532 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8b8d265d992c66e8d847c9129f2e1ddc.pdf 26a8e06d8d913a1850d78262ac5c64b6 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR October 21, 1992 Mr. Jon R. Blyth 6126 McCandish Road Grand Blanc, Michigan 448439 Dear Mr. Blyth: Pursuant to Executive Order 1991-25, I do hereby reappoint you a member of the Michigan Community Service Commission, succeeding yourself, to a term expiring on October 2, 1995. Your reappointment will become effective upon the filing of your Oath of Office. Enclosed is an Oath of Office which must be signed in the presence of a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths. Please have it signed and notarized and return it to Anne Mervenne, Director of Appointments, Third Floor, Olds Plaza Building, 111 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Once we have received the signed Oath and have filed it with the Office of the Great Seal, we will send you your Appointment Certificate. If you have any questions regarding your reappointment, please contact Ms. Mervenne at 517/335-7865. Congratulations on your reappointment. I am confident that Michigan will continue to benefit from your public service and I hope you are receiving great personal satisfaction from being a part of Michigan State government. JE/jf/appts enclosure �STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR October 21, 1992 Mr. Henry C. Gaines 2836 Mallery Street Flint, Michigan 48504 Dear Mr. Gaines: Pursuant to Executive Order 1991-25, I do hereby reappoint you a member of the Michigan Community Service Commission, succeeding yourself, to a term expiring on October 2, 1995. Your reappointment will become effective upon the filing of your Oath of Office. Enclosed is an Oath of Office which must be signed in the presence of a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths. Please have it signed and notarized and return it to Anne Mervenne, Director of Appointments, Third Floor, Olds Plaza Building, 111 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Once we have received the signed Oath and have filed it with the Office of the Great Seal, we will send you your Appointment Certificate. If you have any questions regarding your reappointment, please contact Ms. Mervenne at 517/335-7865. Congratulations on your reappointment. I am confident that Michigan will continue to benefit from your public service and I hope you are receiving great personal satisfaction from being a part of Michigan State government. JE/jf/appts enclosure �STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR October 21, 1992 Mr. Terry Langston 114 Mason Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48825 Dear Mr. Langston: Pursuant to Executive Order 1991-25, I do hereby reappoint you a member of the Michigan Community Service Commission, succeeding yourself, to a term expiring on October 2, 1995. Your reappointment will become effective upon the filing of your Oath of Office. Enclosed is an Oath of Office which must be signed in the presence of a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths. Please have it signed and notarized and return it to Anne Mervenne, Director of Appointments, Third Floor, Olds Plaza Building, 111 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Once we have received the signed Oath and have filed it with the Office of the Great Seal, we will send you your Appointment Certificate. If you have any questions regarding your reappointment, please contact Ms. Mervenne at 517/335-7865. Congratulations on your reappointment. I am confident that Michigan will continue to benefit from your public service and I hope you are receiving great personal satisfaction from being a part of Michigan State government. JE/jf/appts enclosure �STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR October 21, 1992 Mr. Randall D. Neelis 4701 Fifth Street Menominee, Michigan 49858 Dear Mr. Neelis: Pursuant to Executive Order 1991-25, I do hereby reappoint you a member of the Michigan Community Service Commission, succeeding yourself, to a term expiring on October 2, 1995. Your reappointment will become effective upon the filing of your Oath of Office. Enclosed is an Oath of Office which must be signed in the presence of a notary public or other official authorized to administer oaths. Please have it signed and notarized and return it to Anne Mervenne, Director of Appointments, Third Floor, Olds Plaza Building, 111 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Once we have received the signed Oath and have filed it with the Office of the Great Seal, we will send you your Appointment Certificate. If you have any questions regarding your reappointment, please contact Ms. Mervenne at 517/335-7865. Congratulations on your reappointment. I am confident that Michigan will continue to benefit from your public service and I hope you are receiving great personal satisfaction from being a part of Michigan State government. JE/jf/appts enclosure � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_CA_1992-10-21_Reappointment-Letters Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission commissioner appointments 1992-10-21 reappointment letters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission commissioner appointments 1992-10-21 reappointment letters. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49433 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-10-21 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/de135890c74e7aa60ae094d6f182689f.pdf 7bf760d0c128df967cb6afd1f092ca0b PDF Text Text P~iGE. 002 STATI•: OF MlCHI<IAN OFFICE OF 1'HE GOVERNO~ LANSING JOHN l!NGLER GOVERNOR CONTACT: john Truscott FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 1991 (5 17) 335.-6397 Engler Appoints Community Service Commission Governor john Engler has signed Executive Order 1991-25, establishing the Michigan Community Service Commission. Created in response to the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the Community Service Commission will develop a coordinated state plan to promote an ethic of civic responsibility to encourage all Michigan citizens, especially youth. to make a substantial commitment to service. Members of the Commission and the Executive Director are appointed by the Gover?or and will also be responsible for developing initiatives to promote conununity service. First Lady Michelle Engler will serve as Chair of the Commission. Engler has been committed to promoting volunteerism through the creation of Helping Hands which identifies cultural, educational and social programs in need of assistance. She serves as CoChair of the Michigan Volunteer Coalition and is Honorary Chair of the Girlstown Foundation. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Capital Area Literacy Coalition arid Library of Michigan Foundation. Diana Rodriguez Algra, has been appointed to serve as Executive Director of the Commission. Algra previously served as Executive Director of the Michigan Campus Compact, which promotes the ethic of public ,service to college students in higher education institutions in Michigan. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Capitol Area United Way and is Chair of the Volunteer Training and Development Cornm.ittee. (MORE) �0 c 1' 3 ' g 1 1 6: 57 FROM GOUERNOR ENGLER PAGE.003 Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission are: Mary Ellen Brandell, Darin Day, John OiBiaggio, Henry Gaines, Paul Hubbard, Lisa Ilitch Murray, Jim Kalil, Terry Langston, Vernie Nethercut, joel Orosz, Terry Pruitt, Eugene Proctor, Judy Reidlinger, Judy Reyes, Bill Stavropolous and Geneva Williams. Mary Ellen Brandell, of Mt. Pleasant, is Associate Dean for the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Brandell is former Vice Mayor of the City of Mt. Pleasant and President of the Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Organization. She is a member of the Michigan Speech and Hearing Association and the Council for Exceptional Children. Darin Day, of East Lansing, is a student at Michigan State University. He serves as Chair of Into the Streets, a student initiated community service and outreach program sponsored by Campus Outreach Opportunity League. He also coordinated the first Anrmal Michigan State University Spring Break service Project in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity International. John DiBiaggio, of East Lansing, has served as President of Michigan State University since 1985. DiBiaggio serves on the Board of Nominators for the American Institute of Public Service and is a member of the Long-Range Planning Committee for the United Way. He is also President of the Michigan Division of the American Cancer Society and active with the Mid Michigan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Henry Gaines, of Flint, has been employed at Buick Motor Division since 1965. He serves as the Employee Assistance Representative and Coordinator for Local 599 UAW, where he initiates outreach programs throughout the plant site and into the community. Gaines also serves on the National <;ouncil on Alcoholism and Drugs. Paul Hubbard. of Detroit, is President of New Detroit, Inc. Hubbard previously served as Deputy Director of Family and Neighborhood Services of Western Wayne County. He serves on the Board of Directors of Diversified Youth, Goodwill Industries (MORE) �OCT # 3 '9! 1 6: 57 FROM GOUERNOR ENGLER PAGE.004 and the Detroit Science Center. Lisa Illtch Murrayt of Bloomfield Hills, is Vice President of Corporate Communications and National Training for Uttle caesar Enterprises, Inc. She serves on . the Board of Directors for the Easter Seal Society of Oakland. County where she received the society s 1988 Helping Hand Award for Easter Seal volunteers. She is a member of the Children's Center Capital Campaign, th! Detroit Strategic Planning Committee and the Southfield Community Foundation. Jim Kalil, of Dearborn Heights, is a retired Command Inspector for the Wayne County Sheri.frs Office. Kalil also serves as the President of Arab American Council. Terry Langston, of East Lansing, is a student at Michigan State University. He works for 4-H programs at Michigan State and developed the Michigan 4-H Youth Peer Pll}S Self· Esteem Program. Langston also coordinates workshops and seminars on self esteem, career education and substance abuse. In 1990, he received the Michigan State University Student Humanitarian Award and, in 1991, received the Michigan State University Academic and Multicultural Award. Vernie Nethercut, of Alpena, is Director of the Alpena. Volunteer Center at Alpena Community College. Nethercut also serves as Internship Coordinator and Administrator for Economic and Human Resource Development at Alpena Community College. Joel Orosz, of Kalamazoo, is Coordinator and Program Director of Philanthropy and Volunteerism at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Orosz also works in the areas of Education and Youth Programming. He has written numerous atticles on philanthropy and volunteerism. Terry Pruitt, of Saginaw, serves as a Trustee for the Saginaw Area Community Foundation. Pruitt is an Industry Market Specialist for Dow Corning in Saginaw. Eugene Proctor, of Grand Rapids, is Executive Director of the Baxter Community (MORE) �ur;'r 3 ' 91 1s : 5 a FROM GOVERNOR ENGLER PAGE.005 Center, Inc. Proctor serves on the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Foundation, the AIDS Foundation of Kent County and the Retired Service Volunteer Program. Judy Reidlinger, of Bloomfield Hills, is a small business owner. Reidlinger serves on the Board of Directors for the St Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center of Fannington Hills. She is a member of the Women of Mercy which is affiliated with the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. Judy Reyes, of Detroit, is a Media Spedalist and Associate Producer at Madonna University Media Center. She worked for the Peace Corps where she assisted in recruiting volunteers. Reyes was Senior Center Director at Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development, Inc. Bill Stavropolous, of Midland, is President of Dow, U.S.A. and an elected Senior Vice President of the Dow Chemical Company. Stavropolous is a member of the Board of Directors of Dow, serving on the Finance and Public Interest Committees. Geneva Williams, of Detroit, is Senior Vice President of the United Community Services of Detroit. She was named Citizen of the Year by the Michigan Chronide and previously served on the Board of Trustees at Western Michigan University. -30- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49432 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991-10-03 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/09aadbf4b1b85635f414f7c79aec746a.pdf f21c3104ef72b641ef4d145256abf83c PDF Text Text Changing Lives By Engaging People In Service ��MCSC Commissioners Dear Friends, We are building a culture of service in Michigan- and that service is changing lives and our communities . The numbers are staggering and the stories affim1ing. Through the work of the Michigan Community Service Commission programs in 2006: • Michigan students comp leted more than a million service-learning hours. Daniel G. Mulhern Michigan 's First Gentlem.a n MCSC Chair Wendy Acho LaSalle Bank Midwest Elizabeth Bunn Inte rnational Union UAW Melonie Colaianne MASCO Corporation Foundation Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations • Our 891 Michigan's AmeriCorps members accomplished nearly 700,000 service and training hours. Those members also recmited, placed, and/or supp01ted more than 25,000 community volunteers to assist them in tackling the priority needs of communities across the state. Jimmie Comer Comer Holdings • Mentoring programs reported a record number of mentoring relationships. There were 35,000 children matched with a caring adult. That's 5,000 more than in 2005 and 11,000 more than in 2004, when we first surveyed mentoring programs in Michigan. Russell Mawby Chair Emeritus, W K. Kellogg Foundation In this 2006 annual rep01i, you'll witness how volunteers, students, educators, and nonprofit organizations are changing lives and making significant differences in our communities. It's Randy Walker, Sr., who has built long-term relationships with two young men and men to red others who haven't always had a strong male role model in their lives. It's Wendi Brantley, who was inspired to join Michigan 's AmeriCorps after our members helped her become a homeowner through Habitat for Humanity. It's also Samantha, one of the Lincoln Elementary fourth graders leading a service-learning project to keep the Rouge River clean. The ongoing project involves every fourth grader in Wayne-Westland Schools. All of this growth was possible because our pa1tners- individuals, foundations, businesses, and government organizations- understand and suppo1i the critical need to fund service programs. We thank them for their dedication and investment. Entering another year of programming, we're focused on the work that remains. We invite you to join our movement to make a difference in the lives of individuals and collectively transform our entire state. Paula Kaiser VanDam Acting Executive Director Daniel G. Mulhern MCSC Chair Christine Kwak WK. Kellogg Foundation Mayor Brenda Lawrence City of Southfield Susan Meston Muskegon Area Intermediate School District Donna Niester James C. Acheson Foundation Acheson Ventures Kari Pardoe The LEAGUE Michigan Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Jerry Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools Marsha Smith Rotary Charities o.fTrav erse City Joseph Sowmick Sagina w Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Laurie Stupak Stupak For Congress Committee Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living Michael Thomas Sagina w County Prosecuting Attorney Shaun VanHorn La.w Student Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy Larry Williamson Comcast Cable Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Kalamazoo College Kathy Young-Welch COL Training School 3 �2006 Program Locations by County Michigan•s AmeriCorps ! Michigan's AmeriCorps member(s) A Michigan's AmeriCorps host site(s) Learn and Serve - Michigan • Learn and Serve - Michigan School-Based program(s) •• • •• •• • • ••• • • • • • • • • •• Otsego Crawford Oscoda Manistee Arenac ! Mason Lake Osceola Clare • Mecosta L-...,..:..:::......J...._Mo....,ntcalm ! • Learning to Give program(s) ! • •• e Kent Ionia Gratiot • •• •• • • ••• • • •• • • • •• •• ••• •• • •• • Mentor Michigan • Leadership Council member(s) • Providers Council member(s) e Alcona Wexford Missaukee Roscommon Ogemaw Iasco • ISD/Higher Ed program(s) Volunteer Centers Montmorency Alpena Barry Van Buren Kalamazoo Eaton Calhoun Jackson Monroe Volunteer Centers of Michigan member(s) • • ! st. Cass 4 Joseph Branch Hillsdale Lenawee �The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism . The MCSC 's signature programs are Michigan's AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve - Michigan, Mentor Michigan, Michigan 's Volunteer Investment Grants, and the Governor's Service Awards. Since 1992, the MCSC has granted more than $6 I million to communities for volunteer initiatives. These funds have leveraged more than $52 million in local funds and engaged nearly 1 million people in service. In 2006, the MCSC: <? Granted approximately $6.2 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. <? Engaged more than 68,000 participants and volunteers in service activities through AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve programs. <? Supported 230 mentoring programs through awareness building, mentor recruitment, partnership development, training, and recognition. <? Executed programming in at least 82 of Michigan's 83 counties. Learn ntore about all the great things we've accomplished during the past year ... Our Outlook ...... .......... ....... ........... ...... .... .... ..... .... ...... ............ ........... .... ... ......... .... ..... .......... 3 Our Programs Michigan's AmeriCorps ...... .. ..... .. ....... ...... ............ .... ..... .. ...... .. ......... ...... ............... .. ....... . 6 Learn and Serve - Michigan .... .. .. ... .... ............. ...... ..... ......... .. .. ... ................................ ... I 0 Mentor Michigan ....... .. .. .. .. ....... ............ ............... .. ... .......... .... .............. .... ... ... ... .... ..... .... 14 Michigan's Volunteer Investments Grants ........ .. ........ ........ .... .. .... ... .. ................ .. .... .. ..... 17 Governor's Service Awards .. ....... .. .............. .. .... .. ........ ....... .............. .. .... .. .... .................. 18 Our Advisory Committees .... ... ................... ...... .. .... ..... .. .. .. ... ........... .................. ........... .. .. . 20 Financial Statement and Our Supporters ...... .... .... ........... ...... ........ .... .. ........ ....... .. .. .. .... . 22 Connecting With Our Programs ............. .. ........ ... ..... .. ..... .. ...... .. .... ....... .. .. ..... .. ........... .... .. 23 5 �• M.'y_U~j__f u~. Michigan's AmeriCorps Changing Lives Through a Year of Service Members are not simply serving Michigan communities; they are transforming them. Wendi Brantley has cried tears of joy at every Habitat for Humanity house dedication she has attended . As a member of the Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps team, she has worked closely with the families taking ownersh ip of the homes. "I know what these people are going through to li ve the 'American Dream,' which is homeownership," Wendi said. Wendi really does know-just last year the 38-yearold single mother and her two daughters moved into their own Habitat home in Detroit. Wendi grew close to the AmeriCorps members as they worked together in family support classes and completed the 300 service hours required by the Hab itat homeownership process. The It was this experience that inspired Wendi to become a Michigan's AmeriCorps member herself "It was the best decision I ever made," she said. "The network is awesome. I love the group I' m with. And, I'm doing something I Jove." Wendi 's experience is a perfect example of the cycle of good will that resu lts from the work of the Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps team . The AmeriCorps members support the Habitat for Humanity mission to build decent, affordable housing for people in need in Michigan. They recruit new volunteers to assist them in meeting this goal , train vo lunteers for the construction site, and assist families with their pre-homeownership requirements, including service hours called "sweat equity." Each year, Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps members take part in the process of building nearly 150 houses. Last year, they also completed more than 39,000 service and training hours and recruited and/ Michi gan's AmeriCorps granted $5,683,493 to Michigan nonprofit programs. ln addition , members earned more than $1,540,000 million in education awards. Impact 891 members, ages 17 to 72 years old, served in 82 out of 83 Mi chi gan counti es. 690,643 service and training hours were completed by members. 6 �or supported more than 8,000 volunteers. Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps is one of the 21 AmeriCorps programs that are pat1 of the Michigan 's AmeriCorps family. Commonly desc ribed as the " domestic Peace Corps," AmeriCorps is a national service program that engages members in service in communities all over Miclligan. Members strengthen communities by addressing local concern s. The mission of AmeriCorps is to get things done, strengthen communities, encourage responsibility, and expand oppOI1unity. Within Michi ga n's AmeriCorps, each program develops its priorities based on the needs of local communities. In th e past year, 891 members of Michigan's AmeriCorps served in various areas throughout the state. Members built hou ses, mentored children , taught conflict resolution , recruited vo lunteers, implemented homeland security activities, educated individuals in environmental , health, and disaster preparedness issues, and more . The Michigan Co mmunity Service Commission supports and provides funding for each program , utili z ing federal f·unds from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Michigan 's AmeriCorps members ranged in age from 17 to 72 years old , and spanned a wide spectrum of other demographic categories. Each member commits to completing a specified term of servi ce, usually one year. They are provided a modest living allowance and are placed within nonprofit organi zations, schools, and other agencies. Full-time members receive health benefits while serving. They may also be eligible for childcare benefits, according to their income. Upon the successful completion of service, each member receives an education award that can be used to pay for future college h1ition or for qualified student loans . Michigan's AmeriCorps members earned more than $1.5 million in education awards in 2006. Each Michigan's AmeriCorps program provides training and professional development to members. The topics include citizenship, volunteer management, and leadership ski li s, as well as other speci ali zed trainings . terms of Michigan and the United States. An important aspect of the Michigan 's AmeriCorps program is the annual Member Celebration , which unites members from across the state. In November 2005 , more than 400 individuals were sworn in as new members at this event. Members had the oppot1Lulity to network with one another, attend training seminars, and par1icipate in teambuilding exercises. Members were also brought together in May 2006 for the annual Russ Mawby Signature Service Project, at which 250 members worked on 10 Habitat for Humanity homes in Grand Rapids. The proj ect is a partnership between the MCSC, Michigan Habitat 's AmeriCmvs, and a local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. As a cause and effect of an awareness of being pat1 of a larger team, Michigan 's AmeriCorps programs have been known to lend a helping hand outside of their home conm1Linities, and sometimes beyond their usual service activities. AmeriCo1vs Together We Prepare members routinely provide di sasterrelief services both in-state and out-of-state , and served in New Orleans for an extended period of time immediately following Hurricane Katrina . Later, Downriver CARES AmeriCorps had the unique oppm1unity to travel to New Orleans to assist with the cleanup in Katrina 's aftermath. Michigan 's AmeriCorps members are eager to help, wherever it takes them. For Wendi Brantley, that's the whole reason for being a pat1 of AmeriCorps. The MCSC works to help members understand that though pat1 of an individual program, they are also pa11 of a larger national service movement, both in "In the end, it's showing my 15-year-old that th ere is more to life than just money," she said. " Your blessings come from what you do for other people." Through our members ' service: 2,943 students received tutoring services or homework help. 1,843 children benefitted from ongoing mentoring rel ationships. 25,050 comm unity volunteers were recruited, placed, and/ or supported by Michigan 's AmeriCorps mem bers. They donated 158,505 hours of volunteer service. 68 families prepared to take ownership of new homes. 16,747 individuals were trained in di saster relief services. - Michigan ~- 7 AmeriC01ps progress reports, September 2006. "Without our AmeriCorps members, we would have far less to offer the communities we serve. " - Lisa}. Marks, chief executive officer, American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids �2006 Highlights of Michigan's AmeriCorps Programs and Members Explore, Experience, Achieve Through 4-H Mentoring members recruited and prepared mentors to be matched with at-risk youth in one-onone and small group mentoring relationships. They matched 199 volunteer mentors with 311 youth. The members also focused on establishing and/or expanding mentoring collaboratives in the state of Michigan. (Hosted by Michigan State University, East Lansing) Our Grantees AmeriCorps Together We Prepare* American Red Cross of West Central Michigan (Grand Rapids) Catholic Family Services- A Great Start Catholic Family Services (Benton Harbor) Char-Em ISD's AmeriCorps Program Charleviox-Emmet County ISD City Year Detroit members tutored 1,624 students in first through twelfth grade. The members organized and/or conducted after-school sports and violence avoidance activities for 834 students. (Hosted by City Year, Inc. , Detroit) The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship AmeriCorps Program members performed 15,331 groundwater risk assessments. They Explore, Experience, Achieve Through 4-H Mentoring* Michigan State University (East Lansing) Faith in Youth Partnership Good Samaritan Ministries (Holland and Zeeland) Ionia County AmeriCorps Ionia County Intermediate School District Jumpstart- Michigan Jumpstart - Michigan (Ypsilanti and Dearborn) City Year Detroit City Year, Inc. MARESA- Michigan AmeriCorps Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency Downriver CARES AmeriCorps The Guidance Center (Detroit) 8 �also prese nted educa ti onal info rmation about gro und water co nse rvation and safety to 22,83 5 schoo l child re n. (Hosted by Mi chi gan Department of Agri cul ture, Lansing) Community Needs Addressed by Michigan•s AmeriCorps Members in 2008 Superior AmeriCorps and MARESA - Michigan AmeriCorps enroll ed AmeriCorps members to provide education servi ces to yo uth. Superi or AmeriCorps members tutored 762 students in first through twelft h grades and prov ided mentoring programming fo r 507 students. M ARESA - Mi chi ga n Ameri Corps members provided service-l ea ming opportuniti es for 669 children and out-of-class enri chment activities fo r 4, 179 students. (Hosted by B-HK Child Deve lopment Board and Marqu etteAl ger Regional Edu cational Serv ice Age ncy, respecti ve ly, Houghton and Marquette) Th e AmeriCorps Together We Prepare program full y trained all its members in di saster relief services. The membe rs th en provided on-s ite di saste r se rvices immediately foll ow ing Hu rricane Katrina and reli ef to I ,75 9 Mi chiga n res idents foll ow ing 228 local incidents, such as res idential fires, power outages, and winter storm s. (Hosted by Am eri can Red Cross of West Centra l Michigan , Grand Rapids) Members pl aced with the Catholic Family Services' A Great Start program provided family support services. Members assessed the needs of and prov ided parenting educati on and resources for 2, 126 fa mili es, while providing childcare services fo r I ,7 11 of those fa milies. (Hosted by The Catholic Family Services, Benton Harbor) Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps* ConnectMichigan Alliance (Lansing) Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership The Regents of the University of Michigan (Detroit) Michigan Groundwater Stewardship AmeriCorps Program* Michigan Department of Agri culture (Lansing) Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps Program* Habitat fo r Humanity of Mi chigan (Will iamston) Michigan Service Scholars* Michiga n Campus Compact (Lansing) 23.81% 33.33% Education I Tutoring (33 .33%) Youth Development (23 .81 %) II Mentoring (14.29%) II Housing (4.76%) Environment (4.76%) II Health (4.76%) II Community Development (4 .76%) Disaster Preparedness (4.76%) II Family Support (4.76%) MPCA Community HealthCorps Program* Michigan Primary Care Association (Lansing) Neighborhood Youth Development Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council (Grand Rapid ) The readetroit corps Communiti es in Schools DetToit The Smart Choice Project Boys & Girl s Club of Benton Harbor Superior AmeriCorps B-H-K Child Deve lopment Board (Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw cotmties) Volunteer Muskegon 's AmeriCorps Volunteer Muskegon *Statew ide organi zations 9 �Learn and Serve - Michigan Changing Lives by Engaging Students in Service Service-learning is more than community service. C leaning up a ri verbank is conm1unity service. Sitting in a scie nce classroom, looking at water sampl es under a microscope is learning. School-based serv ice- learning is having sc ience students take samp les from loca l water sou rces, ana lyze the samp les, document the results, present the sc ientific infonnati on to a pollution control agency, and discuss the impact these results may have on future pollution contro l issues and our own behaviors. Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach th at connects meaningful service to the community with what students are learning in the classroom. This kind of instruction enriches learning, teaches civic responsib ility, and fosters personal growth. Learn and Serve - Michigan granted $629,000 to support schoo l-based serv ice-learning for grades K-12 in 26 schoo l districts across the state in 2006. The program a lso awa rded a Community Higher Education Schoo l Partnerships (CHESP) grant of $ 157,000 for programming in 23 school buildings. /0 The work of Learn and Serve- Michigan is carried out by the MCSC in partnership with the Michigan Department of Ed ucation. It is a part of the Learn and Serve America grant program for school-age youth supported by the Corporation for National and Communi ty Serv ice. The service-learning app roach has students move beyond the classroom and into the community where they learn math, science, language arts, and other required subj ects by addressing community needs and solving real-life problems. In the case of Lincoln Elementary fourth graders, their problem-so lving is part of a community-wide river rescue effort. Laura G utt's class at Linco ln E lem entary joined in the effort last sc hoo l year. Her fourth-grade sc ience students had been stud ying concepts related to land , water, and the env ironment. Tt was time to move on to the real-life part of the ir leaming. Their j ob was to plant trees native to Michigan and bushes to keep excess ive storm water runoff and pollutants ou t of the Rouge River. "We voted on which trees to plant," sa id Samantha, one of Gutt's students. "We all took turns putting things on the trees like dirt, mulch , and the woodcbips. Best of all , the planting helped make the Rouge River cleaner." �" Rootin g fo r the Ro uge" is a partn ership between the ci ti es ofWayne, Westland, Inkster, and Canton, all of Way ne-Westl and Community Schoo ls' fo urth-grade c lasses, and the district's building and gro unds depa rtme nt. The stude nts stud y loca l water qu ality and continue to work side-byside w ith co mmuni ty volunteers pl antin g trees, stenc ilin g sto rm dra ins with warnin g signs aga in st dum ping tox in s, and educating the community abo ut these env iro nmental iss ues. To date, 66 trees and 50 shrubs have been pl anted and 500 storm dra ins have been ste ncil ed. According to the 2006 Michigan Learn and Serve Evaluation Report by the RMC Resea rch Corporati on, an increasing number of Mi chi ga n teachers and students are engaging in servicelearnin g. The repo rt a lso shows increased academic dri ve and g reater probl em-so lving sk ill s in students who parti c ipate in sustained schoo lbased serv ice- lea rnin g. Because of th e integration of communi ty engagement w ith academi cs , serv ice-l ea rning students a lso tend to seek o ut a deeper invo lvement w ith c iv ic iss ues and be li eve they can make a di fference in th e ir co mmuni ties . Lill ian Dean is one of the students ' communi ty par1ners. She 's the po int person when it comes to tree se lecti on and pl anting. Hired by the City of Westland as a proj ect staff member and consul ta nt in 2000, she has praise for the students' wo rk. To guide students in co nnectin g c lassroo m instru cti on w ith the wo rld around them, teac hers are required to co ntinue the ir own lea rnin g. Wi th that in mind , Lea rn and Serve - Mi chiga n created th e Teacher Fell ows Program . Educators se lected for thi s p rogram further develop their ex pertise in servi ce-l earning, mentor and train teachers and admini strators in effective se rv ice-l earning practi ces, and promote the u se of service- lea mi ng as an effective teaching tool. "The results are clear ... hundreds of students and the ir parents are now aware of the Rouge Ri ve r and what they can do to help ho ld bac k storn1 water," Dea n sa id. "S tudents understa nd that storm drain s are not ga rbage cans. This is a significa nt contributi on to a ve ry importa nt publi c problem." During the schoo l year, Wayne-Westl and servicelearning program s engaged more th an 1,700 students in more than 2 1,800 hours of servi ce-l earning. Gutt is one of service-learning's biggest advocates and she ho lds up the Rouge proj ect as an exampl e of why thi s method of lea rning is making a long-term impact on students. Lea m and Serve - Mi chi gan al so offe red tra ining at th e Annua l In stitute on Service- Lea rning in February 200 6. The conference , a p artnership with the Michi gan Ca mpus Compact, drew together more than 350 fa culty, staff, admini strato rs, and students from K-12 and hi gher education instituti ons across Michigan . "This experience all ows the students to have a " hands-on" approach to learning .. . whi ch is often times more effective than sitting in a cl ass room doi ng writte n wo rk," she said . Michael P. Flanaga n, the state superintendent of public instructi on, also acknowledges that Mi chigan stude nts are benefi tting from their serv ice-learning experiences. "Thro ugh this work, our students are experiencing academ ic rigo r, connecting with the re levancy of communi ty iss ues, and building relationships with the wo rld aro und them," he sa id . Beca use of the great potenti a l for more of thi s type of im pact, Lea rn and Serve - Mi chi ga n aim s to give every Michi gan yo uth service-l ea rning opportunities in e lementary, middl e, and hi g h school. To expa nd the type of acti v iti es offered , the Cou nci l of M ichi gan Foundati ons' Lea rning to Give program was awa rded a g rant to in corporate serv ice-l earn ing into its curriculum of phil anthropy an d c itizenship . Stude nts also parti c ipate with Lea rn and Serve -M ichi ga n through the Serv ice-Learning Yo uth Coun cil (S LYC). Representing grades 7 thro ug h 12, Council students work c losely w ith program staff to generate s uppo rt of service- lea rning. Last yea r, SLYC students initiated 17 loca l proj ects and gave more th an 30 p rese ntati ons o n the essentia l elements and benefits of se rvi ce- learning . II "Service-learning is integral to the revitalization of our schools." - Miclwe! P. Flanagan, state superintendent of public instruction �2006 Service-Learning Projects A samp ling of serv ice-learning projects conducted in Michigan schools in 2006: Elder Care At Monroe Elementary School, each class and latchkey students adopted a total of 30 residents at the Aspen Grove Seni or Living facility. They visited with the seni ors, played ga mes, made crafts, and sang songs. They also interviewed the older adu lts and made a video documentary of those co nversations. To further their persona l connect ion with their seni or partners, the students also wrote them letters, and made them cards and bl ankets. (Bedford Public SchooLs) Environment Southgate students in ninth through twe lfth grades conducted an ac id rain research proj ect. With the gu idance of the U.S. Environ menta l Protection Agency and the Department of Water Quality, stu dents stud ied ph leve ls in lakes, ri vers, and ponds at five sites in the U.S. and two in Canada. Findings were presented at a sc ience symposium spo nsored by a Nat iona l Sc ience Foundation grant and Wayne State University. (Southgate Community Schools) A class of autistic students at Jackson High School designed and implemented a schoo l-wide recycling project. The small class of four provided recycling bins to every class and office in the building - a total of I 06 locations. (Jackson PubLic SchooLs) Homelessness Independence Elementary School kindergartners collected items to make more than 200 personal care packages for women and children at Haven and Grace Centers of Hope. In relation to their math studies, the primary schoo l students co ll ected, sorted, and coun ted the toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, and tissues. (Clarkston Commun ity Schools) Learn and Serve - Michigan granted $629,000 in schoolbased service- leaming grants. The Grantees included 26 school districts that encompassed 325 school buildings. Impact Throug h these grants, l ,573 teachers engaged 47,298 K12 students in 1,100,000 hours of service-learning. They were assisted by 3, 128 adult volu nteers and established more than 500 school/commun ity partnerships. 12 �Child Literacy More than 200 preschool , kindergarten , and second-grade students at Williamston Discovery E lementary Schoo l participated in the Kindergarten Literacy Transitions Proj ect. Kinderga1ten students chose a book for themselves and one for a preschool buddy. They then practiced reading and understand ing the book with a second-grade buddy. Finall y, each kinderga1tener met with a preschool student, gave them their book, and read it to them. (Williamston Community Schools) Human Needs Lowell High School ceramic arts students produced artwork and organized the bidding process for a silent auction of their creations. The students, in ninth through twelfth grade, worked in partnership with the Lowell Area Arts Counc il. Tlu·ough bids by the public, the auction raised $ 1,800 fo r three families each with elementary students battling cancer. (Lo'J,vell Area School District) Our Grantees Bedford Public Schools (Temperance) Carson City-Crystal Area Schools (Carson City) CASMAN A lternative Academy (Mani stee) Clarkston Community Schools (Clarkston) Clinton Coun ty Regional Educational Service Agency (Regiona l) Copper Country Intermediate School District (Regional) Counc il of Michigan Foundations' Learn ing to Give program (Statewide) Crawfo rd AuSable Schools (Grayling) Eaton Intermedi ate School District (Regional) Hemlock Public Schools (Hem lock) Honey Creek Community School (Ann Arbor) Ionia County Intermediate School Di strict (Regional) Jackson Public School s (Jackson) Kaleva No1man Dickson Schools (Brethren) L' Anse Creuse Public Schools (Harrison Township) Lapeer Intermediate School Di strict (Regional) Lowell Area Schools (Lowe ll) Marquette-Alger Regiona l Educational Service Agency (Regional) Muskegon Area lntern1 edi ate School Distiict (Regional) North Star Academy (Ishpeming) Shelby Public Schools (Shelby) Southfie ld Public Schools (Southfield) Southgate Comm uni ty Schools (Southgate) Wayne-Westland Community Schools (Westland) Williamston Community Schoo ls (Willi amston) Zeeland Public Schoo ls (Zee land) Nea rl y two-thirds of service-learning students in grades 612 said they acquired work experience, as we ll as j ob sk ill s (56%), and career awa reness (41 %). Teachers reported students increased the ir civic awareness and action, awareness of community issues, and beliefthat they can make a difference. Students in grades 3-5 demonstrated significant increases in civic know ledge. - RMC Research C01poration :s· Michigan Learn and Serve Evaluation Report, September 2006. Service- lea rnin g stude nts feel a stronge r connection to fellow students, teachers, and their comm unity. 13 �Mentor Michigan Changing Lives Two at a Time Every child has the right to a stable, caring adult in his or her life. Rand y Walker, Sr. leads a ve ry busy li fe . He is a husband, fa ther of two boys, Hea lth Alli ance Pl an executi ve, and ac ti ve church and communi ty vo lunteer and leader. B ut w hen he met two yo ung men who could use hi s guidance and support, he made room in his li fe and fa mil y to become their mentor. Yo u mi ght catch them shootin g hoo ps together, v isitin g the C harl es H . Wri g ht Mu seum of Afri can Ameri ca n Hi story, or wa lking to ra ise f und s fo r th e A meri ca n Heart Assoc iati on. T he ir time together has mi xed fun w ith a foc us on edu cati on, leadership, vo lunteerism, and cultura l ex peri ences. Ra nd y has been intenti ona l about pre paring hi s g uys fo r the ir next ste ps in li fe . He ex poses th em to bu sin ess meetin gs, engages them in publi c speaking, and cha ll enges them to strive to be the best stude nt and person they ca n be . He co11nected with Kev in tl1rough B ig B rothers Big Sisters of Metropo litan Detro it and has mentored him fo r the last seven yea rs. He met Arbi e through hi s vo lunteeri sm at th e Uni ve rs ity of Detro it Hi gh Schoo l and Academy. Both yo ung men are now attending coll ege. Randy was honored at the 2006 Govern or's Serv ice Awa rds w ith the O utstanding Mento r Award. He began mentoring in 1998 when he j oined the Detro it chapte r of 100 Bl ack Men. In additi on to mentoring, he was the chairman of the mentoring program and is now pres ident of the organizati on. He is pass ionate about getti ng more men li ke hi mself to mentor. In Michi gan, wo men lead men in mentoring, 65 percent to 35 percent. " We all can make a difference and it doesn' t matte r w hat type of education or j ob yo u have. These A 2006 survey of I 3 7 menloring organizations in 39 Mich igan countiesjound: The 230M ichi gan mento ring orga nizati ons reg istered Impact w ith Mentor M ich igan. More than 35,000 M ichigan yo uth were matched with mento rs - 12,000 more yo uth than in 2004, when the survey was first in iti ated . 14 �you ng men need someone who will li sten, be supportive, and help encourage them," Randy said . " More now than ever, more men need to mentor as we are losing our yo ung men to drugs, crime, and the prison system. Everyone should tell themselves, ' l am going to personally make sure that one more you ng man graduates from hi gh school beca use I am go ing to be invo lved in his life."' Randy is also quick to point out that Kevin and Arbie have changed his life as much as he has made a difference in the irs. "Kevin and Arbi e made me reali ze that by g iving my time, I was able to help them stay focused and pursue their co ll ege education ," he sa id . " It a lso he lped me understand what unconditional love is all about. I will always consider them my sons." Statistics show that we have more than 500,000 ch ildren in Michigan who could benefit from having a mentor. T hi s dri ves the work of Mentor Mi chi gan to support, strengthen, and sustain mentoring across the state . that support high-quality mento ring in Mi chigan. A checklist was also created as a too l to help programs implement these standards. • Conducted the fourth installment in its annual census on the state of mentoring in Michigan. • Suppo11ed and helped establish mentoring collaboratives to fos ter networking between programs. • Held its inaugural statew ide mentoring conference. • Kicked off a campaign to engage more businesses in mentoring. To ac hieve its goa ls, the program co llaborates w ith more than 230 mentoring programs throughout the state. Program development is g uided by advisors from a statewide Prov iders Council of mentoring professional s. It also relies on its Leadership Council , a group of influential executi ves and community leaders who proactive ly advocate for mentoring and help expand mentoring resources. Edward Hagan, executive director, Two experienced mentors lead Mentor MichiganGovernor Jennifer M. Granholm , who founded the program , and First Gentleman Dani el G. Mulhern. They are currently mentors in a structured program and have been mentoring for yea rs. Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Mentor Michigan defi nes yo uth mentoring as an ongo ing, structured, and trusting relationship that brin gs a yo ung person together with a caring individual who offers guidance, supp011, and encouragement. Thi s relationship is aimed at developing the competence and character of the men tee. To encourage and support mentoring, Mentor M ichi gan builds the capac ity of programs through training, research , and forming partnerships with businesses, fa ith-based and nonprofit organizations, educat ion insti tuti ons, and government. In the past year, the program has : • Initiated a statewide, online directory of mentoring programs that opened another avenue fo r mentor recruitment. • Developed and published program standards The state had 16,382 active mentors, an increase of nearly 7,500 from 2004. Mentor Michigan also: Challenged Michigan campuses to recruit I ,500 new mentors by 2006. Campuses responded with more than 3,000 new mentors over a two-year period. "Through M entor Michigan, there are more kids and mentors in safe and rewarding relationships." C reated a Mentor Michi gan AmeriCorps program, placing more than 40 AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VlSTA members with mentoring programs. As a result, 71 % of programs reported an increase in mentor recruitment, 66% in pat1nership development, and 63 % in community awa reness. - Kahle Research Solwions Inc., October 2006 and Michigan Campus Compact member surveys, 2005-2006. 15 �Michigan Mentoring Demographics The data represented is .fi-om the Mentor Michigan Census conducted by Kahle Research Solutions Inc. The Census is a survey of organizations operating mentoring programs in the state of Michigan. Since Janumy 2004, there have been four waves of the Census. The most current ended August 31, 2006. 2004 2005 2006 Mentoring Growth from 2004 - 2006 Other <1% Arab-American <1% Asian-American <1% Native American <1% Hispanic 1 2% 26% African-American 70% Caucasian 0% 20% 40% 60 % 80% Mentor Race in 2006 Mentor Gender in 2006 Other 3% Arab-American <1 % Asian-American 1% Native American 1% 6% Hispanic African-American · - - - - 33% 56% Caucasian 0% 20% 40% 60% Mentee Race in 2006 16 80% �MICHIGAN1S VOL UNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants Changing Lives While Building Volunteer Services Providing resources for organizations that support volunteers. Since 1998 , M ichigan's Volun teer Investment Grants (VlG) program bas served as a catalyst for the growth of M ichi gan's vo lunteer communi ty. Initia ll y conceived by the MCSC as a challenge grant to raise endowment fund s fo r local vo lunteer centers, the program has helped local centers raise and endow nea rl y $6 milli on dollars. Today, Michi gan's VIG continues to prov ide needed support to susta in our vo lunteer infras tructure. More than ever before, peopl e are looking fo r ways to give back to the ir communi ty by vo lunteering. The fi rst critica l step fo r these potential volunteers is fi nding the ca use or organizati on that is ri ght for them. To address this need, 27 volunteer centers serving 40 coun ties connect those with needs with those interested in serv ing the ir community. Vo lunteer centers wo rk closely with organizati ons in their communities to recruit, tra in , pl ace, manage, and recogn ize vo lunteers. Recognizing the va lue The Impact 27 volunteer centers covered 40 counties and 82% of our population. As a result of Michigan s Volunteer Investments Grants: A tec h11ology initiative was implemented, helping 2 1 cente rs increase their tec hno logy capac ity. in thi s vo lun tee r assistance, the MCSC awa rded a "Improving our technology helps us better mobilize volunteers to meet the community's needs ." $200,000 grant to the Vo lunteer Centers of M ichigan (VCM ). Thi s investment enabled the VCM to reac h its goa ls, such as strateg ic growth of the num ber of counti es served, bette r use of tec hno logy, and support fo r local skill deve lopment of vo lun teer center directors, staff, and board members. Kristina Beamish, director of United Way Vo lunteer Center of Chippewa County, is proud that her volunteer center was completely self-sustained fin anciall y in the last budget year. She g ives the credit for this accompli shment and other volunteer center successes to the endowm ent created by V IG. " Our volunteer center wouldn ' t ex ist if it we ren ' t for the VI G," she sa id . "Nearly seven yea rs after the ori g in al grant, we have a countywide recogni tio n program, an online searchable database of volunteer opportuniti es, two satellite volunteer centers in the making, and many other great things." Thi s type of growth in the volunteer cente rs is the rea lization of Mi chi gan's VIG 's purpose- supporting the social fa bri c that connects local needs wi th the citizens who can address them . 17 volunteer centers took advantage of Technology Enhancement grants of more than $65 ,000 that generated an additional $11 5,000 in cash and in-kind support. N-Power M ichigan developed "A Buye rs Guide to Techno logy E nhancements" that was di stribu ted nationw ide to the Voluntee r Center National Network. A yearlong Leadershi p Academy was hosted by the Vo lunteer Centers of Michigan to strengthen the manage ment capacity of centers. - Vo lunteer Centers of Michigan, September 2006. 17 -Denise Hubbard, coord.i nator, Uni red Way & Volunreer Connections of Monrcalm �Governor's Service Awards Changing Lives by Recognizing Heroes We honor ordinary people who do the extraordinary. "These everyday heroes walk through the door, asking, ' How can I he lp?' and when the job is done, they ride off into the sunset, hav ing left the world a littl e better than they found it. What's more heroic than that?" Actor/musician Jeff Daniels, a special guest at the 2006 Governor's Service Awards. The Governor's Service Awards recognizes people who volunteer to step up and meet the chal lenges facing our communiti es. They are individuals and organizations, from teens to seni ors, and can be found in the urban , suburban, and rura l spaces across our state. The 2006 awards ceremony was a fitting celebration of their good works. It boasted the best of Michigan- from its honorees a nd local corporate sponsors, to its location at The Fox Theatre in Detroit, and actor/musician Jeff Daniels, a homegrown favorite , w ho presented th e awards with the Governo r and First Gentleman. The Governor :S· Service Awards: The Publicly recognize the vast range of Michigan vo lunteers and the effects of their work across the state. Impact Encourage more vo lunteerism in local communities. High light local service organi zations and com munity needs. Spotli ght good corporate citizens in the state. /8 �But the spotlight shone brightest on these men and women who exemplify the spirit of volunteer service. The honored included: • Mildred Corey of Battle Creek who began volunteering when she completed high school in the 1930s and continues today at more than 90 years of age. • The Wolverine Harley-Davidson HOG Chapter #1332 of Clinton Township whose members ride for charitable causes, with help from its sponsor Wolverine Harley Davidson in Clinton Township. A typical ride attracts between 800-1 ,500 participants and generates $20,000-$40,000 for charities such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association, CARE House, Family Services at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, and St. .Joseph's Hospital Pediatric Unit. • Joshua Sharp, a Lake Superior State freshman, who is a youth assistant and peer mentor at the juvenile intervention program he was once a part of. • The AMIGOS Program of Kalamazoo that matches Kalamazoo College students with elementary students from Maple Street Magnet School for bilingual mentoring. The pairs have accumulated more than I ,000 hours together as they practice English and other languages, do homework, and take field trips. • Ford Motor Company, a business that has a corporate volunteer program that involved more than 11,000 Ford employees from Southeast Michigan in 86,000 hours of service at more than 130 nonprofit organizations. And, that's just to name a few. Those selected for awards are chosen by a peer review committee, as well as the MCSC staff and board of commissioners. The 2006 awards process drew nearly 200 nominations from 89 cities submitted by friends , relatives, and colleagues. "Volunteers give unselfishly of their time and talent and ask for nothing in return," said Governor Granholm . "We owe them a debt of gratitude for all they do and the Governor's Service Awards are just one small way we can say thank you." Governor's Service Awards 2006 Winners Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism, the most prestigious of the Governor's Service Awards, was presented to Mildred Corey of Battle Creek. This award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to commtmity involvement and volunteer servicesomeone who has made service a way of life. The Exemplary Volunteer Service Award was presented to Michael McCa1tan of St. Clair. This award honors an individual who strives to improve the lives of others- someone who goes the extra mile for their community. "Volunteers are truly the heroes of our state." Two Senior Volunteer Awards of Excellence were presented- one to Mary Clay of Grand Rapids and one to James Rowlett of Traverse City. This award honors a senior citizen who has taken action to improve his or her community. The Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award was presented to the Ford Motor Company of Dearborn. This award honors businesses that demonstrate excellent corporate citizenship by giving back to their community through corporate volunteer programs, monetary contributions, in-kind gifts, and employee-driven volunteer service. The Exemplary Community Service Program Award was presented to Wolverine HarleyDavidson HOG Chapter # 1332. This award honors an organization that effectively uses volunteers to meet its mission. The Outstanding Mentor Award was presented to Randy Walker, Sr. of Southfield. This award honors an individual who has made a significant difference in a child 's life through mentoring. The Youth Volunteer Award of Excellence was presented to Joshua Sharp of Kincheloe. This award honors a young person who has taken action to make his or her community a better place to live. The Innovative Mentoring Program Award was presented to the AMIGOS Program of Kalamazoo. This award honors a program that has found a unique and effective approach to mentoring children. /9 -Governor Jennifer M. GranhoLm �Our 2006 Advisory Committees Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council The Member Counci l provides a statew ide netwo rk in which Michigan 's AmeriCorps members share ideas, experiences, and a spiri t of service while taking a leadership position within their AmeriCorps program. Each program has the opportunity to select one member to serve as a representative on the Counci l. Matthew Blythe National Preparedness and Response Corps Laura Longstreet Catholic Family Services -A Great Start Scott Craven Michigan Service Scholars Samantha Oesch Volunteer Muskegon 's AmeriCorps Jilianne Emans MPCA AmeriCorps Sylvia Ridgway C ity Year Detroit Karen Goll Char-Em ISD 's AmeriCorps Program Lisa Richards Faith In Youth Program Kriss Goodroe Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps David Russell Michigan Groundwater Stewardship AmeriCorps Program Ninoska Guillen Jumpstart - Dearborn Kelly Sappington Michigan Service Scholars Julianne Harger Ionia Coun ty AmeriCorps Gina Sevick MARESA - Michigan AmeriCorps Nathannia Howard The readetroit corps Chris Stickney Expl ore, Experience, Ac hieve Through 4-H Mentoring Kim Koeman Neighborhood Youth Development Jeffrey Taylor Explore, Experience, Achieve Through 4-H Mentoring Mandi Lahti Superior AmeriCorps Leah Winiesdorffer Downriver CARES AmeriCo rps Learn and Serve- Michigan Service-Learning Youth Council (SLYC) The Service-Learning Youth Council is an advisory group to the Learn and Serve - Michigan program. The members are in grades 7 through 12. They work with the Learn and Serve team to further public support for service- learn ing in schools and commun ities across Michigan. Lowell High School Leara Glinzak Kristen McA lpine Ashl ey Spicer Nico le Videan Belding Middle School Gordon Stene Ell a Kate Wagner Brethren High School Megan Leroy Jessica Marmot Palo Community Schools Xa ni a Fancett Jilli an Ferri s Honey Creek Community Schools Mandy Moore Sophi e Tulip Pewamo-Westphalia High School Coriney Twomey Ionia High School Derek Zander Reeth s-Puffer High Sc hool Tiffany Smithson L'Anse Creuse Public High Schools Kelley Mmiin Lydia Render 20 �Mentor Michigan Leadership Council The Leadership Council is comprised of prominent executives and leaders who champio n and support mentoring through promotional activities and partnership development. The Council 's members were appointed by the Governor. Kip Bohne Daniel Piepszowski WSYM TV FOX 47 New Detroit Joseph Crawford Patricia Ryan O ' Day Grand Rapids Press Marquette Monthly James Dreyer Geneva Williams Event Marketing Enterprises, inc . City Connect Detroit Michael Fezzey WJR Radio Linda Gillum University of Michigan Medical Sch<;>ol Joyce Hayes-Giles DTE Energy Smallwood Holoman, Jr. The Dow Chemica l Company Denise Jlitch Clark Hi ll PLC Harry Knopke Aquinas Co llege JohnS. Lore Detroit Medica l Center Mentor Michigan Providers Council The Providers Counc il offers expertise and direction to Mentor Michigan activities. The Council consists of experts representing various types of mentoring programs and organizations from across Michigan. Council members were selected through a competitive process and serve multiyear terms. Lisa Bottomley Edward Hagan MSU Extension Journey Program Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Mary Lou Boughton Ginna Holmes Kalamazoo Youth Development Initiative Alma Public Schoo ls, Explore After School Program Janelle Burden Jeannine LaSovage Arbor Circle Michigan Reach Out! Julie Chapin Jayne Letts MSU Extension - 4-H Yo uth Development Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County Mary Sue Christian Kris Marshall Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan Mentoring Soluti ons - Winning Futures Peg Cramer Raquel Thueme Kentwood Public Schools Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Jerry Dash Carole Touchinski Volunteers in Prevention , Probation & Prisons, Inc. Strategic So luti ons 21 �Financial Statement September 30, 2006 Federal Funds 1 $7,465,768 Michigan5· A meriCorps $5,986,i83 $908, i50 Learn and Serve- Jvfichigan 2 Program DeveLopment and Training $140,000 $42,000 Disability and incLusion $389,435 Commission Administration State Funds State Appropriation Vo lunteer investment Grants Total Public Funds Revenue • Federal (84%) • Private (2%) State of Michigan (14%) $1,234,500 $984,500 $250,000 Federal Funds Expenditures $8,700,268 • AmeriCorps (80%) $185,536 • Operations (5%) $8,885,804 • Program Development and Training (2%) Learn and Serve- Michigan (12%) Total Private Funds Total MCSC Revenue Disability (1%) Fiscal Year 2006 Expenditures Grants Program Operations Program Training Administration Total Expenditures 1 $5,661,426 $858, 199 $ 175,717 $5 18,866 Total Expenditures • Grants (78%) Program Operations (12%) $7,214,208 • Administration (8%) • Program Training (2%) /n cla des $570, 77 5 in carryotrer f rm d ing ' Received tluough an in teragency agreemen t with Mi chigan Department of Eda ca ti on (MD£) . Exf>enditares are ref>resented on MOE 's fin ancial swtemenL<. Our Supporters American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids AmeriQuest/Dykema Gossett, PLLC Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan COL Training School CMS Energy/Consumers E nergy Coca-Cola Bottling Company ofMichigan Comcast Comerica ConnectMichigan Alliance Corporation for National and Communi ty Service Counci l of Michigan Foundations DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund Detroit Auto Dealers Association Detroit Pi stons Detroit Shock DP & Company DTE Energy Foundation Ford Motor Company Fund Genera l Motors/GMAC Financi al Services Grace and Wild, Inc. Greektown Casino Health Alli ance Plan 22 Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Hudson-Webber Foundation John Hancock Financial Services Lear Corporation MASCO Corporation Foundation Mawby Fam ily Fund/Battle Creek Commun ity Foundation Meijer Mich igan Nonprofit Association Michigan State Fair Nationa l Mentoring Partnership Olympia E ntertainment, lnc. Palace Sports & Entertainment Pfizer lnc Siemens Corporation The Skillman Foundation State Farm Insurance Tallarico Boardwalk Subs UAW-Ford Nationa l Programs Center UAW-GM Center for Human Resources WK. Kellogg Foundation Wh irlpool Corporation �Connecting With Our Programs MCSC-News Get connected with MCSC funding, activities, and an nouncements by visiting our website at www.m ichigan.gov/mcsc. To sign up for the MCSC-News li stserv, look in the left margin of the homepage and click on the MCSC logo . Michigan 's AmeriCorps Ameri Corps funding may be available for organizations in yom community. Competitive funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? Ameri Co rps members are dedicated individua ls at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.ameri corps.org. Find Mi chigan program s by cli cki ng on AmeriCorps in Your State and selecting Michigan. Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb counties call 2-1-1 to find a place to mentor. There are severa l ways to get involved with Mentor Michigan activities and programs. Visit www. mento rmi chi ga n.o rg to take advantage of the following : • Mentoring programs can be part of the Mentor Michigan Directory, which is used by potenti a l mentors, businesses looking to support mentoring, children looking for mentors, and more . • The Michigan Mentoring Advocacy Network is a grassroots group that educates local, state, and federal policymakers on issues related to mentoring. • The Mentor Michigan listserv will keep yo u informed about what's happening around the state with mentoring programs. Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants The Vo lunteer Centers of Michigan works to develop the volunteer centers within the state. These centers are continuously in need of new volunteers. To find a volunteer center in your area, visit www. mi vo lunteers.org. Learn and Serve - Michigan School di stri cts may apply for funds to develop sustainab le hi gh-quality service-learning initiatives. Co mpetitive funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Funding levels vary based on the size of the school district and match funds are required. The goal of the funding is to estab lish sequential service-l earning oppmtunities so that, at a minimum, all students have at least one service-learning experience in elementary, middle, and high school. Mentor Michigan The best way to support Mentor Michigan is to become a mentor. Find a place to mentor by vis iting www. mentormi chiga n.org or calling 1-800-VOLUNTEER. Ifyou live in Jackson, Kent, Governor's Service Awards Governor's Service Awards nomin ees are selfless individuals and organizations who mentor and tutor children, serve the hungry and homeless, assist the elderly, care for our environment, and much more. Not sure who to nominate? Look around you and you ' ll see great volunteers in your office, place of worship , and community. They are young peop le, senior citizens, people with disabilities, educators, national service members. They can be yo ur boss, your secretary, your babysitter, your mom , your grandfather, your neighbor, or your best friend. To nominate a person or organization for our Governor's Service Awards, download materials from the MCSC website at www. mi chi gan.gov/ mcsc or contact Kathie Vasil ion at (5 17) 373-4200 or vasilionk@michi gan.gov. MCSC Staff Paul a Kaiser VanDam, Acting Executi ve Director Janice Harvey, Executive Assistant Michigan's A meriC01ps Melltor Michigan Amber Reiss, Mentor Michigan Coordi nator Kathi e Vasi l ion, Administrati ve Assistant Marcy Bishop Kates, Program Officer Mark Mullaney, Program Officer Megan Sargent, Training and Inclus ion Coordinator Michelle Metzmaker, Administrati ve Assistant Finance wul Administration Leam and Serve - Nlichigan Mary Grill , Director of Communication Mai sha Maurant, Co mmuni cati on Coordina tor Angelia Salas, Program Officer Jeanine Yard , Program Officer Tara Gi lman, Admi ni strative Ass istant Garry Gross, Director of Finance and Admin istration Kevin Reeves, Grants Coordinator Comm11nicatious 23 �Photos used in this publication are courtesy of the © Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Public Affairs, CNCS Photo Office. The printing of this report was paid for with private contributions. 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Capitol Ave. George W. Romney Bldg ., 4th Floor Lansing , Michigan 48913 Telephone {517) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Kyle Caldwell September 1999 Dear Friends in Service: The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) 1998 annual report - Connecting highlights the volunteerism and service sector's continuing progress and the MCSC' s equally impressive leadership, growth and productivity. We invite you to review the various programs, projects, and activities that the MCSC and its partner organizations have proudly undertaken over the past twelve months. This was another record year for the MCSC. In 1998, the MCSC increased its AmeriCorps portfolio to 22 programs, supported the efforts of over a dozen Communities of Promise, and leveraged over $1.7 million in local endowment funds to support volunteer resource centers. The MCSC worked with its partners and other community-based organizations to do all of this while simultaneously reducing its dependence on federal funds. The MCSC is working harder, smarter and more cooperatively than ever before. The MCSC has traditionally worked to bring groups together to work for the good of others. In 1991, the MCSC was charged by Governor John Engler to promote and coordinate service and volunteerism in Michigan. This charge was spurred by a national movement driven by the focused attention of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation which brought forth a series of meetings that called together a coalition consisting of some now familiar organizations: Michigan Campus Compact, Michigan Nonprofit Forum (now Association), Council of Michigan Foundations and Youth Service America. These coalition partners, their plans and these meetings lead to the creation of the MCSC. The MCSC continues to grow and flourish because of its strong connections to the various sectors of our society. Now codified in state law, the MCSC remains dedicated to enabling all citizens, including youth, to engage in community problem solving through service and volunteerism. Michigan has a long tradition of collaboration. Michigan also has a rich history of volunteerism and service. Connecting is our attempt to offer a sampling of Michigan's youth, seniors, families and organizations working to build healthy communities through service. We appreciate you taking this opportunity to learn of these stories and encourage you to remain involved in and connected to your community. s/?ltJW Kyle Caldwell Executive Director ��1008 AIIIIUAL REPOR'I' MI CHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVI CE COMMISSION From Our Exec uti ve Direc tor . 2 Michigan Commun ity Service Commiss ion 3 MCSC Partnerships. 4 people helping people KEY MCSC PROGRA"S PROGRAMMING DIVISION Michiga n's AmeriCorps . 5 Lea rn and SERVE Michigan 8 Michigan's Promise 10 Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants 12 Michigan CARES 14 Michigan Youth Progressive Ac tion Co un ci l 15 reaching out KEY MCSC AC'I'IYI'I'IES &: IMI'I'IA'I'IYES OUTREACH AND FUND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Th e Fifth Annual Gove rnor's Service Awards . 18 Vo1untce ri sm SuperConfere nce 19 Statewide Pub lic Land Clea nup . 20 Ado pt A Part of Michigan 21 ConnectMi chiga n 22 Make A Difference Day In Michi ga n, 1998 23 bottom line 1008 FISCAL YEAR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION Financial Report . 24 leaden hip MEE'I' 'I'HE MCSC Commi ss ion Member Profi les . 26 MCSC Staff 31 more information MCSC Pub lica tions 32 �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler 111 S. Capitol Ave. George W. Romney Bldg., 4th Floor Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone (517) 335-4295 Fax (517) 373-4977 Executive Director Kyle Caldwell August 1999 Dear Friend of Service: I am proud to recognize the power and brilliance of Michigan communities in this, our eighth annual report of the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC). Since 1991, when the MCSC first began, our mission has been to improve the quality of life for Michigan citizens through service and volunteerism. Each year, this mission has grown stronger as we expand and create new programs to promote the benefits of philanthropy, service and volunteerism. By introducing new programs and continuing to work with Michigan's dedicated network of volunteer-based organizations, we can ensure that anyone in our state who is in need of assistance will receive it. This year, I am especially proud of ConnectMichigan-a three-year initiative that connects individuals to their local volunteer center when they call1-800-VOLUNTEER. It also connects nonprofit organizations to their communities through billboards and public service announcements, and connects several statewide organizations as partners and supporters of the campaign. Again, as in past years, this report focuses not just on the MCSC's programs, but on the individuals and organizations who make it their goal to improve the lives of others. Their generosity and continued dedication have made volunteerism one of Michigan's greatest resources and positioned the MCSC as a national leader. Without their efforts and talent, it would be difficult for our programs to be as successful year after year. Thank you for your interest in this year's annual report and for your continued efforts to help others in your community. First Lady of Michigan �michigan community servzce commzsszon FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Michigan's volunteers are showing the power of giving. This eighth annual report of the Michigan Community Service Commission serving the needs of their communi ties are a powerful force. Michigan continues to leverage resources to (MCSC) offers a glimpse into some of the many build local volunteer capacity. Michigan's elements that support the field of service and Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG) program has volunteerism. We are proud to highlight the been able to assist dozens of communities in service and volunteer sector's tremendous their efforts to build local, self-sustaining volun- progress and the MCSC's continued commit- teer efforts. In 1998, over $1.7 million was rai sed ment to maintain and expand our connections for local endowments in support of volunteer to each other through service and volunteerism . resource centers. As you examine the various programs and initia- The ConnectMichigan campaign continues tives the MCSC has undertaken over the past to spread the word about the human worth and year, you will see how the full spectrum of phil- value ofvolunteerism. Individuals were encour- anthropy-giving time, talents and treasures-is aged to become engaged in the community helping to connect individuals and organiza- through volunteer service with over a hundred tions and better meet the needs of communities. billboards along highways and back roads The MCSC has increased its capacity to displaying an easy to use toll free number serve the needs of communities through Michigan's Promise, part of America's Promise- (1-800-VOLUNTEER). Finally, the MCSC provided more training The Alliance for Youth. In 1998, Michigan's and technical assistance to the state's volunteers Promise comprised 17 communities including than in any other year in the organization's dozens of for-profit and not-for-profit organiza- history. State and national trainers delivered tions and hundreds of local volunteers; all much needed guidance and assistance on a wide combining forces to bring the five fundamental array of subjects including program sustainabil- resources (mentors, safe places, a healthy start, ity, volunteer recruitment, grant management, marketable skills and opportunities to serve) to fund development and many other topics. Michigan's children. From the national efforts From the high profile and high impact of Retired General Colin Powell to the individ- of Michigan's AmeriCorps programs to the ual tutor working one-on-one with a child in a individual care and attention of a high school Michigan classroom, people have committed to student tutoring a second grader, the MCSC providing a guiding hand to youth. provides greatly needed support and training. I National service is growing strong in Michigan! With over 55,000 youth, adults and seniors serving through 121 national service projects in dozens of communities across the state, Michigan demonstrates that individuals invite you to review this report and see for yourself the power of service and volunteerism. Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director August 1999 �'I'HE "ICHIGAII COMMUIIIYY SERVICE COMMISSION CONNECTING. A simple concept requiring only the ability to reach out. In Michigan, the conce pt of co nnecting th ro ugh service and volunteerism has taken hold. Students are learning that the rewards of good work do not always come in the form of a doll ar. ci ti ze ns, including youth, to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteeri sm . The MC SC works to ful fill this mi ssion thorough a number of initiatives including Michigan's Am eri Corps, Michigan's Promise, Lea rn and SERVE Michigan, Mi chigan's Volunteer Investm ent Grants, Baby boo mers are find - Make A Difference D ay in Michiga n, ing time in their busy Co nnectMichigan , Adopt A Part of Mi chigan lives to give of themselves and through the training and techni ca l ass is- to ca uses whil e senior citizens continue their tradition of giving time and money to charitable organizati ons. Th at we are active in communities is evid ent by how many people of all ages are increasingly involved in se rvice and volun- ta nce that it provides to its grantees and the field. In 1998, the MCSC sec ured the highest qu ality state and national trainers to deliver mu ch needed guidance and ass istance to Mi chiga n's programs and volunteers. Th e MCSC strives to n urt ure the efforts tee ri sm. The MCSC pl ays an important role of in d ividu als, human service age ncies, in continuing th e momentum fo r vo lunteerism programs, busin esses and corpora ti ons and service in M ichiga n. maintain their momentum and help them T he MCSC is a CATALYST for positive to grow to crea te partnerships for new opportu- community change, stimul ating inn ova ti ve nities for voluntee ri sm and to marshal new programs that mee t community needs through or existing reso urces to m eet th e needs of th e service. The M C SC promotes se rvice and peo ple and the co mmunities we share. volunteeri sm to enco urage everyone to make a difference. The MCSC is a CONVENER th at brings diverse individu als and groups together, to build communities through shared efforts and common goal s. The MCSC acts as a BROKER of ideas and reso urces, enco uraging co llaboration and entrepreneurial app roaches to service and volunteer program development. In the course of ful filling these functions, the MCSC is committed to enabling all 1 998 - -- -~--- annual r e port ill �MCSC PAR'riiERSHIPS An im portant role fo r th e MCSC is to relationships with organizations th ro ughout demonstrate, encourage and fos ter coll abora- the state to provide tra ining and reso urces in tion and coordination among public, private an effort to build infrastructure, add opera- and social sector age ncies involved in service tional support and deve lop more efficient and volunteer activiti es. The MCSC has service delivery. These MCSC partner orga ni- established working, hea lthy and productive zations include: ALLSTATE AMERICA'S PROMISE-THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH AMERITECH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN CONSUMERS ENERGY CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS FORD FOUNDATION LOVELIGHT FOUNDATION MICHIGAN CAMPUS COMPACT MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MICHIGAN FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY MICHIGAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION MICHIGAN OFFICE OF SERVICES TO THE AGING MSU EXTENSION UNITED WAY OF MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER CENTERS OF MICHIGAN W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION �people helping people ltiCHIGAII'S AMERICORPS AmeriCorps, the domestic model of the Peace Corps, is a national service program designed to strengthen citizenship and the ethic of service by engaging thou sands of Americans on a full- tion on groundwater stewardship to Michigan residents, identifies technical and financial resources available to the landowner to lower contamination, and assists in implementation of measures to lower risk factors. The or part-time basis to help program's 19 members also participate in communities address their development activities that compliment their toughest challenges. employability plans and prepare them for Administered nationally by employment after their year of service. the Corporation for National " THE CLEANUP MADE FOR A VERY IMPORTANT AND WORTHY Service, Michigan's AmeriCorps is SERVICE PROJECT. I WAS EXCITED BY EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION administered statewide by the MCSC. AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY GET SOME- MICHIGAN'S AMERI(ORPS is designed to THING DONE •••• AS THEY (THE MEMBERS) SIFTED THROUGH engage the energy and idealism of citizens, DISCARDED PAINT AND OIL CANS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER especially young people, to address education POTENTIAL GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATES, I THINK THE IMPOR- public safety, human and environmental needs in our communities. In 1998, continuing its steady growth, Michigan's AmeriCorps involved more than 750 full- and part-time corpsmembers at 221 service sites in more TANCE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THEIR AMERICORPS SERVICE REALLY HIT HOME.~ Matt Schnepp, Groundwater AmeriCorps The UNDERGROUND RAILROAD OF SAGINAW than 40 communities. Some corpsmembers COUNTY combines the AmeriCorps Domestic receive modest stipends while all receive Violence Victims Assistance Corps with educational award s for their service. AmeriCorps teams to inform victims of Corpsmembers also enlisted the help of tens of domestic violence of support services available thousands of additional volunteers to the to them. In addition, AmeriCorps members service projects on which they worked. help complete Personal Protection Orders Since its inception in 1994, the number of to protect the victims of domestic violence Michigan's AmeriCorps programs nearly from their assailants. Eight corpsmembers doubled to 22 programs, with four programs have been trained in crisis response and added in 1998. The fo llowing are highlights court support programs for victims of abuse. from Michigan's AmeriCorps programs. In addition, members serve at a shelter The MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSHIP assisting victims and families, and make PROGRAM, sponsored by the Michigan community presentations to recruit volunteers Department of Agriculture, is a statewide for the program. program that provides educational informa- 19 98 annual report 5 �The CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM, AMERICORPS SIGNATURE SERVICE PROJECT sponsored by Charlevoix and Emmet County Each year, AmeriCorps members in Michigan Intermediate School District, involves 17 fu ll- participate in a signature service project that time members in integrating on-site violence demonstrates the power of national service prevention programs throughout seventeen while building a sense of common purpose. school buildings. The primary goal of the Over 300 Michigan's AmeriCorps members program is to decrease the incidence of aggres- participated in the Statewide Public Land sion, assa ult and violence within the schoo l Clean up as part of the 1998 Michigan's environment. Members are placed at schools AmeriCorps Signature Service Project. During where they implement violence prevention May 8-17, 1998 Michigan's AmeriCorps programs such as Teaching Students to be members helped clean Michigan's forests, Peacemakers, Peer Empowerment, Peer servi ng at five overnight sites headquartered at Mediation and Peer Helper. th e Kettunen Center, Chittenden Educational " THERE WAS A SENSE OF BEING A PART OF A LARGER Center and Camp Ocqueoc-a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. (AMERICORPS) PICTURE THROUGH THIS SERVICE PROJECT AND THE SPIRIT OF IT REALLY FELT GOOD. ~ Susan Witt, Dreamcatchers AmeriCorps Program The CRESTON COMMUNITY ACTION CORPS, sponsored by the Creston Neighborhood Association, is designed to more fully engage Grand Rapids neighborhood residents in the leadership of five community institutions including three public schoo ls, a community health care center, and a neighborhood association. Five Michigan's AmeriCorps members have been trained in community orga nizing and work to recruit, train, and engage 170 neighborhood volunteers who mentor 90 educationally at-risk students, assist 30 lowincome household s in adopting pre-identified health maintenance practices, and bring five 0 properties owned by low-income residents Michigan's AmeriCorps members participated with Corporation for into compliance with city housing and National Service CEO Han·is Wofford during a wildlife preservation nuisa nce codes. and tree planting aaivity at a JI!Iickigan State Park IIICHICA. Ceiiii • • ITY SERYICE CeiiiiiSSie• �"ICHIGAII'S AltERICORPS 1997·1998 PROGRAitS AMERICORPS MILES, MARQUETTE FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, ALMA SPONSOR: LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES SPONSOR: ALMA COLLEGE AMERICORPS OAKLAND, PONTIAC GENESEE COUNTY AMERICORPS PROGRAM, GENESEE COUNTY SPONSOR: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SPON SOR: URBAN LEAGUE Of FLINT AMERICORPS YOUTH EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE, DETROIT GRAND RAPIDS SERVICE CORPS, GRAND RAPIDS SPONSOR: AMERICAN RED (ROll SPONSOR: GRAND RAPIDS SERVICE (ORPI CARING TOGETHER ELDERSERVE, DETROIT MICHIGAN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, STATEWIDE SPONSOR: ECUMENICAL PROJECT S.A.V.E . SPONSOR: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT Of NATURAL RESOURCES CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM: MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS, CHARLEVOIX-EMMET COUNTY MICHIGAN COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, STATEWIDE SPONSOR: CHARLEVOIX-EMMET COUNTY lSD SPONSOR: MICHIGAN (OMMUNITIEIIN SCHOOLS CRESTON COMMUNITY ACTION CORPS: MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS, GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM, STATEWIDE SPONSOR: (RESTON NEIGHBORHOOD AIIOCIATION SPONSOR: MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT Of AGR ICULTURE CITIZEN'S HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, STATEWIDE MICHIGAN NEIGHBORHOOD AMERICORPS PROGRAM, DETROIT SPONSOR: FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY COORDINATING LITERACY FOR AMERICA'S STUDENTS' SUCCESS, YPSILANTI SPONSOR: THE UNIVERSITY Of MICHIGAN NONVIOLENCE K.O.P.S. , DETROIT SPONSOR: EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY SPONSOR: NEW DETRO IT, IN C. COPPER COUNTRY AMERICORPS, BARAGA, HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES RURAL STRATEGIC ACTION INITIATIVE, LAKE, MASON AND OCEANA COUNTIES SPONSOR: AMERICAN YOUTH FOUNDATION- MINIWANCA SPONSOR: BARAGA-HOUGHTON-KEWEENAW CHILD DEVELOPMENT BOARD DETROIT'S ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROJECT, DETROIT SPONSOR: UNITED WAY COMMUNITY SERVICES Of METRO DETROIT DREAMCATCHERS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, CHARLEVOIX, CHEBOYGAN , EMMET AND OTSEGO COUNTIES SPONSOR: NORTHERN MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH FITZGERALD'S AMERICORPS, WARREN SAGINAW AMERICORPS, SAGINAW SPONSOR: SAGINAW PUBLIC SCH OOLS VOLUNTEERS CENTERS OF MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS, STATEWIDE SPONSOR: MICHIGAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION WASHTENAW FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK, WASHTENAW COUNTY SPONSOR: 101 COMMUNITY (RIIII CENTER SPONSOR: FITZGERALD PUBLIC SCHOOLS 199 8 - - - 011111101 - - - - - - - - - - r e port 7 �LEARII AIID SERVE MICHIGAN When yo ung people are given an opportu- hundreds of new books for th e ch ildren's nity to make a difference, the results can be section of the loca l public library. The Oak amazing. Lea rn and SERVE Michigan is a Park participants focused their energies on statewide program that teaches creating the 4-I-I Buddies program, which yo ung people abo ut commu- paired high sc hoo l Learn and SERVE volun- nity service and encour- teers with elementary school students for one- ages them to help solve on-one reading activiti es and service proj ects. social problems through volunteerism . This pr0gram, federally funded The ACE STAMBAUGH HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM OF in Iron Co unty, serviced 90 high school students ranging from 15 to 20 yea rs of by th e Corporation for National Service, is ad ministered cooperatively by the Michigan D epartment of Education, which manages school-ba sed service-learning programs for elementary and secondary school students and the MCSC , which manages community-based servicelearning programs for young people between th e ages of 5-17. LEARN AND SERVE MICHIGAN provides yo ung people with opportun ities in and out of schoo l to enrich their academic learn ing, develop new skills, and mature into productive, cari ng citizens. In the past yea r, the communitybased program involved almost 1,638 young people and over 386 adult volunteers in more than 14,377 hours of vo lunteer service. The following are highlights from two of Michigan' s quality programs. The PROGRAM OAK PARK/PONTIAC 4-H LEARN & SERVE engaged more th an 200 youth in literacy-building ac tiviti es at the local public libraries during 1998. In Pontiac, the program participants hosted several comm unitywide Painting w all murals is a popular community serv ice activ ity w ith youth ac tivities, including a Read-A-Than which w ho w ant to rid their communities of graffiti. generated cash and book donations to provide �age. The students represented Forest Park and West Iron County School Distri cts and home school groups as well. The curriculum concentrated on English Language Arts, math, science, and social studies in grades nine through twelve. The mission of ACE High School-an altern ative school-is to grow aca demic service-learning as a viable strategy to educate students to think critically and act A group of Alpena youth pm·ticipate in a landscaping effort as part of responsibly. Th e Learn a,nd SERVE service their service-learning activities. projects concentrated on environmental and radi o program and wrote letters to loca l, state educa tional issues. and national officials. The project offered the During the last two yea rs the students students the opportunity to demonstrate have conducted four river reclamations remov- their knowledge and skill s in science, math, ing seven tons of refu se from the river and its literacy, technology, academic service-learn- tributaries in collaboration with Adopt A ing, and important informati on on the Iron Rive r. Reflecting upon their civic responsibil- River Watershed. ity to inform the public of the necessity to In Learn and SERVE Mi chiga n programs preserve our rivers, the students wrote letters across the state, young people are changing to the editor of The Iron County Reporter and paradigms. Students are th e volunteers who The Daily News, created flyers, produced make a difference, improving themselves as public service announcements, broadcast they help others- solving problems and mak- information on WIKB's Ch amber Chatter ing th eir communities better pl aces to live. LEARII AIID SERVE "ICHIGAII 1997·1998 COMMUIII'I'Y•BASED PROGRAMS CITY OF PORTAGE/PORTAGE SENIOR CENTER, PORTAGE CRESTON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 4-H FOUNDATION-OAKLAND COUNTY, PONTIAC MSU EXTENSION OFFICE-BENZIE COUNTY, BEULAH ONEKAMA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, ONEKAMA YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS- ALPENA COUNTY, ALPENA YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS-VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON! , MUSKEGON / 99 8 annual r e p o rt 9 �"ICHIGAII'S PROMISE The Presidents' Summit for America's Future, held in Philadelphia in April l997, was attended by President Clinton, four former U.S. Presidents, and numerous state governors, including Governor John Engler and First Lady Michelle Engler. Also participating were delegations from more than 140 Michigan's youth with the resources to become healthy and productive adults. The MCSC led by Michigan's First Lady Michelle Engler, in partnership with the United Way of Michigan, Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Volunteer Centers of Michigan and other statewide organizations is convening and coordinating Michigan's Promise communities across the .country, including activities. All across the state, communities Calhoun County, Grand Rapids, Flint, have galvanized citizens in Promise activities. Detroit, Lansing/ East Lansing and Marquette The following highlights some of their accom- and Alger counties. plishments in 1998 . Out of the Summit was born a national Nearly 5,000 citizens gathered to support initiative called America's Promise-The CALHOUN COUNTY'S PROMISE Summit and Alliance for Youth, headed by Retired General Celebration. This event featured the Colin L. Powell. This initiative challenges Chairman of America's Promise, Retired individuals, businesses, nonprofit organiza- General Colin L. Powell, and was designed to tions, religious groups, philanthropies, state garner commitments that assist in providing governments and communities to provide youth with the five fundamental resources. America's young people with five fundamental The Kellogg Company is supporting the resources needed to become productive, local efforts through advertising that reminds successful adults. These resources are: local residents that the five fundamental • An ongoing relationship with a caring adult • Safe places to learn and grow • A healthy start • A marketable skill resources are necessary to have happy, healthy, contributing children. The CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY (LANSING/ EAST LANSING) has always been concerned about the success of youth. America's Promise provides a framework to focus new attention • Opportunities to serve In response to this challenge, a three-year campaign called Michigan's Promise was launched in October 1997 to ensure that Michigan's children have access to the five fundamental resources. It seeks to mobilize citizens and organizations to provide on youth . For example, CLASS (Commission for Lansing Schools Success) , a blue ribbon panel of local representatives of school districts, businesses, government, higher education institutions, and other community members, have joined the local effort. They continue to work on the marketable skill �resource by improving th e central school of the strengths and needs of children and district in the loca l community. th e resources ava ilable to them . Youth DETROIT was the first community in the co untry to become an official Community of Promi se. Mayor Dennis Archer and the share their opinions and are invo lved in crea ting solutions. Currently, twenty Michiga n communiti es City of Detroit, toge ther with United Way have joined the initi ative and beco me local Co mmunity Services of Metro D etroit hos ted Co mmuniti es of Promi se including: Alpena a loca l summit with more th an 1,200 youth , and Montmorency Co unti es, Ca lhoun County, educators, youth-serving agencies, and Capital Area (Lansing/East Lansing) , civi c, corporate, and religious leaders in Chippewa County, D elta Coun ty, D etroit, attendance. All D etroi t childre n may benefit Eaton Co unty, Flint/ Genesee Co unty, Gra nd from D etroit's Promise rega rdless of their Rapids, Isabella County, Kalam azoo County, economic sta tus or home add ress. Lu ce Co unty, Mackin ac Co un ty, Marqu ette/ In ISABELLA COUNTY, a mentoring Alge r Co unties, Montcalm Co un ty, Muskegon, coalition of approximately 20 agencies ha s Saginaw, St. Clair Co unty, St. Jose ph County come togeth er to share reso urces and enh ance and Tuscola. Michiga n is also home to a Tribe existing se rvices around the America's of Pro mise, the Sa ult Tribe of C hippewa Promi se fundamental resources. As a result, Indians is based in Chi ppewa Co unty. the community has a better understanding T he MCSC took the lead in coordinating the 20 community Michiga n's Promise effort. In th e late summer of 1998, the MCSC hosted a ga thering of D etroit area businesses with Retired General Co lin Powe ll. T hi s opportunity fo r over 50 of So uthwest Mi chiga n's largest businesses to meet face to face with the C hairman of America's Promi se resul ted in over $10 million in corpora te commitments to America's youth . Am erica's leading advoca te for youth reso urces also demonstra ted hi s support fo r Michiga n's efforts at the 1998 Vo luntee rism SuperConference as th e keynote speaker and special guest of Michigan's Governor and Retired General Colin Hrwell and First Lady Michelle Engler First Lady. recognized the creation of another community ofpmmise. 1 998 annual report II �"ICHIGAII'S VOLUII'I'EER IIIVES'I'MEII'I' GRAII'I'S In fiscal year 1997-98, the Michigan the Midland community which donated Legislature approved funding for a new over $79,000 in 1998 to the local George W. $1 million program called the Michigan's Romney/Voluntary Action Center Endowment Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG). The Fund. VIG funding helped the VAC achieve goal of Michigan's VIG program is to provide many things. Over 6,360 volunteer referrals long-term operational support for local were made for VolunTEEN, Days of Caring, volunteer resource centers by establishing Sharing Tree Project, Ask the Lawyer, and endowments in partnership with local volunteer requests from over 130 partner community foundations. organizations. In addition to volunteer place- Through Michigan'.s VIG, the MCSC ments over 10,300 Sharing Tree Project awarded 19 grants ranging from $25,000 to holiday gift requests were filled in Midland $100,000 to partnerships that support volun- County at a value of $171,567. teerism and community service. The grants . . THROUGH A COMMITMENT TO CONNECT YOUTH TO THEIR leveraged $1,730,000 in local matching funds COMMUNITY, CREATE PARTNERSHIPS AMONG OTHER LOCAL to sustain the activities of nonprofit volunteer resource centers. These fund s were placed in locally controlled endowments at loca l community foundations. Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants meet three goa ls. • Increasing volunteerism and commu- NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE FOUR-COUNTY AREA, THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN DEMONSTRATES WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH CREATIVE THINKING, COLLAB• ORATIVE EFFORTS, AND THE MICHIGAN'S VIG INITIATIVE.~ Barbara Lemcool, Director of the Volunteer Center of Northwest Michigan nity service initiatives in local communities. • Leveraging local funds for permanent The VOLUNTEER CENTER OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN (VCNM) was one of the first volunteer agency endowments housed within a centers awarded a VIG in December of 1997. community foundation that help sustain The VCNM established partnerships with the activities of a community volunteer nonprofit organizations, businesses and resource center into the fu ture. schools by working with over 500 teaching • Facilitating and enhancing community partnerships that support volunteerism. The following examples demonstrate the power of this grant-making tool. The VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER (VAC) OF MIDLAND COUNTY is strongly supported by staff, the Chamber of Commerce, Northwestern Michigan College and others to develop volunteer programs that had been identified as necessary to build a strong community. �"ICHIGAII'S YOLUII'I'EER IIIYES'I'MEII'I' GRAII'I'S 1997·1998 ALBION VOLUNTEER SERVICE ORGANIZATION ALPENA VOLUNTEER CENTER OF ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (ASS COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING DICKINSON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY VOLUNTEER CENTER LENAWEE UNITED WAY AND VOLUNTEER CENTER MARQUEnE COUNTY VOLUNTEER CENTER RESOURCE CENTER-FLINT SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER CENTER THE JACKSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION UNITED WAY OF GENESEE & LAPEER COUNTIES VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF MIDLAND COUNTY VOLUNTEER ACTION CENTER OF BAY COUNTY, INC. VOLUNTEER & INFORMATION SERVICES-BAnLE CREEK VOLUNTEER CENTER OF GREATER KALAMAZOO VOLUNTEER CENTER OF NORTHWEST MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER CENTER OF THE TRI-CITIES VOLUNTEER IMPACT-SOUTHFIELD VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON! I 9 98 a n n u a l r e p o r r Iii �"ICHIGAII CARES In Alpena, Calhoun County, Southwest Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Marquette and Muskegon, nonprofit and volunteer agencies • • community nonprofit agencies. From 1993 through 1998, Michigan joined with churches, businesses and CARES was about: building volunteerism and government to build a foundation deploying volunteers most effectively, joining for volunteerism for the next forces, combining good will, collaborating on n~ /t~'Jr'..J\ ~ youth development and a resource network for CMichigan ) century. This collaboration was CARES common goals and strategically directing the the result of the Michigan energies of volunteers. It may well be the CARES initiative, a model for the future of community service in public/ private partnership of the Michigan Community Michigan. Michigan CARES provided a rich oppor- Service Commission and the Council of tunity for learning about: 1) collaboration at Michigan Foundations, funded by grants the state and local levels; and 2) developing from the WK. Kellogg Foundation and the infrastructure for service and volunteerism at Corporation for National Service. the state and local levels. A monograph Michigan CARES encouraged collabora- documenting the project and detailing tion among all groups involved in service and strategies, outcomes, challenges and lessons volunteerism to improve their ability to recruit learned will be available in the Spring of 2000. and mobilize volunteers in their communities. This monograph is intended to be useful to It helped to break down barriers between local level practitioners as well as state level nonprofit organizations by helping them organizations and will include information on recognize and act upon shared goals, including subjects like collaboration and developing their need for increased volunteerism. infrastructure for service and volunteerism at Local community foundations were the linchpins in the Michigan CARES program. Because they were viewed as neutral brokers, these foundations were enlisted to engage the entire community in developing a strategic plan for service and volunteerism and to implement initiatives that pursued the goals of the plan. The Michigan CARES initiative created two community nonprofit information exchange networks, two community volunteer centers, a comprehensive community plan for the local level. �MICHIGAN YOU'I'H PROGRESSIVE AC'I'ION COUNCIL The Michigan Youth Progressive Action serve as an information resource for youth- Council (MYPAC) wa s created in 1992 to oriented service programs. At th e state level, involve young people in community service, members are active in MC SC grant revi ew not only as participants, but as community sessions, represent the MYPAC at state and builders and deci sion makers. national events, and have hosted a youth lead- The MYPAC is a standing committee of the MCSC and advises the Commission about ership conference for other young people in Michigan. policies and program s affecting young people. MYPAC activities include: It consists of 13 Executive Council members, • Statewide youth amba ssador training ages 12-21 from across th~ state, and 50 Amba ssadors, all of whom have demonstrated their commitment to service and volunteeri sm. The MYPAC is convened by the MCSC to increase the involvement of young people in volunteerism. Locally, members initiate service projects, spon sor youth action forums, train young people in service leadership, and • Organizing community service projects • Serving as liaison to other youth, communicating the importance of vol u n teerism • Serving as reviewers for proposals and nomination s for MCSC programs and events including the Governor's Service Award s, Michigan's AmeriCorps, Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants, and Learn and SERVE. • Providing local leadership for service project development • Training young people in service leadership • Participating in Earth Day cl ean up projects • Providing public awareness via television and radio spots on intergenera tiona! youth service. MYPAC members engage in and promote serv ice opportunities for Michigan's youth through activities that allow them to express their leadership potential. I 9 9B a " 11 11 a I r epo r t 15 �Co••Ec"ri•G ••••viDUALS a • • ORGA.IZA"riO•s "rHROUGH VOLU."rEER SERVICE YO BE"r"rER MEE"r "rHE .EEDS OF COMRU.I"riES. G LS A,. lOllS �MEE,.ING ,.HE NEEDS �reaching out 'I'HE FIFTH AIIIIUAL GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS Every day, volunteers devote countless hours to solving community problems and improving the qu ality of life in Michigan. Through their work and their example, these volunteers are a powerful force for the individ uals and organizations they represent and the projects to which they dedicate their time. Th e Governor's Service Award s recognize and celebrate th e most se lfl ess voluntee rs in Michigan, and show our collective thanks for what they have contributed. On M ay 4, 1998, 75 finali sts selected from more than 400 nomin ations in 15 se rvice cate- 17w Governor and Mrs. Engler present Lillian Kumata of East Lansing with gories were invited to a reception at the the Govemor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Service Award Governor's residence and an awards dinner for the tremendous worl~ she has accomplished through her 38 years of volunteer sponsored by Ameritech. Governor John service with the American R ed Cross. Engler and First Lady Mich elle Engler announced the finalists and prese nted the winners with a plaque and executive order in honor of their service. " THE GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS PROVIDE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE TRULY REMARKABLE INDIVIDU• ALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES FOR THE TIME, ENERGY, AND DEVOTION THEY HAVE GIVEN TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND THEM THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE.