Plant a Seed

OK--so were you really curious about the other surprise? In the off-chance you were, I didn't want to keep you waiting.

Most of you know how Jane and I and Paddy came to form i.HUG—if you don't, you can read abou it here. http://hugfoundation.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_hugfoundation_archive.html

As i.HUG newcomer and nonprofit guru Niki pointed out to me at our meeting on Saturday, there was so much inertia to setting up our group. One big challenge was coming up with a name. After much brainstorming (and a shout-out to Erica and her mom, who without them and the seven hour trip to Erica's graduation in upstate New York, it never would have happened), we came up with the concept of HUG and helping Uganda grow.

But before we were i.HUG, we were contemplating the name The Seeds Project. We liked what SEED stood for: Sustainable Education, Ethical Development. Ultimately, another organization had taken that name, but we decided to keep it as a name for our school project.

When Jane came to NYC in March, she brought me a tiny little cactus, as well as a slightly bigger pot, to symbolize the idea of Seed--and of planting something and watching it grow. But for the longest time, the cactus was doing fine--it didn't need to be transplanted.

But recently, I started to get the feeling that it was ready. So at the meeting yesterday, we (okay, Lynn) replanted it. And it is kind of a visual reminder to show how i.HUG is now ready for our next stage of growth.