Healthy Community Update  #162
   June 16, 2008


 


Local

Workshop Monday (today- 6/16):  Building Your Program on a Great Foundation
- Joan Nelson


click here   flyer

Editor's Note:  This event is geared toward faith-based community organizations.


Great Local Food Resources
- Janine Sinno, Amy Moore, and Mary Jelisse

Here are some helpful 1-pagers listing Michigan food producers. 

1)  Michigan products, brand names, and company location

2)  MI Specialty products including websites.

 

"If every household started spending just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on locally grown foods, we’d keep more than $37 million each week circulating within Michigan’s economy."

Speaking of Food... 
- Katie Olender

Katie wrote an article for the Rodale Institute on gardening with the Riddle kids.  You can visit the Web site here: http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/20080605/n1 and yes, that’s a picture of one of the sunflowers from our garden!.

Click here for info about Food System discussion topics.


Community Calendar Update
- Warren Armstrong

Thank for trying, using, and/or visiting the new community calendar tool.  If you haven't, -- now's a good time take a peek and start your own calendar.  If you have a calendar -- it's a good time to bring it up to date.

"Why?" you ask?  Warren Armstrong explains here.  To summarize, his team is in the final phase of building SyndicateUs... creating tools for the media... and make it easier for the public to hear about our events!

Volunteer for Festival of the Sun (or Moon)
- Chica Garcia (Mama Bear's)

Old Town still needs volunteers for the 7:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. shift on Saturday night.  Volunteers receive a great t-shirt, wine glasses and a discounted ticket to Oktoberfest or Friday night's Festival of the Moon.  There's also a surprise extra bonus only given to those on the last shift. 

For more details check out the festival sight at http://www.festivalofthesun.com/ or shoot me an email.  We really need volunteers for this last shift.  Please help if you can.  This is a fun way to network with area professionals and community.  You can wear company or campaign related apparel (except for the shirt of course).  This is also a great way to help Old Town.

Thanks,

Chica  bakemamma@yahoo.com

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Preserve Lake Lansing North: 
June 22 Run/Walk (non-competitive)
- Janine Sinno

Please disseminate this flyer and project info... http://www.preservelakelansingtrails.org/Preserve_Lake_Lansing_Trails_Flyer_2.pdf


Related...


Trail Gives Bicycle Businesses a Boost!
- Nancy Krupiarz


Click here

This recent article in the Jackson Patriot also gives a plug for "comfort bikes" I mentioned in #159

Integrated Pest Management (IPM Forum) this week at MSU
- Terry Link

Read about it here:  Summary     Program    Inspirational story


New Farm Bill:  Farmers Markets, Local Focus, and Food Access
- Janine Sinno

There's some potential good news in the new new Farm Bill -- a few gems that healthy community advocates will appreciate... buried amidst the compost and pork.

Read what Judith Bell has to say here.

In Praise of Melancholia
- Amalia Harvey

"Why are most Americans so utterly willing to have an essential part of their hearts sliced away and discarded like so much waste?"  ....

http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=t5wqrs9hpxt70zjz3bv348pqg1hcxz0r


Quote of the Week


"I defer to everyone burning cholesterol rather than fossil fuels."

- Greg Spencer (describing why he stops for all pedestrians and bicyclists)
 

Community Calendar


calendar

In about 15 minutes, you can create a calendar like the one at the link above or add to this one! 
Click here or call LeRoy at 517-505-2809.
 


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