~ Governor John Engler The Fifth Annual Governor's Service Awards dinner was held in conjunction with On]anumy 1, 1998, the Michigan Community Service Commission in the state's second Volunteerism Super- conjunction with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Michigan Conference . In addition to the Governor's Department of Environment Quality, and the Michigan Department of Service Awards, the Russell G. Mawby Award , Transportation announced a statewide awareness campaign, Adopt A Part of the Michigan Campus Compact Outstanding Michigan, to publicize and promote Michigan's three statewide adoption Community Impact Award and the Blue Cross programs, Adopt A Highway, Adopt A Parh, and Adopt A Forest. 17ze Adopt A Blue Shield of Michigan Sapphire Award were Part of Michigan poster was unveiled during the awards program. also presented that evening. �YOLUNYEERISM SUPERCONFERENCE The second biennial Volunteerism ing, eva luation/ fund developmenr, volunteer SuperConference was held May 4-5 in management, etc.). The conference also Lansing. Presented by the Volunteer Centers included opportunities to hea r from some of of Michigan and sponso red by a number of the nation's top advocates in the field ofvolun- orga nization s including the MCSC, this teerism and service including Marcia Bullard, President, CEO and Editor of USA Weekend; D avid Sawyer, Director of Students for Appalachia at Berea College; and Dr. John R etired General Colin Powell congratulates 1\tlichigan volunteers for their dedicated service to Michigan's youth at the llolunteerism Kretzmann, co-director of the Asse t-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute of Northwestern Universi ty. In addition, the conference participants were invited to attend th e Fifth Annual Governor's Service Awards dinner. (See page 18.) SuperConference in Lansing. Powell was the keynote presenter for the event. " VOLUNTEERING EXPANDS LIFE EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDES PERSONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, INDEED• THE WILLINGNESS TO REACH OUT AND HELP SOMEONE ELSE-TO CARE ABOUT ANOTHER•s WELFARE AS MUCH AS YOUR OWN-MAKES LIFE WORTHWHILE,~ innovative, statewide conference was devel- First Lady. Michelle Engler oped with four objectives in mind: to connect More than 1,400 individuals representing individuals around service and volunteerism, a wide variety of Michigan's nonprofit organi- to celebrate volunteerism and service, to za tions, schools, businesses, government crea te opportunities for capacity building and agencies, and foundations attended the networking, and to collaborate to reach conference. The MCSC sponsored more than common goals. 200 national service members, staff, and Retired General Colin L. Powell, a leading participants' attendance at the conference, spokesperson for volunteerism and chair of providing an opportunity to network, develop America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth, and improve professional skill s, showcase their delivered the conference's well-attended organizations, build alliances with statewide keynote address. Th e two-day conference and local constituents, and strengthen the included more than 60 workshops that focu sed state's communities by developing an ethic of on a variety of volunteer and national service lifelong service. topics (i.e. America's Promise, service-learn- I 9 9 B a n n u a I r ep o r t 10 �S!'A!'EWIDE PUBLIC LAND CLEANUP The MCSC joined forces with the Michigan Coalition for Clean Forests (MCCF), Michigan United Conservation metal and an abundance of hou sehold trash. Forty four percent of the trash was recyclable. There were many donation s given to the Clubs and others across the state to launch the local cleanups from companies and organiza- first ever Statewide Public Land Cleanup, May tions including Dow Corning Corporation, 8-17, 1998. The cleanup was part of the Waste Management of Michigan, the Village of MCCF's ongoing Adopt A Forest efforts. Waldron, PADNOS scrap metals, Industrial Adopt a Forest is a program of the Michigan Cleaning Supply, Meijer, Imlay City Rotary Coalition for Clean Forests and is part of the Club, McDonalds, Rick Rhein Disposal, Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign. It is Rogers IGA and others. designed to enhance the enjoyment of public In addition to the various one-day sites, forest lands by eliminating illegally dumped five overnight projects involved more than 300 trash and to increase the awareness of recy- Michigan's AmeriCorps members who part- cling opportunities for waste materials found. nered with representatives of the Department . . THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC LAND CLEANUP GENERATED A TREMEN• DOUS OUTPOURING OF VOLUNTEER SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE STATE. OUR HOPE IS THAT THESE VOLUNTEERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN ADOPT A FOREST VOLUNTEER SERVICE.~ ofNatural Resources, Department of Environmental Quality, Adopt a Forest, and the United States Forest Service. The cleanup event served as the annual Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Service Project-a time for national Ada Takacs, Adopt A Forest coordinator From May 8-17, more than 2000 volun- service members in Michigan to join together and serve. The overnight sites were headquar- teers in 33 counties participated in local tered at the Kettunen Center (Tu stin, MI) cleanup projects. Representatives from Adopt Chittenden Educational Center (Wellston, MI) A Forest, Michigan Department of Natural and Camp Ocqueoc (Ocqueoc, MI). Resources, United States Forest Services, Michigan State Parks, state game areas, Boy/ Girl Scout Troops, metro and county parks, schools, businesses, volunteer centers, and various nonprofit organizations and service clubs partnered to make the day a huge success. Together, volunteers removed 1,500 cubic yards of illegally dumped trash from 100,000 acres of public land. The trash included car bodies, appliances, tires, scrap Michigan's AmeriCorps members take a break during a twoday cleanup in Michigan's public parks and forests. �ADOP'r A PAR'r OF ltiCHIGAII The Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign is an effort to publicize three statewide adoption programs: Adopt A Forest, Adopt A Highway and Adopt A Park. These programs Conservation Clubs. It is a program of the Michigan Coalition for Clean Forests. iiADOPT A PART OF MICHIGAN HAS CREATED AN AWARENESS AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MICHIGAN RESIDENTS TO already involve thousands of Michigan volunBE PART OF THE SOLUTION THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE." teers who keep highways, parks and forests clean through regular cleanup efforts. The Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign is Scott Wheeler, Adopt a Highway Program Coordinator The Adopt A Highway (AAH) program, designed to enlist thousands of additional sponsored by the MDOT, matches more volunteers to the programs. than 3,000 groups with nearly 7,000 miles of Developed by the MCSC in conjunction state roads. The groups clean their section of with the Michigan Department of Natural road during three scheduled tra sh pickups a Resources (DNR), the Michigan Department year. Over the past year, 3,000 AAH groups of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the comprised of more than 40,000 volunteers Michigan Department of Transportation spent 11 ,900 hours removing 100,000 (MDOT), this public awareness effort 30-gallon bags of trash from 6, 700 miles of distributes posters and brochures to hundreds state highway. of locations around the state encouraging The Adopt A Park program, sponsored citizen involvement in the programs. A toll- by the DNR, partners volunteers with their free tel ephone line 1-888-797-6272 provides favorite State Park for a two-yea r period. information on the three adoption programs. Volunteers participate in park beautification The Adopt A Forest (AAF) program works to enhance the enjoyment of public forest and cleanup, construction projects and special events. lands by eliminating illegal dumping and increasing awareness of recycling opportunities for waste materials found. Over the past year, 105 AAF clubs comprised of more than 2,600 volunteers cleaned up illegally dumped tra sh from more than 165,000 acres of land. There were 4,574 cubic yards of trash removed which included 6,396 tires and 32 .5 tons of metal (which were all recycled). AAF is sponsored by the DNR, the DEQ, the United States Forest Service and the Michigan United Adopt A Part of J'vfichigan initiatives help maintain the natural beauty of Michigan's public land. I 9 98 a n n u a I rep o r I t• �COIIIIEC'I'"ICHIGAII Michigan is proud to announce a statewide volunteer awareness campaignConnectMichigan. ConnectMichigan is a multilayered, statewide public awareness " CONNECTMICHIGAN IS A WONDERFUL RESOURCE. IT ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO CONNECT THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND PROVIDES THEM WITH THE RESOURCES TO DO SO.~ campaign designed to promote vo lunteerism Robin Lynn Schultheiss, Director Volunteer Centers of Michigan and comm unity involvement. The campaign promotes volunteerism among Michiganians, Con nectMichigan is a component of whi le providing opportunities for local citi- the Points of Light Foundation's national zens to become actively involved in commu- Connect America initiative, and includes: nity change. The campaign supports existing • A toll-free volunteerism hotline volunteer programs and initiatives, and is the l-800-VOLUNTEER that connects result of a statewide collaborative involving the caller to one of the state's 30 local three primary partners-the VOLUNTEER volunteer centers or to the Volunteer CENTERS OF MICHICiAN, the MICHICiAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION and the MICHICiAN NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION . ConnectMichigan receives additional support from the Council Centers of Michigan. • Television and radio public service announcements. • Written support materials including the of Michigan Foundations, Lovelight ConnectMichigan quarterly newsletter Foundation and United Way of Michigan, that is mailed to 16,000 organizations with funding from the Michigan Department and individuals, and the Connect- of Consumer & Industry Services and the Michigan volunteer resource guide that George W Romney Fund for Volunteerism is distributed, free of charge, to callers in Michigan. of l-800-VOLUNTEER. • ConnectMichigan billboards posted across Michigan. The billboard loca- Connect tions and taglines change quarterly to correspond to different days of service/ volunteer initiatives (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, National Volunteer Week, Michigan's Promise and Make A Difference Day). One of 60 ConnectMichigan billboards promoting Make A Difference Day. �MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY Ill MICHIGAN, 1998 On October 24, more than 78,000 people across Michigan devo ted their day to making a MAKE ADlmREIKE DAY ~ ·"I ;;.. -= , ~ z OF DOING GOOD ~ ditierence in their communities. They participated in more than 500 Make A Difference Day projects by helping children learn to read, raising money for new playground equipment, gathering clothes for the needy, cleaning rivers, doing yard work for senior citizens and much more. Make A Difference Day is a nationwide effort of USA Weekend magazine and the Studentsfi"om the Noble School Service-Learning Points of Light Foundation to inspire people Program celebrated Make A Dij[e1·ence Day by collecting to contribute a day to improving their neigh- toiletries and other useful items for the Detroit-area New borhoods and communities through volunteer Light nursing home. service. Annually, in Michigan, the MCSC, the people of all ages to participate on thi s fourth Volunteer Centers of Michigan, the Michigan Saturday in October. The partners serve as an Campus Compact and the Counci l of information clearinghouse, provide project Michigan Found ations join forces to motivate planning packets for groups trying to access community resources, and promote the day of service to statewide and local media . jiTHE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN ARE DEDICATED TO CONNECTING WITH 1\!Ie·mbers of ONE ANOTHER THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO HELP SOLVE the Creston SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND TO CREATE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES, WE Neighborhood Association youth program raked leaves for senior citizens and disabled individuals living in the Creston neighborhood in Grand Rapids. SALUTE YOUR YEAR ROUND EFFORTS, PARTICULARLY ON MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY, WHEN MICHIGANIAN'S OF ALL AGES JOIN FORCES IN RECORD NUMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ANNUAL DAY OF DOING GOOD,~ Robert K. Goodwin, President & CEO, The Points of Light Foundation Make A Difference Day In Michigan, 1998 was an enormous success. Th e number of volunteers and service activities continues to grow each year as the event gains publicity. The good that is done is imm eas urable. I 9 9 8 a n n u a I rep o r t 231 �bottom line FINANCIAL REPORT During the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 1998 (FY 1998), the MCSC received $6,830,981 to support programs PUBLIC-PRIVATE REVENUE 1998 and activities throughout the state. These funds originated from a healthy mixture of state, federa l and private sources and represent an increase of $1,759,021 from FY 1997. The increase was the result of both the Michigan's Volunteer PRIVATE STATE FEDERAL & STATE Investment Grants program and the addition of four new Michigan's AmeriCorps programs. The primary support for the MCSC initiatives comes from the federa l government through the Corporation for National Service (CNS). The CNS grants funds to the MCSC to develop and administer two national service programs, AmeriCorps and Learn and SERVE America. Federal funds accounted for 72 percent of all MCSC funding in FY 1998. A desired decrease from 82 percent in FY 1997. The State of Michigan accounted for nearly 24 percent of the MCSC funding. The balance FEDERAL FUNDS EXPENDITURES 1998 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING LEARN AND SERVE MICHIGAN OPERATIONS MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS (4 percent) came from private sources. The State of Michiga n also supplies in-kind support to the MCSC, incl uding office space and utilities. Except for the state fu nding, all funds were obtained through a competitive proposal process. Total expenditures for FY 1998 were $6,290,008 . Of this total, 85 percent was sub-granted to programs and agencies across Michigan. Roughly 7 percent was used for program operations, 2 percent for program training, and 6 percent for MCSC administration. At the end of FY 1998, unexpended private and public funds totaled $540,973. The MCSC secured approva l to carry these funds over for the 1999 fisca l year. The Michigan Community Service Commission continues to seek out additional funding to both enhance current programs and develop new in itiatives for the future. FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1997-SEPTEMBER 1998 TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR 1998 �FISCAL YEAR 1998 FUIIDIIIG $4,947,894 Federal Funds ' Michigan's AmeriCorps $4,292,342 Learn and SERVE Mic higa n $151 ,500 Program D evelopmenr(fra ining $150,000 Ope rations $354,052 $1,609,452 State Funds Annual State Appropriations $43 8,500 Volu nteer Inves tm ent Grants $1,000,000 Work Project $ 170,952 $6,557,346 Total Public Funds Private Funds WK. Kell ogg Fo und ati on $247,435 Fo rd Fo und ation $3,200 All state $8,000 Ameritech $15,000 Total Private Funds $273,635 Total MCSC Funds $6,830,98 1 MCSC GROWTH 1991-1998 6.830 IN MILLIONS FISCAL YEAR 1998 EXPEIIDI'I'URES Grants $5,367,84 1 Program Operat ions 433 ,77 1 Program Training 104,060 Ad min istration 384,336 Total Expenditures for FY 1998 $6,290,008 s6 -------------------------4.974 S4 3.876 ------------- sl ----- Sl ---- sl - --...,-, 58"""'1- FY 93-94 1 i11dudes $373,./7I cany crverfum/s FY 94-9S FY 9S-96 FY 96-97 FY 97-98 Total MCSC Funding $21 ,311,000 for 1993-1998 1 9 98 a 11 n ua I r ep or 1 2S �leadership COMMISSIOII "EMBER PROFILES MICHELLE ENGLER is the First Lady of the State of Michigan and the Chairperson of the MCSC since its inception in 1991. Mrs. Engler is a board member of the Points of Light Foundation and member of the board for America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth. She has been a commission member since it was orga nized in 1991. " CHANGE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WORKING TOGETHER, INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND OTHERS ARE ABLE TO BUILD THE CONNEC• TIONS NECESSARY TO MEET CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THOSE AROUND THEM. ~ VICTOR BEGG is president ofNaked Furniture and an MCSC member since 1993. He is also president of the Unity Center (Bloomfield Hills) and a board member for Partners in Service, On My Own of Michigan and the National Conference on Community and Justice. " MERCY TO MANKIND CAN BE DESCRIBED IN ONE WORD: VOLUNTEERISM. ~ MARY ELLEN BRANDELL is assistant to the provost for international affairs at Central Michigan University and an MCSC member since 1991. In addition, she is the campaign chair and a board member for the Isabella County United Way, steering committee member for both the Volunteer Center oflsabella County and Isabella County's Promise, and is active in Rotary International. " WHEN ONE'S PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO BE A GROWING AND CONTRIBUTING HUMAN BEING, THE REWARDS ARE IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS, ~ JULIE FISHER CUMMINGS is president and cofounder of the Lovelight Foundation and an MCSC member since 1993. She is a member of the Council of Michigan Foundations executive committee, and a board member of the Community Foundation for So utheast Michigan. " wE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN BECOME BETTER COMMUNITY CITIZENS, MY COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN MY BELIEF THAT OUR WORLD WILL BE BETTER IF WE EACH TRY TO MAKE THE SPACE AROUND US tO RICHIGAM CORRIIMIYY SERVICE CORRISSIOM BETTER,~ �JUDITH DUNN is president of Decanter Imports and an MCSC member since 1991. She is also a board member of the St. Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center, capital campaign chair for the Sarah Fisher Cottage Program and chair of the 1999 12th Annual Garden Party. " To HAVE A FRIEND, YOU HAVE TO BE A FRIEND.~ KAREN B. ALDRIDGE EASON is a program officer with the C.S. Mott Foundation and a member of the MCSC since 1996. She is also a vol unteer with the Michigan Public Health Commission, the International Institute of Flint and her church's youth program. " SERVICE IS A BUILDING BLOCK TO A STRONG CONNECTED COMMUNITY. IT IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN HELPING EACH OTHER AND SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS WHILE IMPROVING INDIVIDUAL SKILLS.~ ARTHUR E. ELLIS is superintendent of public instruction for the Michigan Department of Education and an MCSC member since 1997. " GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IS ONLY NECESSARY WHEN COMMUNITY ACTION FALLS SHORT. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO OVERESTIMATE THE POWER OF DEDICATED NEIGHBORS WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD COMMON GOALS.~ EUNICE MYLES JEFFRIES is a member of the MCSC since 1995. She is also a board member of the Sierra Leone Educational Outreach Academy and the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit. " YOU HAVE TO MOVE UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF THINKING, WHICH IS TRUE FOR ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE, EVERYBODY HAS TO LEARN TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, BIGGER, TO BE OPEN TO POSSIBILITIES.~ -OPRAH WINFREY DOROTHY A. JOHNSON is president of the Council of Michigan Foundations. She has been an MCSC commission member since 1991. She is also a trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Director of National City Bank Corporation, and the Kellogg Company. She serves on the Board of Control of Grand Valley State University, the Corporation for National Service, and the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. " THINK CREATIVELY HOW AND WHEN YOU VOLUNTEER ... IT CAN BE AT ANY HOUR, IN PERSON OR BY E-MAIL.~ I 9 9 8 ----- -- a n n u a I r e p o r t 27 �NANCY J. LENI is a community development manager for Michigan National Bank and an MCSC member since 1996. She is also a board member of Second Harvest Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Homeworks, Inc., of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, and The Family Institute. " A VOLUNTEER IDENTIFIES NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND FINDS WAYS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS, ~ DENISE ILITCH LITES is vice chairwoman of Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc., and president of Olympia Development of Michigan. She has been an MCSC member since 1997. " COMMUNITY SERVICE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE. IT FILLS A CRITICAL NEED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THOSE WHO SERVE,~ SISTER MARY MARTINEZ is principal of Saint Stephen school in Southwest Detroit, and an MCSC member since 1993. She is the former director of the office of multicultural affairs at Madonna University, a United Way volunteer, the volunteer secretary for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), treasurer for the Hispanic Coalition for Equal Educational Opportunities, and is involved with the Women's Education Empowerment Project in Southwest Detroit. " THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE DEMAND THAT VOLUNTEERISM BE CONTINUALLY NURTURED.~ KATHLEEN KEEN MCCARTHY is supervisor of the Charter Township of Plymouth and an MCSC member since 1994. " THE WORK OF THE MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION IS, IN ESSENCE, TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. ~ JAMES W. MUIR is a retiree, a senior volunteer and an MCSC member since 1994. He is a board member of the Kent County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Center for Independent Living and Senior Neighbors. He is active in the United Way and as a volunteer teacher's helper for second graders. " COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THE ONLY SURE WAY TO CREATE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH YOU CAN BE PROUD TO LIVE,~ �RANDY NEELIS is superintendent of the Menominee Area Public Schools and an MCSC member since 1992. He is also on the board of directors of the University of WisconsinMarinette Foundation, serves as a director and youth advisor for the MenomineeMarinette Area Community Foundation, and is board president of the Rainbow House Domestic Abuse Shelter. j jVOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE ARE MEANS OF HELPING COMMUNITIES AND INDI• VIDUALS HELP DON NEWPORT THEMSELVES.~ is president of Alpena Community College and an MCSC member since 1997. He also serves on the State Board for Osteopathic Medicine and the State Higher Education Facilities Commission. He is the president of the Alpena Rotary, the local Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Northeast Michigan . . . COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THE PROCESS OF GIVING WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF GETTING BACK.~ Joel J. Orosz is program director for philanthropy and volunteerism for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and an MCSC member since 1991. He is also chair of the Committee on Legislation and Regulations of the Council of Foundations; a member of Government Relations Committee for the Council of Michigan Foundations; a member of the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund Michigan Program; Operating Council member for the Points of Light Foundation, and a member of the Community Advisory Committee for Kalamazoo Valley Museum. j jTHE MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION IS HELPING MICHIGAN TO EARN A NEW NICKNAME: THE GREAT VOLUNTEER AMBER PRITCHARD STATE.~ is a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University and a master's degree candidate in the area of nonprofit organizations. She has been a member of the MCSC since 1996. j jSERVICE IS THE BEST WAY TO INVOLVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. INVOLVE A YOUNG PERSON ONCE, AND THEY WILL LOVE IT FOR A TERRY PRUin LIFETIME.~ is manager of state public affairs for Dow Corning Corporation and an MCSC member since 1992. He is also vice chair of the Saginaw County Youth Protection Council of the NAACP, serves on the Saginaw Black Panhellenic Council, is co-chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at Dow Corning Corporation and Dow Chemical Company and is a board member of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers . . . EXTENDING A HAND TO OTHERS BUILDS LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. AS INDIVID· UAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, WE ALL HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LIVES OF OTHERS AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE.~ 1 9 9 8 a n n u a I rep o r r 20 �MEG SMITH is director of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Monroe County and an MCSC member since 1996. She is also active with fund raising for My Sister's House, providing services for victims of domestic violence and the Heart of Hope Telethon, a 20 hour telethon to raise funds for children with catastrophic illnesses. ei l FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE INNATE GOODNESS OF PEOPLE, VOLUNTEERISM WILL ALWAYS BE THE BASIC COMPONENT NEEDED TO SOLVE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. ~ SCOTT SMITH is a student at Albion College and an MCSC member since 1996. He is also a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Boys' State, Adopt A Highway, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Albion Cemetery Clean-Up, Albion-Homer United Way and various Make A Difference Day projects . . . COMMUNITY SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM ARE INTEGRAL TO LIFE, AND THE GREATEST JOY IS SHOWING OTHERS THE POWER OF SERVICE. ~ DR. MICHAEL J. TATE is associate dean and associate director of Washington State University Cooperative Extension, formerly with MSU Extension, and an MCSC member since 1992. eiTHERE IS NO GREATER RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIZENSHIP THAN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITIES.~ MATTHEW WESAW is a detective sergeant with the Michigan State Police and an MCSC member since 1995. eiVOLUNTEERISM IN MICHIGAN IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCES.~ RAYMOND W. WEST is a labor liaison with United Way Community Services of Metro Detroit and an MCSC member since 1995. He volunteers with Heats On Waters Off. . . VOLUNTEERS ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF A COMMUNITY.~ GENEVA JONES WILLIAMS is chief operating officer of United Way Community Services of Metro Detroit and an MCSC member since 1993 . . . BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES-ONE CHILD, ONE FAMILY AND ONE NEIGH• BORHOOD AT A TIME-IS THE VISION THAT UNITES US ALL,~ �tiCSC S'I'AFF EXECU'I'IYE S'I'AFF KYLE CALDWELL MARY ES'I'RADA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FINANCE AND AD"INIS'I'RA'I'ION DIVISION GARRY GROSS JENNIFER FORBES DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 0U'I'REACH AND FUND DEYELOP"EN'I' DIVISION LINDY REURINH L~NGE MARIA SAN'I'ANA HA'I'HIE YASILION DIRECTOR OF OUTREACH AND FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION COORDINATOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PROGRA""ING DIVISION DIANA RODRIGUEZ ALGRA BILL HEUER lOANED EXECUTIVE, FAMilY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR , MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS BE'I'H BARNEY 'I'ARA HULBER'I' PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PHIL CHYOJKA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR , lEARN AND SERVE MICHIGAN ANGELIA SALAS TRAINING AND TECHNICAl ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR LAURA WIEBER MARY GRILL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT COMMUNITIES OF PROMISE COORDINATOR Pictured from left to right, fron t row : Kathie Vasilion, Gany G ross, Kyle Caldwell, Ma~y Eso·ada, Lindy R eurink Lange center row : Phil Chvoj/w, B eth B arney, Maria Santana, Diana R odriguez Algra, Tara H ulbert bach row : B ill H eue1; J ennifer Forbes, A ngelia Salas, Ma~y Grill, L aura Wiebe1: I 9 9 8 a n n u a I r ep o r t Jl �more information ltCSC PUBLICA'I'IOIIS The MCSC provides individuals and organizations in Michigan with volunteer and service related literature and materials. The following materials are available free to the public. To order, call the MCSC offices at (5 17) 335-4295 . ADOPT A PART OF MICHIGAN INFORMATION PACKETS include information on and appli- cations for the Adopt A Highway, Adopt A Park and Adopt a Forest programs. CONNECTING MICHIGAN: A GUIDE TO VOLUNTEER SERVICE is a "how to" publication written for the aspiring new volunteer. Part of the ConnectMichigan campaign, this is a valuable resource tool for anyone that works with volunteers or wants to be a volunteer. The booklet is also available by calling 1-800-VOLUNTEER. CONNECTMICHIGAN NEWSLETTER is a quarterly newsletter published by the ConnectMichigan campaign partners (MCSC, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, Michigan Nonprofit Association, United Way of Michigan, and the Council of Michigan Foundations) highlighting volunteer service activity throughout Michigan. Part of the ConnectMichigan campaign, the publication offers information on upcoming service opportunities, and features outstanding volunteers, programs and services throughout Michigan. GOVERNOR'S SERVICE AWARDS NOMINATION FORMS are available annually starting in December. MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY IN MICHIGAN PROJECT PLANNING PACKETS are available annu- ally through the MCSC beginning in August. MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY IN MICHIGAN SCRAPBOOKS include newspaper articles and personal testimonies that showcase local Michigan Make A Difference Day projects. MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT is a compilation of the work done and services provided annually by the state's service commission. MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION BROCHURE describes the organization and the services it offers. MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION GENERAL INFORMATION SHEETS offer a brief explanation of the programs, projects and activities of the MCSC and its partners. PROFILES IN SERVICE is a state resource guide for service and volunteer-related programs. It provides detailed descriptions of the programs and activities of more than 60 organizations and state agencies. ��IIICHI·A· Ceiiii •• I'IY ai.YICI ce11111aa1e• 111 SOUTH CAPITOL AVENUE GEORGE W ROMNEY BUILDING, 4TH FLOOR LANSING, MICHIGAN 48913 TELEPHONE: (5 17) 335-4295 FAX : (5 17) 373-4977 www.state.mi.us/ career/ mcsc � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49430 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/d0331542d79d0e561b3e943848c7ebe0.pdf eb1a53a96d4508e87384bfe0ed3ec4dd PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Kyle Caldwell November 1998 111 George W. Romney Lansing . Telephone FAX S. Capitol Ave . Bldg .. 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517 ) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 Dear Colleagues and Friends: The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is proud to offer you its 1997 annual report- The Voices of Service- highlighting the service and volunteer sector's tremendous progress and the MCSC's equally impressive utility, growth and productivity. Please review the various programs and initiatives the MCSC and its partner organizations have undertaken over the past twelve months. These are your communities at work! The MCSC has grown tremendously since its creation in 1991 by Governor Engler's Executive Order 1991-25. The MCSC was charged with promoting and coordinating service and volunteerism in Michigan. This charge was spurred by a national movement driven by the National and Community Service Act of 1991 and by the focussed attention of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation on issues of youth, which brought forth a series of meetings in 1991. These meetings called together representatives of K-12 education, higher education, community-based organizations, youth-serving organizations, corporate volunteer programs and national service programs from across the nation to begin a dialogue on youth and youth service programs in Michigan. An outcome of these meetings was the formation of a statewide coalition charged with the preparing a foundation for a statewide plan on volunteerism. The coalition consisted of some now familiar organizations: Michigan Campus Compact, Michigan Nonprofit Forum (now Association), Council of Michigan Foundations and Youth Service America. These coalition partners, their plans and these meetings lead to the development of the MCSC. The first meeting of this nonpartisan commission was called to order by its first and continuing chairperson, First Lady Michelle Engler on October 31, 1991. Along with its continuity of leadership, the MCSC has continued to grow and flourish because of its strong relationships with the various sectors of our society. It is through these relationships that the MCSC has remained the one place where the profit, not-for-profit and public sectors can all comfortably come together around a core issueservice and volunteerism. Now codified in state law, the MCSC remains dedicated to enabling all citizens, including youth, to engage in community problem solving through service and volunteerism. The many contributions Michigan residents make to their communities through service and volunteerism are too numerous to be recognized in any one publication. The Voices of Service is our humble attempt to offer a sampling of Michigan's youth, seniors, families and organizations working to build communities through service. It is our hope that by highlighting these examples you will be encouraged to remain involved in and connected to your community through service and volunteerism. Sincerely, /;;/{if~ Kyle Caldwell Executive Director �M I C HI GAN CoMM UN IT Y SERVI CE C oMM i ss r o N The voices of service When the spirit of comntunity service is reinforced with the resources to bring that spirit to life, great things can be accomplished.// 1/ - Joel Orosz �............................................... ............................................... 11 ·~ The Governor's Service Awards .. Administrative Staff �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 S. Capitol Ave. George W. Romney Bldg ., 4th Floor Lansing , Michigan 48913 Telephone (517) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Kyle Caldwell August 1998 Dear Friend of Service: An o ld proverb says, "We make a li ving by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.'' The wisdom in this proverb is reflected by the growing com mitment of Michigan 's citize ns to civic re newal through community service. That renewal is a res ult of the vast network of vo lunteer-based o rgani zations united in a common cause- bettering the lives of our citi zens . The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is meeting with success after success as we inform the public of the need for - and the benefits of- philanthropy, service, and volunteerism. We have positioned the MCSC as a nati onal leader. With our acti ve and visio nary co mmi ssio ners, our extensive and broad-based partnerships, and a staff that is second to none, the MCSC will continue to be a powerful state reso urce. We are building innovative partnerships w ith business, governm ent, and civic organ iza ti ons at every level. Our common mission - to improve th e quality of life for Michigan citi ze ns through service and volunteerism- is strengthen ing neighborhoods and communities throu ghout our state. This report recogni zes the people and organi zations who make it their goal to improve the li ves of others through creative com munity service and vo lunteerism. The faces and stories in this report are representative of the thousands whose spirit of generosity ex_ists throughout Michigan. There can be no greater declaration of loya lty to humankind than to take an active part in shaping the future of our communities. I have met so many wo nderful indi vidu als who through a lifet ime com mitment to vo lunteeri sm have tou ched th e li ves of tho usands. They are Michigan 's greatest resource. I thank you for yo ur efforts - you can take pride in th e acco mpLi shments highli ghted in this report. 3 �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Kyle Caldwell 111 S. Capitol Ave. George W. Romney Bldg ., 4th Floor Lansing , M ichigan 48913 Telephone (517) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 A ugust 1998 D ear Fri end of Servi ce: The past yea r represents a peri od of significant accompli shment for the Michi gan Community Ser v ice Commi ssion (M CSC) . The most notable accompli shments include a new Commi ssion program initi ati ve , the Vo lunteer In vestment Grant , the hostin g of a nati onal meeting for state co mmi ssions and co mmi sion executi ve directors, the assumption of a lead role in the development or a form al state pl an aimed at furthering th e level of cooperati on among public and pri vate organizati ons engaged in ser vice and vo lunteeri sm in the State of Michigan. A nother area or focus for the com mi ssion was assisting w ith the launch of General Colin Powell 's A meri ca 's Promise Initi ative in the state. These efforts helped to confirm M CSC's lead ro le nati onally and w ithin th e state in our support and advocacy of vo lunteerism and co mmunity service. The Commi ssion's thru st to position itsel f as a "catalys t, co nvener, and broker" for encouraging citi zens and organizati ons throughout thi s state to work collaborati vely to address identified co mmunity probl ems was greatl y enhanced th rough these activi ties. Thi s report details the ex tensi ve accompli shment of M CSC. Without questi on, much of the grow th and success or the commi ssion in the past year is attributable to a ve ry dedica ted management tea m and the co llaborati ve relati onships th at ex ist w ith ou r key service partners. We are trul y fo rtun ate to be abl e to work co nstructi ve ly w ith a number of outstanding instituti on. and agencies including the Michi gan Department of Educati on, th e Michi gan O ffice on Services to the A ging, the Fami ly Independence Agency, the Michi gan Jobs Commi ssion, the Mi chi gan Nonpro fit Assoc iati on, Volun teer Centers of M ichigan, the Counci l of Michi gan Foundati ons, the WK Kellogg and Ford Foundations, and at the nati onal level the Corporati on for Nati onal Service and A meri ca 's Promi se. Finall y, we mu st also recognize the very significant support of the State L egislatu re. Th e strong biparti san support from state government improves M CSC ' s abili ty to build the in frastructure necessary to encourage and support vo lullleeri sm in the state long- term . It is important to note th at the prog ress mentioned here occUlTed during a period of transi tion. In September of 1997 Frank Di rks, Executi ve D irector of the Commission, announced his resignation. O ver the years, Frank' s vision and leadership helped to po. ition M CSC as one of the premier state co mmi ss ions in the nati on. Hi s work in our state w ill long be remembered. Our sincerest gratitude is ex tended to thi s ded icated champion of service. I' m pro ud of th e co urse we've set for the co mmi ss ion. We've done much to further the cause of service and vo lunteeri sm in M ichigan. I encourage you to present your ideas to us about how we can better support citi zen service in thi s state. Sincerely, 0Te1~CY~ Interim Executi ve Director �The Michigan Community Service Commission Who we are ... what we do The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is dedicated to enabling all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem-solving through service and volunteerism. Established in 1991 by executive order of Governor John Engler, the MCSC achieved legislative status in 1994 with the bipartisan support of the Michigan Legislatme. lts 25 commissioners, appointed by the Governor and led by the First Lady, Michelle Engler, meet quarterly around the state. The Michigan Community Service Commission has three primary functions: 1. To act as a catalyst for positive community change, stimulating innova- tive programs that meet community needs through service. 2. To serve as a convener to bring diverse individuals and groups together, building communities through shared efforts and common goals. 3. To serve as a broker of ideas and resources, encouraging collaboration and entrepreneurial approaches to service and volunteer program development. In the course of fulfilling these functions, the MCSC provides a wide range of services and technical assistance to organizations involved in community service and volunteerism. Examples include staff and leadership training, youth advocacy, collaboration building, fundraising, grant writing and administration. Other MCSC services include special events coordination, volunteerism, public relations, and serving as a clearinghouse for publications useful to service and volunteer groups. Training seminars and conferences, sponsored by the MCSC, are held annually across the state to bring expertise and experience on a wide range of topics to representatives from Commission-sponsored programs and nonprofit and community service organizations from every corner of Michigan. According to a survey conducted by the Smvey Research Division of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, 41 % of Michigan residents volunteer millions of hours of time each year. They devote these hours to a variety of community service efforts coordinated by nonprofit, public and private agencies, including the volunteer centers, United Ways, Habitat for Humanity, food banks and Big Brothers/ Big Sisters. 5 �Hundreds of private businesses throughout Michigan donate resources and encourage employee involvement in community-building activities. K-12 schools as well as public and private colleges and Lmiversities engage their students in public problem-solving efforts through community service activities. Churches, synagogues, temples and mosques sponsor a host of service programs to improve their communities and the lives of the less fortunate. Across Michigan, volunteerism and communjty service are performing miracles. It is the mission of the Michigan Community Service Commission to nurture these efforts, to maintain their momentum and help them grow, to create partnerslups for new opporturuties for volunteerism, and to marshal new or exis ting resources to meet the needs of the people and the communities we share. The goal is a better Michigan ... today, tomorrow and into the future. The dedication of thousands of volunteers powers the work of the Michigan Comm.unity Service Commission and partner organizations across the state. Key MCSC Partnerships An important role for the Michigan Community Service Commission is to encourage collaboration and coordination among nonprofit, public and private agencies involved in community service and volunteer activities. The MCSC has established working relationships w ith organizations throughout the s tate to improve training and add resources for infrastructure, opera tional support and more efficient service delivery. These MCSC partnership organizations include: • Corporation for National Service • Council of Michigan Foundations • Michigan Campus Compact • Michigan Department of Educa tion • Michigan Family Independence Agency • Michigan Nonprofit Association • Michigan Office of Services to the Aging • United Way of Michigan • Volunteer Centers of Michigan �K F y M C S C p R 0 C R A M S Michigan's AmeriCorps Am eriCorps is a national service program d esigned to s treng then citizenship and the ethic of service by engaging thou sands of Am ericans on a full- or parttime basis to help communities address their toughest ch allenges. Administered na tionally by the Corpora tion for N a tional Service, Michiga n's AmeriCorps is administered by the Michigan Community Service Commission . "Through my experiences in giving wholeheartedly of myself, I've learned that a little effort brings about a great return." Michiga n's Am eriCorps is designed to engage the energy and idealism of - Melissa Seymore, AmeriCorps Outreach SpeciaJjst citizens, especially young people, to serve educa tional, public safety, human and environmental needs in our communities. In 1997, continuing its steady grow th, Michigan' s Am eriCorps involved more than 750 full- and part-time corpsm embers a t 221 service sites in m ore than 40 communities. Corpsm embers, w ho received mod est s tipends and educa tional awards for their service, also enlis ted tens of thousands of additional volunteers to the commun ity service programs on w hich they worked. In the past year, Michigan's Am eriCorps grew to 22 progra ms, and as m an y as fo ur new programs may be added in 1998. N ew Michigan's Am eriCorps programs for 1997 included : The AmeriCorps Youth Excellence in Service program of the Am erican Red Cross in Detroit had fi ve full-time Am eriCorps m embers. The m embers prom o ted volunteerism am ong young p eople, identified volunteer opportunities for 500 a t-risk youth in H ighland Park, and encouraged youth to volunteer their time with community agencies involved in tutorin g and m entoring, homework and reading projects, latchkey programs and HIV I AIDS educa tion and outreach . Michigan 's AmeriCorps mernbers in Detroit present new home keys to a fami ly in one of the program's signature projects for .Habitat for .Humanity. 7 �The Copper Country AmeriCorps program in Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties was funded for 16 full- and four part-time members. Corpsmembers worked to engage area young people in educational and mentoring programs, leadership training and employment opportunities. Through their Family Initiative, they recruited teen volunteers for a Friends of the Elderly program, facilitated parent education, provided child care and introduced school children to the area's environmental history. Focus on Children and Youth is an "education award-only" Michigan's AmeriCorps program at Alma College with 10 part-time members in 1997. The members hosted community workshops, trained and placed reading tutors, and conducted after-school clubs to enhance child literacy throughout Gratiot County. In partnerships with the American Red Cross, the Alma City Police and the Alma Community Education Program, members also developed a summer park program for area young people and worked with juvenile offenders. The Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps is an "education award-only" Michigan's AmeriCorps program sponsored by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The program involved 150 full- and 50 part-time members at state parks across Michigan. The members built and renovated buildings, trails, boardwalks, stairways and erosion control structures and performed seasonal clean-up, tree and brush cutting, and landscaping. Members also received training in job and life skills to help them transition into careers. Nonviolence Kids, Organizations, Parents and Schools (K.O.P.S.) is a collaborative effort with the New Detroit Coalition's (NDC) Youth Nonviolence Training Program. Fifteen full-time and eight part-time AmeriCorps members served with the K.O.P.S. program providing conflict management, resolution and reconciliation initiatives for young people, as well as intercultural and cross-community activities. The program goal is to reduce the level of crime, violence and fear in seven Detroit elementary and middle schools. Michigan's AmeriCorps programs are building communities, encouraging responsibility, and expanding opportunities for those served and for corpsmembers themselves. Members connect with their communities and engage in service and practical problem-solving that build their citizenship skills. Helping out can take many forms for Michigan's AmeriCorps members, like yard clean-up work for senior citizens. �Michigan's AmeriCorps Programs AmeriCorps MILES (Marquette) Sponsor: Lutheran Social Services AmeriCorps Oakland (Pontiac) Sponsor: Oakland University AmeriCorps Youth Excellence in Service (Detroit) Sponsor: American Red Cross Caring Together Elderserve (Detroit) Sponsor: Ecumenical Project S.A.V.E. Citizen's Health Service Corps (statewide) Sponsor: Family Independence Agency Coordinating Literacy for America's Students' Success (Ypsilanti) Sponsor: Eastern Michiga n University Copper Country AmeriCorps (Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties) Sponsor: Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Boa rd Detroit's Academic Success Project (Detroit) Sponsor: United Way Community Services Dreamcatchers Volunteer Program (Charlevoix, Cheboygan , Emmet and Otsego Counties) Sponsor: Northern Michiga n Community Mental Health Fitzgerald's AmeriCorps (Warren) Sponsor: Fitzgerald Public School Focus on Children and Youth (Alma) Sponsor: Alma College Genesee County AmeriCorps Program (Genesee County) Sponsor: Urban League of Flint Grand Rapids Service Corps (Grand Rapids) Sponsor: Grand Rapids Service Corps Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps (statewide) Sponsor: Michigan Deparhnent of Natural Resources Michigan Communities in Schools (statewide) Sponsor: Michigan Communities in Schools Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program (statewide) Sponsor: Michigan Department of Agriculture Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program (Detroit) Sponsor: The University of Michigan Nonviolence K.O.P.S. (Detroit) Sponsor: New Detroi t, Inc. Rural Strategic Action Initiative (Lake, Mason and Oceana Counties) Sponsor: American Youth Foundation- Miniwanca Saginaw AmeriCorps (Saginaw) Sponsor: Saginaw Public Schools Volunteers Centers of Michigan's AmeriCorps (sta tewide) Sponsor: Michigan Nonprofit Association Washtenaw Family Support Network (Washtenaw County) Sponsor: SOS Community Crisis Center 9 �Michigan CARES In Alpena, Calhoun County, Southwest Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Marquette and Muskegon, nonprofit and volunteer agencies are joining with churches, businesses and government to build a foundation for volunteerism for the next century. This collaboration is the result of the Michigan CARES initiative, a public / private partnership of the Michigan Community Service Commission and the Council of Michigan Foundations, funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Michigan CARES encourages collaboration among all groups involved in service and volunteerism to improve their ability to recruit and mobilize volunteers in their communities. It works to break down barriers between nonprofit organizations by helping them recognize and act upon goals they share, including their need for increased volunteerism. Local community foundations are the linchpins in the Michigan CARES program. Because they are viewed as neutral brokers between competing local organizations, these foundations are enlisted to engage the entire community in developing a strategic plan for service and volw1teerism and to implement initiatives that pursue the goals of the plan. Already the Michigan CARES initiative has created two community nonprofit information exchange networks, two community volunteer centers, a comprehensive community plan for youth development and a resource network for community nonprofit agencies. The Community Foundation for Muskegon County used the Michigan CARES model to build consensus among local service groups to create a new institution that encourages volunteerism and provides a clearinghouse of would-be volunteers for community service projects. In its first 15 months, this new institution, Volunteer Muskegon!, placed more than 4,000 volunteers in community service efforts as diverse as Big Brothers /Big Sisters, a graffiti removal squad and a project to build wheelchair ramps for people with disabilities. Michigan CARES is about building volunteerism and employing volunteers most effectively. It's about joining forces, combining good will, collaborating on common goals and strategically directing the energies of volunteers. It may well be the model of the future for community service in Michigan. When community service groups collaborate to rneet common goals, volunteers can achieve remarkable results. �Michigan's Promise The Presiden ts' Summit for America's Future, held in Philadelphia in April 1997, was attended by President Clinton, four former U.S. Presidents, and numerous state governors, including Governor John Engler and First Lady Michelle Engler. Also participating were delegations from more than 140 communities across the country, including Calhoun County, Grand Rapids, Flint, Detroit, Lansing /East Lansing and Marquette and Alger counties. Out of the Summit was born a national initiative called America's Promise, headed by General Colin Powell (Ret.). This initiative posed a challenge to individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, religious groups, philanthropies, state governments and communities to provide America's young people with five basic resources needed to become productive and successful adults. These resources are: • An ongoing relationship with a caring adult • Safe places to learn and grow • A healthy start • A marketable skill • Opportunities to serve In response to this challenge, Retired General Colin Powell and First Lady Michelle a three-year campaign called Engler watch the Ca lhoun CoHnty Parade of Pmmise. Michigan's Promise was launched in October 1997 to respond to the national challenge and ensure that Michigan's children have access to the five fundamental resources. Michigan's Promise seeks to make our streets safer, our children healthier and our communities better. It seeks to mobilize citizens and organizations to provide Michigan's youth with the resources to become healthy and productive adults. Coordinated by the Michigan Community Service Commission, Michigan's Promise is collaborating with America's Promise, the United Way of Michigan, the Council of Michigan Foundations, the Michiga n Nonprofit Association, the Volunteer Centers of Michigan and other local community groups to achieve America's Promise goals. The MCSC serves as a catalyst urging public, private and nonprofit organizations to combine their talents and resources. It serves as a broker of ideas and resources, encouraging enterpreneurial approaches and collaboration between national, state and local America's Promise efforts in Michigan. The MCSC is working with one objective in mind : to marshal the resources to improve the lives of Michigan's at-risk youth. 11 �Learn and SERVE Michigan When young people are given an opportunity to make a difference, the results can be amazing. Learn and SERVE Michigan is a statewide program that teaches young people about community service and encourages them to help solve social problems through volunteerism. This federally funded program is administered cooperatively by the Michigan Department of Education, which manages school-based service-learning programs for elementary and secondary school students (as well as adult volunteers and teachers), and the Michigan Community Service Commission, which manages community-based service-learning programs for young people between the ages of 5-17. Cedar Springs progra m students raised over $400 in n schoolwide Toys for Tots drive. Learn and SERVE Michigan provides young people with opportw1ities in and out of school to enrich their academic learning, develop new skills, and mature into productive, caring citizens. In the past year, the community-based program involved almost 2,400 yow1g people and over 300 adult volunteers in more than 38,000 hours of volunteer service. Some of the hig hlights of the Learn and SERVE Michigan program include: An Alpena Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) team completed the renovation of the city's Island Park. This municipal park located on an island in downtown Alpena had suffered from years of environmental degradation. The YVC team thoroughly researched the needs of the park and provided hands-on service in erosion control and park maintenance projects. Team members also conducted environmental information tours of the revitalized park, earning a certificate of appreciation from the city government for their work and dedication. The ACCESS Summer Youth Program in Dearborn is a sixweek recreational, reading, and arts and crafts program, primarily for the children (aged 5-18) of Arab immigrants. Developed by Summer Youth Leaders, a Learn and SERVE Michigan group, the ACCESS Summer Youth program enlisted youth volunteer tutors to help these at-risk children maintain and build their English vocabulary and reading skills over the summer vacation and involve them in community beautification projects celebrating the Arab-American culture. The Team Up Creston Program, sponsored by the Creston Neighborhood Association, the Heart of West Michigan United Way and the Grand Rapids �Public Schools, involved Grand Rapids mjddle school students in a variety of personal development and volunteer activities. Participants implem ented an anti-gang program for elementary school children, volun teered tim e repairing damaged food packaging at a surplus food distribution center, and assisted the elderly and disabled w ith yard w ork. Project Mentor Connect, sp onsored by the Kalamazoo Public Educa tion Founda tion, matched high school student volun teers w ith elementary school child ren in Kalamazoo's Edison neighborhood in weekly one-on-one tutoring sessions. The program's focus was on improving reading, writing and oral communica tions skills, and teachers involved no ted significant aca d emic progress. In fac t, Project Mentor Connect' s mod el was so successful, two Edison area churches replicated it fo r after-school and summer support programs, the Kalamazoo Public Schools have adopted it in o ther schools and in their districtAmber Roberts, w ide stra tegic plan, a Cedar Springs and Wes tern Michiga n student in a Learn and Universi ty' s Lee Honors SERVE Michigan College is u sing it to school-based program , enhance their menprepares a trash barre/ toring I tutoring efforts. for painting. She and over 300 other In Learn and SERVE students decorated Michigan programs 11umerous barrels with across the sta te, young student designs and people are changing the distributed them in paradigm . Rather than city parks. clients of community service efforts, they are the volunteers w ho make a difference, improving themselves as they help others, solving problems, m aking their communities a better place. It bodes well for the future. Learn and SERVE Michigan Community-Based Programs Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) (Dearborn) City of Portage/Portage Seruor Center (Portage) Coalition of Youth Serving Organizations (Detroit) Creston Neighborhood Association (Grand Rapids) Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation (Kalamazoo) Kirtland Community College (Roscommon) Manistee Youth and Employment Training Programs (Manistee) Michigan 4-H Foundation- Oakland County (Pontiac) MSU Extension Office- Benzie County (Beulah) Onekama Consolidated Schools Education Foundation (Onekama) Youth Volunteer Corps- Alpena County (Alpena) Youth Volunteer Corps/Volunteer Muskegon! (Muskegon) 13 �Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council The Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) was created in 1992 to involve young people in community service, not only as participants, but as creators and d ecision makers. MYPAC is a standing committee of the MCSC and advises the Commission about policies and progra ms affecting young people. It consists of 13 Executive Council members, aged 12-21 from across the state, and 50 Amba ssad ors, all of whom have demonstrated their commitment to service and volunteerism. MYPAC members are involved in community service, participating in projects, such as Make A Difference Day In Michigan and Earth Day, initiating projects in their schools and communities, and con tributing their time to local nonprofit organizations. MYPAC is convened by MCSC to increase the involvement of young people in community service. Locally, members initiate community service projects, sponsor youth action forums, train young people in service leadership, and serve as an information resource for youth-oriented community service programs. At the state level, members are acti ve in MCSC grant review sessions, represent MYPAC at state and na tional events, and have hosted a youth leadership conference for o ther young people in Michigan. In 1997, the Executive Council held three meetings and d evelop ed a state-wide youth training program tha t will be held annually in conjunction with Na ti onal Youth Service Day. �Senior Advisory Council Dedica ted senior citizen volunteers serve communities across Michigan . They help children learn to read, provide compani onship for the home-bound, feed the hungry, m entor s tud ents and m uch more. Senior ci tizens are vital m embers of hundreds of nonprofit and civic service organiza tions in Michigan, w here they devo te their time, experience and resources to solving community problems. The Senior Ad visory Council (SAC) enlis ts experienced senior volunteers in a s tanding subcommittee of the MCSC to ad vise the Commission on issu es such as senior volunteerism, intergenerational service and senior service orga nizations. Its mission is to promote and develop volunteerism, leadership and intergenera tional service in Michigan by educating the general public about community service p rovided by seni or citizens. The SAC serves as a review board fo r MCSC grant "If I am sincere with myself when someone asks for help, there is no such word as 'no' in my vocabulary." - Emory Nestor, Senior volunteer reques ts and judges nominations fo r the Governor's Service Award s. SAC m embers also p articipa te in regional MCSC tra ining seminars, the Volunteerism Su perConference, the Governor's Service Awards program and other MCSC special events, and work closely w ith the Michigan Youth Progressive Action_Council (MYPAC) to encourage intergenerational service. The Senior Ad visory Council is the MCSC's best resource for the energy and problem-solving knowled ge of those who have given so much and yet have so much more to offer. Senior volunteers serve Michigan communities in a variety of ways, and the example they provide inspires a new genera tion of volunteers. 15 �CLRRENT & F T R L I T I A T I \ I <, The Volunteer Investment Grant Program The fiscal year 1997-98 budget for the Michigan Jobs Commission, approved by the Sta te Sena te, included fundin g for a new $1 million program for the Michigan Community Service Commission called the Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG) program . The p rogram will award grants of up to $75,000 to community-based volunteer and nonprofit collabora tives tha t create partnerships to tackle local and regional problems. The goal of the VIG program is to provide long- term opera tional support for local volunteer resource centers by es tablishin g end owments in p artnership w ith local community foundati ons. While sta te grant funds are immedia tely available for op era tions, local ma tching funds must be placed in an endowment in the nam e of the local volunteer resource center. Gran t funds are awarded on a ma tching funds basis ($1 in state funding fo r every $2 raised locally). Grant recipients must implement programs tha t a ttract new volunteers to undertake community-wide service projec ts. As of February 1, 1998, Volunteer Investment Grants had been aw arded to the following organizations: Albion Volunteer Service Organization Alpena Volunteer Center of Alpena Community College Mobilizing the energy of volun teers of all ages is a critical step in meeting the needs of individuals and communities across Michigan. Cass County Council on Aging Dickinson County Area Community Foundation Heart of West Michigan United Way Volunteer Center Lenawee United Way and Volunteer Center Marquette County Volunteer Center Resource Center, Flint Southwestern Michigan Volunteer Center The Jackson Community Foundation United Way of Genesee & Lapeer Counties Voluntary Action Center of Midland City Voltmtary Action Center of Saginaw County Volunteer Action Center of Bay County Volunteer & Information Services- Battle Creek Voltmteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo Volunteer Center of Northwest Michigan Volw1teer Center of Tri-Cities Volunteer Impact- Southfield Volunteer Muskegon! �Adopt A Part of Michigan Campaign New for 1998, the Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign is an effort to publicize three statewide adoption programs: Adopt A Forest, Adopt A Highway and Adopt A Park. These programs already involve thousands of Michigan volunteers, who keep highways, parks and forests clean through regular clean-up efforts. The Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign is designed to enlist thousands of additional volunteers to the programs. Developed by the Michigan Community Service Commission in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MOOT), the campaign is primarily an educational effort. Posters and brochures will be placed at hundreds of locations around the state encouraging citizen involvement in the programs. A toll-free telephone line has also been created for providing information on the three adoption programs. The Adopt A Forest (AAF) program goal is to enhance the enjoyment of public forest lands by eliminating illegal dumping and increasing awareness of recycling opportunities for waste materials found. AAF is sponsored by the DNR, the DEQ, the United States Forest Service and the Michigan United Conservation Clubs. The Adopt A Highway program, sponsored by the MOOT, matches more than 3,000 groups with nearly 7,000 miles of state roads. The groups clean their section of road during three scheduled trash pickups a year. The Adopt A Park program, sponsored by the DNR, partners volunteers with their favorite park for a two-year period. Volunteers participate in park beautification and clean-up, construction projects and special events. Michigan is a state remarkably blessed with natural and human-made resources. The MCSC's Adopt A Part of Michigan campaign can help preserve and beautify what we've inherited and built, for ourselves, our children and for visi tors to our state. Across Michigan, thousands of val unteers work to make state highways, parks and forest lands clean for residents and visitors alike. 17 �Working Together Works! In October 1997, the Michigan Community Service Commission sponsored a conference entitled "Working Together Works! -Promoting Community and Volunteer Partnerships." The conference attracted nearly 200 participants from the Family Independence Agency, volunteer centers, national service "The conference really made local programs, United Way agencies communities see how they could and a host of other nonprofit partner together to better meet organizations, including Multicommunity needs." Purpose Collaborative Bodies (MPCBs) from across the state. - Lisa Buettner, Working Together Works! conference attendee There are 76 MPCBs in Michigan, made up locally of representatives from the Family Independence Agency, the Department of Education, the Department of Community Health and other agencies. The MPCB mission is to create a roadmap for a collaborative, seamless, locally controlled and family-friendly system of services. The purpose of the Working Together Works! conference was to share information with the MPCBs about volunteer services available locally and across the state. The conference also showcased successful collaborative communications systems and linkages, highlighted some of the best practices and models of community collaboration, shared information about developing local volunteer capacities, and provided a forw11 to share information on the Presidents' Summit and America's Promise. Michigan is maximized when community service organizations collaborate to meet common goals. �M C 5 C H I G II L I G II T S 1 9 9 7 Make A Difference Day In Michigan, 1997 On October 25, more than 65,000 p eople across Michigan d evoted their d ay to making a difference in their communities. They p articipa ted in m ore than 200 Make A Difference Day projects by serving food at hom eless shelters, helping children learn to read, ga thering clothes for the need y, beautifying parks and much more. Make A Differen ce Day is a nationw ide effort of USA Weekend m agazine and the Points of Light Founda tion to inspire people to contribute a d ay to com munity service. In Michigan, the Michigan Community Service Commission, the Volunteer Centers of Michiga n, the Michigan Campus Compact and the Council of Michigan Foundations join forces to m otiva te people of all ages to participate. The partn ers serve as an informa tion clearinghouse, p rovide suggestions for groups looking for community resources, and promo te the d ay of service to sta tewide and local m edia. Make A Difference Day In Michigan, 1997, was an enonTtous success. The number of volunteers and service activities continues to grow as it gains publicity. The good tha t it d oes is immeasurable. A reception prior to the UM-MS U footba ll game was a Make A Difference Day In Michigan event hosted by Governor john Engler and MCSC Chairperson M ichelle Engler and sponsored by the MCSC and the American Red Cross Food Distribution Center. Reception attendees were asked to bring canned goods, which were collected by Make A Difference Day volunteers. A t the Canton Public Library and a local comm.unity center, Make A Difference Day Tn Michigan volunteers collected new socks in a project on behalf of the local Salvation A rmy. Negaunee area middle-schoolers made Make A Difference Day In Michigan into a week-long event of community service, including a pancake breakfast for senior citizens, clean-up chores at the Liberty Children Art Project, and painting murals and chairs at the Upper Peninsula Children's Museum. 19 �The Fourth Annual Governor's Service Awards Every day, volunteers d evote countless hours to solve community problems and improve the quality of life in Michigan. By their work and their example, these volunteers are a powerful force fo r the organizations they rep resent and the projects to w hich they dedica te their time. The Governor 's Service Awards recognize and celebrate the most selfless volunteers in Michigan, giving back in sm all m easure our collective thanks for w ha t they' ve contributed. In 1997, finalists from m ore than 200 nomina tions in 15 service ca tegories were invited to a reception at the Governor 's residence and an awards d inner sponsored by Am eritech . Governor John Engler and Firs t Lad y Michelle Engler announced the finalists and presented the winners w ith a plaque and executive order in honor of their service. In addition to the Governor 's Service Awa rds, the Russell G. Mawby Award was also presented tha t evening. Sponsored by the Council of Michigan Founda tions and the Michigan N onprofit Associa tion, the awa rd was es tablished in 1995 upon Dr. Mawby's retirem ent as chair and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Robert Cooper, president of Ameritech Michigan , which sponsored the awards dinner, addresses the honorees and guests. The Governor and Ms. Engler present Margery Feliksa of St . ignace with the Governor George Romnr?JI Lifetime AchievementAward. The winning entry of the annual poster contest, sponsored by the MCSC and the Michigan Campus Compact, was unveiled du ring the awards program . The theme this year was "Michigan College Students Engaged in Service." The winning poster, subm.itted by Tim Bosworth and Justin Rankin of the College of Art and Design (Detroit) and Amber Pritchard of Western Michigan University, is displayed throughout the state to celebrate and encourage volunteerism among college students. �Meetings in 1997 One of the primary functions of the Michigan Community Service Commission is as a "convener" of discussions. In 1997, this work ra rely paused. In addition to participating in the normal round of training and technical seminars around the state, the calendar was filled with several key events, such as the launch of America's Promise in Michigan, the Michigan's Am eriCorps Signature Service Project and much more. But perhaps the highlight of the year was the first statewide Volunteerism SuperConference held March 10-11 in Grand Rapids. Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Association and cosponsored by the MCSC and a number of other organizations, this innovative, statewide conference was developed with three objectives in mind: to connect individuals around service and volunteerism, to celebrate volunteerism and service and to collaborate to reach common goals. The Michigan Community Service Commission sent 150 grantees to the Volunteerism SuperConference to network with one another, d evelop and improve professional skills, Uncounted hours are invested every year to find better ways to employ the goodwill and energt; of volunteers in community service throughout the year. showcase their organizations and build alliances with statewide and local constituents. By all accounts, it was a "super conference." The MCSC was also proud to hos t "Keeping the Promise: Moving Service Forward in the States," a m eeting of national and s ta te commissions from around the country. Held on May 15 in Midland, the meeting was sp onsored by the Ford Foundation with the support of Dow Corning Corporation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Public Private Ventures and Aguirre In tern a tiona!. The m eeting was held to discuss how state service commissions can form a sustaining network that serves as a conduit between national efforts and the grassroots efforts of communities where citizen volw1teers make things happen. The meeting led to the d evelopment of the Association of State Service Commissions (ASSC). Meetings are a great opportunity for volunteers from across the state to network and learn from each other's successes. 21 �F I C A L Y E A R 1 9 9 7 Financial Report During the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (FY 1997), the Michigan Community Service Commission received $5,071,960 to support programs and activities throughout the state. These funds originated from a mixture of state, federal and private sources and represent an increase of approximately $98,000 from FY 1996. The primary support for MCSC initiatives comes from the federal government through the Corporation for National Service (CNS) . CNS grants funds to the MCSC to develop and administer two national service programs, AmeriCorps and Learn and SERVE America. Federal funds accounted for 82 percent of all MCSC funding in FY 1997. Private sector funds accounted for nearly 13 percent of MCSC funding. The balance (about 5 percent) came from the State of Michigan. The State of Michigan also supplies in-kind support to the MCSC, including office space and utilities. Except for the state monies, all funds were obtained through a competitive proposal process. Total expenditures for FY 1997 were $4,814,897. Of this total, 81.5 percent was sub-granted to programs and agencies across Michigan. Roughly 11.5 percent was used for program operations, 1.7 percent for program training, and 5.2 percent for MSCS administration. At the end of FY 1997, unexpended private and federal funds totaled $257,063. MCSC secured approval for carrying these funds over for the 1998 fiscal year. The Michigan Community Service Commission continues to seek out additional funding to both enhance current programs and develop new initiatives for the future. Federal Funds Expenditures 1997 Total Fedcml Fund Expendit ures $4, 149,485 Public-Private Funding 1997 �Fiscal Year 1997 Funding Federal Funds .. .. .... ... .... ........ .. .... ... ... .. ... .... ........... $4,149,485 State Funds. ... ...... ................ .. ....... ..... ....... .... .. ....... 275,700 Total Public Funds ..... ... .... .... ... ............ ... .. ... ..... ... $4,425,185 Total Private Funds .. ............ .............. .... .. ...... ... .. . 646,775 Total MCSC Funds .............................................. $5,071,960 Federal Funds Michigan's AmeriCorps .......... ......... ....... .. .. .... $3,494,104 Learn and SERVE Michigan ......................... ...... . 160,000 Program Development/ Training ........................ 120,795 Operations ...... .. ....... ... .. ................ .......... .. .. .. .......... 374,586 State General Fund Annua l Sta te Appropriation .......... ..... .. ............. $175,700 Work Project ......................... .. ...... .. .............. .. ........ 100,000 Private Funds W.K. Kellogg Foundation .. .. .. .... ... ...... ... ............ $551,485 Ford Founda tion .... ............ .. ................................... 85,790 Ameri tech .......................... ... .. ............ ........................ 9,500 Fiscal Year 1997 Expenditures Grants ................ .. ................................... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. $3,921,327 Program Operations ...... .. .. .. ............. ......................... 557,088 Program Training ............. .... ........ .. .... ........... ...... ...... ... 81,850 Administration ... .. .. ...... .. .............. ..... .. .. .... ... ..... .... 254,632 Total Expenditures for FY 1997 ................ ........... $4,814,897 Total Expenditures 1997 MCSC Growth 1993-97 6 .--------------------. 5 1- - - - - - - - - 4 Total Expe nditures $4,814,897 To t<1l M CSC Fund (x million) 23 �M F F T T II E M csc Commission Members Michelle Engler is the First Lady of the State of Michigan and the Chairperson of the Michigan Community Service Commission. She has been a commission member since it was organized in 1991. "There is no greater declaration of loyalty to humankind than that of giving. Through community service and volunteerism, we act on the belief that we really are equal and that the differences exist only in the amount of time we are willing to give of ourselves." Karen B. Aldridge is a program officer with the C.S. Mo tt Foundation and a member of the MCSC since 1996. She is also a volunteer with the Michigan Public Health Commission, the International Institute of Flint and her church's youth program. "Com.munities that have the most citizens engaged in service are always more vibrant and healthy and more capable of identifying practical community-based solutions to local challenges." Victor Begg is president of Naked Furniture and a MCSC member since 1993. He is also president of the Unity Center (Bloomfield Hills) and a board member for Partners in Service and On My Own of Michigan. "Mercy to m.ankind can be described in one word: volunteerism." Mary Ellen Brandell is assistant to the provost for interna tional affairs at Central Michigan University and an MCSC member since 1991. She is also the campaign chair and a board member for the Isabella County United Way, steering committee member for both the Volunteer Center of Isabella County and America's Promise, and is active in Rotary Interna tional. "When one's purpose in life is to be a growing and contributing human being, the rewards are in direct proportion to the contributions." �Julie Fisher Cummings is president and cofounder of the Lovelight Foundation and an MCSC member since 1993. "My commitment to community service is deeply rooted in my belief that our world will be better if we each try to make the space around us better." Judy Dunn is president of Decanter Imports and an MCSC member since 1991. She is also a board member of the St. Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center and capital campaign chair for the Sarah Fisher Cottage Program. "Volunteerism is one of the essential responsibilities of citizenship and perhaps the only one that is so personally rewarding." Arthur E. Ellis is superintendent of public instruction for the Michigan Department of Education and an MCSC m ember since 1997. "Government involvement is only necessary when community action falls short. It would be difficult to overestimate the power of dedicated neighbors working together toward common goals. " Dorothy A. Johnson is president of the Council of Michigan Foundations and an MCSC member since 1991. She is also on the board of directors of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, on the board of trustees for Grand Valley State University, and is a board member of the Corporation for National Service. "The quality of life can only be enhanced by the acts of giving and sharing." 25 �Nancy J. Lenz is a community development manager for Michigan National Bank and an MCSC member since 1996. She is also a board member of Second Harvest Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Homeworks, Inc., of Battle Creek, Kalamazoo Neighborhood Housing Services, and The Family Institute. She is a past president of Senior Services, Inc., a member of the Junior League of Kalamazoo, and PTO president of Parchment Central Elemen tary School. "A volunteer identifies needs in the community and finds ways to 1neet those needs." Denise Hitch Lites is vice chairwoman of Little Caesa r Enterprises, Inc., and president of Olym.pia Development of Michigan. She has been an MCSC member since 1997. "Community service is an important part of life. It fills a critical need in the community and in those who serve." Sister Mary Martinez is director of the office of multicultural affairs at Madonna University and an MCSC member since 1993. She is also a United Way volunteer, the volunteer secretary for the League of United Latin American Citizens, treasurer for the Hispanic Coali tion for Equal Educational Opportunities, and is involved with the Women's Education Empowerment Project in Southwes t Detroit. "The benefits of community service demand that volunteerism be continually nurtured." Kathleen Keen McCarthy is supervisor of the Charter Township of Plymouth and an MCSC member since 1994. "The work of the Michigan Community Service Commission is, in essence, to provide people with the opportunity to help their neighbors and their communities." �James W. Muir is a retiree, a senior volunteer and an MCSC member since 1994. He is a board member of the Kent County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and the Center for Independent Living. He is active in the United Wa y and as a volunteer teacher's helper for second graders. "Community service is the only sure way to create communities in which you can be proud to live." Eunice Myles Jeffries is a member of the Michigan Community Service Commission since 1995. She is also a board member of the Sierra Leone Educational Outreach Academy and the Ronald McDonald House of Detroit. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Edmund Burke Randy Neelis is superintendent of the Menominee Area Public Schools and an MCSC member since 1992. He is also on the board of direc tors of the University of Wisconsin-Marinette Foundation, serves as a director and youth advisor for the Menominee-Marinette Area Community Foundation, and is board president of the Rainbow House Domestic Abuse Shelter. "Volunteerism and service are means of helping communities and individuals help themselves." Don Newport is president of Alpena Community College and an MCSC member since 1997. He is also president of the Alpena Rotary, the local Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of Northeast Michigan. "Community service is the process of giving without any expectation of getting back." 27 �Joel J. Orosz is program director for philanthropy and volunteerism for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and an MCSC member since 1991 . He also serves as chair of the Committee on Legislation and Regulations for the Council on Foundations, a member of the Program Committee of the Points of Light Foundation, the Advisory Committee of the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Ftmd, and is a member and trustee of the Guido & Elizabeth Binda Foundation and the Burton H . & Elizabeth S. Upjohn Charitable Trust. "When the spirit of community service is reinforced with the resources to bring that spirit to life, great things can be accomplished." Amber Pritchard is a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University and a master 's degree candidate in the area of nonprofit organizations. She has been a member of the MCSC since 1996. "Service is the best way to involve young people in their communities. Involve a young person once, and they will love it for a lifetime." Terry Pruitt is manager of state public affairs for Dow Corning Corporation and an MCSC member since 1992. He is also vice chair of the Saginaw County Youth Protection Council of the NAACP, serves on the Saginaw Black Panhellenic Council, is co-chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at Dow Corning Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company and is a board member of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers. "Extending a hand to others builds lives and communities. As individual members of society, we all have a moral obligation to positively impact the lives of others and the communities in which we live." Meg Smith is director of the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Monroe County and an MCSC member since 1996. She is also active with fund raising for My Sister's House and in providing services for victims of domestic violence. "Being involved in community service is one of the most fulfilling experiences imaginable." �Scott Smith is a student at Albion College and an MCSC member since 1996. He is also a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Boys' State, Adopt A Highway, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Albion Cemetery Clean-Up, Albion-Homer United Way and various Make A Difference Day projects. "Community service and volunteerism are integral to life, and the greatest joy is showing others the power of service." Dr. Michael J. Tate is assistant director of extension at Michigan State University and an MCSC member since 1992. He is also the chair of the Michigan Nonprofit Association, the Capitol Area Community of Promise Steering Committee and the 1997/ 1998 Volunteerism SuperConference Planning Committee. "There is no greater responsibility of citizenship than service to our communities." Matthew Wesaw is a detective sergeant with the Michigan State Police and an MCSC member since 1995. "Volunteerism in Michigan is one of our greatest natural resources." Raymond W. West is a labor liaison with United Way Community Services and an MCSC member since 1995. "Community service gives you the opportunity to be of value to others, while teaching yourself some valuable lessons. " Geneva J. Williams is chief operating officer of United Way Community Services and an MCSC member since 1993. "Building stronger communities- one child, one family and one neighborhood at a time- is the vision that unites us all." 29 �Administrative Staff Terry Pruitt.. ................. .......... .. .. ...... .... ... .... ....... .... ...... ... Interim Execu tive Director Melinda Reurink ..... ...... ..... ... ....... ............ .... ... ... ... .. ..... ...... .... .... .. . Assis tan t Director Garry Gross .. ... ... ...... ..... ..... ....... ..... ......... ...... ... ........ ...... . Director of Adminis tration Paula Kaiser ....... ... .. .... .. ... .... ....... .... .... ... ...... ... .... .. . Program Development Director Angelia Salas .. .. .............. .. .. .... .. .... ...... ...... .... .. Program Development Coordinator Daphne Wells ............... .. .. .......................... .... Program Development Coordinator Cynthia Hedde11.. .. .... ...... ..... ........ .. ................ Program Development Coordina tor Maria Garcia .. ......... .. .. ......... ........ ....... .. ... ...... .. .. ..... .. Communications Coordinator Mary Estrada ..... .. ....... .. ....... ... .. .. ............. .. ........... ............. Administrative Assistant Jennifer Epps .............. ...... .. .. ......... ............ .. ........................ Administrative Support Ka thie Vasilion .... ............ .. ............. .. ................................... Administrative Support Beth Barney .... .. .... ....... ... .. ... .. ..... ....... ......... ..... .. .... ............................................... Intern Front row from left: Mary Estrada , Terry Pruitt, Daphne Wells, Carry Gross. Back row from left: Kathie Vasilion, Angelia Salas, Paula Kaiser, Melinda Reurink, Jen nifer Epps, Cynthia Hedden, Maria Garcia . ��� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49429 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1997 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ac067fee375bdbe6f328ada367d28217.pdf a55ef241f3ed79752e5e280c15416dfe PDF Text Text Michigan Community Service Commission Created by Executive Order of the Governor in 1991 , the Michigan Community Service Commission was established in state law with the overwhelming bipartisan support of the Legislature in 1994. The nonpartisan Commission administers national and community service programs and supports and promotes volunteerism in Michigan. Chaired by First Lady, Michelle Engler, the Commission' s mission is to enable all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. Michigan's AmeriCorps The Commission administers the national service AmeriCorps program which involves full-and part-time stipended volunteers in high impact community service projects. The Commission' s competitive Michigan ' s AmeriCorps grants support programs in Adrian, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Caro, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette, Midland, Monroe, Mt. Pleasant, Pontiac, Roscommon, Saginaw, St. Ignace, Shelby, Southfield, Warren, and Ypsilanti. Last year, Michigan ' s AmeriCorps involved more than 110 community-based partner organizations. In its second year, the program involved more than 360 full-and part-time corpsmembers to generate more than 10,000 additional volunteers who gave more than 125,000 hours of service. Learn and Serve Michigan The Commission supports competitive grants to community-based nonprofit organizations for programs that involve K-12 school-age youth in community volunteer projects. The Commission works closely with the Michigan Department of Education to coordinate school-and community-based youth service and volunteer programs and activities. Learn and Serve Michigan community-based programs operate in Alpena, Dearborn, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Manistee, Muskegon, Pontiac, Portage, Roscommon , and Traverse City. Last year these programs involved more than 1,704 youth and 155 adult volunteers in more than 21,000 hours of community service. Michigan CARES Supported through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the Council of Michigan Foundations, the Commission has worked to involve more than 150 community-based agencies and hundreds of volunteers in efforts to support improved coordination in delivering volunteer service. Michigan CARES operates in Alpena, Calhoun County, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Marquette, and Muskegon. Already the initiative has created two community nonprofit information exchange networks, two community volunteer centers, a comprehensive community plan for youth development, and a resource network for community nonprofit agencies. New Partnerships for Michigan The Commission, in partnership with the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and the Council of Michigan Foundations, launched a statewide initiative to support and encourage collaboration among the nonprofit, public, private, and religious sectors of Michigan to stimulate community-based, citizen-driven problem solving. Governor's Community Service Awards The Commission administers the annual awards program, which last year received 240 nominations, recognized winners in 13 categories, and drew more than 500 people to the ceremony. Make a Difference Day The Commission partnered with the Volunteer Centers of Michigan, the Council of Michigan Foundations, and the Michigan Campus Compact, to disseminate 4,000 start-up kits and register 160 projects involving more than 30,000 volunteers. TAP Youth Service Through a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation , the Commission supported training for more than 150 low income community-based nonprofits in such areas as organizational development, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising . Nonprofit service and volunteer resource guides The Commission printed and distributed more than 3,000 copies of nonprofit and volunteer resource guides to nonprofit agencies, volunteer and service programs, community-based agencies , youth groups, and public libraries across the state. Youth volunteer and intergenerational service recruitment posters The Commission produced and distributed posters to 4,000 schools and hundreds of senior centers, volunteer agencies, and community nonprofit organizations across the state. Training and technical assistance workshops The Commission provided more than 300 nonprofit agencies and volunteer groups with training and technical assistance. �Michigan Community Service Commission Partnerships in Service 1995-96 Annual Report A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks November 1996 111 Olds Plaza Lansing , Telephone FAX S . Capitol Ave . Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 Dear Friend of Service: The spirit of service is the essence of a healthy community. Citizens who share in this spirit, who lend a hand to others, who volunteer to work together to solve the problems of their communities carry this spirit in their hearts. They live the truth that a community thrives when its people strike a balance between individual pursuits and the common good, between rights and responsibilities . The fulcrum in this balance is partnership and collaboration. Since its inception, the Michigan Community Service Commission has believed that partnership and collaboration are the keys to achieving its mission to "enable citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem-solving through service and volunteerism." The Commission and our partners recognize that as people come together to volunteer to solve problems, so must the public, private, and nonprofit institutions around them. All that the Commission has accomplished has been due to the strength of our partnerships and the quality of our partners. We have been richly blessed to have the opportunity to collaborate with such outstanding institutions as the federal Corporation for National Service, and state agencies such as the Michigan Office on Services to the Aging, the Michigan Department of Education, and the Michigan Jobs Commission, and nonprofit organizations such as the Council of Michigan Foundations, the Michigan Nonprofit Association, and the Volunteer Centers of Michigan, and grantmakers such as the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. This report, as the work we have done, is about partnerships. Its pages contain a summary of the many community, state, and national groups with whom we have had the privilege of working. They represent just some of the wonderful resources available to our state. We believe that we have progressed well in our brief existence, but there is much more to be done. Our work ahead will continue to build and expand these partnerships. We welcome your ideas, suggestions, and help . Together, let's share the spirit of service. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission �Table of Contents Launching New Partnerships New Partnerships Meetings ... ...... .. ..... ...... ... .. ... ................. .. .... ...... ................. 1 New Partnerships in Action- New Partnerships VISTA Volunteers .. ....... ... . 2 Ford Foundation Grant to Bring State Commissions Together ..... ... ..... .... ... .. 3 Renewing Partnerships Michigan's AmeriCorps ......... ....... ....... ...... .... ......................... ......... .......... 4-6 Michigan CARES ... ....... ...... .... ....... ....... ....... .. .... ...... ..... ......... .. ....... ... ... ..... 7-8 Governor's Community Service Awards ... ..... ...... ....... ... .... ........ .. ... .... .. ... 9-10 Learn and Serve Michigan .. .. ........ ... .... ...... ................... .. ........ .... ... ... ..... 11-12 TAP-Youth Service .. ... ......... ... .. ...... ...... .... .......... .... ......... ... ... .... ..... ... ....... .... 13 MYPAC ..... .... ... ......... ... ...................... ............ ...... .... ... ... ..... ... ... ... ..... .. ..... ... . 14 Senior Advisory Council .... ...... ... ................................................................. 15 Annual Poster Contest .... ...... .... ......... ..... .... ...... ...... .. .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .... ........ ... 16 Connecting Partnerships Across Michigan Make A Difference Day ................. ....................................... ......... ....... ... ..... 17 Publications ..... ............. ..... .. ........ .... ..... ....... ..... ... ... ... .. .... .... ..... .. .... ...... ...... .. 18 Conferences and Trainings ................ ... .... ... ...................... ... .. ..... .. .... .... .. ... .. 19 Regional Trainings .............. ... ... ....... ..... .... ........... ...... ... ... ........... ..... .. 19 Fund Raising Training .... ... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ... .... ..... .... ...... ..... ... ... ... ..... ... 19 Michigan CARES Community Workshop .............. ......... ... ........ ....... 20 Michigan's AmeriCorps Conference .... .. .... ...... ....... .... ........ ........... .... 20 Service-Learning Leadership Council .. ......... ................... ......... .............. .... 21 Financial Reports ............................................................................. 22-23 Thi s repo rt was made poss ible through a g rant from the Corporati on fo r Nati onal Service. �Launching New Partnerships in Michigan MCSC brings people and ideas together to build community through common and shared goals. The New Partnerships Initiative M ichi gan 's New Partnerships initiative encourages and energizes promi sing collaborative effort s that draw on the best of government, business, and the nonprofit sectors in Michigan. The New Partnerships initiative was inspired by the late Governor George Romney. Governor Romn ey had a deep faith in the power of voluntary citizen servi ce . He felt that through community-based, citizen-driven problem solving, responsible citizens can work co llaboratively to solve soc iety 's serious soc ial problems. Finding inspiration in Governor Romney 's vision of citizen problem solving, Governor John Engler and First Lady Mi chelle Engler have launched the New Partnerships initiative. In collaboration with the Michigan Community Service Commi ss ion (MCSC), the Council of Mi chigan Foundations (CMF) , and the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), Governor Engler and Michell e Engler convened a series of meetings in February and May of 1996. These meetings involved leaders from ac ross the state representing the nonprofit, go vernment, business , and religious sectors to disc uss and recommend ways to build collaborative partnerships for citizen problem solving. Without reservation , participants at the New Partnerships meetings affirmed the importance of encouraging the sectors to collaborate in support of community problem solvin g. They agreed th at new partnerships must draw on the experience and lesso ns of successful collaborative model s and th at organizations engaged in effective collaboration should be encouraged to di sseminate information about their efforts. They also agreed that state and regiona l networks should facilitate the di ssemination and replication of proven models of collaboration; and that the sectors should work togeth er to study, reward , and promote the practi ce of collaboration . The booklet " New Partnerships in Michigan: The Power o r Voluntary Citizen Servi ce" summ ari zes the February and May New P artnerships in Mi chi gan meetings, highlights the important issues and discu ssions, and provides a progress report on the New Partnerships initi ati ve. The booklet is available to peopl e and organizations interested in the dynamics involved in forming collaborative, intersector relationships . New Partnerships will help Michi gan's citizens share Governor Romney's faith in the promi se of voluntary citizen service to renew the spirit or community. Governor John Engle1: lefi. speaks 1vith D1: Russell G. !vfa wb1; j(mner Chairman and CEO of the WK. Kellogg Foundation. at th e FebrU(IJ )', / 996 Ne11· Partnerships m.eeting. Th e bollom line is this gove rnm ent cannot replace th e family, and gove rnment cannot be a parent, bul it can be a partna Th ere are th.ree.fimdamen.tal principles that guide us in our e.fj(Jrts to be a full partner with you and all who share our mission. First, these partnerships must begin with the idea of empowerin g people to solve problems through service and volunteerism . ... Second, these new partnerships must be forged in a spirit of bipartisanship and cooperation, shared sacr(fice, and shared reward. ... Third, these partn erships cannot be limited to narro w issues that categorize problems or people. They must be broad in scope, comprehensive, and wideranging. -Govern o r Jo hn Engler, speak ing at the New Partnerships Meeting, Fe bru ary I 2, I996 �New Partnerships in Action n the summer of 1996, the New Partnerships initiative launched Michigan's New Partnerships VISTA project. Teams of three VISTA volunteers in six regions of the state will continue the work of New Partnerships by facilitating communication, cooperation, and collaboration among the nonprofit, public, private, and reli gious sectors. The New Partnerships VISTA teams will promote and support citizen-driven community problem solving through service and volunteerism. I The teams will regionally tailor their efforts. They will concentrate direct technical assistance on a specific community of need in each region. They will also provide com munity-based programs with technical assistance to develop school success and after-school programs that incorporate the best practices of servicelearning. The teams wi ll also serve throughout each region to build com munity capacity for volunteerism, to recruit new volunteers , and to generate new coll aborative networks . The Michigan Nonprofit Association administers the New Partnerships VISTA project in cooperation with MCSC and the Council of Michigan Foundations. The work of the VISTA teams will be ass isted by state and regional steering committees that will include representatives of the various sectors. The project will produce the follow ing outcomes: Comprehensive resource assessments of six distressed comm unities in Michigan. Demonstrated models of new comm unity collaboration and partnerships. A state resource directory of collaborative initiatives that support volunteer problem solving. New state and regional collaborative networks supporti ng service and volunteerism. Six thousand volunteers over two years. State and regional collaborative action plans consistent with the New Partnerships Framework. This exciting opportunity for Michigan has been made possible through another example of collaboration between the Michigan Community Service Commission and the Corporation for National Service- Michigan Office. The New Partnerships VISTA project is both a model of public/private partnership and state/federal partnership. The Corporation for National Service-Michigan Office worked with MCSC to secure the VISTA vo lunteers. Together, MCSC, CNS, MNA and CMF, will work over the course of the project to help make the New Partnerships VISTA project a model for the nation. New Parlnersl1ips V.LSTA vo lunleers will se r ve in: Saginaw Marquelte Ddr·oit M uslzegon J acl~son Roscommon �Sustaining Service in the States or the past year and a half, MCSC has worked in partnership with the 48 governor-appo inted state service commissions across the country to improve their individual and co llective capaciti es to support and promote volunteer citi ze n problem solving. As a result of that coll aborative effort, MCSC was awarded an 18-month $98,000 grant fro m the Ford Foundation of New York to support the collaborative develop ment of a nati onal network of state service and vol unteer commissions. F The purpose of the grant is to establi sh a self-support ing peer techn ical ass istance network, develop policy reco mmendations that strengthen statelevel infrastructure for service and vo lunteerism, and assess the merits and feasibi li ty of es tablishing a forma l national assoc iation of state service commi ssions. The Ford initi ative will support a nation al conference, promote informati on sharing, and make policy reco mmendation s th at encourage uti li zin g volunteers and volunteeri sm to support the quality of life in local co mmuniti es as well as at the state level. The Ford Foundation initiative is one example of Michigan's dedication to the field of volunteerism and a testament to the quality and leadership of the Comm ission, nationally. - Mi chell e Engler, First Lady and Chair, MCSC �Renewing Partnerships MCSC works to build partnerships, to bring groups together around comnwn public problems and to create viable solutions through service and volunteerism. Michigan's AmeriCorps I will get things done for America to make our people safe!; smarter; and healthia I will bring America togeth er to strengthen our communities. