Pictures! (coming soon)

Holy sparklers, Batman, it has been an insane week! Last Tuesday's jam session was held on the third floor of St. Marks downtown, and, I hafta say it was a ton of fun. We even had a trombone player and a saxophonist!

<unfortunately, my computer isn't letting me post pics. I will add them to this post tomorrow, though>

Join us this Tuesday, July 5th, for our first jam at the new place: 1400 N Flores. As always, jams run from 7pm or so until the musicians leave.

I really want to thank all those who helped us move:
Rose has been a packing, organizing and cleaning MACHINE this past week,
Glenn, who joined us just days before the move, was tireless in all the hard heavy labor,
Paul too, and he let us use his pick-up truck!
Special thanks also to Wayland, Jack, Charley, Robert Griffith, William Griffith, and Rick Tanner for their help. This was, without a doubt, a community effort. You guys ROCK!

<I do have pics of the move, and of the new space; but those will have to wait til I can get to a better computer>

Don't forget:
July 19th we'll be having a special Grand Re-Opening ceremony and jam session! There will be a ribbon cutting, speeches, music and fun! Join us 6pm at the new space!

Ps: I'm sorry if I've left anyone off the thank you list. I'm tired and it's a holiday. If you feel slighted, tell me and I'll fix it, or you can just leave  a scathing voice-mail on someone else's phone.


-Mary 

WE MOVED!!!!!!

I have been questioning whether Treys House can stand on its own or not.  Our funding is almost gone, our needs are great.  Then 100 degree weather hit early, and we shut down for most of May and all of June.  Shut down with the exception of members who insisted we be available.

They would come in, knowing we couldn't get the temp inside Treys House under 95 degrees, and they would stay as long as they could, then go home with heat headaches.

When we found the new space, and the AC and (I assume) the heat works, our members jumped for joy!  We have to stay open.  So many depend upon us to be there.  We are their community, and they are ours!

So now we look to the future.  The space is coming together, and the members are in already...without an easy place to sit, without the comfort of an easy program.  They show up and ask the same question..."what can I do to help."

We will survive!

-Margaret

We were on the radio!!! Lori (our board pres.) and Martha, a friend of Trey's House, were interviewed on The Source, a program on KSTX (the NPR affiliate). I've posted what I hope is a link to listen to the entire program:

http://audio.tpr.org/source110602.mp3

Awesome! These two ladies sounded AMAZING! Bravo, Lori and Martha!

New Post!!!

It’s gettin’ hot in here!

Our poor little ol’ AC just can’t compete with the weather, the wide-open space, and all the cracks and leaks in this building. We had a guy come out last year and give an estimate of around $16,000 to get it up to snuff. $16,000! Yipes!

But no worries, mate. We have (drumroll please) a plan!

Erm, ok, so the plan mostly involves looking for a new space for Trey’s House and suffering dealing with the heat.

Seriously, though, we are looking for a new home. If you know of anything, let us know. Ideally, it would be a house, 2,000 – 3,000 sq ft, zoned commercial, for less than $1000/month with an option to buy, and on a major bus line. We’d prefer it not be haunted, but we’re willing to work around that.

Ooh, ooh, ALSO, we’re getting closer to setting up our computer lab! We may have a donor for the computers and the know-how to fix them! Super-cool awesomesauce!

Final note – look for blog posts from our members coming soon. Our blog is open for members (full and aux) and volunteers to contribute. I can’t wait to hear from them!

Cheers,

M

Ok, ok, I know said I'd post three times a week, but I'm thinking that's maybe a little ambitious right now. Check out what we have been up to though!

 Looking better, huh?

Told you we’d clear the clutter eventually! We’re not done, but thanks to the inimitable (and multi-talented) Jacqueline Smith we’re a heck of a lot closer than we’ve ever been.

Speaking of Jackie, not only is she an ace volunteer interior decorator, but she’s also a singer! She sang with the band for us Tuesday night. We all had a blast!

And here’s board president Lori Simpson rawkin’ out with volunteer Ronnie!

aand my pictures/videos won't load... grrr I'm posting this anyhow though, and will add the pics/vids when I can figure this out.

By the way, Monday, May 23^rd we’re having a members’ only pizza party and general meeting. If you’re a member, come down – you should have already received a call about it, so consider this a reminder.

Alright, that’s enough for now. When things settle down here (I’m an optimist) I’ll start posting more often.

J

-M

First Post!

Well, what do ya know? Trey’s House has a blog! And boy howdy have we got some even bigger changes coming this summer! We are in the middle of a major reorganization kick right now. We’re massively a little cluttered at the moment, but things will improve, I swear! 

Yup, we're cluttered...

We are restarting the little mini thrift store area – we’ve gotten so many donations in lately, it’s about all we can do to stick the stuff on some shelves and try to get a few pennies from them. ;)

Photobombed by our mascot

Also, super-cool, we are going to be setting up activity stations. Tell us what y’all want – arts ‘n crafts, sewing, woodworking, what have you. These are just going to be areas set up so that they are ready to be used. Hopefully, it’ll be easier to jump in and start doing stuff – no more hunting around in dark storage closets for a set of markers or a hammer!

We’re talking about the feasibility of a computer resource area, too. If anyone has any idea how to do this or where we can get computers donated (too bad Free Geek is Portland only, eh?) PLEASE let us know.

Finally, we will begin implementing the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) method of determining member progress. This method fits so well with our self-directed model here. It involves our members setting their own goals and keeping track of their own progress. This system was developed by one of our own Advisory Board members, Dr. Ed Hammer. We’ll post more info on this as it becomes available.

That’s about it for this post. Hopefully I’ll be posting at least 3 times a week.

Ta!