Other Intiatives

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We’ve also created a number of other initiatives, and while they’ve been one-off events they could easily be replicated.  Examples include: 

“We are limited only by our imagination and our will to act.” - Ron Garan

• an initiative for Diabetes Prevention, where the lamp making workshop was added to the diabetes educational curriculum

• Coming of Age initiative for 7th and 8th graders.  We added a lamp making workshop curriculum to a Coming of Age curriculum that is used by a Unitarian Chuch.

• SPARRC (Student-centered Program to Advance Research in Cancer Careers) - a lamp making component was added to a program for college students.

Bottom line, we receive a number of suggestions for potential initiatives and workshop ideas.  We are always open to suggestions and we love to work with collaborators.  We recognize that almost any idea that utilizes a workshop approach could benefit by adding a lamp making component to their workshop process for a few good reasons:

• Art and creativity enhance the workshop process

• The finished product - the lamp - offers a bridge from the “bubble” of the workshop back to every-day reality, where the magic of the workshop experience can often fade.  The lamp functions as a luminous reminder of the workshop experience and the meanings found and intentions made.

• “Light” as a theme can enhance any participatory effort.  

Whether you are a nonprofit organization, an educational institution, or a corporation - TIP can be a valuable collaborative partner.