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with co11flict, I will seek common ground. Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond. I am an AmeriCorps Membe1; and I am goin g to get thin gs done. - The Ameri Corps Member Pledge ichigan's AmeriCorps members get things done thro ugh direc t service to the co mmunity. Perhaps just as important, corpsmembers have generated more than 10,000 non-AmeriCorps member, co mmunity volunteers who have contributed more than 130,000 hours of service in 1995 -96. Michigan's AmeriCorps corpsmembers help to bind com muniti es with the resolve Lo make Mic higan a better pl ace to li ve and work. Since its inception in Mi chi gan in 1994, Mi chi gan's AmeriCorps has grown from nine volunteer service programs to fourteen volunteer servi ce program s in more than twenty communities across the state. M Mi chi gan's AmeriCorps members were there to aid an elderl y woman who faced ev icti on from her home wh ile gri evi ng her husband 's death . She was overwhelmed by foreig n responsibiliti es, including an unpaid hospital bill , rent notices , and bureaucrati c red tape. Sh e withdrew and became secluded in her hom e. Corpsme mbers from Carin g Together E lderserve: Michigan 's AmeriCorps learned of the woma n's pli ght from her mini ster. After li stening to the woman 's needs, a corps member look her shopping, ass isted with her financ ial affairs, and made the necessary pho ne call s to secure additional soc ial services . Serv ice providers agree th at if it were not for the Caring Together Elderserve program, the woman would be homeless today. Michi gan's AmeriCorps benefits not onl y the rec ipi ents of the service, but it also benefits the corpsme mbers. Michigan's AmeriCorps enabl es hundreds of Michi gan residents to serve in a vari ety of programs on a full - or part-time bas is before, during, or after post-secondary ed ucatio n. Michigan's AmeriCorps has grow n from more th an 200 members in 1994 to 355 members in 1996. Of those 355 members, 180 served full -Lime, and 175 served on a part-time bas is. Full-time me mbers rece ive a stipend of $7,945 for I ,700 hours of service and an educati onal award of $4,725 afte r successfully comp leting their one-year term of service . Part-time members receive a stipe nd or $4 ,206 for 900 hours o r service and an educational award of $2,362 afte r successfull y completing their term of service. The Michi gan's AmeriCorps members are strengthenin g comm uniti es, encouraging respon sibility, and expand ing opportunity. Michi gan's AmeriCorps engages the energy and ideali sm of th e ci ti ze ns of Michigan, including yo ung peopl e, in meeting the most crit ical education , public safety, human , and e nvironmental needs of our communiti es. They become connected with their communiti es, and engage in proble m so lving that empowers them to build their c iti zenshi p and leadership skill s. The followin g is a hi ghli ght of various Mi chi gan's AmeriCorps programs and their activities over the pas t year. In Detro it, Caring Together Elderserve: Michigan 's AmeriCorps me mbers served 97 1 e lderl y residents. Members made minor home repairs, tran sported seniors to appo intme nts, shopped, pa id bill s, or simply provided co mpanionship to needy seni or citi zens. T he me mbers worked with many commu nity-based sites, including Heart of the C ity Careg ivers , Joyfield Caregivers, Proj ec t HELP (Helping the Elderly Live with Pride), and Servi ces for Older Ci ti zens (SOC) to provide seniors with necessary assistance in everyday ac tivities. In addition, members recruited 721 non-stipended volunteers. �Michigan's AmeriCorps is Getting Things Done Caring Togeth er corps members also worked in partnershi p with C irc leNet: Michi gan's Am eri Corps members in a j o int projec t for Nati onal Day o f Service. The combined efforts of the two Michi gan's Ameri Corps programs mobilized 150 vo lunteers fro m 20 different churches organi zations, and schoo ls who cleaned and beautified the homes and ya rds o f 36 senior c itizens in the metro Detroit area. T he corps members of the Detroit Academic Success Program: Michigan's AmeriCorps program tutored more than 550 students at elementary schools in Detroit 's Empowerment Zone. The me mbers also train ed hi gh school students to be peer tutors to other students. The Detroit Academi c Success Program works with the City of Detro it, the Ameri can Red Cross, Fri ends of the Rouge, Michigan Ci ties in Schools, Loveli ght Foundation , Greenin g of Detroit, and E ureka Foundati on, to name just a few, to enable students to s ucceed in school. Members also invo lved parent volunteers in tutori als and classroom assis tance. T he AmeriCorps Oakland: Michigan's AmeriCorps members foc used the ir servi ce o n steering thou sands of youth in Pontiac away from vio le nce. Over the course o f the year, more than 120 junior hi gh youth were trained as peer mediators, and 420 conflicts were medi ated between 960 youth. As a result of the corpsmembers' med iati on outreac h, the Pike Street Boy s and Girl s C lub reported a 40 percent reduction of violence at th eir site. AmeriCorps Oakl and members partnered with man y co mmunity organi zation s including Pontiac Sc hoo ls, Oakl and County Probate Cou rt Youth Ass istance, Boys and GiJ·Js C lub of North Oakland Cou nt y, T he Lighthouse of North Oakland County, Camp fire Boy s and Girl s, and MSU Extension 4-H Youth Programs to provide youth altern atives to violence. The Boys and Girl s Club of North Oakland County re ported a 75 % dec rease in the phys ica l vio lence ex perienced by yo uth at thi s site as a res ul t of the corpsmembers' in vo lvement with C lub parti c ipants. The Genesee County AmeriCorps Program: Michigan 's AmeriCorps corps members wo rked with comm unity organi zations such as the Urban League of F lint and C hri st Episcopal Center to rec ruit volunteers to act as Girl Scout troop leaders, develop service- learning wo rks hops and activ ities for yo uth , rehabilitate homes, and educate Genesee County res idents abou t Medicaid and new health care options. The members also organi zed and partic ipated in fi ve health fairs to di ssemin ate health care informa ti o n to community res idents. Due to the energy and enthu siasm of the Genesee County Ameri Corps members, the Flint Ne ighborhood Coalition and Gene. ee County Heallh Departm ent served more than I ,200 famili es over th e past year. Corps members also organized programs with th e Fair Winds Girl Scout Council that served more than 2,880 at-risk girls. ln addi ti on to the volunteer service provided by the Michi gan's Ame ri Corps programs menti oned above, corps members from Michigan 's AmeriCorps programs in Grand Rapids, Marquette, Southfield , Shelby, Ypsil anti , Saginaw and throughout Mackinac , Kalamazoo, Way ne and Berrien counties, wo rked to clean-up pa1·ks and ri ve rs, empower yout h with developmental di sabiliti es , rehabilitate homes, and increase the level of public safety in the community. As Mi chi gan 's Ameri Corps enters its third year of service to Michigan residents, the effect of the members' volunteeri sm and com mitment continues to have a positive, pro found inrlue nce on the co mmunity. Mic hi gan 's AmeriCorps will continue to get things don e for Michi gan. �Michigan's AmeriCorps State Program Demographics so ,-----40 r- ETHNTCITY - - % - - - - -- - - EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT - - 1-- -- -- - - -- ru:x f- 30 r-- O whit~(nun-Hi,.p:mir ) 0 Arrk: m-Am.-rk :ln lnon-Hi, p:.nk ' D l·l i..,panid L:•tino 0 Lo:s~ t h:m h ip.h school compk 1cd 0 Aliiatt/Pa~·i 1ic l ~l ;•mkr • Amcric:m D lligh schuol ~;radn:Ltc O aEo lmli:m/AI:•~k:m N:nin· 0 T'-"<=h n •~·:oi M: hl !t>lf A pj ii L'ni iCl',hip 1-- - - - - - - - - Q ot h..:r 0 Prcfn nullo rc~pond O 10 souu:collcgc r:a /b~OI,' I :I II' d l'J.!n•c 1- O col k J;.I'I:!rat luah: r-- O snm.: gmdu:Ltl' )>chool 20 . C irad u: Lto: dq~ ro:L' 1,.22, II Ol- I 1771 % of Totn l Michigan' s A meriCorps M embers % o r Tota l M ichigan' s AmeriCorps Membe rs AGE GENDER 70 . -- - - - - - - - - --60 1----- -- so1 - -40 1--30 20 10 0 I I I - --1 66.6 . Mille 0 Fcnmk -17.6 40 1-- ---l 30 1---- ----1 20 1---- ----1 - ------i - 33.4 I - - --j I I I % o f Total Mic higan' s Amc ri Corps Membe rs % o f Tota l Mi ch ig;.m's AmeriCorps Members 1995-96 Michigan's AmeriCorps Programs AmeriCorps M ILES : Mi chi ga n's Ameri Co rps Ameri Co rps Oakland : M ichigan's Ameri Co rps Caring Together E lde rserve: Mi chi gan's Arneri Co rps Circ leNet: M ichi ga n's AmeriCorps C iti ze n Health Service Corps: Michi ga n's AmeriCo rps Detroit 's Academic Success Program: Mi chi ga n's AmeriCo rps Eastern Mi chi ga n Uni versity, Teams for Schoo l Success : Mi chiga n' s Ameri Corps Ge nesee Co unty AmeriCorps Program: M ichi gan's Ameri Co rps G rand Rapids Service Corps: M ichigan's Ameri Co rps M ichi ga n Ne ig hbo rhood AmeriCo rps Program : Mi chi ga n's Ameri Corps Rural Strategic Acti on in iti at ive: M ichiga n's AmeriCorps Saginaw AmeriCorps: M ic higa n's Ame ri Corps • D D IIJ&untk r :W24 2.~ - 2'.1 m .IO & u\'er �• Kt~ (Michigan) CARES Serving the communities of: Alpena Calho un County Southwest Detroit Flint Grand Rap.id s M arqu ette Muskego n Connecting Communities through Service ichigan CARES began as a proj ect of the Michi gan Community Service Co mmi ssion (MCSC) . With sup port from the W.K. Kell ogg Foundati on, MCSC transformed Michigan CARES into a partners hip with the Council of Michi gan Foundati ons (CMF), a state assoc iatio n of corporate and philanthropi c grantmakers. T hi s unique partnership relies on local community fo undations to serve as brokers and conveners fo r coll aborati ve community probl em solving through service and voluntee ri sm. M Mi chi gan CARES mobili zes vo lunteers to serve the entire community. CARES fac ili tates problem solving on a co mmunity-w ide bas is. CAR ES prov ides up-front support for fac ilitating collaborati on as well as incenti ve funding for the impl ementation of community volunteer pl ans. Wi thin a fl ex ibl e framework of volunteeri sm and community service, communities develop the ir ow n plans and priorities. With these pl ans, empowered volunteers connect nonp rofit age nc ies in comprehensive efforts to so lve common pro blems. The exp licit goal of Michi gan CARES is to improve a community's capac ity to involve more volunteers in community service. The impli cit goal of Michigan CARES is to break down institutional barriers and to further co ll aborati o n among nonprofit age nc ies by helping them recogni ze their shared interest in volunteeri sm. CARES funds proj ects that initiate intense community pl anning and the development of sustainable community service. CARES communities share four basic practices: assess ing community resources and needs, developing a comprehensive communi ty service plan, integrating the best practices of service-learning and yo uth development in all aspects of youth service and vo lunteer ac tivities, Michigan CAR ES served as the catalyst to enable the Genesee Coun~v community to begin implementing a state of the art resource center to serve our service-learning and volunteer needs. - Karen West, Execu ti ve Director, Leade rshi p Flint, Flint CARES launching sustainable youth community service/volunteer initi ati ves that meet the goals of the com munity pl an and produce tangible service outcomes. Mi chi gan CARES is a process that unfo lds and grows as the CARES communities develop their coll aborati ve relati onships. The foll ow ing are highlights of the community proj ects and pl ans developed by three CARES communiti es. Muskegon CARES launched a new Volunteer Center. Volunteer Muskegon! is a result of a partnership with the Un ited Way and the Community Foundation for Mu skegon County to pro mote volunteeri sm and coll aborati ve efforts to address communi ty needs. The Youth Vo lunteer Corps of Mu skegon Coun ty (YVC) was the firs t program establi shed at the Vo lunteer Center. YVC yo uth participated in Make A Difference Day, peer mentoring that matched 20 at- risk students with 20 mentors, the Serv ice-Learning Club , and the Cultu re Kart. Summer programs engaged mo re than 300 youth in service including a teen abstinence theatrical production , an old-fas hioned barn raising, a camp �for developmentally di sabled individuals, and a landscaping proj ect at a local nursing home. More than I ,000 volunteers have been placed by Volunteer Mu skegon! in community organi zations such as Bi g Brothers/Big Sisters. Volunteers have also worked with the Special Olympics and the Airfair and Summer Celebration. In August, Volunteer Muskegon! recruited 250 volunteers to he lp build an inner city park, plant flowers for a beautification project, and clean up two deserted lots in downtown Muskegon for the United Way Day of Caring. Without a doubt, Michigan CARES has mode a lasring contribution to the increased awa reness of volun/eerism and service in our communiry. - Vincent Borleske, Marquellc CARES. Marquelle County Vo lunteer Center Muskegon CARES and Volunteer Muskegon! support collaborative community efforts with partners such as Comerica Bank, Mu skego n County Hea lth Department, Mu skego n Area Intermediate School Di strict, MuskegonOceana County Red Cross, SPX Corporation , and other nonprofit, bu siness and ed ucationa l organizations. Grand Rapids CARES initi ated the Youth Development Network to foster co ll aboration and highli ght the scope and diversity of youth-serving agencies in the community. Network me mbers include local schools, coll eges and universiti es , community-based organizations, government agencies, and bu sinesses. The Network provides an opportunity for community dialogue, offers organizations access to resources , and advocates for youth issues. In order to encourage di alogue among community groups, the Netwo rk hosted the Youth Development Summit, " Shaping our Future: Youth and Adults Togeth er. " The Summit drew 175 students and adults and fo cused on building the asse ts, strengths and skills of yo uth and adult leaders. The network also coord inated the Brown Bag Lunch Series, a yearlong series of works hops open to the public and devoted to youth issues. In the fall, the network planned the conference "Community Partners with Youth: A Conference for Peop le Who Care About and Work with Youth." The confe rence drew 135 students and ad ults from youth-serving community organizations and grassroots orga ni zation s. The participants attended trai ning workshops on collaboration and networking opportunities. They shared best practice ideas, showcased their organizations, and learned more about the Youth Development Network. The Network also created a database of existing yo uth service agencies in the Grand Rapids area that will be published as a directory. Calhoun County CARES is the newest Michigan CARES community. Calhoun CARES has brought together the Ho mer Com munity Foundation , the Batt le Creek Foundation , the Albion Civic Foundation , the Marshall Com munity Foundation and the Athens Community Foundation as well as th e Kell ogg Youth Initiative Part ners hip in a network o f key county instituti ons with demonstrated commitment to and experti se in yo uth servi ce and volunteerism. Calhoun CARES will: Enhance a cooperative program network among the five Calhoun County com munity foundations. Increase and strengthen shared serv ice-l earning and youth in philanthropy ac ti vities including common youth leadership training, joint youth volunteer recruitment, integrated service projects , and the development of a unified network of yo uth volunteer alumni . Promote county-w ide awa reness of yo uth as valuable community resomces and proble m solvers. Develop and di ssem in ate methods for assessing the needs and resources of youth , nonprofit, servi ce, and volunteer organizations. Identify the e lements and interests necessary for an effective collaborative, county-wide strategic plan for servi ce and volunteerism. �The Third Annual Governor's Community Service Awards o lunteers across the state work every day to e liminate hunger, illiteracy, crime, drugs, ali enation , home lessness and to create beauty in our communities . The Governor 's Community Service Awards celebrate and recognize the countl ess devoted people who volunteer in their comm unity. They solve community problems and improve the quality of li fe in Michigan. By their work and the example that they set, Michigan's volunteers are a powerful force, providing many hours of service to hundreds of orga nizations and projects . They are dedicated , committed , and driven to work hard to make their com munity a better place to live. V [Th e award winners and fina lists are] everyday heroes (who) inspire others to work together to solve the problems of their communities- to workfor the common good. - Governor John Engl er Finali sts f rom more than 250 nominations in 13 service categories we re invited to attend a reception at the Governor 's residence and an awards program that followed. The evening was made poss ible by a grant from Ameritech. The Governor and Ms. Engler annou nced the finali sts and presented the win ners with a plaque and executi ve order in honor of their servi ce. In addition to the Governor 's Community Service Awards, the Ru ssell G. Mawby Award was also presented at the award s program. The Mawby Award, spon sored by the Counci l of Mi chi gan Fou ndations and the Michigan Nonprofit Assoc iatio n, was estab li shed in l 995 upon Dr. Mawby 's retirement as chair and chi ef executive officer of the W.K . Kell ogg Foundation. Mrs. E li zabeth Upj ohn Mason of Kalamazoo, a dedicated vo lunteer, received the Maw by Award. L~ft 10 righT: Michelle Eng ler: Go vemnr John Engler; Mariam Nola n. Presidenl, Com1111mity Fonndmionfor SE Michiga11 ; Mawby Award recipienl E/i:abelh Upjohn Mason ; Michael Tale. MCSC Commissioner; Russell G. Mm vb1·. D~: \livian Lewis accepls !he Govemor Ron1ney Life lime Achievemenl Award jinm Michelle Engler and Gnvemor John Engle1: �Winners of the Third Annual Governor's Community Service Awards Governor Romney Lifetime Achievement in Community Service Vivian Lew is, M.D. , o f Fli nt has been a ded ica ted vo lunteer in numerous med ica l soc ieti es and community o rgani zations including Fam il y Services, Whaley C hildren's Co mmunity Board , Mi chi gan Na ti o nal Bank Flint Advi sory Board , A lpha Kap pa A lpha Sorority, Zonta C lub of Flint, Co mmunity Found ati o n o f Greater Flint , Hurley Foundati o n, the Flintlnstitute o f Arts. and many more. Innovative Spirit Mounir W. Sharobeem has made a d ifference during hi s twenty- fo ur years of wo rk at the Judson Center, a human services agency loca ted in Royal Oak. He facilitates partnerships between publi c, nonprofit. and pri vate organi zation s to create innovative prog rams th at address welfare, famil y permane ncy fo r children , jo bs fo r the developmentally d isab led, and independence for yo uth in lo ng-term foster ca re. Exemplary Community Service by a Youth Jo nathan Snyder beca me a phil anth ro pi st at the age of e ig ht , when he created a carn iva l to raise mo ney for hi s babysi ller's younger bro ther, whose me mo ry li ves on through $9 ,500 in donatio ns to date. The mo ney supports Hurl ey Medi ca l Center 's Courage Cab inet and ongo ing cancer research. Mou11ir W Sharobeem accepts the awardfo r Innovative Sp irit j im11 Michelle E11gler a11d Go vernor John E11gle1: Exemplary Co mmunity Service by a Senior Cat hery n Sirk has fo r years demonstrated a co mmitment to serv ice in the Kalamazoo community. She has led the co mmunity to deve lop and maintain the Emergency Overnight She lter, the So lar Garden Walk for Warmth , and th e Ju stu s House. Exemplary Community Service by an Adult Robert and Connie Amic k arc foundin g members of Habitat fo r Humanity of Huron Va ll ey, the loca l affiliate of Habit at for Humanity International. Their tireless ded icatio n has led to the constructi on of. ten ho uses. eigh t in Ypsilanti and two in An n Arbor. Exemplary Community Service by a Family William and Dian e Lahrm an have a tremendo us dedi cati o n to enh ancin!! the quality of life in the Buchanan co mmunity. They worked to renovate the interi ;,. of a 50 year-old e lementary school , including invo lving the students in a tile proj ect to he lp beautify the sc hoo l. Exemplary Co mmunity Sen•ice by an Adult Organization The Arab-Ameri ca n and C ha ldea n Co un ci I (ACC) provides a broad range of hea lth . mental hea lth , socia l and human services, and job training, to mo re than 40 .000 Ara bi c and C haldean-s peaki ng peo ples of Southeas t Mi chi gan. Exemplary Community Service by an Ameri Corps Membe1· Jane Mari e Coon volunteered with Bridge to Independe nce: Nat io na l Direc t AmeriCorps and wo rked fo r fi ve yea rs at the Nationa l Mu ltiple Sclerosis Society. She rec ruits, trains, and culti va tes o ther vo lunteers for the Friendly Li ste ning Program , a peer support prog ram which offers te le phone suppo rt fo r peo ple with multiple sc lerosis. Exempla•·y Com munity Service by a Co rporation or Business Hamilto n Chevro let-Geo, Inc ., Th e Hamilton Group has part ic ipated for two yea rs in a unique Bu siness-Educati o n partnership wi th Warren Mo ll Hi gh Sc hoo l. The proj ec t has 200 students setting goa ls for th e fu ture by participatin g in '·Winning Futures. " .!01wtha11 S11_w ler accepts the Ollla rd for Service by o Yowh ji·om Michelle E11gler a11d Governor .fohn E11g le ~: Exemplar)' Co mmunity Service by a Service-Learning Educator Kimberl y Kess ler in vo lved her seco nd grade class at Coo per Element ary Schoo l in Kal amazoo in a service- lea rning project to make seasonal decorati ve pins to se ll , w ith the proceeds go ing to an area ho meless she lter. Last year, Cooper Schoo l ra ised more than $5 .300 for the shelter thro ugh pin sa les and pledges fo r the Walk for the Homeless. Exemplary Co mmunity Service by a National Service Program LVA-CA LC AmeriCorps V ISTA Program (Literacy Vo lunteers to AmericaCap itol Area Lit eracy Coalitio n) has formed a network fo r providing free vo lunteer lit eracy tuto ring to tho usa nds o f mid -Michigan res idents. By coordinatin g fifteen vo luntee r literacy prog ra ms since 1987 , LVA-CALC VI STA's have generated services wo rth mo re tha n $ 1,700 ,000 fo r Mi chigan . Exem plary Community Service by a Youth Organization Wa ll ed Lake Wes te rn Studelll Counc il he lps to orga ni ze co mmunity service acti viti es at Wa lled Lake Western Hi gh Sc hoo l. Students at the schoo l organi ze a ca nned food drive fo r a local Walled Lake charit y, coord inate a bl ood drive twi ce a yea r. ho ld a .. prom .. fo r the e lderl y at Nov i Village, and organi ze and partic ipate in the 24-ho ur Vo ll eyba ll Marathon , whi ch raises more than $30 ,000 for charity and $6,500 fo r the stude nt ac ti vity budget. Exemp lary Community Service by a Community Service Program Manager Do nna DeButts has been assoc iated w ith Washte naw Literacy for I 5 years, serving first as a vo lunteer tuto r and later as the organi zation 's nrst paid direc to r. Under her leadership , Washtenaw L iteracy has train ed mo re than 2,000 vo lunteer tutors . D1: Lo is Bade1: secolldfromleft, accepts the Oll'ard for Nat io11a l Se rvice Program fo r the L VA - CA LC AmeriCorps VISTA program from Michelle E11g ler and Governo r .!oh 11 £ 11gla �Serving to Learn and Learning to Serve hen young people from different racial, ethnic , economic, and educational circumstances work together in service, they come to trust each other and depend on each other, and then they begin to notice that their lives are richer for knowing people different from themselves . They learn that through their service, they can build not only their community, but also themselves. When young people are asked to do something important, something that will make a difference, they take the responsibility as an opportunity to build up their esteem , to become leaders , and to become valued, competent resources . W Learn and Serve Michigan encourages young people to become community resources through service. Learn and Serve Michigan involves school-age youth in serv ice-learning. The program is federally-funded and is administered cooperatively by MCSC and the Michi gan Department of Education. The goals of Learn and Serve Michigan are to chall enge communities and young people to engage in serviae and solve societal problems while shifting the public perception of youth from clients to resourceful problem solvers. Located in Alpena, Detroit, Grand Rapids , Kalamazoo, Mani stee, Muskegon, and Petoskey, the Learn and Serve communitybased programs provide youth with opportunities in and out of school to enrich their academic learning, deve lop skills, grow personally, and become productive citizens while serving their communities. This year, more than 1,704 committed young people involved in Learn and Serve Michigan provided more than 20,434 hours of service to their communities across the state. In addition, Learn and Serve Michigan provided more than I ,800 hours of training and education to Learn and Serve participants. The following highlights of Learn and Serve Michigan programs include: Creston Neighborhood Association: Team Up Creston Team Up Creston empowers students to assess the assets and needs in their community and then plan and implement service projects that address those needs. Student participants from Northeast and Riverside Middle Schools in Grand Rapids designed projects that addressed gang behavior in the neighborhood. Projects included graffiti removal and park clean-ups . Team Up Creston turned an abandoned lot that was a potential gang hangout into a neighborhood garden called Peas On Earth. The young people also organized and implemented an anti-gang assembly at a neighborhood elementary school. More than 200 students watched the assembly and were provided with tools to avoid the lure of gangs. In all , 49 Team Up Creston students provided over 2,000 hours of direct community service. Non-participant volunteers, including parents, students from the local community college, and high school volunteers , provided more than 200 service and volunteer hours in association with Team Up Creston. �Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation The Project Mentor Connections Program operates in partnership with Bi g Brothers/B ig Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, Western Michigan University's Divi sion of Minority Affairs/Martin Luther King Program and Lee Honors College. Seventy-seven participants served in the program , which matches hi gh school students with elementary schoo l students from Kalamazoo's Ed ison ne ighborhood for mentor/mentee relation ships . In all, Proj ect Mentor participants completed I ,054 hours of direct service and 964 hours of training and education . The project culminates in the development and implementation of a serv ice project in the com munity. Team Up Creston gives me a chance to get out and help the commun ity. I also learned to work better with groups of people, and I got to make friends with the kids fi'om Riverside Middle School - Joseph Murphy, 8th grader, Northeast Midd le Schoo l, Grand Rapids Manistee Youth Employment and Training Program The Walkabout Program engages students in peer and intergenerational service projects in their community while strengthening their academic , leadership , and civic responsibility. In all , Walkabout participants provided more than 4,300 direct service hours to the community in ac tivities that focus on the past, present and future of the area. Service proj ec ts included the comp il ation of an oral history of the community, beautificati on projects that recreated the area accord ing to descriptions in the oral hi stori es, and the development of recommendations to the Manistee Village Township on potential improvements in the com munity. Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) of Muskegon County Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) of Muskegon County developed a multisite project which includes activities at a local middl e sc hool, a hi gh sc hoo l, and at a YV C summer camp. School year participants augmented their science curriculum by making worm boxes for the creation of mul ch l'or garden ing. They also advanced thei r understanding of chemistry by doing water testing at a variety of community sites. During the summer portion of thi s program , thirty YVC members, three team leaders and two camp directors led 150 elementary students in a Summer D.A.Y.S. Camp, a camp with a sc ience emphasis. All participants engaged in a variety of service- learning activities that use a teacher-designed science camp curriculum . Service- learning is a method under which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that; 1) is conducted in and meets the needs of a community; 2) is coordinated with an elementary school, secondary school, institution of higher education, or community service program, and with the community; 3) helps foster civic responsibility; 4) is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students or the educational components of the commun ity service program in which the participants are enrolled; and 5) includes structured time for the students and other participants to reflect on the service experience. �TAP-Youth Service AP- Youth Service (Technical Ass istance Program for Youth Service) provided grass roots, low income community organi zati ons with the in fo rmation, netwo rk access, and ex pertise to more effecti ve ly develop, operate and support community service and yo uth deve lopment programs. TAP- Youth Service was an initi ati ve of MCSC in partnership with the Community Foundatio n for South eastern Michi gan, funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundati on. T MCSC joined with Catho lic Youth O rganizati on's Co mmunity Organi zing and Training (CYO/COT) to implement TAP -Youth Service. TAP- Youth Service provided on-site, tec hni cal assistance to thirty-seven nonpro fit community- based organi zations, youth and vo lunteer programs, community deve lopme nt projects and health program s. Groups such as the American Red Cross, Detroit Chapter; COTS Child Care Training; Do mini can High Schoo l and Academy; Entrepreneur Training Program; Franklin Elementary School; Northeast Princ ipal s Association; Renaissance Youth Center; YMCA ; and St. Vincent de Paul all benefited from tec hnical ass istance pro vided by TAP-Youth Servi ce. The Complet e T,'\P- Youth Service Resource Guide Boord of DneCfOt!> M lr~l MonuO'I f or Sucu.:'' hwoiYCmt nl on Bo11rds and Commitrecs Yo~Jih Va/unrccr Monogemcflt Pllml'ltnqanO lmfllemeM ingn lOCDifundraiser OrggmZPTIOIIIJI Commur~ica rwn YOtlth PtO!Ifam FIJIIdingResoorces Cr tCITifC Leodcrship As a res ult of four "think tank" meetings that were held in ne ighborhoods in the metro Detro it area, a six-part seri es of technical assistance workshops were conduc ted by TAP-Youth Service to address the needs of the community- based organi zati ons. Representati ves from fo rty community-based organi zati ons attended the workshop series. Workshop topics included organi zati onal deve lopment, volunteer manage ment, fund development, communi cati ons, building organizational power, and yo uth program deve lopment. Participant evaluati ons consistentl y gave the wo rkshops hi gh scores. In addition to the workshops, The Complete TAP-Youth Resource Guide was written and developed by CYO/COT and printed by MCSC. The Guide covers the topi cs addressed in the workshops, including volunteer manage ment, plannjng and imple menting a local fundraiser, yo uth program fundin g resources, youth in vo lvement on boards and committees, organi zatio nal communi cati on, and creati ve leadership. The Guide also contai ns a li st of found ations, including public , private, and corporate, that have been identified as grant prov iders for youth-related programs. Two thousand copi es o f the Guide were distributed at state and national co nfe rences and through state nonpro fit networks. TAP-Youth Conference D espite some o f the worst weather of the winter, more than 120 people attended MCSC's TAP-Youth Service Conference March 20-2 1 in Lansing. The confe rence attracted representati ves fro m youth agencies , neighborhood organi zations, and nonprofits throughout the state . Workshops foc used on schoo lbased service-learning, youth deve lopment, youth program successes and challenges , resource de ve lopme nt, volunteer manage ment, and program eva luation. A highlight of the confere nce was the evening session entitl ed " Di scovering Our Michigan Youth Service Netwo rk. " Partic ipants exchanged info rmati on about each atte nding organizati on and identi fied opportuniti es fo r continued communicati on on the Internet. �Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) T he Michigan Youth Progressive Action Counci l (MY PAC) , a standing committee of MCSC, provides student leaders ages 12 to 2 I with the opportunity to enhance th eir involvement in community service. MYPAC encourages yout h to beco me an integral part of service in Michigan, not only as participants, but also as creators and dec ision makers. The fl,iJk:h lg 3n Youth Provl'esslve A c Uon Counc il In 1995-96, 12 young people from varied cultural, geographic, socioeconomic, raci al, and political backgrounds served on MYPAC. These young peopl e are leaders in the ir communiti es who demonstrate the iJ· interest and commitment to servi ce in their everyday li ves. As MYPAC members, they offer MCSC insight in to planning policy and programs that invol ve youth . Through ac tivities in their hi gh school s and community, these young leaders play an ac tive role in makjng their communities better places to live. Thi s year, MYPAC members parti cipated in leadership training session s at MCSC meetings and conferences. Members presented works hops at the National Se rviceLearning Conference in Detroit in the spring and at the Youth in Phil anthropy Conference in Grand Rapid s in the summer. They were also busy promoting volun teerism in their communities and ac ross the state. The fo llowin g is on ly a partial li st of members and the activ ities they were involved with during the past year. MYPAC member Douni a Senaw i of Bloomfie ld Hills organi zed a book drive for the Sarah Fis her Home, a home for abused childre n in Farm in gton Hills. She also vo lunteered at so up kitchens during the ho lid ays, participated in canned food drives , and tutored her fellow students at Birmingham Groves Hi gh School. Ms. Senaw i is also working to get students actively involved on the Birmingham and Beverly Hill s city and vi ll age boards. T.J. Derwin , MYPAC me mber from the Upper Penin sula, is involved in establi shing a yo uth council in Negaunee in order for youth to have input in co mmunity activi ti es and development. Jeff Schulz of Un ionville and Sen ior Advi sory Council member Emory Nestor of Bay City partic ipated in a cabl e TV show and on a radio show in Saginaw promoting intergenerational volunteerism and the benefits of citi zens working together for the community. MYPAC member Kimberly Fronsman of Battle C reek worked with Battle Creek's Volunteer and Information Services thi s year to plan and participate in a Make A Difference Day "Soup and Soap" project. Volunteers gathered food and toi letries for local shelters and food pantries. MYPAC 's mission is to promote youth service to develop young leaders, and to educate ad ults about youth service and yo uth interests. 1995-96 MYPAC Members Back ro w, I tor: Andrew Do wns. Alpena; Marieo Henry, Detroit; l efT Schulz, Unionville; Scolf Smith, Romulus. Middle row, l to r: Doun ia Senawi. Bloon~field Hills; T.J. Derwin, Negaune e; Kate Eklund, Ann Arbo1: Seated. l tor: Ha Tran, Lansing; My Lien. Walket: Not pictured: Kimberly Fronsm.an, Balfle Creek; Dan Stump, East Lansing; Beth Webe1; Ypsilanti. Youth can be the strongesl force in the well-being of the community. lf youlh rea li z.e that their communities are going to be theirs for as long as they like, and thai they can change it if they don 't like it, then positive things will really star/ lo happen. - T.J . Derwin , MYPAC me mber, Negaunee �Senior Advisory Council edicated senior citizen volunteers tirelessly serve their communities across Michigan. They share their time, experience and resources by helping children learn to read, providing companionship to the homebound , serving the hungry, mentoring students, and much , much more. Seniors are integral members of community nonprofit organizations and local civic organizations where they work together to solve community problems. D The Senior Advisory Council is a newly formed standing committee of MCSC. The 16 member Council held its first meeting in January. The mission of the Senior Advisory Council is to promote and develop volunteerism, leadership, and intergenerational service in Michigan by educating the general public about community service provided by senior citizens. The members will accomplish this mission through the work of four committees: Special Events , Policies/Procedures, Recruitment of Senior Volunteers , Networking/Public Relations. The members ' first outreach event was at the first National Senior Service Corps Training Conference, July 14-17 in Washington , D.C. where members Edith Prosen and Warren Black presented a workshop on the development of the Senior Advisory Council. To highlight intergenerational service opportunities , members of Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) often join the Council members for their meetings . They generate discussion on how the Council can work with MYPAC members both as a group and in the members ' individual communities. Through the Senior Advisory Council we can promote volunteerism and recruit more people to voluntea - Maria Velasquez, member, Senior Advisory Council MCSC Senior Advisory Council Seated l tor: Maria Velasquez, Lansing; Sister Elizabeth Eardley, Grand Rapids; Emory Nest01; Bay City; Jim Mui1; Grand Rapids; Tish Neidhardt, Ann. Arb01: Middle row l tor: D1: Elleen Hun.te1; Marquette; Edith Prosen, Marquette; Don Schmeide1; Escanaba; Bob Wildeman., Niles; Anne Evans, Canton. Back row l to r: Warren Black, Detroit; Charles Smith, Detroit; Paul Tomshany, Dexter; Orvis Berry, Battle Creek. Not pictured: John Myers, Detroit. �Annual Poster Contest esc, in coll aborati on with the Michi gan Office of Services to the Aging, the Loveli ght Foundation , and the Volunteer Centers of Mi chigan, sponsored a pos ter contest to celebrate the dynamic interac ti on of yo uth and . eni ors in community service work . M The theme of thi s year's contest was " lntergenerational Volunteerism." The focu s was on vo lunteer activities in Michi gan that are intergenerational , involvin g seni or c iti zens and yo uth . Nomination fo rm s were sent to hundreds of seni or organi zati ons ac ross the state seeking photographs for submi ss ion to the contest. The winning photos and slogan were judged by a committee assembled by the MCSC Senior Advisory Council. The Intergenerati onal Poster was un veiled at the Third Annual Governor 's Community Serv ice Awards program on May 16, 1996. The poster ce lebrates yo uth working with seni ors for the benerment of the com munity. The slogan on the poster states "Volunteering Knows No Age. " The poster will be disp layed in school s, seni or centers, li braries and vari ous other places throughout Michigan. The winning photo displayed on the poster were submitted by: Martin Luther King Apartments of Detroit- Assisted Housing Retired & Senior Volunteer Program/ Youth Volunteer Corps of the MenomineeDelta-Schoolcraft Community Action Agency in Escanaba Senior Services of Muskegon Ramp Project of Muskegon County Youth Volunteer Corps of Muskegon Dearborn Pleasant Hours Units/Senior Citizens Program �Connecting Partnerships Across Michigan MCSC works to connect ideas, conununities, people, and problems in a forum. that allows for an exchange of ideas and solutions. MCSC convenes diverse individuals and groups to build communities through shared efforts toward a conunon goal. Make A Difference Day, 1996 M ake A Difference Day inspires peop le ac ross the country to devote the day to serving their communities. In Mi chi gan, MCSC, the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM), the Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) , and the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF) worked to motivate and encourage people of all ages to participate in this day of service on October 26, 1996. The partners served as a c learinghouse for information by providing local contac t people and organizations with pertinent material , co llecting Michigan Make A Difference Day Project Entry Forms, acting as a promoter of media interest, and g iving suggestions about finding community resources. This an nual cha llenge of doing good is celebrated around the coun try by people servi ng food at homeless shelters, helping children learn to read, gathering c lothes for the needy, beautify ing parks, and so much more. Across the state of Michigan , more than 3 1,000 vo lunteers participated in more than 160 Make A Difference Day projects. In all , the day was an enorm ous success in Michi gan, and continues to build in number of vo lunteers and service ac tivities as it gai ns publicity. Indeed, service is hard work, but you are here as lestament to the truth that it is work worth doing . Today you will join more than 30,000 Michiganians working in. more than 160 projects, and hundreds lJ{ thousands of" ourfellow Americans serving in cities, towns and hamlets across our great land. - M ichelle Eng ler. First Lady and C hair of MCSC. addressi ng student voluntee rs at Western Mic higa n Uni versit y on Make A Diffe re nce Day. 1996 Since 1992, USA Weekend magaz ine, through its 37.5 milli on readers, and the Points of Light Foundation , through a national network of over 500 Volunteer Centers, have worked as partners to chall enge Americans to devote one Saturday a year to volunteer in the ir com munity. Last year, the 8,000 Make A Difference Day projects across the coun try invo lved more than 850,000 Americans in servi ce to their comm unities. Michelle Engle1; cen/eJ; and MCSC Commissioner and Wes/em Michigan Unive rsily s/udenl Amber Pri!clwrd. lhird j iwn !he /~ft. j oin s/udenls at W/v!U/(1r Make A Difference Dm·. / 996. WMU sludents volunte ered in th eir Make 1\ Difference Dar. / 996. COII'lll'llll1ity 011 �MCSC Publications MCSC continues to p rovide our grantees and community organizations across the state with volunteer and service-related materials. MCSC makes the follo wing publications available free of cost to the public. Michigan Community Se rvice Commission News is the quarterly newsletter publi shed by M CSC. It hi ghl ights upcoming events as well as program news from Mi chi gan's Ameri Corps, Learn and Serve Michigan, Michi gan CARES, M YPAC, the Senior Advisory Council , and much more. It's Knowing Where to Look: A Fund Raising Guidefor Grassroots Community-Based Youth Groups bookl et is avail able to groups look ing to fund a youth program . Valuable hints for locating state and federal funds fo r your proj ect are included. New Partnerships in Michigan: The Power c~f Vo luntary Citizen Se rvice bookl et is a detailed report on the New Partnerships in M ichigan initiative. It contain s the background di scu ss ion from both New Partnerships meetings. The Complete TA P- Youth Service Resource Guide includes in formation on volunteer management, pl anning and impl ementing a local fund raiser, yo uth in volvement on boards and committees, organi zati onal communi cation, creati ve leadership, and much more. Profiles in Service has been updated and expanded to incl ude more than 60 organi zations and state departments. It is a state resource guide ror service and volunteer-re lated programs and contains a detail ed description of the programs and ac tiviti es of the age nc ies and networks. In vestments in Volunteerism: Resource Guide of Vo lunteer and Se rvice Programs Funded in Michigan contains in valuabl e info rmati on on grantmaki ng organizati ons around the state. It is designed to connect grantseekers with those organi zations providing funds. Michigan Se rvice-Lea rn ing Principles and Practices serves as a reference guide for service-learning prac titioners. It provides bas ic definitions, essential elements, standards of qu ality, and exampl es of impl ementation. [The TAP-Youth Service Resource Guide] gathered. .. il~{o nna ti on.fi'om some of th e best thinkers and organizations in our sect01: l fou nd the manual easy to read, very informati ve, and targeted at some of the most often asked questions about managing a succes.~fit! community-based nonprofit organization. The firs t chapters on board development seem especially useful. I was impressed with how these sections could be help.fitl to adults recruiting youth board members as well as young people learn ing about the responsibilities of boards. The sections on .fitnd raising and commun ications contain the kind (}{ i1~jorma tio n necessary to bu ild public support. [The G uide takes] the mystery out (~{these two areas .... - Barba ra L. Lohm a n, Vice Preside nt , Co mmuni ca tio ns a nd Med ia Relat io ns, Po ints of Li g ht Foun datio n �Conferences and Trainings MCSC knows the importance of technical assistance and training to grassroots organizations. b1{ormed, educated service professionals can do their jobs bette1; easie1; and serve the conununity in a greater capacity if they are provided with opportunities to network with other service providers, share best practice stories, and hone their skills. Keeping volunteer professionals on the cutting edge of the latest i11{ormation on technology, managing volunteers, raising funds, and so much more, allows them to m.ore effectively serve their conununity. Regional Trainings CSC sponsored four regional trainings in Traverse City, Kalamazoo, Flint, and Detroit in February for grantees, nonprofit organizations, and community groups . The regional trainings were intended to encourage collaboration amongst various organizations within a specific region while providing a quality training on service-learning and youth development. The Michigan CARES communities played an integral part in facilitating the trainings . M The trainings were facilitated by noted experts in the field . Louise Giugliano, School and Professional Development consultant, facilitated the service-learning portion of the training, and Mike Chateau of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) facilitated the youth development aspect of the training. Attendees included members of MYPAC, the Senior Advisory Council, Michigan 's AmeriCorps programs, Learn and Serve Michigan programs, Volunteer Centers, Michigan Campus Compact, Family Independence Agency volunteer coordinators , CARES volunteers and members of other nonprofit organizations. In all , the trainings were an opportunity for people to meet, discuss their programs and projects, and receive instruction specific to volunteering and service. Fund Raising for Nonprofits CSC hosted a two-day fund raising training for MCSC grantees in January facilitated by the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy The Fund Raising School. The focus of the conference was how to prepare nonprofit organizations to succeed in their fund raising efforts in an increasingly competitive market. More than 50 representatives from Michigan 's AmeriCorps , Learn and Serve Michigan , Michigan CARES, community foundations, school districts and community organizations from across the state gathered to hear information on the fol lowing areas: M Preparing for Fund Raising: Marketing Concepts and Fund Raising Vehicles Special Events and Building Identity in the Community Foundation and Corporation Solicitation Prospect Identification Psychology of Motivation How to Solicit a Major Gift/Solicitation Practice �Michigan CARES Community Workshop T he Michigan CARES comm uni ty workshop was he ld March 19-20 for approximately 50 CARES representati ves from the six project sites: Alpena, Flint, Marquette, Mu skegon , Grand Rapids and Detroit. The retreat foc used o n incorporating service-learning in Michi gan CARES projects , co ll aboration and partnerships with bu sinesses, and evaluation of CA RES programs. CARES coordinators were also g iven the opportunity to clarify the CARES project goals in the ir com munity, develop a timeline for their CARES project, and di scuss implementation of Michigan CARES Phase II objecti ves. The training and planning sess ions provided each CARES communi ty the chance to interact with the other CARES sites. One participant stated , "T he retreat helped address local co ncern s, need s, and iss ues. It was great to get away from the office and learn more abou t what it takes to coll aborate in an interactive way. " Michigan's AmeriCorps Conference T he Michigan's AmeriCorps Mid-Year Retreat brought more than 300 Michigan's AmeriCorps members and nati onal fac ilitators to Flint for a weekend of trainin g and networking . The March 29-30 retreat in volved representatives from dozens of nonprofit organizat ions including Bi g Brothers/B ig Si sters, United Way of Saginaw County, and the Urban League of Flint. The retreat provided corpsmembers and staff the opportunity to learn about program s and nonprofits from across Michi gan and sharpen their work and life skills . Corpsmembers attended works hops on Probl em So lvi ng, Time Management, Life After AmeriCorps , Goal Setti ng, Planning and Benchmarking, Building Neighborhoods, Volunteer Recruitment, and much more. In addition, the Michi gan's AmeriCorps program directors received two days of trai ning on oukome-based program evaluation. �Service-Learning Leadership Council T he educational concept of students participating in service whi le they learn in schoo l is spreadi ng among school districts across Michigan. The MCSC Service-Learning Leadership Council has played a strong role during this expans ion. It has participated in convening teachers, facilitators and administrators aro und the instructional elements of service- learning. The Cou ncil , convened by MCSC, consists of the leading service-learning practitioners and policy makers in the state. The Council 's goal is to foster the development of sustainable service-learning in Michigan by facilitating communication, promoting best practices, encouraging diversity, and supporting school-comm unity partnerships. In an effort to learn the extent of service-learning practices in the state, the Counci l surveyed schools and organizations over the course of the year. The Community Service and Yolunteerism Survey was sent to more than 4,000 Michigan schoo ls. The survey was designed to collect information on the serv ice-learning activities, commun ity service and volunteerism opportunjti es availab le to students and teachers at schools across the state. Response to the survey has been excellent. The Council will compile the results and disseminate information on how schools have actively involved yo ung people in servicelearning and volunteeri sm. In addition to the Learn and Serve Yolunteerism Survey, the Technical Assistance Comm ittee of the Council surveyed serv ice-learn ing technical assistance providers on the nature of the technical ass istance they offer to communjty organizations and sc hoo ls. The results of tills survey will be compi led and shared at major volunteer and servicelearning events over the cource of next year. Service-Learning Leadership Council Members Beth Gibbs- Lahser High School, Bloomfield Elaine Gordon - Michigan Department of Education , Lansing L inde ll Herrick- West Ottawa Public School, Holland Chris Kwak- W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battl e Creek Kelly Masters- Service-Learning Center for SE Michigan , Detroit Lisa McGettigan- Michigan Campus Compact, East Lansing Donnell Mersereau- Council of Michigan Foundations, Grand Haven Mark Pawlowski -American Youth Foundation , Three Rivers Stella Raudenbush - Michigan K- 12 Service-Learning Center, East Lansing Angelia Salas- Michigan Community Service Commission, Lansi ng Lindy Reurink- Michigan Community Service Commission , Lansing Frank Dirks- Michigan Community Service Comm iss ion, Lansing Dale Rice- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Julie Smigelski- Alpena Community College, Alpena Paula Kaiser- Michigan Community Service Commission, Lansing Paul a Baker- Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Doreen Thomas - Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation, Kalamazoo Deni se Walker- Michigan K-12 Service-Learning Center, East Lansing �Financial Report D uring fiscal year 1996, MCSC received a total of $4,973,808 to support programs throughout the state. This was an increase of more than 20% from fiscal year 1995. A large part of thi s increase can be attributed to new Michigan 's AmeriCorps programs. Support from the private sector increased fro m $578,000 in 1995 to $692,761 in 1996. Thi s increase in investment by the private sector reflects the contin ued support representing the strong public/private commitment to community serv ice. Michigan also received additional federa l funds from the Corporation for National Service to run Learn and Serve community-based programs. Almost all of the funds secured by MCSC were obtained by a competitive proposal process. In add ition to the federal and private support, the state of Michigan supplied MCSC with admi ni strative fu nds and a considerable amount of in-kind support. This in-kind support included items such as office space, telephone, utilities , and other forms of support. Fiscal Year 1993-1994 Federal Funds State Funds Total Public Funds $422,320 $ 156,600 $578 ,920 Growth of MCSC from 1993 to 1996 .J.'/74 Total Private Funds Total MCSC Funds $ 3.000* $581,920 • 199.\-199' Q ICJ'J-l- 1995 *Cash and in-kind support. Fiscal Year 1994-1995 Federal Funds State Funds Total Public Funds $3,140,018 $ 158,000 $3,298,018 Total Private Funds Total MCSC Funds $ 578,000 $3,876,018 Fiscal Year 1995-1996 Federal Funds State Funds Total Public Funds Total Private Funds Total MCSC Funds $4,105,347 175,700 $4,28 1,047 T otal M CSC Fun ds (x mil li on ) $ MCSC 1995-1996 $ 692,761 0 $4,973,808 T01 al MCSC Funds l'ri l'mc l -l% �Fiscal Year 1995-1996 Federal Funds Michigan 's AmeriCorps Learn and Serve Community-Based Program Development Assistance and Training Operations $ 3,345 ,347 175,000 135,000 450,000 State and General Fund/General Purpose Annual State Appropriation $ 175,700 $ 553 ,261 34,000 98 ,000 7 ,500 Private Funds W.K. Kellogg Foundation C.S. Mott Foundation Ford Foundation Ameritech Expenditures Grants Program Operations Program Training Admini stration Evaluation Funding Sources $ 3,759,566 560,573 260,141 293,529 30,000 MCSC 1995-1996 0 Prugmm Opcr.IIMm~ II ~- Tr.un r n~ !'i•,; Ex penditures �Michigan Community Service Commission ichigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is dedicated to enabling all citizens, including youth , to engage in public probl em solving through service and volunteeri sm. Created by Executive Order of the Governor in October 1991 , MCSC was established in State law with the overwhelming bipartisan support of the Michigan Legislature in the summer of 1994. The nonpartisan Commission supports and administers nation al and community service programs across Michigan. M The Michigan Community Service Commi ssion promotes and supports individual volunteers , service and volunteer programs, and public/private partnerships that meet important community needs. The Mi chi gan Community Service Commission makes training and technical support available for organizations involved in community service and volunteerism. The Members of the Michigan Community Service Commission Michelle Engler, Chair, Attorney and First Lady of Mi chi gan Karen Aldridge, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Victor Begg, Independent Business Owner Mary Ellen Brandell , Central Michi ga n University Juli e Cummings, Fund Development Consultant, Lovelight Foundation Judith Dunn , St. Vincent de Paul and Sarah Fisher Center Dorothy Johnson , Council of Michigan Foundations Nancy Lenz, Michigan National Bank Sister Mary Martinez, Multi-Cultural Affairs, Mado nna Universi ty Kathl een Keen McCarthy, Charter Township Supervisor of Plymouth James Muir, Senior Volunteer Lisa Ilitch Murray, Little Caesar 's Enterprise, Inc. Eunice Myles, State Farm Insurance Randy Neeli s, Menominee Public Schools Superintendent Joel Orosz, W.K . Kellogg Foundation Amber Pritchard , student, Western Michigan University Terry Pruitt, Jr. , Vice Chair, Dow Corning Corporation Alton Shipstead, Northwest Michigan Council of Governments Scott Smith, student, Albion College Michael J. Tate, Mi chigan State University Extension Matthew J. Wesaw, Detective Sergeant, Michigan State Police Raymo nd W. West, Labor Li aison, United Way Community Serv ices Geneva J. Williams , Executive Vice Presi dent and COO, United Way Community Services Frank Dirks, Executive Director, MCSC Michigan Community Service Commission Staff Executive Director, Frank Dirks Michigan 's AmeriCorps Program Director, Daphne Wells Assistant Director, Lindy Reurink Direc tor of Administration, Garry Gross Executive Secretary, Mary Estrada Publi cati ons Coordinator, Tracy McCloskey Michigan CARES Program Director, Paula Kaiser Adminstrative Support, Jennifer Dick Learn and Serve Program Director, Angelia Salas Administrative Support, Kathie Vas il ion �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. 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Capitol Ave. Bldg ., 4th Floor Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 (517) 373-4977 Dear Friend of Service: Despite ever present challenges, the prospects for service and volunteerism in Michigan have never been better. Michigan's citizens of all ages, races, and religions have come together in voluntary citizen service to make our communities better places to live. Volunteerism and community service have become core elements of an emerging language of community building. State and local nonprofit and public institutions are forging new partnerships invigorated by citizen-generated problem solving. I am pleased to report that the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) has contributed to this renewal of the voluntary spirit. Never alone, always in partnership with state and grassroots nonprofit organizations, MCSC has been driven by its mission to enable all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem solving through service and volunteerism. Thanks to the exemplary bipartisan support of the legislature and the sponsorship of representatives Bob Emerson and Shirley Johnson, MCSC was established in statute in the summer of 1994. Governor Engler's commitment to service and volunteerism has been invaluable, helping to make MCSC one of the nation's preeminent state service commissions. Through its supporters, its members, and its activities MCSC has exemplified the notion that service and volunteerism are not bipartisan ideas, they are nonpartisan ideas. MCSC has demonstrated that a public agency can serve as an effective catalyst for service and volunteer programs. MCSC has proven that public/private partnerships offer compelling approaches to sustaining service and volunteerism. MCSC has found that as much as anything, people need opportunities to come together to find shared solutions to common challenges. At the national level, recent questions over the federal investment in service have understandably generated concern among many nonprofit volunteer organizations in Michigan. While we remain confident that the federal government will continue its long tradition of support for service, the current uncertainty has underscored our view that service and volunteerism will not flourish if they become dependent on any single source of support, be it public or private. Volunteerism does not come free, and all sectors of society must recognize their duty to support it. The future health of our republic will depend on a citizenry willing and able to volunteer to serve their communities. No American better recognized this than the late Governor George Romney. His vision guided the development of service and volunteerism across Michigan and the United States. His selfless commitment and boundless energy were an inspiration to me as I know they were to many Americans. While we will miss him deeply, we can rest assured that his legacy will live on in the efforts of generations of volunteers. We hope that you will consider our work as seeds for future growth in volunteer citizen service. We hope that you will find our activities a positive part of an unending effort of civic renewal. Sincerely, Michelle Engler Chairperson A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission �STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Frank Dirks October 1995 111 S . Capitol Ave . Olds Plaza Bldg., 4th Floor Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone (517) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 Dear Friend of Service: MCSC is proud of what we have accomplished since 1994. We have been relentlessly driven to build a sustainable infrastructure for service and volunteerism in Michigan. To achieve this we have worked closely with our partners in the nonprofit sector. Our partnership with the Council of Michigan Foundations, through the W .K. Kellogg Foundation funded Michigan CARES project, has been an outstanding public/private collaboration that we hope will serve as a model for other states. Our Charles Stewart Mott Foundation funded TAP-Youth Service project has enabled us to work in partnership with the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan and the Catholic Youth Organization to reach scores of grassroots community organizations in Detroit. We have forged strong working relationships with the Michigan Nonprofit Forum and the Volunteer Centers of Michigan that have produced a number of exciting initiatives. Through our federally funded activities we have developed a model state-administered national service program network that we call Michigan's AmeriCorps. We have maintained a strong relationship with the Michigan Department of Education in which we work to ensure that our respective youth service and service-learning program decisions are coordinated, efficient, and sustainable. We have enjoyed a dynamic and productive relationship with the Michigan Jobs Commission. We have worked closely with the Department of Social Services on volunteer information sharing. In addition, we have begun to develop improved mechanisms to facilitate communication among state agencies that work with the nonprofit volunteer sector--- from the adopt-a-highways programs to emergency preparedness. We also have produced information guides to support the service and volunteer field, and we have conducted intensive outreach and technical assistance efforts to enhance the awareness and skills of volunteer and service organizations. MCSC 's support comes from three primary sources-- federal funding through AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National Service, state funding, and private foundation funding . We believe that this combination is a good representation of the elements necessary to sustain service and volunteerism. Service and volunteerism require public, private, and nonprofit support. We could not have accomplished what we have without the support of the Corporation for National Service and the AmeriCorps program. National service has been a key to our efforts to build a strong state infrastructure for service and volunteerism in Michigan. We have done much to be proud, but we have much more to do. Please let us know how you think we may work best to support a future bright for volunteer citizen service. s~ ~~~ Executive Director A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission �Table of Contents Introduction ..................... ............ .......... ... .. ........ ............... ... ... .... ... .................. ........ 1 Catalyst .... ........... .. ... .... ........... ......... ......... .. ............. ... ..... .... ... ... .. ..... ...... ....... ........ ..... ............ 2 Michigan's AmeriCorps ............... ........... ........ .......... ....... .. ........... ......... .......... ....... 2 Learn and Serve Michigan .. .... ... .. .. .. ... .... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... .... .. .. .. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. .. ... ... ... .. .. . 7 Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council ........................................................ 10 Michigan Youth Voice ......... ........................ .... ....... .... ..... .......... ..... .. .......... .... .. ...... 11 Governor's Community Service Awards ........... ...... .. ....... .. .. ................... ............. 13 Convener .. .. .... .. .. .. ... .. .. .... .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... ... .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... .. .... ... ... .. .. ... ... .. .. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .... .. 15 Staff Advisory Council ......... .................. ......................................... .. ......... .. ......... .. 15 Service-Learning Leadership Council ...... .. .... ...................................................... 15 Funders Meeting ....... ................... .................. ... .... ............... .. ...................... ........... 16 AmeriCorps North Central Cluster Meeting ....... ........ .. ..... .... .... ... .... ........ ...... ... ... 16 Broker .......... .. ............................................... ....................................................................... . 17 Michigan CARES ...... ........... ........ ................................ .......... .... .. ....... ..................... 17 TAP-Youth Service .. .................. ........ ... .. .. ....... .... ....... ..................... ... ....................... 20 Youth for Michigan Campaign .............................................................. ............... 21 Quest International Conference .... ............. ..... ..... ...... .. ..... .......... ...... .... ... ... .... .... 22 Financial Report ............. ... .. .. .............. ..... .. .. ..... ... ............... ... ..... ...... .................... ......... 23 Appendix ... ... ..... ........................................................................ ... ............ ... ......................... ...... 25 Michigan Community Service Commission Members .................. ... .................. 25 Michigan Youth Progressive Council Members ................................................... 26 Service-Learning Leadership Council Members ........ .... ..................................... 27 Staff Advisory Council Members ........................................................................... 27 Michigan Community Service Commission Staff ............... .. ... .. ........ .. ................ 27 Printing for this report was made possible through th e support of a grant from the Corporation for National Service Number of Copies Printed: 2.000; Total Cost: $2,500.00; Cost Per Copy: $1.25 �Michigan Community Service Commission "Building Communities Through Service" he n people serve , th ey build co mmunity. They unite in a co mmo n ca use of impro vin g th e li ves of o th e rs. Th ey prov id e mu c h nee ded supp o rt to yo uth w ho ge t littl e a t home. T hey comfo rt people who are ill or Lncapacitated. They develop new serv ices to reach the homeless, the addicted, and the abu sed. Through the act of serving, people also make a decisive difference in their own lives. They develop their ow n knowledge, skills, and character. They build relationships with people they otherwi se may not have known, escapin g the ignorance and powerlessness that pl agues bystanders. Through service peopl e give and gain a sen se of human worth , value and potential. W The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) was established in 1991 by Executi ve Order of Governor John Engler for the purpose of developing more effecti ve ways to promote and support service and volunteeri sm in Michigan. Chaired by Michigan's First Lady, Michelle Engler, MCSC was designated the state's lead agency for admini stering programs under the Nati o nal and Community Service Act of 1990, and later the National Service Trust Act of 1993. From the start, MCSC has maintained an ambitious agenda in support of service and volunteerism that encompasses more than the administration of federally fund ed national and community service programs. The Governor and the Michigan Community Service Commiss ion have been committed to ensuring that the operati on and the public perception of MCSC are stri ctl y nonpartisan. The res ult of this commitm ent was demonstrated in 1994 when the Mi chi gan Legislature establi shed the Commi ss ion in law with overwhelming biparti san support - pass in g the Ho use 105-2 and the Senate 30-2. MCS C is currently composed of 2 1 ethnicall y, geographically, and politicall y diverse members, representing a broad constituency th at includes community- based organizati ons, colleges and uni versities, local educati on agencies, philanthropic institutions, government, labor, business , seni or citi zens, and youth . MCSC serves in three capacities, as a catalyst, convener, and broker, to build stronger communities th rough service, vo lunteeri sm, and phil anthro py. MCSC is dedicated to enabling all citizens, including youth, to engage in public problem-solving through service and volunteerism. �Catalyst MCSC works as a catalyst for positive change; stimulating innovative programs that meet real community needs through service. MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ichigan has long been an established leader in service and volu nteeri sm - first to reco g nize the importance of a state commission on service and volunteerism, first to empower youth to become partners in the commitment of meeting community needs, and one of the f irs t to establish its community serv ice commission by law. On September 12, 1994 MCSC started a new chapter for service and volunteerism in Michigan with the kick-off of Michigan's AmeriCorps. Nine differe nt local partnerships make up Michigan 's AmeriCorps team. The work of the citizens who have accepted the challenge to serve in Michi gan's AmeriCorps he lps to bind together the communities with the resolve to make our state a better place to live and work. M 2 �We're About Getting Things Done Michigan's AmeriCorps engages the energy and idealism of the citizens of Michigan, includ ing young peop le, in meeting the most critical ed uc at io nal , public safety, hum a n , a nd environmental needs of our communities. In Pontiac, Mi chigan's AmeriCorps members introduced and promoted conflict resolution in fo ur junior hi gh schools and one high school. Madison Jr. High School reported 228 conflict resolution interventions between January and the close of school in June. Both truancy and the number of students expelled has been reduced since the inception of the program. More than 3,630 yo uth enrolled in after school and summer clubs provided by Michigan's AmeriCorps members in Ypsilanti. The 177 cl ub s offer a variety of ac tivities including fo reign la ngu age lesso ns, math , scie nce , banking, and tutoring. The majority of the students invo lved in the cl ubs, have show n a meas urable improvement in academic achievement, confidence, and self esteem. In Grand Rapids, the Michigan's AmeriCorps program operated by the Grand Rapids Service Corps (GRSC) tutored more than 390 students at five elementary schools, and assisted 30 senior citi zens with ho me visits, personal li vi ng chores, and home maintenance. During the summer, GRSC establi shed a Junior Service Corps , ai med at in stilling the spirit and skill s of volunteeri sm in youth . This summer, 75 young people between the ages of7-14 actively served their community. Pontiac, Ypsilanti, and Grand Rapids are not the only communities "getting things done." Michigan's AmeriCorps programs in Lansing, Flint, Detroit, Shelby, Southfield. and Saginaw are tutoring disadvantaged youth, rehabilitating public parks , cleaning up the e nvironment, me nto ring developmentally disabled youth . work ing in community police corps, and conducting health screening for both youth and adults. In addition to the impact Michigan's AmeriCorps me mbers made in their ow n communiti es throughout the past year, members of all nine programs came together, in the true sp iri t of serv ice, fo r a day of"getting things done" in the southwest Detroit communi ty. T he Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Service Project involved AmeriCorps and community members in meeting co mmunity environmental needs i.n southwest Detro it. The project offered corpsmembers a chance to learn about the rich culture of Detroit while contributing to the community in projects designed by residents. 3 �We're About Citizen Service Community building, skill development, and character strengthening are the rewards fo r those who answer the call to serve. The difference these corpsmembers make in their communities, while they discover themselves and their own abilities, will surely stand out as one of the most significant lessons of their lives. Through Michigan's AmeriCorps, co mmunities are bein g transformed one child, one house, one neighborhood at a time . Those who serve and those who are helped are transformed. Serving others provides a new perspective, a new way of seei ng ourselves, and an opportunity to gain a sense of worth in the process. Steve Tobocman is a member of the Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program: Michigan's AmeriCorps. His initiative and pl anning Jed to a one-day cleanup at five different sites in Southwest Detroit, involving 15 Michigan's AmeriCorps members and more than 20 community members. The Carson Street Block Club hosted one of the sites. In a tearful speech, a member of the block club explained the importance of hav ing Michigan' s AmeriCorps me mbers co me to their neighborhoods as a catalyst to inspire the community to improve itself. During reflection at the end of the day, members commented on how meaningful they felt their contributio n had been. Much of their success was due to how closely they were able to work with community volunteers. "As a grad student at the University of Michigan studying Law and Public Policy, it is difficult to participate in serv ice and volunteer projects." Steve commented, "AmeriCorps has given me the opportunity to engage in direct service to low income neighborhoods, while still bei ng able to use the skill s and resources of my education." Tiana Lomax is also a Michigan's AmeriCorps member. When she joined the Grand Rapids Service Corps: Michigan's AmeriCorps she was very shy and felt that her life was go ing nowhere. This year, Tiana spoke to a group of 50 women executives about her AmeriCorps experience. "One of the many things we do is go to elementary schools to tutor children. Right now I am working at Sigsbee and Henry Elementary Schools. Many times I tell my students how important it is to get an education. I really contradict myself. Here I am telling someone the importance of ed ucation, yet I don 't have a diploma. I was supposed to graduate in I 994 but unfo rtunately I made some bad choices and did not graduate. With the help of the Grand Rapids Service Corps, I will graduate on May 24th! Last year when I found out I wasn ' t going to graduate I told myself and my frie nds that I didn ' t care. But now that I am goi ng to receive my diploma, my whole attitude has changed . I care about everything!" 4 �We're About Community Partnerships Michigan's AmeriCorps programs partner with more than 100 organizations throughout the state, providing an opportunity for Michigan and its communities to invest in new community partnerships that hold the best chance of building improved community problem-solving through service and volunteerism. Albion College Allernati ve, Inc. American Youth Foundation Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services Baxter Community Center Baxter Neighborhood Association Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Boulevard Harambee/Church of the Messiah Boys and Girls Club of Saginaw County Boys and Girls Club- North Oakland Butterworth Hospital Camp Oakland Carrol ton Middle School Chapelle Elementary School Cheney Elementary School Cherry Street Clinic Christ Episcopal Center City of Grand Rapids City of Saginaw Youth Employment Program Clancy Street Ministries Clinica Santa Maria Coit Elementary Coit Community Church Community Church of God Community Mental Health- Mason Co. Community Mental Health -Lake Co. Community Mental Health - Oceana Co. Core City Neighborhoods Coulter Elementary School Creston Neighborhood Association Department of Social Services - Lake Co. Department of Social Services - Mason Co. Department of Social Services- Oceana Co. Detroit 's Life Consultation Center East Hill s Neighborhood Association East Leonard Elementary Eastern Michigan University Edith Baillie Elementary School Edmonson Middle School Emerson Elementary School Fairwinds Girl Scout Council Family and Neighborhood Services Ford Elementary School Genesee County Habitat for Humanity Genesee County Health Department Genesee County Community Action Agency George Elementary School Grand Rapid s Foundation Grand Rapids Service Corps: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Habitat for Humanity Hall Elementary Heaven rich Elementary School Henry Park Paideia Academy Hispanic Institute Hispanic Center of West Michigan Holmes Elementary School Houghton/Jones Neighborhood Task Force Houghton Elementary School Jefferson Jr. High Jessie Rouse Elementary School Jones Elementary School Joy of Jesus Jubilee Christian Church Kaiser Elementary School Lansing Neighborhood Council Latino Family Services Lighthouse North Oakland County Lincoln Jr. High Longstreet Elementary School Macomb and Oakland Community Mental Health Services Madison Jr. High Michigan State University McCree Theatre Neighbors of Belnap Lookout Oakland County Youth Ass istant Oakland County Probate Court Oakland University Operation Get Down People in Faith United Pontiac Central High Pontiac Schools REACH, Inc. Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association Roosevelt Park Senior Center Rosedale Park Baptist Church Saginaw Police Department Salem Housing Task Force Salina Elementary School School District of the City of Saginaw Sigsbee Elementary Southwest Detroit Business Association The BUNK (Building Up Neighborhood Kid s) The Disability Network The Neighborhood Service Center United Way of Genesee & Lapeer Counties United Way of Saginaw County University of Michigan Urban League of Flint Washington Jr. High Wayne Center Wealthy Street Center Seed Webber Elementary School West Middle School Youn g Men 's Chri stian Organization Youth on the Move Youth Protection Council 5 �Mic higan's AmeriCorps Programs AmeriCorps Oakland: Michigan 's AmeriCorps CircleNet: Michigan's AmeriCorps Eastern Michigan University, Teams for School Success: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Environmental Problem Solving in Lansing: Michigan's AmeriCorps Genesee County AmeriCorps Program: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Grand Rapids Service Corps: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Rural Strategic Action Initiative: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Saginaw AmeriCorps: Michigan 's AmeriCorps ETHNICITY so r--------------------------- EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT 0 While • African-American • Hispanic/Latina 0 Aslan/Pacilic Islander • Native American 0 Olhe1 60 r--------------------------- D g~fr~~~~G~~~~~ion 50 1--------- --------------- • ~~~;~~~~~;iree/ o ~~~~~~~~~~~~~r 40 1-------- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - . GED 30 1--------- 10 % of Total Michigan's AmeriCorps Members % of Total Michigan's AmeriCorps Members GENDER 50 ~------------- AGE O Male • Female 17-25 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 0 40 II=====;-38.81 30 20 10 o ~----------~- % of Total Michigan's AmeriCorps Members 6 % of Total Michigan's AmeriCorps Members 26·40 41 + �LEARN AND SERVE MICHIGAN ommunity service is a powerful tool for youth development. When young people are asked to do something important, something that matters, so mething that will make a difference in the world, they gain self-respect. Service transforms the young person, helping him/her become a self-confident member of society, a productive worker, and a valuable, committed citizen. When community service is combined with structured learning, service becomes a method of teaching and learning. C Service-learning involves schools, communities and youth in creating and implementing service projects that address important community needs , and enhance academic and critical thinking skills for youth participants. It places ideas and concepts in the context of real-life situations and empowers students to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize these concepts through practical problem solving, often in service to the community. Service-learning transforms the young person from a passive recipient to an active provider, and in doing so redefines the perception of youth in the community from a cause of problems to a source of solutions. The network of Learn and Serve Michigan programs is called Michigan Youth Serving Across Michigan (MYSAM). MYSAM promotes partnerships between community organizations and schools. The programs are built around local community needs and interests and involve local businesses, nonprofit and social service organizations. Last year MCSC administered nine Learn and Serve community programs representing an investment in both the future of young people, and the future of their community. We're About Youth Serving as Community Resources The "Connections" program in Kalamazoo matches students from three Kalamazoo public high schools (one an alternative education program) with elementary students who reside in the economically distressed Edison neighborhood. The older students provide critical one-on-one attention and mentoring to educationally and socially disadvantaged fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. In addition, mentors and mentees work together to research and complete joint service projects, including participation in the County Human Service Department's Walk for Warmth, neighborhood graffiti cleanup, and neighborhood gardening. Studies have shown that youth respond more positively to information presented by their peers. In Petoskey, the Teen Peer Education Program involves more than 67 youth who receive training in HIV awareness and domestic violence prevention . The youth volunteers have presented educational programs, focusing on these issues, to a total of 3,500 students, parents, and school administrators, reaching 20% of all teens in the eleven county area. Response to the program has been extremely positive, with 90-95% of the student audience participants indicating the information would help them say no to sexual pressure, and increased their knowledge of the risk of HIV. All schools where youth volunteers presented have asked for repeat presentations next year, and new requests are increasing. 7 �We're About Youth Development Grand Rapids' Youth Action Institute (YAI), a collaboration between Creston Ne ighborhood Association and Heart of West Michigan United Way, focuses on training neighborhood yo uth to organi ze their neighborhood for positive change. The program di vides youth participants, many who are considered at-risk, into three teams. Each team underwent extensive training. Community services provided by the youth volunteers include the painting of a 190 foot long mural , cleaning a neighborhood park, painting the front of a neighborhood middle sc hool, ass isting with the organi zation of a crime prevention awareness event for more than 400 neighbors, building pl anter boxes fo r senior citizen home own ers, painting over gang graffiti , and renovating neighborhood playgrounds. YAI provides connected learning opportunities for youth, allowing them to mo bili ze and lead other youth in service-l earning projects. This year, more than 200 yo uth have assisted in meeting the direct needs of their communiti es. Vio lence committed by and against yo uth is a growing problem in many communities aro und the state , including Detroit. Operati o n Get Dow n's Future Leaders Program deci ded to tackle this problem by involving 30 youth in the deve lopment of a handbook outlining violence prevention and conflict resoluti on strategies fo r their peers. The yo uth gained skills in research, w ritin g, e ditin g , g ra phi c des ig n, des kto p publi s hin g, m a rk e tin g , dis tributi o n a nd leadership. T he project empowered the yo uth by giving them a sense of being able to change the ir lives and the ir community for the better. T he proj ect w ill to uc h more th a n I ,000 community youth . We're About School and Community Partnerships One of the most important ingredients of service-learning is collaboratio n among schools and community-based orga nizations (CBOs). Collaborati on enables schools and CBOs to do what they do best while ensuring that yo uth participants benefi t fro m a measure of continuity in their service and learning experiences. Co llaboratio n not onl y enhances practice , it also impro ves the chances of program in stitutionaliza tion, quality, and sustainability. MCSC works with all Learn and Serve grantees to pro mote and support coll aboration and utili zation of comm unity resource . In Mani stee, Proj ect Walk-About engages college and hi gh school students in developing and implementing service- learning proj ects with elementary yo uth . Ac ti vities foc us on academic and socia l skill s as well as community and civic invo lve ment. T he Mani stee County Ameri can Red Cross, Manistee Intermediate School Di strict, and Manistee Area Public Schoo ls ass isted in the implementation of team training. The Kaleva-Norman-Dickson School D istri ct, Orchard Hill Care Center, U.S. Forest Service, and the Kaleva Migrant Program ass isted in impleme nting community service projects including neighborhood cleanup, beauti fica tion, and recycl ing projects. The Northwest Council of Governments assisted in admini stration and the Kaleva-Norman-Dickson school district offered the use of thei r facility and ass isted in parti cipant referrals and day-to-day operations. 8 �Muskegon Youth Volunteer Corps partnered with Reeths Puffer High School to work with students to identify community needs and address them through service projects. The YYC also implemented a summer D.A.Y.S. science and service camp in partnership with Muskegon State Park, Muskegon Community Foundation , and the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District. The camp involved youth in service and leadership activities focusing on improving the environment of the community through science. More than forty-five community organizations and schools are involved in operating Michigan 's community-based service-learnin g programs . These partnerships involve such components as s haring training and resources. Schools and community-based organizations jointly develop curriculum and service activities, and provide in-kind donations, planning, and guidance. A lpena Public School s Alpena Coun ty Library Alpena Senior C iti zens Baxter Cen ter Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Kalamazoo Boys and Girls Club of Kalamazoo Butterworth Hospital Charl evoix Schoo ls Community Foundation for Northeast Mi chi gan Creston Nei g hborhood Association Detroit Public Schools Edison Ele mentary Forest Area Schoo ls Grand Rapids Ho usi ng Com mi ssion Grand Rapid s Public Schoo ls G rand Traverse Band of Ottawas and Chippewas Green View Nursing Ho me Harbor Springs Schools Heart of West Michigan United Way Huron Humane Society Inland Lakes Sc hools Juni or Ac hieve ment of Ka lamazoo Kent Intermediate Schoo l District Ka lamazoo Public Ed ucatio n Foundatio n Ka lamazoo Publi c Sc hoo ls Lake Huron Area Co unci l Loy Norrix Hi g h School MSU Coopera tive Ex tens io n/4- H Mu skego n He ig hts Safe Have n Mu skegon Yo uth Volun teer Corps Ne ig hbo rs of Belknap Lookout No rthsi de A lternm ivo:: Education Northwest Michi gan Hea lth Services Operation Get Down Petoskey School s So utheas t Econo mi c Development Te nderca re of Alpena Third Leve l Yo uth Services Trave rse C ity Area Sc hoo ls United Way of Muskegon County United Method ist Com munity Ho use University of Mi chigan, Sc hoo l of Education Vine A lternati ve Hi gh Washington Ele mentary Wayne- Westland Community Schoo ls Wea lth y Street Neighbors Western Michigan Uni vers ity Whitehall Hig h Schoo l Women's Resource Cente r of Northern Michigan Youth Employment and Training P rog ram s Youth Vo lunteer CorpsNo lunteens o f A lpena YWCA 9 �MICHIGAN YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION COUNCIL o uth in Mi c hi gan have made great strides in the area of community ser vice, but yo ung people should not onl y perfo rm community service, they should pl ay a role in developing and planning policy as well. While "youth advi sory council s" exist at the local leve l and even within specialized organi zations, there is a need to develop a netwo rk of yo uth in the field of service at the state level. The Michigan Youth Progressive Actio n Counc il (MYPAC) is a standing committee of the Michi gan Community Service Commiss ion. This body of 15 youth from around the State of Michigan advi ses MCS C in policy and programs that involve yo uth. MYPAC also promotes and supports youth service th roughout the state of Michi gan. Y We're About Youth Leadership N ineteen-ninety-fo ur was a busy and ac ti ve year for members of MY PAC. Five new MYPAC members began their terms with MYPAC. To more effecti vely enhance communicati on among MYPAC members and M CSC, MYPAC adju sted its structure to form an executi ve co mmittee. The committee co-chairs act as li aisons between MCSC and MY PAC, and coord inate informati on fl ow and decision making. Thi s year, MYPAC was involved in several acti viti es . MYPAC members received leadership training, parti c ipated in outreach activ iti es thro ugh the MCSC, and planned and implemented two You th Voice proj ects. The MYPAC met fi ve times in 1994. During these meetin gs, members received updates regarding MCSC and other statew ide service activities, and presented their ideas regardin g youth iss ues. MYPAC members also received training in iss ues such as service-learning, grant writing, event plannin g, team building, and o ther areas relevant to yo uth serv ice. MYPAC members attended conferences on service including the National Service Learning Conference and the Points of Light Conference. MYPAC members were acti vely in volved in several outreach acti vities. Kim Frons ma n was invited to partic ipate in th e Supe rinte nd e nts ' Committee for Advanced Mastery Certificates in Community Service. Jarrod Montag ue prov ided team building training to more th an 200 A meriCorps members at the Michi gan's Ameri Corps Signature Service Project in Detroit. Scott Smith and Anne Jeannette LaSovage served on the review committee for the statewide Youth For Michi gan poster contes t. Andrea Love gave a powerhll speech about youth voice and yo uth/adult partnerships to more than sixty people fro m the Michigan CARES communities. As MYPAC moves into a new year, there is a sense of achi evement in hav ing reached so many young people, but a knowl edge that much work still li es ahead. The MYPAC looks forward to a another year of outreach , specifi call y at th e community level. MYPAC members wi ll serve as Ambassadors in their communities , ass isting organi zati ons and communities in promoting and developing quality youth service. They will serve as trainers and advocates fo r other youth , keeping the spirit and fi eld of yo uth service alive, now and for years to come. 10 �MICHIGAN YOUTH VOICE ichigan Youth Voice, made possible by a grant from the Corporation for National Service, was designed to increase and enhance the level of youth participation in community service and community leadership. As part of the Youth Voice program, MCSC and MYPAC sponsored a conference March 31- April2, 1995. The intent of this conference was to allow youth to train other young people in the areas of youth service and youth leadership. A secondary goal for the youth voice conference was to involve and include less traditional leaders in community service leadership. M We're About Youth-Led Solutions The Youth Voice Conference was held at Camp Miniwanca in West Michigan. More than eighty young people and ten adult advisors participated in the three day conference. The youth were from both rural and urban communities across the state of Michigan, and represented many different socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Overall, conference evaluations from youth participants were positive. Youth indicated that it was extremely beneficial to learn from other young people rather than adults . Adult advisors commended the quality of the conference and the opportunity for the youth participants to see youth role models training and teaching other young people. Participants from the community of Kalamazoo are currently planning a youth leadership conference for West Michigan that will be facilitated by young people. A community leader who sent a group of six youth to the conference, later reported that "there has been a definite improvement in the skills and behavior of the young people who attended the youth voice conference. They offer their opinions, and are more constructive in activities." Youth Action Forums In communities throughout the state, MCSC and MYPAC supported Youth Action Forums (Y.A.F.); town meetings planned by and for young people to address community problems, promote youth engagement in community action, and build partnerships among youth and their communities. Youth Action Forums are not onetime events. Their purpose is to initiate a process through which youth assume greater roles and responsibilities in their communities. Forums may address issues such as education, crime, hunger, and drug abuse. Engaging youth in such problem solving creates unique solutions and a greater investment by young people. Three communities held Youth Action Forums. Kalamazoo Voluntary Action Center & The American Red Cross, VolunTEEN Leadership Corps "From Our Viewpoint" This forum involved 200 youth from the Kalamazoo community in discussing important issue areas which affect youth. The youth involved will continue this effort through cable access programs that are directed and initiated by youth. The cable access programs will highlight youth issues and concerns, and youth generated solutions. 11 �United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, Southeastern Michigan Youth Summit "Empowerment, Action, Change" Bringing together youth throughout Metro Detroit, this forum focused on several critical issues fac ing young people, and offered ideas about ways youth could address these problems through community service. The forum was foll owed by large-scale service proj ects. More than 450 youth participated in the forum and related community service activities. Hemlock "Rural Youth Speak Out" This forum specifically targeted the needs and issues of rural youth and bro ught together more th an 200 youth from around the state of Michigan. The young people learned about and discussed critical issues facing youth and identified possible solutions to these problems. Youth were trained in pl anning and implementing youth action forums in their own communities. 12 �GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS unger, homelessness, illiteracy, crime, drugs, social disintegration- these are some of the problems addressed everyday by countless volunteers across our state. Community service is a critical part of the solutions to these problems facing Michigan 's communities. By their work and the example they set, Michigan's volunteers are a powerful force. They inspire others to become active and involved to fight apathy and alienation. H We're About Recognizing Those Who Serve The Second Annual Governor 's Community Service Awards program celebrated the exemplary efforts of citizens across the state who have been working to solve comm unity problems and improve the quality of life in Michigan. The evening was highlighted by the presentation of a special award to the late former Governor George W. Romney. In one of his last public appearances, Governor Romney was recognized for hi s lifelong commitment to serv ice and volu nteerism in Michigan. The award will be given annually as the Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Commu nity Service Award . "I can think of no better person to name a lifetime of service achievement award after than Governor Romney," said Governor John Engler who, along with MCSC chair, Michelle Engler, presented the award. Finalists from more than 200 nominations in II categories were invited to attend a reception and an awards banquet. The Governor and Mrs. Engler announced and presented awards to winners in each category. The awards program was sponsored by MCSC with support from the General Motors' Foundation, and several individual donors. "Volunteers provide needed services that can be measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but valued 1nore in the hearts of all who have been touched by their good works. " - Michelle Engler and Governor George Romney 73 �The Second Annual Governor's Community Service Award Winners Governor Ronmey Lifetime Achievement In Community Service Reverend William C. Coppage, for the past 20 years, has helped make vitally needed services avai lable in a community where none had ex isted before. He was instrumental in establi shing the Retired Senior Vo lunteer Program in Jackson, the first of its kind in the State of Michi gan, as well as the Jackson County Department on Aging, the Crouch Senior Center, and several churches and church schoo ls. In novative Spirit Herbert A. Start, Pres ident and CEO of Hope Network, works relentlessly to unite people in order to pursue visions of hope which enhance the dignity and independence of people who have disabiliti es and/or are disadvantaged. Through Hope Network, Mr. Start creates employment, rehabilitation, transportation , and housing opportuniti es by collaborating with many different groups in innovative way s, to improve lives and communities. Exemplary Community Service By A Youth Gina Garza has demonstrated a strong commitment to serving her community. Gina establi shed Together Everything Amounts lo More (TEAM), a community service group at Way land High School, to get teenagers in volved with their community. The success of Ms. Garza's e ndeavors range from establi shing a clothing drive to keep the community warmer during the winter to vis iting nursing homes and givi ng some lonely residents a reason to s mil e. Exempla l)' Community Se rvice By A Senior Citizen Rose Bell has, for over 30 years, run a social service agency out of her apartment in Detroit. She developed a "workfa re" program lon g before it became popular. She began United Neighbors ove r 25 years ago, without any formal funding and no paid staff. Since then, she has been deve loping co llaborative re lationships with churches and other service organj zatio ns throughout the metropolitan Detroit area. · Exemplary Community Service By An Adult Carol Powell has been responsible for the initiation of a number of community projects which have made a significant impact throughout the central Michigan area and recentl y, throughout the enti re stale of Michigan. Her contribution to " Eyes to the Future", a project designed to acquaint youth with the possibility of tra ini ng beyond high school and provide them with an opportunity to actually spend time on a college ca mpus, has had a tremendous impact on both the students and the community. Exemplary Community Service By An Americorps Member Michelle Hartley's involvement has all owed the Fair Winds Council to enhance its services in Genesee County by offeri ng Girl Scout programs to previous ly unserved girls. Through Ms. Hartley 's efforts 83 new Girl Scouts have been registered utilizing 19 new adult volun teers who she recruited and helped orient as troop leaders. Many of the girl s served by M s. Hartley 's programs are considered at-risk. Outstanding You th Organization Kids Healing Kids is a vo lu nteer choir of more than 200 3rd, 4th , and 5th grade students fro m Woods ide and Waukazoo Elementary Schools in Holland. Thi s volunteer outreac h choir creates music video tapes to encourage children being treated for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses, while reaffirming the ir importance to the world . Outstanding Community Service Program Manager Marty Plender is the volunteer leader of Westside Operati on Weed and Seed, a grassroots movement to deve lop and carryout a plan to improve the community. She has in volved countless residents, organi zations, service providers, businesses , and many others. Ms. Plender has created an ever-g rowing tas k force of individual s com milled to carry ing out the project. Outstanding AdulT Organization The Juni or League of Kalamazoo has been the ini tial driving force behi nd gettin g the Hea lthConn ec l program started. Every wee k, Hea lthConnecl treats Kalamazoo County's unemployed, homeless, and indi gent at lilli e or no cost, thanks to more than I00 vo lunteer physician s, nurses , clinical and support staff. Outstanding Corporation/ Business Community ln volveme/11 Hamilton Chev rolet-Geo , The Hamilton Group, has developed a unique business-education part nership with Warren Moll High School, Warren Consolidated Schoo ls. This partnership challenges hundreds of high school students to set goals fo r their fu ture through competiti ons and encourages e ntreprenueri sm through scho larships. OutsTanding Michigan Service-Learning EducaTor Fatima Plater ident ified service- learning as the bridge across whi ch school, community and business partners crossed to adopt Interim House, a shelter for abused wo men and children . Hampton El eme ntary Sc hoo l"s serv ice-learning program has grown to include five se rvice- learning clubs, one midd le sc hool and elementary school. and a join t partnership entitl ed ' Un ited We Serve ' . 