we will have a new theme. The first theme is "Treasured Objects." We encourage tellers to bring the object to show during the telling.
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TellersTellers are chosen from people who submit their stories or people whom we seek out. Tellers are not professional people - just neighbors and friends.
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MusiciansWe will try and incorporate as many eclectic musicians from the community as we can. We would like to have young people be part of this event as well.
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Non-ProfitsNon Profits will be chosen at random. Our first non profit will be the Josephine Community Libraries. If your non profit is interested, please contact us.
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