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SPARK INSPIRES ALUMNI PURCHASES Thanks to Tom Wybenga who sent a photo of purchases he made from alumni-owned businesses after reading about them in our last issue of Spark. His support of these businesses has inspired us to create an alumni-owned business directory. As we develop the project, we will be turning to you for input on which businesses to include.
SHARE YOUR PANDEMIC STORIES 2020 feels like a year to forget because of COVID-19, but you should document your experience. Future generations and historians will be interested in personal stories about the pandemic. At Heritage Hall, we are collecting stories like yours. Heritage Hall is located in the Hekman Library at Calvin University. It is the archive for Calvin University, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the Christian Reformed Church. We are documenting the experiences of people with the church, seminary, and university during the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite you to share your story. At our COVID-19 portal (a Google site), you can upload photos, videos, digital audio recordings, written stories, and other files that document how you are experiencing the pandemic. We will archive your stories. Eventually we will make this material public through the Heritage Hall website and Hekman Library. You can read more about the COVID-19 archive at Origins Online, the blog of Heritage Hall. It includes a link to the portal where you can upload your story.
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VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB Join our virtual book club and connect with alumni around the world. Every two months participants get to vote on a new book, with options ranging from lifelong learning and personal growth to novels and other genres of interest. Read the book on your own and then participate in the online discussions as part of our private forum.
VISIT THE BLOG
Participation is free! Sign up at
origins.calvin.edu/2020/06/17/preserving-our-covid-19-stories/
calvin.edu/go/book-club
