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Register Now for a great Day of Service and Fellowship with Rotary International Leadership
RI President Jennifer Jones, RI President- Elect Stephanie Urchick, Rotary Foundation Trustee Dean Rohrs, Rotary VP Valarie Wafer, Rotary Aide to President-Elect Tom Gump, Zones 28 & 32 Director Drew Kessler and Rotary Zones 28 & 32 Director-Elect Chris Etienne will all be joining in person for a day of service!
Its going to be a fabulous weekend and we'll have so much personal time with each of the RI leaders. The collaboration begins on Friday evening June 9th at 5:30 with a dinner; Then on June 10th, we start the morning with 3 different service projects, culminating in the evening with a Leadership in Rotary panel and dinner. Finally, on Sunday, June 11th, we will have breakfast together and bid farewell. Each event registration is separate, We need an accurate count for each section.
Registration Links for each event:
Friday, June 9th with a dinner at the formerly known Bank of America Building, W. Big Beaver Road, Troy . Register for the dinner (No Charge): https://rotary6380.org/event/dinner-networking-with-ri-leaders/
Saturday, June 10th Leadership Panel and Dinner ($65/per person). Register: https://rotary6380.org/event/copy-of-dinner-networking-with-ri-leaders/
Sunday, June 11th Breakfast; Register: https://rotary6380.org/event/sunday-brunch-with-rotary-leaders/
Our District 6380 has chosen 3 projects you can participate in, depending on your interest. Each of the Rotary Leadership will be distributed among the projects ; All the projects are very much needed and require a lot of people to help complete them. Each of the projects has a separate registration link, please chose only 1 registration per person as this will help us in planning the scope of the work for that day.
Service Project Registration - Choose ONE
Saturday, June 10th Service Projects with our Leadership 9:00am - Noon
West Bloomfield Laker Mulch Cleanup; Phase 2 Registration: https://rotary6380.org/event/1b-wb-hills-tree-planting-phase-2/
Install log steps into the hill at the end of the trail where we stopped in phase 1.
Plant two BUR OAK and two TULIP POPLAR. Locations for planting will be decided by WBHS Earth Club.
Continue wood chipping the trail down the hill and along the lakeside trail as permitted by West Bloomfield Township Environmental Dept.
Volunteers will be asked to bring a wheelbarrow and rake
Apple Ridge Farms Build Phase 2 Registration: https://rotary6380.org/event/1a-apple-ridge-garden-cleanup/
We need 100+ people to build and paint raised garden beds, add signs to the Underground Railroad Garden, <
install other signage, build a compost bin and plant some cold crops.
Prepare the site for further development.
Closed-toe shoes, Long pants, Long sleeve shirts required
Forgotten Harvest Food Packing Registration: https://rotary6380.org/event/forgotten-harvest-food-packing-oak-park/
Forgotten Harvest Warehouse Food Packing for the needy - 50 people maximum and you MUST register.15000 Eight Mile Road, Oak Park, MI 48237
Any Questions can be directed to Roma Murthy (romamurthy6380@gmail.com)
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- Youth Service- Helping Youth Find Their Way To Success:
- REACH After School Program: Peace has always had a focus on elementary youth and its REACH after school program is the cornerstone of all the Youth Services the organization provides. REACH offers an enriching and educational after school environment to nearly 100 children every school year.
- Alternatives for Youth After School Program: The Alternatives for Youth (AFY) after school program mentors our middle school students in grades 6th-8th while offering them support through academic tutoring. AFY cultivates the development of leadership skills while helping to build self-esteem and self-sufficiency in participants.
- Ninth Grade Academy: The Ninth Grade Academy is designed to aid with the difficult transition between middle school and high school in order to make sure the young people we work with don’t get sidetracked on their way to success. The program offers special tutoring assistance provided by a partnership with the University of Michigan’s Telluride House.
- College & Career Prep Club: The College & Career Prep Club (CCPC) offers the support necessary for high school students to prepare for college or career training. This includes the guidance needed to take the proper courses in high school, maintain a good grade point average, and complete the proper paperwork for admission to a college or university.
- Summer Day Camp: Summer Day Camp is the elementary-age component of Peace’s Summer Youth Services (SYS) that provides a six-week program of quality activities for over 100 young people throughout Washtenaw County each summer. Campers participate in structured recreational activities and enrichment groups focused on topics such as science, drama and music.