74 �Convener MCSC is a convener of diverse individuals and groups; building community through shared efforts toward common goals. STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL CSC and the Staff Advisory Council, a group of 25 state government agencies and no nprofit organizati ons, establi shed a sc hedule of qu arterly meetings, fo r the purpose of coordinating activiti es and sharing information among state and nonp rofit agencies. The MCSC Staff Advisory Council ass isted MCSC in developing a state resource guide, Profiles in Service, for service and volunteer related programs. M SERVICE-LEARNING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL s serv ice- learning continu es to ex pa nd and deve lo p throu g ho ut the state, key pl aye rs recognized the need to create a council that woul d help shape and further develop the fie ld. The Service-Learning Leadership Council , convened by MCSC, is a gathering of the leading service-learning practitioners and policy-makers in the state. The mi ss ion of the council is to foster the development of sustainable service-learning in Michigan by fac ilitating communicatio n, promoting best practices , encouraging di versity, and supporting school-community partner hi ps. A One of the first accompli shments of the counci l was the development of a common language, serv ice- learning booklet for servi ce- learning in Michigan. Michigan is fort unate to have a ric h variety of service- learn ing resources including model school and communi ty-based programs, state and regional networks, trai ning and technical assistance providers, as we ll as teacher educators and education advocates . Yet each of these programs and organi zati ons views service-learning through a slightl y different lens. Michigan Service-Learning Principles and Practices connects different shades of service- learning through a common spectrum of understanding . T he booklet will be di stributed th ro ughout the state. 15 �FUNDERS MEETING AT W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION n February 20, 1995, MCSC convened and the W.K. Kel logg Foundation hosted a grantmakers meeting to begin a dia log on volunteerism in Michigan . Attending organizations included: Council of Michigan Foundations, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Upjohn Foundation, Michigan Nonprofit Forum, and Grand Rapids Community Foundation. As a result, the Council of Michigan Foundations and MCSC agreed to collaborate to produce a grantmakers/grantseekers guide on model service and volunteer programs in Michigan. Publication of the guide is due in the Winter of 1996. 0 AMERICORPS NORTH CENTRAL CLUSTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE MEETING n March of 1995, MCSC and the Corporation for National Service (CNS) hosted a meeting of the state commission program staff of the North Central Cluster, which incl udes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Three overriding themes brought the cluster together: redefining quality and performance standards for AmeriCorps programs , increasing program responsibility, and bui lding a network throughout the cluster. This meeting gave the state program officers the opportunity to network, share resources and tools, and provide support to each other. I The meeting provided MCSC with the opportunity to share its Monitori ng Gu ide, Contractors Notebook, and Renewal Meeting Plans with the other states. As a result, Michigan was recognized for its comprehensive and efficient monitoring plan and was suggested as a national model. MCSC is promoting the next steps necessary to formalize the North Centra l C luster network. 16 �Broker MCSC is a broker of ideas and resources,· encouraging collaboration and en trep reneurial app roach es t o service and volunteer program development. MICHIGAN CARES oll aborati on is key to any community service initiative. The vision of MCSC has always been based on the value and importance of co mmunity building and state a nd local co ll aboration. The Mi chigan CARES (Communities Accessing Resources to Engage in Serv ice) project, funded through grants fro m the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Corporati on fo r National Service, is designed to demonstrate the strength and efficacy of service programs developed and sustained through local community coll aborative planni ng . C Michi gan CARES is a unique, innovative collaborative effort between the Michigan Community Service Commi ssion and the Council of M ichigan Foundatio ns (CMF). In a process facil itated by local com munity fo undations, community-based organizations, volunteers, schools, and yo uth leadershi p programs in six communiti es across the state are working together to develop strategic plans and projects around service and volunteerism. Each of the six M ichigan CARES communi ties has spent the past year developing a plann ing process, determining desired outcomes for improving their communiti es, forging new partnerships, and implementing collaborative serv ice proj ects. We' re About Providing Comn'lUnity Helping to address complex communi ty problems requires a great deal of coordinatio n in order to provide the most efficient and effective assistance. Organizati ons worki ng joi ntly rather than indepe nden tl y are likely to conduct a broader, more compre hensive analysis of iss ues and opportunities. Resources 77 �Flint CARES is assembling data and materials to develop a community resource center/forum for nonprofits that utilize volunteers. The forum will provide many of the same functions as a volunteer center and will also act as a communication and convening center for nonprofits to talk about service, service-learning, and volunteer related issues . The Muskegon CARES community developed a volunteer center, Volunteer Muskegon, with input and commitment from local citizens, businesses and agencies . The local community foundation, United Way and the Michigan CARES collaborative are just completing a three-year agreement that will temporarily establish a volunteer center within the United Way and help the center become independent at the end of the agreement. The board and staff will remain autonomous and determine the center 's direction. Marquette CARES is working to establish a Community Resource Center for community agencies. This center will give area non profits a center to research and communicate ideas about service and volunteer issues. We're About Sustaining Innovative Service Programs Three of the Michigan CARES communities developed and implemented demonstration projects that were either directly involved or closely coordinated with other national service programs. The organizations involved intend to make the projects a part of their annual schedule. Alpena CARES is developing and improving several volunteer programs based on results from a series of community needs/resource assessment sessions. Based on the data, the Alpena CARES program is creating a local teen center designed and implemented by and for youth. Various other programs and projects include environmental cleanup and water-testing projects, and job shadowing/ mentoring programs. The Michigan CARES Southwest Detroit Collaborative consists of a number of youth-serving organizations committed to helping restore Southwest Detroit to a safe and healthy environment for youth . The Southwest Detroit Collaborative focuses resources on youth recreational programs , neighborhood cleanup projects and youth oriented organizations around common issues. The project planning conference, involving more than 100 area youth , developed a permanent advisory group which planned and implemented a neighborhood cleanup project in the John Kronk Park area. In one day, more than 50 youth and adults removed 100 tons of garbage, 350 used tires, four abandoned cars, and 70 fuel tanks from a one-mile-strip in the industrial section of the John Kronk Park area in Southwestern Detroit. A local junk yard donated people, services, and equipment worth in excess of $20,000. Grand Rapids' youth development network is preparing for its community-wide conference on service-learning and youth issues that will target youth serving organizations. They also conducted summer youth service programs in collaboration with local Michigan's AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve programs. Thirty-five high school-aged youth served the handicapped in a "Special Sitters" program and in a community organization program geared around community gardening. 18 �in collaboration recognize that their well-being is intimately connected to t.he wel!We're About Participants bein a of the community. Collaboration becomes a means of rebuilding a larger commumty. This Strengthening sens~ of connectedness is the sustaining strength of successful collaborations. Michigan CARES Communities has already connected 115 organizations throughout the state. Through Adult Learning Center Gwinn Co mmunity Ac ti on Center Collaboration Alger/Marqu ette Com munity Acti on Board Habitat for Hum ani ty Alger/Marquette Spec ial Ol ympics Alger/Marquette Seni or Nutrition Program Alger/Marqu ette Mental Health Center A lpena Area Chamber of Commerce Alpena Boosters C lub Alpena Exchange C lub Alpena County, MS U Extension Alpena Bi g Brothers/Big S isters Alpena Youth Club American Heart Assoc iation American Lung Association American Red Cross Bell Memori al Big Brothers/B ig Sisters of Marquette Boy Scouts of America Boys and Girl s Clubs of Alpena Boys ville B urton Neighborhood Housing Service, Inc. Calvin Co ll ege Camp Fire Boys and Girls Catholic Human Deve lopment Office Catholi c Soc ial Services Cath oli c Youth Organizati on Chadsey Hi gh School Chocolay Children's Center Communiti es First CO NNEXIO N, Inc. Council Aga in st Gang Related Violence County of Alpena Pro bate Court Creston Neighborhood Associati on D .J. J acobetti Ho me for Veterans Detroit Recreati on Department Detroit Po lice Department Direction Center Dow ntown M arquette Associati on Earhart Middle School Easter Seal Society of Genesee County Eastwood Nursing Home Fa ir Winds Girl Scout Council Flint Retired and Seni or Volunteer Programs Flint Co mmunity Schools Flint Roundtable Forsyth Township Hi storical Soc iety Genesee Cou nty Alli ance for the Mentall y Ill Genesee County Mental Health Genesee Regional Food Bank Girl Scouts of America Goodwill Industri es G rand Valley State Uni versity Grand Rapids Publ ic Schools Grand Rapids Public Education Fund Grand Rapids Service Corps: Michigan 's AmeriCorps Grand Rapi ds Community Co llege Grand Rapids Area Center fo r Ecumeni sm Greater Muskegon Catholic Schoo ls Harbor House Domestic Shelter Heart of West Mi chigan United Way Janzen House Junior League of Flint Kearsley Commun ity Schools Kent i ntermedi ate School District Lake Superi or Hospice Lakeshore L ung Soc iety Latino Family Services Lutheran Social Services MALDEF March of Dimes of the Upper Peninsul a Marquette County Department o f Social Services Marquette General Hospital Marquette Community Foundation Marquette Police Department Marquette Public Schools Matri x Theater Company Mid-Michi gan American Soc iety for Training and Development Mitte n Bay Girl Scouts Mott Children 's Hea.lth Center Mott Community College MSU Extension Services Multipl e Sclerosis Society M unger Middle School Muskegon Communi ty Co llege M uskegon County Community Foundati on Muskegon Economic Growth Alli ance Muskegon Area Intermedi ate School Di strict New Hope Missionary Bapti st Church Optimist Club of Alpena Porter Hills Presbyterian Village Renaissance Youth Center Return on Investme nt SDEVP Southwest United Presbyteri an Church Southwest Detroit Community Mental Health Tall Pine Council Boy Scouts of America Teen Reaching Out The Grand Rapids Foundati on United Way of Genesee and Lapeer Counti es United Way of Muskegon County Uni versity of Michi gan Urban League of Flint VISTA Center Vi suall y Impaired Center Volunteer Management Association of Western Michigan Volunteer Center of Alpena Volunteer Center of Muskegon County Wilson Middle School Youth Volunteer Corps YWCA of G reater Fli nt 19 �TAP- YOUTH SERVICE T AP-Youth Service (Technical Assistance Program for Youth Service) is an 18-month initiative of MCSC, in partnership with the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan and the Catholic Youth Organization of Metropolitan Detroit, to provide technical assistance and training to low income community-based organizations (CBOs) in southeast Michigan. Funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the goal of TAP-Youth Service is to provide grassroots, low income community organizations with the information, network access, and expertise to more effectively develop, operate, and support community service and youth development programs. We're About Building the Strength of the Grassroots TAP-Youth Service provides on-site technical assistance to nonprofit community-based organizations, such as youth and volunteer programs, community development and health programs, and church operated projects. TAP-Youth Service also produced a program development resource guide and conducts and facilitates practitioner workshops for the purpose of establishing selfsufficient programs and peer support networks. TAP-Youth Service activities concentrate support and consultation in the greater Detroit area of southeast Michigan. It will tailor its technical assistance to meet the needs of specific communitybased organizations. In addition to fostering self-sufficiency and sustainability, TAP-Youth Service builds peer support networks. All workshops and technical assistance meetings are organized around three goals : to impart information, to share information, and to build support networks. While the focus of attention is on the low income communities of greater Detroit, TAP-Youth Service expands peer support networks to include CBOs from other Michigan communities with similar conditions. This year, three think tank meetings were held for block clubs, churches, community-based organizations and agencies serving youth to identify their areas of expertise, their strengths, areas in need of strengthening, and establish the priority of these areas. Approximately 2,200 neighborhood groups were invited to attend. As a result of the think tank meetings , several mini conferences and workshops were scheduled . Topics included volunteer management, fund development, organizational development, communications, building organizational power, and youth related topics . In addition to these conferences, individual consultations with youth serving organizations are an on-going activity of TAP-Youth Service. 20 �YOUTH FOR MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN hree Monroe High School students, Robert Ferrante, Amy Musson, and Christine Paulin, were winners of the Youth for Michigan Poster Contest. The poster reads, "VOLUNTEER Help someone out- make someone happy. Teenagers can make a difference." They were one of more than 100 teams of 7th through 12th graders from around the state who submitted posters for the contest. T The poster and poster contest were developed through the "Youth for Michigan" statewide campaign sponsored by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) in partnership with Little Caesar's Enterprises, the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Tigers, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), and the Michigan Jobs Commission (MJC). We're About What Youth Can Do .for All of Us The Youth for Michigan initiative was designed to recruit and encourage youth 11 - 18 years old to participate in community service and volunteerism in Michigan. To emphasize the value and importance of teamwork in service, the contest applicants were required to work in teams of no less than two young people. The goal was to create an image and a supporting slogan that call youth to serve their communities. The Judging Committee consisted of a diverse group of youth, sponsor representatives, members of MCSC and MDE, as well as other individuals with strong ties to the volunteer community. Posters were displayed in the State Capitol during National Volunteer Week in April and the winners were honored at the Governor's Community Service Award dinner held during Michigan Week in May. A copy of the winning poster was mailed to schools and community-based organizations throughout the state to encourage youth to think of creative ways they can serve their own communities whi le communicating the importance of community service and volunteerism to others. 27 �QUEST INTERNATIONAL SKILLS FOR ACTION PROGRAM AND STATEWIDE SERVICE-LEARNING CONFERENCE he Michigan Community Service Commission, in partnership wi th the Michigan Department of Education received one of only two grants provided to states from Quest International last year. The grant enabled MCSC and MOE to provide intensive training to approxi mately 60 teachers and community members and to host a statewide service-learn ing conference. The total value of the grant and in-kind services from Quest is esti mated at approximately $50,000. MCSC and MOE have used these funds to enhance and strengthen service-learning in Michigan. T Bear Lake, Jackson, Flint, Kalamazoo, Mani stee, and Wayne-Westland school districts were awarded the in-kind training to build upon serv ice-learning efforts in the district. Teams of administrators, teachers and community members from the districts expressed high satisfaction with the training and excitement about implementing service-learning in their schools. MCS C and MOE wi ll continue to work with grant recipients, providing technical ass istance and training opportunities throughout the year. The Youth in Service to Michigan statewide serv ice-learning confere nce took place on October 2, 1995. The conference brought together 240 educators and community agency staff to gain new skills, learn new information, and network with others interested in service-learning. The conference featured nationally recognized presenters. Dr. Benjamin Barber, Director of the Walt Whitman Center at Rutgers University and one of the country's foremost authorities on citizenship and service, gave the keynote address . 22 �Financial Report ver the past year, MCSC has aggressively sought out additional funding to support service and volunteerism in the state. During fiscal year 1995, MCSC received a total of $3,876,018 to support programs throughout the state, which was an increase of over 80% from fiscal year 1994 which totaled $581 ,920. 0 While a large part of the increase, $2,724,949, can be attributed to a new national service program, AmeriCorps, support by the private sector increased to $578,000. This increase in investment by the private sector reflects the importance that corporate America is showing community service. Michigan also received additional federal funds from the Corporation for National Service to run the Michigan CARES demonstration model, nine Learn and Serve Community-Based programs, and the Michigan Youth Voice Program. Almost all of the funds secured by MCSC were obtained by a competitive proposal process. In addition to the federal and private support, the state of Michigan supplied the Commission with administrative funds and a considerable amount of in-kind support. This in-kind support included items such as office space, telephones, utilities, and other forms of support. Growth of MCSC from 1993 to 1995 FY 1993-94 Total Public Funds Total Private Funds Total MCSC Funds *Cash and in-kind support FY 1994-95 Total Public Funds Raised Total Private Funds Total MCSC Funds $578,920 $3,000* $581 ,920 • 1993·94 Ell 1994·1995 $3,298,018 $578,000 $3,876,018 Total MCSC Funds (x million) 23 �MCSC 1994-1995 MCSC 1994-1995 • D Public BS% Private 15% Total MCSC Funds Federal Funds Michigan's AmeriCorps Learn & Serve CBO Program Development Assistance and Training Administration Michigan CARES Youth Voice Grant • Federal 81 % O Private 15"/o D State4 % Funding Sources $2,203,947 $138,000 $75,000 $52 1,000 $183,071 $19,000 State General Fund General Purpose Annual State Appropriation $ 158,000 Private Funds Charles Stewart Mott Foundation WK. Kellogg Foundation General Motors Foundation Private Donors $75 ,000 $495 ,000 $5 ,000 $3,000 MCSC 1994-1995 Expenditures Grants Program Operations Administrative Evaluati 0n $2,88 1,702 $549,240 $385 ,067 $60,009 Expend itures 24 • Grants 75% • 6~i:~~ns 14 % O Administrative 10% 0 Evaluation 1% �Appendix MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Michelle Engler, Chair, Attorney and the First Lady of Michigan Victor Begg, Muslim American Alliance Mary Ellen Brandell, Central Michigan University Julie Cummings, Fund Development Consultant Beverly Drake, Area Community Service Employment and Training (ACSET) Council, Kent County Henry Gaines, Buick Motor Division, Local 599 UAW Dorothy Johnson , Council of Michigan Foundations Terry Langston, Midwestern Regional Mentoring Resource Center Sister Mary Martinez, Multi-Cultural Affairs, Madonna University Kathleen Keen McCarthy, Charter Township Supervisor of Plymouth James Muir , Senior volunteer Lisa II itch Murray, Little Caesar Enterpri se, Inc Randy Neelis, Menominee Public Schools, Superintendent Vernie Nethercut, Alpena Community College Joel Orosz, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Terry Pruitt, Jr., Vice Chair, Dow Corn ing Corporation Sarah Marie Riley, Student, Western Michigan University Alton Shipstead, Northwest Michigan Council of Governments Michael Tate, Michigan State University Extension Geneva Jones Williams, United Way Community Services 25 �MICHIGAN YOUTH PROGRESSIVE ACTION COUNCIL (MYPAC) Amy Marie Ahola Ms. Ahola is currently an exchange student in Denmark. She serves on the 4-H Cooperative Extension Advisory Board and was the recipient of the YEA Community Service Award. Mary Beth Brockmeier Ms. Brockmeier is a junior at Kal amazoo College. She has been active with the Greater Holland Area United Way and served on the Volunteer Action Board Steeri ng Committee. Benjamin Debelak Mr. Debelak is a freshman at Cedarville College. Mr. Debelak is originally from Owosso where he volunteered at the Owosso Memorial Hospital. Andrew Downs Mr. Downs is a freshman at Alma College. Mr. Downs is a member of the Yolunteens of Alpena and served on the Advisory Council for the Northeastern Michigan Community Foundation. Kimberly Fronsman Ms. Frons man is a freshman at Kellogg Community College. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, a National Honor Society committed to community service, and serves on the Superintendent's Advisory Committee for Advanced Mastery. Jenna Goldenberg Ms. Goldenberg is a junior at Groves High School. She sits on the Regional Board for the Jewish Youth Movement and is a member of the Future Problem Solving Team at her high sc hool. Tim Jacobs Mr. Jacobs is a freshman at the University of Michigan. He served as a member of the Bay Area Community Foundation's Youth Initiative and currently serves as a trustee of the Michigan Community Foundation Youth Project. Anne Jeannette LaSovage Ms. LaSovage is beginning her third year at Michigan State University where she will work with the State Walk safety program and begin a teaching ass istantship. Ms . LaSovage is also involved with the Character, Honor, and Pride Society (CHAPS), and continues her work with Girl Scoutin g. Andrea Love Ms. Love is a sophomore at East Kentwood Hi gh School. She is involved with the food distribution program at the Truelight Baptist Church and nei ghborhood clean up projects sponsored by her hi gh school. Ja.rrod Montague Mr. Montague is a sophomore at the University of Michigan where he volunteers at the University of Michigan Hospi tal and works with the local Habitat for Humanity chapter. Mr. Montague is ori gi nally fro m Linden. Sarah Riley Ms . Ril ey is a student at Western Michigan University. Ms. Riley was th e winner of the Mt. Pleasant Women's City Club Scholarship in Music and is a full voting member of the Michigan Community .Service Commission. Scott Smith Mr. Smith is a se ni or at Romulu s High School where he is President of the Student Government and the Senior Class and participates in Project Serve. He also was an active parti ci pant in the National Service Fair. 26 �SERVICE-LEARNING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Frank Dirks, Michigan Community Service Commission Beth Gibbs , Lahser High School Elaine Gordon , Michigan Department of Education Lindell Herrick, West Ottawa Public School s Paula Kaiser, Michigan Commun ity Service Commission Thomas Kromer, Central Michigan University Chris Kwak, WK. Kellogg Foundation Ke lly Masters, United Way Community Services Donnell Mersereau, Counci l of Michigan Foundations Brenda Parker, YES Ambassador, Michigan Community Service Commission Mark Pawlowski , American Youth Foundation Stella Raudenbush, Michigan K-12 Service Learning Center Lindy Reurink, Michigan Community Service Commission Dale Rice, Eastern Michigan University Doreen Honegger Thomas, Kalamazoo Public Education Foundation Octavia Vaughn , United Way Community Services Denise Walker, Michigan K-12 Service Learn ing Center Kathy-Dewsbury White, Ingham Intermediate School District STAFF ADVISORY COUNCIL Richard Ballard, Michigan State Housing Development Authority Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bensen, Habitat for Humanity Barbara Bradford, Department of Social Services Lonnie Calh oun, Olivet Co llege Frank Dirks, Michigan Commu ni ty Service Commission Ross Dodge, Department of Natural Resources Dave Egner, Michigan Nonprofit Forum Elaine Gordon , Department of Education Bonnie Graham , Michigan Office of Services to the Aging Jeanne Gray, Michigan Campus Compact Robin Lynn Grinnell , Heart of West Michigan United Way Debra Holmes-Garrison, M ichigan Cities in Schoo ls Diane Kasunic, Corporation for National Service Gene Keilitz, United Way of Michigan Chri s Kwak, WK. Kellogg Foundation Phoebe Lowell , Michigan Head Start Association Ann Marston , Michigan League for Human Services Angelica Maxsam , Local Initiatives Support Corporation Donne ll Mersereau , Council of Michigan Foundations James Mull er, Salvation Army Stella Raudenbush , Michigan K-12 Service Learning Center Lindy Reurink, Michigan Community Service Commi ssion Bob Rice, Michigan Jobs Commi ss ion Sam Singh , Volunteer Centers of Michigan Michael Tate, Michigan State University Extension Sharon Tipton, Michigan Developmental Disabilities Counci l Octavia Vaughn, United Way Community Services Herbert Yamanishi , Michigan Community Action Agency MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION STAFF Executive Director, Frank Dirks Assistant Director, Lindy Reurink Executive Secretary, Mary Estrada Program Deve lopment Director, Paula Kai ser Youth Engaged in Service Ambassador. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49427 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1994/1995 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/60a3e7f70675830b4914df00661b4b34.pdf d7279089c052a180e31b1d9ab5daa295 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Mich elle Engler 201 N. WASHINGTON SQUAR E VICTO R OFFIC E CENTER LANSING, MICH IGAN 48933 TEL. (51 7) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 Executive Director Diana Rodriguez-Aigra February 25, 1994 The Honorable John Engler Governor of Michigan P.O. Box 30013 111 S. Capitol Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48909 Dear Governor Engler: The Michigan Community Service Commission is happy to submit its second annual report of Commission activities covering the period of December 1, 1992 thru December 31, 1993. Our Commission formally approved this report for submission by its Executive Committee on January 7, 1994. In presenting this report to you, the Commission would like to highlight the following major accomplishments completed during our second year. • The Commission successfully secured $1.6 million dollars in federal funds to support community service initiatives in our state in the area ofK-12, higher education, and youth service corps. • The Commission has been featured as one of the "leader'' states in the community service arena as part of a nationally distributed case study conducted by Youth Service America for the Corporation on National and Community Service. • The Commission has served as a major player in the National and Community Service Coalition. The Coalition is a body of community service organizations and individuals from around the nation, solicited by the Commission on National and Community Service to provide technical assistance and consultation to federal legislators concerning laws and regulations in the area of national service. • The Commission has developed a national model for Youth Voice within the field of Youth Service named the Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) that has been replicated in at least ten states to date. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission ' " "• f [ D., <; ~fCTQ.£0 ~~ "~q �The Honorable John Engler Page2 February 25, 1994 • The Commission in cooperation with the Michigan Campus Compact developed the Michigan Principles for Service (See page 2 of the Annual Report). These eight points serve as our guiding principles as we develop community service projects throughout our state. The Commission looks forward to continuing to assist you in strengthening the field of volunteerism and community service in any way possible. We wish you continued success in all of your endeavors. Sincerely, ~iwJJv~ Michelle Engler, Chairperson Michigan Community Service Commission ·ana Algra, Executive Dir r Michigan Community Service Commission � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_AR_1992-1993_Letter Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992-1993 letter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992-1993 letter. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49426 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992/1993 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e2504d929e1be807c60b374be6c25439.pdf 2dbd7db17f803977e3727de12de38e11 PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JOHN ENGLER , Governo r MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Michelle Engler 111 S. Cap itol Ave . Olds Plaza Bldg ., 4th Floor Lansing , Mich igan 48909 Tel. (517) 335-4295 FAX (517) 373-4977 Executive Director Frank Dirks MEMORANDUM TO: Reporters and Editors FROM: Michelle Engle~ · RE: Michigan Community Service Commission DATE: July 13, 1994 As chair of the Michigan Community Service Commission, I am pleased to enclose our 1992-1993 Annual Report submitted to Govemor Engler earlier this year. On Thursday, July 14, student volunteers from all across the state will join me in witnessing the signing of the Michigan Community Service Act to encourage community service and volunteerism as an important means of meeting today's social challenges in our communities. A listing of Commission members and MYP AC (Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council) members are listed in this packet. Please help us honor Michigan's many community service volunteers by sharing the work of the Commission with your readers. If you would like more information about a student volunteer that you could highlight from your area, please contact Patricia Masserant at (517) 335-6397. A Division of the Michigan Jobs Commission 0,-- �Fact Sheet Michigan Cott1n1unity Service Con1n1ission The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) was created by Governor John Engler. The Commission is a permanent legislatively established body devoted to promote Community Service and voluntee:rism especially among youth as ways to effectively meet local needs. The Michigan Community Service Commission is chaired by First Lady Michelle Engler, and directed by Mr. Frank Dirks. The 25 commission members represent a broad-based constituency dedicated to the concept of community service and the building of private/public coalitions to effectively meet local needs. The ethnically and geographically diverse members of the MCSC represent community-based organizations, colleges, K-12 schools, young people, labor groups, small businesses, corporations, and philanthropic institutions. • Collects, maintains and share lolormation on private initiatives, mmmsunity pannershipi and aeative solutions undertaken by businesses. foundations, voluntlr)' organizations, religious instiwtions and other private sector groups in the State, in order to ~otc their broader usc; • Provides or arranges tralnlDg and tedmlc.al assistance 10 grantees and potential grantees in tbe ceas of servicelearning, evaluation and programming; • EstabUsbes'a state plan for public J'e(X)gnition and support of individual volunteer efforts and successful or promising private sector initiatives and public/private partnerships which address community needs; • Reviews current md proposed laws and rules ID dctc:nninc their impact on the success of volunteer activirics and programs, and recommend changes to ensure the achievement of the goals of the Conunission. Current Initiatives of the MCSC Include: Developing, Implementing and maintalnlDg Mkhigan's Amer!Corps and Learn & Serve • Community Based Programs. Developing, Implementing and malntalnlDg Michigan CARES - a community service plan.nlng model funded through the W. K. Kellogg Foundation aud the Corporation for National and Community ServiceL TheMCSC: • Encourages and enables persons from all walk.s of life and from all age groups to perform constructive volunteer and community services; • Promotes communication and collaboration between public and private volunteer programs in the State, and between the State and the private sector 's initiatives in meeting human needs; • Creating and maintaining a statewide volunteer recog· nition program. • Supportl.ng the work of the MYPAC, a statewide youth body formed to promote community service. • Promoting the Michigan Campaign on Volunteerism. • Promoting the President's Youth Service Awards. �Michigan Community Service Commission MicheUe Engler is an attorney, the Fust Lady of Michigan, and currently chairs the MCSC. Victor Begg is president of the Muslim American Alliance. Jon Blyth is Program Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Mary EDen BrandeD is Associate Dean for the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Julie Cummings works as a consultant who specialiZes in development and fund raising. Carol F. Dombrowski is the Director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for Senior Selvices, Inc., in Kalamazoo County. Beverly Drake is the director of the Area Community Service Employment and Training (ACSEl) Council of Kent County. Judith Dunn is a small business owner. Ms. Dunn serves on the Board of Directors for the SL Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center of Farmington Hills. Henry Gaines is an employee at Buick Motor Division since 1965. He serves as the Employee Assistance Representative and Coordinator for LocalS 59 UAW. Dorothy Johnson is President of the Council of Michigan Foundations and a bUStee of the W. K. KeUogg Foundation. Terry Langston is a graduate student of Michigan State University (MSU) and Assistant Director of the Midwestern Regional Mentoring Resource Center. Sister Martinez is the Director of the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs at Madonna University. James W. Muir actively volunteers in many programs dealing with the physicaDy challenged. Kathleen Keen McCarthy is the Supervisor of the Charter Township in Plymouth. Lisa Ditch Murray is Vice President of Corporate Communications and National Training for Little Caesar's Inc. Randy Neelis is Superintendent of Menominee Public Schools. Vemie Nethercot is Director of the Alpena Volunteer Center at Alpena Community College. Joel Orosz is Coordinator and Program Director of Philanthropy and Volunteerism at theW. K. Kellogg. Terry Pruitt, Jr. is the Manager of State Affairs and Government Relations for Dow Coming Cmp. Sarah Marie Riley is an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University (WMU). Michael J. Tate is the Assistant Director of Extension for Governmental Relations at MSU. Geneva Jones Williams is President of United Community Services of DetroiL Frank Dirks is the Executive Director of the MCSC. �Citizens in Service to Michigan Empowering Michigan Communities to Serve 1992-1993 ANNUAL REPORT � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_AR_1992-1993 Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992-1993 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992-1993. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49425 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992/1993 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6c52b1ab933d4bd8d4956b75489081ef.pdf 4e50e5921f59d87df465a3ab74934c56 PDF Text Text Chairperson Miche lle Engler Executive Director Diana Rodriguez Algra JOHN ENGLER, Governor DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 S. CAPITOL AVENUE OLDS PLAZA, 4TH FLOOR P.O. BOX 30015 LANSING MICHIGAN 48909 TEL. (51 7) 335-4295 LOWELL W. PERRY, Director MEMORANDUM TO: Linda Meyer, Executive Assistant to the Govemor Governor's Office FROM: Diana Algra, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission RE: MCSC Annual Report Distribution DATE: March 11, 1993 Per your request, I am providing you with a potential list of individuals that will receive a copy of our annual report. Please be advised that our annual report is being printed at no cost to Michigan taxpayers. Dow Chemical and Dow Corning have graciously agreed to cover the cost for reprinting 200 copies. To date our report has been provided to the Governor's office and to each member of the Commission. Additional copies would go to : 1. State Department Liaisons of the Michigan Community Service Commission (Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Education (DOE), Department of Social Services (DSS), and Office of Services to the Aging (OSA). 2. Michigan Campus Compact- Julie Busch, Executive Director 3. Michigan Non-Profit Forum - Dave Egner 4. Michigan Campaign for Volunteerism - Governor George Romney 5. Volunteer Centers of Michigan - Executive Director's (22) 6. Youth Service America - Frank Slobig �---------- -- Linda Meyer Page 2 March 11, 1993 7. Points of Light Foundation, Youth Engaged in Service Program (YES) Cynthia Scherer 8. Key members of our Michigan Delegation in Washington, D.C. (Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.) 9. Key members of our State Legislature (Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.) 10. Additional copies would be retained to meet the needs of requests that we get from other state lead agencies in the country. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_AR_1992_Distribution-Letter Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992 distribution letter Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission annual report 1992 distribution letter. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49424 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8e4a95ee7d8ea8e626fa7eb9a03e9fde.pdf 7b223885491ee7043902632e29c88328 PDF Text Text Chairperson Michelle Engler Executive Director Diana Rodriguez Algra JOHN ENGLER , Governor DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 111 S. CAPITOL AVENUE OLDS PLAZA, 4TH FLOOR P.O. BOX 30015 LANSING MICHIGAN 48909 TEL. (51 7} 335 -4295 LOWELL W. PERRY, Director January 21, 1993 The Honorable John Engler Governor of Michigan 111 S. Capitol Avenue Olds Plaza Building, 2nd Floor Lansing, Michigan 48909 Dear Governor Engler: The Michigan Community Service Commission submits its first annual report of Commission activities covering the period of October 1, 1991 thru November 30, 1992. Our Commission formally approved this report for submission on November 18, 1992. In presenting this report to you, the Commission would like to highlight the following major accomplishments completed during our fust year . • The Commission developed and began to implement a statewide plan for youth service. • The Commission successfully secured $1.3 million dollars in federal funds to support community service initiatives in our state in the areas of K -12, higher education and youth service corps. • The Commission established a 15 member youth body, the first of its king in the county, that will advocate increased youth participation and voice in the development of our programs in the field. • The Commission convened major players in the field of volunteerism, community service, and service learning in an effort to set a statewide agenda for the coming years. The Commission looks forward to continuing to assist you in strengthening the field of volunteerism and community service in any way possible. The Commissioners and staff of the Michigan Community Service Commission wish you continued success in all your endeavors. Sincerely, \(··\ i ...• /~·· ,·t~,v ' . - - r--- Diiina Algra, Executive Director M!~higan Community Service Commission �-- 1991-1992 Annual Report The Michigan Community Service Commission --~ The Michigan Community Service Commission Michelle Engler, Chairperson Diana Rodriguez Algra, Executive Director 111 South Capitol A venue Olds Plaza- 4th Floor Lansing, MI 48909 �Acknowledgements The Michigan Community Service Commission would like to offer special thanks to Mary Estrada Secretary to the Commission Cynthia Scherer Trabian Shorters 1992 YES Ambassador 1992 YES Ambassador for helping make the first year of the Commission a success. �The Michigan Community Service CQmmission 1991-1992 Annual Report Historical Perspective A series of questions regarding the various streams of youth service was raised by people in Michigan in 1991. Are we approaching youth service in the most powerful way? Is there, for example, collaboration across streams and sharing of resources and information? If people are working together, how? Are higher education institutions reaching out beyond campus walls? Are individuals in the K-12 system working directly with community-based youth corps programs? How effective are schools, community agencies, and nonprofit organizations in working together? In April, 1991, a meeting was convened by theW. K. Kellogg Foundation for all its grantees working in volunteerism and philanthropy with young people. This meeting brought together community based organizations, K-12 educators, colleges and universities, and others to share information about their programs. They began the process of cross-streams collaboration answered some critical questions. In late Spring, 1991, Youth Service America (YSA) received a grant from the Kellogg Foundation to facilitate the development of sustained cross-stream collaboration. The grant enabled YSA; in cooperation with the Michigan Campus Compact (MCC), the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF), the Michigan Nonprofit Forum (MNF) and the Michigan State Board of Education; to sponsor a working conference around youth service policy alternatives in Michigan. The conference, hosted by the MCC, brought together over 125 individuals, from all over Michigan, representing young people, K-12 education, higher education, full-time service and youth volunteer corps, community based organizations, and state policy makers. The conference served to crystalize interest in youth service, identify critical issues, and engage program participants, managers, and advocates in youth service policy development. Interested conference participants attended two subsequent meetings in July, 1991, hosted by the CMF and the MNF, respectively. The meetings produced clear recommendations and a policy framework for youth service in Michigan. In response to the planning meetings, First Lady of Michigan, Michelle Engler, announced Governor Engler's intention to form a state commission on community service. The announcement was readily endorsed as participants in the summer planning meetings expressed their commitment to support, advise and assist the commission. A representative of the Points of Light Foundation, of Washington, D. C., also attended the July meeting. Impressed by Michigan's commitment and quality in youth service programs, the Points of Light Foundation selected the state as one of four in which to pilot its new Youth Engaged in Service (YES) Ambassador program. Through the program, the Foundation selects two young people in each host state and challenges them to engage their peers in community action aimed at serious social issues. 1 �Creation of the Michi2an Community Service Commission (MCSC) In October, 1991, the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) was officially created by Governor John Engler through Executive Order 1991-25. The Commission was given the broad mission of developing a statewide service movement, which would focus initially on youth. The MCSC is currently composed of 21 members representing a broad constituency that includes community based agencies, higher education institutions, K-12, young people, organized labor, small business, corporations, and philanthropic organizations. The Commission is also ethnically and geographically diverse. The MCSC is chaired by First Lady Michelle Engler who has taken an active role in the Commission and the promotion of its mission around the state. Mjssjop Statemept The mission of the Michigan Community Service Commission is to encourage community service and volunteerism as means of community and state problem solving, and to promote and support voluntary involvement in government and private programs throughout the state. Goals and Objectives '----" 1. Encourage and enable persons from all walks of life and from all age groups to perform constructive volunteer services; 2. Promote communication and collaboration between public, private, and non-profit volunteer programs in the State, and between the State and the private sector's initiatives in meeting human, educational and environmental needs; 3. Collect, maintain and share information on private initiatives, community partnerships and creative solutions undertaken by businesses, foundations, voluntary organizations, religious institutions and other private sector groups in the State, in order to promote their broader use; 4. Provide, or arrange for the provision of, training and technical assistance to public and private organizations engaged in volunteer recruitment and programming; 5. Develop, implement and maintain a state plan for public recognition and support of individual volunteer efforts and successful or promising private sector initiatives and public/private partnerships which address community needs; 6. Serve as the state's liaison to the Commission on National and Community Service and to other appropriate national and state organizations which relate to the Commission mission; 7. Facilitate the publishing of material concerning the field of community service, volunteerism, and distribute this information broadly; 8. Review the laws and rules of the state of Michigan, and proposed changes therein, to determine their impact on the success of volunteer activities and programs, and recommend such changes as seem appropriate to ensure the achievement of the goals of the Commission. 2 �Michia:an Community Service Commission Members Jon Blyth is Program Officer, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. His major areas .of concentration are the environment, youth and employment/training programs. Education ~ Health and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Brandell is former Vice Mayor of the City of Mt. Pleasant and president of the Phi Delta Kappa Professional Education Organization. She is a member of the Michigan Speech and Hearing Association and the Council for Exceptional Children. Mary Ellen Branden is Associate Dean for the college of Darin Day is the current Points of Light Foundation Michigan Youth Engaged in Service Ambassador. He is a graduate of the Michigan State University School of Social Work. As a student he founded MSU Student ACI'ION, the university-wide community action coalition and was one of the primary organizers of MSU Into The Streets. Mr. Day resigned from the MCSC in September, 1992. Dr. John DiBiaggio is the former president of Michigan State University and one of the charter members of the Michigan Campus Compact. Dr. DiBiaggio resigned from the MCSC in August, 1992, when he accepted the presidency of Tufts University in Boston, Massachuttes. Beverly Drake is the director of the Area Community Service Employment and Training (ACSET) Council of Kent County. She also sits on the Governor-appointed Michigan Job Training Coordinating Council. Michelle Engler is an attorney and the First Lady of Michigan. She also serves as Co-Chair of the Michigan Volunteer Coalition and is Honorary Chair of the Girlstown Foundation and the Michigan Caring Program for Children. Ms. Engler serves on the Library of Michigan Foundation and currently chairs the Michigan Community Service Commission. Henry Gaines is an employee at Buick Motor Division since 1965. He serves as the Employee Assistance Representative and Coordinator for Local 599 UAW. Gaines also serves on the National Council on Alcoholism and Drugs. Paul Hubbard is President of New Detroit, Inc. Hubbard previously served as Deputy Director of Family and Neighborhood Services of Western Wayne County. He serves on the Board of Directors of Diversified Youth, Goodwill Industries and the Detroit Science Center. Dorothy Johnson is President, Council of Michigan Foundations, Board Member of Michigan Non-Profit forum, Board Member of Grand Valley State University Foundation and Board Member of Independent Sector and Board Member of W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Terry Langston is a student at Michigan State University (MSU). He has worked for 4-H programs at MSU. He also coordinates workshops and seminars on self esteem, career education and substance abuse. In 1990, he received the MSU Student Humanitarian Award, and in 1991 received the MSU Academic and Multicultural Award George Lombard retired in 1989 as the Regional Veterinary Supervisor for the Michigan Department of Agriculture. He has served on Grand Traverse County Parks and Recreation Commission, Blair Township Zoning Board of Appeals, and Northwest Michigan Resource, Conservation, and Development Council. Mr. Lombard completed his term in 1992. 3 �L~sa Ilitch Murray ~s Vice President of Corporate Communications and National Training for Little Caesar Enterpnse, Inc. She serves on the Board of D~ectors for the Easter Seal Society of Oakland county where she received the society's 1988 Helping Hands Award for Easter Seal volunteers. She is a member of the Children's Center Capital Campaign, the Detroit Strategic Planning Committee and the Southfield Community Foundation. Randy Neelis is Superintendent of Menominee Public Schools. He serves as President of the Upper Peninsula Chapter of the Michigan Association of School Administrators. Vernie Nethercut is Director of the Alpena Volunteer Center at Alpena Community College. Nethercut also serves as Internship Coordinator and Administrator for Economic and Human Resource Development at Alpena Community College. Joel Orosz is Coordinator and Program Director of Philanthropy and Volunteerism at theW. K. Kellogg Foundation. Orosz also works in the areas of education and youth programming. He has written numerous articles on philanthropy and volunteerism. Eugene Proctor is the executive director of the Baxter Community Center in Grand Rapids. Mr. Proctor resigned from the MCSC in March, 1992. Terry Pruitt, Jr. is a Trustee for the Saginaw Area Community Foundation. Pruitt is an Industry Market Specialist for Dow Corning in Saginaw. Judith Reyes is a Media Specialist and Associate Producer at Madonna University Media Center. She worked for the Peace Corps where she assisted in recruiting volunteers. Reyes was Senior Center Director at Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development, Inc. ...____.. Judith Riedlinger is a small business owner. Riedlinger serves on the Board of Directors for the St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center of Farmington Hills. She is a member of the Women of Mercy which is affiliated with the St Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac. William S. Stavropoulos is President of Dow, USA and an elected Senior Vice President of the Dow Chemical Company. Stavropoulos is a member of the Board of Directors of Dow, serving on the Finance and Public Interest Committees. Michael J. Tate is the assistant director of Extension for 4-H Youth Programs, where he provides overall administrative and programming leadership. Mr. Tate joined Cooperative Extension as an 4-H Youth agent in Berrien County and served there from 1972 to 1976. Geneva Jones Williams is President of United Community Services of Detroit. She was named Citizen of the Year by the Michigan Chronicle and previously served on the Board of Trustees at Western Michigan University. Executive Director, Diana V. Rodriguez Algra previously served as Executive Director of the Michigan Campus Compact, serves on the Board of Directors of the Capitol Area United Way and is Chair of the Volunteer Training and Development Committee. .____... 4 �Special Recognition James Kahil was among the original members of the MCSC. He had served as Command · Inspector of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Mr. Kahil passed away in January, 1992. MCSC Standine Committees The following standing committees have been established to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties and responsibilities: The Standing Committee on Community Collaboration promotes communication and collaboration between public and private community service programs in Michigan, and between state and local private and public initiatives to meet community needs. The Standing Committee on Evaluation address the evaluation needs of programs funded under each subtitle of the National and Community Service Act in Michigan, as well as other MCSC initiatives. Evaluations will be based on a program's measurable impact on participants, local communities, and the state. The Standing Committee on Fund Development is to develop and implement strategies to secure resources from private and public sources at national, state, and local levels. The Standing Committee on Recognition is to develop a multi-tier recognition and award program for community service and volunteerism in the state. The first tier will be recognition from the MCSC. Eligible applicants will include all who serve in organized youth and community service programs. The second tier will be a Governor's award for exemplary service. The committee is also working with individual communities to develop local recognition programs. The Standing Committee on Youth Voice has named itself the Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC). The MYPAC is a sixteen member body of young people between the ages of 12 and 21. Its responsibilities include developing and recommending policies and programs to the Commission as well as bringing the perspective of young people to all MCSC discussions and decisions. Major Accomplishments in 1991-1992 The Michigan Community Service Commission is building upon initiatives already existing in Michigan at the time of its formation. To maximize resources in the state, the MCSC acts to encourage organizational collaboration and joint problem solving among public and private agencies. The Commission recognizes government as an essential, but not exclusive, partner in building effective community coalitions around local community needs. Sustained and meaningful cooperation among government, business, philanthropy, nonproflts and individual citizens must be maintained if we are to make a difference. Young people are integral players in the work of building coalitions to solve community problems. While many of the struggles communities face impact youth directly, rarely have young people been involved in developing solutions. The state has made a substantive commitment to involve young people in the development of state youth policy and in local community problem solving. 5 �We firmly believe that there is no limit to what young people can do. They are an essential resource that our society and our communities must call upon as we.seek to .meet pressing needs. Young people were a vital part of the meetings which led to the formation of the Commission and they · continue to be central to the Commission's progress. Currently two young people serve as full voting members on the Commission. ·The MCSC also has the benefit of working closely with two Points of Light Foundation YES Ambassadors. These young people offer the MCSC knowledge and insight gained through working directly in the fleld throughout the state. The Commission has employed other strategies to ensure strong and effective involvement of youth in all MCSC activities. Strategies include creating the Standing Committee on Youth Voice, named the Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC). The MYPAC brings a young peoples' perspective to all MCSC policy and programming discussions and decisions. In addition, the MCSC has developed a one-to-one learning program which matches Commission members with MYPAC members to increase communication and understanding between the two bodies. The Michi2an Community Service Plan The historic National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) created the Commission on National and Community Service (CNCS). In an effort to make local impact, the CNCS issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for funding under the NCSA in the late Fall of 1991. The RFP encouraged states to submit comprehensive plans reflecting cross-stream collaboration and a holistic approach to youth service and community action. The MCSC,the entity in Michigan designed to bring the streams of service together, was designated as the state's lead agency. Reasonably, the first major task of the Michigan Community Service Commission was to develop a comprehensive Michigan plan for submission to the Commission on National and Community Service. While developing the plan, the MCSC, and other key individuals and organizations, identified the following elements as essential to a successful Michigan initiative: • Programs must be built around local community needs and interests. • Young people and community program practitioners must be involved in policy development and program design. • Programs must be representative of their communities; diversity of participants is essential. • Programs must build on existing resources and strengths. • The business community must be involved. • A statewide training capacity in the best practices for youth service programs must be developed. • A comprehensive and coordinated statewide information clearinghouse for programs, organization, and existing resources. • Sufficient rewards, incentives and recognition to promote service should be developed. The initiatives outlined in the next section reflect Michigan's commitment to ensure that every person in the state has access to opportunities to help solve our most urgent social problems. 6 �The Michigan Vision The following statement is taken from a speech given by Mala Mirchandani as she accepted a Student Community Service Award from the Michigan Campus Compact, March 6, 1992. A longer excerpt of that same speech serves as the introduction and the theme of The Michigan Vision .. Ideally, we would all like a society where no one goes hungry, where there is a home for everyone, where a man is treated as a man and not by the color of his skin, where drugs have no place... where crime has no place and no one needs to commit a crime for a meal or the need to get ahead... where corruption and dishonesty have no place, and where people can live and not struggle. Idealism. So you work for Idealism. You believe in Idealism. And you practice Idealism...And with time, and a little care, you begin to see a little bit of light for places, before you only found darkness. And then soon you '11 find Idealism is not only practical- but a reality. When The Michigan Vision was written in late winter, 1992, it was the comprehensive statement on the convictions and passions of The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and its allies regarding community involvement and active citizenship. The vision is a working, living document whose words and ideas give shape and focus to the work of the MCSC. We continue to draw from the vision inspiration and guidance. Moreover, it is the vision, more than any regulation or policy, against which our progress is measured and our shortcomings exposed. The Michigan Vision serves as a clear testimony to our beliefs, but also as an ambitious agenda for our actions. Outlined within the vision are several concrete initiatives facilitated by the MCSC in an effort to marry the power of our ideals and the results of our work. There are few explicit strategies and no timelines. Priorities continue to be set as much by opportunity as by choice. We are struggling to build bridges between our idealism and our reality, but we are building those bridges. We can take some pride in the steps we have taken in 1991 and 1992. Indeed, we can be very proud of the collaboration and sense of common purpose the MCSC has helped nurture across the streams of community service in Michigan. As we review the goals outlined in the vision, we can be heartened by the progress being made toward their realization. However, we must remain sober about the work ahead of the MCSC and our allies as we strive to reach beyond ourselves to an idealism that is not only practical - but is a reality. Progress on Initiatives Outlined by The Michigan Vision The following initiative statements come directly from the text of The Michigan Vision. Following each initiative statement is a brief summary of the action taken by the MCSC in 1991-1992. • Encourage young people to become advocates for service and civic participation in their communities. One strategy will be to establish a statewide youth body on community service. This youth body will act as a standing committee of the Commission and will create a network of youth across the streams of service and ensure that young people will continue to play a role in the development of youth service policy. 7 �The Michigan Community Service Commission established the Standing Committee on Youth Voice called the Michigan Youth Progressive Action Counci~ (MYPAC) in September, 1992. The MYPAC consists of 16 members, ages 12 to 20, from every region of the state. The MYPAC shares the status and responsibilities of all standing committees. Therefore, the council is able to introduce and review policies which go before the MCSC, participate in strategic planning, and play a role in every level of the Commission's work. Like MCSC members, MYPAC members are strong advocates for service, volunteerism, and civic participation in their communities. • Establish a multi-tier recognition/awards program. The first tier award will come from the state Commission and be made available to all who serve in organized youth and community service programs. The second tier award will be a Governor's award for exemplary service. The state Commission will also encourage local communities to develop and coordinate their own awards programs. The MCSC established a Recognition Standing Committee in 1992, which will make recommendations to the Commission for a multi-tier recognition and awards program in early 1993. The committee has pursued, to the letter, the recognition and award program outlined in the above initiative statement • Promote and facilitate functional partnerships among appropriate organizations in every Michigan community. These partnerships will be organized initially around youth service program design structures. In all of the Requests for Proposals developed by the MCSC to solicit applications for monies granted under the National and Community Service Act of 1990, we have strongly encouraged local partnerships. Indeed, in some categories collaboration is required. Using our grantmaking capacity as leverage, the MCSC has facilitated dialogue at the local level which has led to some exciting and creative partnerships. • Coordinate program development and capacity building around the strengths and resources of existing programs and organizations such as: Michigan 4-H, Michigan Campus Compact, National Youth Leadership Council's Service Learning Center, Michigan School Volunteers Program, Partnerships in Education, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, Michigan Nonprofit Forum, the Council of Michigan Foundations, Community Action Agencies and Private Industry Councils. The state will also strive to establish unifying thematic areas for program development and capacity building around service needs such as early age intervention, family support, and intergenerational programs. The Michigan Community Service Commission has not established itself as the statewide coordinating body for developing the capacity of other organizations. It is not at all clear that Michigan needs a state-level entity to function in this way. Further, there is no consensus among Commissioners that they would like to see the MCSC move in this direction. The Commission, however, has been very supportive of others' work and has provided opportunities and incentives for organizations in Michigan to assist each other in program development and capacity building. • Identify and help coordinate public and private funding sources necessary to advance youth service. 8 �The MCSC has established a Fund Development Standing Committee. Membership of the committee consists of key individuals from the public, _private; and philanthropic sectors. Furthermore, the MCSC has accessed the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to bring funds aimed at youth service to the state. Most of the monies from the NCSA have been subgranted throughout Michigan. All grantees are required to provide matching funds as well as viable sustainability strategies. Through it's grant making power, the MCSC has mobilized both federal and local dollars toward advancing youth service. The Commission is also researching legislative action that would secure sustained public support for community service in Michigan. • Establish a state clearinghouse on service and volunteerism drawing upon the resources of the Michigan Campus Compact, Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Forum, Michigan Departments of Education and Labor, and Cooperative Extension 4-H, or facilitate the development of clearinghouses within each stream of youth service. Although it has no plans to establish its own, the MCSC has played a role in the development of several state clearinghouses on service and volunteerism: The Michigan Campus Compact hosts a Midwest Regional Resource Center on Mentoring, The Volunteer Centers of Michigan have established a toll-free statewide telephone volunteer referral service, and the Partnership for New Education, in cooperation with the National Youth Leadership Council, has established a statewide K-12 Service Learning Center on the Campus of Michigan State University. Establish a statewide training model in youth service, in coordination with the clearinghouse, utilizing the resources of such organizations as the National Youth Leadership Council's Michigan Service Learning Center, Michigan 4-H, High Scope Educational/Research Foundation, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, and the Michigan Campus Compact. Training will be made available to youth and adult volunteers, educators, corps members, state agency representatives, community leaders and other who are interested in the field of community service and service learning. • ·~-· In cooperation with the Michigan Campus Compact/Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) and the Council of Michigan Foundations (CMF), and the Points of Light Foundation, the MCSC is establishing a network of regional training capacities for young people throughout Michigan. The network taps into and supports the resources outlined in the vision and several others both in Michigan and in the nation. • Establish a common terminology for youth service e.g clarify distinction between court-ordered service and community service. The MCSC will address this issue in 1993. • Establish principles for effective youth service programs which incorporate a service learning philosophy and ensure that youth have a meaningful service experience. The MCSC is in full agreement and support of existing principles for good practice established in Wingspread Special Report: Principles of Good Practice for Combining Service and Learning, published by the Johnson Foundation. The Commission has required applicants for NCSA funds under all subtitles to design programs in accordance with these principles. ·-~· 9 �• Institute a process to unify program data collection and evaluation by establishing standards and objectives acro.ss all youth service program areas. The MCSC has established an Evaluation Standing Committee designed to asses.s the work of the Commission and its grantees. The committee expects to develop a replicable system of data collection and evaluation to be available for use by youth service practitioners throughout Michigan. • Establish an in-state K-12 service grant program administered by the Michigan State Department of Education in conjunction with the Commission, to support community service and service learning programs for K-12 age youth. Program design specifications will include stipend support for a teacher and/or community based coordinator, be intended to integrate service learning into specific content curriculum or meet community needs. Programs will also coordinate and cooperate with other youth service activities in the community (particularly those linked to the state plan) and the local Partnership for Education and the Michigan School Volunteer Program. The MCSC has secured in excess of $600,000 from the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to meet these ends. • Ensure that the activities of the state commission are coordinated with the Michigan 2000 Excellence in Education Committee. For instance, because citizenship education is part of the national educational goals, the commission will encourage the Committee to adopt community service and service learning as an important component in the Michigan New American Schools model. The MCSC will address this issue in 1993. • Support workforce preparation by promoting positive productive community problem solving roles for all youth across the state. Special attention will be given to directly linking school-age service programs with community colleges. Community colleges should be encouraged to include service as a part of their technical skills development programs. Through its support of and partnership with the Michigan Campus Compact, the MCSC has an indirect impact on the development of collaborative community college service learning models with outreach components to non-college youth. • Establish the Governor's Youth Environmental Education Corps, a residential rural summer youth corps program, which will be administered through the Job Training Partnership Act network. The Youth Environmental Education Corps (YEES) was created in June, 1992. Details of the program can be found in another section of this report. 10 �• Facilitate the development of a Michigan "City Year" mod.el from a combination of philanthropic and business funds. · Initial discussions have begun in the City of Grand Rapids and the ·state will continue to assist the development of this project. The state would also like to see the model replicated in one other Michigan community during the next ~our years. The "City Year" project is underway in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has the full cooperation and support of the Michigan Community Service Commission. • Establish Michigan CARES (Communities and Resources Engaged in Service) a program designed to encourage youth and adults to participate in implementing and evaluating service projects which respond to local community needs. This innovative model encourages and assists local community collaborations in the development of community service action teams (CSAT), made up of part-time, full-time and senior corp members, and provides ongoing assistance to localities in the upkeep of these CSATs. Through this model to state seeks to strengthen existing and develop new community service initiatives aimed at youth. This initiative did not receive NCSA funds in 1992. The proposal is to be evaluated, redesigned, and resubmitted in 1993. • Support the development of a statewide network of summer communitybased and operated youth volunteer corps programs and full-time urban corps linked in each community to community-based organizations, K-12 education, and higher education. In October, 1992, with leveraged funds from the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the MCSC assisted in the development of five new Youth Volunteer Corps in Michigan. In addition, the Commission set aside funds to enhance existing Youth Volunteer Corps and full-time Urban Corps programs in the state. • Designate and promote the Michigan Campus Compact as the higher education consortium responsible for coordinating a higher education service plan. The Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) has been designated by the MCSC as the higher education consortium responsible for coordinating a comprehensive higher education service plan. • Establish an in-state college service grant program administered by the MCC, under the coordination and final review of the state commission, to augment MCC's current venture grant program. These grants will give special consideration to higher education projects with partner with or impact K-12 schools. In addition, a Michigan Resource Service Center housed at the Michigan Campus Compact will be developed to facilitate leadership training for higher education participants, to develop service learning resources and to disseminate materials from the collegiate field. In cooperation and partnership with the Michigan Campus Compact, the MCSC has established an in-state college service grant process entitled the Michigan Generation Grant Program. 11 �Application to ---· th~ Commission on National and Community Service t.CI; Our comprehensive state application to the Commission on National and Community Service for funding under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 netted Michigan a total of 1.3 million dollars. We were funded in three of the four categories available. Title Bl: SERVE-America The Michigan Department of Education is administrating programs under this title. Our award in this category totaled $628,408.00. Through a competitive grant process, $585,338 will be distributed to communities in four categories. ~-· 1. Statewide Planning and Capacity Building - To assist the Department of Education in developing materials and providing services in the areas of program awareness, staff and participant training, curriculum development, and evaluation. Total available- $51,190. Grant range- $10,000 to $16,190 each for 4-10 grants. 2. School-Based Service-Learning Programs - To develop, expand, and model servicelearning programs. Total available- $377,145. Grant range- $10,000- $25,000 each for approximately 32 grants. 3. Community-Based Service Program -To develop, expand, and model community-service programs. Total available - $94,263. Grant range - $5,000 to $10,000 each for approximately 18 grants. 4. Adult Volunteer and Partnership Programs - To develop, expand, and model adult volunteer and partnership programs. Total available - $62,840. Grant range - $5,000 to $10,000 each for approximately 11 grants. Packets were released to approximately 8000 education institutions and non-profit organizations in late September of 1992. Applications deadlines of November 6, 1992 (postmarked) and November 9, 1992 (delivered) will bring applications into a three-tiered review process, consisting of teams of students, Department of Education staff, practitioners and Commissioners, all grants are subject to final approval of the MCSC. The request generated 203 proposals for review. Title B2: Higher Education The Michigan Generation Grant Program The Michigan Community Service Commission designated the Michigan Campus Compact Higher Education Collaborative as the lead higher education consortia in Michigan for the National and Community Service Act Title B2 Higher Education Award Program. Michigan was granted $250,000, the second highest award granted in the nation under Title B2. One of the outcomes was the Michigan Generation Grant Program consisting of a minimum of 22 subgrants ranging from $500 to $15,000 for a total of $200,000. The granting process was divided into two cycles. The selection committee was comprised of representatives from higher education, the field of service learning, students, and members of the Michigan Community Service Commission. The Michigan Generation Grant Review Committee designated the following funding levels for Cycles I and II in these categories: 12 �1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Student Initiated Projects -7 grants to be awarded for up to $5,000 per proposal. Evaluation & Outcomes -3 grants for up to $10,0()0 per proposal. Curriculum Development -6 grants capped at $10,000 per proposal. Leadership Training -3 grants at $10,000 per proposal. Combination Projects -3 grants to be awarded up to $15,000 per prop9sal. Cycle 1: For cycle I of Michigan Generation Grants, the MCSC received 14 proposals from 11 Michigan colleges and universities for a total funding request of $135,256.40. The Michigan Generation Grant Review Committee met October 13, 1992 and reviewed each proposal submitted. The Committee selected 8 proposals, totalling $62,614. All were approved by the MCSC at its October 23, 1992 meeting. Cycle II: As of November 1, 1992, the MCSC received 22 proposals from 16 Michigan colleges and universities under the Michigan Generation Grant Program. A total of $166,608.75 in funding was requested in cycle n. 1992 Michigan Generation Grant Cycle I Award Recipients Total Project Funded: Total Funding: Total Number of Participants: 8 $62,614 3,736 Project SIRV (Student Initiated Resource Volunteerism) Alpena Community College, Alpena, MI The project seeks to design activities and encourage students to research pertinent social problems in the community and develop a course of action toward solving them though organized volunteer efforts. Category: Combination Grant Funding: $13, 160 Participants: 270 Project RESPOND Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI Students will learn and serve at the same time. They will be building trails, planting trees, picking up trash at a State Park in Michigan and at the same time they will learn about environmental problems, the vegetation and ecology of the state. Category: Student Initiated Project Funding: $5,000 Participants: 15 Integrating Service Learning Into Pre-service and In-service Teacher Education and K-12 Schools Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI CMU, Gratiot-Isabella Regional Educational Service District and the K-12 Schools it serves will collaborate to train "teams" of CMU faculty, cooperating teachers and students teachers to implement service learning lessons into K-12 classrooms. Category: Combination Grant Funding: $14,995 Participants: 2 70 13 �Student Volunteer Program Delta College, Midland, MI -~- Expand existing partnership between Delta College and Tri-County Voluntary Action Centers to encourage additional students to volunteer in community organizations. Category: Participants: Combination Grant 400 Funding: $15,000 Community Service for Business Students Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI This project will provide students of the Seidman School of Business with the opportunity to become involved as volunteers in various community service organization activities in the Grand Rapids Area. Category: Participants: Student Initiated Project 27 Funding: $2,370 Children of Domestic Violence Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI An initiative to assist in combatting the pervasive social problem, domestic violence, by implementing programs for children in a shelter for domestic violence. Category: Participants: Student Initiated Project 94 Funding: $2,07 5 Building Student Commitment to Service Macomb Community College, Macomb County, MI This project will engage 75 students in a community service project with Housing Opportunities of Macomb (HOM) which will involve renovating a neighborhood home for a local family for Spring 1993 occupancy. Category: Participants: Student Initiated Project 120 Funding: $4,964 MSU COOL ACTION Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI MSU COOL ACTION is a new organization consisting of three components: Into The Streets, Alternative Break Programming, and the Registered Student Organization Network Coalition. These components provide students with strong roles in developing service opportunities and a lifetime service ethic. Title B2 funds will be used to create a database, develop recruiting, training, and evaluation tools, and support the Into the Streets program in 1992 and 1993. Category: Student Initiated Project Funding: $5,000 Participants: 2,540 The Michigan Resource Services Center The Michigan Community Service Commission received funding under Title B2 for the new Michigan Resource Services Center, to be housed within the Michigan Campus Compact. The goal of the center is to disseminate information to individual campuses to enhance local programs while creating a body of knowledge that furthers the entire field of service learning. 14 �The center provides support and resources to all Michigan institutions developing projects. It helps to ensure collaboration between groups working in the sam~ interest area and transmits expertise across areas of interest The center collects information already in existence including materials on curriculum development, evaluation and outcomes, program models, leadership and training, and issue-specific program areas (i.e. mentoring, literacy, homelessness). The cen~er also provides technical assistance to Michigan colleges and universities regarding newsletter publishing, grantwriting, program evaluation, and other skills. As knowledge of programs and projects grows, the center will convene individuals to share ideas, strategies, results, and challenges. One outcome of these meetings will be the publication of new information from the field Materials the Resource Center may publish include a community needs assessment instrument, information on orientation and training for students and community members, materials on infusing service-learning into curricula, and information on appropriate collaborations within the community and across the state. Title C: Youth and Conservation Corps Our award under Title C totaled $500,000. These funds were distributed into two categories: 1. $250,000 to be allocated to operate three residential camps entitled the Youth Environmental Education Service Corps (YEES). 2. $250,000 to be granted to local communities to develop, implement, or enhance youth corp models. fund~ • $115,000 was designated to youth ages 12 to 17. Youth Volunteer Corps initiatives serving • $45,000 was designated to assist existing Youth Volunteer Corps in the state. • $70,000 was designated to assist with year-round full-time Urban Corps models in the state. Maximum award: $35,000. We anticipate awarding two grants. The Michigan Youth Environmental Education Service Corps The 1992 Michi~an Youth Environmental Education Service CYEES) COJ.lls was a great success. Through a combination of federal (Commission on National and Community Service grant and the Job Training Partnership Act) and state (Michigan Department of Transportation) funds, three residential camps operated for nine weeks this summer. The three camps are: Camp Albena - 8 miles south from L'anse in the western Upper Peninsula; Camp Boedne Bay - near St. Ignace in the eastern Upper Peninsula and Camp Tippy Dam - on the Manistee River in the western Lower Peninsula. The camps served over 90 youth (early vacancies were filled with new recruits). Each camp included 30 youth, 18-21 years old, from all over the state. The youth included various ethnic backgrounds, economic status, experiences, and education. The three camps operated for nine weeks from June 15, 1992 to August 14, 1992. Work frQjects - The camps identified local work projects that would fulfill unmet community environmental needs . A total of 22,636 project hours were devoted to state and local initiatives. 15 �YEES Corps 1992 Work Projects • Harietta Fish Hatchery - the corps members cieaned fish raceways and baffles; • Pine River - members positioned rocks for erosion control of the ~verbank; • Hiawatha National Forest- corps members built fish cribs, cut cross country ski trails and built boat docks; • Indian Lake State Park - members constructed restrooms for the handicapped and performed campground maintenance; • Canyon Falls and Tioga Creek Parks - members were involved in park clean-up and maintenance; • Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Museum - corps members assisted in harbor cleanup. The Title C Subgranting Process A Request for Proposal (RFP) was developed and mailed out to 300 organizations and individuals including Volunteer Action Centers, United Ways, Community Action Agencies, Cooperative Extension 4-H offices, Urban Leagues and individuals that had requested notification. This Request for Proposal (RFP) yielded twelve proposals for consideration in the category of New Youth Volunteer Corps models. A review panel was designated that included members of the Michigan Community Service Commission youth, and outside readers in the field of youth volunteer corps. This review brought forth five proposals for consideration by the Michigan Community Service Commission. 1992 New Youth Volunteer Corps Award Recipients: Total Projects Funded: 5 TotalFunding: $115,000 Total Number of Participants: 51 0 Alpena Community College Alpena, MI Currently about 80 Alpena High School students volunteer 2 to 4 hours per week in human service agencies during the school year. The YVC plan is to recruit junior and senior high school students for weekend Team Projects in Spring Semester 1993, and for four two-week projects in the summer of 1993. Teams would consist of 8 to 10 volunteer youth and one paid Team Leader. Projects include mentoring, housing rehabilitation, and park maintenance. The program will target teens from low income families, those struggling with academics, and those possessing handicapper characteristics. The 8 to 10 member teams are also expected to provide service for Alpena's community events such as the Brown Trout Festival and the June Riverfest. Funding: $25,000 Participants: 16 100 �EightCAP, Inc. Greenville, MI The Montcalm-Ionia Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) would be a year-round project providing volunteer experiences for 80 youth. Because these counties are rural an.d comprised of communities with populations less than 9,000, resources are not available in any one community to initiate a youth volunteer project A Youth Volunteer Corps program would provide direction and leadership for establishing an on-going network for youth service in these rural areas. In its 26th year as a Community Action Agency, EightCAP has developed and operated programs in such areas as summer youth employment, domestic violence, foster grandparents, JTPA, Head Start, home weatherization, and Special Olympics. Staff expertise and community support will help facilitate the development of meaningful service opportunities for YVC participants. Funding: $19,000 Participants: 80 Menominee-Delta-Schoolcraft Community Action Agency Escanaba, MI The main objectives of the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) include unlimited opportunities for youth to participate in projects which directly benefit their community. The cities of Escanaba and Gladstone have several major projects in which the YVC will participate. For example, feeding residents of elderly care facility, city beautification, and Special Olympics. Expected outcomes include increased intergenerational communication and understanding, direct service to the community, and a supportive atmosphere for youth. The involvement of the schools and the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) will increase public awareness and involvement. The Menominee-Delta-Schoolcraft Community Action Agency is also applying to become a Volunteer Center through the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM). Funding: $16,000 Participants: 30 United Way of Muskegon County and the Muskegon County Community Foundation Muskegon, MI In its first year, the Muskegon County YVC hopes to involve 200 young people, ages 14 to 18, in guided team community service projects and provide the community with more than 20,000 volunteer hours. The YVC will place teams of youth volunteers, led by trained Team Leaders, in diverse community agencies to provide service which is meaningful to the community and to the participant. Youth volunteers can serve in intensive summer sessions of 4 to 8 weeks and in periodic short-term school year projects. Drawn from the full socio-economic, geographic, and ethnic diversity of Muskegon County, youth volunteers will develop important civic and life skills through exposure to others and by performing needed community service. Funding: $32,500 Participants: 200 Wayne-Metropolitan Community Services Agency Ecorse, MI This project is a collaboration between Wayne-Metropolitan Community Services Agency (WMCSA), the Youth Volunteer Corps of Metropolitan Detroit, and Communities First. The program will be based in the City of Highland Park. Youth will be recruited through various community sources. Every attempt will be made to match participants with service initiatives in their own communities. The scope of the program includes Ecorse, River Rouge, Inkster, Romulus, Taylor, Hamtramck, and Sumpter Township. These cities have been identified as the 17 �most economically vulnerable in the Out-Wayne County area. The Out-Wayne County YVC will participate in such programs as neighborhood rehabilitation~ working in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, food distribution, and services to senior citizens. The YVC will also coordinate the efforts of the emerging City of Highland Park Teenage City Council and provide services ·to various city government offices. Funding: $22,500 Participants: 100 The second funding category was designated for the enhancement or development of both ongoing Youth Volunteer Corps and full-time Urban Corps models. In this category an Request for Proposal (RFP) was also developed and mailed out to agencies already operating programs. Five proposals were received and are currently being reviewed for funding consideration. Youth voice Actjyjtjes In order to meet its mission of involving young people in all levels of community problem solving, the MCSC began several initiatives in 1991-1992. Collectively, the following represent the Commission's Youth Voice Activities. The Points of Light Foundation Michigan Youth Engaged in Service (YES) Ambassador Program The Points of Light Foundation is a national, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose vision is to make meaningful community service aimed at alleviating serious social problems central to the life of every American. Youth Engaged in Service (YES) is a division of the Foundation which is committed to making that vision a reality for young people between the ages of 5 and 25. In order to meet this goal, the division has created the Youth Engaged in Service (YES) Ambassador program. YES Ambassadors act as advocates for youth involvement in community problem solving and act as catalysts for the creation of youth service opportunities within individual states. In August of 1991, the state of Michigan was one of four locations chosen by the Points of Light Foundation to pilot its Youth Engaged in Service (YES) Ambassador program. In September 1991 two young people between the ages of 18-25 were selected from over 50 applicants by a selection committee made of up of representatives from the Points of Light Foundation and leaders in the field of service in Michigan. From September, 1991 to September 1992, Cynthia Scherer and Trabian Shorters acted as advocates for the involvement of youth in community problem solving, and have worked directly with youth to engage them in service, and with the MCSC and other youth service organizations to stimulate the development of youth service opportunities. In September of 1992, the first year of the YES Ambassador program came to a close. After evaluating the program, the Points of Light Foundation decided to continue and expand Youth Engaged in Service. YES Ambassadors will be placed in nine locations across the nation. The four original locations; California, Michigan Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.; will be joined by Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland and Minnesota. A diverse selection committee was put together in Michigan with members representing both young people and leaders in the field of service. Announcements about the position were sent to over 800 individuals, organizations, and institutions across the state including volunteer centers, United Ways, community foundations, college placement offices, and 4-H. 18 �The YES Ambassador in Michigan for 1992-93 is Darin Day, a graduate of the Michigan State University School of Social Work and a former Michig~n Collllilunity Service Commission member. Based on the experience of the first year the program has been modified. Major differences include a more narrowed focus and the selection of only one Ambassador per location. The 1992-93 Ambassador will work primarily with young people through a variety of institutions, especially K-12 schools, volunteer centers, the Michigan K-12 Service Learning Center, and the Michigan Community Service Commission. Specific responsibilities of the Youth Engaged in Service Ambassador: • Training young people in leadership skills and service learning in schools, volunteer centers, and other nonprofit settings. • Recruiting and training college students to assist school youth and teachers in developing service learning activities as part of classroom instruction. • Working with the MCSC to develop statewide youth policy. • Researching and identifying exemplary youth community service programs, youth leaders, and resources that can assist individuals in the development of youth service programs. The Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC) In September, 1992, the Michigan Community Service Commission established a standing committee of young people to forward its mission of youth involvement in community problem solving throughout the state. -~ - The sixteen young people involved range in age from 12 to 20 and come from places as far apart as Detroit and Houghton. They represent youth from virtually every cultural, geographic, socioeconomic, racial, educational, and political background in Michigan. They each bring a unique set of experiences, skills, and abilities to the Commission and its work. The committee came together for the first time September 18-21, 1992, in Ann Arbor. There they established the name The Michigan Youth Progressive Action Council (MYPAC). They set an ambitious agenda for the year which includes visits and exchanges between participants in outstanding community programs and lobbying the legislature for more support of young people and youth service. Each member of the MYPAC has been paired with a Michigan Community Service Commissioner through an initiative called Partners in Service. Partners in Service is a one to one learning model which matches MYPAC members and MCSC members from the same geographic region. Through Partners in Service, Commissioners have access to the valuable viewpoints and perspectives of young Michigan citizens, and MYPAC members have access to the wealth of knowledge and experience each member of the MCSC offers. Through the MYPAC, Partners in Service, and other initiatives, the Michigan Community Service Commission is giving youth in Michigan opportunities to have a real impact on what happens in our state and in our communities. Perhaps the most significant benefit of initiatives like these is the opportunity for the MCSC to truly stay in touch with the needs and experiences of the young people it seeks to serve and support 19 �The Michiean Community Service Commission Plannine Retreat Friday November 20 and Saturday November 21, 1992 the MCSC, the MYPAC, and the staff convened a planning retreat at the Bellemont Manor on the campus of Albion College. The purposes of the retreat were to evaluate the first year of the Commission and to conduct strategic planning for 1993 and beyond. The retreat was facilitated by Jean Burkhardt, formerly of YMCA Campus Programs and currently a member of the Commission on National and Community Service Grant Review Team. Burkhardt engaged members of the MCSC, the MYPAC and the staff in a SWOT Analysis of our first year. SWOT is a small group process employed to assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the Commission. Results from the SWOT Analysis Strengths: The following is the list of internal strengths of the MCSC which found consensus among the members of the Commission, the MYPAC, and the staff: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Accessibility Bi-Partisanship Clear Vision Governor's Support Cohesion Across Streams of Service in Michigan due to MCSC Commitment of Members Connection to Critical State and National Networks Diversity in Membership Highly Visible Chairperson MYPAC as National Model Mutual Respect among MCSC, MYPAC, and Staff Sensitivity to Needs of Diverse Michigan Populations Staff Leadership Trust and Teamwork Visibility of Individual Members Volunteer Experience of MCSC, MYPAC, and Staff Members Weaknesses: This is the list of internal and structural characteristics of the Commission members and staff consider obstacles. Each of the following represents challenges and opportunities for growth of the MCSC and the field in Michigan: • • • • • • • • • • • Danger of Overlap, Duplication vis-a-vis other State Organizations Different Levels of Knowledge, Understanding among MCSC Members Emphasis in Securing NCSA Funds in Year One Geographic Barriers to Full Inclusion Inconsistent Attendance and Participation from Commissioners Lack of Database of Effect and Replicable Program Models Lack of Long-Term Strategic Plan for the Commission Little History or Precedence, Few Models of State Community Service Commissions Need Specific Role Definition, Responsibilities for Commissioners Lack Representation from Native American and Religious Communities Lack Representation from Out of School Youth 20 �• • • • No Process for Evaluating Impact Poor Visibility of MCSC Reliance on "Soft Monies" Weak Linkages to State Agencies and Programs Opportunities: The following is the list of identified external support systems, welcomed challenges, and timely circumstances which present opportunities for the MCSC to move forward toward its mission: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -~ · • • Access to Legislators Access to Media Broad Support in the Field Charles Stewart Mott and W. K. Kellogg Foundations Clear Need in Michigan for Community Service College Interns to Assist Staff Commission on National and Community Service Increasing Visibility as a Group Michigan Campaign for Volunteerism Michigan's Leading Edge in Service-Learning, Volunteerism, and Philanthropy National Recognition of MCSC in Year One National Youth Service Movement Opportunities to Secure Funding from Diverse Sources Opportunity to Develop Database of Exemplary Programs Opportunity to Increase Citizen Participation in Local Communities President-Elect Ointon's Apparent Support of Community Service Serious Social Problems Service-Learning Curricula Success of Year One of the MCSC Volunteer Centers in Michigan Threats: The following is the list of circumstances and conditions, outside the MCSC, identified by Commissioners, MYPAC, and staff members as obstacles and challenges: • • • • • • • • • • • Attrition Bureaucratic Barriers (State and Federal) Burn-out Among Commissioners, Staff Changes in Administration (State and Federal) Funding Cutbacks High Expectations Lack of "Buy-in" from General Population Obscurity of "Community Service, "Service-Learning", and "Volunteerism" Partisanship Perception of MCSC as Duplicating or Supplanting Services Perceptions of Partisanship within MCSC Crjtjcal Issues and Prjorjtjes Identified for 1993 The following list of critical issues is a summary of comments about the tasks and responsibilities in most urgent need of action by the MCSC. This list incorporates the perspectives of members of the Commission, the MYPAC, and the staff. 