Saturday, March 21, 2009

My Kids School Hosted very Successful Plant-A-Thon


"We don't sell any cookies or candy," said Erin Sullivan, a parent and organizer of the day's event. "We wanted something more in line with the principles of our school."


My kids got to Monterey Bay Charter School -- a Waldorf inspired public charter school ... and today members of our school planted native plants to help restore a local lagoon back to its natural habitat. At the same time this event is raising money for our school.

The 75 acre lot of land used to be farm land and the State of California purchased it from the owners, I think, two years ago. And now an organization called Return of the Natives (RON) is helping to restore this land.

I am very exited, our school had over 250 volunteers show up. We were originally expected to plant 800 native plants like mugwort, lupine, California sagebush and more ... But RON brought 1,901 plants and we planted every single one of them!

If you wan to read the article that our local newspaper wrote about us, here is the link:
http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_11971312?source=email (or copy and paste)

If you would like to make a donation, big or small to help my kids' school, here is a link: http://www.mbcharterschool.org/plant-a-thon.asp (or copy and paste)

Donations are accepted through Wednesday, April 22, Earth Day.

Thanks for your support!

Blessings,
Julie
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Meet Copia

In Roman mythology, Copia is the Goddess of Abundance. Her name means ‘abundance’. In addition it means ‘plenty’, ‘wealth’, ‘opportunity’ and ‘resources’. She carries a cornu copia overflowing with the fruits of harvest and wealth. “The Horn of Plenty”; a magical goat’s horn the gives everything anyone desires. It is important to mention that Copia is often associated with Fortuna, the Roman Goddess of Fortune, Luck and Fate.

But I did not purposefully name this blog after Copia. I was looking for a word that described a life of truth and integrity. I like the word authentic; Authentic Life. But it appears that many others on the internet like that word too. I also like the word intelligent; Intelligent Life. But John Tesh uses the phrase “Intelligent Life” on his radio shows. Then came the word copious; Copious Life.

Copious

Pronunciation:

\kō-pē-əs\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

14th century Middle English, from Latin copiosus, from copia abundance, from co- + ops wealth

Synonyms:

Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; opulent; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full.

Definition:

1 a: yielding something abundantly; a copious harvest, copious springs. b: plentiful in number; copious references to other writers.

2 a: full of thought, information, or matter b: profuse or exuberant in words, expression, or style; a copious talker.

3: present in large quantity: taking place on a large scale; copious weeping, copious food and drink.


Well, okay so this word will do. I know I want plenty of what ever it is I desire in my life; money, healthy, patience, joy etc., … So I’ll sign up and create a copious life!

When pronounced, copious sounds very similar to Copia’s. After researching and discovering a linguistic connection these two words have, I thought Copia was quite nifty! Since this blog is about money and I think women (mostly) will read this blog, I gave Copia a purse (because most women can relate to having a purse) instead of a goat’s horn.

So there you have it. That is who Copia is. Hopefully she resonates inside each of us.

Cheers to a life of abundance – A Copious Life!