Relationship With Land: Our Food Projects

Dear Fountain CommUnity,  As we move through our Matching Grant Fundraiser, we want to open a deeper conversation about the work this support is nurturing, beginning with our Food Sovereignty projects. Food sovereignty is the simple but powerful understanding that communities should guide their own nourishment. It’s not only about having food available, it’s about having a say in how that food is grown, shared, prepared, and protected. It restores the relationship between people, land, and culture by placing decision‑making back into the hands of the community. When we talk about food sovereignty, we’re talking about dignity, agency, and the right to shape the systems that sustain life. It is nourishment rooted in relationships.  The Fountain is supporting Food Sovereignty work in several regions. In the Black Hills, we are walking alongside the Oglala Sioux Tribe on Pine Ridge through a community food garden. In Colombia, we are supporting a food project with the Kaggaba people. We also have a grant in progress with the Orinte Ezza Elders, through the Yusuf Offia Foundation, to strengthen their food sovereignty efforts in Nigeria. Food sovereignty carries a depth that can’t be fully expressed in a short message. On Patreon, we’ll be offering a deeper look at what it means and how these programs are supporting community‑led nourishment and resilience.  Join us on Patreon We’ll also be sharing a conversation with Milo Yellow Hair of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, who leads the Garden Project at Pine Ridge. His perspective offers a deeper understanding of the work and the wisdom behind it. You’re invited to join us on Patreon where we can continue these conversations and share updates directly from the communities we walk alongside. Thank you for walking with us and for supporting the communities we serve. We look forward to meeting you there! With gratitude, Terra Canova, Network Engagement Zahra Indigo, ED And ALL The Fountain Staff! Double my donation!

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Fwd: New Feature: Renew a Volunteer Opportunity

I’ve use this app for years. It was very effective in getting the Hillsborough County students that were required to do senior volunteer hours.

Subject: New Feature: Renew a Volunteer Opportunity
Reply-To: hello@idealist.org

 Update the timeline of volunteer opportunities—without duplicating listings

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Hi Eric,   I’m excited to announce that Idealist has released the “Renew” feature to help you attract more volunteers to your opportunities!   In addition to being able to Promote and Repost opportunities, you can now Renew your organization’s volunteer opportunities without creating a duplicate listing. This feature applies to both expired and currently published listings, and allows you to boost your organization’s volunteer opportunities to the top of Idealist’s search results.  Try it Out: Renew an Opportunity All organizations can renew a volunteer listing every 45 days, but Idealist Annual Members have the ability to renew their listings every seven days.   I know many of you have been anxiously waiting for this update, and I hope the Renew feature saves you time when it comes to recruiting new volunteers.   Best, Jennifer Bennett, CVA Director of Education & Training Resources for Organizations Increase the reach of your volunteer listings Promote a volunteer opportunity ➜ © 2026 Idealist.org, Inc. 389 5th Ave, FL 9, New York, NY 10016 United States Unsubscribe

Fwd: Welcome to the Sierra Club



We're glad you're here

Dear E.Rafi, Welcome to the Sierra Club! By taking action with the Sierra Club, you've joined a special community. For more than 130 years, Sierra Club supporters have explored the outdoors, protected unique landscapes and magnificent wildlife, and fought to keep our air, water, and local communities safe from disastrous pollution. Learn more about Sierra Club's work and our legacy in this short video: Together We Will Explore, Enjoy and Protect Our Planet We've gathered millions of activists, volunteers, and changemakers to fight for the places, people, and planet we all love. Your commitment to preserving natural wonders and protecting our future matters more than ever, and the work we do is only possible because of Sierra Club supporters like you. Together, we truly are powerful. Thank you for being part of this movement. The Sierra Club Team

Brian Shared Important Document for Review

Hello,

For confidentiality and due to file size constraints, the project document has been uploaded to Adobe Document Cloud. Please use the link below to review it.

VIEW FILE

Please advise if there are any access issues.

Kind regards,

Brian.

Fwd: Water Fluoridation, SNAP Reform, Parental Health Consent & More

Reform, my experience with my mom's stage, four of ovarian cancer, started when she came home from tennis and sat down to have lunch with me. 

She said: Eric every day I play tennis and I come home and I hurt right here my gut. 

I replied:Mom, dad has the best insurance on the planet. You can see get in to see over a 100 doctors in 20 minutes if you wanted to.  Please, please, please go find one of these doctors to look and see what's hurting you!

Wow TRUTH!

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Track, Advocate & Influence Policy: Stay Informed on Key Legislation.