21 �Critical Issues Facing the MCSC in 1993 ~ • • • • • • • • • • Addressing Staff Limitations Applying for Renewed Funding under NCSA Continuing to Develop Strong Partnerships Developing Database of Successful Program Models Defming Clear Roles for Commissioners, MYPAC Members Diversifying Funding Sources Emphasizing Public Awareness, Media Exposure Improving Internal Communication Reaching More Diverse Populations of Youth Working with Legislature to Ensure Permanence Michigan Community Service Commission Priorities for 1993 The following are the four tasks identified as priorities for the Commission by members of the MCSC, the MYPAC, and the staff: • • • • Secure Diverse and Sustainable Funding Sources Increase Support for the MCSC Staff Improve Internal Communication Ensure MCSC and its Grantees are More Visible throughout the State Strategies to Meet Identified Priorities The following are ideas presented by members of the MCSC, the MYPAC, and the staff to address identified critical issues and priorities: Funding: The issue of long-term funding cannot be separated from the issue of legislative support. Efforts must be made to secure permanence for the MCSC through the legislature. Specific strategies recommended include inviting legislators to Commission functions, employing Governor and Michelle Engler's support, and engaging MYPAC members to personally visit their State Senators and Representatives. Other funding strategies include seeking foundation and corporate support, direct-mail fund-raising, and seeking large individual gifts from private donors. Internal Communication: Timely communication between Commissioners, the MYPAC, and the staff has been identified as a major priority. Strategies recommended to improve MCSC internal communication include developing a comprehensive calendar of events and deadlines, publishing an in-house newsletter (possibly written and edited by the MYPAC), encouraging Commission and MYPAC members to convene regional meetings, and strengthening the Partners in Service program. Public Relations: One of the most consistently identified weaknesses and priorities of the MCSC is visibility. The following is the list of strategies recommended by Commissioners, MYPAC members, and staff for increasing public awareness and support of our work: • • • • Convene local workshops re: Community Setvice and Volunteerism Develop a logo or slogan for the MCSC Develop marketing materials: brochures, handbooks Encourage all MCSC and MYPAC members to discuss the MCSC, its partners, and its mission, in all public speaking engagements 22 \ �• • • Establish a Standing Committee on Public Relations Produce television and radio Public Service Announc~ments (PSAs) Solicit private sector pro-bono public relations expertise Staff Support: It has been agreed that meeting the growing needs of the Coqunission will be impossible without increased staff support. The consensus among members of the MCSC and the MYPAC is that they need to become more actively involved in the daily work of the Commission. For example, Standing Committee Chairpersons need to take the responsibility of convening committee meetings. There has also been some support of increasing the size of the staff. However, it remains clear that increasing the staff is only an option if the MCSC meets significant fund raising success. Other recommendations include seeking college interns to assist the staff in the Lansing office. Conclusion The Michigan Community Service Commission had a remarkable first year. The success of the Commission is highlighted by the over 1.3 million dollars secured to enhance and expand community service programs in the state. Moreover, the MCSC has served to open communication across streams of service. As a consequence, the seeds of a true statewide system of service and volunteerism have been planted. The Michigan Community Service Commission has brought a good deal of national attention to the state. Michigan is recognized as a national leader in the service-learning movement, in the proliferation of community-based volunteer centers, and in the trend toward statewide unity in service and volunteer initiatives. 1993 promises to be a challenging year for the MCSC. In light of identified critical issues and priorities, and the bold promise of The Michigan Vision, there is a lot of work to be done. There were many urgent challenges before the Commission in 1992 and they were met with significant success. The committnent of the Governor, Commissioners, the MYPAC, the staff, and our partners in Michigan, indicates that future challenges will be met with equal vigor and success. 23 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49423 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/89d9d3f4d0b3fc431f880f75f5af392a.pdf 253f44d9e6961deda8ae47937dc95cce PDF Text Text DRAFT Michigan Community Service Commission Annual Checklist of Goals for Commission Member (For personal use) Name: __________________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________, 20_______ to _______________________, 20______ As a board member of the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC), there are several opportunities and responsibilities available to you. In this check list tool, you will find a list of actions you can and should take as a member of the MCSC. The items in italics and bold are required and the items in bold only are areas you may wish to consider a personal commitment. Please use the numbering system below to indicate your preference. Staff and your fellow commissioners will use this tool to monitor activities and ensure that you are receiving the support you need to fulfill your role as a leader and promoter of volunteerism in Michigan. Please use the following number system to indicate your response to the following questions. I have marked with a "1" those items I have accomplished this year of service. I have marked with a "2" those things I wish to accomplish next year. I have marked with a “3” those things I did not know were an expectation. I have marked with a “4” those things I do not believe I can accomplish. I have marked with a “5” those things I want assistance in accomplishing. 1. Read and Understand the Commission’s Mission, Purposes and My Responsibilities: ____ ____ ____ ____ Read, signed and returned my Oath of Office and Conflict of Interest forms. Read printed materials about the Michigan Community Service Commission. Read my Commissioner Key Information Binder. Understand the constituency I was appointed to represent. 2. Supported the Chair, Fellow Commissioners and the Executive Director: ____ Met personally with the Executive Director to learn more about the Michigan Community Service Commission and to see how I might serve. ____ Attended at least two meetings of the Michigan Community Service Commission 3. Helped Ensure Adequate Resources for the Michigan Community Service Commission: 1 �____ ____ Made a “stretch” contribution to the Governor’s Service Awards Fund, MCSC Leadership Development Fund or a payment to the ConnectMichigan Alliance Campaign on your pledge. Made ____ cultivation/solicitation visits on the following: Policy Makers: __________________________________________________________________ Individuals: __________________________________________________________________ Corporations/Foundations: ____ ____ I have approached friends and colleagues to learn about our work when it was appropriate. I have written notes on invitations to special events and fund appeals to the following people: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ____ I have given the names of the following individuals to be added to the Michigan Community Service Commission mailing list: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. Monitored Our Organization's Programs and Services: ____ ____ ____ ____ I have reviewed staff recommendations for funding and provided my input. I have reviewed grant proposals or Governor’s Service Awards nominations. I have attended programs and observed services provided by the Michigan Community Service Commission. I have visited programs funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission. 5. Helped Enhance Our Organization's Public Image: 2 �____ ____ ____ ____ Gave media contact and public event information to the Executive Director to forward to the development, public relations, or other appropriate committee or staff for press releases and/or public appearances. Kept brochures, fact sheets, etc. in my home, car, and office to give to people when we discuss the Michigan Community Service Commission. Left same material at libraries, schools, and businesses as appropriate. After clearing with the chairperson and the executive director, I have talked about the Michigan Community Service Commission with the following groups: Church:___________________________________________________________ School:___________________________________________________________ Business:__________________________________________________________ Media:___________________________________________________________ Government:_______________________________________________________ 3 �____ I serve on the following adhoc board committees: __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ____ ____ ____ ____ I regularly attend board and committee meetings, except for compelling personal or business reasons. If I am unable to attend, I notify the chairperson. I read material before meetings; draft agenda, minutes, etc. I attended conferences or workshops on: Executive Committee:_______________________________________________ Board Development:_________________________________________________ Fund Raising:______________________________________________________ Subject area of the Michigan Community Service Commission:______________________________________________________ 6. Areas I Personally Initiated: ____ Thought of and discussed the following ideas with the board chairperson and/or the executive director. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ ____ With those that were approved, I helped to develop and execute those marked with a star. ____ Other: _____ Made my commitment to mentor a child. _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Date: _________________________ 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Mentor Michigan. Michigan’s Volunteer Investment Grants. Governor’s Service Awards. Learn and Serve - Michigan. Singularly, each of these programs represent a piece of Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) activities that are positive and impactful. However, when these program pieces are connected and working synergistically, communities are strengthened and lives are transformed. Read on to learn more about the MCSC, a vital and unique organization that has been serving our State for the past 18 years. MCSC has a rich heritage of supporting volunteer efforts that generate reciprocity, trust, and empowerment in communities across our great State. And, each year we celebrate and recognize individuals and organizations that donate their time and talent to uplift their communities. Our work includes granting funds to provide individuals the opportunity to serve their communities, bringing visibility to the importance of mentoring, educating others about the benefits of volunteerism, and helping others take concrete action in communities to generate noticeable change. It also takes the support of our partners – individuals, foundations, businesses, and government organizations – that are committed to funding much needed service programs to regenerate communities. We greatly appreciate their dedication and investment. Although we have made significant strides in 2008; much more must be done to help preserve a bright future for our great State. We encourage you to read our stories and to join together with more than 73,000 Michigan citizens who, last year, believed in the spirit of volunteering and service to dramatically renew and strengthen their communities – one area at a time – for years to come. Daniel G. Mulhern Michigan’s First Gentleman, MCSC Chair Breannah Alexander Student, Grand Valley State University Vernice Anthony Greater Detroit Area Health Council Karen Betley Senior Services, Inc. Carolyn Bloodworth CMS Energy Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW Antoine Campbell Heart of West Michigan United Way Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations Jimmie Comer Comer Holdings Michael Hill Grand Traverse Bay ISD Jason Hoskins Eastern Michigan University Graduate Student Lloyd Jackson WJR Radio Lori Jewell State Farm Insurance Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation Janet Lawson Ford Volunteer Corps Joseph Lubig Northern Michigan University Kathleen Maisner Retired Michigan Public School Educator Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Chair Emeritus Donna Niester Acheson Ventures Paula Kaiser Van Dam Executive Director Daniel G. Mulhern MCSC Chairman Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Jerry Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools Marsha Smith Rotary Charities of Traverse City Joseph Sowmick Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living Larry Williamson Comcast Cable 3 �MICHIGAN COMMlN1Y SERVICE COMMISSION Proof 2008 Program Locations 9-2-09 by County • Learn and Serve - Michigan School-Based program(s) • • • • Learn and Serve - Michigan Community-Based program(s) Wexford Missaukae Roscommon Ogemaw Iasco • Lake Osceola • Mecosta • Michigan's AmeriCorps program(s) host sites • Michigan's AmeriCorps member service site(s) • • Clare • • Tuscola Gratiot Saginaw • Genesee Lapeer Macomb Clinton Shiawassee Ionia Kent !-=:.::.:..J.....:.::,:::....L..:.:::;::.....J....:;:::;:::...J--.---L.--1 + Providers Council member(s) Allegan Barry Buren Kalamazoo A Volunteer Investment Grantee(s) Sanilac •• • 1---+---+----i • • • • • A+ • • •• •A • • • • : • : • A+ • • • A •• A • • • • • • •• A van • • • Montcalm • • • Cass 4 St. Joseph Eaton Calhoun Branch Ingham Uvlngston JackSon Hillsdale • • Oakland Washtanaw Wayne Lenawee �Proof 9-2-09 The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. The MCSC’s signature programs are Michigan’s AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve – Michigan, Mentor Michigan, Michigan’s Volunteer Investment Grants, and the Governor’s Service Awards. Since 1992, the MCSC has granted more than $80 million to communities for volunteer initiatives. These funds have leveraged more than $67 million in local funds and engaged nearly one million people in service. In 2008, the MCSC:  Granted approximately $5.8 million in federal and state funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities.  Engaged more than 56,000 participants and volunteers in service activities through Michigan’s AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve – Michigan, and Volunteer Investment Grant programs.  Supported more than 230 mentoring programs through awareness building, mentor recruitment, partnership development, training, and recognition. Learn more about all the great things we’ve accomplished during the past year ... Our Outlook .......................................................................................................................... 3 Our Programs Michigan’s AmeriCorps.................................................................................................... 6 Learn and Serve – Michigan............................................................................................. 8 Mentor Michigan............................................................................................................. 10 Michigan’s Volunteer Investments Grants....................................................................... 12 Governor’s Service Awards............................................................................................. 14 Our Advisory Committees . ................................................................................................ 16 Our Supporters ................................................................................................................... 17 Financial Statement ............................................................................................................ 18 5 �Proof 9-2-09 Michigan’s AmeriCorps Responding to Disaster at a Moment’s Notice Ten of Michigan’s Together We Prepare members from the American Red Cross devoted their services in response to the severe flooding experienced in Iowa last summer. Red Cross AmeriCorps members receive disaster assistance training and are well prepared to answer the call to service when disaster strikes. Jordan O’Neil, AmeriCorps program director for the American Red Cross of West Central Michigan, says 10 members received 24 hours notice to make a three-week commitment in Iowa where they put in 12-hour days, seven days a week. Their main service duties included working on client case work such as facilitating in person meetings with disaster families or individuals to provide immediate financial assistance. The AmeriCorps members also helped victims with shelter and AmeriCorps Together We Prepare American Red Cross of West Central Michigan (Grand Rapids) Char-Em ISD’s AmeriCorps Program Charlevoix-Emmet County ISD City Year Detroit City Year, Inc. Downriver CARES AmeriCorps The Guidance Center (Detroit) Faith In Youth Partnership Good Samaritan Ministries (Holland and Zeeland) Huron Pines AmeriCorps Huron Pines (Grayling) feeding concerns. O’Neil says Red Cross AmeriCorps members’ general service duties are to respond to local disasters; however, they are often called to different locations nationally, depending on the circumstances surrounding the disasters. In 2008, Red Cross AmeriCorps members responded to 185 local disasters across Michigan consisting of residential fires, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms. Members assisted 757 Michigan residents with their immediate emergency needs. They also responded to 25 national disasters assisting more than 6,000 people in 7 states. Additionally, members taught 521 disaster preparedness and safety classes to 28,377 Michigan residents. AmeriCorps Together We Prepare program is one of the 19 current AmeriCorps programs that are a part of Michigan’s AmeriCorps family. Often described Michigan’s AmeriCorps Grantees Neighborhood Youth Development Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council (Grand Rapids) Jumpstart - Michigan Jumpstart Inc. (Dearborn and Ypsilanti) Michigan Habitat AmeriCorps Program Habitat for Humanity of Michigan (Lansing) MARESA-Michigan’s AmeriCorps Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency MPCA Community HealthCorps Program Michigan Primary Care Association (Lansing) Superior AmeriCorps B-H-K Child Development Board (Baraga, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties) Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership The Regents of the University of Michigan (Detroit) Michigan Service Scholars Michigan Campus Compact (Lansing) The Smart Choice Project Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor Michigan Environmental Stewardship AmeriCorps Michigan Department of Agriculture (Lansing) MSU 4-H Mentor Michigan Initiative Michigan State University Extension (East Lansing) 6 Readetroit Corps Communities in Schools of Detroit Volunteer Muskegon’s AmeriCorps Volunteer Muskegon �as the “domestic Peace Corps,” AmeriCorps is a national service program that engages members in service in communities across the state. The duties of the AmeriCorps members are based on the local needs of the community in which they serve. The mission of AmeriCorps is to get things done, strengthen communities, encourage responsibility, and expand opportunity. Community priorities help determine the service Michigan’s AmeriCorps members will provide in a specific area. In the past year, 1,060 members built housing, recruited volunteers, mentored children, educated individuals on health issues, addressed environmental issues, and much more. The Michigan Community Service Commission supports and provides funding for each program by distributing federal funds from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Michigan’s AmeriCorps members are between the ages of 17 and 72. Each member commits to completing a specified term of service, usually one year. They are provided with a modest living allowance and are placed at nonprofit organizations, Proof 9-2-09 schools, and other agencies. Full-time members are eligible for health benefits while serving. Additionally, some members receive assistance with childcare, which is incomebased. Once the member has successfully completed the year-long commitment, he or she will receive an education award that can be used to pay for future college tuition or for qualified student loans. Michigan’s AmeriCorps members earned $1.6 million in education awards in 2008. Michigan’s AmeriCorps programs also provide training and professional development to members. The topics covered include volunteer management, leadership skills, citizenship, and other specialized trainings. The MCSC works to help members understand their role in their individual program as well as the part they play in the Corps’ overall service strategy, both at the state and national levels. One key component of Michigan’s AmeriCorps program is the annual Member Celebration, which unites members from across the state for orientation and training. Members also join together for the annual Russ Mawby Signature Service Project (SSP). On June 11-12, 2008, more than 250 members from across the state focused on rejuvenating Benton Harbor’s community. As part of the 2008 SSP, AmeriCorps members applied their service skills at Harbor Habitat for Humanity housing sites in the Crystal Estates neighborhood. Projects included landscaping, building sheds, constructing subfloors, and framing. The 2008 Signature Service Project was a partnership between Michigan’s AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity of Michigan, and Harbor Habitat for Humanity. The SSP is an annual event serving a different community each year. The Impact MCSC granted $4,916,489 to Michigan nonprofit programs. Additionally, members earned $1,610,000 in education awards. Michigan’s AmeriCorps programs’ local areas leveraged $4,929,457 in match funds. 1,060 members served through 19 programs located in 82 counties across Michigan. And, members completed 571,802 service and training hours. Michigan’s AmeriCorps Program Highlights Members with Neighborhood Youth Development mentored 1,654 youth through 34-week school programs and eight-week-long summer programs in the Grand Rapids community. When evaluated, more than 80 percent of the youth participants felt they had a support system and learned a great deal from the AmeriCorps members. Huron Pines AmeriCorps members implemented 19,831 linear feet of lakeshore or stream bank erosion control projects with the help of local volunteers in the counties of Missaukee, Grand Traverse, Presque Isle, and Cheboygan. Members of the readetroit corps tutored 501 youth within the Detroit community. AmeriCorps members were often grouped with multiple young people to provide tutoring assistance and to serve as mentors. Members’ Service 24,773 community volunteers were recruited, placed and or supported by Michigan’s AmeriCorps members. Additionally, these community volunteers donated 165,561 hours of service. 19,472 individuals received disaster relief services or disaster education. 32 families prepared and took ownership of new homes. 3,138 students received tutoring services or homework support. And, 10,195 children benefitted from ongoing mentoring relationships. 7 �Proof 9-2-09 Learn and Serve – Michigan Charlevoix Service-Learning Students Participate in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Be careful what you ask for was probably the phrase furthest from Charlevoix High School (CHS) Construction Technology teacher Brian Certa’s mind when he wrote a letter to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition applauding the goals of the show and tentatively offering assistance in the future. internships and jobs with large construction companies located in North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee. On Tuesday, March 4, 2008, Certa received a call to bring four of his seniors to New Orleans, Louisiana, to assist the show in building a house and church previously destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. From Friday, March 6 through Saturday, March 14, CHS Construction Program and Learn & Serve students Corey Gotshall, Cliff Jones, Kyle Jones, and Nathan Tripplehorn assisted with framing, installing doors, sheeting, wrapping, and landscaping. “[Service-learning] stretches their boundaries outside of school walls and allows students to recognize the need for education and how useful it is in the real world. Focusing on the needs of others is an eye-opening experience for many young people and transforms them into more thoughtful and compassionate beings,” said Certa. “Volunteers were divided into skilled and unskilled groups. As these young men were in their fourth year of Charlevoix High School’s Construction Program, they were qualified to wear the ‘skilled’ badges that provided access to all project sites. Then it was just a matter of putting those skills to work – and they certainly did. Certa says by the end of the week the students were receiving offers of The Impact MCSC granted $726,062 in school-and communitybased service-learning grants. Additionally, grantees leveraged $775,589 in match funds within their local communities. As a result of these grants, 1,042 teachers engaged 26,386 K-12 students in 8 Despite the work experiences and networking opportunities, Certa believes this trip also summed up the value of service-learning. Learn & Serve – Michigan funds assisted with transportation and housing costs for the CHS students and Certa. Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction that enriches learning, teaches civic responsibility, and fosters personal growth. It helps youth see beyond the classroom and into the community where they learn math, science, language arts, and other required subjects by 538,477 hours of service-learning. They were assisted by 2,713 adult volunteers. They completed 70 community revitalization projects in 2007-2008. Through the community-based grant, Michigan State University Extension 4-H engaged 527 students in 25,842 hours of service through Peer Mentoring and Service-Learning programming. �addressing community needs and solving real-life problems. The Learn and Serve - Michigan program administers two types of grants – school-based and community-based. School-based programs are rooted in K-12 classrooms and integrated into the school’s curriculum. Community-based programs are facilitated by non-profit organizations and occur during non-school hours. Proof 9-2-09 The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) administers Learn and Serve at the federal level and partners with states to fund national service programs locally. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) in partnership with the Michigan Department of Education administers Learn and Serve - Michigan. Learn and Serve – Michigan Listed below are several highlights about service-learning projects conducted in Michigan schools Science – Water Quality Monitoring Joy McFadyen of Bay City, a 2008 Service Learning Award recipient, and a fifth-grade teacher at Hampton Elementary School helps nurture others in the field expand their service-learning knowledge and skills. In fact, she has involved her students in science-based service-learning for many years. Joy’s students have supported water quality monitoring of the Saginaw Bay through the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN). To demonstrate mastery of the content, students presented their water quality findings to community members at the annual River Congress. Joy also makes science relevant by engaging students in the research, development, and maintenance of local rain gardens. They planted nearly 3,000 native plants in the local rain gardens with the help of more than 500 students and community volunteers. (Bay City Public Schools) The Literacy Corps The Literacy Corps at Tinkham Alternative High School in Westland, recipient of the 2008 Innovative Program Award, incorporates key elements of high-quality service-learning and has a sustainable impact on the students and the community. The Literacy Corps enhances students’ academic and personal success and helps them improve their literacy skills by tutoring and mentoring elementary students. Students are trained to create effective lesson plans based on the younger students needs through this service-learning course. The Literacy Corps participants complete a six-week training program before traveling to the elementary school, where they meet with students for 45 minutes, three times per week (Wayne-Westland Community Schools). 2007-2008 Learn and Serve - Michigan Grant Recipients Belding Area Schools Carson City – Crystal Area Schools CASMAN Alternative Academy Charlevoix Public Schools Chassell Township Schools Clarkston Community Schools Copper Country Intermediate School District Grand Blanc Community Schools Inland Lakes School District Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools Kent Intermediate School District Lake Orion Community Schools Lowell Area Schools Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency Michigan State University 4-H Extension Onaway Area Community Schools Pennfield Schools Renaissance High School Shelby Public Schools Southgate Community School District Traverse City Area Public Schools Wayne Westland Community Schools Williamston Community Schools YMCA Service Learning Academy 9 “Servicelearning has a positive impact on students’ academic achievement, personal and social development, and civic engagement. It provides numerous opportunities for students to apply what they are learning to solve real world community problems.” – Mike Flanagan, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michigan Department of Education. �Proof 9-2-09 “All across the great state of Michigan there are youngsters waiting for someone to come into their lives and give them some time. We want you on our team – join us today.” Lloyd Carr Former University of Michigan head football coach and Mentor Michigan recruitment spokesman Mentor Michigan Generating Brighter Futures Changing schools every year. Never really having a place to call home. Wondering if anyone cared about her. These are all phrases that describe the first 13 years of Jamie Whipple’s life. However her life changed dramatically in 2004, when she met an individual who would become the one constant in her life – her mentor, Michele – through the Ottawa County Journey 4-H Youth Mentoring Program. Their first meeting occurred at a local coffee shop in Grand Haven where they became acquainted and discovered they had much in common. From that point on, they were inseparable. In 2006, they even participated in the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Run, and Michelle introduced Jamie to a new way of life. Undoubtedly, mentoring has made such a change in her life that she loves to share her uplifting experience with others. In February 2008, Jamie The Impact shared her personal story during a national webinar for mentoring program staff who work with at-risk youth. And, at the October 2008 Michigan Dropout Prevention Summit, Jamie explained the positive effect mentoring has had on her views about the importance of education. “When things were bad at home my grades would fall,” explained Jamie. “If I’m ever having a problem in English or History, sometimes Michele will come over, pick me up, and help me with my homework. She always helps me focus.” Jamie and Michele’s participation in the Ottawa County Journey Youth Mentoring Program will end in late 2009 once Jamie turns 18 – but that doesn’t mean they won’t continue their mentoring relationship in the future. “We’ve set a goal that we’ll continue to meet once a month for coffee after I turn 18,” said Jamie. A 2008 survey of 143 mentoring organizations in 47 Michigan counties concluded: 22,916 children were mentored in 2008. A number of these youth are disadvantaged, including 730 that live in foster homes; 607 who have been diagnosed with a cognitive disability; 168 have a physical disability; and 1,245 have an incarcerated parent. 227 Michigan mentoring organizations registered with Mentor Michigan. The state has 17,051 active mentors. Of those, 36 percent are male while 64 percent are female. 10 �“Every day I keep thinking about how grateful I am to have Michele in my life. She is the only stable, adult role-model in my life and, she gives me the strength to keep going forward,” said Jamie Following her high school graduation, Jamie hopes to attend Muskegon Community College to study Automotive Technology. Michele supports her and encourages her to reach that goal. One hour a week can make a big difference in a young person’s future. Mentor Michigan supports more than 225 organizations around the state that are changing lives by matching mentors with young people. And, Mentor Michigan provides those organizations with training and research. It fosters partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, schools, colleges and universities, and state and local government to Proof 9-2-09 support mentoring. Mentor Michigan also builds public awareness about the importance of and the need for mentors by urging caring adults to “pass it on,” because sharing a little of yourself with a young person can reward both of you with lifelong benefits. This year, Mentor Michigan also launched Mentor PRO, an online case management system that allows programs to manage their matches more efficiently. Eighteen mentoring programs are now using this system to track 719 matches. Additionally, Mentor Michigan aims to recruit 10,000 new mentors by 2010 through several campaigns: Men in Mentoring, Mobilizing Mentors: Hometown Heroes Mentoring Hometown Kids, The State Employee Recruitment campaign, and the Michigan Municipal League. Mentor Michigan helps provide financial support to mentoring organizations throughout the state. • 28 Michigan Mentoring Month mini grants valued at $19,000 were awarded to recruit and recognize mentors. • Over $90,000 was awarded in Volunteer Investment Grants to six mentoring organizations in the state. • $6,692 in Meijer mini grants were awarded to 15 mentoring organizations in the state. • The six Men in Mentoring pilot sites received $60,000 in funding to support their male mentor recruitment efforts. • The Michigan State University Extension: 4-H Mentor Michigan Initiative utilized $700,638 in federal funds and 55 Michigan’s AmeriCorps members to expand and strengthen mentoring programs in the state. In 2008 Mentor Michigan... associate athletic director Lloyd Carr, who will work to recruit more male mentors in the state. Partnered with the Michigan Army & Air National Guard to better serve Michigan youth in need of mentors by recruiting 500 Michigan National Guard members to serve as mentors by 2010. Joined with the Michigan Municipal League to encourage city officials to support mentoring through serving as a mentor, recruiting or recognizing mentors, increasing awareness about mentoring, serving as a board member of a local mentoring program, or supporting the annual Michigan Mentoring Month. Introduced its newest recruitment spokesman, former University of Michigan head football coach and current 11 “Mentors are everyday heroes who transform a life or even a community through their simple commitment to make a difference.” — Daniel G. Mulhern First Gentleman �Proof 9-2-09 Michigan’s Volunteer Investment Grants Increasing Community Capacity through Volunteerism Communities across the state continue to struggle to identify lasting solutions to pressing issues affecting public health, economic vitality, clean and safe environments, and education. And, they continue to rely upon nonprofits to play a critical role in mitigating these issues with some measure of success. Developed in 1998, Michigan’s Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG) Program was founded on the premise that volunteers provide a vital-problem solving resource to communities. Michigan’s VIG is designed to build organizational capacity to increase the number of citizen volunteers involved in community problem-solving. Using service at multiple age levels as a strategy provides nonprofit organizations with additional human capital to help tackle their mounting challenges. The The goal of the VIG program is to increase and sustain the number of volunteers addressing one of three critical focus areas: mentoring children in need, mobilizing Baby Boomer volunteers, or engaging youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in service. The following are several examples of VIG grant monies at work: The United Way of Northwest Michigan (UW) leveraged a local partnership with Michigan State University to create an outreach campaign to attract young volunteers during 2008. Efforts included increased use of the Internet in UW’s outreach efforts including the development of a “young volunteers” blog. 13 Volunteer Investment Grantees supported 24 counties in Michigan. Impact MCSC provided $250,000 in state funds to grantees. And, grantees leveraged $200,000 in match funds within their local communities. 12 �The Human Development Commission established a complete directory of non-profit organizations in Sanilac and Huron counties. Once completed, the Commission surveyed each organization to determine its volunteer needs and helped each refine its volunteer recruitment strategy. Kalamazoo Communities In Schools produced 100 “Work-Life Balance How-To” kits to aid businesses in promoting a more family-friendly atmosphere for company employees. The Kits featured practical suggestions that benefited students and provided employees with opportunities to give back to the community. And, the Kits helped increase the number of volunteers in Kalamazoo schools as businesses begin to adopt work-life balance policies. Proof 9-2-09 The United Way Volunteer Center of Chippewa County launched an Everyone Can Serve project. The project trained 24 educators to incorporate service-learning opportunities within their schools. The educators initiated 14 projects, which engaged 881 Upper Peninsula students. Collectively, the students, teachers, and additional volunteers yielded 2,984 hours of service. 2008 Michigan’s Volunteer Investment Grant Recipients Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (Washtenaw County) Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint (Genesee County) Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council (Kent County) Catholic Services of Macomb (Macomb County) Communities In Schools of Detroit, Inc. (Wayne County) Human Development Commission ( Huron and Sanilac Counties) Kalamazoo Communities in Schools (Kalamazoo County) Little Brother - Friends of the Elderly Oak Park Business and Educations Alliance (Oakland County) United Way of Northwest Michigan (Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau Counties) United Way Volunteer Center of Chippewa County (Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinaw Counties) Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan, Inc. (Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Counties) Volunteers in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc. (Wayne County) (Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties) 13 �Proof 9-2-09 Governor’s Service Awards Honoring Community Heroes The Governor’s Service Awards recognizes volunteers who work tirelessly on behalf of others, quietly improving their communities and touching lives, never expecting a word of gratitude or recognition for their good deeds. 90, has been active in the Zonta Club of Saginaw since 1947, and, she helped organize the Saginaw Women’s Council, volunteered at St. Francis Home for 24 years, and is an active member of St. John Lutheran Church in Saginaw. These heroes used their time and talent to tackle some of the communities’ most pressing challenges. And, each was honored at the 2008 Governor’s Service Awards at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Michigan’s own American Idol contestant LaKisha Jones performed for program attendees and Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern presented the awards. Olivia Thomas – Youth Volunteer of the Year The 2008 Governor’s Award Winners included: Kalamazoo native Olivia Thomas has been volunteering since age 11. She has been actively engaged in planning and executing a local park clean up, a paint-by-number mural for the city of Kalamazoo, a community block party, and hurricane relief work in Florida. This Kalamazoo Central High School student has devoted more than 556 hours to community service. Lois Herbage – Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award Medical Care Access Coalition of Marquette – Outstanding Volunteer Program Award When people mention the name, Lois Herbage, Saginaw natives get excited. Herbiage, at age The Medical Care Access Coalition of Marquette responds to the medical needs of uninsured Publicly recognized the diversity of Michigan volunteers and the impact of their work across the state. The Encouraged volunteerism in local communities. Impact Highlighted local service corporations and community needs. Identified and recognized Michigan’s good corporate citizens. 14 �families and individuals in Marquette, Schoolcraft, and Alger Counties in the Upper Peninsula. The program engages volunteer physicians and pharmacy services to provide healthcare and medications to those in need. Each year, the program serves nearly 1,000 uninsured adults. In 2006, volunteer providers donated more than $790,000 in healthcare services and prescriptions to the uninsured. Great Lakes Capital Fund of Lansing – Corporate Community Leader Great Lakes Capital Fund of Lansing employees focus on supporting the growth of quality affordable and other economic and social opportunities for the economically disadvantaged. To date, employees volunteer with Think Detroit, Habitat for Humanity, American Cancer Society, St. Ignatius Nonprofit Housing Corporation Board, Michigan Avenue Business Association Board, Proof 9-2-09 Special Olympics, and Kids in the Kitchen. In 2007, employees contributed $1.1 million through donations and grants toward these efforts. Nearly 180 nominations were submitted and awardees were chosen by a peer review committee, the Michigan Community Service Commission staff, and its board of commissioners. “Michigan is a stronger state because of our committed volunteers,” Governor Granholm said. “These heroes give of themselves to help make life better for our children, families, neighbors, and friends. The Governor’s Service Awards are just one way we can thank them for all they do to help others.” “Volunteers are the heart and soul of our communities,” said Jones who flew in from her home in Houston for the celebration of volunteers. “They give and give and give of their time and talent without expecting anything in return. Michigan is fortunate to have so many dedicated volunteers and I am blessed to have the opportunity to honor and thank them for their commitment.” 2008 Winners of the Governor’s Service Awards Lois Herbage of Saginaw, Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award for Volunteerism This award honors individuals who demonstrate a lifelong commitment to community involvement and volunteer service. Leon Judd of Northville, Volunteer of the Year - This award recognizes individuals who strive to improve the lives of neighbors, friends, community, or congregation. Medical Care Access Coalition of Marquette, Outstanding Volunteer Program Award - This award acknowledges the importance an organization or club makes in community life. Olivia Thomas of Kalamazoo, Youth Volunteer of the Year - This award honors individuals age 21 or younger who take action to make his or her community a better place to live. Sarah Brooks of Grand Rapids, Senior Volunteer of the Year - This award honors individuals age 65 or older who have worked to improve his or her community. Great Lakes Capital Fund of Lansing, Corporate Community Leader Award - Corporations and businesses receive this award for efforts generated through corporate volunteer programs, monetary contributions, in-kind gifts, and employee-driven volunteer service. Cary Levy of Troy, Mentor of the Year - This award honors individuals who make a significant difference in a child’s life through mentoring. Carson City-Crystal Mentoring Program of Montcalm County, Outstanding Mentoring Program Award - This award honors mentoring programs for developing and maintaining high-quality experiences for both adults and youth. 15 �Proof 9-2-09 The MCSC’s 2008 Advisory Committees Michigan’s AmeriCorps Member Council The Member Council provides a statewide network in which Michigan’s AmeriCorps members share ideas, experiences, and a spirit of service while taking a leadership position in their AmeriCorps program. Each Council representative plays a significant role in promoting AmeriCorps by giving at least two outreach presentations and organizing at least one local service project. They also assist in the development of a Michigan’s AmeriCorps Member Newsletter and serve as liaisons between AmeriCorps members and the MCSC. Each program has the opportunity to select one member to serve as a representative on the Council. Rachel Cush Camp Fire USA AmeriCorps LaShauna Horton Cherry Street Health Services Yasmine Lennon Superior AmeriCorps Christine Sisung 4-H Mentor Michigan Initiative Bridget Ferrigan Michigan Campus Compact Colette Jenkins readetroit corps Jessica Murphy MARESA – Michigan’s AmeriCorps Rosie Villarreal Faith In Youth Partnership Christy Fieber Volunteer Muskegon’s AmeriCorps Beth Leonard MPCA Community HealthCorps Raymond Murry Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership Savanah Zednicek Char-Em ISD AmeriCorps Kathleen Grandy Downriver CARES AmeriCorps Asa Lockette City Year Detroit Matt Reaume Huron Pines AmeriCorps Josh Meyers AmeriCorps Together We Prepare Mentor Michigan Providers Council The Providers Council offers expertise and direction to Mentor Michigan activities. The Council consists of experts representing various types of mentoring programs and organizations from across Michigan. Council members were selected through a competitive process and serve multiyear terms. Thomas E. Barnum Big Brothers Big Sisters Peg Cramer Kentwood Public Schools Janelle Hill Arbor Circle Dara Munson Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Sarah Bolman Bethany Christian Services Jerry Dash Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc. Ginna Holmes Alma College Chris Reinsma KIDS HOPE USA Lisa Bottomley MSU Extension – 4-H Youth Development Trish Fiebing Traverse City Area Public Schools Michelle Malamis Jewish Family Services Mary Schusterbauer Oakland County Circuit Court – Family Division Julie Chapin MSU Extension – 4-H Youth Development Alex Gossage Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Kris Marshall Winning Futures Michelle Soucy Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Frank Cox MSU Extension – Muskegon County 4-H Programs Edward J. Hagan Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Maggie Munch Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Western Upper Peninsula Reta Stanley Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 16 �2008 MCSC Supporters Acheson Ventures Blue Cross Blue Shield/Accident Fund CMS Energy Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Michigan Comcast Comer Holdings Comerica Corporation for National and Community Service Council of Michigan Foundations DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund Delta Dental DP + Company DTE Energy Fifth Third Bank Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services Health Alliance Plan Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation Hudson-Webber Foundation John Hancock Financial Services Kellogg Company Lear Corporation MASCO Corporation Foundation Mawby Family Fund Meijer MENTOR Michigan Nonprofit Association Multicom Media Oakwood Healthcare System Olivet College Olympia Entertainment, Inc. Pace & Partners Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan State Farm Insurance W.K. Kellogg Foundation Proof 9-2-09 MCSC Staff Musette A. Michael, Executive Director Paula Kaiser VanDam, Deputy Director Janice Harvey, Executive Assistant Michigan’s AmeriCorps Marcy Bishop Kates, Program Officer Jeanine Yard, Program Officer Megan Sargent, Training and Inclusion Coordinator Michelle Mackie, Administrative Assistant Learn and Serve – Michigan Angelia Salas, Program Officer Tara Gilman, Administrative Assistant Mentor Michigan Amber Reiss, Mentor Michigan Coordinator Kathie Vasilion Robinson, Administrative Assistant Ben Gulker, Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps*VISTA Finance and Administration Garry Gross, Director of Finance and Administration Kevin Reeves, Grants Coordinator Carole Rush-Witt, Grants Coordinator Communications Chawn Greene-Farmer, Public Relations Director Elyse Ver Berkmoes Walter, Communication Specialist 17 �Proof 9-2-09 Financial Statement September 30, 2008 Federal Funds $7,017,625 Michigan’s AmeriCorps $5,497,827 Learn and Serve – Michigan $938,363 Program Development and Training $120,000 Disability and Inclusion $72,000 Commission Administration $389,435 State Funds $1,308,000 State Appropriation Volunteer Investment Grants $1,058,000 $250,000 Total MCSC Revenue $8,325,625 18 Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditures Grants Program Training Operations and Administration $4,575,498 $176,474 $1,110,020 Total Expenditures $5,861,992 �Proof 9-2-09 Inside back Blank �Proof 9-2-09 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 • Fax (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Photos used in this publication are courtesy of the ©Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Public Affairs, CNCS Photo Office. 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GRANHOLM, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Daniel G. Mulhern 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Executive Director Musette A. Michael MCSC Commissioners January 2008 Breannah Alexander High School Senior Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW Dear Commissioner: Tony Campbell Heart of West Michigan United Way Melanie Colaianne MASCO Corporation Foundation Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations When you were called to join the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC), you became part of a group of people dedicated to making our state a better place to live. Thank you for your commitment and willingness to serve and helping us create an "epidemic of service." Jimmie Comer Comer Holdings Christine Kwak WK. Kellogg Foundation Lloyd Jackson WJRRadio Lori Jewell Experience shows that community service is a viable strategy for resolving a wide variety of local issues. Our mission is to fund and support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. We achieve our mission primarily by securing and granting funds, selecting and training high quality grantees, overseeing and monitoring grantee results, and recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs. State Farm Insurance Janet Lawson Ford Motor Company Joseph Lubig Northern Mich1gan University Russell Mawby Chair Emeritus W K. Kellogg Foundation Susan Meston Muskegon Area Intermediate School District The enclosed information is designed to assist you in your role as a commissioner. It includes: • Quick "Fast Facts" you can use when discussing the MCSC and its programs • Information about the MCSC key programs: AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve, Mentor Michigan, and Governor's Service Awards. • The roles and responsibilities of being a commissioner • Meeting dates and a calendar for MCSC events Donna Niester James C. Acheson Foundation Acheson Ventures Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner If your business or volunteer work is centered in a specific geographic region of Michigan, your binder will also contain rosters and descriptions of the programs in your county(ies). Jerry Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools We are proud to have you represent the MCSC. Again, thank you for your dedication. Marsha Smith Rotary Charities of Traverse City Sincerely, Joseph Sowmick Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Alphonso Swain Capitol Area Center for Independent Uving Michael Thomas Daniel G. Mulhern Musette A. Michael Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Chair Executive Director Larry Williamson Comcast Cable Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Kalamazoo College �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION I. General Responsibilities The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Commissioners are active participants in decision making around MCSC policies. Commissioners bring a wide variety of expertise and influence to the Commission. They support and advocate for national service, service-learning, and volunteerism on behalf of the MCSC. Commissioners support and communicate the organization's mission: The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Commissioners seek to bring together individuals, agencies, and organizations to help meet the Commission's goals of: • • • • • • • • • II. Securing and granting funds Selecting and training high-quality grantees Overseeing and monitoring grantee results Recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs and activities Developing and sharing resources Conducting research and evaluation Creating networks among volunteer organizations Sharing the results of our investments Serving as a bridge between the public and nonprofit sectors Commissioner Expectations Each MCSC Commissioner will: A. Annually attend the MCSC's four quarterly meetings, including one Commissioner retreat. B. Participate in at least one MCSC sponsored special event annually. C. Make two contacts annually with the state legislature, on behalf of the MCSC. D. Participate in one or more of the MCSC Standing Committees. E. Voting members of the Commission shall not, under any circumstances, assist an organization in the preparation of a program grant application to the Commission, except to take part in standard Commission technical assistance that is equally available to all potential applicants. Revised February 14, 2006 �III. MCSC Standing Committees Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the MCSC chair, vice chair, and five other MCSC Commissioners. The chair, in consultation with the vice chair, determines the five appointees. The role ofthe Executive Committee is to: A. Assist the chair, as necessary, in carrying out the mission and function of the MCSC. B. Coordinate all MCSC funding and resource development activities. Board Development Committee (inactive) The chair in consultation with the Executive Committee determines the members of the Board Development Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Board Development Committee is to: A. Recruit additional commissioners on an annual or as needed basis. B. Oversee and conduct annual performance reviews for each commission member. C. Coordinate MCSC committee assignments for current and new commission members. D. Participate in interviews for prospective commission members. (The Governor appoints commission members.) E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Youth Leadership Committee (inactive) The Youth Leadership Committee is being developed in consultation with the Executive Committee, Board Development Committee, and the Service-Learning Youth Council.) Awards and Recognition Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Awards and Recognition Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Awards and Recognition Committee is to: A. Secure sponsorships for the Governor's Service Awards. B. Develop a system for all commission members to solicit nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. C. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Communication and Outreach Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Communication and Outreach Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Communication and Outreach Committee is to: Revised February 14, 2006 2 �A. Host an annual legislative reception. B. Support volunteer awareness campaigns as needed. C. Provide insight and expertise in the field of public relations, marketing, and communication. D. Create methods and assist all commissioners in maintaining regular contact with public officials on behalf ofthe MCSC. E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Continuous Improvement Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Continuous Improvement Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Continuous Improvement Committee is to: A. B. C. D. Coordinate an annual "state ofvolunteerism" survey. Coordinate an annual "state of national service" survey. Make recommendations to the MCSC based on the results of the above surveys. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised February 14, 2006 3 �MICHIGAN MCSC Standing Committees COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Executive Committee Dan Mulhern - Chair Rob Collier - Vice Chair Russ Mawby Donna Niester Bernard Parker Advocacy Elizabeth Bunn Jerry Seese Joe Sowmick Mike Thomas Larry Williamson Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Fund Development Committee Rob Collier Jimmie Comer Chris Kwak Janet Lawson Marsha Smith Larry Williamson Public Relations Committee (Marketing I Communications) Janet Lawson Susan Meston Dan Mulhern Bernard Parker Marsha Smith Updated January 9, 2008 Joe Sowmick AI Swain Mike Thomas Larry Williamson �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC Initiatives SERVICE COMMISSION AmeriCorps Breannah Alexander (Alums) Baby Boomers Elizabeth Bunn Susan Meston Governor's Service Awards Breannah Alexander Melonie Colaianne Rob Collier Lloyd Jackson Janet Lawson Joe Sowmick Grant Writing Lori Jewell Chris Kwak Learn and Serve Breannah Alexander Jimmie Comer RussMawby Bernard Parker Jerry Seese Marsha Smith Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Updated February 21, 2008 Mentor Michigan Elizabeth Bunn Jimmie Comer Janet Lawson Russ Mawby Susan Meston Bernard Parker Jerry Seese Marsha Smith Joe Sowmick Mike Thomas Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Think Tank Rob Collier Lori Jewell Chris Kwak Janet Lawson Bernard Parker �Michigan Community Service Commission Expiration Dates Members that expire on 10-02-08 Melonie Colaianne Joe Lubig Dr. Russell Mawby Donna Niester Marsha Smith Joseph Sowmick Larry Williamson Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Members that expire on 10-0 1-09 Tony Campbell Rob Collier (term limited) Jimmie Comer (term limited) Christine Kwak Janet Lawson Susan Meston * Daniel Mulhern Bernard Parker (term limited) Al Swain Michael Thomas * The State Superintendent designee Members that expire on 10-0 1-1 0 Breannah Alexander Elizabeth Bunn Lloyd Jackson Lori Jewell Dr. Jerry Seese Updated January 9, 2008 �MCSC Leadership Council Updated 11/30/07 NOTE: The MCSC Leadership Council consists of all former MCSC Board Members. Ms. Wendy Acho Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason Ms. Jennifer Anto line Ms. Rani Bahadur Mr. John Barfield Mr. Victor Begg Mr. Ken Bensen Mr. Jon Blyth Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell Ms. Nonie Brennan Ms. Julie Cummings Mr. Darin Day Dr. John DiBiaggio Ms. Carol Dombrowski Ms. Beverly Drake Ms. Judith Dunn Mr. Art Ellis Mrs. Michelle Engler Mrs. Pamela Faris Mr. Henry Gaines Mr. Alexander Gamepudi Ms. Kathryn Honaker Mr. Paul Hubbard Ms. Denise Hitch Lites Ms. Lisa Hitch Murray Mr. Charles Infante Ms. Eunice Myles Jefferies Ms. Dottie Johnson Mr. James Kahil (Deceased) Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Mr. Terry Langston Mayor Brenda Lawrence Ms. Nancy Lenz Mr. George Lombard Mr. Arend Lubbers Ms. Debbie Macon Mr. Mike Makki Sister Mary Martinez Mr. James Muir (Deceased) Mr. Randy Neelis Ms. Vemie Nethercut West Bloomfield I Washington DC Flint Minneapolis, MN West Bloomfield Livonia Bloomfield Hills Lansing Whitehall Mt. Pleasant Glenellyn, IL Detroit Medford, Massachusettes Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Canton Mt. Pleasant McLean, VA Clio Flint Rochester Irving, Texas Detroit Detroit Lake Angelus Midland Detroit Grand Haven Plymouth Ovid Southfield Kalamazoo Traverse City Grand Rapids West Bloomfield Dearborn Detroit Grand Rapids Sparta Alpena 1 �Mr. Don Newport Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Ms. Chandra Oden Mr. Joel Orosz Ms. Kari Pardoe Ms. Jessica Pellegrino Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard Ms. Amber Pritchard Mr. Eugene Proctor Mr. Terry Pruitt Ms. Judith Reyes-Campeau Ms. Sarah Riley Ms. Pamela Abbey Roth Mr. Robert Schiller Mr. Alton Shipstead Ms. Meg Smith Mr. Scott Smith Mr. William Stavropoulos Ms. Laurie Stupak Dr. Michael Tate Mr. Shaun VanHorn Mr. Ethan Weinstock Mr. Matthew W esaw Mr. Ray West (Deceased) Mr. Kenneth Whipple Ms. Geneva Jones Williams Ms. Kathy Young-Welch Alpena Marquette Detroit Grand Rapids Detroit Grosse Pointe Detroit Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Saginaw Livonia Kalamazoo Lowell U.P. Traverse City Temperance Romulus Midland Menominee Pullman, Washington Sterling Heights Williamston Lansing Detroit Jackson Detroit Detroit 2 �MICHIGAN 2007-2008 FUNDS GRANTED COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Total Number of Programs: 56 Total Dollars: $5,901,887 Michigan's AmeriCorps I M/Clf!GAN:~ mWVfEER /Nl'1iS1JlENT il/1.-tVTS Volunteer Investment Grants Number of Programs: 19 Number of Members: 971 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 4,916,489 Learn and Serve School-Based Programs Number of Programs: 14 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 250,000 Learn and Serve Community-Based Organizations Number of Programs: 22 Number of Programs: 1 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 420,252 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 315,146 Updated: February 15,2008 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION THEMCSC ATA GLANCE 2007-2008 Mission The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is building a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. • Administering more than $5.6 million in federal funds statewide to local communities for volunteer programs and activities during 2007-08. • Funding 19 AmeriCorps programs and 23 Learn and Serve programs .. Michigan's AmeriCorps AmeriCorps programs are often described as the domestic Peace Corps. Community organizations host teams of individuals, called members, to implement programs to strengthen local communities. Members are ages 17 and older and usually commit to a one-year term of service. In return for this year of service, members receive a modest living stipend and an education award. They can serve in a full- or part-time capacity. During the 2007-08 program year, the MCSC is providing more than $4.9 million to fund 19 AmeriCorps programs engaging 971 members. During the 2006-07 program year: • Michigan's AmeriCorps members accomplished more than 700,000 service and training hours. • Members recruited, placed, and supported nearly 24,000 community volunteers who gave $3.5 million worth of service. • 559 members successfully completed their term of service and earned $1.55 million in education awards. Mentor Michigan Mentor Michigan is an umbrella organization that supports nearly 200 Michigan mentoring organizations that match children with caring adults. It strengthens mentoring programs by providing resources, program standards, training, recruiting, and networking opportunities. Envisioned and supported by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, Mentor Michigan has been successfully driving the mentoring movement. • There are 20,603 people mentoring children in Michigan. That's 4,200 more than in 2006 and 11 ,500 more than in 2004, when mentoring programs were first surveyed. • In 2007, Michigan mentoring programs reported a record number of mentoring relationships35,000 children were matched with a caring adult. • Quality Program Standards have been developed to help mentoring organizations manage programs with the highest possible outcomes for the children involved. • Mentor Michigan hosts an annual conference for mentoring professionals to expand their knowledge, network with colleagues, and garner new resources. For more information about Mentor Michigan, visit www.mentormichigan.org. Updated: February 15, 2008- page 1 �Learn and Serve- Michigan Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with the academic areas students are studying in the classroom. This kind of instruction enriches learning, teaches civic responsibility, and fosters personal growth. During the 2007-08 program year, Learn and Serve- Michigan is granting $420,252 to support school-based service-learning for grades K12 in 32 schools and $315,146 for a community-based program. During the 2006-07 program year: • More than 1,700 teachers engaged their students in service-learning activities in 2006-07. • Michigan students completed more than 450,000 service-learning hours in 2006-07. The work of Learn and Serve -Michigan is carried out by the MCSC in partnership with the Michigan Department of Education. Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG) have supported the volunteer infrastructure by increasing the capacity of organizations so that they are better equipped to mobilize volunteers. • The MCSC currently grants $250,000 to 14 nonprofit organizations to support volunteer initiatives. • VIG funds require a $1 to $1 match. Since its inception in 1998, VIG has leveraged more than $6.5 million in local communities to support volunteer efforts. Governor's Service Awards The Governor's Service Awards are an annual recognition event, hosted by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, celebrating Michigan volunteers. Individuals and organizations are honored for their commitment to making our communities better places to live, work, and grow. Governor Granholm presents awards in eight categories that highlight the diverse nature of volunteers in Michigan. Awards are also presented to recognize leaders in philanthropy and higher education campus-community partnerships. • The 2008 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Form is available at www.michigan.gov/mcsc and must be postmarked by February 19, 2008. • The 2009 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Form will be available by December 30,2008 at www.michigan.gov/mcsc. For More Information Michigan Community Service Commission I 048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 (517) 335-4295 www .michigan. govI mcsc Updated: February 15, 2008- page 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC STOCK PARAGRAPHS SERVICE COMMISSION Main Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2007-08, the MCSC is granting more than $5.6 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Expanded Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2007-08, the MCSC is granting more than $5.6 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. The MCSC is funding 19 AmeriCorps programs and 23 Learn and Serve programs. The Governor's Service Awards, Mentor Michigan, and Volunteer Investment Grants are also premier programs of the MCSC. Stock Paragraph For Grantees (Insert Grantee Name) is funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) through (a/an Insert Funding Program Name) grant. The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2007-08, the MCSC is granting more than $5.6 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. �_Act No. 219 Public Acts of 1994 Approved by the Governor June 26, 1994 Filed with the Secretary of State June 27, 1994 STATE OF MICHIGAN 87TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 1994 Introduced by Reps. Emerson and Johnson ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5280 AN ACT to establish the Michigan community service commission; to provide for the powers and duties of the Michigan community service commission; and to provide for the powers and duti~ of state departments and agencies and certain state officers and employees. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec.. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the Michigan community service commission established in section 2. (b) "Community-based agency" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (c) "Corporation" means the corporation for national and community service established in section 191 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12651. (d) "National service laws" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (e) "Out-of-school youth" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (f) "Title I" means title I of the national and community service act of 1990, Public Law 101-610. Sec. 2. The Michigan community service commission is established within the Michigan jobs commission, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2. Sec. 3. (1) The commission shall consist of 21? members appointed by the governor. (2) The commission shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated, at least 1 of each of the following: (a) An individual with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (b) An individual with experience in promoting service and voluntarism among older adults. (c) A representative of a community-based agency. (d) The superintendent of public instruction, or his or her designee. (e) A representative oflocal government. (f) A representative of local labor·organizations. (g) A representative of business. (h) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (i) A representative of a national service program described in section 122(a) of title I, 42 U-S.C. 12572. (123) �(j) The employee of the corporation designated under section 195 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 1265lf, as the representative of the corporation in tlus state, as a nonvoting member. (3) In addition to the members described in subsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of the following: (a) Local educators. (b) Experts in the delivery of human. educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons. (c) Representatives of Native American tribes. (d) Out-of-school youth or other at-risk youth. (e) Representatives of entities that recei¥e assistl!Jlce under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. (4) Not more than 6 of the voting commission members shall be officers or employees of this state. The governor may appoint additional officers or employees of state agencies operating community service, youth service, education, social service, senior service, and job training programs, as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission. (5) The governor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the commission membership is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability characteristics. Not more than 50% of the voting members of the commission, plus 1 additional member, shall be from the same political party. (6) Except as provided in this subsection, members of the commission shall serve for staggered 3-year terms expiring on October 1. The members constituting the Michigan community service commission under Executive Order No. 1993-24 on the day before the effective date of this act shall serve on the commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Of the additional members, the governor shall appoint 113 for terms expiring October 1, 1995, 113 for terms expiring October 1, 1996, and 1/3 for terms e.xpiring October 1, 1997. (7) A vacancy in the office of a member of the commission is created in the manner provided in section 3 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan CompileQ Laws. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the term: The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining commission members to execute the duties of the commission. Sec. 4. (1) The voting members of the commission shall elect 1 of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The voting members of the commission may elect other officers from among the members of the commission. (2) The commission shall meet quarterly. However, the commission shall meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by 5 or more members. (3) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the commission. A majority of the voting members present and serving are required for official action of the commission. (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a voting member of the commission shall not participate in the administration of the zrant program described in section 7(r), including any discussion or decision regarding the provision of assistance or approved national service positions, or the continuation, suspension, or termination of assistance or such positions, to any program or entity if both of the following apply: (a) A grant application relating to the grant program is pending before the commission. (b) The application was submitted by a program or entity of which a member is, or in the !-year period before the submission of such application was, an officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. (5) If, as a result of the operation of subsection (4), the number of voting members of the commission is insufficient to establish a quorum for the purpose of administering the grant program described in section 7(r), the voting members excluded from participation by subsection (4) may participate in the administration of the grant program, to the extent permitted by regUlations issued by the corporation under section 193A(b)(ll) of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12651d. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the authority of any voting member of the commission to participate in either of the following: (a) The discussion of, and hearing and forums on the general duties, policies, and operations of, the commission or the general administration of the grant program described in section 7(r). (b) Similar general matters relating to the commission. (7) The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 2 �(8) A writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Sec. 5. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the commission. Sec. 6. The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report directly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service. Sec. 7. The commission shall do all of the following: (a).Ensure that its funding decisions meet all federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative statewide service programs to increase v.olunteer participation in all age groups and community-based problem solving by diverse participants. (c) Develop and implement a Centralized system for obtaining information and technical support concerning voluntarism and community service recruitment, projects, training methods, materials, and activities throughout this state. The commission shall provide the information and technical support upon request. (d) Promote interagency collaboration t.o maximize resources and develop a model of such collaboration on the state level. (e) Provide public recognition and support of volunteer efforts that address community needs by individuals, by private sector organizations and businesses, and by partnerships between the public and private sectors. (f) Stimulate increased community awareness of the effects of volunteer services in this state. (g) Utilize local, state, and federal resources to initiate, strengthen, and.exp~ quality service programs. (h) Serve as this state's representative to national and state organizations that support the commission's mission. (i) Prepare for this state a national 3-year service plan that is developed through an open and public process that provides maximum participation and input from national service programs in this state and other interested members of the public. The plan shall be updated annually and contain information that the commission considers appropriate or the corporation requires. The plan shall ensure outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by either using established state networks and registries or establishing these networks and registries. (j) Prepare this state's financial assistance applications under section 117B of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12543, and section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582~ (k) Assist in the preparation of the department of education's application for assistance under section 113 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12525. (l) Prepare this state's application under section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582, for the approval of service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12601 to 12604. (m) Make recommendations to the corporation with respect to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113,87 Stat. 394. (n) Make technical assistance available to enable applicants for assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to plan and implement service programs and to apply for assistance under the national service laws, using infonnation and materials available through a clearingh.ouse established under section 198A of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12653a, if .appropriate. (o) Assist in the provision of health care and child care benefits under section 140 of title I, 42 U.S. C. 12594, to participantS in national service programs that receive assistance l.mder section 121 of title_ I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. (p) Develop a state system for the recruitment and placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. (q) Disseminate infonnation about national service programs that receive assistance under national service laws and about approved national service positions. (r) Use assistance provided under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to administer this state's grant program in support of national service programs including the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. · (s) Develop projects, training methods, curriculum materials, and other materials and activities related to nati~nal service programs that receive assistance directly from the corporation or from the state using assistance proVlded under section 121 of title I, for use by such programs upon request. 3 �Establish policies and procedures for the use of federal funds received under title I or the national service laws. (u) Coordinate its functions, including recruitment, public awareness, and training activities, with any division of the corporation for national and community services. ,J Sec. 8. The commission shall not directly carry out any national service program that receives assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. Sec. 9. Subject to requirements prescribed by the corporation, the commission may delegate nonpolicyrnaking duties to a state agency or to a public or private nonprofit organization. Sec. 10. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3}, this state assumes liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission by a member oLthe commission within the scope of service of the commission member. (2} A member of the commission shall not have any personal liability for any claim arising out of any act or omission by the ·:m-ember within·the -scope of the member's service on the ~on. (3) Subsection (2} does not limit personal liability for criminal acts or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other act or omission outside the scope of the service of the commission member. (4} This section does not do any of the following: (a) Affect any other immunities and protections that may be available to the commission member under any law applicable to the member's service on the commission. (b) Affect any other right or remedy against the state under any applicable law, or against any person other than a member of the commission. (c) Limit or alter in any way the immunities available for state officials and employees not described in this act. Sec. 11. The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with volunteer service programs. Sec. 12. State departments and agencies shall cooperate with the commission in the perfonnance of its functions. The commission may request, and state departments and agencies shall provide, policy and technical information required by the commission in the performance of its functions. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Co-Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate. Approved ------------------------------------- ll)t. Recyc:led 4 ~P~r �,-A~to( ~ www.mentormichigan.org Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, is working to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Together with more than 230 mentoring programs throughout the state, Mentor Michigan supports, strengthens, and sustains mentoring by: • Strengthening the capacity of programs through training, research, and forming partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government. • Developing program standards that support high-quality mentoring in Michigan. • Conducting an annual census on the state ofmentoring in Michigan. Wave V Census results, released in January 2008, showed that: • There are 20,603 people mentoring children in Michigan. That's 4,200 more than in 2006 and 11,500 more than in 2004, when mentoring programs were first surveyed. • In 2007, Michigan mentoring programs reported a record number of mentoring relationships-35,000 children were matched with a caring adult. Mentor Michigan Achieves Its Mission by: 1. Identifying and securing resources to support the development and sustainability of mentoring programs 2. Recruiting talented and committed mentors and connecting them with effective programs that serve youth 3. Developing and enhancing mentoring partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government (including activities such as Mentor Michigan Sunday) 4. Increasing public awareness about mentoring opportunities, needs, and the positive outcomes associated with it 5. Providing training and support for mentoring programs 6. Collecting, tracking, and sharing information about mentoring activities in Michigan 7. Engaging a comprehensive statewide network of mentoring programs 8. Advocating for issues and standards that promote and support high-quality mentoring in Michigan 9. Recognizing the accomp Iishments of mentors and the organizations that support them 10. Developing champions to promote and support mentoring throughout the state Get Connected with Mentor Michigan by: • Registering your mentoring program in the web-based Mentor Michigan Directory at www.mentormichigan.org. The directory is used by potential mentors, businesses looking to support mentoring, children looking for mentors, and more. • Joining the Michigan Mentoring Advocacy Network, a grassroots group of organizations and individuals who are interested in educated local, state, and federal policymakers on issues related to mentoring. • Joining the Mentor Michigan Listserv so you can learn what's happening around the state with mentoring programs. Join the listserv at www.mentormichigan.org. Look in the left margin for listserv registration. MICHIGAN MCSC COMMUNITY Mentor Michigan is a program of the Michigan Community Service Commission SERVICE ~·; M M 15 510 N 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc �('c In 2006-2007, 11 Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps*VISTA members served in the following counties: Macomb, Missaukee, Muskegon, Oakland, Ottawa, St. Joseph, Wayne, and Wexford. One member served statewide-he was based at the MSU Extension office in East Lansing. Key Program Accomplishments: • 259 new community partnerships were developed A great story: In Pontiac, Christopher Sharon partnered with Lunghammer Chevrolet and AXA Advisors to recruit employees as mentors. Christopher helped organize an appreciation luncheon for all partners to promote mentoring and the need for mentors. Over 130 people attended this event. • 142 media coverage of events and activities A great story: In Wexford and Missaukee Counties, AmeriCorps*VISTA member Deb Durden was a guest on WATT radio's January series on mentoring. Durden was also a guest on CCTV's program "The Source" on January 8 and January 15. • 1,012 potential new mentors were referred to mentoring organizations What is a potential new mentor? It is a volunteer who is interested in being a mentor whose information has been given to a mentoring organization. This could include a formal application or someone who expressed interest at a volunteer fair. • 189 presentations and promotions were conducted to recruit mentors A great story: In Muskegon County, AmeriCorps*VISTA member Ray Van De Veer delivered a 20-minute presentation, followed by Q&A, at the Muskegon Kiwanis, Muskegon Ambucs, and Muskegon Rotary Club. • $48,320 in grants were received as a result of Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps*VISTA members' proposals A great story: AmeriCorps*VISTA member Jennifer Baier wrote and received a grant from the Target Foundation. As a result, the Ottawa County Mentoring Collaborative will have opportunities to provide mentor-mentee matches with cultural enrichment activities. • $29,481 in cash contributions leveraged A great story: AmeriCorps*VISTA member Laura Schleede approached local businesses to sponsor the Magic of Mentoring Celebration during Michigan Mentoring Month. Macatawa Bank provided a $500 sponsorship. • $35,740 of in-kind donations were leveraged from local communities A great story: The Cadillac Area Public Schools provided the use of facilities at reduced fees for mentoring events and professionals in the Cadillac area donated their time and expertise to provide mentoring activities to children living in the community. �Another Great Story: AmeriCorps*VISTA member, Susan Fenton, had the opportunity to partner with State Senator Wayne Kuipers (R30th District) to recognize male mentors. In cooperation with the Senator's office, Fenton created the "Senator's Award for Men in Mentoring" which is awarded each month to a different male mentor with one of the 14 mentoring programs in the Ottawa County Mentoring Collaborative. In March 2007, mentor Blaine Sessions, a Kids Hope USA mentor from Allendale, received the first Senator's Award. A local business, the Kuiper-Gieason Group at R.W. Baird, has donated $50 gift certificates to each of this year's winners. The award has received excellent media coverage �('c -z -,-~--A-:Aentot,. ~ www.mentormichigan.org Talking Points 2008 (January 11, 2008) Mentor Michigan is working with mentoring programs statewide to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. • More than 500,000 children in Michigan could benefit from having a mentor. Currently, only about 35,000 children are being formally mentored. • Still, Mentor Michigan's latest Census reports the highest number of children with mentors in Mentor Michigan's history, as well as a record number of mentors in the state. Mentoring organizations are serving 11,819 more children today than in September 2004 (Census 1). There are 20,603 mentors active in Michigan-11 ,500 more than in September 2004. • Ninety-six percent of the people who mentor with formal mentoring programs would recommend it to others. • Mentoring changes lives two at a time. Both the mentee and the mentor benefit from the relationship. • Local mentoring organizations have a great need for male mentors, particularly men of color. • o A recent study released by Kahle Research Solutions Inc. showed that only 39 percent of mentors in Michigan are men. The study also showed that while 54 percent of the mentees are children of color, only 35 percent of the mentors are people of color, a disparity that creates a dilemma for mentoring programs trying to match children with mentors from the same ethnic and gender backgrounds. o Women mentors outnumber male mentors- currently 61 percent of mentors are female, while 39 percent are male. Become a mentor and make a serious commitment! A successful mentoring relationship lasts for at least one year and meets for at least one hour per week. Visit www.mentormichigan.org or caii1-800-VOLUNTEER for more information. MICHIGAN MCSC COMMUNITY Mentor Michigan is a program of the Michigan Community Service Commission SERVICE COMMISSION 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc �(' ( __ 'Mrr;tor. MiCHiGAN ~ www. mentormichigan.org 2-1-1 Traditionally, 2-1-1 has worked similar to 9-1-1, with the difference being that people dialed 2-1-1 to get non-emergency human resources help. These services included food banks, shelters, rent and utility assistance, physical and mental health resources, employment support, disaster preparedness and relief, and care for seniors, the disabled, children, and families. • Now, you can dial2-1-1 to give help, such as mentoring, along with finding other volunteer opportunities or to give donations. • Mentor Michigan is currently working with the Michigan Association of United Ways to pilot the 2-1-1 program in several local counties as an easy way to find a mentoring program. • If you live in Jackson, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, or Wayne County, you can now dial 2-1-1 to find a place to mentor. If you do not live in one of these areas, visit www.mentormichigan.org or caii1-800VOLUNTEER for more information. • Currently, 66 percent of Michigan's population has access to 2-1-1 and its resources. MICHIGAN MCSC COMMUNITY Mentor Michigan is a program of the Michigan Community Service Commission SERVICE c0 M M 1 5510 " 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc �Mentor Michigan Census Wave V: Executive Summary • Wave V of the Mentor Michigan Census (MMC) was conducted in September and October of 2007. One hundred and thirty six mentoring organizations operating 213 distinct programs report that they have matched 28,393 children with a mentor during the last year. This represents the largest number of children having mentors in the state's history, though just slightly more than were counted last year. • With 220 organizations in the Mentor Michigan Registry, this survey achieved a 62% response rate. This is the highest ever recorded for the MMC. As there are organizations that did not report, it is reasonable to estimate that there are more than 35,000 mentoring relationships in the state of Michigan in 2007. • Wave V of the MMC documents 20,603 active mentors. Similar to above, this is the largest number of mentors ever counted in the state of Michigan. It compares to 16,382 mentors counted last wave, an increase of 4,221 new active mentors, continuing the steady increases observed during each wave of the MMC. Number of Active Mentors Wave I vs. Wave II vs. Wave Ill vs. Wave IV vs. Wave V 20,603 0 • 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 Measuring another way confirms that the number of mentoring relationships in Michigan is growing. The table below shows that 51% of mentoring organizations report an increase while only 15% report a decrease in number of children matched. Among those organizations reporting an increase, in aggregate, the number matched with a mentor has increased by 3,91 0 since one year ago. Among those reporting a decrease, the aggregate number of matches is down 1 ,078. This yields a net change of 2,832 additional children matched with mentor since last year at this time. Kahle Research Solutions Page 1 �Mentor Michigan Census Wave V: Executive Summary • The number of inquiries to become a mentor received by Michigan's mentoring organizations is down slightly after last year's all time high. This year, there were more than 15,000 inquiries compared to about 17,000 inquiries that were counted during Wave IV. Yet, more of these are serious inquires leading to written applications. More than 9,000 written applications were received this year, compared to 8,000 last year. The data below shows the monthly averages of inquires and written applications received over the five census waves. Mentor Inquiries and Applications Monthly Averages: Wave I vs. Wave II vs. Wave Ill vs. Wave IV vs. Wave V 1500 1000 •Inquiries D Applications 500 0 1/1/04-8/31/04 1/1/04-12/31/04 1/1/05-8/31/05 9/1/05-8/31/06 Wave I Wave II Wave Ill Wave IV WaveV Screening • Many mentoring organizations have improved their screening procedures. This year, slightly more organizations are conducting federal criminal background checks (33% compared to 27% last wave). Similarly, more organizations are using the sex offender registry, child abuse registry, conducting personal character reference checks, checking employment references and conducting home visits and home assessments. Still 3% report that they do none of these to screen mentors. Mentor Demographics • For the first time, this year's MMC shows a substantial increase in the number of boys, especially African-American boys, being mentored. This is, in part, a result of more male mentors being recruited and more cross-race matching. Waiting Lists • There are nearly 3,500 hundred children on waiting lists to be matched with a mentor and more than 1,800 mentors on waiting lists to be matched with a child. Assuming same gender matching, more than 1,000 male mentors need to be recruited to befriend boys currently on waiting lists, more than half of these men of color (assuming same race matching). Kahle Research Solutions Page 2 �QUALITY PROGRAM STANDARDS FOR YOUTH MENTORING (c MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Mentor Michigan and its Providers Council believe it is vital for Michigan's mentoring programs to operate with the highest possible quality, so the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth were developed. The Standards are in place in order for youth to receive the most beneficial and productive results from a mentoring relationship. The Standards are not meant to certify or accredit mentoring programs. They provide a planning and assessment framework that raises the bar for mentoring programs. The Standards provide a basis for each program (board, staff, and other constituents) to make a conscious comparison and determination of how the Standards will best meet the needs of youth and families in their service area. The Mentor Michigan Providers Council, a body of 20 mentoring experts from across the state, drafted the Standards from best practices developed by national, state, and local organizations. First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern presented the Standards and gathered feedback from mentoring professionals throughout the state at four Regional Trainings in the summer of 2005. Feedback also was gathered from mentoring programs that were unable to have representatives attend a Regional Training. The feedback was incorporated and the Standards finalized by the Mentor Michigan Providers Council in October 2005. B. School-based mentoring programs that provide for weekly contact between mentors and mentees that lasts for a minimum of one academic year. C. A ratio of mentees to mentors of no more than 4:1 for group mentoring, which includes a consistent relationship between the one mentor and the same four mentees. Standard 2: RECRUITMENT PLAN The program has a comprehensive recruitment plan for mentors and mentees. The program also has a system for timely mentor and mentee follow-up and enrollment, which includes the following: A. Strategies that portray accurate expectations, eligibility, and benefits for mentors and mentees. B. Year-round marketing and public relations for mentor recruitment. C. Targeted outreach of mentors and mentees based on program objectives and participant needs. D. Clearly stated program goals and objectives. Standard 1: DEFINITION OF YOUTH MENTORING E. A written position description outlining roles and responsibilities. The program defines mentoring as an ongoing, structured relationship with a trusted individual aimed at developing the competence and potential of the men tee. This relationship includes: A. Community-based mentoring programs that provide for consistent contact between mentors and mentees for a minimum of one calendar year. Meetings must occur several times each month for a minimum offour (4) hours per month. F. Volunteer opportunities beyond mentoring available within the organization (i.e., special events, fundraising, outreach, office support, committees, etc.). �Standard 3: C. If the program uses youth mentors, the following apply: ELIGIBILITY SCREENING The program screens mentors and mentees for eligibility. The screening process includes: 1. An application process that includes a parental consent form. 2. Face-to-face interview. A. For Mentees: 3. Reference checks of at least two personal nonrelated 1. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. 2. Parent/guardian written permission. adults (one from school staff and one person external to school). 4. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. 3. A face-to-face interview between trained staff or volunteer with the youth and family is highly recommended. B. For Mentors: D. Mentor and mentee applications and all relevant data are reviewed for eligibility and acceptance. Standard 4: ORIENTATION AND TRAINING 1. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. 2. A face-to-face interview with trained staff or volunteer is highly recommended. The program provides each mentor, mentee, and parent/guardian of mentee orientation with training and support materials. Trained staff or volunteers conduct these sessions, which are held prior to the match. 3. Reference checks (personal and professional). A. The program orientation for mentor, mentee, and 4. A background check which includes: a. State criminal history check by fingerprint (ideal) or name. parent/guardian clearly outlines the program and includes the following information: 1. Program overview. 2. Program description. b. Driving record check and proof of insurance for mentors who will transport youth. 3. Description of mentor and mentee eligibility and time commitment. c. Sex offender registry check. 4. Program benefits and rewards. 5. The following checks are strongly recommended: B. The program training, which takes place in one or multiple a. Child abuse registry check. sessions lasting a minimum of two hours, includes: b. Local criminal history check. 1. A summary of program policies. c. 2. Description of roles, responsibilities, and expectations. A federal criminal history fingerprint check. 6. Organization has a process for rescreening existing volunteers on a regular basis. 7. Suitability criteria that relate to the needs of the target mentee population and the program's statement of purpose. This could include some or all of the following: personality profile, skill identification, gender, age, language and racial requirements, level of education, career interest, motivation for volunteering and academic standing. 8. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. 3. Discussion regarding building a healthy mentoring relationship. 4. Information referral and support services (e.g., libraries, tutoring labs, parks, etc.). 5. Age-appropriate activities for mentee skill development. 6. Cross-cultural and diversity awareness training, including cultural sensitivity and appreciation. 7. Child abuse reporting and recognition, including youth safety issues. 2 �8. Crisis management and problem-solving resources. D. Management of grievances, boundaries, premature match closure, rematching, and interpersonal problem solving. 9. Establishing appropriate boundaries. E. Providing mentors of community-based programs 10. Guidelines regarding confidentiality, risk and liability management. with appropriate health forms, emergency contacts, and permission forms. 11. Communication skills. Standard 7: 12. Explanation of site rules, as applicable. MENTOR SUPPORT, RECOGNITION AND RETENTION 13. Match closure procedures. C. Ongoing training sessions will be provided The program supports mentoring relationships, recognizes volunteers, and has strategies for volunteer retention. These could include: as necessary. A. A kick-off event held on a regular basis (e.g., D. Ample opportunity for interaction with the annually, seasonally) assigned program staff also is provided. B. Ongoing recognition, appreciation activities, Standard 5: and celebration. MATCHING STRATEGY C. Ongoing peer support groups for volunteers, The program has a well-documented matching strategy. This strategy: participants, and others. D. Ongoing training and development. A. Is consistent with the program's statement of purpose. E. Reflection on relevant issues. B. Requires that the mentor and mentee meet regularly as defined by the program expectations. C. Has criteria for matches, including some or all of the following: gender, age, language requirements, availability, disabilities, youth needs, interests, preferences, life experience, and temperament. F. Relevant and timely information dissemination. G. Making mentors aware of volunteer opportunities for mentors and mentees, such as Make a Difference Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, etc. H. Providing networking opportunities for mentors with D. Includes signed statements of understanding that all involved parties (e.g., mentor, mentee, parent/guardian, program) agree to the conditions of the match and the mentoring relationship. appropriate resource organizations. I. Newsletters, annual reports, and other correspondence with mentors, mentees, supporters, and funders to share program accomplishments. E. Matches one trained mentor with no more than four youth for group mentoring. J. Structured activities or processes to ease anxieties that may occur at match meetings. Standard 6: MATCH MONITORING PROCESS K. Social gatherings for matches. The program maintains a process that monitors and supports mentoring matches. This process includes: MATCH CLOSURE A. Consistent communication between staff, mentors, and mentees. B. Maintenance of a confidential file containing documentation of the application, screening, staff follow-up and input on match, and mentor input on match. Standard 8: The program has a process for effective match closure, which documents: A. Exit interviews, including efforts and outcomes, between: 1. Mentee and staff. 2. Mentor and staff. C. Input from mentee, mentor, family, community partners, and/or others significant in the mentee's life. 3. Mentor and mentee. 