SOAR scholars are asked to submit a report sharing their experiences as recipients and the impact the opportunity has had on their lives. Marianne Guckelsberger from Reykjavík, Iceland, tells us...
We are accepting applications for SOAR Scholarships to attend SOAR 2013 in Pheasant Run, Illinois. Complete applications must be received by March 6, 2013.
Spinning connects me in those moments when I feel alone, when I wonder who I am, where I fit in and in what direction I should go. When I feel lost, I spin....
I was thinking other day about SOAR and its 30 year celebration. It got me to thinking and wondering how many past scholars will be attending SOAR this year and how neat a picture it would make. I really...
As I thought about how to begin this essay, describing my amazing time at SOAR 2011 in Manchester, the first thing I did was to bring out my SOAR notebook. It started its life as an unassuming lined notebook...
When I was a scholar three years ago I never really thought I would be able to make another one. I had such a great experience, from the learning to meeting tons of really neat people and food wasn't...
Yesterday was the 'reward' for my son's second grade class for working so hard throughout the year to learn to knit and for working together to create scarves and a blanket that will be donated...
I really wanted to share this article that appeared in our local paper this week. I am immensely proud of these children. Helping Hands Foundation generously donated the needles, books, yarn and other...
My favorite question to ask someone I have just met at a spinning event is, "How did you become interested in spinning?" One of the unique qualities of our robust fiber community is that there...
When I learned to spin 16 years ago, I learned alone, from a book. I lived in a remote community where there were no opportunities to learn to spin. There was no YouTube, no local guild, no kindly mentor...
I used to fight wildfires many years ago, when I was younger and more fit. And although the memories of muscle aches and pains and soot and ash in every crack and crevice of my body have faded (somewhat...
Welcome to the SOAR Scholar's blog. The Scholarship committee created this blog for SOAR Scholar's to post stories and photos of the work they've done as result of the Scholarship that took...
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