Community & Organizations

Current activities are noted; all others are past activities.

  • Barb working on Habitat for HumanityHoly Hammers, a consortium of north surburban churches working with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (volunteer construction work; current)
  • St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Roseville (since 1984; choir, bell choir, occasional Sunday School teacher, Global Circle committee; current)
  • Oak Hill Montessori School Board (board member; current)
  • University of Minnesota Faculty Dance Club (organizing committee; current)
  • Minnesotans United for All Families (phone bank volunteer)
  • Education Minnesota (voluntary member while teaching at Hill-Murray)
  • Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire USA, and Girl Scouts of America (merit badge counselor and leader)
  • Shoreview Northern Lights Variety Band (board member)
  • Parent volunteer at Snail Lake Elementary School (after school reading program, High Potential Council), Nokomis Montessori Magnet School (math tutor; Nokomis is a St. Paul public school), and Hill-Murray School (Band Parent Board President)
  • Planning committee for the adolescent program at Oak Hill Montessori School (I did the preliminary economic feasibility study for the program.)