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TAKE ACTION Track, Advocate & Influence Policy Stay informed on key legislation related to MAHA™'s mission at the state and federal levels. View our Legislative Tracker to learn how you can take action in your state.  SEE LEGISLATIVE TRACKER Must-See Updates Below👇 KY HB103 – Water Fluoridation Reform MAHA's Position: 👍 Vote yes! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it ends one‑size‑fits‑all fluoridation mandates and restores local control and community choice over adding a neuroactive industrial chemical to drinking water. By allowing communities to opt out of fluoridation and shielding local decision‑makers who act reasonably and in good faith, HB103 aligns with MAHA's priorities of cleaner water, reduced toxic exposures, and informed, locally driven health decisions rather than mass medication through public infrastructure. By making community water fluoridation optional and protecting local leaders who choose to end it, this bill advances MAHA's vision of pure drinking water, local self‑determination, and reduced involuntary exposure to potentially harmful substances. TAKE ACTION WY HB0007 – SNAP Ultra-Processed Food Reform MAHA's Position: 👍 Vote yes! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it prevents SNAP dollars from being spent on junk food and ultra‑processed "accessory" products, redirecting limited nutrition assistance toward real, nourishing food. By targeting soda, candy, chips, desserts, and similar items that drive metabolic disease and poor health, HB0007 aligns with MAHA's goal of using public nutrition programs to support genuine, whole‑food nutrition rather than subsidizing the ultra‑processed food industry. By seeking to block SNAP purchases of candy, soda, chips, desserts, and other ultra‑processed accessory foods, this bill advances MAHA's vision of government nutrition programs that fund real food, not junk. TAKE ACTION KS HB2420 – Parental Consent for Children's Health MAHA's Position: 👍 Vote yes! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it affirms parents' fundamental right to direct their children's mental health care and stops schools from quietly initiating ongoing counseling or behavioral interventions without family knowledge or permission. By requiring informed, written parental consent—while still allowing immediate action in genuine suicide emergencies—HB2420 aligns with MAHA's commitment to parental authority, transparency, and protection against schools funneling children into mental health and potential pharmaceutical pathways without meaningful family involvement. By making parental consent a clear prerequisite for school-based mental health services, this bill advances MAHA's vision of parents as primary decision-makers in children's care and adds a crucial safeguard against unconsented psychological and pharmaceutical interventions in schools. TAKE ACTION MD HB637 – The Vax Act MAHA's Position: 👎 Vote no! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement does not support this bill because it concentrates power over vaccine and preventive‑care decisions in centralized public‑health authorities, then uses insurance design and expanded pharmacist powers to push a standardized, pharmaceutical‑heavy model of "prevention" onto Maryland residents. By tying zero‑cost coverage and broad pharmacist access directly to whatever immunization schedules and recommendations these authorities adopt, HB637 undermines medical freedom, individualized risk‑benefit decision‑making, and the holistic, less pharma‑dependent preventive strategies MAHA views as essential to genuine health. By enlarging state‑driven vaccine recommendations, widening pharmacist vaccination authority, and hard‑wiring no‑cost coverage for an expanding list of shots and procedures, this bill conflicts with MAHA's vision of medical freedom, informed consent, and a more balanced, whole‑health approach to prevention. TAKE ACTION IA SF2211 – Medical Freedom Act MAHA's Position: 👍 Vote yes! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it robustly protects Iowans from being coerced into vaccines and other medical interventions by employers, schools, businesses, and government, and ensures that "healthy but unvaccinated" people cannot be excluded from normal life. By sharply curbing emergency powers for forced exams and vaccinations while still allowing isolation of truly infectious individuals, SF2211 aligns with MAHA's core principles of bodily autonomy, informed consent, and the rejection of one-size-fits-all, mandate-driven public health. By prohibiting discrimination based on medical intervention status and rolling back compulsory public-health powers, this bill strongly advances MAHA's vision of a society where medical decisions remain personal, voluntary, and free from institutional coercion—even during declared emergencies. TAKE ACTION MD HB1527 – Alternative Healthcare Expansion MAHA's Position: 👍 Vote yes! Why This Matters:  The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it protects access to non‑pharmaceutical, natural, and traditional healing options while setting clear boundaries to keep unlicensed practitioners from acting like conventional medical doctors. By creating a "safe harbor" for clearly disclosed complementary and alternative care, HB1527 aligns with MAHA's goal of expanding holistic health choices and respecting informed consumer decision‑making outside the standard pharmaceutical model. By legally opening space for clearly disclosed, non‑invasive complementary and alternative practitioners to operate without a medical license, this bill advances MAHA's vision of broader access to holistic, low‑risk healing options beyond conventional pharma‑centric care. TAKE ACTION If you know of a MAHA bill in your area that we missed, please submit the bill number to legislation@mahaaction.com so we can add it to the website ASAP!         Make America Healthy Again® and MAHA™ are trademarks owned by MAHA TM LLC © 2025 MAHA Action. All rights reserved. 307 W 36th St, 11FL, New York, NY 10018, United States This email was sent with Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Contact Us