3 �B. Parent/guardian notification and communication, when applicable. D. Written procedures and a fund development plan that allows for diversified resources to support and sustain the program. C. A clearly stated written policy describing appropriate future contacts between mentor and mentee. D. Assistance in defining process for achieving personal E. Written eligibility requirements for program participants. F. Registration with Mentor Michigan. goals for men tees. E. A process for re-engaging the volunteer as a mentor or in other areas of the program. Standard 9: PROGRAM EVALUATION The program conducts an evaluation process, which includes both process and outcome evaluation. A. The process evaluation determines the overall effectiveness of the program including tracking program activities such as mentor and mentee recruitment, screening, orientation, placement, matching system, training, support, and mentor retention. Demographic information for mentors and mentees should be included. G. A comprehensive system for managing program information including finances, personnel records, program activity, mentor/mentee matches, and program evaluation. H. A public relations and communications plan to educate the community, stakeholders, and other target markets about the need for mentoring and the value of the mentoring program. This plan includes mentor recruitment. Standard 11: GOVERNANCE The program has a governance structure that includes a volunteer (non-compensated) board of directors or advisory council with established governance practices. The following governance items are in place: A. Board member roles and responsibilities. B. Outcome evaluation measures changes in the program participants. B. A well-defined mission. Outcome measures for youth should relate to positive youth development and track specific indicators such as school success, improvement in social skills, reduction in risk-taking behaviors, etc. C. Established operating policy. D. Established structure for program oversight. E. A written, current strategic planning document that C. Based on evaluation findings, the program reflects includes community input. and refines the program design and operation. F. Written administrative and program policies, including D. Evaluation findings are reported to key stakeholders within the program and the community. Standard 10: ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT The program has established organizational management practices and a prudent and reasonable rationale for staffing based on the program's statement of purpose and goals, needs of mentors and mentees, available community resources, staff and volunteer skill level, and ability to meet the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards. These practices include: A. Paid or volunteer staff with appropriate skills to complete necessary program functions. B. Written position descriptions for all staff and volunteers. risk management, confidentiality, conflict of interest, human resources, and financial management. G. Liability insurances (director and officer, general, volunteer, etc.) H. Adequate financial and in-kind resources. (for more information on organizational management and governance, see Basic Infrastructure Checklist from Michigan Nonprofit Association for fulllisting) 1: "Basic Infrastructure Checklist" (http://www.mnaonline. org/pdf/infrastructure.pdf) and "Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan" (http://www.mnaonline. org/pdf/principles.pdf) 1 Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan and Basic Infrastructure Checklist For registered nonprofit organizations in Michigan, Michigan Nonprofit Association, April 2005. C. Composition of personnel, volunteers, and program participants that reflects the diversity of the community, as appropriate for program effectiveness. Tlu~d(x::umentw:l.'iprin!l-~lLLsingplifalffundinK 4 �PROVIDER COUNCIL CONTACT LIST 2007-2008 Mr. Thomas E. Barnum Mr. Edward Hagan Big Brothers Big Sisters Kalamazoo Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region Lansing Ms. Lisa Bottomley Ms. Janelle Hill MSU Extension Journey Program Grand Haven Arbor Circle Grand Rapids Ms. Julie Chapin Ms. Ginna Holmes MSU Extension- 4-H Youth Development East Lansing Alma College Alma Mr. Frank Cox Ms. layne Letts MSU Extension - Muskegon County 4-H Programs Muskegon Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County Negaunee Ms. Peg Cramer Ms. Michelle Malamis Kentwood Public Schools Kentwood Jewish Family Services West Bloomfield Mr. Jerry Dash Ms. Kris Marshall Volunteer in Prevention, Inc. Detroit Mentoring Solutions Warren Ms. Trish Fiebing Ms. Mary Schusterbauer Traverse City Area Public Schools Traverse City Oakland County Circuit Court- Family Division Pontiac Mr. Alex Gossage Ms. Michelle Soucy Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living Ann Arbor Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Southfield Dr. Virgil Gulker Ms. Reta Stanley KIDS HOPE USA Zeeland Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint Flint �PROVIDER COUNCIL CONTACT LIST 2007-2008 Mr. Thomas E. Barnum Community Developer Big Brothers Big Sisters 3501 Covington Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 Phone: (269) 382-6800 Fax: (269) 382-4108 Email: tombarnum@bbbscommunity.org Mr. Jerry Dash President and CEO Volunteer in Prevention, Inc. 28 West Adams, Suite 1310 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 964-1110 Fax: (313) 964-1145 Email: jdash@vipmentoring.org Ms. Lisa Bottomley Extension Educator, 4H Youth Mentoring MSU Extension Journey Program 333 Clinton Street Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 846-8250 Fax: (616) 846-0655 Email: lbottoml@msu.edu Ms. Trish Fiebing Volunteer Coordinator Traverse City Area Public Schools 412 Webster, P.O. Box 32 Traverse City, Michigan 49685-0032 Phone: (231) 933-5654 Fax: (231) 922-1782 Email: fiebingtr@admin.tcaps.net Ms. Julie Chapin Program Leader MSU Extension- 4-H Youth Development 160 Agriculture Hall - MSU East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 353-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu Mr. Alex Gossage Special Project Coordinator Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living 2568 Packard Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Phone: (734) 971-0277 x.25 Fax: (734) 971-0826 Email: agossage@aacil.org Mr. Frank Cox Extension Educator, 4H Youth Development MSU Extension- Muskegon County 4-H Programs 97 East Apple Avenue Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 724-4738 Fax: (231) 724-4409 Email: coxf@msu.edu Dr. Virgil Gulker Executive Director and Founder KIDS HOPE USA 100 Pine Street, Suite 280 Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Phone: (616) 546-3580 Fax: (616) 546-3586 Email: vgulker@kidshopeusa .org Ms. Peg Cramer Mentor Coordinator Kentwood Public Schools 2461 60th Avenue SE Kentwood, Michigan 49508 Phone: (616) 871-1080 Fax: (616) 871-1081 Email: mccramer@chartermi.net Mr. Edward Hagan Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region 1235-A Center Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 372-0160 Fax: (517) 372-3130 Email: edward.hagan@bbbs.org 1 �Ms. Janelle Hill Mentoring Services Coordinator/Chairperson Arbor Circle 1115 Ball Avenue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Phone: (616) 451-3001 Fax: (616) 451-8779 Email: jburden@arborcircle.org Ms. Michelle Soucy Vice President of Service Delivery Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit 23077 Greenfield, Suite 430 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248) 569-0600 x.231 Fax: (248) 569-7322 Email: soucym@bbbsdetroit.org Ms. Ginna Holmes Director, Academic and Career Planning Alma College 614 West Superior Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 463-7249 Email: holmes@alma.edu Ms. Reta Stanley Chief Executive Officer Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 410 East Second Street Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: (810) 235-0617 Fax: (810) 235-0689 Email: retastanley@bigbrothersbigsistersflint.org Ms. Jayne Letts Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County 101 Pioneer Avenue Negaunee, Michigan 49866 Phone: (906) 475-7801 Fax: (906) 475-7443 Email: jletts@chartermi.net MCSC Staff Contacts Ms. Amber Reiss Mentor Michigan Coordinator Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 241-3493 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: reissa@michigan.gov Ms. Michelle Malamis Program Director, Mentor Connection Jewish Family Services 6555 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 Phone: (248) 592-2651 Fax: (248) 592-2660 Email: mmalamis@jfsdetroit.org Ms. Kathie Robinson Administrative Assistant Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 373-4200 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: vasilionk@michigan.gov Ms. Kris Marshall President/CEO Mentoring Solutions 27500 Cosgrove Warren, Michigan 48092 Phone: (586) 698-4417 Fax: (586) 698-4532 Email: kris@mentoringsolutions.org Paula Kaiser VanDam Deputy Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 373-1376 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: kaiserp@michigan.gov Ms. Mary Schusterbauer Chief- Oakland County Youth Assistance Oakland County Circuit Court - Family Division 1200 North Telegraph, Dept. 452 Pontiac, Michigan 48341 Phone: (248) 858-0055 Fax: (248) 858-1493 Email: schusterbauerm@oakgov.com 2 �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS COMMISSION The $4.9 million investment being made in the 19 Michigan's AmeriCorps' programs results in changed lives-the lives of AmeriCorps members and the lives of those they serve. AmeriCorps is similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Individuals, called members, are housed within nonprofit organizations, schools, and other agencies throughout our state. Each program sets its own goals to help meet local needs. • The AmeriCorps members are building houses, mentoring children, teaching conflict resolution, recruiting volunteers, implementing homeland security activities, and more. • During the 2007-08 program year, the 19 programs are engaging 971 members in a variety of activities focusing on the environment, education, public safety, and human needs. • On average, each Michigan's AmeriCorps member recruits 23 volunteers to help strengthen his or her community-in 2006-07 that was more than 23,000 volunteers. Each volunteer contributed more than six hours of service. AmeriCorps funding may be available for organizations in your community. Funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? AmeriCorps members are dedicated individuals at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more about AmeriCorps by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.americorps.org. They can find the Michigan programs by clicking on "AmeriCorps in Your State" and selecting Michigan. �'/, H 0 A tl COMMUNITY SERVICE 2007-08 Michigan's AmeriCorps • Michigan's AmeriCorps member(s) serve this county • Michigan's AmeriCorps program office(s) are located in this county Updated: November 9, 2007 �• 21 Michigan's AmeriCorps programs served throughout Michigan meeting critical community needs such as promoting literacy, mentoring and tutoring children, advancing disaster preparedness, protecting the environment, and providing affordable housing. • 1,009 members were enrolled in the 21 programs: o 393 full-time members o 61 half-time and 10 reduced half-time o 62 quarter-time o 483 minimum-time • 702,938 hours spent by members in service and training. • $1.55 million in education awards was earned by 559 members who successfully completed their term of service. 291 members are still engaged in active service. • 2,592 students were involved in service-learning activities. • 1,681 children were involved in ongoing mentoring relationships. • 5,360 students received tutoring or homework help. • 2,249 students received guidance relating to school success/achievement. • 16,557 students received in-class or out-of-class enrichment services. • 20,692 individuals were educated about groundwater risk assessments at 1,042 sessions. • 27,342 students were educated in environmental issues at 1, 707 sessions. • 23,827 volunteers were recruited, placed, and/or supported by AmeriCorps members. On average, each AmeriCorps member recruits 23. o Each volunteer donated an average of approximately eight hours for a total of 188,937 hours. o These 188,937 hours have a value of $3.5 million according to the Independent Sector's value of volunteer service. • 18,949 individuals received disaster relief services or disaster education. • 87 low-income housing units were built for 374 individuals. • 2,129 individuals received access to health care, diagnosis, follow up, and/or were screened for needed care. �- MICHIGAN AMERICORPS RAMP PROJECT COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHES WHAT OTHERS COULDN'T Heartbroken is the only word to describe the feeling Kevin Mullins and his family had when he lost his leg and his job. Kevin was hospitalized with a serious infection that culminated in the amputation of his leg. Thus began a nightmare of skyrocketing hospitalization costs, as the hospital would not allow Kevin to come home until an access ramp was installed. A ramp, which costs $5,000- $7,000 when built by a private contractor, was out of reach for the Mullins. Kevin began preparation to move to a nursing home. Kevin's wife, Colleen, contacted more than 50 agencies looking for help. Finally, she connected with the Community Builders Corps, an AmeriCorps program that builds ramps for individuals for the cost of materials-approximately $1,500. As the Mullins were already financially strapped, even this amount was too much. Kevin Mullins arrives home, thanks to the Community Builders Corps. The AmeriCorps members would not give up on Kevin. They asked local lumberyards for help. Brooks Lumber in Detroit offered the materials at their cost ($1 ,200), but the Mullins still could not pay that amount. They were discussing the situation in Kevin's hospital room one night when the patient in the next bed overheard their conversation. The patient called his son. The next day the son came to visit Kevin and offered to pay for the materials to build the ramp. Four days later, the ramp was completed and Kevin Mullins went home. Young Detroit Builders recently received a $176,419 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission to continue the Community Builders Corps program in 2002-2003. This program enrolls 14 full-time AmeriCorps members to: • • • • Build at least 30 wheelchair ramps for disabled individuals Make adaptation improvements to the home of 40 low-income seniors or disabled persons Provide outdoor services (clean windows and gutters, rake leaves, pick up trash, etc.) for approximately 50 low-income, disabled individuals Respond to at least 30 requests from the Community Policing Office (see below) Community Builders Corps' newest partner is the Detroit's 41h Precinct Community Policing Office. This project helps people whose homes have been burglarized. Break-ins often result in a broken doorjamb or shattered windows, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to another attack. AmeriCorps members are now on call to make repairs so families can remain in their homes with an increased sense of security. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AMERICORPS MEMBERS BUILD HOPE By Joshua Brugger COMMISSION As an AmeriCorps member, I learned valuable lessons about the importance of hope. I came to believe that every day it was my job to help people find hope-to coax it, to prod it, to bring it out of its hiding place and into the light. This past year, I was an AmeriCorps member with Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in Holland. Working alongside many volunteers, I helped build a dozen simple and decent homes. These new homes brought hope to families. Sometimes the days were long and difficult. I spent days of 11, 12, and 13 hours painting and roofing in the hot summer sun. I also dug water line trenches through frozen earth in December to meet a New Year's Day deadline. One of my favorite memories of my AmeriCorps year was a project I did with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. I taught a woodworking class to teenagers. Classes included lessons in safety, learning about tools and materials, and the opportunity to build something. Something like a toolbox, birdhouse, or bug habitat. Now on one particular day, I thought that I'd really wow the kids. So, what did I do? I brought power tools with me! After receiving permission from the Boys and Girls Club, I came to class ready with a drill, a circular saw, and a 2xl0 board that was 6 feet long. This was going to be a great class! A teen builds her own birdhouse as part of the BGCH!Habitat project. I had several students help me carry in all of the equipment. As they did, they paraded the power tools in front of their friends--eager to show that they were special because they got to carry the drill or the saw. Class began. Kids were lined up outside the door, peering through the windows, climbing over each other so they could see. Every seat was filled. Excitement was in the air. It was like being on the set of Tool Time. I laid that 2xl0 out on the table. Donned my safety glasses. Measured and strategically marked off the spot I would cut. As a trained member of Habitat for Humanity, I do know that a 7 %"titanium tipped plywood blade is terrific for cutting plywood or siding. But I don't know why I didn't remember that it doesn't work so well when cutting through a piece of#2 pine. After the smoke cleared, the kids and I all had a great laugh! I'll never forget that day. And I'll never forget the day four months later, when those same kids built a ramp for a 7-year-old boy with spina bifida. They learned a lesson about hope that day because they gave hope and happiness to that young boy and his family. So now I encourage everyone to plant hope. Hope makes change happen. It may not happen overnight. It may take years to grow. I believe the hope I planted during my year as an AmeriCorps member is still making a difference in the lives of the people in Holland today. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS MEMBERS CHANGE LIVES COMMISSION What I Have Learned Through AmeriCorps by Robyn E. Hall, AmeriCorps Oakland AmeriCorps is amazing and an experience that everyone should have. The impact that it has on children is incredible. While they may not always remember my name, they know that I am there to help. The trust and confidence they have in me is overwhelming. They believe in me, and as a result, I have learned to believe in me, as well. I have learned that all things are possible, and that I can accomplish whatever I set out to achieve. Children seem to have a way about them that can brighten my day and remind me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. Through AmeriCorps, I have grown as a person. I have learned to become more independent and self-motivated. I have learned to find work to do, rather than wait around doing nothing. I have become more assertive and have learned to be a leader. I have learned to rise up to meet the challenges that present themselves. AmeriCorps has been a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to see what lay ahead for me. This poem that I wrote really sums it up: I have learned to give, and to smile, To believe in others, as well as myself. I have learned to be patient and listen, To care, to love and to laugh. I have learned that I can make a difference, One child at a time, I can change their world. And they can change mine. I have learned that not every day will go perfectly, And sometimes I will get stressed and frustrated. But I have learned that laughter can go a long way. I have learned more than I could ever explain, Except to say, I have learned to truly live. Robyn Hall is an Oakland University freshman and first year member with AmeriCorps Oakland. She is from Shelby Township and serves at Mark Twain Elementary School in Pontiac. AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 40 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac meet their education goals. Members serve in Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. In 2002, Oakland AmeriCorps members tutored 450 children and provided programs like conflict resolution, character education, and substance abuse prevention for 998 youth. �Success by Six Pleases Parents Below is an excerpt from a letter received by the Success by Six program coordinator. This family received home visiting parent education from AmeriCorps members. Dear Ms. Fairchild: Our son, Jakob, is almost three years old and has a 50% speech and language delay compounded with sensory problems. Like so many other parents, we were unable to take our son into the classroom because of our work schedules. Your program was the only way we could get our son the help he needed. You were able to meet with us at any time, day, or place. We have been working with two of the nicest women and they have played a big part in all of our son's milestones. He now has a much longer attention span and is more willing to cooperate and learn. He follows directions much better and is now able to complete many different learning activities. Not only have they helped our son learn how to communicate, they've helped us learn how to teach him. They offer help, advice, and support to families who have no idea what resources are available to them. We have received parenting skills training and attended workshops to learn a wide variety of activities that both stimulate and broaden children's learning ability. It was easy for us to attend the workshops because food and daycare is provided. I hope our son gets well enough not to need their services for much longer, but I'm comforted by the fact that they will still be here if he needs them. I just hope this program will be available for other parents and children who need the help, too. Thank you! Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program enrolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HF A). Members provide services that are child-centered, familyfocused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in the family's home and group settings. During the 2001-02 program year, Success by Six AmeriCorps members provided parent education to 129 families through home visits, served 375 parents through monthly group meetings, and offered 31 parent education classes on topics such as fire safety, budgeting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. �MICHIGAN - COMMUNITY MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ROSTER SERVICE 2007-2008 COMMISSION $336,570 AMERICORPS TOGETHER WE PREPARE Jordan O'Neil, Program Director American Red Cross of West Central Michigan 1050 Fuller A venue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-1304 Phone: (616) 456-8661 ext. 3503 Fax: (616) 232-2355 Email: joneil@ggr.redcross.corg The AmeriCorps Together We Prepare Program (ATWP) engages 25 full-time members at ten of Michigan's American Red Cross Chapters to provide disaster preparedness services to 40 Michigan counties. Each year, ATWP members will provide disaster preparedness and personal safety information to community members, recruit volunteers from communities, and increase each involved American Red Cross Chapters' capacity to respond to disaster throughout Michigan and the nation while involving local communities in the process. ATWP members will also provide education geared towards young adults designed to raise awareness about the importance of and need for blood donation to foster a new generation of lifelong blood donors. The five building blocks for the ATWP program include: 1) making a family disaster plan; 2) preparing a family disaster supplies kit; 3) getting trained; 4) volunteering; and 5) giving blood. By the end of the 3-year grant cycle, ATWP members will have recruited 500 youth and young adult volunteers and 800 volunteers with bilingual skills. ATWP members will have responded to a minimum of two national disaster operations as well as to at least 50% oflocal disaster incidents at their host site locations. County(ies) Served: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Missaukee, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, and Wexford Host Site Contact Counties Served American Red Cross of Greater Grand Rapids Jordan O'Neil 1050 Fuller Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 456-8661 x3503 Calhoun County Chapter Joni Hatch 615 Cliff Street Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 962-7528 Barry, Kent, Montcalm, Ionia Calhoun, Branch 1 Updated January 2008 �East Shoreline Chapter Matt Blythe 228 Washington A venue Bay City, Michigan 48708 Phone: (989) 892-1541 Monroe County Chapter Alice Meldrum 313 W. Webster Avenue Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 726-3555 Mid-Michigan Chapter Rachelle Wood 1800 East Grand River Drive Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 702-3318 Washtenaw County Chapter Mari Howard 4624 Packard Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Phone: (734) 260-7746 Michigan State Service Delivery Area Dave Gutierrez 3453 West M-55, Suite A West Branch, Michigan 48661 Phone: (989) 343-1353 Northwest Michigan Chapter Joyce A. Wittbrodt 735 S. Garfield Avenue, Suite BlOO Traverse City, Michigan 49686 Phone: (231) 94 7-7286 Arenac, Bay, Huron, Tuscola · Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo Clinton, Gratiot, Eaton, Shiawassee, Ingham Washtenaw Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Iosco, Missaukee, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Sanilac, Wexford Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON HARBORTHE SMART CHOICE PROJECT Tracy Cleveland, Program Director 1200 East Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Fax: (269) 934-8536 Email: bgclubvol@parrett.net $131,307 Through The Smart Choice Project in Benton Harbor, 10 full-time AmeriCorps members help disadvantaged youth realize their full potential as responsible, productive and caring citizens. Members work with elementary and middle school students at the Boys and Girls Club Main Site and high school students at the Teen Center. All members help to support programs and services in the areas of: 1) Character and Leadership Development; 2) Academic and Career Development; 3) The Arts; 4) Health Leadership Development; 5) Sports, Fitness, and Recreation. Through these program areas, AmeriCorps members provide youth with opportunities to increase their sense of self-worth, master new skills useful for future 2 Updated January 2008 �employment, use technology to improve academic performance, develop and sustain positive relationships with adults and other youth, recognize their emotions and appropriately express them, better understand and respect their own and other cultures, increase their sense of belongingness in their community, learn how to live healthier lives, and understand to importance of values such as honesty, justice, and respect. Members will also help to recruit community volunteers to support local youth. County(ies) Served: Berrien Host Site C.;ntact Counties Served Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor T. Cleveland 1200 E. Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Berrien CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Dennis Halverson, Program Director Charleviox-Emmet County lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charleviox, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 54 7-994 7 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: halversond@charemisd.org $113,500 The Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District (Char-Em lSD) serves 11 school districts over a 2.5 county area in northern Lower Michigan. The Char-Em lSD AmeriCorps Program enrolls 10 full-time members. Each members is assigned to one elementary building. The goal of our program is to increase school success through mentoring at-risk students (at-risk either academically, behaviorally or socially as determined by school personnel) and to reduce physical and emotional violence within the school and community settings through a variety of practices. Members are expected to mentor children throughout the school year; train students in conflict resolution techniques (this training will be provided to the members via the Intermediate School District or by the school to which they are assigned); recruit nonAmeriCorps volunteers to assist in community service projects; attend a minimum of three local governmental meetings; join a minimum of one non-profit service organization; and any other projects deemed appropriate by the assigned school or Program Director. County(ies) Served: Charlevoix and Emmet Host Site Contact Counties ·SeJY.ed Boyne Falls Public School Gary Urman PO Box 356 Boyne Falls, Michigan 49713 Phone: (231) 549-2211 Charlevoix Elementary School Dick Swenor 13513 Division Street Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-3215 Charlevoix Charlevoix 3 Updated January 2008 �Charlevoix East Jordan Elementary School Cal Prins 304 Fourth Street, East Jordan, Michigan 49727 Phone:(231)536-7564 Harbor Springs Elementary School Karey Scholten 17 5 East Lake Harbor Springs, Michigan 49740 Phone: (231) 526-4500 Petoskey Central Elementary School Dale Lewis 410 State Street Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 348-2110 Petoskey Lincoln Elementary School Tom VanDeventer 616 Connable Street Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 348-2120 Petoskey Sheridan Elementary School Joel Donaldson 1415 Howard Street Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 348-2140 Concord Academy- Petoskey 2468 Atkins Road Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 439-6800 St. Francis Xavier School Phyllis Daily 414 Michigan Street Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 347-3651 Emmet Emmet Emmet Emmet Emmet Emmet $580,744 CITY YEAR DETROIT Nicole Byrd, Service Director One Ford Place, Suite 2A Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6861 Fax: (313) 874-6883 Email: nbyrd@cityyear.org Website: http://www.cityyear.org City Year Detroit enrolls 60 members to serve in Michigan's AmeriCorps. City Year is a national service organization that unites young adults, ages 17-24, from diverse racial, cultural, education, and socioeconomic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. United in their desire to service, Corps 4 Updated January 2008 �members invest their talents and energies as leaders of after-school programs and tutors in elementary, middle schools, and high schools. County(ies) Served: Wayne Host Site Contact Academy of the Americas (K-8) Naomi Khalil 5680 Konkel Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 596-7640 Detroit Lions Academy (Middle School) Cheryl White 10101 E. Canfield Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 852-9677 Roberto Clemente Learning Academy Helen Lazo 1551 Beard Detroit, Michigan 48209 Phone: (313) 849-3489 Salina Elementary Nodia Youmann 2623 Salina Street Dearborn, Michigan 48120 Phone: (313) 582-6061 Trix Elementary Wes Ganson 13700 Bringard Drive Detroit, Michigan 48205-1156 Phone: (313)852-8644 V etal Elementary Carole Jones 14200 Westwood Street Detroit, Michigan 48223-2819 Phone: (313) 852-0710 Counties Served Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne (outside Detroit) Wayne Wayne COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF DETROIT- THE READETROIT CORPS Pandora Brown, Program Director Communities in Schools Detroit 5830 Field Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 571-3400 ext. 31 Fax: (313) 571-3404 $327,600 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org Readetroit Corps (RDC) utilizes 26 full-time AmeriCorps members to address the critical literacy needs of children identified as having extreme reading deficiencies. Two members will focus on volunteer recruitment and development. Specific activities include: conducting 5 Updated January 2008 �individual and group tutoring sessions, starting book clubs, taking students on library trips, arranging for volunteers to read with students, conducting information sessions designed to help students prepare for tests, facilitating family literacy nights. The program strives to increase the reading levels of students, as well as recruit community volunteers to further support local youth. There are three core components to the RDC program: tutoring, mentoring, and volunteer recruitment. Members, placed in teams of two at elementary and middle schools, address local needs by: 1) providing individual and group tutoring; 2) recruiting and training community volunteers to serve in DPS; 3) after-school program support; 4) parental literacy activities; 5) activities designed to build relationships between schools, parents, and the community; and 6) provide mentoring to 5 children each who have a parent incarcerated. County(ies) Served: Wayne Counties Served Wayne Host Site Contact Bates Academy Beverly Gibson 16661 Greenlawn Street Detroit, Michigan 48221 Phone: (313) 494-7000 Bums Elementary Charlene Harper 14350 Terry Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 852-0535 Beckham Academy William Batchelor 9860 Park Drive Detroit, Michigan 48209 Phone: (313) 852-8500 Dixon Elementary Ora Beard 19500 Tireman Street Detroit, Michigan 48228 Phone: (313) 582-1330 Elmdale Elementary Jacqueline McNeal 12844 Elmdale Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 825-8533 Edmondson Elementary Cynthia Watt 1300 W. Canfield Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 494-2242 Heilmann Park Middle School Cheryl Harshaw 19035 Crusade Detroit, Michigan 48205 Phone: (313) 866-7233 Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne 6 Updated January 2008 �Joyce Elementary Sally Morton 8411 Sylvester Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 866-7545 Mason Elementary School Edrine Wilson 19635 Mitchell Detroit, Michigan 48234 Phone: Not Listed Nichols Elementary Dr. Granada Petrson 3000 Bums Detroit, Michigan 48234 Phone: (313) 852-0800 Schulze Elementary Diane Fleming 10700 Santa Maria Street Detroit, Michigan 48221 Phone: (313) 340-4400 Van Zile Elementary Marva Johnson 2915 W. Outer Drive Detroit, Michigan 48234 Phone: (313) 368-8444 Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne $228,660 DOWNRIVER CARES AMERICORPS Joe Spain, Program Director The Guidance Center 131 01 N orthline Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7331 x 7209 Fax: (734) 785-7733 Email: jspain@guidance-center.org Website: http://www.guidance-center.org Downriver CARES (Community, Action, Resources, Enrichment, and Service) AmeriCorps members promote social and emotional readiness for learning for children, adults, and families within The Guidance Center. The 19 full-time and 10 minimum-time members also encourage the community to support these efforts through volunteerism. Service activities vary depending upon placement and may include: enrichment programming and out of class time involvement with preschoolers and school age youth; developing group mentoring projects for children and/or families; planning service projects with teens; engaging community volunteers; supporting and encouraging parents through play groups and support groups; planning enrichment activities; facilitating groups and other activities that will promote self-esteem and build assets for children, adults, and families. Members support these effort Monday-Thursday and on Fridays the team comes together to perform community service projects in Metro Detroit. Members plan and implement each Friday project. Downriver CARES AmeriCorps performs more service projects 7 Updated January 2008 �than any other Michigan's AmeriCorps program. Recent college grads are highly encouraged to apply. County(ies) Served: Wayne Host Site Contact The Guidance Center Joe Spain 13101 Allen Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7705 Life Directions ofDetroit Bonnie Renecamp 2051 Rosa Parks Blvd., Suite 1-B Detroit, Michigan 48216 Phone: (313) 420-0310 Counties Served Wayne Wayne GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES- AMERICORPS FAITH IN YOUTH $131,050 Robyn Afrik, Program Director 513 East 81h Street, Suite 25 Holland, Michigan 49423-3759 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Fax: (616) 392-5889 Email: RAfrik@goodsamministries.com Through Good Samaritan Ministries- Faith in Youth, 12 full-time AmeriCorps members, 4 halftime, and 4 quarter-time AmeriCorps members will establish a mentoring program for children attending the area's 6 middle schools, with the goal of improving academic achievement and promoting a sense of well being, particularly for youth at-risk due to isolation or poverty. Mentors will be recruited and the program supported through partnerships with local churches and faith-based organizations located near the schools served. Corps members serving out of five area churches will assist with the recruitment of 105 community volunteers to serve as oneon-one mentors for youth. Members also provide after school activities at least two days per week and academic assistance at least once per week. The program strives to help 75% of the 234 youth served to achieve positive behavioral changes, as measured by youth surveys and parental feedback. County(ies) Served: Ottawa Host Site Contaet Good Samaritan Ministries RobynAfrik 513 W. 81h Street, Suite 25 Holland, Michigan 49423 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Counties Served Ottawa 8 Updated January 2008 �$131,901 HURON PINES AMERICORPS . Lisha Ramsdell, Program Director Huron Pines 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x 1246 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: abuckingham@ioniaisd.org Huron Pines AmeriCorps: Developing Leaders in Conservation is a new program designed to enable conservation organizations meet their resource protection goals. Ten AmeriCorps members will be placed in northern Michigan with a variety of organizations including nonprofit resource management groups and conservation districts. Members will provide assistance with capacity building, volunteer coordination, on-the-ground restoration improvements and public outreach. County(ies) Served: Statewide Counties Served Emmet, Cheboygan, Charlevoix Host Site Contact Freshwater Future Jill Ryan PO Box 2479 Petoskey, Michigan 49770 Phone: (231) 348-8200 Grand Traverse Conservation District Rebecca Teahen 1222 Veterans Drive Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 941-0960 HeadWaters Land Conservancy Dave Semthurst 110 S. Elm Street Gaylord, Michigan 49735 Phone: (989) 731-0573 Huron Pines Brad Jensen 501 Norway Street Grayling, Michigan Phone: (989) 348-9319 Michigan Association of Districts Lori Phalen 3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 50 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (517) 930-2975 Grand Traverse Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon All Counties in Michigan Michigan Council of Trout Unlimited All Counties in Michigan Bryan Burroughs POBox 442 Dewitt, Michigan 48820 Phone: (616) 460-0477 9 Updated January 2008 �Muskegon River Watershed Assembly Terry Stilson 200 Ferris Drive, VFS 311 Big Rapids, Michigan 49307 Phone: (231) 591-2324 Otsego Conservation District Patricia Osburn 800 Livingston Blvd., Suite 4A Gaylord, Michigan 49735 Phone: (989) 732-6526 Muskegon, Newaygo, Mecosta, Osceola, Clare, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon Otsego JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CIDLDREN, INC.- JUMPSTART MICIDGAN Karina Kelly, Program Director 550 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 575-0641 Fax: (312) 873-4054 Email: karina.kelly@jstart.org $142,434 Through Jumpstart Michigan, 8 quarter-time and 75 minimum-time AmeriCorps members serve young children through placement in Head Start and other early education settings. The program helps children develop crucial early literacy, language and social skills. Corps members, all of whom are Federal Work Study college students, are placed in team of 1-20 per service site. Goals of Jumpstart Michigan include: 1) enhancing the learning experience of young children from low-income communities; 2) providing meaningful opportunities for parents to become involved in their child's learning; and 3) supporting the development of college students (who will serve as program members) as future teachers in the field of early childhood education. Services provided with members, small group activities designed to encourage creativity, larger group learning activities designed to build a sense of community and foster sharing, and exercises and activities that provide youth with choice to promote independence, curiosity and self-esteem. County(ies) Served: Washtenaw and Wayne Host Site Contact Counties Served Dorothy's Discovery Center Dorothy Morris 7780 Hitchingham Road Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (734) 485-7727 Adventure Center Pattie Sherwood 2111 Golfside Drive Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (734) 434-0505 Grandma's Daycare Connie Glunamo 2125 S. Congress Street Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Washtenaw Washtenaw Washtenaw 10 Updated January 2008 �Phone: (734) 480-2371 Genesis Academy No Contact Listed 1601 Stamford Road Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198 Phone: (734) 483-2704 Charlene's Care Charlene 7400 Rawsonville Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198 Phone: (734) 484-1573 Brown Chapel Pearl 1003 W. Michigan Avenue Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (734) 482-6595 Cotter Linda Tynana 13020 Osburn Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Phone: (313) 827-6150 Henry Ford Community College Child Development Center Patti Morris 51 01 Evergreen Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Phone: (313) 317-6527 Thorne/Westwood Amy Childs 25251 Annapolis Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48125 Phone: (313) 292-1691 Southgate/Guidance Center Head Start Mari Morris 15601 Northline Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7713 Washtenaw Washtenaw Washtenaw Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne MARESA- MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS Joseph Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.kl2.mi.us $166,491 County(ies) Served: Alger and Marquette 11 Updated January 2008 �MARESA (Marquette Alger Regional Education Service Agency)- Michigan's AmeriCorps members provide service in local schools in Marquette and Alger counties. MARESA Michigan's Americorps enrolls 12 full-time and 6 half-time members. Members serve the community by: • Establishing service-learning programs and curricula. AmeriCorps members recruit volunteers and develop and implement community service projects for students. • Creating and implementing family resource centers. Provided direct educational support by tutoring and mentoring students in the areas of work-based learning, employability skills, computer technology, educational enrichment, after-school activities, and homework assistance. Host Site Contaet Marquette Senior High School Bob Anthony 1203 West Fair Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 225-5762 Marquette-Alger RESA Steve Schmunk 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (916) 226-5128 Munising Public Schools DeeJay Pauquette 124 East Chocolay Munising, Michigan 49862 Phone: (906) 387-2102 Gwinn High School Kevin Luokkala 50 West M-35 Gwinn, Michigan 49841 Phone: (906) 346-9247 Gwinn Middle School Lim VanDrese 135 West Granite Street Gwinn, Michigan 49841 Phone: (906) 346-5914 Gwinn Community Resource Room Kathy Lammi 411 Scorpion Gwinn, Michigan 49841 Phone: (906) 346-9162 NorthStar PSA Karen Anderson 3030 Wright St. Marquette, Michigan 49849 Phone: (906) 226-0156 Ishpeming Public School Community Center Dorreen Bertucci Counties Served Marquette Marquette, Alger Alger Marquette Marquette Marquette Marquette Marquette 12 Updated January 2008 �319 East Division Street Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 Phone: Not Listed Ishpeming-Carnegie Public Library Janet LeFeber 317 North Main Street Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 Phone: (96) 486-4381 Moosewood Nature Center Suzan Travis-Robyns 2 Peter White Drive Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 228-6250 Cornerzone Youth Center Chad Mager 1113 Lincoln Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 228-4932 Graveraet Intermediate School Tamara Bott 611 North Front Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 225-4302 Teaching Family Homes Steve Rudness 1000 Silver Creek Road Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 249-5437 Superior Central School Mary Kay Wanska PO Box 148 Eben Junction, Michigan 49825 Phone: (906) 439-5531 Marquette Marquette Marquette Marquette Marquette Alger $341,850 MICIDGAN AMERICORPS PARTNERSHIP Addell Anderson, Program Director University of Michigan- Detroit Center Orchestra Place 3663 Woodward Avenue, Suite 150 Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 593-0937 Fax: (313) 831-2016 Email: addell@umich.edu The Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership (MAP) is a collaborative program between the University of Michigan and community and faith-based non-profit organizations, primarily based in Detroit. MAP strives to address local human needs through direct service and program capacity-building activities. Members deal with issues concerning: 13 Updated January 2008 �• • • • Social, economic and community development or revitalization Health education and health promotion services for children and families Academic enhancement of youth in after-school or summer programs Volunteer recruitment and retention Through MAP, members will enjoy: • • • • • • Learning about the rewards and challenges facing human needs non-profit organizations Opportunities to meet and engage with people who want to make a difference in their communities Working in a culturally rich environment Occasions to network with peers and potential employers Participation in meaningful projects that strive to build capacity for community and faithbased organizations Enhancing their ability to become active citizens. County(ies) Served: Genesee and Wayne Host Site Contact After School and Recreation Group Dr. Dahan Almajjar 2651 Saulino Court Detroit, Michigan 48120 Phone: (313) 842-7010 Clark Park Coalition Oliver Porter Rosa Parks Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48209 Phone: (313) 297-9328 CLEARCorps/Detroit Mary Sue Schottenfels 11148 Harper Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 924-4000 Lakeside community Development Corp Karen Brown 1021 Manistique Detroit, Michigan 48215 Phone: (313) 822-0062 Focus: HOPE Debbie Fisher 1355 Oakman Detroit, Michigan 48238 Phone: (313) 494-4300 Greening of Detroit Ashley Atkinson 1418 Michigan Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48216 Phone: (313) 237-8736 Counties Served Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne 14 Updated January 2008 �Iroquois WISE Coalition Rev. Kristin Tennas 24111 Iroquois A venue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 921-2667 Matrix Theatre Company Dr. Shaun Nethercott 2730 Bagley Detroit, Michigan 48219 Phone: (313) 967-0999 Mercy Education Project Amy Amador 1450 Howard Street Detroit, Michigan 48216 Phone: (313) 963-5881 MOSES Ponsella Hardway 438 St. Antoine Detroit, Michigan 48216 Phone: (313) 962-5290 Our Lady of Guadalupe Middle School MeghanEvoy 4100 Martin Detroit, Michigan 48210 Phone: (313) 894-2228 Siena Literacy Center Sr. Mary Hemmen 16161 Winston Detroit, Michigan 48219 Phone: (313) 532-8404 Southeastern Village Lynn Smith 1501 Canton Detroit, Michigan 48207 Phone: (313) 821-2144 Southwest Detroit Business Association Theresa Zajac 752 West Vernon Highway Detroit, Michigan 48209 Phone:(313)842-0986 Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision Lisa Goldstein 1450 McKinstry Detroit, Michigan 48209 Phone: (313) 842-1961 Wayne St. Luke NEW Life Center Sr. Carol Weber 3202 Forest Hill Genesee Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne 15 Updated January 2008 �Flint, Michigan 48504 Phone: (810)239-8710 St. Rose Senior Center Mike Byzewskit 5555 Conner Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 921-9277 Transportation Riders Unlimited Megan Owens 150 Griswold, Suite 2800 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 963-8872 Warren/Conner Development Coalition Maggie DeSantis 11148 Harper A venue Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 267-1118 Community Development Corp Marlene Harper 29066 Eton Street Westland, Michigan 48186 Phone: (734) 721-2557 Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne $54,000 MICIDGAN CAMPUS COMPACT- MICHIGAN SERVICE SCHOLARS Ryan Fewins, Program Director Michigan Campus Compact 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2409 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: rfewins@connectmichiganalliance.org Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) Michigan Service Scholars (MSS) enlists 450 minimumtime (300 hour) Education Award Only AmeriCorps members to support the mission of community-based organizations and increase the number of volunteers throughout the state. This program engages approximately 25 partner college and university campuses statewide, which recruit students to work with local community and faith-based organizations. At least twenty-five of these 450 members will be student reaching using service learning as a pedagogy. County(ies) Served: Chippewa, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Kalamazoo, Kent, Marquette, Mecosta, Midland, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, Washtenaw and Wayne Host Site Contact Alma College Anne Ritz 614 Superior Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 463-7366 Counties Served Gratiot 16 Updated January 2008 �Aquinas College Eric Bridge 1607 Robinson Road S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 Phone: (616) 632-2490 Calvin College Lori Gesink 3201 Burton SE, Commons Annex Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 Phone: (616) 526-6455 Central Michigan University Sra Millerov Bovee University Center 107 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859 Phone: (989) 774-1102 Davenport University Alexis DeVries 6191 Kraft SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 742-1702 Davenport University Kathleen Woods 3555 E. Patrick Midland, Michigan 48642 Phone: Not Listed Delta College Teresa Stitt 1961 Delta Road University Center, Michigan 48710 Phone: Not Listed Eastern Michigan University Justin Fenwick 346 EMU Student Center 900 Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (734) 487-3045 Ferris State University Matt Eickhoff 805 Campus Drive, Rankin Center 164 Big Rapids, Michigan 49307 Phone: (231) 591-2846 Grand Valley State University Jodi Griffin 11 OB Kirkoff Center Allendale, Michigan 49401 Phone: (616) 331-2362 Kalamazoo College Breigh Montgomery 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 Kent Kent Isabella Kent Midland Midland Washtenaw Mecosta Ottawa Kalamazoo 17 Updated January 2008 �Phone: (269) 337-7092 Lake Superior State Sara Dombrowski 650 E. Easterday Avenue Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 49783 Phone: Not Listed Madonna University Stephen Rahrig 36600 Schoolcraft Road Livonia, Michigan 48150 Phone: (734) 432-5370 Michigan State University Kelly Malloy 27 Student Services Building East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (517) 353-4400 Mott Community College Robert Matthews 4119 N Saginaw Street, Suite 102 Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone: Not Listed Northern Michigan University Katy Morrison 1401 Presque Isle Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: Not Listed Northwood University Teresa Sullivan 4000 Whining Drive Midland, Michigan 48640 Phone: Not Listed Oakland Community College Dusty Rhodes 27055 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 Phone: Not Listed Saginaw Valley State Carly Waligors 106 Do an, Student Life Center 7400 Bay Road Saginaw, Michigan 48710 Phone: (989) 964-4297 Schoolcraft College Laura Stanton 18600 Haggerty Road Livonia, Michigan 48152 Phone: (734) 462-4421 University of Michigan William Copeland Chippewa Wayne Ingham Genesee Marquette Midland Oakland Saginaw Wayne Washtenaw 18 Updated January 2008 �1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Phone: Not Listed University of Michigan Troy Murphy 4901 Evergreen Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Phone: Not Listed University of Michigan Melissa Stephens-Farrell 432 N. Saginaw Street, Suite 805 Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: (810) 762-3210 Wayne State University Tiny Sebastian M351 Student Center 5221 Anthony Wayne Dr. Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: Not Listed Wayne Genesee Wayne MICIDGAN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AMERICORPS Suzanne Ebright, Program Director Michigan Department of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Division P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3131 Email: ebrights@michigan.gov $161,168 Michigan Environmental Stewardship AmeriCorps (MESA) with the Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program provides information and assistance to Michigan residents to reduce environmental risks with special emphasis given to water quality and helping people protect our valuable groundwater resource. Fourteen full-time AmeriCorps members serve throughout the state to assist citizens complete environmental awareness tools at their homes. MESA members provide education presentations to adults and students, complete numerous community service projects statewide, and also serve as local resource people helping citizens find locally specific information necessary to make smart decisions concerning environmental protection. County(ies) Served: Alger, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Delta, Eaton, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Mecosta, Menominee, Midland, Missaukee, Momoe, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Shiawassee, Washtenaw, and Wexford Host Site Contact Counties Served Bay Conservation District Karolyn Karl 4044 S. 3 Mile Road Bay, Midland, Saginaw 19 Updated January 2008 �Bay City, Michigan 48706 Phone: (989) 684-1040 Calhoun Conservation District Blair Spence 13464 15 Mile Road, Suite 110 Marshall, Michigan 49068 Phone: (269) 781-4867 x33 Chippewa MSUE Tammy Cohee 300 Court Street Sault Ste Marie, Michigan 49783 Phone: (906) 635-6368 Grand Traverse MSUE Valerie Bartell 520 West Front Street, Suite A Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 922-4857 Marquette Conservation District No Contact Listed 780 Commerce Drive, Suite B Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-2461 Mason-Lake Conservation District Debra Oosterhart 655 N. Scottville Road Scottville, Michigan 49454 Phone: (231) 757-3708 Missaukee Conservation District Andy Vokes 6180 West Sanborn Road, Suite 3 Lake City, Michigan 49651 Phone: (231) 839-7196 Montcalm County MSU Extension RubyHeie 211 W. Main Street Stanton, Michigan 48888 Phone: (989) 831-7 500 Muskegon Conservation District Erin Charles 940 N. Van Eyck Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442-3130 Phone: (231) 773-0008 Oakland MSUE Mebby Pearson 1200 North Telegraph Road, Dept. 416 Pontiac, Michigan 48341-14 77 Phone: (248) 858-0896 Shiawassee Conservation District Josh Shields Branch, Calhoun, Jackson Chippewa, Cheboygan, Luce, Mackinac Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau Alger, Delta, Marquette, Menominee Mason, Lake, Oceana, Manistee Crawford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Wexford Ionia, Mecosta, Montcalm Muskegon, Newaygo Oakland, Livingston Genesee, Lapeer, Shiawassee 20 Updated January 2008 �1900 South Morrice road Owosso, Michigan 48867 Phone: (989) 723-8263 Thomapple Grand Conservation District Jen Silveri 551 Courthouse Dr., Ste. 3 Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Phone: (517) 543-5848 x5 Washtenaw Conservation District Aistis Tumas 7203 Jackson Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103-9506 Phone: (734) 761-6721 x101 WMEAC Rachel Hackett 1007 Lake Drive, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 Phone: (616) 451-3051 Barry, Eaton, Ingham Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw Kent, Ottawa $381,075 MICIDGAN HABITAT'S AMERICORPS Debi Drick, Program Director Tonya Harrington, Program Director Habitat for Humanity- Michigan 1500 West Grand River, Suite B Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-1872 Fax: (517) 485-1509 Email: ddrick@habitatmichigan.org tharrington@inghamhabi tat.org The Michigan Habitat's AmeriCorps Program enrolls 22 full-time, 8 half-time, and 16 summertime AmeriCorps members to serve Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout the state. Members serve as: • Construction Liaisons to ensure the training, safety practices and overall satisfaction of volunteers on a construction site. • Volunteer Coordinator to form partnerships between their affiliate and local businesses, industries, service groups, churches, and/or community members. • Family Supporters to create systems, serve as mentors, and implement programs to assist Habitat's partner families in becoming self-sufficient and responsible homeowners. County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Genesee, Ingham, Jackson, Kent, Monroe, Montcalm, St. Clair, Washtenaw, Wayne Host Site Contact Battle Creek Area Habitat Art Pearce 551 W. Michigan Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 966-2502 Counties Served Calhoun 21 Updated January 2008 �Blue Water Habitat for Humanity James Faulkner PO Box 611867 Port Huron, Michigan 48061 Phone: (81 0) 985-9080 Habitat for Humanity of Detroit Rob Dewaelshe 14325 Jane Street Detroit, Michigan 48205 Phone: (313) 521-6691 Genesee County Habitat for Humanity Margaret Kato G5191 S. Saginaw Flint, Michigan 48507 Phone: (810) 603-1366 Harbor Habitat for Humanity Mike Green 785 E. Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 925-9635 Huron Valley Habitat for Humanity Sarah Stanton 170 April Drive, Suite A Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Phone: (734) 677-1558 Ingham East Habitat for Humanity Deborah Drick 1500 W. Grand River, Suite B Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 65 5-1872 Greater Jackson Habitat for Humanity Karen Tursich 1207 Pringle Street Jackson, Michigan 49203 Phone: (517) 784-6620 Habitat for Humanity Kent County Pam Doty-Nation 539 New Avenue SW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506 Phone: (616) 774-2431 Habitat for Humanity of Lansing Denise Paquette 1941 Benjamin Dr Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 374-1313 Habitat for Humanity Monroe County Debora Wykes 840 LaPlaisance Monroe, Michigan 48161 St. Clair Wayne Genesee Berrien Washtenaw Ingham Jackson Kent Ingham Monroe 22 Updated January 2008 �Phone: (734) 243-2048 Habitat for Humanity of Montcalm County No Contact Listed PO Box 681 Greenville, Michigan 48838 Phone: (616) 754-5772 Montcalm $226,261 MPCA COMMUNITY HEALTHCORPS Michigan Primary Care Association John Taylor, Program Director 7215 Westshire Drive Lansing, Michigan 4891 7 Phone: (517) 381-8000, ext229 Email: jtaylor@mpca.net The Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) Community HealthCorps program engages 17 full-time and 2 half-time AmeriCorps members to address patient self-management, schoolbased health, and health outreach and enrollment. Members are placed in community health centers and other host sites across the state. The MPCA Community HealthCorps Program uses community outreach to inform the public about health plans available to the uninsured and preventative health care measures. AmeriCorps members also help patients become more active in the management of their illnesses and reduce health disparities in Michigan. Community forums are used to inform the public about adult, adolescent, and children's health issues. Corps members will work with 2,160 patients each year, with 60% of the patients taking an active role in treating and preventing their illnesses, and will help 7,500 uninsured and underinsured Michigan residents gain information through community forums and ongoing literature distribution. County(ies) Served: Arenac, Ingham, Kent, Muskegon, Roscommon, Saginaw, Van Buren, and Wayne Host Site Contact American Indian Health & Family Services Nikole Fox 4880 Lawndale Detroit, Michigan 48210 Phone: (313) 846-3 718 x 1113 Cherry Street Health Services Jennie Mills 550 Cherry Street, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 235-7272 x3334 Hackley Care Center A. Dye 2700 Baker Street, 3rd Floor Muskegon Heights, Michigan 49444 Phone: (231) 73 3-6634 Health Delivery Inc. Lee A. Gordon Counties Senred Wayne Kent Muskegon Saginaw 23 Updated January 2008 �501 Lapeer Avenue Saginaw, Michigan 48607 Phone: (989) 759-6449 InterCare Community Health Network Ena Gunnink 50 Industrial Park Road Bangor, Michigan 49013-1246 Phone: (269) 427-7937 x131 Mid-Michigan Health Park Maryanne VanOosterhout 9249 W. Lake City Road Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629 Phone: (989) 422-2123 Muskegon Family Care Center G. Williams 2345 S. Getty Street Muskegon, Michigan 4944 7 Phone: (231) 739-0847 School Health Alliance of Michigan Anne Gladstone 2525 Jolly Road, Suite 260 Okemos, Michigan 48864 Phone: (517) 908-084 7 Sterling Area Health Center Claudette Rashotte 725 E. State Street Sterling, Michigan 48659 Phone: (989) 654-5673 x145 Western Wayne Family Health Center Linda Jordan 2500 Hamlin court Inkster, Michigan 48141-2348 Phone: (313) 277-5149 Van Buren Roscommon Muskegon Ingham Arenac Wayne MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION: 4-H MENTOR MICIDGAN INITIATIVE Julie Chapin, Program Director Michigan State University 178 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 355-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu $700,638 The "4-H Mentor Michigan Initiative" focuses on the expansion and strengthening of mentoring programs in targeted Michigan communities. This project will enlist 55 full-time AmeriCorps members statewide to serve with Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) 4-H staff and the other community based youth mentoring programs to recruit 2000 potential volunteers to serve as mentors. Members will assist in training and matching 825 volunteers statewide to build the capacity of each community to establish 24 Updated January 2008 �one-to-one or small group mentoring programs. As a result ofthese efforts, 1,650 low-income at-risk or underserved youth, 5 to 19 years old, will participate in on-going mentoring relationships. AmeriCorps members will also be expects to work with local mentoring coalitions, schools, civic organizations, and/or local faith-based organizations to develop or strengthen local partnerships related to mentoring. Fifty new partnerships will be formed (statewide) during the current year of the grant. If local mentoring coalitions do not exist in the targeted communities, a priority will be to organize and establish a community wide group for this purpose. County(ies) Served: Berrien, Cass, Cheboygan, Clare, Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Leelanau, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Missaukee, Muskegon, Oakland, Oscoda, Ottawa, Shiawassee, Wayne and Wexford Host Site Contact Alma Public Schools Susan Smoker 1700 North Pine Avenue Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 466-7539 ART of Leadership Foundation Jamie Hocking 237 North Old Woodward Ave., Suite 5 Birmingham, Michigan 48009 Phone: (248) 723-2288 Berrien 4-H Debra Barrett 173 7 Hillandale Road Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 944-4126 Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Berrien/Cass Susan Armstrong PO Box 194 Niles, Michigan 49120 Phone: (269) 684-1100 Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Jackson County Cathy Heins PO Box 1802 Jackson, Michigan 49204 Phone: (517) 784-7181 Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Lakeshore Brian Obits 1358 Terrace Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 728-2447 Big Brothers/Big Sisters- Lansing Mike K1auka 1235A Center Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 3 72-0160 Counties Served Gratiot Ingham, Kalamazoo, Oakland, Wayne Berrien Berrien, Cass Jackson Muskegon Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Shiawassee 25 Updated January 2008 �Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Metro Detroit Katherine Adams 23077 Greenfield, Suite 430 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248) 569-0600 Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Mid Michigan Carol Bruce-Gage 104 West Fifth Clare, Michigan 4861 7 Phone: (989) 386-9304 Big Brothers/Big Sisters -Northwest MI Gary Swaney 521 South Union Street Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 946-2447 CASA Jody Molengraff 412 Century Lane Holland, Michigan 49423 Phone: (616) 396-2301 x130 Central Detroit Christian Mark VanAndel 8840 Second Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 873-0064 x16 Cheboygan 4-H Tracy Meisterheim POBox 70 Cheboygan, Michigan 49721 Phone: (231) 627-8452 Genesee 4-H David Fenech 4215 West Pasadena Avenue Flint, Michigan 48504 Phone: (810) 244-8500 Ingham Regional Medical Center - Eaton 4-H Donna Gardner 401 West Greenlawn Ave. Lansing, Michigan 48910 Phone: (517) 334-2987 Leelanau 4-H Barbara Duvall PO Box 987 Leland, Michigan 49654 Phone: (231) 256-9888 Luce 4-H Nancy Kipling 407 West Harrie Newberry, Michigan 49868 Macomb, Oakland, Wayne Clare, Gladwin Missaukee, Wexford Ottawa Wayne Cheboygan Genesee Eaton, Ingham Leelanau Luce 26 Updated January 2008 �Phone: (906) 293-3203 Macomb 4-H Jan Gwozdz 21885 Dunham Road, Suite 12 Clinton Township, Michigan 48036 Phone: (586) 469-7619 Mackinac 4-H Michelle Walk 100 South Marley Street, Room 100 St. Ignace, Michigan 49781 Phone: (906) 643-7307 Mentoring Solutions Laurie Tarter 27500 Cosgrove Warren, Michigan 48092 Phone: (586) 698-4536 Muskegon 4-H Frank Cox 97 East Apple A venue Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 724-4 73 8 Oak Park Business and Education 25900 Greenfield Road, Suite 200A Oak Park, Michigan 4823 7 Phone: (248) 967-0457 Oscoda 4-H MSUE Deb Nurse PO Box 60 Mio, Michigan 4864 7 Phone: (989) 826-1160 Ottawa4-H Lisa Bottomley 333 Clinton Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 846-8250 Student Mentor Partners T oinette Pilgrim 22777 Harper Avenue, Suite 301 St. Clair Shores, Michigan 48080 Phone: (586) 445-6295 Wayne4-H KeaBoyd 640 Temple Street, 61h Floor Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 833-3419 Wayne Metropolitan CAA Carla Chinavare 2121 Biddle Street, Suite 102 Wyandotte, Michigan 48192 Macomb Mackinac Macomb, Oakland, Wayne Muskegon Oakland Oscoda Muskegon, Ottawa Macomb, Oakland, Wayne Wayne Wayne 27 Updated January 2008 �I Phone: (734) 246-2280 x142 $154,029 NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Katie Warren, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x 30 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: katie.warren@campfireusawmc.org Website: http://www.grcmc.org/campfire Camp Fire USA's Neighborhood Youth Development Program enrolls 5 full-time and 21 parttime AmeriCorps members to facilitate after-school and summer program in Kent County. These programs provide a safe environment for children during out-of-school time for 1,100 children at eight sited. Members assist site coordinators in developing activities for the programs, recruit volunteers to facilitate activities, and serve on committees to address the specific needs of their community. Members also present Camp Fire's Self-Reliance curriculum in elementary school classrooms. County(ies) Served: Kent Host Site Contact Brookside Elementary 2505 Madison SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 Burton Elementary 2133 Buchanan SW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 Burton Middle School 2133 Buchanan SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 Camelot Woods 2339 Rowland SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 Eastern Elementary 758 Eastern NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Jefferson Elementary 1356 Jefferson SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 Counties Served Kent Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Academy 419 Henry SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Palmer Elementary 309 Palmer NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Kent Kent Kent Kent Kent Kent Kent 28 Updated January 2008 �Coit Elementary 617 Coit Avenue NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Kent Hills 1445 Emerald Street NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Kent Kent $415,345 SUPERIOR AMERICORPS Stacy Crouch, Program Coordinator Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: slcrouch@bhkfirst.org The Superior AmeriCorps program operates in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The program focuses its efforts on a single priority area: education. Thirty-five (35) full-time members serve in schools, service agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the seven counties. School-based members tutor and mentor students who need support to achieve school success. During afterschool hours and in the summers, these members initiate youth-enrichment programs. Other members enhance quality in preschool and childcare programs. All members are responsible for coordinating community-wide service projects and recruiting volunteers to meet the region's educational and human needs. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Host Site Contact Adams Township Schools Pat Rozich PO box 37 Painesdale, Michigan 49955 Phone: (906) 482-0599 Baraga Area Schools Cathie Stanaway PO Box 428 Baraga, Michigan 49908 Phone: (906) 353-6664 BHK Child Development Board Rod Liimatainen 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Breitung Township Schools Craig Allen 2000 Pyle Drive Kingsford, Michigan 49802 Phone: (906) 779-2650 Counties Served Houghton Baraga Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw Dickinson 29 Updated January 2008 �Chassell Township Schools Michael Gaunt PO Box 140 Chassell, Michigan 49916 Phone: (906) 523-4691 Copper Country ISD Dennis Harbour PO Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Area Schools Jan Quarless PO Box 371 Dollar Bay, Michigan 49922 Phone: (906) 482-5800 Forest Park Schools Tom Jayne 401 Superior Avenue Crystal Falls, Michigan 49920 Phone: (906) 875-2121 Goodwill Farm Mark Lambert POBox 428 Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-0520 Hancock Public Schools John Vaara 417 Quincy St. Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 487-5925 Houghton-Portage Township Schools Bill Polkinghome 1603 Gundlach Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-4871 Iron Mountain Public Schools Denny Chartier 800 East E Street Iron Mountain, Michigan 49801 Phone: (906) 779-2620 Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools Craig Sundblad 601 Calumet Street Lake Linden, Michigan 49945 Phone: (906) 296-6221 Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Cathy Aten 527 Hancock Street Hancock, Michigan 49930 Houghton Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw Houghton Iron Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw Houghton Houghton Dickinson Houghton Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw 30 Updated January 2008 �Phone: (906) 482-6944 North Dickinson County Schools Dickinson Claude Siders W6588 M-69 Felch, Michigan 49831 Phone: (906) 542-9281 Public Schools ofCalumet-Laurium-Keweenau Houghton, Keweenaw Bob Barrette 57070 Mine Street Calumet, Michigan 49913 Phone: (906) 337-0311 Western UP District Health Department Gogebic, Ontonagon Barbara Maronen 540 Depot Street Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-7382 $191,866 VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON'S AMERICORPS Lisa Schillaci, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 772-6600 x 15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americorps@volunteermuskegon.org Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps members are placed at several sites in Muskegon County. The fifteen full-time members and five summer-time members engage K-12 youth in servicelearning projects to build development assets in Muskegon's youth. Members develop strong skills in youth development, experiential learning techniques, grass roots community problem solving, and leadership skills. Muskegon's AmeriCorps team is dedicated to building awareness of national service and facilitating large-scale service projects on days of national service. County(ies) Served: Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, Lake Host Site Contact Youth Volunteer Corps Martha Bottomley 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 722-6600 x 10 M-TEC Joanna Hoppa 571 Apple Avenue Muskegon, Michigan 49441 Phone: (231) 720-2536 Health Project Laura Fitzpatrick 565 W. Western Counties Served Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon 31 Updated January 2008 �Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 728-3201 M-TEC Joanna Hoppa 571 Apple Avenue Muskegon, Michigan 49441 Phone: (231) 720-2536 Health Project Laura Fitzpatrick 565 W. Western Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 728-3201 Hackley Life Counseling Marc Graves 1352 Terrace Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 726-3582 x233 Access Health Cheryl Schneider PO Box 0238 Muskegon, Michigan 49443 Phone: (231) 728-5180 x 102 YMCA Carolyn Waterstradt 900 W. Western Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 722-9622 Webster House Heather Wiegand 1221 W. Laketon Avenue Muskegon, Michigan 49441 Phone: (231) 759-7909 Orchard View Community Education Pat Walstra 1074 Shnoat Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone:(231)760-1353 Girl Scouts Peggy Scouten 1217 East River Road Muskegon, Michigan 49445 Phone: (231) 744-4774 Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon Muskegon, Oceana, Newaygo, Lake 32 Updated January 2008 �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN SERVICE COMMISSION Every one of us wants our children to grow into skilled, aware, and responsible adults. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. A 2005 study of Michigan schools shows: • • • More teachers and students (compared to the same study in 2002) are engaging in service-learning Twenty-eight percent of teachers integrate service-learning into their instruction and 29 percent of students are engaged. Four percent of the schools surveyed have a service-learning requirement while ten percent have a community service requirement for graduation. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning opportunities in schools and community organizations. For the 2007-08 program year, the MCSC manages: • • 22 School-Based programs where K-12 teachers tie service-learning projects to the regular curriculum. Current funding is $420,252 One Community-Based program grant is given to Michigan State University 4-H Extension in the amount of $315,146 Service-learning has been shown to: • • • Increase motivation to learn, Lower drop out rates, and Build critical thinking and problem solving skills. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 2007-08 Learn and Serve Michigan KALKASKA CRAWFORD WEXFORD •• OSCEOLA CLARE NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA leam and Serve- Michigan Community-Based programs serve these counties OGEMAW • MIDLAND GRATIOT MONTCALM • • • • • • KENT these counties • OSCODA • • MISSAUKEE FOSCOI1oMJN LAKE leam and Serve- Michigan • School-Based programs serve - CLINTON IONIA ALLEGAN • CASS BARRY EATON • LIVINGSTON INGHAM •• KALAMAZOO CALHOUN ST JOSEPH BRANCH • OAKLAND •• JACKSON HILLSDALE LENAWEE Updated: October 17, 2007 �School-based Numbers: 52, 641 students participated in Learn and Serve - Michigan programs. Students provided 454,557 hours of service to their communities. 1753 teachers participated in Learn and Serve programs this year. 4465 volunteers gave their time to Learn and Serve programs. 15,991 disadvantaged youth were engaged as service-learners. 12,217 disadvantaged youth were served this year. 96 Community revitalization projects were completed this year. Our programs exceed the median national totals for all categories including: number of participants, number of teachers, hours of service, numbers of volunteers, and number of partners. Community-based Numbers: 209 students were engaged in the inaugural year of the Peer Mentoring program managed by Michigan State University Extension 4H. 3,480 hours of service were given by participants to mentees. 50 partner agencies were engaged in the program. Great Stories: English and English as a Second Language middle school teachers, Sue Linder and Jen Ostheimer, teamed their classes to accomplish a literacy project that provided bi-lingual books for Spanish speaking children and comprehension pamphlets for their parents. Books and pamphlets for parents were also taken to six other elementary media centers in the district for student use. The Mackinac County Better Understanding with Students (BUS) mentoring program paired high school students with elementary school students in one-on-one mentoring relationships that take place several days a week on the school bus. Students in the Engadine School District often have bus rides of an hour or more, and high school and elementary students ride the same bus. Before this program, students had little to occupy themselves during the ride, which often resulted in poor behavior and animosity between the older and younger students. After the program was implemented, the bus driver reported fewer behavioral incidents and a more positive atmosphere on the bus. Several neighboring school districts have requested information on replicating this program in their schools. Wayne Westland Community Schools implemented a comprehensive freshman transition program that has upper classmen mentoring incoming freshmen. The program is aligned with the High School Content Expectations for English Language Arts and follows the Michigan Merit Curriculum of the Michigan Department of Education. Ionia Intermediate School District led the development of 'The �Box," an effective service-learning practices professional development program. The Box equips grantees to deliver research-based professional development to the educators. A national role out will begin at the National Service-Learning Conference in 2008. National Recognition: Kari Simon-Pieters of St. Johns received a Spirit of Service Award from CNCS for her outstanding Learn and Serve activities. Her "Chemistry in the Community'' class joined the Stoney Creek Watershed Project to test water quality, report data to Michigan State University and watershed landowners, and share project results. Deborah Wagner from the Ionia County Intermediate School District received the State Farm Service-Learning Practitioner Leadership Award. The award recognizes those who have equipped young people to lead and serve, through their direct work with youth and by nurturing other practitioners. Special Events: Service-Learning Youth Advisory Council trainings were held in Lansing and Marquette. The Institute on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement was held in partnership with Michigan Campus Compact at Schoolcraft College in Livonia and drew more than 350 educators and students from K-12 and higher education. Outstanding Service-Learning Awards were given to four outstanding awardees. The standing-room-only event recognized outstanding educators, projects, and administrators from across the state. The first-ever Sustainability Symposium was held, which included Learn and Serve and AmeriCorps grantees. Jim Toole, a national expert from the Compass Institute, facilitated the intensive work. Participants left with long-term strategies for sustaining their programs. 1 4 h Annual Urban Institute, in collaboration with the National Youth Leadership Council, was held at Wayne State University. The event drew more than 100 service-learning professionals from across the nation. In honor of the National Learn and Serve Challenge, a proclamation was received from Governor Granholm and a resolution was received from the State Board of Education honoring the efforts of Michigan students and teachers involved in service-learning. The Corporation for National and Community Service and the Service-Learning Partnership praised the MCSC for its work to raise service-learning awareness. �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN COMMUNITY-BASED COMMUNITY ROSTER SERVICE 2007-2008 COMMISSION MICIDGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 4-H EXTENSION $315,146 Cyndi Mark, Ph.D. Program Leader 4-H Youth Development Children, Youth and Family Programs Michigan State University Extension 160 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 Phone: (517)432-7602 Fax: ( 517) 355-67 48 Email: markc@anr.msu.edu The Michigan 4-H Peer Mentoring and Service Learning program is increasing the number of disadvantaged youth matched with peer mentors by recruiting more than 700 peer mentors that will serve at least 900 mentees. The program will be conducted by Michigan State University Extension and implemented in at least 20 counties. Peer mentors will gain skills in social development, citizenship, and leadership while they provide the younger student with a stable role model. 1 2007-08 CB summaries �ADDRESS COUNTY TELEPHONE Antrim ANTRIM CO MSU EXT PO BOX427 BELLAIRE, Ml49615-0427 231-533-8818 COUNTY EXTENSION DIRECTOR Stanley Moore Benzie BENZIE CO MSU EXT PO BOX349 GOVERNMENTAL CENTER BEULAH, Ml49617-0349 Clinton CO MSU EXT County Courthouse, Suite 100 E. State Street St. Johns, Ml 48879 CRAWFORD CO MSU EXT 200 MICHIGAN AVE COUNTY BUILDING GRAYLING, Ml 49738-1743 Dickinson CO MSU EXT Community Services Center 800 Crystal Lake Blvd. Iron Mountain Ml, 49801 GRATIOT CO MSU EXT 214 E. CENTER ST. ITHACA, Ml 48847-1446 INGHAM CO MSU EXT POBOX319 MASON, Ml 48854-0319 losco CO MSU EXT PO Box599 Tawas City, Ml 48764 LEELANAU CO MSU EXT PO Box 987 201 Chandler Leland, Ml 49654 LUCE CO MSU EXT ROOM 26, COUNTY BLDG 407 W HARRIE ST NEWBERRY, Ml49868-1208 MACKINAC CO MSU EXT COURTHOUSE 100 MARLEY ST ST IGNACE, Ml49781-1495 MACOMB CO MSU EXT STE 12, VERKUILEN BLDG 21885 DUNHAM RD CLINTON TWP, Ml480361030 231-882-0025 Steve Fouch fouch@msu.edu Patty Roth Norika Kida 4-H Educator AmeriCorps VISTA bannon(la@msu.edu kida@msu.edu 989-224-5240 Dave ivan ivand@msu.edu Theresa Silm CYF Educator silm@msu.edu 989-344-3264 Linda Cronk cronkl@msu.edu Nancy Persing Brie Blaauw 4-H Educator AmeriCorps VISTA (lersing@msu.edu blaauwb@msu.edu 906-774-0363 Beth Waitrovich waitrovi@msu.edu Rebecca Krans 4-H Educator kransr@msu.edu 989-875-5233 Dan Rossman rossman@msu.edu Katie Eisenberger Susan Smoker 4-H Educator Gratiot lSD mccuneka@msu.edu ssmoker@almaschools.net 517-876-7207 Randy Bell bellr@msu.edu Stephanie Cluley Kimberly Martus 4-HPA Program Coordinator scluley@ingham.org martuski@msu.edu 989-362-3449 William Carpenter Carpent9@msu.edu Linda Stemen 4-H Educator stemen@msu.edu 231-256-9888 Jim Bardenhagen bardenha@msu.edu Barb Duvall Linda Smith 4-H Educator Program Coordinator duvall@msu.edu smit1243@msu.edu 906-293-3203 Nancy Kipling kigling@msu.edu Nancy Kipling Catarina Edison Carrie Crigier CEO 4-H Educator Program Coordinator kigling@msu.edu edisonc@msu.edu Carriecrigier@yahoo.com 906-843-7307 Michelle Walk walkmich@msu.edu Joyce Belonga Paula Ramelis Phil Quinn 4-H Educator Program Coordinator AmeriCorps Member belonga@msu.edu ramelis@msu.edu guinnghil@anr.msu.edu 586-469-5180 Marilyn Rudzinski rudzinsk@msu.edu Kathy Jamieson Jan Gwodz Karen Hakim Kevin Lewandowski 4-H Educator 4-H PA Program Coordinator AmeriCorps Member Jamies13@msu.edu jan.gwodz@macombcountymi COUNTY Clinton Crawford Dickinson Gratiot Ingham Iasco Leelanau Luce Mackinac Macomb Oakland Ogemaw Oscoda Presque Isle OAKLAND CO MSU EXT DEPT 416 1200 N TELEGRAPH RD, PONTIAC, Ml48341-1032 Ogemaw CO MSU EXT 205 S. Eighth West Branch, Ml 48661 OSCODA CO MSU EXT Courthouse Annex PO Box69 Mia, Ml 4864 7 PRESQUE ISLE CO MSU EXT CEO EMAIL ADDRESS moorest@msu.edu PROGRAM STAFF/CONTACT Dee Miller Contact Title/Position 4-H Educator PROGRAM STAFF/CONTAC EMAIL ADDRESS Mille454@msu.edu QY Karen.Hakim@macombcount~ ,.gQY 248-858-0889 Beverly Terry teqybev@msu.edu Tom Schneider Caroline Vang 4-H Educator Program Coordinator lewand61@msu.edu Schnei36@msu.edu Carolinevang121 @hotmail.cor 989-345-0692 Fred Hinkley hinkley@msu.edu Dorothy Munn 4-H Educator munnd@msu.edu 989-826-1160 Phil Durst durstp@msu.edu Phil Durst CEO durstg@msu.edu 989-734-2168 VACANT David Glenn Kattly Karsten CEO 4-H PA glenn@msu.edu karsten6@msu.edu �Saginaw Schoolcraft Van Buren Wayne PO BOX 110 ROGERS CITY, Ml 497790110 SAGINAW CO MSU EXT One Tuscola St., Suite 100 Saginaw, Ml 48607 SCHOOLCRAFT CO MSU EXT COURTHOUSE ROOM218 MANISTIQUE, Ml 49854-1485 VAN BUREN CO MSU EXT SUITE A 801 HAZEN STREET PAW PAW, Ml49079-1077 WAYNE CO MSU EXT 640 Temple St., 61h Floor Detroit, M148201 State 4-H Office 160 Agriculture Hall Michigan State University East Lansing, Ml 48824-1039 Tathy Arkwood Program Coordinator tarkwood@oacsd.ccm 989-758-2500 Ruth Miller millerr@msu.edu Kim Towne 4-H Educator townek@msu.edu 906-341 -8601 David Andersen ander51 O@msu.edu Deb Gierke Heidi Johnson Family Resource PA Program Coordinator gierke@msu.edu john2724@msu.edu 269-657-8213 Julie Pioch 1;1iochj@msu.edu Janice Zerbe 4-H Educator rajzerj@msu.edu 313-833-3412 Rukeia Draw 4-H Educator rukciad@msu.cdu (517)432-7602 CyndiMark Program Leader markc0)msu.edu (517)432-7608 Julie Chapin Program Leader chapin(filmsu.edu (517)432-7650 Chris Stickney Assoc. Program Leader stickne4@msu.edu PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE : October I, 2007 - September 30, 2008 TOTAL AMOUNT PER COUNTY: $15,000 for first and $10,000 for year 2 & 3 based on funding and completion of goals and objectives. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Learn and Serve - Michigan School-Based Programs ROSTER �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY ROSTER SERVICE 2007-2008 COMMISSION Implementation Grant - $15,000 BELDING AREA SCHOOLS Mary Beth Cluley Belding Area Schools 1975 Orchard Street Belding, Michigan 48809 Phone: (616) 794-4 707 Fax: (616) 794-4726 Email: cluleym@bas-kl2.org The Belding Area School is in it's second year as a grantee and will focus on five areas that will grow and help sustain their program. They will update their web page to include service-learning resources for teachers and partners. The Service-Learning Coordinator will select building representatives who will work with her to provide localized service-learning support. Expanded professional development opportunities will be delivered this year in order to reach teachers not previously engaged. Student presentations will be encouraged as a means for generating more interest and support for service-learning. Finally, the program advisory board will develop an awards program to recognize staff, volunteers and students involved in service-learning. These five strategies will get them closer to implementing the Belding Area Schools vision for service-learning- "students will experience service-learning every year in every grade". County(ies) Served: District Only- Ionia County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 Kelly Pringle Carson City-Crystal Area Schools 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989) 584-3138 Fax: (989) 584-3043 Email: kpringle@carsonci ty.k 12 .mi. us The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with American Red Cross certifications and community clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on increased teacher training and increased school and community partnership. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County 1 Updated December 5, 2007 �CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Matt Somsel CASMAN Alternative Academy 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee.org Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 Casman Alternative Academy's plan to increase the role of service-learning implementation by: the inclusion of service-learning in all core classes at each grade level, coordination of sequential service-learning projects across all subjects, increased student roles at all stages of projects development, formation of a reliable and productive advisory board, alignment of service-learning with state benchmarks, a partnership with a university to provide evaluation and assessment services, the development of partnerships and an increase in volunteers for projects, and a balance of one time projects and other long term interdisciplinary projects. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $15,000 CHARLEVOIX PUBLIC SCHOOLS Gail Cherry Charlevoix Public Schools 5200 Mario Center Road Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-3222 Fax: (231) 54 7-3245 Email: gcherry@rayder.net In 2007-2008, Charlevoix Public Schools will focus on building a sustainable service-learning program. The grant coordinator and curriculum teams will address school improvement goals by tying service-learning to state standards and benchmarks. They will continue training teachers on service-learning via professional development activities, core team meetings, and sharing of successes by pilot teachers during staff meetings. Service-learning will be tied to curriculum development goals and school mission statement. Teachers as service-learning guides are being targeted for each district school so that they can champion the cause of opening up the classroom to include community engagement. County(ies) Served: District Only- Charlevoix County Implementation Grant - $15,000 CHASSELL TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS James Frantti Chassell Township Schools 41585 U.S. Highway 41-P.O. Box 140 Chassell, Michigan 49916 Phone: (906)523-4691 Fax: (906) 523-4969 Email: franttij@cts.kl2.mi.us 2 Updated December 5, 2007 �The Chassell Township Schools' service-learning coordinator, district administration, and advisory board will work to increase service-learning in the district and take steps to sustain service-learning as a viable teaching model for their classrooms. Service-learning and Character Counts will be joined as an elective to support school improvement plans in the middle and elementary grades. They will continue to strengthen the connection to the community, especially through a partnership with the Chassell Lions Club and the Township Board. The program will seek additional participation in, and support for service-learning, through expanded professional development and public relations efforts. County(ies) Served: District Only- Houghton County CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Contact: Davie Reschke Clarkston Community Schools 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Tel: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm@clarkston.k 12.mi. us Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 Clarkston Community Schools plans to expand on the service-learning activities established in the previous years. The advisory board will be expanded to include more local agencies and youth. The program will offer follow up meetings for teachers who participate in training workshops will enhance professional development. A mini-grant procedure will be used to encourage project development and a public relations initiative will be used to develop additional support for this effort. This year nearly 3,000 students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Carla Strome Copper Country ISD 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 782-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.k 12.mi. us Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 Efforts during the 2007-2008 school year will focus on sustainability within districts already having success with service-learning and additional work in districts not yet embracing service-learning. In districts where teachers are successfully implementing service projects, efforts will target key teachers to develop mentors through extra training and networking. In districts where service-learning is not yet being utilized, efforts will focus on recruiting more teachers through training and guidance throughout project implementation. Adding a service-learning newsletter and a summer institute to the program will highlight success and encourage community partners to become a part of service-learning. The CCISD will continue to maintain a listserv to be utilized for communication and a web page devoted to service-learning activities and resources for teachers. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw 3 Updated December 5, 2007 �Implementation Grant - $24,500 GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Martha Gale Grand Blanc Community Schools 11920 South Saginaw Street Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 Phone: (810) 591-6931 Fax: (810) 591-6431 Email: mgale@grandblancschools.org The Grand Blanc Community Schools are seeking funds to enhance their service-learning program that allows students and/or teachers to design service-learning activities around what they determine to be community needs based on their current studies. Allowing participants to design their own activity, is an integral part of this initiative. Allowing students to take an active role in the design of their servicelearning helps foster their sense of civic responsibility, empathy, higher-order thinking skills and problem solving skills. The coordinator plans to use the program to help bridge the large socioeconomic gap that currently exists in the school district by giving students the opportunity to work together to solve shared community issues. County(ies) Served: District Only- Genesee County Implementation Grant - $15,000 INLAND LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT Susan Whitener Inland Lakes Schools 5243 South Straits Highway Indian River, Michigan 49749 Phone: (231) 238-8896 Fax: (231) 238-4181 Email: swhitener@inlandlakes.org Inland Lakes Schools was awarded a Learn and Serve - Michigan planning grant in 2006. During the 20072008 school year, Inland Lakes Schools will develop and implement a minimum of six service-learning projects. Approximately 450 students will participate. Students will take an active role in developing the projects and all projects will align with State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. The program coordinator will work with administrative and teaching staff to develop and implement programs. The program advisory board will be expanded to include students and parents and they will work together to identify additional program expertise and resources. County(ies) Served: District Only- Cheboygan County 4 Updated December 5, 2007 �KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 Deborah Crandell Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools Brethren High School 440 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone: (231) 477-5355 Fax: (231) 477-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Over the past decade, Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools (KNDS) have used service learning to increase the academic achievement of students while fostering a culture of service in the region. The program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: • Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide • Enabling each student to experience service-learning at each level • Developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, • And encouraging active participation in communities With it's final year of Learn and Serve -Michigan funding KNDS will continue to engage students in community problem solving, increase graduation rates and build commitment among the teaching and administrative staff. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $40,000 KENT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Steve Dieleman Kent ISD 2930 Knapp NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 365-2271 Fax: (616) 364-1489 Email: stevedieleman@kentisd.org The Kent County Intermediate School District (KISD) supports instruction in the classroom and student achievement. The goal of their Learn and Serve- Michigan grant is to expand service-learning as an instructional methodology. Through this grant, KISD students will demonstrate academic and social skills while helping others at school and in the community. Students will demonstrate mastery in a core academic subject and develop Career Pathway employability skills. The program will be expanded by adding two new school districts to the program and by offering additional support to the existing two school districts. The district will use the Rubric for the Sustainability of High Quality Service-Learning as a guide for deeply integrating their program. Kent ISD will also continue to include additional special populations including low-income, special education and preschool students. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County Implementation Grant - $24,500 LAKE ORION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MaryAnne Thorndycraft Lake Orion Community Schools 45 5 East Scripps Road 5 Updated December 5, 2007 �Lake Orion, Michigan 48360 Phone: (248) 693-5436 Fax: (248) 693-5670 Email: mthorndycraft@lakeorion.k 12 .mi. us In the first year of funding, Lake Orion Community Schools worked to incorporate service-learning into the "culture" of the district, making it both sequential and sustainable. Over the next year they will be targeting the administrative level with presentations at the administrative Council meetings. They will also be improving teacher development with workshops focused on deepening the impact of service-learning and the understanding the Principles of Effective Practice for service-learning so that the projects will be of sufficient intensity and duration. They will be adding projects at three more buildings and will be working to increase the community and administrative support of their service-learning efforts. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Carla Stone Lowell Area Schools 11700 Vergennes Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 682-4125 Fax: (616) 897-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.kl2.mi.us Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Lowell Area Schools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve people in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the planned and progressive training and support ofteachers and administration, as well as businesses and organizations within the community. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County MARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY (MARESA) Robert Koehs, Educational Consultant Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 (906) 226-5116 Email: bkoehs@maresa.k12.mi.us Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan University has implemented a service-learning initiative for the past 3 Yz years. In the coming school year, the program will be enhanced by increased teachers support, expansion of teacher professional development with a stronger connection to the State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. Throughout the project, schools in five Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. The counties will include Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa and Mackinaw. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette 6 Updated December 5, 2007 �Implementation Grant - $15,000 0NAWAY AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOL Robert Szymoniak Onaway Area Community School Box 307 Onaway, Michigan 49765 Phone:(989)733-4950 Fax: (989) 733-4998 Email: bszymoniak@oacsd.com Onaway Area Schools will build upon the previous year of Learn and Serve - Michigan funding by increasing the capacity and interest among staff members to develop and implement effective servicelearning for students. The program coordinator will continue to nurture existing community partnerships, while fostering new relationships. Finally, they will make stronger connections between service-learning, curriculum and school improvement so that the experiences are meaningful and tightly aligned with State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. County(ies) Served: District Only- Presque Isle County Implementation Grant - $15,000 PENNFIELD SCHOOLS Contact: Edward terSteeg Pennfield Schools 8587 Pennfield Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 961-9781 Fax: (269) 961-9799 Email: tersteee@pennfield.k12.mi.us Pennfield Schools will focus on three service-learning goals in 2007-2008: Improve student performance and achievement through service-learning. Help to develop and internalize the attitudes and perceptions of students and teachers regarding the personal and civic value of service-learning Meet documented needs within the community To achieve these goals, Pennfield Schools will: 1) build the organizational infrastructure to support more and deeper service-learning activities; 2) adding professional learning events each semester; 3) expanding community outreach; 4) expanding the size and purpose of the advisory board; 5) reformulating existing clubs and organizations to better support service-learning; 6) and augment the evaluation plan to include formative and summative elements that will allow for program improvement as well as articulating the outcomes and impact of service-learning in the district. County(ies) Served: District Only- Calhoun County 7 Updated December 5, 2007 �SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fred Osborn Shelby Public Schools 155 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 Tel: (231) 861-5541 Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: osbofm@shelby.k12.mi.us Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 The goal of the 2007-2008 institutionalization grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners involved in service-learning at all grade levels while maintaining the infrastructure that supports the service-learning program. The long-term goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning experience at each educational level, sequential experiences, and have the activities be of a sustained or significant duration so that student involvement lasts for a minimum of 40 hours per school year and covering multiple disciplines. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oceana County SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Institutionalization Mary Lou Provost Southgate Community School District 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195-1891 Tel: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.k12.mi.us Grant - $24,500 "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is in its sixth year implementation of a Learn and Serve grant. The goal ofthis program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curriculum with special relevance to the core democratic values. Students at each grade levels K-5, 6-9 and 10-12, including the alternative high school, will have a quality service-learning experience. They will learn how to conduct a community needs assessment and identify a need. They will consider how to address the need by designing service-learning programs in a way that connects with classroom instruction. A combination of mini-grant and professional development activities will support teachers as they improve their service-learning instructional skills. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County Implementation Grant - $24,500 TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Pat Lewallen Traverse City Area Public Schools P.O. Box 32 Traverse City, Michigan 49685 Phone: (231) 933-1798 Fax: (231) 933-1782 Email: lewallenpa@admin.tcaps.net 8 Updated December 5, 2007 �The Traverse City Area Public Schools' (TCAPS) Youth-to-Youth Initiative (Y2Y): Learning for Action for the 2007-2008 school year will focus on a micro-finance service-learning program for middle school and high school students. This program will extend the delivery of service-learning curriculum into new grade levels, new content areas, and supports their multi-year strategy for establishing K-12 service-learning integration with TCAPS' curriculum. They will provide tools and instructional strategies that link to curriculum and help students to sucesssfully learn and apply concepts of financial literacy, stewardship of natural and financial resources, and global citizenship. County(ies) Served: District Only- Grand Traverse County WILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Kristine A. Grunwald Williamston Community Schools 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 x 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wmston.k12.mi.us Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 The purpose of this fifth year grant is threefold. The first focus will be to provide professional development and material resources to enable those buildings not yet fully implementing service-learning to replicate successful programs started in other buildings. They will also guide experienced service-learning teachers to develop authentic assessments of their service-learning practices as a model for the non-participating teaching staff and helping train their colleagues in effective service-learning assessment. The final focus is to continue to expand the dissemination of service-learning experiences within the community and educational network of teachers throughout the state. The anticipated impact will be to promote servicelearning in other districts. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County 9 Updated December 5, 2007 �2007-08 Learn and Serve- Michigan School-Based Urban Grant Urban Grant- $10,000 YMCA SERVICE LEARNING ACADEMY Eylastine Green-Roberts, Superintendent 21605 W. Seven Mile Road Detroit, Michigan 48219 Phone: (313) 541-7619 Fax: (313) 541-7656 Email: erobert@ymcasla.org The goal ofthe YMCA Service Learning Academy's service-learning effort is to engage all1,112 students in age appropriate, meaningful projects by the end of the 2008 school year. Two master level instructors and an Assistant Professor of Education at Eastern Michigan University will guide the teaching staff to provide professional development, coordinate projects and share best practices with others in the field. Urban Grant- $10,000 RENAISSANCE HIGH SCHOOL Gail Russell-Jones Principal 6565 W. Outer Drive Detroit, Michigan 48235 Phone: (313) 416-4600 Fax: (313) 416-4620 Email: gail.russell-jones@detroitk 12.org Renaissance High School will establish a long term service learning program that will start with an initiative to engage the entire student body. Under the leadership of two initiatives to promote self awareness and civic responsibility among the predominately African American students. At the completion of the 2007-2008 school year, an annual community project planned and implemented with the Jerry L. White Center which is housed in the Renaissance High School Building. The Jerry L. White Center provides educational services to students aged 14-19 with moderate to severe cognitive impairments. 