Do You Want To Connect and Gather with neighbors & Friends?
Manni Neighborhood Parties Coming to Manitou Springs!
Manni is a character used to represent the spirit of Manitou Springs; a spirit of helping neighbors and inspiring volunteerism to make life better in Manitou Springs.
The goals of Manni Neighborhood Connection parties are:
Have fun and enjoy the day.
Get to know your neighbors and exchange contact information.
Talk about things that would improve your neighborhood and our town.
make a plan to do something together to improve the neighborhood, help a needy neighbor. or just plan another neighborhood get together. There are so many possibilities!
The Manitou Springs Community Foundation is granting $50 for gatherings of five or six households and $100 for parties of seven or more households. In return, all the Foundation asks the of the organizer of the party:
Take some photos of the festivities, which may be used as part of our community communications.
Provide a list of the addresses attending.
(optional) Invite a Community Foundation representative to drop in and share how the MSCF can help your neighborhood positively impact the community.
If you would like to host a Manni gathering in your neighborhood, send an email with your contact information to ManniManitou@gmail.com. Tell us your address (in Manitou Springs), and a bit about your plans for a gathering. It’s that simple! The Manni team will process your request quickly so you can have pre-authorization and start your planning. Invite many of your neighborhood households, in order to have enough actually show up for a good party THEN have the party.
Following your event, email to Manni some group photos of the party with a list of household addresses. Please also tell Manni what came out of the group discussions. Then you get a check for $50 or $100 in the mail. You can call Shanti for any questions at (719) 321-5354.