Exploring the "Alps of Montana"

Last weekend I made it out to Trapper Peak in the southernmost Bitterroot Mountain range, a couple hours south of Missoula.  At 10,000 feet it was truly stunning alpine trekking on a picture-postcard sunny day.  Also, it was snowy!  One of those "gotta ring out your socks" hikes.  I had lots of time to reflect on the training I need to persevere in in order to climb Mount Rainier in August....

...which reminds me, I have a long ways to go in my required fundraising.  This is the time!  :)  Will you make a donation to LVC to support me in the Climb for Peace with Justice?  Any amount is deeply appreciated, but consider pitching in $38 - that's 1% of my goal!  And remember that right now the next $1,000 of donations are being matched.  THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP!

Donate online to the Climb for Peace with Justice, or by check to:

Lutheran Volunteer Corps (sponsoring Phillip), 1226 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

Backyard BBQ and House Concert (June 19th, Roseville, MN)

I'm coming to visit Minnesota and I'm throwing a party.  Please come and hang out, get fed, be entertained and support my climb.  A great way to enjoy a fun, laid back summer evening with friends!

Backyard BBQ and House Concert

Benefiting Lutheran Volunteer Corps

and Phillip Otterness in the “Climb for Peace with Justice”

Featuring BBQ Dinner and the music of Ayd Mill Road

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Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) is a national service organization that links full-time, year-long stipended volunteers with nonprofits working on social justice issues.  In the Twin Cities 21 volunteers serve 19 organizations including Habitat for Humanity, the Immigrant Law Center, Lincoln Park Community Shelter and Sojourner Truth Academy.  Working alongside their placements, volunteers actively respond to the gifts and needs of their communities in the areas of healthcare, education, homelessness, children and youth, economic development, the environment and more.

Climb for Peace with Justice: In August, nine LVC alumni will climb Mount Rainier (14,411’) to raise awareness of LVC and its outreach.  Each participant must raise $3,800 to climb.  All money raised at this event will go to support LVC and its mission in the Twin Cities and around the country.

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As Ayd Mill Road, singer-songwriters Rachel Crooks (piano), Andrea Olson (guitar) and Alex Kraker (fiddle) blend their soulful voices into a variety of foot-tapping, country-waltzing and slow moonlit-walk-on-the-beach originals.   Though they now claim the Twin Cities for a home, their songs give away a small-town sensibility and gratitude for what is most important - the love that bursts into little moments and makes the simplest life a treasure.

Wednesday, June 19th     6-8pm

1409 Rambler Road

Roseville, MN 55113

$25 suggested donation

Can't come? Donate online or by mail to:

Lutheran Volunteer Corps (sponsoring Phillip), 1226 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005

For more information:   Phillip Otterness    612-208-7732    p.otterness@gmail.com