Community Service
Below are events and donations that CedarLight Grove has made over the years:
2008:
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
Sponsored WitchVox
One of our members was in charge of organizing the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
Sponsored the oldest member of CLG and one of the oldest members of ADF’s membership.
We helped support ADF by advertising our Grove in Oak Leaves.
In February and March during our Imbolc Season, we collected blankets and warm clothes to send to the Lakota Natives in Wounded Knee South Dakota. We collect around 50 blankets to donate!
For our Beltane charity we were able to box up and ship the gathered blankets for a total of $250.
For our Lughnasadh charity we gathered up 5 large bags of clothes worth about $375 to donate to Goodwill.
We gathered books for the Book Thing charity based out of Baltimore, MD as our Samhain charity event.
We will be sponsoring a family for Christmas to provide food and presents for children.
2007:
For our winter charity event in December, we gathered 3 boxes of clothes, 11 trashbags full of clothes, and 12 hand-knit scarves by our own members to donate to the STEP Mental Health Organization.
Donated money to have the electricity turned back on for the Fire Lightning Tiospaye Wounded Knee Visitor Center so they could hold their annual Wounded Knee Takeover Commemoration.
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
One of our members was in charge of organizing the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
Sponsored the Interfaith Coalition
Sponsored WitchVox
Participated in the Weed Warriors to help remove invasive species from Maryland’s agriculture
Helped a team of 60 pre-teen students plant trees for a school project
Our Grove members provided hospitality to Garry Rowland from the Wounded Knee Visitors Center in April, during his visit to speak at our sanctuary, all donations for that workshop were donated to the Fire Lightning Tiospaye organization, totalling $366.52
Sponsored the oldest member of CLG and one of the oldest members of ADF’s membership.
An advertised Peer Counseling Workshop led by Michael Reeder
We participated in the 4th of July rally to help get more sigils on Veteran memorials.
We helped support ADF by advertising our Grove in Oak Leaves.
2006:
Donated $500 to the Officers of Avalon Katrina Relief Fund
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
Sponsored the Interfaith Coalition
Participated in the Weed Warriors to help remove invasive species from Maryland’s agriculture
Sponsored WitchVox.
Herring Run Weekday Weed Pull and Social in Baltimore
Several members have been contacting Spiral Scouts about starting up a local group for the youths of Baltimore
Are currently sponsoring a DFGL (Distinctive Faith Group Leader) on base at Fort Meade Army Base so that they can hold pagan services for military members within the chaplains spaces on base.
Sponsored the oldest member of CLG and one of the oldest members of ADF’s membership.
We participated in the 4th of July rally to help get pagan sigils on Veteran memorials.
Held a Canned Food Drive for our summer charity.
One of our members was in charge of organizing the Baltimore Pagan Pride Day
2005:
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Interfaith Coalition
We donated both money and goods to Sheppard Pratt Hospital and STEP, Inc. (a non -profit organization that helps the mentally ill)
We dontated a food and gifts to a family for the holiday season.
We held a Katrina Healing rite.
Sent a member to New Orleans with the Red Cross for Katrina Relief
In September we provided space for the Baltimore PNO Mabon High Rite
Sponsored WitchVox.
In September we provided space for the Baltimore PNO Mabon High Rite
Sponsored the oldest member of CLG and one of the oldest members of ADF’s membership.
2004:
Participated in the Adopt-A-Highway program
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Interfaith Coalition
Held an auction to raise money to support CedarLight Center.
Donated $100 to a coven forming in Eastern Correctional Institute
Held a clothes drive for residents of Shepherd Pratt Hospital collecting a total of 18 laundry baskets full of clothes, several winter coats and several large totes of clothes.
In January, we began co sponsoring a new youth program for pagan youths.
One of our members began corresponding with an inmate for spiritual counseling.
We held a clothing swap at our Beltane High Rite.
We provided a 3 hour class on Druidry and ritual for a Magic, Myth & Ritual history class at a local college.
Sponsored WitchVox.
2003:
Held an auction to raise $639 for a member who was hospitalized without insurance
Held an auction to raise $1143 for the Highland Farm Community and CSA.
Sponsored the Ecumenicon Conference
Sponsored the Interfaith Coalition
A Grove member brought a needy family to the attention of the Grove. A (non-pagan) widowed father with 3 small children and no hope of giving them a Christmas. Grove members donated money, food, toys and clothing. The father was completely blown away’ that a bunch of strangers from a Druid Grove had given himself and his children “the best Christmas ever!”
Raised $550 for Highland Farm Community Supported Agriculture Project at our Beltain High Rite and campout.
A Grove member brought a needy man to the attention of the Grove. A (non-pagan) elderly man in the neighborhood near Cedar Light Center was about to be fined by the city for failing to paint his house. The Grove wrote a letter to the city stating that we have volunteered to paint his house as soon as the spring rains stop and the wood dries out.
We started a long term arrangement with a local Wiccan group to use the space on days we are not.
Mustered folks to help several members and non-members to move from one house to another.
