05.05.08
Posted in Michigan, News, Environment, Volunteering, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, Great Outdoors at 10:53 pm by Tim
My wife, Mary Potts, (who took these lovely photos – click on any of the thumbnails for larger versions) and I attended the groundbreaking ceremony last Friday, May 2, for the new Growing Hope Center, located at 922 West Michigan Avenue in magnificent Ypsilanti, Michigan. Note: Three of the above images are bonus shots from Growing Hope’s Frog Island Community Garden.
Quite a well attended event, too. Ypsilanti mayor Paul Schreiber addressed the crowd, as did Andy LaBarre from U.S. Representative John Dingell’s office. Growing Hope Executive Director Amanda Edmonds and her staff have taken the next step in a program that continues to blossom in the community.
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04.03.08
Posted in Technology, Michigan, News, Volunteering, Detroit, Radio at 1:20 am by Tim
Connecting the blind and print-imparied with vital information, the Detroit Radio Information Service continues to do magnificent work in the community. Volunteers read newspapers, magazines, and other material to listeners who hear the broadcast over special radio receivers that tune in this sub-channel of WDET-FM, Detroit Public Radio. I was a volunteer DRIS reader myself, and later was lucky enough to work as Volunteer Coordinator, where I met a host of wonderful people, including longtime director, Kim Walsh. The organization is celebrating 30 years of “Audio Information Excellence” in 2008, so consider supporting this important service by making a donation today.
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03.13.08
Posted in Education, Michigan, Environment, Volunteering at 1:16 am by Tim
For those who possess any of the following: 1) a green thumb, 2) time, or 3) money, consider helping out Amanda Maria Edmonds and her expert team at Growing Hope, dedicated to “improving lives and communities through gardening.” Here are the group’s many current programs, with which you easily can get involved. It’s almost spring, there’s no better time! Learn more about the organization in this guest piece I wrote for the terrific Quicken Loans blog, What’s the DIFF?
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