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Growth, change, intentional practices: All of these are good for the soul, but getting harder and harder to find. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet our Members:  Helena Kore (left) and John Bishop (right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"31\" src=\"https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183549905.PORTRAIT-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/communitydreamers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PXL_20250207_183201201.PORTRAIT-1-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Helena Kore, M.A. Applied Linguistics. English as a Second Language teacher, literacy instructor, and lover of nature, animals, and dancing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Bishop. Software engineer and green-thumb extraordinaire. Passionate about how we connect in our civic engagement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a small, two-person organization based out of southwest Michigan. Community Dreamers was born out of our dream&#8211; to build a community that links people together through shared knowledge, interests, and activities. It&#8217;s too easy to become sequestered into our individual towers; adrift from the things that make us human. 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