Local
|
Frances Park Outcry
-Beth Monteith
|
click here to read Beth's request and
a related update.
|
Davis Park Info and Design Session Saturday
|
Come listen to latest
developments and discuss improvement options this Saturday (April 19) at
Fire Station #46 from 1-3pm on the corner of Jolly and Pleasant Grove.
|
Bike Sales
|
Several bike sales are
happening in the region. Here's one announcement I rec'd this week:
click here (at MSU Bikes
Service Center behind Bessey Hall at MSU)
|
Farmers Market's Coming!
- Hollie Hamel
hollish@allenneighborhoodcenter.org
|
Can you hear the rustle of
excitement? Allen Neighborhood Center's
Allen Street Farmers Market 2008 is Coming!
Please stop by at
the corner of Kalamazoo and Allen Street every Wednesday
New Hours!!
2:30pm to
7:00pm
May 21st through August 27th
2:30pm to 6:30pm
September 3rd through October 29th
Hello Everyone and Happy New Season! A few newsworthy items to pass
your way:
- As you see in the above, we are pleased to
announce expanded hours for the market
up until Labor Day in hopes of easing many people's rush to get here
after work.
- We have held several community events through the
winter creating beautiful flags, banners, and vendors' signs to launch a
colorful and lively market scene. The final event is scheduled on April
16th at ANC from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Please consider yourself invited and
come in clothes that you can paint in!
- If you are interested in volunteering at the
market and/or becoming part of our infamous Yard Sign Corps, contact me
for more details.
-
AppleSchram Orchard
sends word:
"Hi Everyone. We have some great tender and
sweet spinach from our hoophouse to compliment our brats or a pork
roast. Hope
to see you Saturday at the Lansing City Market
from
9am-4pm." Jane
- I believe this mailing list may include a few of
you who have asked to be removed - please send me a reply and I will
take care of it.
-
Hello to the Yard Sign Corps - you will be receiving
a separate email soon to verify your location, contact information and
the status of your sign - talk to you soon and take good care!
|
Healthy Children -- Healthy Planet Discussion
Geoff Habron, Everybody Reads, Deb Bailey
|
First Discussion Course Meeting!!!
Thursday April 17th
7:00 PM Everybody Reads on Michigan Ave.
Healthy Children - Healthy Planet is a seven-session course addressing
how the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our consumer culture
can influence a child's view of the world.
Questions Contact: Deb Bailey
PCVDebb@hotmail.com 316-0392
http://www.nwei.org/discussion_courses
|
Related
Topics
|
What is health equity?
- Margaret Kingsbury
|
|
   \
visit:
www.unnaturalcauses.org
take the
quiz
|
Active Living Info
-Sarah Panken
|
I would encourage each of you
to visit the new Active Michigan Communities webpage (on the Michigan
Fitness Foundation’s website) to see newly developed presentations that
community members and active living advocates (including you!) can use to
increase awareness of active living and the PAC program. Please visit:
http://www.michiganfitness.org/active/ActiveMichiganCommunities.htm
|
Calendar
|
Community Calendar
Tool
|
calendar
In about 15 minutes, you can create a calendar like the
one below (from any computer) or add to this one! Click
here and learn more (click "calendar"
(above) to get full info on events below...
|
Apr 15 Guardianship for Future Generations:
Legal and Policy Frameworks
|
Tuesday April 15th 2008 we welcome Carolyn Raffensperger ,
Executive
Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network to our fair
campus. Carolyn will be addressing “Guardianship for Future Generations:
Legal and Policy Frameworks” at 7:30 PM in room 109 South Kedzie Hall.
more at www.ecofoot.msu.edu/
|
Apr 16-23
Earth Day Festival, Dalai Lama Webcast, and more...
-Perry Godwin
|
click here
|
Apr 16 Spring Wildflower
Gardens
|
Our April
meeting is on Wednesday the 16th at 7:00 pm in Room 139 of the Radiology
Building which is in the southeast part of the MSU Campus on Service Road,
just west of Hagadorn (note that Service Road is now closed at Farm
Lane). There is plenty of free parking near the front of the building; a
map is attached.
Map
Jim Hewitt,
secretary of the Red Cedar Chapter of Wild Ones, will give a talk entitled
"My Spring Wildflower Garden" in which he will describe steps and show
pictures of how he established such a garden of some 40 species in his
yard. Spring wildflowers are slow this year; enjoy a preview of what
is to come on Wednesday evening.
More information
of other events on our web site:
http://for-wild.org/chapters/redcedar/
|
Apr 17 Healthy Children
-- Healthy Planet Discussion
|
First Discussion Course Meeting!!! 7:00 PM
Everybody Reads on Michigan Ave.
Healthy Children - Healthy Planet is a seven-session course
addressing how the pervasive effects of advertising, media, and our
consumer culture can influence a child's view of the world.
Questions Contact: Deb Bailey
PCVDebb@hotmail.com 316-0392
http://www.nwei.org/discussion_courses
|
Apr 18 Family-Friendly
Drumming Workshop
- Cindie Alwood
|
Nick
Lee, the leader of the African drum group who does fundraising for
KilaNafasi, a girls school in Kenya. They
play with four different 'types' of drums so they need at least 4
drummers. The group consists of 12 people so if they all can come they
double up on drums and produce a really BIG sound but this is also
audience participation!
Time:
6pm Friday, April 18th
Location: UU Church in East Lansing
Event: Potluck dinner with and African theme, bring a dish to share! West
African drum group, BRIEF talk explain what our group is about, Kenyan
jewelry, clothing and other items for sale.
Family friendly -- Suggested $5 donation per adult
PLEASE
PASS ON TO OTHER GROUPS YOU MIGHT THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED. THANKS.
|
Apr 22 Earth Day
Celebration
|
Don't miss this Greater
Lansing Earth Day Celebration: More
here.
|
May 29-30 Designing
Healthy Livable Communities
-Paul Hamilton
|
The preliminary program and registration
brochure for the May 29-30 Fourth Michigan Designing Healthy Livable
Communities Conference is attached for your information. Please post
on your web sites, distribute and register early and often.
Click
here
|
Jul 26 Saturday in the Park
-Joan Nelson
|
Allen Neighborhood Center
presents
Saturday in the
Park
A Day
of Food, Fun, & Fitness in Hunter Park including...
- a youth 3-on-3 basketball tournament
- a 3K family fun walk
- tours of the Hunter Park GardenHouse
- gardening workshops
- Mini Farmers Market
- the new Hunter Park pool and splash area
- live music
- exercise samplers
- and much, much,
more
Call
Sarah Steele of ANC at 367-2468, ext. 2008 for further information.
|
Jul 26 Westside Summer Fest
|
More
here
|
Ongoing...
|
|
MDCH
grantee alerts & help
|
