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more details, more photos: www.northhouse.org 4888-387-9762earn & learn work studysharpen the sawsummer public programs.Work, Study, Accessibility – these three words capture the vision of the Earn &Learn Program at North House Folk School. Earn & Learn tasks and sessions alignwith North House’s needs for peak season campus support–Can do? We’d love to haveyou join us!Are you ready to journey North for a week-plus, investing your energy first bymaking the North House campus shine (sweeping floors, preparing classrooms,washing dishes) and then immersing in the class you’ve been dreaming about for years?OR, do you live nearby and are you willing to make a weekly commitment helping withcampus set-up to gradually build a nest egg of course credit? If so, the Earn & LearnProgram may be for you.Want to learn more? Details on how to apply, schedule, candidate selection andlodging are all available in our Earn & Learn application packet. Check it out on ourwebsite (Earn & Learn can be found under the “Programs” tab), or give us a call.The generous support of hundreds of donors secures North House’s mission inmany ways. This year we’re seeking to become an even stronger learning community withour Sharpen the Saw initiative: three years of targeted improvements in our classroomsand workshops. Lighting to lathes, kitchen stools to tool cabinets–ALL student-focused.To make this happen we need your curiosity, engagement and support! Your generousinvolvement will set the stage for the year, positioning us to invest a first $20,000on Sharpen The Saw projects. All donations, big to small are welcome. For example: adonation of $25 buys a quality workshop lamp, and $250 underwrites an intern fortwo weeks. If you’d like to take part and become a member, please click the “GivingOpportunities” link on our website, or give us a call. Your support makes a difference.This summer, opportunities to engage at North House abound. Not only are weoffering hundreds of different course options, but we’ll also have public programmingopportunities available every day of the week, from sailing each day to mini-coursestwice a week. Not ready to commit to a full course experience, or on vacation andlooking to engage together as a family? Come on down to campus and get a small tasteof what North House is about.We’ll again offer wood-fired baking and craft mini courses, and new this year: you’llhave the chance to be in a Sunday small boat mini-workshop, taking our fleet ofwooden boats (prams, bateaus, and dinghys, oh my!) out on the water. Want to keep itlow key and just watch? Live craft demonstrations with artisans-in-residence and internswill take place several days each week. And naturally, you’re always welcome to set sailon Lake Superior aboard our trusty schooner Hjørdis. Want more details? Check backwith us as summer draws near to learn more about times, costs, and reserving your spot.want more course info? .We’d be the first to tell you that 56 pages have their limits! We can only include so muchinformation within the pages of the course catalog, so the place to go for much, MUCHmore is our website at www.northhouse.org. Not only will you find expanded coursedescriptions and more pictures, but this year we’ve added a new functionality: the ToolsTab. Each course page now features a clickable tab at the top which reveals the completelist of the tools you’ll need for any given course. After you register you’ll still receivea confirmation packet in the mail with the same list, plus a list of optional tools andrecommended reading, but we hope the Tools Tab helps you prepare well in advance. Asalways, if you have any questions feel free to get in touch–we’re here to help!..