PEER GROUP MEETING SUMMARY



Summary of IDA Peer Group

August 2nd, 2022

·         We met at the Ritzdorf and there were seven IDA Peers and three REACH staff including our summer intern present.

 

·         We began with introductions that included names and asset that each person is saving for. This led to further discussions of resources, ideas, and questions being answered.

 

·         Our group consisted of small business, vehicle, education, and home buyer savers. Some of business ideas range from a tee shirt business targeted at grandparents for their grandchildren, and another was interviewing women business owners in their business restrooms. Follow “rushhourintheladiesroom” on Instagram.

 

·         We introduced an idea that a Peer had for our group. Would we like to create a Charter and have “dues,” set goals, have a club name, and officers of the club? The club could discuss applying for Grants and use the money for a civic project or possibly assisting Savers that need to pay fees or get a license of some kind, but those are just some ideas. Please put some thought into this and we will address it at our next meeting.

 

·         We agreed to share emails of the group attendee’s and I will include them.

 

·         We shared resources and I will include them as well.

 

·         Sandra gave us permission to share an article she wrote and was published in The Salvation Army – WarCry. Here is the link to the issue. The name of the article is The Kindness of Christians, A woman’s Journey through Homelessness and is in the January 2022 issue titled The Army & The Roses: https://www.thewarcry.org/magazines/


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