- Leadership Development Camp: Leadership Development Camp (LDC) is the middle school component of Peace’s Summer Youth Services. Each summer, LDC provides around 50 youth with a well rounded, structured experience including organized educational and recreational activities designed to teach them the tools necessary to be positive role models to their younger peers and siblings.
- Family Services: Discovering Options And Enhancing Skills: Peace Neighborhood Center’s Family Services are comprised of a number of programs that work together with Peace’s mission to help individuals discover options, enhance skills, and make choices that lead to self-sufficiency and positive community involvement. The support structures these services provide are capable of breaking cycles of poverty and leading individuals toward stronger, healthier and more productive lives.
- Family Enrichment Program: The Family Enrichment Program (FEP) includes family events and outings as well as adult-only workshops. FEP is mandatory for parents who have children attending youth programs. On average, over 80 families each year participate in weekly workshops that address a variety of topics chosen to help strengthen and expand a parent’s knowledge and skills. The goal of the workshops is to help adults improve their parenting and management of their household.
- Case Management: Case Management Services work one-on-one with families and individuals throughout the community who find themselves in situations requiring help. This program offers everything from financial to emotional support. Whether it was preventing a family’s heat from being shut off, advocating on their behalf with another agency or offering help with toys and food during the holidays, the Peace staff provides assistance to over 400 households in Washtenaw County each year.
- Peace House Transitional Housing: The Peace House Transitional Housing Center provides temporary housing for families as they work to get back on their feet. While staying at Peace House, families meet regularly with Peace staff members to come up with an action plan to address their issues and attain self-sufficiency. Youth in the household have access to Peace’s Youth Services and adults have access to the Family Enrichment Program
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In his retirement years, he has researched and written the history of several local-area organizations, including the "town bands" of the Washtenaw County area, the history of the Ypsilanti Community Band, and the history of the Dexter Community Band. He is currently working on the 90-year history of the Ann Arbor Civic Band.
- Washtenaw Community Band: The Ypsilanti Community Band (YCB) and Washtenaw Community College (WCC) entered into a formal partnership effective June 1, 2010, to create the performing group Washtenaw Community Concert Band (WCCB). The band consists of community players from in and around Washtenaw County.
- Concerts coming up soon:
- Around the Would in 80 Minutes, Free concert Thursday, March 9, 2023, 7:00 PM at Towsley Auditorium Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor.
- Live Music 17th Annual Ensemble Concert, Free, Sunday, April 23, 2023, 2:00 PM at Morris Lawrence Atrium Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor.
- American Landscapes by Eric P. Szanto, Free, Thursday, May 4, 2023, 7:30 PM at Towsley Auditorium Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor.
- Ann Arbor Concert Band: The Ann Arbor Concert Band – founded in 1978 as the Ann Arbor Symphony Band by Victor Bordo and David Juillet – has served as an ensemble for amateur musicians desiring to perform wind band literature. The band has its roots in the Ann Arbor School System's music program and continues a close relationship with it today.The band is a non-profit ensemble of musicians from the community. While it maintains an amateur status, the standards of performance and organization are strictly professional.
- Concerts coming up soon:
- Smitten with the Mitten, Charge, Sunday March 13, 2023, Michigan Theater Ann Arbor.
- Dexter Community Band: The Dexter Community Band was originally conceived in 1982 by Chris Wall, Director of Dexter's Community Education Programs. Dave Angus, a professor of education at the University of Michigan, was the conductor.
- Concerts coming up soon:
- Center for Performing Arts, "Movie Heroes", Free. Dexter High School 2200 North Park Street, Dexter.
- Saline New Horizon Band: The band is affiliated with the New Horizons International Music Association with over 200 bands in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.
Since 1991, the New Horizons Music program has helped musical groups form to give seniors an opportunity to learn (or re-learn) how to play an instrument or become active in other musical endeavors. There are opportunities in band, orchestra, choral, and small ensembles,
- Concerts coming up soon:
- Saline New Horizon Band: Free, March 11, 2023, Saline First United Methodist Church.
- Town Band: In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, before radio, movies, and television were popular, every community of any size just had to have at least one "town band." These were often sponsored by governmental units, business/industry, social/civic/fraternal organizations, and the like. Size and instrumentation varied depending on the availability of players. The town bands performed often for "concerts in the park," social and church gatherings, and ceremonial events.
- Concerts coming up soon:
- Town Band, Free, April 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM, Lobby of the Morris Lawrence Building Washtenaw Community College.

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