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PWC Service: Lansing, MI
Looking for ways to serve in your community, but don't want to
commit to a year? Check out opportunities below:
Upcoming Events in 2011:
2011 Global Youth Service Day to Engage Youth at Hunter
Park GardenHouse
Lansing’s Hunter Park Garden House hosts youth service
project to address local issues.
Lansing, MI – On Saturday, April 16 several mid-Michigan
organizations will mobilize more than 20 young people from Lansing as
volunteers in honor of the 2011 Global Youth Service Day. These youth
will participate alongside community volunteers and AmeriCorps members
at the Hunter Park Garden House to build and plant two raised garden
beds. The beds will be built to accommodate individuals in the community
who are unable to do the bending and kneeling gardening often requires.
Volunteers will be constructing the beds, designed by Allen Neighborhood
Center (ANC), and laying pavers to ensure easier wheel chair mobility
and access. Youth volunteers will help determine what to grow, as well
as the planting and decoration of the two beds. The project, coordinated
by AmeriCorps members, is a collaboration between ANC’s Hunter Park
Garden House, the Power of We Consortium, and the NorthWest Initiative.
The project will also include volunteers from the Boys and Girls Club of
Lansing, ANC’s Youth Service Corps, The Garden Project of The Greater
Lansing Food Bank, and the West Lansing Home Depot.
Events of 2010:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:
The Ingham County Parks hosted a service project
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the spirit of service and
"getting things done" Power of We Consortium AmeriCorps VISTA and State
members will remove invasive species and build trails at Lake Lansing
Park North on Jan. 17th. Consortium national service members will be
working together on projects such as removing Autumn Olive -- an
invasive shrub which crowds the tree and shrub lines, harming aesthetics
and ecosystem of the park. Approximately twenty-five volunteers
committed to service during either of two shifts: 11:30am to 1:30pm and
2:00pm to 4:00pm.
Project Homeless Connect:
On Friday, September 24th, VISTA members in
partnership with the PWC AmeriCorps State team gathered at the old
armory on Washington street in Lansing to volunteer and provide child
care during Project Homeless Connect. Clients were able to come in and
sign up for services like the Ingham Health Plan, receive services such
as dental and medical work and referrals.
4th Annual AmeriCorps Week: Monday,
May 10th
the Power of We
Consortium’s AmeriCorps teams, in partnership with Ingham County Parks,
will be clearing invasive species at Lake Lansing Park North from 9:00am
to 1:00pm to prevent the spread of non-native plants that threaten the
quality of the park’s trails and ecosystem.
Representatives from the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
will attend the workday in support of the program’s efforts to restore
and maintain the integrity of our region’s green spaces.
Wednesday,
May 12th, from 11:30am to 2:30pm, members will picnic on the
South Capitol lawn with County Commissioner Brian McGrain, and then
disperse for “walkability auditing” in partnership with the Mid-Michigan
Environmental Action Council.
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day: In honor of
Martin Luther
King, Jr. two food drives are coming up to support the Weekend
Survival Kit program run by the Mid-Michigan Food Bank. The kits provide
food for youth in need at nine local schools for two breakfasts, two
lunches, three dinners and 2-3 snacks per weekend. At five area L&L Food
Centers, shoppers can buy some of the “most-needed” items along with
their own groceries, and donate the food right at the store. Shoppers
can also donate money in increments of $5, which is the average cost of
a kit.
On Saturday, January
16th, shoppers can donate at the L&L store on M. L. K. Blvd from
1-5 pm; in Okemos from 11-3 pm; or in Haslett from 11-3 pm. On Tuesday,
January 19th, shoppers can donate at the Carriage Hills L&L
on Hagadorn; or at the Colonial Village L&L on Mt. Hope.
Events of 2009:
Summer of Service Culmination September 10th and 11th:
Project Homeless Connect and Re-vamping North Elementary Community
Garden.
Check out Old Town's
Festivals of the Sun and Moon on Friday June 26th and Saturday June
27th: There are still openings available if you'd like to help out!
Impacts:
Our '09-'10 PWC
VISTA Project Highlights are complete: Click
here to see what
service has done in your community.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Service Event 2009: South Lansing Community Development Assoc.
Book,
Bottles and Barbeque 2008:
NorthWest Initiatives/North Neighborhood Center
Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Event 2008:
Reach Studio Art Center
For more information please contact the Project Coordinator, Mary
ZumBrunnen, at (517) 887-4594 or email: mzumbrunnen@ingham.org
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