10 Updated January 15, 2008 �I"'ICHIGAN JCf/:.~~\' ;) I'OU.\TEER l ,lJ.' COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION INVES'r+IENT MICHIGAN'S VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS GIMJVTS Since 1998, the Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants (Michigan's VIG) have supported the volunteer infrastructure by increasing the capacity of organizations so that they are better equipped to mobilize volunteers. Volunteers are essential ingredients to the health and vitality of our communities and act as critical problem-solving resources to communities. According to the April2007 Volunteering in America report by the Corporation for National and Community Service, nearly one-third of volunteers who served in 2005 did not volunteer the following year. This represents an estimated annual loss to nonprofits of approximately $30 billion dollars worth of volunteer service. The Michigan's VIG is designed to stimulate innovative strategies that increase and sustain strong volunteer initiatives. In the 2008 program year, $250,000 of state funding is being granted to 14 volunteer organizations. There are three focus areas: • • • Goals • • • • Mentoring - ensure that all of our youth have ongoing relationships with stable, caring individuals. Boomers - capture the talents, skills, energy and experience of adult volunteers born between 1946 and 1964. Engaging All Youth in Service - increase volunteer and service-learning opportunities for youth in disadvantaged circumstances of the Michigan's VIG Increase the organization's ability to more effectively engage volunteers. Increase the number of volunteers and the number of services provided to those in need. Facilitate and enhance community partnerships that support volunteerism. Employ innovative methods to sustain the proposed volunteer activities. Match Requirements Michigan's VIG applicants must provide a $1-to $1 local match. The match funds may be cash or in-kind but may not include match from other MCSC funded initiatives or State of Michigan General Funds. Updated: January 14, 2008- page 1 �MICHIGAN VOLUNTEER COMMU~ITY SERVICE COMMISSION • 2008 JU!CHIGAN'S INvesrJtENr Volunteer Investment Grant GRANTS Volunteer Investment Grants serve these counties ' ~v-,z;:;~~~ r:a,n"~i·" :~ri.~·,w.:~- Updated : Febmary 7, 2008 �M!CHIGI\N JJJC/1/({4.\ S IOU.\IFfR COMMUNITY SERVICE CCtv\l·AiSS!ON LV!LSJ:IJL\T MICHIGAN'S VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS ROSTER 2008 (/R{\T\ Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living-Washtenaw Youth Mentoring Coalition $10,000 Jennifer Chapin-Smith Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living 3941 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 481 08 Phone: (734) 971-0277 Fax: (734) 971-0826 Email: jchapin@aacil.org County Served: Washtenaw The Washtenaw Youth Mentoring Coalition will enhance mentoring efforts in Washtenaw County by increasing public awareness, developing partnerships, increasing recruitment and referrals of potential mentors, and enhancing the capacity of local mentoring organizations. The project will recruit 150 prospective mentors and 50 percent ofthe Coalition member organizations will improve their ability to locate and utilize resources that improve youth services. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint $20,000 Reta Stanley Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 410 East Second Street Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone: (810) 235-0617 Fax: (810) 235-0689 Email: retastanley@bbbsflint.org County Served: Genesee Grant funds will be used to support mentoring marketing and recruitment activities in Genesee County. Grant funds will be used to support efforts to reduce the current waiting list of 375 unmatched youth through the engagement of high school students and baby boomers. $18,242 Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council Gail Orange Camp Fire USA West Michigan Council 1257 East Beltline, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: gayle.orange@campfire.usawmc.org 1 Updated February 15, 2008 �County Served: Kent Camp Fire will support Operation SAGE: Seniors Active, Giving & Enriching volunteer recruitment and retention program. Grant funds will be used to recruit Camp Fire alumni (females 55+) to serve in Camp Fire's after-school and summer programs. Operation SAGE supports Camp Fire's organizational sustainability by creating a base of older volunteers to complement and expand the existing base of primarily college-age volunteers. Camp Fire plans to recruit 25 to 50 older adult volunteers with 75 percent of the volunteers reporting a positive volunteer experience. $9,252 Catholic Services of Macomb Suzanne Szczepanski-White Catholic Services ofMacomb 15945 Canal Clinton Township, Michigan 48038 Phone: (586) 416-2300 Fax: (586) 416-2308 Email: s.white@csmacomb.org County Served: Macomb Catholic Services of Macomb will support boomer and mentor volunteer recruitment. Grant funds will be used to expand the capacity to recruit and place boomer volunteers and expand partnerships for volunteer placement. The project will also explore mentoring program models for implementation by the RSVP of Macomb. Targeted outcomes are an increase in boomer volunteers, mentors, youth served, and mentor and mentee satisfaction. Communities In Schools of Detroit, Inc. $20,000 Pandora Brown Communities in Schools Detroit 5830 Field Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 571-3400 Fax: (313) 571-3404 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org County Served: Wayne County Communities In Schools ofDetroit, Inc. (CIS) will recruit, train, place, and retain 200 volunteers born between 1946 and 1964-better known as boomers. The volunteers will serve in metro Detroit schools to tutor at-risk children through the readetroit initiative. CIS will retain volunteers by better assessing volunteer skills and preferences, better matching the preferences to the opportunities, developing new service opportunities, offering training and continuous development, and recognizing volunteer contributions. 2 Updated February 15, 2008 �$19,108 Human Development Commission Mary Ann Vandemark Human Development Commission 429 Montague Avenue Caro, Michigan 48723 Phone: (989) 673-4121 Fax: (989) 673-2031 Email: maryannv@hdc-caro.org Counties Served: Huron and Sanilac The Human Development Commission will implement the Volunteer Leadership in our Community (VLOC) project. The VLOC will utilize baby boomers skills, talents, knowledge, and experience to support and assist organizations in rural settings. These highly skilled individuals will become volunteer leaders to help identify the needs of organizations and will work collaboratively to create effective strategies to meet those needs. The project will recruit primarily boomer volunteers and coordinate with other volunteer service providers such as the Foster Grandparents Program and the Thumb Volunteer Alliance. Kalamazoo Communities in Schools $6,196 Pam Kingery Kalamazoo Communities in Schools 125 West Exchange Place Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Phone: (269) 337-1601 Fax: (269) 385-5806 Email: pkingery@kcis.us County Served: Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Communities in Schools will increase the distribution of the Retention and Recruitment Resource Kit and build a network of business partners to increase resources and engage potential volunteers. CIS-Kalamazoo and the Great Start Collaborative have determined that businesses play a critical role in promoting family engagement by promoting environments that are flexible to allow mentoring and encouraging such activities. The Resource Kit was created to help businesses identify ways to help employees faced with balancing career and family responsibilities. Little Brother - Friends of the Elderly $10,984 Michael Aten Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly 527Hancock Street Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-6944 Fax: (906) 482-6106 Email: maten.hou@littlebrothers.rog Counties Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon 3 Updated February 15, 2008 �The Little Brother- Friends of the Elderly will purchase and integrate a new volunteer database that will replace and improve upon an outdated system. As a result of this systemic change, the program will increase its capacity to better recruit, mobilize, and retain volunteers. Access to expanded information, which will be an important component of the new database, will enable the program to solicit targeted volunteer audiences, in this case baby boomers. Oak Park Business and Education Alliance $20,000 Lori Fidler Oak Park Business and Educations Alliance 25900 Greenfield Road, Suite 200A Oak Park, Michigan 48237 Phone: (248) 967-0457 Fax: (248) 967-1054 Email: lori@opbea.org County Served: Oakland The Oak Park Business and Education Alliance (OPBEA) will serve approximately 60 students transitioning from 5th to 6th grade at three local elementary and middle schools. The project will also implement programming for the Faces of the Future mentoring program graduates in 91h-11 th grades, which will engage them in community service activities. The grant includes recruitment of 30 new community volunteers, an evaluation component, and promotional materials, supplies, and equipment. United Way Volunteer Center of Chippewa County-Everyone Can Serve Kristina Beamish $12,400 United Way Volunteer Center of Chippewa County P.O. Box 451 Saulte St. Marie, Michigan 49783 Phone: (906) 253-9839 Fax: (906) 632-3190 Email: kristina@unitedwayofchippewacounty.org Counties Served: Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac The United Way of Chippewa County will support the Everyone Can Serve program. This endeavor will unite partner organization to engage local youth from disadvantaged circumstances in service in and out of the classroom. Grant funds will be used to prepare student teachers, via an intensive training opportunity, to conduct meaningful and effective service-learning activities. As a result, at least 20 student teachers will conduct 20 service-learning lessons with 500 students, to perform 1,000 hours of service. United Way of Northwest Michigan Volunteer Center $20,000 Pamela Prairie United Way ofNorthwest Michigan 521 South Union Street Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 947-3200 4 Updated February 15, 2008 �Fax: (231) 947-3201 Email: pam@unitedway.tcnet.org Counties Served: Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, and Leelanau The United Way ofNorthwest Michigan will build and strengthen the virtual capacity of its Volunteer Center in order to significantly increase volunteerism among boomers and youth. Strategic use of Internet resources will efficiently link volunteers and nonprofits across a rural, five-county area. In addition, these grant funds will help provide Volunteer Use and Management training for 50 of the 200 nonprofits served, leading to improved volunteer recruitment and placement. The organization expects to increase the number of boomer and youth volunteers by 30 to 45 percent over the next three years and to increase the readiness of nonprofits to utilize volunteer resources. Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan, Inc. $10,839 Doris Higgins Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan 210 East Main Street, Suite 237 Niles, Michigan 49120 Phone: (269) 683-5464 Fax: (269) 683-1220 Email: director@volunteerswmi.org Counties Served: Berrien, Cass, Van Buren The Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan, Inc., with the support of the Southwest Michigan Mentoring Collaborative, will utilize an innovative strategy to connect mentors with organizations. This grant will remove barriers and improve mentor recruitment and retention. Creating a single point of entry for mentors, the Volunteer Center will conduct initial screenings and background checks for potential mentors. A "portable background check" will be created allowing the potential mentor to transfer their file if the initial placement is not a good fit. Those unsure of becoming a mentor will be placed in other volunteer opportunities, including those serving children, and will be encouraged to move into mentoring over time. Volunteers in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc. $20,000 Jerry Dash Volunteers in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, I 28 West Adams, Suite 1310 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 964-1110 Fax: (313) 964-1145 Email: jdash@vipmentoring.org County Served: Wayne The Volunteers in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc., will increase mentoring to youth with incarcerated parents living in five disenfranchised neighborhoods of Detroit. Grant funds will be used support a multi-faceted awareness strategy to explore the viability of establishing individual 5 Updated February 15, 2008 �community mentoring offices and to establish partnerships with faith-based and other organizations. The program will generate 500 new potential mentor inquiries, resulting in 50 newly trained and screened mentors to be matched with youth. The program will also work to increase the sustainability of matches to 24 months or longer and to create a diverse funding base to sustain the proposed strategies and activities. 6 Updated February 15, 2008 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Governor's Service Awards Every day, volunteers are making a real difference in our state and should be recognized for their efforts. The Governor's Service Awards honor and celebrate the people of Michigan who volunteer their time to make our communities better places to live. Governor Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern present the awards at the Governor's Service awards dinner, which is held each spring. Awards are presented in eight distinguished categories: Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to community involvement and volunteer service. Individuals nominated in this category have made service a way of life. Mentor of the Year honors an individual who has made a significant difference in a child's life over time through mentoring. Outstanding Mentoring Program Award honors an organization or mentoring program, that provides high-quality mentoring with significant results for children in Michigan. Corporate Community Leader Award Corporations that excel in community involvement are honored with this award. Outstanding VolunteerProgram Award acknowledges the importance an organization that effectively utilizes volunteers to improve their community. Schools, national service programs, and civic, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations are all potential nominees for this award. Volunteerofthe Yearis presented to an individual who strives to improve the lives of neighbors, friends, community, or congregation. Individuals nominated for this award could be adults, seniors, national service members, educators, and more. Youth Volunteer of the Year i3 presented to a young person (age 21 or under) who has made our world a better place to live through volunteer activities. Nominees in this category may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Senior Volunteer of the Year Senior citizens have a lot of experience and wisdom to share during their golden years. That is why it is important to honor older adults who are taking action to make our world a better place to live. Nominees in this category are ages 65 and older and may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Nominate a Volunteer Today! If a special volunteer has touched your life or the life of someone you know, nominate them today. To receive a nomination form, visit our web site at www.michigan.gov/mcsc, in the left margin click on Programs & Activities, and then click on Governor's Service Awards. Or contact Mary Grill at grillm@michigan.gov or (517) 335-7875. The Michigan Community Service Commission is a division of the Michigan Department of l~bo~ and Economic Gro~~· We are firmly committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable ac:ommo~atl?n 1n our programs, act1V1t1es, and materials. Please call (517) 335-4295 to request accommodation or to obtam matenals 1n an alternate format. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MCSC Commissioners The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. •;',':~.~'~:~v: '~'.."-::::"::::::::::~:~:.=-~:.;:::::~~~ ,:..~;..,=-.-::', 0 o ;-;=:. :::.:.-::~::;;:':;._~:;::~':";;:;::::::::::::;:::::~'~N;"Z:::::::::::',~=:,:~;co ,,; •"~""'v'~'w Twenty-five commissioners appointed by the Governor serve on the Michigan Community Service Commission. The members of the Commission elect one member to serve as chair. Commissioners approve funding, determine policy, are ambassadors for service, and engage in resource development. Commissioners serve without compensation and meet four times a year. Daniel Granholm Mulhern, Chair Michigan's First Gentleman Breannah Alexander High School Senior Elizabeth Bunn Secretary-Treasurer International Union UAW Antoine Campbell Dr. Russell Mawby Chair Emeritus, W. K. Kellogg Foundation Dr. Susan Meston Superintendent Muskegon Area Intermediate School District Donna Niester Director of James C. Acheson Foundation Chief Financial Officer, Acheson Ventures Vice President, Community Investment Heart of West Michigan United Way Wayne County Commissioner Melonie Colaianne Jerry Seese President and Director of Operations MASCO Corporation Foundation Robert Collier President & CEO Council of Michigan Foundations Jimmie Comer Bernard Parker Superintendent Saginaw Township Community Schools Marsha Smith Executive Director Rotary Charities of Traverse City CEO, Comer Holdings Joseph Sowmick Lloyd Jackson Public Relations Director Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Assistant News Director WJR Radio Alphonso Swain Lori Jewell Associate Director Capitol Area Center for Independent Living Community Relations Manager State Farm Insurance Companies Christine Kwak Program Director W.K. Kellogg Foundation Ms. Janet Lawson Director Ford Volunteer Corps Joseph Lubig Educator Northern Michigan University Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Williamson Area Vice President Comcast Cable Dr. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran President Kalamazoo College �Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 11/13107 COMMUNITY SERVICE Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer CQM,\11SSi0:'-J Ms. Breannah Alexander 3682 N. Center Road Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 607-5010 Cell: (989) 860-9562 E-mail: rmles005[a1msn.com Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Asst: Michelle Lage mlage@uaw.net Mr. Antoine Campbell Heart of West Michigan United Way 118 Commerce Avenue SW Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-4107 Phone: (616) 752-8621 Fax: (616) 459-8460 E-mail: tcampbell@unitedwaycares.com Asst: Renee Goodemoot (616) 752-8628 rgoodemoot[a1waybetterunitedway .org Ms. Melonie B. Colaianne MASCO Corporation Foundation 21001 Van Born Road Taylor, Michigan 48180 Phone: (313) 792-6378 Fax: (313) 792-6262 Cell: (313) 720-5171 E-mail: Melanie Colaianne@mascohq.com Asst: Fran Sabo (313) 792-6126 Fran Sabo@mascohq.com Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor A venue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 4941 7 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Asst: Sue Cuddington scuddington@cmif.org Mr. Jimmie Comer Comer Holdings 2000 Town Center, Suite 1900 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248)447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer@comerholdings.com Asst: Andrea Jones (248) 447-5487 Mr. Lloyd Jackson WJRRadio Fisher Building- Suite 800 3011 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 873-9836 Fax: (313) 875-9022 E-mail: Lloyd.Jackson@citcomm.com Ms. Lori Jewell State Farm Insurance Companies 5528 Portage Road Portage, Michigan 49002 Phone: (269) 384-2551 Fax: (269) 384-8589 Cell: (269) 207-8135 E-mail: lori.jewell.hitp@statefarm.com �Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2324 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Asst: Annesia Glass (269) 969-2344 m.annesia. glass@wkkf.org Ms. Janet Lawson Director, Ford Volunteer Corps World Headquarters- 934-A3 1 American Road Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2701 Phone: (313)390-9218 Fax: (313) 390-0777 Cell: (313) 445-5142 E-mail: jlawso 19@ford.com Asst: Marlo Mulville (313) 337-1311 E-mail: mmulvill@ford.com Mr. Joseph Lubig Northern Michigan University School of Education 1401 Presque Isle Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 227-1439 E-mail: jlubig@nmu.edu Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-4638 Fax: {269) 731-5914 E-mail: russmawby@aol.com Dr. Susan Meston Muskegon Area Intermediate School District 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-7201 Fax: (231) 773-3498 E-mail: smeston@muskegonisd.org Asst: Diane Shaffer (Designee of Superintendent Michael Flanagan) Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor's Office Ill S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: {517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhernd@michigan.gov Ms. Donna Niester Acheson Ventures 600 Fort Street, Suite 101 Port Huron, Michigan 48060 Phone: (81 0) 966-0900 Cell: (810) 434-8100 Fax: {81 0) 966-0990 E-mail:donnan@achesonventures.com Asst: Mary Russell (81 0) 966-0900 ext. 205 maryr@achesonventures.com Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-08 82 Cell: (313) 213-5031 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Asst: Loretta France Lfrance@co. wayne.mi. us Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org Ms. Marsha Smith Rotary Charities of Traverse City 202 E. Grandview Parkway, #200 Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 941-4010 Fax: {231) 941-4066 Cell: (231) 590-8807 E-mail: msmith@rotarycharities.org �Mr. Joseph Sowmick Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe ofMichigan 505 South Leaton Road Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858 Phone: (989) 775-4059 Fax: (989) 775-4052 Cell: (989) 330-1590 E-mail: jvsowmick@sagchip.org or ssowmick@hotmail.com Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-0737 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Asst: Beth Bauer (989) 790-5337 bbauer@saginawcounty.com Mr. Larry Williamson Comcast Cable 3500 Patterson Avenue SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 977-2217 Fax: (616) 977-2224 E-mail: larry Williamson@cable.comcast.com Asst: Jolynne Orgeta Jolynne Ortega@cable.comcast.com Ms. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 Phone: (269) 337-7220 Fax: (269) 337-7219 E-mail: wilsonoy@kzoo.edu Asst: Melanie Williams Williams@kzoo.edu �MCSC Commissioners 2007-2008 ApJJOirited to serve as chair of the MCSC, First Ge11tle:mam Daniel G. Mulhern is a champion for the of state volunteerism and community service. He also a tireless advocate for kids. In addition to caring their own three children, the Governor and First Ger1tlernan have undertaken an enormous effort called Michigan that works to insure that all of children have the same opportunity to be intluenced and taught by a caring adult. r. Mulhern also authors Reading for Leading, a e-column that stimulates the thought and lopment of leaders throughout the country. Each week, he shares his personal experiences as he writes about real people as leaders and explores both successful strategies and various misconceptions he's observed in leadership practice. The column is offered free of charge to anyone with an interest in leadership. Click herefor more information. nah R. Alexander is currently a senior at Arthur Hill High School and will be in Public and Nonprofit Administration at Valley State University in the fall of 2008. currently serves as a member of the ichigan Community Foundations' Youth Project well as a Michigan LEAGUE board member. Alexander remains an active member of the aw Community Foundations' Youth anu•.,nru Council and Student Government. She been an MCSC member since 2007. izabeth Bunn .... ,,,.. ,,.~,.,.,-Treasurer of the UA W izabeth Bunn was elected Secretaryurer of the UAW at the UAWs 33rd al Convention held in June 2002, highest post held by a woman in UAW . As Secretary-Treasurer, Bunn is the nancial officer of the UAW and directs administrative departments including Auditing, Building Maintenance, Purchasing and Strike Assistance. has been a MCSC member since 2003. �Campbell of West Michigan United Way ne (Tony) Campbell is the Vice President, unity Investment, at the Heart of West United Way. He is responsible for <>lln.r-<>1·inn more than $6 million to 53 agencies the Grand Rapids area and for research based initiatives around and early childhood. He currently serves as Associate Pastor for Messiah Missionary Baptist urch. He previously served as the Executive rector for Community Mobilization for America's ise while Colin Powell was the Chair. He has an MCSC member since 2007. nie Colaianne SCO Corporation Foundation nie Colaianne was appointed president of Corporation Foundation in 2005 and the position of Director of Corporate which she has held since 1998. She nts the corporation and the foundation charitable engagements and oversees M"''"'"'"' travel and meeting services nrnnr:o'm" Ms. Colaianne serves on the board for the Detroit Public Television ndation, Oakland Plus Foundation, nbrook's Institute of Science, and the neil of Michigan Foundation. She is a ember of Detroit Renaissance's Business Contributions Council executive committee, the Community Leaders' Council of the United Way and the Hands On Network Council. Ms. Colaianne is also an advisory board member to Habitat for Humanity-Detroit. Ms. Colaianne has been an MCSC member since 2005. bert Collier -"'""''" of Michigan Foundations President and CEO of the Council of Michigan Foundations, Mr. Collier has been an MCSC ~o·~h·"since 2000. He serves on numerous ng the Michigan Nonprofit Michigan Association of United and Michigan Municipal League. His in philanthropy includes service as a officer with the C.S. Mott Foundation, director for the Gannett Foundation, director of Rotary Charities of City, and founding director of the Traverse Regional Community Foundation. �immie E. Comer .._... ........,.. North American Joint and Diversity for Lear E. Comer was named president of North Joint Ventures and Diversity for Lear in September 2003. Mr. Comer joined n 1987 as director of Quality and has held nnooot .... nc as vice president and president of several "'"'""'nc within Lear. Prior to joining Lear, he was <>mnln•ll<>n by Mazda Motor Corporation and also quality-related positions during a with General Motors Corporation. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. r.nrnror::~tinn Jackson describes himself as "just a guy", but most people would probably • 'disagree. This ambitious, broadcast journalist attained his personal goal of employment with WJR News long before he expected it to happen. Lloyd has covered Nelson Mandela's visit to Detroit, ridden with the police department on raids and even been shot at by a barricaded gunman! Jackson, who began his career at WJR in 1993 as the city/county beat reporter, is now assistant news director. Lloyd has won numerous awards while at WJR, including honors from the Michigan Association Broadcasters, Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. He is also the host of many special interest shows on WJR, such as "Ask the Mayor", "Ask the Governor'' and "Ask the Chief'. He has been an MCSC member since 2007. rrently manages Community _,,,.,..,,ne for State Farm® in Michigan, and Illinois. She oversees c giving for the above mcontionn<>r1 states that make up our Lakes Zone. Lori has been a ber of the Michigan Business ers for Education Excellence working group since 2001. She currently serves as Co-Chair for the MBLEE group. The Michigan Business Leaders for Education Excellence program is an initiative which represents a collaborative effort between the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Business Roundtable, and additional partners such as the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Foundation for Education Leadership, State Board of Education and other K-12 representatives. She has been an MCSC member since 2007. �hristine Kwak .K. Kellogg Foundation program director at the W.K. Kellogg · and an MCSC member since is the co-founder/co-chair of on Foundations affinity group, ntrr,,.k,::,r Forum on Community and al Service, and serves on various national committees in the nonprofit sector. net Lawson Volunteer Corps Lawson is currently in the Office of the of Staff, Ford Motor Company and of the Ford Volunteer Corps. Prior to Janet served as the Executive of the Michigan Community Service mission. Ms. Lawson brings to Ford Company a 20-year history of .-,nlll"h•nr"tivP leadership in the nonprofit and .-,nrnnr·<>+~> sectors. Ms. Lawson served as the Director of the UAW-Ford Family and Learning Centers sponsored by Auto Workers, Ford Motor Company, and Visteon. Ms. Lawson has also served as the Manager of the Volunteer Leadership Coalition under former Governor George Romney, Harold A. "Red" Poling, Doug Fraser and the Honorable Anna Diggs Taylor. Janet has also worked at United Way Community Services as the Manager of Detroit's Promise and the Director of Volunteer Services. She has been an MCSC member since 2006. h Lubig Michigan University Nn.nrlor·n $ I 1 \ . Joe Lubig is a teacher educator at Northern ichigan University. His focus is on adolescent and civic education. Prior to his position NMU he worked as a public school teacher 13 years for the Marquette Area Public ools (MAPS). He is currently a trustee for MAPS School Board. Dr. Lubig is a member professional organizations including Delta Kappa, Michigan Council for the jSocial Studies, the International Reading · Association, and the Michigan Reading Association. He has been an MCSC member since 2007. t{ ,' �Russell G. Mawby<IB< font> Kellogg Foundation ADtlom,tea to the commission on September 13, . Mawby served as chair until May, 2003. Dr. chair emeritus and trustee of the W.K. Foundation. Mawby served as a program president, CEO and chair of the Fn•mtl,.tic>n during his 36-year tenure. A former oro.fessor at Michigan State University, he later as a member of MSU Board of Trustees, chaired in 1995. Mawby was appointed to ant Governor's Children's Commission 1996 and the State Officers Ca•nno>n<:,.ticm Commission from 1996 to 1998. as CEO and chair of the W.K. Kellogg ro~ma;auon, Mawby was instrumental in convening a of meetings leading to the formation of the Meston Area Intermediate School Susan Meston is the Superintendent for the Area Intermediate School District, in a variety of administrative s in the education field over the years. a member of numerous community including Rotary, the Salvation Army, United Way, and the Children's Agenda. is also a member of the Policy Council of ED West Michigan, serves on the nu11rnn,., .. ntal Committee for the Community for Muskegon County, and rF!rorF!~:F!ntF!rl Michigan on the National Forum for onal Statistics for a number of years. Dr. Meston is an original steering committee member for the international Learning to Give Project, which includes a curriculum for teaching children and young people about philanthropy and civic responsibility. Dr. Meston has served on the MCSC as State Superintendent Michael Flanagan's representative since 2006. iester is Director of the James C. Acheson and Chief Financial Office for Acheson res, L.L.C. She is a principal in Austin, , Beauchamp & Finnegan, P.C., CPA Firm. Niester is a member of the Council of Michigan dations, Association of Small Foundations, and National Council on Foundations. She serves on Board of Directors of the Community ndation of St. Clair County, Port Huron Hospital the Blue Water Health Services. Ms. Niester been an MCSC member since 2005. �Parker County Commissioner Parker has dedicated his life to nity and public service. He was a coof Operation Get Down (OGD) in As a community leader, he has provided services and programs for the homeless. also served as executive-on-loan to the Public Schools and as Deputy CEO of unity Responsibility. He was elected as County Commissioner for the eastside ct 2 in 1991. Bernard also sits on us boards of Directors including New NAACP, Detroit Alliance for Fair ng, St. John Hospital, The Wellness Plan and Southeastern Village. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. Jerry L. Seese ·· Saginaw Township Community ntendent of Saginaw Township Community Schools since 1999 and an MCSC member since 2002, Mr. Seese has held various positions in the field of education for 1 years. He is active in many organizations, including America's Promise, Saginaw County Steering Committee; Vision 2020, Saginaw Junior Achievement Board of ; Saginaw Rotary Club, Business ucation Partnership; United Way Board of ; Bridge for Racial Harmany Board of Directors, Saginaw County; and many other business and educational organizations. Charities of Traverse City Smith has served as the Executive of Rotary Charities of Traverse City 1997. She served as the Executive rector of the Grand Traverse Regional munity Foundation from 1993-1997. Prior that she served several institutions as a de,ieliDOrnelnt officer including Interlochen for the Arts, the Grand Traverse Health Foundation, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital the Women's Resource Center of Traverse Ms. Smith has a wide range of community int•>r.,.,t., and has held a variety of leadership environmental, growth management, , educational, and health organizations. She has been an active community volunteer in environmental and growth management efforts, serving on the Grand Traverse Planning Commission for 9 years. Ms. Smith has been an MCSC member since 2005. �Sowmick Chippewa Indian Tribe of :sa.I"Jinaw . Sowmick is the Public Relations of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Mic~hiCI::Jn Mr. Sowmick is a graduate of ng Community College and Michigan University with an extensive background media. An award-winning Native •.photojournalist, Mr. Sowmick currently serves :ion the Lansing Community College · Foundation Board, the Central Michigan Community Hospital Board of Directors, the Advisory Council of Central ichigan University, and the Saginaw hippewa Tribal Health Board of Directors. Mr. Sowmick is an enrolled member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and lives on the reservation with his wife and daughter. Mr. Sowmick has been an MCSC member since 2005. ichael D. Thomas County Prosecuting :sa,mnaw D. Thomas was elected Saginaw nty Prosecuting Attorney in 1990. In 2000, r. Thomas was a member of an international training team on Domestic Violence Law at Ehwa Women's University in Seoul, Korea, ;•;u/·: .....sporlso•red by the World Bank. This was a ltHlJS<~JPIIJnary team which trained Korean , prosecutors, judges and social workers implementing the new Korean Violence Act. He also serves on several including Director of the Prosecuting .. rr,,rn.~v"' Association of Michigan and Director of the National District Attorneys Association of U.S.A. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �Williamson is Area Vice President for Grand Rapids-based management has responsibility for the company's nn~•r::~ltinr•,::: in 200 central and western ichigan communities, including Grand ids, Lansing, Jackson, Muskegon, nd, Battle Creek and Adrian. He currently cipates in the Grand Rapids Chamber of :nn~m.F=>rr..F=>''',::: CEO Roundtable program and on the Board of Directors of the Cable Telecommunications ation. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. iamson was active in the Greater Fort Chamber of Commerce, where he was a member of the executive committee and chaired the government and community affairs division. He also served on the board of the Northeast Indiana Corporate Council, Junior Achievement, the Three Rivers Literacy Alliance and the Better Business Bureau. Mr. Williamson has been an MCSC member since 2005. r~nml"'<><>ll'" Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran College P'\a1Jan1azno . Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran was elected President Kalamazoo College in December of 2004. She med her duties in July, having formerly as Vice President of Salem Academy and Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has served as 1ssoc1a1e professor and chair of the department of at Winston-Salem State University and Scholar in Education at North Carolina ~ves1evan College. A former American Council on 1 Fellow, she spent her fellowship with the President and Provost of Wake University. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran also taught the department of education and psychology at University of lfe in Nigeria for 14 years and was acting head of the department of psychology for five years. She has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council, and Senior Services. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has been an MCSC member since 2005. �MICHIGAN MCSC 2008 MEETING DATES COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION FRIDAY, February 29, 2008 Location: TBD Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00pm FRIDAY, April25, 2008 Location: TBD Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm Governor's Service Awards Dinner Date: TBD May/June Location: TBD - SE Michigan Time: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Russ Mawby Signature Service Project Date: June 11-12 Location: Benton Harbor THURSDAY & FRIDAY, September 25-26,2008 Location: TBD Time: 12:00 pm Thursday through 12:00 pm Friday Date: TBD November Location: TBD Time: TBD (In conjunction with AmeriCorps Member Celebration) MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 8, 2008 ** Friday, March 28, 2008 Friday, August 15,2008 Friday, Octo her 24, 2008 **Date Change Updated January 14, 2008 �MICHIGAN 2008 CALENDAR COMMUNITY SERVICE MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS COMMISSION January 1-31 Michigan Mentoring Month 21 MLK Day of Service 23-24 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Boyne City 29 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing February 7-8 12th Annual Service-Learning Institute- Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant 12 Voices for National Service Reception- Washington DC 19 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Forms must be postmarked by today MCSC Board Meeting - Lansing 29 March 18-20 Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps and VISTA Training - Kettunen Center April 9-12 13-19 TBD 25 25-30 29 National Service-Learning Conference- Minneapolis National Volunteer Week Celebrating Volunteerism 2008 - State Capitol, Lansing MCSC Board Meeting- Location TBD National Youth Service Day Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing May 11-17 AmeriCorps Week 13-14 Michigan Nonprofit SuperConference- Lansing June 1-3 National Conference on Volunteerism- Atlanta, GA 11-12 Russ Mawby Signature Service Project- Benton Harbor TBD Governor's Service Awards- Detroit July 15 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing September 25-26 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- TBD October 13-15 Cross Stream Training- TBD 25 Make a Difference Day November TBD MCSC Board Meeting- Lansing 17 Mentoring Statewide Conference - Lansing 18 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration- Lansing 19 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting -Lansing Updated: January 15, 2008 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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GRANHOLM, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone: (517} 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Chairperson Daniel G. Mulhern Executive Director Janet lawson December 2006 Dear Commissioner: When you were called to join the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC), you became part of a group of people dedicated to making our state a better place to live. Thank you for your commitment and willingness to serve and helping us create an "epidemic of service." Experience shows that community service is a viable strategy for resolving a wide variety of local issues. Our mission is to fund and support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. We achieve our mission primarily by securing and granting funds, selecting and training high quality grantees, overseeing and monitoring grantee results, and recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs. The enclosed information is designed to assist you in your role as a commissioner. It includes: • • • • Quick "talking points" you can use when discussing the MCSC and its programs Information about the MCSC key programs: AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve, Mentor Michigan and Governor's Service Awards. The roles and responsibilities of being a commissioner Meeting dates and a calendar for MCSC events If your business or volunteer work is centered in a specific geographic region of Michigan, your binder will also contain rosters and descriptions of the programs in your county(ies). We are proud to have you represent the MCSC. Again, thank you for your dedication. Sincerely, Daniel G. Mulhern Chair Paula Kaiser VanDam Acting Executive Director �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION I. . General Responsibilities The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Commissioners are active participants in decision making around MCSC policies. Commissioners bring a wide variety of expertise and influence to the Commission. They support and advocate for national service, service-learning, and volunteerism on behalf of the MCSC. Commissioners support and communicate the organization's mission: The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Commissioners seek to bring together individuals, agencies, and organizations to help meet the Commission's goals of: • • • • • • • • • II. Securing and granting funds Selecting and training high-quality grantees Overseeing and monitoring grantee results Recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs and activities Developing and sharing resources Conducting research and evaluation Creating networks among volunteer organizations Sharing the results of our investments Serving as a bridge between the public and nonprofit sectors Commissioner Expectations Each MCSC Commissioner will: A. Annually attend the MCSC's four quarterly meetings, including one Commissioner retreat. B. Participate in at least one MCSC sponsored special event annually. C. Make two contacts annually with the state legislature, on behalf of the MCSC. D. Participate in one or more of the MCSC Standing Committees. E. Voting members ofthe Commission shall not, under any circumstances, assist an organization in the preparation of a program grant application to the Commission, except to take part in standard Commission technical assistance that is equally available to all potential applicants. Revised February 14, 2006 �III. MCSC Standing Committees Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the MCSC chair, vice chair, and five other MCSC Commissioners. The chair, in consultation with the vice chair, determines the five ·appointees. The role of the Executive Committee is to: A. Assist the chair, as necessary, in carrying out the mission and function of the MCSC. B. Coordinate all MCSC funding and resource development activities. Board Development Committee (inactive) The chair in consultation with the Executive Committee determines the members of the Board Development Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Board Development Committee is to: A. Recruit additional commissioners on an annual or as needed basis. B. Oversee and conduct annual performance reviews for each commission member. C. Coordinate MCSC committee assignments for current and new commission members. D. Participate in interviews for prospective commission members. (The Governor appoints commission members.) E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Youth Leadership Committee (inactive) The Youth Leadership Committee is being developed in consultation with the Executive Committee, Board Development Committee, and the Service-Learning Youth Council.) Awards and Recognition Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Awards and Recognition Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Awards and Recognition Committee is to: A. Secure sponsorships for the Governor's Service Awards. B. Develop a system for all commission members to solicit nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. C. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Communication and Outreach Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Communication and Outreach Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Communication and Outreach Committee is to: Revised February 14, 2006 2 �A. Host an annual legislative reception. B. Support volunteer awareness campaigns as needed. C. Provide insight and expertise in the field of public relations, marketing, and communication. D. Create methods and assist all commissioners in maintaining regular contact with public officials on behalf of the MCSC. E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Continuous Improvement Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Continuous Improvement Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Continuous Improvement Committee is to: A. B. C. D. Coordinate an annual "state of volunteerism" survey. Coordinate an annual "state of national service" survey. Make recommendations to the MCSC based on the results of the above surveys. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised February 14, 2006 3 �MICHIGAN MCSC Standing Committees COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Executive Committee Dan Mulhern - Chair Rob Collier- Vice Chair Russ Mawby Kari Pardoe Bernard Parker Fund Development Committee -Chair Wendy Acho Rob Collier Jimmie Comer Chris Kwak Public Relations Committee Kathy Young-Welch - Chair Wendy Acho Dan Mulhern AI Swain Ken Whipple Updated December 5, 2006 Mayor Brenda Lawrence Kari Pardoe �Michigan Community Service Commission Expiration Dates Members that expire on 10-02-07 Wendy Acho Elizabeth Bunn Brenda Lawrence Kari Pardoe Dr. Jerry Seese Shaun VanHorn Ken Whipple (term limited) Members that expire on 10-02-08 Me1onie Colaianne Dr. Russell Mawby (term limited) Donna Niester Marsha Smith Joseph Sowmick Laurie Stupak Larry Williamson Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Members that expire on 10-0 1-09 Rob Collier (term limited) Jimmie Comer Christine Kwak (term limited) Janet Lawson Susan Meston * Daniel Mulhern Bernard Parker AI Swain (term limited) Michael Thomas Kathy Young-Welch * The State Superintendent designee Updated December 5, 2006 �MCSC Leadership Council Updated 10/4/06 NOTE: The MCSC Leadership Council consists of all former MCSC Board Members. Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason Ms. Jennifer Antoline Ms. Rani Bahadur Mr. John Barfield Mr. Victor Begg Mr. Ken Bensen Mr. Jon Blyth Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell Ms. Nonie Brennan Ms. Julie Cummings Mr. Darin Day Dr. John DiBiaggio Ms. Carol Dombrowski Ms. Beverly Drake Ms. Judith Dunn Mr. Art Ellis Mrs. Michelle Engler Mrs. Pamela Faris Mr. Henry Gaines Mr. Alexander Gamepudi Ms. Kathryn Honaker Mr. Paul Hubbard Ms. Denise Hitch Lites Ms. Lisa Hitch Murray Mr. Charles Infante Ms. Eunice Myles Jefferies Ms. Dottie Johnson Mr. James Kahil (Deceased) Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Mr. Terry Langston Ms. Nancy Lenz Mr. George Lombard Mr. Arend Lubbers Ms. Debbie Macon Mr. Mike Makki Sister Mary Martinez Mr. James Muir (Deceased) Mr. Randy Neelis Ms. Vemie Nethercut Mr. Don Newport Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Flint Minneapolis, MN West Bloomfield Livonia Bloomfield Hills Lansing Whitehall Mt. Pleasant Glenellyn, IL Detroit Medford, Massachusettes Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Canton Mt. Pleasant McLean, VA Clio Flint Rochester Irving, Texas Detroit Detroit Lake Angelus Midland Detroit Grand Haven Plymouth Ovid Kalamazoo Traverse City Grand Rapids West Bloomfield Dearborn Detroit Grand Rapids Sparta Alpena Alpena Marquette 1 �Ms. Chandra Oden Mr. Joel Orosz Ms. Jessica Pellegrino Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard Ms. Amber Pritchard Mr. Eugene Proctor Mr. Terry Pruitt Ms. Judith Reyes-Campeau Ms. Sarah Riley Ms. Pamela Abbey Roth Mr. Robert Schiller Mr. Alton Shipstead Ms. Meg Smith Mr. Scott Smith Mr. William Stavropoulos Dr. Michael Tate Mr. Ethan Weinstock Mr. Matthew Wesaw Mr. Ray West (Deceased) Ms. Geneva Jones Williams Detroit Grand Rapids Grosse Pointe Detroit Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Saginaw Livonia Kalamazoo Lowell U.P. Traverse City Temperance Romulus Midland Pullman, Washington Williamston Lansing Detroit Detroit 2 �) ) ) MICHIGAN COMMUNI1Y 2006-2007 FUNDS GRANTED SERVICE COMMISSION Total Number of Programs: 54 Total Dollars: $6,274,063 0 Michigan's AmeriCorps Number of Programs: 21 0 Learn and Serve Michigan School-Based Programs 0 Learn and Serve Michigan Community-Based Programs Number of Members: 945 Total Dollars Awarded: $5,406,143 Number of Programs: 32 Number of Programs: 1 Total Dollars Awarded: $550,024 Total Dollars Awarded: $317,896 Updated: January 11, 1007 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE THEMCSC ATA GLANCE COMMISSION Overview The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is building a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. • The MCSC is granting more than $6.2 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities in 2006-07. • We are funding 21 AmeriCorps programs and 33 Learn and Serve programs. • Together, these MCSC programs serve in 81 ofMichigan's 83 counties. • In 2005-06, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve programs engaged more than 76,500 participants and volunteers in community service activities. Michigan's AmeriCorps AmeriCorps programs are similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Community organizations host teams of individuals, called members, to implement programs that strengthen local communities. Members are ages 17 and older and commit at least one year to AmeriCorps. In return for this year of service, members receive a modest living stipend and an education award. They can serve in a full- or part-time capacity. During the 2006-07 program year, the MCSC is providing more than $5.4 million to fund 21 AmeriCorps programs that will involve 945 members. During a typical year: • Michigan's AmeriCorps members improve the lives of more than 110,000 people • Each AmeriCorps member funded by the MCSC recruits an average of 28 volunteers-in 200506 that was more than 25,000 volunteers. Each volunteer contributed more than six hours of service. Mentor Michigan Mentor Michigan is dedicated to awakening and nurturing the amazing potential in youth by fostering ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Mentor Michigan: • Works with more than 230 mentoring programs throughout the state to recruit, retain, and reward mentors. • Strengthens the capacity of programs through training, research, and forming partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government. • Developed program standards that support high-quality mentoring in Michigan. • Conducts an annual census on the state of mentoring in Michigan. Wave N Census results, released in October 2006, showed that: o Mentoring organizations are serving 11,709 more children today than in September 2004 (Census 1). o There are 16,382 mentors active in Michigan-7,274 more than in September 2004. Updated: January 11, 2007- page 1 �Learn and Serve - Michigan Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning district wide. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. • _The MCSC currently provides $550,024 to 32 K-12 school-based programs and $317,970 to a statewide community-based program. • The school-based programs focus on having service-learning become a district-wide teaching method. As a result, service-learning is being integrated into a school's core curriculum. • During the 2005-06 program year, Learn and Serve- Michigan programs involved more than 47,000 students and 1,500 teachers in service-learning activities. Governor's Service Awards The Governor's Service Awards are an annual recognition event, hosted by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, honoring Michigan's volunteers. Individuals and organizations are honored for their commitment to making our communities better places to live, work, and grow. Governor Granholm presents awards in eight categories that highlight the diverse nature of Michigan's volunteers. Awards are also presented to recognize leaders in philanthropy and higher education campus-community partnerships. • In 2006, Jeff Daniels, beloved Michigan film and stage actor, joined the Governor and First Gentleman at the Fox Theatre to recognize Michigan volunteers. • The 2007 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Form is available at www.michigan.gov/mcsc. Nominations must be postmarked by Tuesday, February 20, 2007. • The 2007 celebration is being held in southeast Michigan in May or June. For More Information Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Updated: January 11,2007- page 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC STOCK PARAGRAPHS SERVICE COMMISSION Main Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2006-07, the MCSC is granting more than $6.2 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Expanded Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2006-07, the MCSC is granting more than $6.2 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. The MCSC is funding 21 AmeriCorps programs, 33 Learn and Serve programs, In 2005-06, these programs engaged more than 76,500 people in service. Stock Paragraph For Grantees (Insert Grantee Name) is funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) through (a/an Insert Funding Program Name) grant. The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2006-07, the MCSC is granting more than $6.2 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Updated: November 1, 2005 �Act No. 219 Public Acts of 1994 Approved by the Governor June 26, 1994 Filed with the Secretary of State June 27, 1994 STATE OF MICHIGAN 87TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 1994 Introduced by Reps. Emerson and Johnson ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5280 AN ACT to establish the Michigan community service commission; to provide for the powers and duties of the Michigan community service commission; and to provide for the powers and duti~ of state departments and agencies and certain state officers and employees. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the Michigan community service commission established in section 2. (b) "Community-based agency" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (c) "Corporation" means the corporation for national and community service established in section 191 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12651. (d) "National service laws" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (e) "Out-of-school youth" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (0 "Title I" means title I of the national and community service act of 1990, Public Law 101-610. Sec. 2. The Michigan community service commission is established within the Michigan jobs commission, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2. Sec. 3. (1) The commission shall consist of 2I? members appointed by the governor. (2) The commission shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated, at least 1 of each of the following: (a) An individual with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (b) An individual with experience in promoting service and voluntarism among older adults. (c) A representative of a community-based agency. (d) The superintendent of public instruction, or his or her designee. (e) A representative of local government. (f) A representative of locallabor·organizations. " (g) A representative of business. (h) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (i) A representative of a national service program descnbed in section 122(a) of title I, 42 U .S.C. 12572. (123) �(j) The employee of the corporation designated under section 195 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 1265lf, as the representative of the corporation in tlus state, as a nonvoting member. (3) In addition to the members described in subsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of ~ the foiiOwing: (a) Local educators. (b) Experts in the delivery of human, educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons. (c) Representatives of Native American tribes. (d) Out-of-school youth or other at-risk youth. (e) Representatives of entities that receive assistllJlce under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. - . . (4) Not more than 6 of the voting commission members shall be officers or employees of this state. The governor may appoint additional officers or employees of state agencies operating community service, youth service, education, social service, senior service, and job training programs, as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission. (5) The governor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the commission membership is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability characteristics. Not more than 50% of the voting members of the commission, plus 1 additional member, shall be from the same political party. (6) Except as provided in this subsection, members of the commission shall serve for staggered 3-year terms expiring on October 1. The members constituting the Michigan community service commission under Executive Order No. 1993-24 on the day before the effective date of this act shall serve on the commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Of the additional members, the governor shall appoint 1/3 for terms expiring October 1, 1995, 1/3 for terms expiring October 1, 1996, and 1/3 for terms eJq>iring October 1, 1997. (7) A vacancy in the office of a member of the commission is created in the manner provided in section 3 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan CompileQ Laws. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the term: The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining commission members to execute the duties of the commission. Sec. 4. (1) The voting members of the commission shall elect 1 of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The voting members of the commission may elect other officers from among the members of the commission. (2) The commission shall meet quarterly. However, the commission shall meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by 5 or more members. (3) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the commission. A majority of the voting members present and serving are required for official action of the commission. (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a voting member of the commission shall not participate in the administration of the grant program described in section 7(r), including any discussion or decision regarding the provision of assistance or approved national service positions, or the continuation, suspension, or termination of assistance or such positions, to any program or entity if both of the following apply: (a) A grant application relating to the grant program is pending before the commission. (b) The application was submitted by a program or entity of which a member is, or in the 1-year period before the submission of such application was, an officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. (5) If, as a result of the operation of subsection (4), the number of voting members of the commission is insufficient to establish a quorum for the purpose of administering the grant program described in section 7(r), the voting members excluded from participation by subsection (4) may participate in the administration of the grant program, to the extent permitted by regUlations issued by the corporation under section 193A(b)(ll) of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12651d. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the authority of any voting member of the commission to participate in either of the following: (a) The discussion of, and hearing and forums on the general duties, policies, and operations of, the commission or the general administration of the grant program described in section 7(r). ~"" (b) Similar general matters relating to the commission. (7) The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 2 �(8) A writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function is subject to the freedom of info:rmation act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Sec. 5. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the commission. Sec. 6. The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report directly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service. Sec. 7. The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that its funding decisions meet all federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative statewide service programs to increase volunteer participation in all age groups and community-based problem solving by diverse participants. (c) Develop and implement a centralized system for obtaming information and technical support concerning voluntarism and community service recruitment, projects, training methods, materials, and activities throughout this state. The commission shall provide the information and technical support upon request. (d) Promote interagency collaboration to maximize resources and develop a model of such collaboration on the state level. (e) Provide public recognition and support of volunteer efforts that address community needs by individuals, by private sector organizations and businesses, and by partnerships between the public and private sectors. (f) Stimulate increased community awareness of the effects of volunteer services in this state. (g) Utilize local, state, and federal resources to initiate, strengthen, and' exp~d quality service programs. (h) Serve as this state's representative to national and state organizations that support the commission's mission. (i) Prepare for this state a national 3-year service plan that is developed through an open and public process that provides maximum participation and input from national service programs in this state and other interested members of the public. The plan shall be updated annually and contain information that the commission considers appropriate or the corporation requires. The plan shall ensure outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by either using established state networks and registries or establishing these networks and registries. (j) Prepare this state's financial assistance applications under section 117B of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12543, and section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582. (k) Assist in the preparation of the department of education's application for assistance under section 113 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12525. (l) Prepare this state's application under section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582, for the approval of service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12601 to 12604. (m) Make recommendations to the corporation with respect to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. (n) Make technical assistance available to enable applicants for assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to plan and implement service programs and to apply for assistance under the national service laws, using information and materials available through a clearinghouse established under section 198A of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12653a, if appropriate. (o) Assist in the provision of health care and child care benefits under section 140 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12594, to participantS in national service programs that receive assistance "under section 121 of title_ I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. (p) Develop a state system for the recruitment and placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. . . -._ · •.. . .!;..'-. (q) Disseminate information about national service programs that receive as~stazice under nationaJ semce laws and about approved national service positions. (r) Use assistance provided under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to administer this state's grant Jlrogram in support of national service programs including the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. · (s) Develop projects, training methods, curriculum materials, and other materials and activities related to national service programs that receive assistance directly from the corporation or from the state using assistance provided under section 121 of title I, for use by such programs upon request. 3 �,) Establish policies and procedures for the use of federal funds received under title I or the national service laws. ~ (u) Coordinate its functions, including recruitment, public awareness, and training activities, with any division of the corporation for national and community services._ Sec. 8. The commission shall not directly carry out any national service program that receives assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. Sec. 9. Subject to requirements prescribed by the corporation, the commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties to a state agency or to a public or private nonprofit organization. Sec. 10. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), this state assumes liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission by a m'ember_~f-the commission within the scope of service of the commission member. (2) A member of the commission shall not have any personal liability for any claim arising out of any act or omission by the member within-the scope of the member's service on the commission. (3) Subsection (2) does not limit personal liability for criminal acts or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other act or omission outside the scope of the service of the commission member. (4) This section does not do any of the following: (a) Affect any other immunities and protections that may be available to the commission member under any law applicable to the member's service on the commission. (b) Affect any other right or remedy against the state under any applicable law, or against any person other than a member of the commission. (c) Limit or alter in any way the immunities available for state officials and employees not described in this act. Sec. 11. The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with volunteer service programs. Sec. 12. State departments and agencies shall cooperate with the commission in the performance of its functions. The commission may request, and state departments and agencies shall provide, policy and technical information required by the commission in the performance of its functions. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Co-Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate. llpproved---------------------------------------------- 4 �MENTOR MICHIGAN Mentor Michigan is a program of the Michigan Community Service Commission. Mentor Michigan: Changing lives, two at a time. Mentor Michigan is dedicated to awakening and nurturing the amazing potential in youth by fostering ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. We work with mentoring programs throughout the state of Michigan to recruit, retain, and reward mentors, as well as strengthen mentoring partnerships with businesses, faithbased and nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government. Mentor Michigan also sets standards that support high-quality mentoring in Michigan and recognizes the accomplishments of organizations and mentors that support them. Two Councils advise Mentor Michigan The Leadership Council is a group of influential executives, community leaders, and elected officials who overcome barriers to the success of mentoring and uncover new resources for expansion. The statewide Providers Council is a group of directors and coordinators from mentoring programs. With input from mentoring programs, they created Quality Program Standards for Michigan mentoring programs and continue to develop strategies for mentor recruitment and training and technical assistance to programs. National Mentoring Month Mentor Michigan is committed to raising awareness for mentoring in various forms for the good of all mentoring programs statewide. Each January, Mentor Michigan joins the nation in celebrating National Mentoring Month an annual, concentrated burst of national and local media activity combined with extensive community outreach. Connect with Mentor Michigan Log on to the Mentor Michigan website www.mentormichigan.org and bookmark the page for all of the latest Mentor Michigan information and happenings. Stay Informed with the Mentor Michigan Listserv The Mentor Michigan Listserv keeps you informed on what's happening with mentoring programs around the state. Visit www.mentormichigan.org to join the listserv. MICHIGAN MCSC 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 COMMUNITY Phone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc SERVICE COMMISSION �((' ~or. ~ www .mentormichigan.org Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, is wo~ ri ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Together with more t n 230 mentoring programs throughout the state, Mentor Michigan supports, strengthens, and sustains men · g by: • Strengthening the capacity of programs through training, research, and forming partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government. • Developing program standards that support high-quality mentoring in~ · • Conducting ua us on the state of mentoring in Michigan . ave IV Census suits, released in ctober 2006, howed that: ~ o Ment · 1zations are servi g 11,7 more children today than in Septemb 200 \ (Census 1). ~ ) o There are 16,382 mentors active in Michig~re than in Septem~ @ Mentor Michigan Achieves Its Mission by: 1. Identifying and securing resources to support the development and sustainability of mentoring programs 2. Recruiting talented and committed mentors and connects them with effective programs that serve youth 3. Developing and enhancing mentoring partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government (including activities such as Mentor Michigan Sunday) 4. Increasing public awareness about mentoring opportunities, needs, and the positive outcomes associated with it 5. Providing training and support for mentoring programs 6. Collecting, tracking, and sharing information about mentoring activities in Michigan 7. Engaging a comprehensive statewide network of mentoring programs 8. Advocating for issues and standards that promote and support high-quality mentoring in Michigan 9. Recognizing the accomplishments of mentors and the organizations that support them I 0. Developing champions to promote and support mentoring throughout the state Get Connected with Mentor Michigan by: • Registering your mentoring program in the web-based Mentor Michigan Directory at www.mentormichigan.org. The directory is used by potential mentors, businesses looking to support mentoring, children looking for mentors, and more. • Joining the Michigan Mentoring Advocacy Network, a grassroots group of organizations and individuals who are interested in educated local, state, and federal policymakers on issues related to mentoring. • Joining the Mentor Michigan Listserv so you can learn what' s happening around the state with mentoring programs. Join the listserv at www.mentormichigan.org. Look in the left margin for listserv registration. M ICHIGA N MCSC COMMUHITY Mentor Michigan Is a program of the Michigan Commun ity Service Commission SERVICE c oMMISSio N 1048 Pierpont, Su ite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michlgan.gov/ mcsc �QUALITY PROGRAM STANDARDS FOR YOUTH MENTORING MICHIGAN COMMISSION Mentor Michigan and its Providers Council believe it is vital for Michigan's mentoring programs to operate with the highest possible quality, so the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth were developed. The Standards are in place in order for youth to receive the most beneficial and productive results from a mentoring relationship. The Standards are not meant to certify or accredit mentoring programs. They provide a planning and assessment framework that raises the bar for mentoring programs. The Standards provide a basis for each program (board, staff, and other constituents) to make a conscious comparison and determination of how the Standards will best meet the needs of youth and families in their service area. The Mentor Michigan Providers Council, a body of 20 mentoring experts from across the state, drafted the Standards from best practices developed by national, state, and local organizations. First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern presented the Standards and gathered feedback from mentoring professionals throughout the state at four Regional Trainings in the summer of 2005. Feedback also was gathered from mentoring programs that were unable to have representatives attend a Regional Training. The feedback was incorporated and the Standards finalized by the Mentor Michigan Providers Council in October 2005. B. School-based mentoring programs that provide for weekly contact between mentors and mentees that lasts for a minimum of one academic year. C. A ratio of mentees to mentors of no more than 4:1 for group mentoring, which includes a consistent relationship between the one mentor and the same four mentees. Standard 2: RECRUITMENT PLAN The program has a comprehensive recruitment plan for mentors and mentees. The program also has a system for timely mentor and mentee follow-up and enrollment, which includes the following: A. Strategies that portray accurate expectations, eligibility, and benefits for mentors and mentees. B. Year-round marketing and public relations for mentor recruitment. C. Targeted outreach of mentors and mentees based on program objectives and participant needs. D. Clearly stated program goals and objectives. Standard 1: DEFINmON OF YOUTH MENTORING The program defines mentoring as an ongoing, structured relationship with a trusted individual aimed at developing the competence and potential of the mentee. This relationship includes: E. A written position description outlining roles and responsibilities. F. Volunteer opportunities beyond mentoring available within the organization (i.e., special events, fundraising, outreach, office support, committees, etc.). A. Community-based mentoring programs that provide for consistent contact between mentors and mentees for a minimum of one calendar year. Meetings must occur several times each month for a minimum of four (4) hours per month. 1 �Standard 3: !""'\, C. If the program uses youth mentors, the following apply: ELIGIBILITY SCREENING 1. An application process that includes a parental The program screens mentors and mentees for eligibility. The screening process includes: consent form. 2. Face-to-face interview. A. For Mentees: 3. Reference checks of at least two personal nonrelated 1. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. 2. Parent/guardian written permission. adults (one from school staff and one person external to school). 4. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. 3. A face-to-face interview between trained staff or volunteer with the youth and family is highly recommended. B. For Mentors: D. Mentor and mentee applications and all relevant data are reviewed for eligibility and acceptance. Standard 4: ORIENTAnON AND TRAINING 1. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. 2. A face-to-face interview with trained staff or volunteer is highly recommended. 3. Reference checks (personal and professional). 4. A background check which includes: a. State criminal history check by fingerprint The program provides each mentor, mentee, and parent/guardian of mentee orientation with training and support materials. Trained staff or volunteers conduct these sessions, which are held prior to the match. A. The program orientation for mentor, mentee, and parent/guardian clearly outlines the program and includes the following information: 1. Program overview. (ideal) or name. 2. Program description. b. Driving record check and proof of insurance for mentors who will transport youth. 3. Description of mentor and mentee eligibility and time commitment. c. Sex offender registry check. 4. Program benefits and rewards. 5. The following checks are strongly recommended: B. The program training, which takes place in one or multiple a. Child abuse registry check. sessions lasting a minimum of two hours, includes: b. Local criminal history check. 1. A summary of program policies. c. A federal criminal history fingerprint check. 2. Description of roles, responsibilities, and expectations. 6. Organization has a process for rescreening existing volunteers on a regular basis. 7. Suitability criteria that relate to the needs of the target mentee population and the program's statement of purpose. This could include some or all of the following: personality profile, skill identification, gender, age, language and racial requirements, level of education, career interest, motivation for volunteering and academic standing. ~ 8. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. 3. Discussion regarding building a healthy mentoring relationship. 4. Information referral and support services (e.g., libraries, tutoring labs, parks, etc.). 5. Age-appropriate activities for mentee skill development. 6. Cross-cultural and diversity awareness training, including cultural sensitivity and appreciation. 7. Child abuse reporting and recognition, including youth safety issues. 2 �8. Crisis management and problem-solving resources. D. Management of grievances, boundaries, premature match closure, rematching, and interpersonal problem solving. 9. Establishing appropriate boundaries. E. Providing mentors of community-based programs 10. Guidelines regarding confidentiality, risk and liability management. 11. Communication skills. 12. Explanation of site rules, as applicable. 13. Match closure procedures. C. Ongoing training sessions will be provided with appropriate health forms, emergency contacts, and permission forms. Standard 7: MENTOR SUPPORT, RECOGNITION AND RETENTION The program supports mentoring relationships, recognizes volunteers, and has strategies for volunteer retention. These could include: as necessary. A. A kick-off event held on a regular basis (e.g., D. Ample opportunity for interaction with the annually, seasonally) assigned program staff also is provided. B. Ongoing recognition, appreciation activities, Standard 5: MATCHING STRATEGY and celebration. C. Ongoing peer support groups for volunteers, The program has a well-documented matching strategy. This strategy: participants, and others. D. Ongoing training and development. A. Is consistent with the program's statement of purpose. E. Reflection on relevant issues. B. Requires that the mentor and mentee meet regularly as defined by the program expectations. C. Has criteria for matches, including some or all of the following: gender, age, language requirements, availability, disabilities, youth needs, interests, preferences, life experience, and temperament. F. Relevant and timely information dissemination. G. Making mentors aware of volunteer opportunities for mentors and mentees, such as Make a Difference Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, etc. H. Providing networking opportunities for mentors with D. Includes signed statements of understanding that all involved parties (e.g., mentor, mentee, parent/guardian, program) agree to the conditions of the match and the mentoring relationship. appropriate resource organizations. I. Newsletters, annual reports, and other correspondence with mentors, mentees, supporters, and funders to share program accomplishments. E. Matches one trained mentor with no more than four youth for group mentoring. J. Structured activities or processes to ease anxieties that may occur at match meetings. Standard 6: MATCH MONITORING PROCESS K. Social gatherings for matches. The program maintains a process that monitors and supports mentoring matches. This process includes: Standard 8: MATCH CLOSURE A. Consistent communication between staff, The program has a process for effective match closure, which documents: mentors, and mentees. B. Maintenance of a confidential file containing ~ documentation of the application, screening, staff follow-up and input on match, and mentor input on match. A. Exit interviews, including efforts and outcomes, between: l. Mentee and staff. 2. Mentor and staff. C. Input from mentee, mentor, family, community partners, and/or others significant in the mentee's life. 3. Mentor and mentee. 3 �B. Parent/guardian notification and communication, ~"'.. when applicable. D. Written procedures and a fund development plan that allows for diversified resources to support and sustain the program. C. A clearly stated written policy describing appropriate future contacts between mentor and mentee. D. Assistance in defining process for achieving personal E. Written eligibility requirements for program participants. F. Registration with Mentor Michigan. goals for mentees. G. A comprehensive system for managing program E. A process for re-engaging the volunteer as a mentor or in other areas of the program. Standard 9: PROGRAM EVALUAnON The program conducts an evaluation process, which includes both process and outcome evaluation. A. The process evaluation determines the overall effectiveness of the program including tracking program activities such as mentor and mentee recruitment, screening, orientation, placement, matching system, training, support, and mentor retention. Demographic information for mentors and mentees should be included. information including finances, personnel records, program activity, mentor/mentee matches, and program evaluation. H. A public relations and communications plan to educate the community, stakeholders, and other target markets about the need for mentoring and the value of the mentoring program. This plan includes mentor recruitment. Standard 11 : GOVERNANCE The program has a governance structure that includes a volunteer (non-compensated) board of directors or advisory council with established governance practices. The following governance items are in place: A. Board member roles and responsibilities. B. Outcome evaluation measures changes in the ~ program participants. B. A well-defined mission. Outcome measures for youth should relate to positive youth development and track specific indicators such as school success, improvement in social skills, reduction in risk-taking behaviors, etc. C. Established operating policy. D. Established structure for program oversight. E. A written, current strategic planning document that C. Based on evaluation findings, the program reflects includes community input. and refines the program design and operation. F. Written administrative and program policies, including D. Evaluation findings are reported to key stakeholders within the program and the community. Standard 10: ORGANIZAnONAL MANAGEMENT The program has established organizational management practices and a prudent and reasonable rationale for staffing based on the program's statement of purpose and goals, needs of mento~ and mentees, available community resources, staff and volunteer skill level, and ability to meet the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards. These practices include: A. Paid or volunteer staff with appropriate skills to complete necessary program functions. B. Written position descriptions for all staff and ~ volunteers. risk management, confidentiality, conflict of interest, human resources, and financial management. G. Liability insurances (director and officer, general, volunteer, etc.) H. Adequate financial and in-kind resources. (for more information on organizational management and governance, see Basic Infrastructure Checklist from Michigan Nonprofit Association for fulllisting) 1: "Basic Infrastructure Checklist" (http://www.mnaonline. org/pdf/infrastructure.pdf) and "Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan" (http://www.mnaonline. org/pdf/principles.pdf) 1 Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan and Basic Infrastructure Checklist For registered nonprofit organizations in Michigan, Michigan Nonprofit Association. April 2005. C. Composition of personnel, volunteers, and program participants that reflects the diversity of the community, as appropriate for program effectiveness. 4 Union~o~ �('(' 'AA~or. ~ www.mentormichigan.org Talking Points 2007 Mentor Michigan is working with mentoring programs statewide to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. • More than 500,000 children in Michigan could benefit from having a mentor. Currently, only about 35,000 children are being formally mentored. • Still, Mentor Michigan's latest Census reports the highest number of children with mentors in Mentor Michigan's history, as well as a record number of mentors in the state. Mentoring organizations are serving 11,709 more children today than in September 2004 (Census 1). There are 16,382 mentors active in Michigan-7,274 more than in September 2004. • Ninety-six percent of the people who mentor with formal mentoring programs would recommend it to others. • Mentoring changes lives two at a time. Both the mentee and the mentor benefit from the relationship .. • Local mentoring organizations have a great need for male mentors, particularly men of color. o A recent study released by Kahle Research Solutions Inc. showed that only 35 percent of mentors in Michigan are men. The study also showed that while 44 percent of the mentees are children of color, only 30 percent of the mentors are people of color, a disparity that creates a dilemma for mentoring programs trying to match children with mentors from the same ethnic and gender backgrounds. • Women mentors outnumber male mentors nearly two to one. (Currently 65 percent of mentors are female, while 35 percent are male). • Become a mentor and make a serious commitment! A successful mentoring relationship lasts for at least one year and meets for at least one hour per week. MICHIGAN COMMI.N1Y !~SP~erpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 coMMissioN (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Mentor Michigan is a program of the Michigan Community Service Commission SERVICE �( L"M~tor. ,.,ucHIGAN ~ WMN .mentormlehlgan.org MENTOR MICHIGAN CENSUS KEY FINDINGS VVaveJV: August31,2006 The Mentor Michigan Census is a survey of organizations operating mentoring programs in the state of Michigan. The primary purpose of the Census is to understand the scope and nature of mentoring and mentoring organizations in Michigan. There have been four waves of the Census. Wave I collected information from January 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004. Wave II was September 1, 2005 through February 28, 2005. Wave Ill covered information from January 1, 2005 through August 31, 2005. And Wave IV represents data gathered from September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006. Wave IV had the largest response in the history of the Census. It represents the responses of 137 organizations operating 265 distinct mentoring programs in 39 out of 83 Michigan counties. This is 58 percent of all organizations in the Mentor Michigan Registry. This document includes only the Key Findings from Wave IV. To view the four reports on Wave IV, visit www.mentormichiqan.org and click on "Program Resources." Wave IV records highest number of mentored youth and active mentors in Census history. • ~. • More than an estimated 35,000 Michigan youth benefited from having a mentor as of August 31, 2006. Mentoring organizations are serving 11,709 more children today than in September 2004. Wave IV shows 16,382 active mentors in Michigan, an increase of nearly 7,500 mentors since September 2004. Gender/Race of Mentors and Mentees • Wave IV found that male mentors are still in short supply. While there has been a 2 percent increase in male mentors, women are 65 percent of mentors. Thirty-one percent of youth served are male and 69 percent are female. • There has been a slight increase (2 percent) in African-American mentors since Wave Ill. Of mentees, 56 percent are Caucasian, 33 percent are African American, 6 percent are Hispanic, and all other races are 3 percent or less. Other Other Arab-American Arab-American Asian-American Asian-American Native American Native American Hispanic Hispanic African-American African-American Caucasian Caucasian 0% 20% 40% Mentor Race 60% 80% 0% 20% 40% Mentee Race 60% 80% �,-A~ Arntor. ( ('_-o www.mentormicnigan.org Types of Mentoring One-to-one mentoring continues to outpace other types of mentoring. l!!IOne to One •Group CPeer Still, team mentoring has grown by 15 percent since Census Wave Ill to become the second most popular type of mentoring. CTeam • E-Mentoring • Team mentoring consists of a group of adults mentoring a group of youth, with no more than a 1:4 ratio. • Group mentoring consists of one adult and no more than four youth. • Peer mentoring is one-on-one mentoring between peers, such as a high school student mentoring an elementary school student. Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth As a result of reviewing the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth, programs reported an increase in mentor screening methods and mentor training, as well a decrease in the ratio of mentees to mentors. AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA Members • AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps*VISTA members are making a positive impact on mentoring organizations. During Wave IV, there were 63 members working with mentor organizations. Seventy-two percent of programs responding to the Census gave AmeriCorps members a very satisfied rating, while 78 percent gave AmeriCorps*Vista members the same. • The mentor programs credit the members with increases in youth served, mentor recruitment, and funding for mentor programs. Seventy-one percent of programs reported an increase in mentor recruitment, 66 percent in partnership development, and 63 percent in community awareness. A number of mentor programs also said that they were able to expand their services due to these additions to their staff. Mentoring Organizations and Their Partnerships and Collaborative Groups Mentor Michigan encourages mentoring organizations to collaborate with many different partners (businesses, government agencies, schools, etc.) to support youth mentoring. Seventy-five percent of responding organizations say that the greatest benefit of partnerships is greater community awareness of their programs and their programs' needs. ~ Also, more than half of mentoring organizations added that these relationships increased mentor recruitment (59 percent), resources (55 percent), and in-kind services (53 percent), as well as improvements to program quality (53 percent). ��PROVIDERS COUNCIL LIST 2006-2007 .CHAIRPERSON Ms. Julie Chapin· MSU Extension - 4-H Youth Development East Lansing MEMBERS Ms. Pamela Barclay Central Michigan University Volunteer Center Mt. Pleasant Edward J. Hagan Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Lansing Mr. Thomas E. Barnum Big Brothers Big Sisters Kalamazoo Ginna Holmes Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program Alma Lisa Bottomley MSU Extension Journey Grand Haven Ms. Janelle Burden Arbor Circle ~and Rapids Mary Sue Christian Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan Traverse City Mr. Frank Cox MSU Extension - Muskegon County 4-H Programs Muskegon Peg Cramer Kentwood Public Schools Kentwood Jerry Dash Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons Detroit Ms. Trish Fiebing Traverse City Area Public Schools Traverse City Mr. Wade F.W. Forde Andrews University Berrien Springs ~- Virgil Gulker "'IDS HOPE USA Holland Sunkrea Jackson lntonjane Training Institute Detroit Ms. Jayne Letts Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County Negaunee Ms. Michelle Malamis Jewish Family Service West Bloomfield Kris Marshall Winning Futures Warren Ms. Mary Schusterbauer Oakland County Circuit Court- Family Division Pontiac Ms. Erin Skelly-Smith Jackson Nonprofit Support Center Jackson Ms. Reta Stanley Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint Flint Carol L. Touchinski President and CEO Strategic Solutions Marquette �PROVIDER COUNCIL CONTACT LIST 2006-2007 Ms. Pamela Barclay Graduate Assistant Central Michigan University Volunteer Center Bovee UC 107 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859 Phone: (989) 774-7685 Fax: (989) 774-2153 Email: barcl1ps@cmich.edu Ms. Mary Sue Christian Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan 856 East Eighth Street Traverse City, Michigan 49686 Phone: (231) 932-7810 Fax: (231) 932-7820 Email: mchristian@bbbsnwmi.org Mr. Thomas E. Barnum Community Developer Big Brothers Big Sisters 3501 Covington Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 Phone: (269) 382-6800 Fax: (269) 382-4108 Email: tombarnum@bbbscommunity.org Mr. Frank Cox Extension Educator1 4H Youth Development MSU Extension - Muskegon County 4-H Programs 635 Ottawa Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442-1016 Phone: (231) 724-4738 Fax: (231) 724-4409 Email: coxf@msu.edu ~· Lisa Bottomley MSU Extension Journey Program 333 Clinton Street Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 846-8250 Fax: (616) 846-0655 Email: lbottoml@msu.edu Ms. Peg Cramer Mentor Coordinator Kentwood Public Schools 2461 60th Avenue SE Kentwood, Michigan 49508 Phone: (616) 871-1080 Fax: (616) 871-1081 Email: mccramer@chartermi.net Ms. Janelle Burden Mentoring Services Coordinator/Chairperson Arbor Circle 1115 Ball Avenue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Phone: (616) 451-3001 Fax: (616) 451-8779 Email: jburden@arborcircle.org Mr. Jerry Dash President and CEO Volunteer in Prevention, Inc. 28 West Adams, Suite 1310 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 964-1110 Fax: (313) 964-1145 Email: jdash@vipmentoring.org ~ension Educator, 4H Youth Mentoring Ms. Trish Fiebing Volunteer Coordinator Traverse City Area Public Schools 412 Webster, P.O. Box 32 Traverse City, Michigan 49685-0032 Phone: (231) 933-5654 Fax: (231) 922-1782 Email: fiebingtr@admin.tcaps.net Ms. Julie Chapin Program Leader MSU Extension - 4-H Youth Development 160 Agriculture Hall - MSU East Lansing, Michigan 48824 ~ne: (517) 432-7608 (517) 353-6748 . ..~x: Email: chapin@msu.edu 1 �Mr. Wade F.W. Forde Associate Chaplain ~ndrews University " 'so Maplewood Court, Apt. H 62 Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103 Phone: (909) 633-3458 Email: forde@andrews.edu Ms. Michelle Malamis Program Director, Mentor Connection Jewish Family Service 6555 West Maple Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48322 Phone: (248) 592-2651 Fax: (248) 592-2660 Email: mmalamis@jfsdetroit.org Dr. Virgil Gulker Executive Director and Founder KIDS HOPE USA 192 East 7tt1 Street Holland, Michigan 49422 Phone: (616) 546-3580 Fax: (616) 546-3586 Email: vgulker@kidshopeusa .org Ms. Kris Marshall President/CEO Mentoring Solutions 27500 Cosgrove Warren, Michigan 48092 Phone: ( 586) 698-4417 Fax: (586) 698-4532 Email: kris@mentoringsolutions.org Mr. Edward Hagan Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters Michigan Capital Region 1235-A Center Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 372-0160 Fax: (517) 372-3130 Email: edh@bigimpactmidmi.com Ms. Mary Schusterbauer Chief- Oakland County Youth Assistance Oakland County Circuit Court - Family Division 1200 North Telegraph, Dept. 452 Pontiac, Michigan 48341 Phone: (248) 858-0055 Fax: (248) 858-1493 Email: schusterbauerm@oakgov .com ~. Ginna Holmes Project Director Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program 1500 North Pine Avenue Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 463-3111 x6265 Fax: (989) 466-7612 Email: gholmes@almaschools.net Ms. Erin Skelly-Smith Executive Director Jackson Nonprofit Support Center 1100 Clinton Road, Suite 215 Jackson, Michigan 49202 Phone: (517) 796-4750 Fax: (517) 796-5981 Email: erin@jacksonnonprofit.org Sunkrea Jackson Director Intonjane Training Institute 19500 Pierson Road Detroit, Michigan 48219-2049 Phone: (313) 347-2830 Fax: (313) 347-2831 Ms. Reta Stanley Chief Executive Officer Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 410 East Second Street Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: (810) 235-0617 Email: retastanley@bigbrothersbigsistersflint.org Email: Intonjane@hotmail.com or jacksonrevsun@aol.com Dr. Carole Touchinski President and CEO Strategic Solutions 1123 Presque Isle Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906)869-1577 Fax: (906) 228-4088 Email: doctouchinski@aol.com Ms. Jayne Letts Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County 101 Pioneer Avenue ~gaunee, Michigan 49866 t'hone: (906) 475-7801 Fax: (906) 475-7443 Email: jletts@chartermi. net 2 �MCSC Staff Contacts ~. Amber Reiss Mentor Michigan Coordinator Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 241-3493 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: reissa@michigan .gov Ms. Paula Kaiser Van Dam Deputy Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 373-1376 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: kaiserp@michigan.gov Ms. Kathie Vasilion Administrative Assistant Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 ~nsing, Michigan 48913 ,.. 1one: (517) 373-4200 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: vasilionk@michigan.gov 3 ��LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 2006 Mr. Kip Bohne Marketing and Promotion Manager WSYM TV FOX 47 600 W. St. Joseph Suite 4 7 Lansing Ml 48933 Phone: (517) 702-3149 Fax: (517) 484-3144 Email: kbohne@journalbroadcastgroup.com Mr. Joseph Crawford Editorial Page Editor Grand Rapids Press 155 Michigan, N.W. Grand Rapids, Ml 49503 Phone: (616) 222-5483 Fax: (616) 222-5212 Email: jcrawford@grpress.com Mr. James Dreyer Ms. Joyce Hayes-Giles DTE Energy 2000 Second Avenue, Suite 2435 WCB Detroit, Ml48226 Phone: (313) 235-7306 Fax: (313) 235-0930 Cell: (313) 220-0861 Email: hayes-gilesj@dteenergy.com Asst: Karen Reed (313) 235-3660 reedk@dteenergy.com Mr. Smallwood Holoman Jr. Manager of Dow Promise The Dow Chemical Company 2020 Dow Center Midland, Ml48674 Phone: (989) 636-9448 Fax: (989) 636-0262 Email: Sholomanjr@dow.com ~President Event Marketing Enterprises, Inc. 7671 Wilson Avenue SW Byron Center, Ml 49315 Phone: (616) 878-1650 Home: (616) 878-9871 Email: emeinc@peoplepc.com Mr. Michael Fezzey President and General Manager WJR Radio Fisher Building - Suite 800 3011 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, Ml48202 Phone: (313) 873-9717 Fax: (313) 875-3519 Email: michael.d.fezzey@abc.com Asst: Velma Matthews (313) 873-9740 Velma.j.matthews@abc.com ~ Ms. Linda Gillum Adjunct Faculty University of Michigan Medical School 2737 Turtle Shores Drive Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48302 Phone: (248) 338-9077 home Fax: (248) 338-9078 Cell: (248) 568-9994 Email: lgillum 1@yahoo.com Ms. Denise llitch Clark Hill PLC 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 3500 Detroit, Ml 48226 Phone: (313) 965-8578 Fax: (313) 965-8252 Cell: (586) 854-4060 Email: dilitch@clarkhill.com or deniseilitch@aol.com Asst: Gevi Louie (313) 965-8319 glouie@clarkhill. com Dr. Harry Knopke President Emeritus Aquinas College PO Box 68007 Grand Rapids, Ml49516 Phone: (616) 540-4094 cell Email: knopkhar@aquinas.edu �"" MCSC/Mentor Michigan Staff Contact: Mr. John S. Lore Consultant, Corporate Development Detroit Medical Center 253 Jennison Place Bay City, Ml 48708 Phone: (313) 407-1925 cell (989) 891-9314 Fax: (989) 891-9315 Email: jlore@dmc.org or johnslore@chartermi.net Mr. Daniel Piepszowski Vice President of Programs New Detroit 3011 W. Grand Blvd, Suite 1200 Detroit, Ml48202 Phone:(313) 664-2014 Fax: (313) 664-2071 Cell: (313) 689-0171 Email: danielp@newdetroit.org Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly " " 424 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Ml 49855 Phone: (906) 226-6500 (w) (906) 228-8315 (h) Fax: (906) 226-9696 E-mail: patryanoday@chartermi.net Ms. Geneva Williams President and CEO City Connect Detroit 163 Madison Street, Third Floor Detroit, Ml 48226 Phone:(313) 963-9814 Fax: (313) 963-9723 Email: Geneva@cityconnectdetroit.org Asst: Anna Goree anna@cityconnectdetroit.org Ms. Paula Kaiser VanDam Acting Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone:(517) 373-1376 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: kaiserp@michigan.gov Ms. Mary Grill Director of Communications Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone:(517) 335-7875 Fax: (517)373-4977 Email: grillm@michigan.gov Ms. Janice Harvey Executive Assistant Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone:(517) 373-4998 Fax: (517) 241-3869 Email: harveyj 1@michigan.gov Ms. Amber Reiss Mentor Michigan Coordinator Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 241-3493 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: reissa@michigan.gov �MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM ROSTER 2006-2007 PROGRAM YEAR Catholic Family Services -A Great Start Michael Kim 960 Agard, Ste. 104 Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Cell: (269) 757-1671 Phone: (269) 925-1234 Fax: (269) 925-4275 Email: michaelkiml@,catholicfamilyservices.org Faith in Youth Program Robyn Afrik, Program Director Good Samaritan Ministries 513 E. 8th Street, Ste. 2 Holland, Michigan 49423 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Fax: (616) 392-5889 Email: rafrik@goodsamministries.com Char-Em lSD AmeriCorps Program Dennis Halverson, Program Director Charlevoix-Emmet Co lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 54 7-994 7 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: halversondl@,charemisd.org Ionia County AmeriCorps Amy Buckingham, Program Director Ionia County lSD 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x1266 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: abuckingham@ioniaisd.org City Year Detroit Nicole Byrd, Program & Service Director One Ford Place, Ste. IF Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6825 Fax: (313) 874-6883 Email: Nbyrd@cityyear.org Downriver CARES AmeriCorps Joseph Spain, Program Manager The Guidance Center 15601 Northline Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7705 x7209 Fax: (734) 285-5467 Email: jspain@guidance-center.org Explore Experience Achieve Through 4-H Mento ring Julie Chapin, Program Director Michigan State University 178 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1046 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 355-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu Jumpstart Michigan Karina Kelly, Program Director 550 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 575-0641 Fax: (312) 873-4054 Email: karina.Kelly@jstart.org Child's Hope & Jumpstart Pattie Skelly 4901 Evergreen Road Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Phone: (313) 583-6401 Email: jumpstart@umd.umich.edu Eastern Michigan University Christie Cadmus EMU Student Center RM 340K Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 Phone: (734) 487-6912 Email: ccadmus@emich.edu MARESA- Michigan's AmeriCorps Joe Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger RESA 321 E. Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.k12.mi.us �Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps Amanda Schafer, Interim Program Manager Connect Michigan Alliance 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2440 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email :aschafer@connectmichiganall iance.org Neighborhood Youth Development Katie Warren, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x30 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: katie. warren@campfireusawmc.org Michigan AmeriCorps Partnership Addell Austin Anderson, Program Director University of Michigan- Detroit Center Orchestra Place 3663 Woodward Ave., Suite 150 Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 593-0937 Fax: (313) 831-2016 Email: addell@umich.edu Readetroit Corps Pandora Brown Communities In Schools of Detroit 5830 Field Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 571-3400 Fax: (313) 571-3404 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org Michigan Habitats AmeriCorps Jason Vance, Program Director Debi Drick, Program Director Habitat for Humanity 1500 W. Grand River, Ste. B Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-1872 Fax: (517)485-1509 Email: jvance@inghamhabitat.org ddrick@habitatmichigan.org Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program Suzanne Ebright, Program Director PO Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3329 Email: ebrights@michigan.gov Michigan Service Scholars Ryan Fewins, Program Director Michigan Campus Compact 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2424 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: rfewins@connectmichiganalliance.org MPCA Community HealthCorps John Taylor Michigan Primary Care Association 7215 W estshire Drive Lansing, Michigan 4891 7 Phone: (517) 3 81-8000 x229 Fax: (517) 381-8008 Email: jtaylor@mpca.net Superior AmeriCorps Michelle LaCourt, Program Coordinator BHK Child Development Board 700 Park A venue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: mrlacour@bhkfirst.org The Smart Choice Project Tracy Cleveland Boys and Girls Club Benton Harbor 1200 E. Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Fax: (269) 934-8536 Email: bgclubvol@parrett.net Together We Prepare Jordan O'Neil, Program Director American Red Cross of West Central Michigan 1050 Fuller A venue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-1304 Phone: (616) 456-8661 x 3503 Fax: (616) 235-2355 Email: joneil@redcrosswcm.org Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps Angela Sullivan, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 722-6600 x15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americorps@volunteermuskegon.org �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS COMMISSION The $5.2 million investment being made in the 21 Michigan's AmeriCorps' programs results in changed1ives-the lives of AmeriCorps members and the lives ofthose they serve. AmeriCorps is similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Individuals, called members, are housed within nonprofit organizations, schools, and other agencies throughout our state. Each program sets its own goals to help meet local needs. • The AmeriCorps members are building houses, mentoring children, teaching conflict resolution, recruiting volunteers, implementing homeland security activities, and more. • During the 2006-07 program year, the 21 programs are engaging 945 members in a variety of activities focusing on the environment, education, public safety, and human needs. • On average, each Michigan's AmeriCorps member recruits 28 volunteers to help strengthen his or her community-in 2005-06 that was more than 25,000 volunteers. Each volunteer contributed more than six hours of service. AmeriCorps funding may be available for organizations in your community. Funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? AmeriCorps members are dedicated individuals at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more about AmeriCorps by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.americorps.org. They can find the Michigan programs by clicking on "AmeriCorps in Your State" and selecting Michigan. �~ 2006-07 Michigan's AmeriCorps IRON • • DICKINSON • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • I • •• • • • • • •• • • • • OSCODA ISTEE WEXFORD MISSAUKEE OGEMAW LAKE OSCEOLA a..ARE GLADWIN NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND MONTCALM GRATIOT IONIA CLINTON KENT • Michigan'sAmeriCorps member(s) serve this county OAKLAND • Michigan'sAmeriCorps host site(s) are located in this county BARRY KALAMAZOO STJOSEPH EATON CALHOUN BRANCH INGHAM JACKSON HILLSDALE UVINGS WASHTENAW LENAWEE Updated: January 11,2007 �- MICHIGAN COMMLIHITY SERVICE COMMISSION AMERICORPS RAMP PROJECT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT OTHERS COULDN'T Heartbroken is the only word to describe the feeling Kevin Mullins and his family had when he lost his leg and his job. Kevin was hospitalized with a serious infection that culminated in the amputation of his leg. Thus began a nightmare of skyrocketing hospitalization costs, as the hospital would not allow Kevin to__~ome home until an access ramp was installed. A ramp, which costs $5,000- $7,000 when built-: ,,_ by a private contractor, was out of reach for the Mullins. Kevin began preparation to move to a nursing home. ~ Kevin's wife, Colleen, contacted more than 50 agencies looking for help. Finally, she connected with the Community Builders Corps, an AmeriCorps program that builds ramps for individuals for the cost of materials-approximately $1 ,500. As the Mullins were already fmancially strapped, even this amount was too much. Kevin Mullins arrives home, thanks to the Community Builders Corps. The AmeriCorps members would not give up on Kevin. They asked local lumberyards for help. Brooks Lumber in Detroit offered the materials at their cost ($1 ,200), but the Mullins still could not pay that amount. They were discussing the situation in Kevin's hospital room one night when the patient in the next bed overheard their conversation. The patient called his son. The next day the son came to visit Kevin and offered to pay for the materials to build the ramp. Four days later, the ramp was completed and Kevin Mullins went home. Young Detroit Builders recently received a $176,419 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission to continue the Community Builders Corps program in 2002-2003. This program enrolls 14 full-time AmeriCorps members to: • • • • Build at least 30 wheelchair ramps for disabled individuals Mak~ adaptation improvements to the home of 40 low-income seniors or disabled persons Provide outdoor services (clean windows and gutters, rake leaves, pick up trash, etc.) for approximately 50 low-income, disabled individuals Respond to at least 30 requests from the Community Policing Office (see below) Community Builders Corps' newest partner is the Detroit's 4th Precinct Community Policing Office. This project helps people whose homes have been burglarized. Break-ins often result in a broken doorjamb or shattered windows, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to another attack. AmeriCorps members are now on call to make repairs so families can remain in their homes with an increased sense of security. �- e MICHIGAN ~ COMMUNITY SERVICE AMERICORPS MEMBERS BUILD HOPE By Joshua Brugger COMMISSION As an AmeriCorps member, I learned valuable lessons about the importance of hope. I came to believe .that every day it was my job to help people find hope-to coax it, to prod it, to bring it out of its hiding place and into the light. This past year, I was an AmeriCorps member with Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in Holland. Working alongside many voluntee~) helpe~ bui_ld a dozen simple and decent homes. These new homes brought hope to families. Sometimes the days were long and difficult. I spent days of 11, 12, and 13 hours painting and roofing in the hot summer sun. I also dug water line trenches through frozen earth in December to meet a New Year's Day deadline. One of my favorite memories of my AmeriCorps year was a project I did with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. I taught a woodworking class to teenagers. Classes included lessons in safety, learning about tools and materials, and the opportunity to build something. Something like a toolbox, birdhouse, or bug habitat. Now on one particular day, I thought that I'd really wow the kids. So, what did I do? I brought power tools with me! After receiving permission from the Boys and Girls Club, I came to class ready with a drill, a circular saw, and a 2x 10 board that was 6 feet long. This was going to be a great class! A teen builds her own birdhouse as part of the. BGCH!Habitat project. I had several students help me carry in all of the equipment. As they did, they paraded the power tools in front of their friends-eager to show that they were special because they got to carry the drill or the saw. Class began. Kids were lined up outside the door, peering through the windows, climbing over each other so they could see. Every seat was filled. Excitement was in the air. It was like being on the set "of Tool Time. I laid that 2xl 0 out on the table. Donned my s~fety glasses. Measured and strategically marked off the spot I would cut. As a trained member of Habitat for Humanity, I do know that a 7 %''titanium tipped plywood blade is terrific for cutting plywood or siding. But I don't know why I didn't remember that it doesn't work so well when cutting through a piece of#2 pine. After the smoke cleared, the kids and I all had a great laugh-! I'll never forget that day. And I'll never forget the day four months later, when those same kids built a ramp for a 7-year-old boy with spina bifida. They learned a lesson about hope that day because they gave hope and happiness to that young boy and his family. ~ So now I encourage everyone to plant hope. Hope makes change happen. It may not happen overnight. It may take years to grow. I believe the hope I planted during my year as an AmeriCorps member is still making a difference in the lives of the people in Holland today. �MICHIGAN COMMOHITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS MEMBERS CHANGE LIVES COMMISSION What I Have Learned Through AmeriCorps by Robyn E. Hall, AmeriCorps Oakland AmeriCorps is amazing and an ex~~lence-th~t ev~ryone should have. The impact that it has on children is incredible. While they may not ahvays. remember my name, they know that I am there to help. The trust and confidence they have in me is overwhelming. They believe in me, and as a result, I have learned to believe in me, as well. I have learned that all things are possible, and that I can accomplish whatever I set out to achieve. Children seem to have a way about them that can brighten my day and remind me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. Through AmeriCorps, I have grown as a person. I have learned to become more independent and self-motivated. I have learned to find work to do, rather than wait around doing nothing. I have become more assertive and have learned to be a leader. I have learned to rise up to meet the challenges that present themselves. AmeriCorps has been a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to see what lay ahead for me. This poem that I wrote really sums it up: I have learned to give, and to smile, To believe in others, as well as myself. I have learned to be patient and listen, To care, to love and to laugh. I have learned that I can make a difference, One child at a time, I can change their world. And they can change mine. I have learned that not every d~y will go perfectly, And sometimes I will get stressed and frustrated. But I have learned that laughter can go a long way. I have learned more than I could ever explain, . Except to say, I have learned to truly live. Robyn Hall is an Oakland University freshman and first year member with AmeriCorps Oakland. She is from Shelby Township and serves at Mark Twain Elementary School in Pontiac. AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 40 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac meet their education goals. Members serve in Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, ~ math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. · In 2002, Oakland AmeriCorps members tutored 450 children and provided programs like conflict resolution, character education, and substance abuse prevention for 998 youth. �Success by Six Pleases Parents Below is an excerpt from a letter received by the Success by Six program coordinator. This family received home visiting parent education from AmeriCorps members. Dear Ms. Fairchild: Our son, Jakob, is almost'three_ye,ars old and has a 50% speech and language delay compounded with sensory problems. Like so many other parents, we were unable to take our son into the classroom because of our work schedules. Your program was the only way we could get our son the help he needed. You were able to meet with us at any time, day, or place. We have been working with two of the nicest women and they have played a big part in all of our son's milestones. He now has a much longer attention span and is more willing to cooperate and learn. He follows directions much better and is now able to complete many different learning activities. Not only have they helped our son learn how to communicate, they've helped us learn how to teach him. They offer help, advice, and support to families who have no idea what resources are available to them. We have received parenting skills training and attended workshops to learn ·a wide variety of activities that both stimulate and broaden children's learning ability. It was easy for us to attend the workshops because food and daycare is provided. I hope our son gets well enough not to need their services for much longer, but I'm comforted by the fact that they will still be here if he needs them. I just hope this program will be available for other parents and children who need the help, too. Thank you! Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program enrolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HFA). Members provide services that are child-centered, familyfocused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in the family's home and group settings. During the 2001-02 program year, Success by Six AmeriCorps members provided parent education to 129 families through home visits, served 375 parents through monthly group meetings, and offered 31 parent education classes on topics such as fire safety, budgeting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ��- MICHIGAN COMMU~ITY MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ROSTER SERVICE 2006-2007 COMMISSION $331,045 AMERICORPS TOGETHER WE PREPARE Jordan O'Neil, Program Director American Red Cross of West Central Michigan 1050 Fuller Avenue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-1304 Phone: (616) 456-8661 ext. 3503 Fax: (616) 232-2355 Email: joneil@redcrosswcm.org County(ies) Served: Alpena, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Cass, Calhoun, Clinton, Crawford, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Leelanau, Livingston, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Monroe, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, St. Joseph, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Washtenaw, Wexford, The AmeriCorps Together We Prepare program (ATWP) engage 25 full-time members at eleven of Michigan's American Red Cross Chapters to provide disaster preparedness services to 41 Michigan counties. Each year, ATWP members will provide disaster preparedness and personal safety information to community members, recruit volunteers from communities, and increase each involved American Red Cross chapters' capacity to respond to disasters throughout Michigan and the nation while involving local communities in the process. ATWP members will also provide education geared towards young adults designed to raise awareness about the importance of and need for blood donation to foster a new generation of lifelong blood donors. The five building blocks of the ATWP program include: 1) making a family disaster plan; 2) preparing a family disaster supplies kit; 3) getting trained; 4) volunteering; and 5) giving blood. By the end of the 3-year grant cycle, ATWP members will have recruited 500 youth and young adult volunteers and 800 volunteers with bilingual skills. ATWP members will have responded to a minimum of two national disaster operations as well as to at least 50% oflocal disaster incidents at their host site location. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON HARBORTHE SMART CHOICE PROJECT Tracy Cleveland, Program Director 1200 East Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Fax: (269) 934-8536 Email: bgclubvol@parrett.net $141,900 County(ies) Served: Berrien- City of Benton Harbor 1 Updated August 20, 2007 �,-...., Through The Smart Choice Project in Benton Harbor, 11 full-time AmeriCorps members help disadvantaged youth realize their full potential as responsible, productive and caring citizens. Members work with elementary and middle school students at the main Boys and Girls Club site and four members are placed at the Teen Center. All members help to support programs and services in the areas of: 1) Character and Leadership Development, 2) Academic and Career Development, 3) The Arts, and 4) Health and Life Skills, and 5) Sports, Fitness and Recreation. Through these program areas, AmeriCorps members provide youth with opportunities to increase their sense of self-worth, master new skills useful for future employment, use technology to improve academic performance, develop and sustain positive relationships with adults and other youth, recognize their emotions and appropriately express them, better understand and respect their own and other cultures, increase their sense ofbelongingness in their community, learn how to live healthier lives, and understand the importance of values such as honesty, justice, and respect. Members will also help to recruit community volunteers to support local youth. CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES- A GREAT START Michael Kim 960 Agard, Suite 104 Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 925-1234 Fax: (269) 925-4275 Email: michaelkim@catholicfamilyservies.org $146,300 County(ies) Served: Berrien and Kalamazoo The Catholic Family Services -A Great Start AmeriCorps program utilizes 11 full-time AmeriCorps members to address early childhood health issues and challenges that new families are facing. CFS - A Great Start involves a collaboration of four organizations that focus on early childhood and family issues in Berrien County. Examples of activities include: assessing new families and providing individualized services based on their needs, increasing community awareness of early childhood problems and concerns through research and marketing developments, working with families and children through playgroup and education sessions, and serving as case aides. Members assess consenting births at two local hospitals and provide needed services, which results in a decrease of abuse/neglect reports. Members also educate and help at-risk families by making connections with individuals to support them in parenting and increasing their parenting skills. $111,153 CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Dennis Halverson, Program Director Charleviox-Emmet County lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charleviox, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-9947 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: halversond@charemisd.org County(ies) Served: Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet The Char-Em lSD AmeriCorps Program enrolls 19 full-time members to integrate on-site violence prevention programs in 19 school buildings. The primary goal of the program is to decrease the incidence of aggression, assault, and violence within schools. Members implement violence prevention and conflict resolution programs such as Teaching Students to be Peacemakers, No Bullying, Don't Laugh at Me, and Be Cool. 2 Updated August 20, 2007 �$527,950 CITY YEAR DETROIT Nicole Byrd, Service Director One Ford Place, Suite 2A Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6861 Fax: (313) 874-6883 Email: nbyrd@cityyear.org Website: http://www.cityyear.org County(ies) Served: Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne City Year Detroit enrolls 50 members to serve in Michigan's AmeriCorps. City Year is a national service organization which unites young adults, ages 17-24, from diverse racial, cultural, education, and socioeconomic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. United in their desire to serve, corps members invest their talents and energies as leaders of after-school programs and tutors in elementary, middle schools, and high schools. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF DETROIT- THE READETROIT CORPS Pandora Brown, Program Director Communities in Schools Detroit 5830 Field Detroit, Michigan 48213 Phone: (313) 571-3400 ext. 31 Fax: (313) 571-3404 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org $313,620 County(ies) Served: Wayne- City of Detroit Readetroit Corps utilizes 25 full-time AmeriCorps members to address the critical literacy needs of children identified as having extreme reading deficiencies. All service recipients are students attending Detroit Public Schools (DPS) that are designated as "failing" by the state. Members, placed in teams of two at elementary schools, address local needs by: 1) providing individual and group tutoring, 2) recruiting and training community volunteers to serve in DPS, 3) after-school program support, 4) parental literacy activities, and 5) activities designed to build relationships between schools, parents, and the community. Specific activities include: conducting individual and group tutoring sessions, starting book clubs, taking students on library trips, arranging for volunteers to read with students, conducting information sessions designed to help students prepare for tests, facilitating family literacy nights. The program strives to increase the reading levels of students, as well as recruit community volunteers to further support local youth. $263,314 DOWNRIVER CARES AMERICORPS Joe Spain, Program Director The Guidance Center 13101 Northline Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7331 x 7209 Fax: (734) 785-7733 3 Updated August 20, 2007 �Email: jspain@guidance-center.org Website: http://www.guidance-center.org ' l..} County(ies) Served: Wayne Downriver CARES (Community, Action, Resources, Enrichment, and Service) AmeriCorps members promote social and emotional readiness for learning for children, adults, and families within The Guidance Center. The 19 full-time and 10 minimum-time members also encourage the community to support these efforts through volunteerism. Service activities vary depending upon placement and may include: enrichment programming and out of class time involvement with preschoolers and school age youth; developing group mentoring projects for children and/or families; planning service projects with teens; engaging community volunteers; supporting and encouraging parents through play groups and support groups; planning enrichment activities; facilitating groups and other activities that will promote self-esteem and build assets for children, adults, and families; and providing computer literacy support. Members will also design familyoriented evening programs and the Magic Carpet Ride to Reading bi-monthly story program at Southland Mall. Downriver CARES enrolls full-time members with a start date in September. GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES- AMERICORPS FAITH IN YOUTH Robyn Afrik, Program Director 513 East 81h Street, Suite 25 Holland, Michigan 49423-3759 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Fax: (616) 392-5889 Email: RAfrik@goodsamministries.com $132,285 County(ies) Served: Ottawa Through Good Samaritan Ministries- Faith in Youth, 10 full-time, four half-time, and four quarter-time AmeriCorps members will establish a mentoring program for children attending the area's 6 middle schools, with the goal of improving academic achievement and promoting a sense of well being, particularly for youth at-risk due to isolation or poverty. Mentors would be recruited and the program supported through partnerships with local churches and faith-based organizations located near the schools served. Corps members serving out of five area churches will assist with the recruitment of 105 community volunteers to serve as one-on-one mentors for youth. Members also provide after school activities at least two days per week and academic assistance at least once per week. The program strives to help 75% of the 234 youth served to achieve positive behavioral changes, as measured by youth surveys and parental feedback. HABITAT MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM Debi Drick, Program Director Jason Vance, Program Director Habitat for Humanity - Michigan 1500 West Grand River, Suite B Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517)655-1872 Fax: (517) 485-1509 Email: ddrick@habitatmichigan.org jvance@inghamhabitat.org 4 $374,488 Updated August 20, 2007 �L' County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Chippewa, Delta, Genesee, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Monroe, Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Roscommon and Wayne The Michigan's Habitat AmeriCorps Program enrolls 22 full-time, 15 half-time, and 8 summertime AmeriCorps members to serve Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout the state. Members serve as Construction Liaisons to ensure the training, safety practices and overall satisfaction of volunteers on a construction site; Volunteer Coordinators to form partnerships between their affiliate and local businesses, industries, service groups, churches, and/or community members; and Family Supporters to create systems, serve as mentors, and implement programs to assist Habitat's partner families in becoming self-sufficient and responsible homeowners. $113,472 IONIA lSD AMERICORPS Amy Buckingham, Program Director Ionia County Intermediate School District 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x 1246 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: abuckingham@ioniaisd.org County(ies) Served: Ionia The Ionia Intermediate School District AmeriCorps program enrolls 10 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve throughout the county. Members focus their service in two areas: promoting the development of effective mentoring programs and supporting service-learning. Members serve in each of the county's six school districts and in Ionia County ISD schools. Activities include: development and distribution of resources for in-school mentoring programs, partnering with schools to develop mentoring programs, academic service-learning, service-learning clubs in out-of-school time, family involvement programs and events, and countywide community service projects. JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, INC.- JUMPSTART MICIDGAN Karina Kelly, Program Director 550 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 575-0641 Fax: (312) 873-4054 Email: karina.kelly@j start.org $163,200 County(ies) Served: Washtenaw and Wayne Through Jumpstart Michigan, 8 quarter-time and 75 minimum-time AmeriCorps members serve young children through placements in Head Start and other early educational settings. The program helps children develop crucial early literacy, language and social skills. Corps members, all of whom are Federal Work Study college students, are placed in teams of 10-20 per service site. Goals of Jumpstart Michigan include: 1) enhancing the learning experiences of young children from low-income communities, 2) providing meaningful opportunities for 5 Updated August 20, 2007 �'-...,'• parents to become involved in their child's learning, and 3) supporting the development of college students (who will serve as program members) as future teachers in the field of early childhood education. Services provided include: intensive one-to-one reading support for children partnered with members, small group activities designed to encourage creativity, larger group learning activities designed to build a sense of community and foster sharing, and exercises and activities that provide youth with choices to promote independence, curiosity and self-esteem. MARESA - MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS Joseph Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone:(906)226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.k12.mi.us $175,961 County(ies) Served: Alger and Marquette MARESA (Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan's AmeriCorps members provide service in local schools in Marquette and Alger Counties. MARESA AmeriCorps enrolls 12 full-time and 6 half-time members. Members serve the community by: • • • Establishing service-learning programs and curricula. AmeriCorps members recruit volunteers and develop and implement community service projects for students. Creating and implementing family resource centers. Providing direct educational support by tutoring and mentoring students in the areas of work-based learning, employability skills, computer technology, educational enrichment, after-school activities, and homework assistance. $416,592 MENTOR MICIDGAN AMERICORPS Amanda Schafer, Interim Program Manager ConnectMichigan Alliance 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2429 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: aschafer@connectmichiganalliance.org County(ies) Served: Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Eaton, Gladwin, Gratiot, Houghton, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kent, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinaw, Macomb, Marquette, Mason, Montmorency, Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, Washtenaw, and Wayne The Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps program enrolls 32 full-time members to assist mentoring organizations and increase the number ofmentor-mentee relationships throughout Michigan. Members actively recruit 10 new partners to support mentoring programs and establish a local 6 Updated August 20, 2007 �mentoring collaborative in their communities over the next 3 years. Each member assists in recruiting, screening, matching, and monitoring the matches of 50 potential mentors, for a total of 1, 700 potential mentors in 2005-2006. Members assist local organizations with the development of a coordinated, long-term sustainability plan for regional cooperation among member/non-member sites that creates a common vision/strategy for collaboration and resource sharing. At the end of the first year, the organizations will have implemented 25% of the components on their sustainability plan. MICIDGAN CAMPUS COMPACT- MICHIGAN SERVICE SCHOLARS Ryan Fewins, Program Director Michigan Campus Compact 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2409 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: rfewins@connectmichiganalliance.org $28,000 County(ies) Served: Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Mecosta, Ottawa, Saginaw, Washtenaw, and Wayne Michigan Campus Compact's (MCC) Michigan Service Scholars (MSS) enlists 350 minimumtime (300 hour), Education Award Only AmeriCorps members to support youth development and increase volunteer capacity throughout the state. This program engages approximately 25 partner campuses statewide, which recruit students to work with local community- and faithbased organizations. In an effort to increase self-esteem and academic performance, 175 members serve as mentors, facilitate afterschool programming, and provide homework help to 650 children throughout the year. The primary goal of the remaining 175 members is to strengthen volunteer infrastructure and volunteer management capacity of community- and faithbased organizations by assessing current capacity, developing volunteer recruitment systems and forms, and helping organizations utilize volunteers more effectively. In addition, all members work with local community- and faith-based organizations to recruit volunteers, resulting in 3,000 additional community volunteers contributing 15,000 hours in support oflocal programmmg. MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Suzanne Ebright, Program Director Michigan Department of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Division P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3131 Email: ebrights@michigan.gov $230,239 County(ies) Served: Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Otsego, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, and Wexford 7 Updated August 20, 2007 �The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program (MGSP) provides information and assistance to Michigan residents to reduce risks to groundwater quality and to help people protect this valuable resource. Twenty full-time AmeriCorps Members are places throughout the state to assist citizens with the completion of environmental awareness tools. AmeriCorps members also serve as local resource people helping citizens find locally specific information necessary to make smart decisions concerning environmental protection. $365,805 MICHIGAN AMERICORPS P ARTNERSIDP Addell Anderson, Program Director University of Michigan- Detroit Center Orchestra Place 3663 Woodward Avenue, Suite 150 Detroit, Michigan 48201 Phone: (313) 593-0937 Fax: (313) 831-2016 Email: addell@umich.edu County(ies) Served: Wayne The Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program (MNAP) is a partnership between the University of Michigan and community and faith-based non-profits based in Detroit. MNAP strives to address local human needs through direct service program activities. Members deal with issues concerning: • • • • Social, economic and community development or revitalization Health education and health promotion services for children and families Academic enhancement of children in after-school or summer programs Volunteer recruitment and retention THE MICIDGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONSAMERICORPS HEALTHCORPS John Taylor, Program Director 7215 W estshire Drive Lansing, Michigan 4891 7 Phone: (517) 381-8000, ext 229 Email: jtaylor@mpca.net $253,977 County(ies) Served: Alcona, Arenac, Ingham, Kent, Monroe, Muskegon, Roscommon, and Wayne. The Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) Community Health Corps program engages 17 full-time and 6 half-time AmeriCorps members to address patient self-management, schoolbased health, and outreach and enrollment. Members are placed in community health centers across the state. The MPCA Community HealthCorps Program uses community outreach to inform the public about health plans available to the uninsured and preventative health care measures. Members would help patients become more active in the management of their illnesses, and reduce health disparities in Michigan. Community forums are used to inform the 8 Updated August 20, 2007 �public about adolescent health issues. Corps members will work with 100 patients each year, with 60% of the patients taking an active role in treating and preventing their illnesses. MICIDGAN STATE UNIVERSITY- EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE, ACIDEVE THROUGH 4-H MENTORING Julie Chapin, Program Director Michigan State University 178 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 355-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu $256,269 County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Crawford, Genesee, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Macomb, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. Clair, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne Michigan State University Extension 4-H- Explore, Experience, Achieve Through 4-H Mentoring program engages 20 full-time AmeriCorps members to build the capacity of 17 communities across Michigan to establish one-to-one, small group or peer-mentoring programs. Members assist with the recruitment of 600 volunteers to serve at least one hour per week for a minimum of 8 months as mentors for this program. As a result of these effort, 1800 low-income, at-risk or underserved youth per year, ages 5 to 19, participate in ongoing mentoring relationships, particularly during their out-of-school hours. As a result of these relationships, mentees acquire or improve competencies in communication skills, relationship building, group process, and school achievement. Members concentrate 50 to 70 percent of their time on activities that build the capacity of their community to provide caring adult relationships for children. These activities include: establishing/strengthening local mentoring collaboratives; recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers who are mentors and/or advisors to the program; identifying and recruiting potential mentees; matching mentors and mentees; planning educational programs; collecting and documenting data for program reports; and helping establish a youth mentoring action committee. Members also provide direct services to youth, establish relationships with local colleges and universities, and engage in grant writing and other fund-raising activities specifically for the program. NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Katie Warren, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x 30 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: katie. warren@campfireusawmc.org Website: http://www.grcmc.org/campfire $155,498 County(ies) Served: Kent Camp Fire USA's Neighborhood Youth Development Program emolls five full-time and twentyone part-time AmeriCorps members to facilitate after-school and summer programs in Kent County. These programs provide a safe environment for children during out-of-school time for 850 children at seven sites. Members assist site coordinators in developing activities for the programs, recruit volunteers to facilitate activities, and serve on committees to address the specific needs of their community. Members also present Camp Fire's Self-Reliance curriculum in elementary school classrooms. 9 Updated August 20, 2007 �SUPERIOR AMERICORPS Michelle LaCourt, Program Coordinator Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: mrlacour@bhkfirst.org $681,425 County(ies) Served: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon The Superior AmeriCorps program operates in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The program focuses its efforts on a single priority area: education. 57 full-time members serve in schools, service agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the seven counties. School-based members tutor and mentor students who need support to achieve school success. During after-school hours and in the summer, these members initiate youth-enrichment programs. Others members enhance quality in preschool, childcare and family wellness programs. All members are responsible for coordinating community-wide service projects and recruiting volunteers to meet the region's educational and human needs. VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON'S AMERICORPS Angela Sullivan, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 772-6600 x 15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americorps@volunteermuskegon.org $223,650 County(ies) Served: Muskegon Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps members are placed at several sites in Muskegon County. The 18 full-time and 5 minimum-time members involve K-12 youth in service-learning projects. Members develop strong skills in youth development, experiential learning techniques, grass roots community problem solving, and leadership skills. Muskegon's AmeriCorps team is dedicated to building awareness of national service and facilitating large-scale service projects on days of national service. Members are placed at the following agencies: City of Muskegon Department of Leisure Services, Reeths-Puffer Schools, Youth Volunteer Corps of Muskegon County, Muskegon Public Schools (Bunker & Steele Middle Schools), Pioneer Resources, Muskegon Community Health Project, Child and Family Services, and Every Woman's Place/Webster House. 10 Updated August 20, 2007 �) ) ) Michigan Service Scholars Site Supervisor Contact Information College University First Name Last Name Alma College A lisa Dean Alma College Anne Ritz Service Learning Coordinator Aquinas College Eric Bridge Coordinator of Service Learning Calvin College Lori Gesink Associate Director of Servcie Learning Department Title Address City State Zip Code Email Phone Number Phone Fax Number Ext (989) 463-7959 Service Learning 614 W. Superior Alma Ml 48801- ritz@alma.edu (989) 463-7366 (989) 463-7959 Campus 1607 Robinson Rd. Ministry/Service Learning SE Grand Rapids Ml 49506- bridgeri@aquinas.e (616) 632-2490 du (616) 732-4478 3201 Burton SE, Commons Annex Grand Rapids Ml 49546- lgesink@calvin.edu (616) 526-6455 (616) 526-6644 i Volunteer Center Bovee University Center 107 Mt. Pleasant Ml 48859- novak1 sm@cmich. edu DeVries MCC AmeriCorps*VISTAIMSS Site Supervisor Volunteer Coordinator Student Life 6191 Kraft SE Grand Rapids Ml 49512- Alexis. DeVries@da (616) 698-7111 venport.edu Kristy LeVasseur Recruiter Admissions 3555 E. Patrick Rd. Midland Ml 48642- Kristy.LeVasseur@ davenport.edu (989) 835-5588 Connie Colvin Office Professional Student Development cjcolvin@delta.edu (989) 686-9865 Eastern Michigan University Jasmina Camo visjcamo@emich. edu (734) 487-3045 (734) 480-1927 Eastern Michigan University Peggy Harless Assistant Director for Community Service and Leadership Ml 48197- Peggy.harless@emi (734) 487-3045 ch.edu (734) 480-1927 Ferris State University Matt Eickhoff Coord- Student EngagemenUAct 805 Campus Drive Big Rapids Rankin Center 164 Ml 49307- Grand Rapids Community Grand Valley State University Jackson Community _College Michael Schavey 143 Bostwick Ave. NE Grand Rapids Ml 49505- mschavey@grcc.ed (616) 234-4180 u Jodi Griffin Coordinator Community Service Learning Center 110B Kirkhof Center Allendale Ml 49401- griffijo@gvsu.edu (616) 331-2468 (616) 331-2355 Shannon Zoe! Service Learning Coordinator Office of Service Learning 2111 Emmons Rd. Jackson Ml 49201- zoetshannonl@jcc mi.edu (517) 796-8445 (517) 796-8632 Central Michigan University Davenport UniversityGrand Davenport UniversityMidland Delta College Sean Novak Alexis - ~- - L__. _ _ _ _ ---· (989) 774-2153 i 20 McKenny Union Student Leadership And Activities - (989) 774-7265 L_ _ _ _ ------- L _ _ _ _____ --· Ypsilanti . - - x5402 (616) 554-5213 (989) 835-8363 (231) 591-5342 ---- "··-··'"·~··-~·-··""•~···-,~·,·-~·-·-· ·---~·-····~'" Monday, December 04, 2006 . Page 1 of2 1 �) ) ) State Zip Code College University First Name Last Name Title Department Address City Kalamazoo College Breigh Montogmery Post Graduate Fellow 1200 Academy St. Kalamazoo Ml 49006- bmontgom@kzoo.e (269) 337-7092 du (269) 337-7182 Lake Superior State Madonna University Michelle Thalacker 650 W. Easterday Ave. Sault Ste. Marie Ml 49783- mthalacker@lssu.e du (906) 635-2676 (906) 635-2083 Stephen Rahrig Director of Student Activities & Leadership Programs MCC AmeriCorps*VISTA The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institiute for Service Office of Campus Life Office of First-Year Experience 36600 Schoolcraft Rd. Livonia Ml 48150- srahrig@madonna. edu (734) 432-5624 (734) 432-5364 Kelly Malloy Center for Service Learning and Civic Engagement 27 Student Services Building East Lansing Ml 48823- (517) 353-4400 (517) 432-3696 Sara Barclay Accounts Manager, America Reads Program Coordinator Graduate Assistant Center for Student Enrichment 1401 Presque Isle Marquette Ml 49855- sbarclay@nmu.edu (906) 227-1089 (906) 227-1021 Lindsey Scalera AmeriCorps VISTA for Service Learning Academic Student Services 2900 Featherstone Rd. Auburn Hills Ml 48326- ljscaler@oaklandcc. (248) 232-4505 edu (248) 232-4313 early Waligora Assistant Director of Student Life Student Life Saginaw Ml 48710- cmwaligo@svsu.ed u (989) 964-4679 Laura Stanton MCC AmeriCorp VISTA Career and Transfer Center 106 Doan, Student Life Center, 7400 Bay Rd. 18600 Haggerty Rd. Livonia Ml 48152- lstanton@schoolcra (734) 462-4400 ft.edu Georgina Hickey 4901 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn Ml 48128- ghickey@umd.umic (313) 583-6405 h.edu Karen Collins Lead Project Coordinator Flint Ml kcollin@umflint.edu (810) 767-9491 (810) 767-7183 Audra Forsberg Campus Life Event Planner Detroit Ml 48202- au4680@wayne.ed (313) 577-9324 u (313) 577-8061 Michigan State University Northern Michigan University Oakland Community College Saginaw Valley State University Schoolcraft College University of MichiganDearborn University of MichiganFlint Wayne State University Center for Civic 432 N. Saginaw St. Engagement (University Ste. 1001 Outreach) 351 Student Dean of Students Office Center, 5221 Gullen Mall Email malloy@msu.edu Phone Number Phone Fax Number Ext (989) 964-4297 x5037 (734) 462-4522 ----- Monday, December 04, 2006 Pagel of2 �2006-07 Totals Final Summary Number of students ------- 52641.00 Number of Volunteers ------- 4465.00 Number of teachers 1753.00 Number of hours 454557.00 --------- Community Revitalization projects 96.00 Disadvantaged Disadvantage youth participants youth served ----- 15991.00 12217.00 Community partners 425.00 �District Size Implementation and Institutionalization Grant Amounts Up to 2,500 students $ 15,000 From 2,50 1 to 19,999 stud ents $24,500 20,000 or more students $40,000 Implementation Grant Applicants T he staff reco tmnends the f ollow ing funding f or the li sted applicants: Legal Applicant Belding Area Schools Charlevoix Public Schools Chassell Tnwnshio..Schools Copper Country IS ~ ""G"rand Blanc Community Schools Inland Lakes Schools Kent lSD La ke Orion Commun ity Schools ( ) c ~quette-Aiger Kl::::iA" l:1ITaway Area-c ommunity Schools Pennfield Schools Traverse City Area Publ ic Schools Total \ Funding Requested Funding Recommended $15,000 $15 ,000 $15,000 $24 ,500 $24 ,500 $15,000 $40 ,000 $24 ,500 $24 ,500 $14,967 $15 ,000 $24,500 $15,000 $15 ,000 $15 ,000 $24 ,500 $24,500 $15,000 $40 ,000 $24 ,500 $24 ,500 $15,000 $15,000 $24 ,500 $252,467 $252,500 Institutionalization Grant Applicants T he staff recommends the follow ing f unding for the li sted applicants: ~ Legal Applicant Carson City-Crystal Area Schools CASMAN Alternative Academy Clarkston Commun ity Schools Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools Lowell Area Schools Shelby Public Schools Southgate Publ ic Schools Williamston Commu nity Schools Total Funding Requested Funding Recommended $15,000 $15 ,000 $24 ,500 $14,285 $24 ,500 $15 ,664 $24 ,500 $15 ,000 $15,000 $15,000 $24 ,500 $15,000 $24 ,500 $15,000 $24 ,500 $15 ,000 $148,449 $148,500 One applicant is not being r ecomm ended f or fundin g. Th e applicant did not successfully demonstrate adequate p erformance on 2006-2007 pr ogram goals and did not articulate strategi es that would allow for needed correcti ons. Legal Applicant A lpena Pub lic Schools Funding Requested $10,000 �Learn and Serve- Michigan 2007-08 School-Based Program Descriptions IMPLEMENTATION The following schools are being recommended for implementation grants: Belding Area Schools The Belding ea School is in it's second year as a grantee and will focus on five areas that will grow and help sust · their program. They will update their web page to include service-learning resources for teachers and pa ers. The Service-Learning Coordinator will select building representatives who will work with her top vide localized service-learning support. Expanded professional development opportunities will be d tvered this year in order to reach teachers not previously engaged. Student presentations will be encouraged as a means for generating more interest and support for service-learning. Finally, the program advisory board will develop an awards program to recognize staff, volunteers and students involved in service-learning. These fi ve strategies will get them closer to implementing the Belding Area Schools vision for service-learning - "students will experience service-learning every year in every grade" . Contact: Mary Beth Cluley Belding Area Schools 1975 Orchard Street Belding, Michigan 48809 Phone: (616) 794-4707 Fax: (616) 794-4726 Email: cluleym@bas-k 12.org Charlevoix Public Schools In 007-2008 , Charlevoix Public Schools will focus on building a sustainable service-learning program. The ant coordinator and curriculum teams will address school improvement goals by tying service-learning to tate standards and benchmarks. They will continue training teachers on service-learning via professional development activities, core team meetings, and sharing of successes by pilot teachers during staff meetings. Service-learning will be tied to curriculum development goals and school mission statement. Teachers as service-learning guides are being targeted for each district school so that they can champion the cause of opening up the classroom to include community engagement. Contact: Gail Cherry Charlevoix Public Schools 5200 Mario Center Road Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-3222 Fax: (231) 547-3245 Email: gcherry@rayder. net 1 2006-07 SB summaries �Chassell Township Schools The Chassell Townsrup Schools' service-learning coordinator, district administration, and advisory board will work to increase service-learning in the district and take steps to sustain service-learning as a viable teaching model for their classrooms. Service-learning and Character Counts will be joined as an elective to support school improvement plans in the middle and elementary grades. They will continue to strengthen the ection to the community, especially through a partnersrup with the Chassell Lions Club and the nship Board. The program will seek additional participation in, and support for service-learning, through nded professional development and public relations efforts. Contact: James Frantti Chassell Township Schools 41585 U.S. Highway 41-P.O. Box 140 Chassell, Michigan 49916 Phone: (906)523-4691 Fax: (906) 523-4969 Email: franttij @cts.kl2.mi .us Grand Blanc Community Schools The Grand Blanc Community Schools are seeking funds to enhance their service-learning program that allows students and/or teachers to design service-learning activities around what they determine to be community needs based on their cun·ent studies. Allowing participants to design their own activity, is an integral part of tills initiative. Allowing students to take an active role in the design of their servicelearning helps foste their sense of civic responsibility, empathy, higher-order thinking skills and problem solving skills. T e coordinator plans to use the program to help bridge the large socioeconomic gap that currently_ exis in the school district by giving students the opportunity to w~oge;rr tr lv,eA}lal)d r.Jj commumt JSsues. JY Co act: Martha Gale rand Blanc Community Schools 11920 South Saginaw Street Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 Phone: (810) 591-6931 Fax: (810) 591 -6431 Email: mgale@ grandblancschools.org ~ V L/ 1 / Inland Lakes Schools Inland Lakes Sc ols was awarded a Learn and Serve - Michigan planning grant in 2006. During the 20072008 school y r, Inland Lakes Schools will develop and implement a minimum of six service-learning projects. A roximately 450 students will participate. Students will take an active role in developing the proje ts d all projects will align with State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. The program coordinator will work with administrative and teaching staff to develop and implement programs. The program advisory board will be expanded to include students and parents and they will work to~ er to identjJY)®-itional program expertise and resources . if V Jj ( Contact: Susan Wrutener Inland Lakes Schools 5243 South Straits Highway ) 2 2006-0 7 S/3 SLIIIII/I a ries s �Indian Rjver, Michigan 49749 Phone: (231) 238-8896 Fax : (231) 238-4181 Emai I: swhitener@ inlandlakes.org Kent Intermediate School District The Kent County Intermediate School District (KISD) supports instruction in the classroom and student achievement. The goal of their Learn and Serve - Michigan grant is to expand service-learning as an instruction methodology. Through this grant, KISD students will demonstrate academic and social skills while he ing others at school and in the community. Students will demonstrate mastery in a core academic subject nd develop Career Pathway employability skills. The program will be expanded by adding two new scho districts to the program and by offering additional support to the existing two school districts. The dis ct will use the Rubric for the Sustainability of High Quality Service-Learning as a guide for deeply 1 egrating their program. Kent ISD will also continue to include additional special populations including low-income, special education and preschool students. ~ f{~oJ Contact: Steve Dieleman Kent ISD 2930 Knapp, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 365-2271 Fax: (616) 364-1489 Email: stevedieleman@kentisd.org Lake Orion In the first y r of funding, Lake Orion Commuruty Schools worked to incorporate service-leaming into the "culture" o the district, making it both sequential and sustainable. Over the next year they will be targeting the admi strative level with presentations at the admirustrative Council meetings. They will also be improvi g teacher development with workshops focused on deeperung the impact of service-learning and the nder anding the Principles of Effective Practice for service-learning so that the projects will be of s 1ent intensity and duration. They will be adding projects at three more buildings and will be working to increase the community and administrative support of their service-learning :!£orts. ~· }J Contact: MaryArme Thorndycraft Lake Orion Community Schools 455 East Scripps Road Lake Orion, Michigan 48360 Phone: (248) 693-5436 Fax: (248) 693-5670 Email: mthornd craft lakeorion.kl2.mi.us Ona d svo lJ ( fifLer rvv Area Communit School Ona ay Area Schools will build upon the previous year of Learn and Serve W~~gan funding by in easing the capacity and interest among staff members to develop and implement effective serviceeaming for students. The program coordinator will continue to nurture existing commuruty partnerships, while fostering new relationships. Finally, they will make stronger connections between service-leaming, 3 2006-07 SB summaries �curriculu and school improvement so that the experiences are meaningful and tightly aligned with State of Mich. n Curriculum Framework. Contact: Robert Szyrnoniak Onaway Area Community School Box 307 Onaway, Michigan 49765 Phone: (989) 733-4950 Fax: (989) 733-4998 Email: bszymoniak@oacsd.com Pennfield Sc ools wi ll focus on three service-learning goals in 2007-2008: prove student perfonnance and achievement through service-learning. elp to develop and internalize the attitudes and perceptions of students and teachers regarding the personal and civic value of service-learning Meet documented needs withjn the community To achieve these goals, Pennfield Schools will: 1) build the organizational infrastructure to support more a deeper service-learning activities; 2) adding professional learning events each semester; 3) e panding community outreach; 4) expanding the size and purpose of the advisory board; 5) r formulating existing clubs and organizations to better sup, ort ervice-learning; 6) and augment the valuation plan to include formative and summative elements t at will allow~~m improvement as well as articulating the outcomes and impact of service-1 nr i~ s V G·u ~ ') Contact: Edward terSteeg Pennfield Schools 8587 Pennfield Road Battle Creek, Micrugan 49017 Phone: (269) 961-9781 Fax: (269) 961-9799 Emai l: tersteee@ pennfield .k12.mi.us Area Public Schools The Travers City Area Public Schools' (TCAPS) Youth-to-Youth Initiative (Y2Y): Learning for Action for the 2007-2 08 school year will focus on a micro-finance service-learning program for middle school and high schoo students. This program will extend the deli very of service-learning curriculum into new grade levels, ne content areas, and supports their multi-year strategy for establishing K-12 service-learning integr ti with TCAPS' curriculum. They will provide tools and instructional strategies that link to currie m and help students to sucesssfully learn and apply concepts of financial literacy, stewardship of natural and financial resources, and global citizenship. \~ Contact: Pat Lewallen Traverse City Area Public Schools P.O. Box 32 Traverse City, Micrugan 49685 Phone: (231) 933-1798 4 2006- 07 SB SLIIIIIJJa ri es �Fax: (231) 933-1782 Email: lewallenpa@admin.tcaps .net INSTITUTIONALIZATION The following schools are being recommended for institutionalization grants: Carson City-Crystal Area Schools The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently sed. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle hool students will take part in projects that deal with American Red Cross certifications and comn nity clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on · creased teacher training and increased school and c01mnunity partnership. Contact: Kelly Pringle Carson City-Crystal Area Schools 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989) 584-3138 Fax : (989) 584-3043 Email: kpringle@carsoncity.k12.mi.us \ \ s(/0 Q \ J 1 Casman lternative Academv Casman ~ltemative Academy's plan to increase the role of service-learning implementation by: the inclusion of serv·ce-leaming in all core classes at each grade level, coordination of sequential service-learning proj ects acros all subjects, increased student roles at all stages of projects development, formation of a reliable and prod ctive advisory board, alignment of service-learning with state benchmarks, a partnership with a univ rsity to provide evaluation and assessment services, the development of partnerships and an increase in vol teers for projects, and a balance of one time projects and other long tem1 interdisciplinary projects. tact: Matt Somsel Casman Alternative Academy 171 0 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee. org Schools Community Schools plans to expand on the service-learning activities established in the previous ars The advisory board will be expanded to include more local agencies and youth . The program will o follow up meetings for teachers who participate in training workshops will e ~ fessional development. A mini-grant procedure will be used to :ncourage project de~~ IJ _ public relations j 2006-0 7 SB summaries �initiati ve will be used to develop additional support for this effort. This year nearly 3,000 students will be engaged in service-learning. Contact: Davie Reschke Clarkston Community Schools 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Tel: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm@clarkston.kl 2.mi .us Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD) Efforts during the 2007-2008 school year will focus on sustainability within districts already having success with servic -learning and additional work in districts not yet embracing service-learning. In districts where teachers e successfully implementing service projects, efforts will target key teachers to develop mentors throug xtra training and networking. In districts where service-learning is not yet being utilized, efforts will fi us on recruiting more teachers through training and guidance throughout project implementation. dd . g a service-learning newsletter and a summer institute to the program will highlight success and n urage community partners to become a pat1 of service-learning. The CCISD will continue to maintain a hstserv to be utilized for communication and a web page devoted to service-learning activities and resources (/) for teachers . &J(J5 Contact: Carla Strome Copper Country ISD 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 782-1931 Email: cstrome(a),ccisd.k 12.mi. us cz (( Kalevta Norman Dickson Schools Over he past decade, Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools (KNDS) have used service learning to increase the acade 11ic achievement of students while fostering a culture of service in the region. 'fhe progran1 revolves the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide Enabling each student to experience service-l earning at each level Developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, And encouraging active participation in communities With it ' s final year of Learn and Serve - Michigan funding KNDS will continue to en community problem solving, increase graduation rates and buildl l·tment amon administrative staff. ( ( 0 Contact: Deborah Crandell Kaleva Nonnan Dickson Schools Brethren High School 440 Not1h High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 6 2006-07 SB swllmaries ) �Phone: (231) 477-5355 Fax: (231) 4 77-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Lowell Area chools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade level from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve peo e in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the pl 1med and progressive training and support of teachers and adm 1 · is/ation, a~ well businesses and organi tions within the community. "Y J Contact: Carla Stone Lowell Area Schools 11700 Vergennes Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 682-4125 Fax: (616) 897-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.k12.mi.us c)1J Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA) Marque te- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan Unive ity has implemented a service-learning initiative for the past 3 Yz years. In the coming school year, the pr gram will be enhanced by increased teachers suppot1, expansion of teacher professional development ith stronger connection to the State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. Throughout the project, schools i fi e Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. The cot ties will include Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa and Mac~~ · 1.P Contact: Robert Koehs Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 (906) 226-5116 Email: bkoehs@maresa.k 12.mi. us ~~ 0'J4 \Js Shelby Public Schools The goal of the 2007-200 implementation grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners inv lved in service-learning at all grade levels while maintaining the infrastructure that supports the service-lea ling program. The long-term goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning ex erience at each educational level , sequential experien ! e and hav :~ffl ivities be of a sustained signifi ant duration so that student involvement lasts for am · um~ 4 '{1 1 ~1\Y per school year and coverin u iple disciplines . J ..) Contact: Fred Osborn Shelby Public Schools 155 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 ) 7 2006-07 SB summaries �Tel: (231) 861-5541 Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: osbofm@shelby.kl2.mi.us South ate Community School District "Te ching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is in its sixth year implementation of a Lea and Serve grant. The goal of this program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curr culum with special relevance to the core democratic values. Students at each grade levels K-5, 6-9 and 10- 2, including the alternative high school, will have a quality service-learning experience. They will learn I o to conduct a conmmnity needs assessment and identify a need. They will consider how to address the n d by designing service-learning programs in a way that c01mects with classroom instruction. A s as ithe f limprove combination of mini-grant and professional development activities will gu port teache? their service-learning instructional skills. ;}I Contact: Mary Lou Provost Southgate Community School District 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195-1891 Tel: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.kl2.mi.us J Williamston Community Schools The purpose of this fifth year grant is threefold. The first focus will be to provide professional development and material resources to enable those buildings not yet fully implementing service-learning to replicate successful programs started in other buildings. They will also guide experienced service-learning teachers to develop authentic assessments of their service-learning practices as a model for the non-participating teaching staff a d helping train their colleagues in effective service-leanling assessment. The final focus is to continue to xpand the dissemination of service-learning experiences within the conmmnity and educational twork of teachers throughout the state. The anticipated impact will be to promote servicelearning in ther districts. Contact: Kristine A. Grunwald Williamston Community Schools 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Tel: (517) 655 -2142 x 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wmston.k12.mi.us 8 2006- 07 SB swnmaries �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY ROSTER SERVICE 2007-2008 COMMISSION ./ Implementation Grant - $15,000 BELDING AREA SCHOOLS Mary Beth Cluley Belding Area Schools 1975 Orchard Street Belding, Michigan 48809 Phone: (616) 794-4707 Fax: (616) 794-4726 Email: cluleym(a)bas-k12.org The Belding Area School is in it's second year as a grantee and will focus on five areas that will grow and help sustain their program. They will update their web page to include service-learning resources for teachers and partners. The Service-Learning Coordinator will select building representatives who will work with her to provide localized service-learning support. Expanded professional development opportunities will be delivered this year in order to reach teachers not previously engaged. Student presentations will be encouraged as a means for generating more interest and support for service-learning. Finally, the program advisory board will develop an awards program to recognize staff, volunteers and students involved in service-learning. These five strategies will get them closer to implementing the Belding Area Schools vision for service-learning- "students will experience service-learning every year in every grade". County(ies) Served: District Only- Ionia County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 ./ Kelly Pringle Carson City-Crystal Area Schools 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989) 584-3138 Fax: (989) 584-3043 Email: kpringle@carsoncity.k 12.mi. us The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with American Red Cross certifications and community clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on increased teacher training and increased school and community partnership. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County 1 Updated December 5, 2007 �CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 ...-- Matt Somsel CASMAN Alternative Academy 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email : msomsel@manistee.org Casman Alternative Academy's plan to increase the role of service-learning implementation by: the inclusion of service-learning in all core classes at each grade level, coordination of sequential service-learning proj ects across all subjects, increased student roles at all stages of projects development, formation of a reliable and productive advisory board, alignment of service-learning with state benchmarks, a pminership with a university to provide evaluation and assessment services, the development of partnerships and an increase in volunteers for projects, and a balance of one time projects and other long term interdisciplinary projects. County(ies) Served: Dish·ict Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant- $15,000 ,_... CHARLEVOIX PUBLIC SCHOOLS Gail Cherry Charlevoix Public Schools 5200 Mario Center Road Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231)547-3222 Fax: (231) 547-3245 Email: gcherry@rayder.net In 2007-2008, Charlevoix Public Schools will focus on building a sustainable service-learning prograin. The grant coordinator and curriculum teams will address school improvement goals by tying service-learning to state standards and benchmarks. They will continue training teachers on service-learning via professional development activities, core team meetings, and sharing of successes by pilot teachers during staff meetings. Service-learning will be tied to curriculum development goals and school mission statement. Teachers as service-learning guides are being targeted for each district school so that they can champion the cause of opening up the classroom to include community engagement. County(ies) Served: District Only - Charlevoix County / Implementation Grant - $15,000 CHASSELL TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS ~ - ~ I'VJ1Ch6..e. l blLU.YI..jChassell Township Schools 41585 U.S. Highway 41-P.O. Box 140 Chassell, Michigan 49916 Phone: (906) 523-4691 Fax: (906) 523-4969 Email: fl'ftl1ttij@et~.kl2.mi.us SGLL~ n+-fYI@ ·I'::> Kl Q. I\ 2 Updated December 5, 2007 �The Chassell Township Schools' service-learning coordinator, district administration, and advisory board will work to increase service-learning in the district and take steps to sustain service-learning as a viable teaching model for their classrooms. Service-learning and Character Counts will be joined as an elective to support school improvement plans in the middle and elementary grades. They will continue to strengthen the connection to the community, especially through a partnership with the Chassell Lions Club and the Township Board. The program will seek additional participation in, and support for service-learning, through expanded professional development and public relations efforts. County(ies) Served: District Only- Houghton County CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ~entad: David Reschke Clarkston Community Schools 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Tel: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm(a)clarkston.k 12.mi. us Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 ------- Clarkston Community Schools plans to expand on the service-learning activities established in the previous years. The advisory board will be expanded to include more local agencies and youth. The program will offer follow up meetings for teachers who participate in training workshops will enhance professional development. A mini-grant procedure will be used to encourage project development and a public relations initiative will be used to develop additional support for this effort. This year nearly 3,000 students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Carla Strome Copper Country ISD 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 782-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.kl2.mi.us Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 Efforts during the 2007-2008 school year will focus on sustainability within districts already having success with service-learning and additional work in districts not yet embracing service-learning. In districts where teachers are successfully implementing service projects, efforts will target key teachers to develop mentors through extra training and networking. In districts where service-learning is not yet being utilized, efforts will focus on recruiting more teachers through training and guidance throughout project implementation. Adding a service-learning newsletter and a summer institute to the program will highlight success and encourage community partners to become a part of service-learning. The CCISD will continue to maintain a listserv to be utilized for communication and a web page devoted to service-learning activities and resources for teachers. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw 3 Updated December 5, 2007 �Implementation Grant - $24,500 ,__. GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Martha Gale Grand Blanc Community Schools 11920 South Saginaw Street Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 Phone: (810) 591-6931 Fax: (810) 591-6431 Email: mgale@grandblancschools.org The Grand Blanc Community Schools are seeking funds to enhance their service-learning program that allows students and/or teachers to design service-learning activities around what they determine to be community needs based on their current studies. Allowing participants to design their own activity, is an integral part of this initiative. Allowing students to take an active role in the design of their servicelearning helps foster their sense of civic responsibility, empathy, higher-order thinking skills and problem solving skills. The coordinator plans to use the program to help bridge the large socioeconomic gap that currently exists in the school district by giving students the opportunity to work together to solve shared community issues. County(ies) Served: District Only- Genesee County Implementation Grant- $15,000 INLAND LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT Susan Whitener Inland Lakes Schools 5243 South Straits Highway Indian River, Michigan 49749 Phone: (231) 238-8896 Fax: (231) 238-4181 Email: swhitener@inlandlakes.org Inland Lakes Schools was awarded a Learn and Serve- Michigan planning grant in 2006. During the 20072008 school year, Inland Lakes Schools will develop and implement a minimum of six service-learning projects. Approximately 450 students will participate. Students will take an active role in developing the projects and all projects will align with State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. The program coordinator will work with administrative and teaching staff to develop and implement programs. The program advisory board will be expanded to include students and parents and they will work together to identify additional program expertise and resources. County(ies) Served: District Only- Cheboygan County 4 Updated December 5, 2007 �KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 ..- Deborah Crandell Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools Brethren High School 440 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone:(231)477-5355 Fax: (231) 477-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Over the past decade, Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools (KNDS) have used service learning to increase the academic achievement of students while fostering a culture of service in the region. The program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: • Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide • Enabling each student to experience service-learning at each level • Developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, • And encouraging active participation in communities With it's final year of Learn and Serve -Michigan funding KNDS will continue to engage students in community problem solving, increase graduation rates and build commitment among the teaching and administrative staff. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $40,000 ......- KENT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Steve Dieleman Kent lSD 2930 Knapp NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 365-2271 Fax: (616) 364-1489 Email: stevedieleman@kentisd.org The Kent County Intermediate School District (KISD) supports instruction in the classroom and student achievement. The goal of their Learn and Serve- Michigan grant is to expand service-learning as an instructional methodology. Through this grant, KISD students will demonstrate academic and social skills while helping others at school and in the community. Students will demonstrate mastery in a core academic subject and develop Career Pathway employability skills. The program will be expanded by adding two new school districts to the program and by offering additional support to the existing two school districts. The district will use the Rubric for the Sustainability of High Quality Service-Learning as a guide for deeply integrating their program. Kent lSD will also continue to include additional special populations including low-income, special education and preschool students. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County Implementation Grant - $24,500 / LAKE ORION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MaryAnne Thorndycraft Lake Orion Community Schools 455 East Scripps Road 5 Updated December 5, 2007 �Lake Orion, Michigan 48360 Phone: (248) 693 -5436 Fax: (248) 693 -5670 Email : mthorndycraft@lakeorion.kl2.mi .us In the first year of fund ing, Lake Orion Community Schools worked to incorporate service-learning into the "culture" of the district, making it both sequential and sustainable. Over the next year they will be targeting the administrative level with presentations at the administrative Council meetings. They will also be improving teacher development with workshops focused on deepening the impact of service-learning and the tmderstanding the Principles of Effective Practice for service-learning so that the projects will be of sufficient intensity and duration. They will be adding projects at three more buildings and will be working to increase the community and administrative support of their service-learning efforts. County(ies) Served: District Only - Oakland County LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Carla Stone Lowell Area Schools 11700 Vergennes Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 682-4125 Fax: (616) 897-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.k 12.mi .us Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 ..,., Lowell Area Schools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve people in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the planned and progressive training and support of teachers and administration, as well as businesses and organizations within the community. County(ies) Served : District Only - Kent County (I vfrMARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL E DUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY (MARESA) ~"If\ R:o]~Mf'!Ceohs, Educational Consultant Institutionalization Grant- $24,50~ 1 ' ~ Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency ~ 321 East Ohio Street ~() 0 r Y1 Marquette, Michigan 49855 :_.. ACA 0 lr 1 (906) 226-5116 QL \ () r:) c ( )rQ1 . ..._,,/"1)/v Email: ~s@fB:aF@!!e.¥&5¢\s \ J l \ /1./ ~-1" ~ flp ~ ~(' \ VI ~ f.l; )\\Or\./ r ( l.Ors _Jwhn@ fY(l e. A t<', Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan Uni versity has implemented a service-learning initiative for the past 3 Y2 years . In the coming school year, the program will be enhanced by increased teachers support, expansion of teacher professional development with a stronger connection to the State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. Throughout the project, schools in fi ve Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. The counties will include Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa and Mackinaw. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette 6 Updated December 5, 2007 I �Implementation Grant- $15,000 ~ 0NA WAY AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOL ~Z!:~e- Mtr&~ f -n Onaway Area Community School .J:b»<4M L/5 L/ 9 ;vJ · 3 3 'Sou-+ J.--... Onaway, Michigan 49765 Phone: (989) 733 ~59 <-l'100 Fax: (989) 733 ~ C{ q L.(~ Email· ~ymen:iinfr@ra?tc&tc om hor-n mS c ( ) L) ri;} ya.h<XJ. C Onaway Area Schools will build upon the previous year of Learn and Serve - Michigan funding by increasing the capacity and interest among staff members to develop and implement effective servicelearning for students. The program coordinator will continue to nurture existing community partnerships, while fostering new relationships. Finally, they will make stronger connections between service-learning, cun·iculum and school improvement so that the experiences are meaningful and tightly aligned with State of Michigan Curriculum Framework. County(ies) Served: District Only - Presque Isle County Implementation Grant- $15,000 v" PENNFIELD SCHOOLS Edward terSteeg Pennfield Schools 8587 Pennfield Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 961-9781 Fax: (269) 961-9799 Emai 1: tersteee@permfiel d. k 12. mi. us ~act. Petmfield Schools will focus on three service-learning goals in 2007-2008: Improve student performance and achievement through service-learning. Help to develop and internalize the attitudes and perceptions of shtdents and teachers regarding the personal and civic value of service-learning Meet documented needs within the community To achieve these goals, Pennfield Schools will: 1) build the organizational infrastructure to support more and deeper service-learning activities; 2) adding professional learning events each semester; 3) expanding community outreach; 4) expanding the size and purpose of the advisory board; 5) reformulating existing clubs and organizations to better support service-learning; 6) and augment the evaluation plan to include formative and sunm1ative elements that will allow for program improvement as well as articulating the outcomes and impact of service-learning in the district. County(ies) Served: District Only - Calhoun County 7 Updated December 5, 200 7 �SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fred Osbem ScoH-Qu.JZ£0. Shelby Public Schools ") <:.-"" 155 Sixth Street / Shelby, Michigan 49455 Tel: (231) 861 ~ L/L/ 6 ~ Fax: (231) 861-6764 Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 / \1 ( The goal ofthe 2007-2008 institutionalization grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners involved in service-learning at all grade levels while maintaining the infrastructure that supports the service-learning program. The long-tern1 goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning experience at each educational level, sequential experiences, and have the activities be of a sustained or significant duration so that student involvement lasts for a minimum of 40 hours per school year and covering multiple disciplines. County(ies) Served: District Only - Oceana County SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Mary Lou Provost Institutionalization Southgate Community School District 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195-1891 Tel: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.kl2.mi.us Grant - $24,500 / "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is in its sixth year implementation of a Learn and Serve grant. The goal ofthis program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curriculum with special relevance to the core democratic values. Students at each grade levels K-5, 6-9 and 10-12, including the alternative high school, will have a quality service-learning experience. They will learn how to conduct a community needs assessment and identify a need. They will consider how to address the need by designing service-learning programs in a way that connects with classroom instruction. A combination of mini-grant and professional development activities will support teachers as they improve their service-learning instructional skills. County(ies) Served: District Only - Wayne County ,/ Implementation Grant- $24,500 TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS f-a-t I ©} m ll en_ ~Ir;s); Fie.. h; 'rJv q Traverse City Area Public Schools P. O. Hox 32= V/ ~ WebS I-t"r Traverse City, Michigan ·~ y c1a 40 10 Phone: (231) 933- ~ 5w5"'/ Fax : (231) 933-1782 Email: l~npa-@oom:in . tcaps:net " rC l ~ ~\ \J { 1 e_b, ·nJJ,~@odlnt·tL. 8 f Cci.jJS · 11ef Updated December 5, 2007 �The Traverse City Area Public Schools' (TCAPS) Youth-to-Youth Initiative (Y2}j: Learning for Action for the 2007-2008 school year will focus on a micro-finance service-learning program for middle school and high school students. This program will extend the delivery of service-learning curriculum into new grade levels, new content areas, and supports their multi-year strategy for establishing K-12 service-learning integration with TCAPS' curriculum. They will provide tools and instructional strategies that link to curriculum and help students to sucesssfully learn and apply concepts of financial literacy, stewardship of natural and financial resources, and global citizenship. County(ies) Served: District Only- Grand Traverse County WILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 . . . .--- Kristine A. Grunwald Williamston Community Schools 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 x 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wmston.k12.mi.us The purpose of this fifth year grant is threefold. The first focus will be to provide professional development and material resources to enable those buildings not yet fully implementing service-learning to replicate successful programs started in other buildings. They will also guide experienced service-learning teachers to develop authentic assessments of their service-learning practices as a model for the non-participating teaching staff and helping train their colleagues in effective service-learning assessment. The final focus is to continue to expand the dissemination of service-learning experiences within the community and educational network of teachers throughout the state. The anticipated impact will be to promote servicelearning in other districts. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County 9 Updated December 5, 2007 �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Every one of us wants our children to grow into skilled, aware, and responsible adults. Through service~learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. A 2002 study of Michigan schools shows that 39 percent of public schools participate in service-learning, while 88 percent participate in general community service projects. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning opportunities district wide. Currently, the MCSC manages: • • 32 School-Based programs where K-12 teachers tie serviced~learning projects to the regular curriculum. Current funding is $550,024. One Community-Based program grant is given to Michigan State University 4-H Extension in the amount of $317,896. Service-learning has been shown to: • • • Increase motivation to learn, Lower drop out rates, and Build critical thinking and problem solving skills. �2006-07 Learn and Serve Michigan MtSSAUKEE LAKE • • Learn and Serve - Michigan SchoolBased pr'ogram(s) serve this county The learn and Serve - Michigan Community-Based program is based in this county OSCEOlA OGEMAW ClARE Gl.AIJWIN GRATIOT MONTCALM • • • • • • • • • •• • • • KENT 1----l-----\:::-::::::::-::-:=:i CUNTON IONIA GENESEE SIIAWASSEf OAKlAND BARRY EATON INGHAM JACKSON ST. JOSEPH BRANCH Hll.LSOALE UVINGS WASHTENAW LENAWEE Updated: January 11, 2007 �MICHIGAN COMMU.....ITY SERVICE VETERANS ARE TOUCHED BY CHILDREN'S INTEREST COMMISSION "The Veterans' Reception was a great way to bring two vastly separated generations together," said Ron DeWaard. "It makes up for so many times when older people and younger people purposely avoid each other because they think they have no common ground." Vietnam Veteran Ron DeWaard and,his wiftt Linda, along with more than 100 other veterans and their wives recently attended the first annual Veterans' Reception hosted by members of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland (BGCH). The reception, honoring veterans for service to our country, included a tour of the Boys and Girls Club, a dinner, and a program of speeches by both youth and veterans. Ron and Linda were touched by the expression of kindness on the part of the 85 Holland youth involved. A Holland youth and local veterans meet for the first time at the Veterans Reception. The reception was the culmination of a year of correspondence between club members and veterans. Letters, holiday cards, valentines, and photographs were exchanged. A club member from the 5th grade had the greatest response from her veteran. After her first letter, she received a large package. It contained an extensive letter in which the veteran answered all her questions and included a book and pictures of the ship that he served on while in the Navy. In addition to giving students a window into the lives of veterans, the year-long project gave them opportunities to practice letterwriting and computer skills. The program was not directly designed to bring homeland security into the lives of the youth and the community. An exciting, but unexpected outcome was the level of awareness gained by the youth about what it means to serve your country and be part of a nation and community. Equally exciting was how touched ~he veterans were by the intere~t of the children. "Acts of kindness are always rewarded," shared Army veteran, Bruce Glass. A lifetime member of VFW Post 2144 and former member of the 352nd Communication Reconnaissance Company, Mr. Glass served in the Korean War. He told the club members, "Your kindness toward old soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen will not be forgotten. We salute you." Students in this program also • Planned with community leaders and decorated the parade route for the Veterans' Day and Memorial Day parades • Cleaned up and prepared equipment for storage after parades • Researched the wars which veterans corresponded about " " This service-learning project is part of the Learn and Serve - Michigan program at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently approved a $12,611 grant so this service-learning program can continue throughout the 2002-2003-program year. The BGCH service-learning program will engage at least 175 students in the upcoming year. The BGCH practice of service-learning is expanding throughout their youth serving programs. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE-- STUDENTS MOUNT CAMPAIGN ·AGAINST SECON-DHAND SMOKE COMMISSION Students at ACE High School are concerned ... for themselves, their friends, and their families. Tobacco use is the single leading·preventab_le cause of death in the United States. Although cigarette smoking nationwide among highSchO'Ol students is declining, approximately 80% of tobacco users begin smoking before the age of 18. If this trend continues, approximately 5 million children living today will die prematurely because they began to smoke cigarettes during adolescence. What really got the attention of the ACE High School students were the effects of secondhand smoke. Research has shown that smoke from the smokers around them causes disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. Although they may make the decision not to smoke, they could still be at risk. Rather than sit around and complain, they decided to do something. Led by juniors Shaun Bryan and Nicole Mangan, and senior Amanda Bjorkman, the students developed and produced media materials educating Iron County citizens on the problems of secondhand smoke. You Have a Choice, They Don'tEffects ofSecond Hand Smoke was developed as part of an academic servicelearning project for their Communication Arts class. The media campaign included a You Have The Choice, They Don't was the message ofthe ACE High School media campaign in Iron County. billboard, exhibit boards, radio spots, and place mats for local restaurants. Students chose the topic of secondhand smoke. They did research to determine the best media outlets to use in their community. They wrote the message and formulated the layouts. They evaluated their project when it was completed. Not only did the students learn about secondhand smoke and how to put together a media campaign-they were rewarded for their efforts. The Michigan Cancer Consortium awarded ACE the Spirit of Cooperation Award for their outstanding work in the Upper Peninsula. ACE High School is part of the West Iron County Public Schools. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded them a $33,250 Learn and Serve- Michigan grant to expand their service-learning activities. They are one of 36 school-based programs that receive funding through Learn and Serve- Michigan. �MICHIGAN CQMMUN11Y SERVI~E YOUNG VOLUNTEER REACHES OUT TO SENIORS COMMISSION "Knocking on the door and a man saying 'Follow me,' and the next thing I knew we were being evacuated," said Joyce Mallory, a resident of Courthouse Square Apartments in Ann Arbor. On a hot July evening, seventy residents gQt ;l_helping hand from the American Red Cross, when a fire in the elevator shaft forced them to evacuate their apartments. Coordinating with the University of Michigan, Red Cross staff and volunteers arranged for residents of the downtown assisted living facility to be bussed to temporary housing at a local hotel. Complications in repairing the problem at Courthouse Square turned the one-night stay into four nights. The residents were concerned about their apartments, pets needed care, and many seniors needed to replenish medications left behind in their hasty exit. Working with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and other community agencies, the Residents from Courthouse Square receive Red Cross Red Cross team turned a potentially traumatic assistance during their crisis. few days into "an adventure," as resident Elizabeth Galvan called it. Daily shuttles were scheduled for residents, meals were served, and medical assistance provided. Happy to be on her way back home after the crisis, Joyce said she thought the Red Cross volunteers were wonderful. "Without the Red Cross, we'd have been lost," she said. One of the volunteers who helped with the evacuation and sheltering was 17-year-old Deondre Richmond. Deondre became a volunteer through the Red Cross Youth Community Action Team (YCAT). He had only recently completed his orientation when he was called into action. Working alongside experienced team members, Deondre provided information, food, and a listening ear to the seniors. During the five days of the crisis, he volunteered a total of 59 hours. He combined his training with common sense and youthful energy to do anything he could. Although public recognition is not important to him, Deondre received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Red Cross Emergency Services Department. " YCAT engag~s 80 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 in a variety of service-learning activities that are mainly focused on peer education. Youth volunteers first complete First Aid and CPR training. Then they choose an interest area such as Community Disaster, Water Safety, or Pet First Aid for their next level of training. The young people utilize their training to assist their peers and to volunteer for Red Cross projects throughout the community. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded the Red Cross a $15,000 Learn and Serve- Michigan communitybased grant for the YCAT program. ��MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY-BASED ROSTER -SERVICE 2006-2007 COMMISSION MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 4-H EXTENSION Cyndi Mark, Ph.D. Program Leader 4-H Youth Development Children, Youth and Family Programs Michigan State University Extension 160 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1039 Phone: (517)432-7602 Fax: (517) 355-6748 Email: markc@anr .msu.edu ~The Michigan 4-H Peer Mentoring and Service Learning is increasing the number of disadvantaged youth with peer mentors by recruiting more than 1,000 peer mentors that will serve at least 1,600 mentees. The program will be conducted by Michigan State University Extension and implemented in at least 20 counties. Peer mentors will gain skills in social development, citizenship, and leadership while they provide the younger student with a stable role model. 1 2006-07 CB summaries ��MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED ROSTER SERVICE 2006-2007 COMMISSION Planning Grant - $6,000 ALPENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Contact: Angie Stoughton Alpena Public Schools 3303 South Third Avenue, D House Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: (989) 358-5245 Fax: (989) 358-5312 Email: angie3424@yahoo.com During the initial phase of the grant, the majority of funds will be dedicated to professional development and teachers will attend service-learning sessions offered by the MCSC and other recommended trainings. Sequential high quality service-learning will occur by involving at least one class of the 5th and 6th grade students in at least one elementary level building, at least one 7th and gth grade class at the junior high level, and at least one 9th and 1oth grade class at the high school level. <:;?unty(ies) Served: District Only- Alpena County "' ....iEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sharon Throm Bedford Public Schools 1623 West Stems Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 Phone: (734) 850-6034 Fax: (734) 850-6099 Email: throms@bedford.kl2.mi.us Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Students and teachers in Bedford Public Schools will have the opportunity to connect what they are learning in the classroom to the community in which they live through participation in service-learning. Projects will support academic achievement, and foster a sense of civic responsibility and pride. Teachers and students will develop ideas for these together based on needs that have been identified in the community and that match what is being taught in the classroom. Goals for 2006-07 include expanding the use of servicelearning to all buildings in the district and providing all students the opportunity to experience servicelearning at least one time in each grade span; providing at least fifteen new teachers and two administrators training; and continuing to build the foundation for sustainability by integrating service-learning into school improvement plans. County(ies) Served: District Only- Monroe County 1 2006-07 SB summaries �Planning Grant - $6,000 BELDING AREA SCHOOLS Mary Beth Cluley -Belding Area Schools ~975 Orchard Street Belding, Michigan 48809 Phone: (616) 794-4707 ·Fax: (616) 794-4726 Email: cluleym@bas-kl2.org In the planning phase of this grant, the applicant will select a Service-Learning Coordinator for the district. With the Curriculum Director and teachers, they will incorporate service-learning into the curriculum in a minimum of one class per building. The goal over six years is to mainstream service-learning in all curriculum areas so that students will have a service-learning experience in all buildings. In order to establish the program this year, the coordinator will develop an advisory board and partner with Ionia Intermediate School District to offer service-learning professional development. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ionia County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Kelly Pringle Carson City-Crystal Area Schools 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone:(989)584-3138 --fax:(989)584-3043 ~mail: kpringle@carsoncity.kl2.mi.us Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve ciirriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with American Red Cross certifications and community clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on increased teacher training and increased school and community partnership. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County Implementation Grant - $15,000 CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Matt Somsel CASMAN Alternative Academy 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee.org CASMAN Alternative Academy's plan for the coming year includes establishing a more effective advisory _board, improving how projects are evaluated, and getting all teachers to implement long term, high quality ~rvice-learning projects at all grade levels. Graduation requirements have become progressively more 2 2006-07 SB summaries �stringent with each student required to complete 20 hours of service-learning each year as well as to prepare a portfolio which is presented by them twice annually to their parents at student led conferences. ~:::ounty(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Planning Grant - $6,000 CHARLEVOIX PUBLIC SCHOOLS · Gail Cherry Charlevoix Public Schools 5200 Mario Center Road ,Charlevoix, Michigan 49720 ·Phone: (231) 547-3222 Fax: (231) 547-3245 Email: gcherry@rayder.net Charlevoix plans to incorporate service-learning to address three major goals for the school district. They include: 1. All students will improve in reading comprehension in all curricular areas, using strategies of making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, determining importance, and synthesizing, 2. All students will improve writing skills, and 3. All students will improve math skills across the curriculum, with computation, solving problems, and data analysis. County(ies) Served: District Only- Charlevoix County Planning Grant - $6,000 CHASSELL TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS James Frantti ~hassell Township Schools 41585 U.S. Highway 41-P.O. Box 140 Chassell, Michigan 49916 Phone:(906)523-4691 Fax: (906) 523-4969 Email: franttij@cts.kl2.mi.us The Learning Through Service project will create a structure to fully integrate service-learning into the school curriculum. During the planning year, the focus will be on organizing an advisory board, providing professional development, developing a plan that integrates service-learning with specific curriculum standards and content areas at each grade span, and addressing assessment and sustainability. County(ies) Served: District Only- Houghton County Implementation Grant - $24,000 CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Contact: Davie Reschke Clarkston Community Schools 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Tel: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 ~mail: reschkdm@clarkston.kl2.mi.us 3 2006-07 SB summaries �In this third year of implementation, Clarkston Community Schools will expand on the service-learning activities established in previous years. The advisory board will be expanded to include more local agencies .-.lnd youth. Professional development will be enhanced by providing five on-site workshops to be followed r "y a two-day training event to deepen the service-learning expertise among educators. Mini-grants will be offered to encourage project development and replication. This year, more than 2,000 students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County CLINTON COUNTY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY Brandi Meredith Institutionalization 1013 South U.S. 27, Suite A St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Phone: (989) 224-6831 ext 332 Fax: (989)224-9574 Email: meredith@edzone.net Grant - $24,500 The goals of the Clinton County RESA program are to strengthen student, school, and community relationships, increase students' civic knowledge and historical perspective, and provide sustained, on-going service-learning professional development. The implementation of Clinton County's service-learning program will be based on a five pillar approach: sustained and ongoing professional development for teachers, classroom mini-grants to support service-learning projects establishing learning communities within the local schools, resource development and dissemination, and strong advisory board guidance. It is through the professional development model and the establishment of a learning community that the "xpected goals will be achieved. ' County(ies) Served: Clinton County COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Carla Strome Implementation Copper Country lSD 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone:(906)482-4250 Fax: (906) 782-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.kl2.mi.us Grant - $24,500 The Copper Country Intermediate School District will continue partnering with Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) to infuse the teaching community with understanding and implementation of service-learning for students. The geographic region that will be supported by this grant will initially be the northwestern Upper Peninsula. These activities will be available to all 13 school districts serviced by the CCISD that includes 500 teachers and over 7200 students. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw 4 2006-07 SB summaries �Implementation Grant - $30,000 EATON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Charlotte Koger ~aton Intermediate School District ,. "790 E. Packard Hwy. Charlotte, Michigan 48813 (517) 484-2929 ext.1158 ·Email: ckoger@eaton.k12.mi.us Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Intermediate School Districts and Olivet College continue in their partnership on the Mid-Michigan Learn and Serve Consortium to serve as the regional service-learning network for this grant. The focus of this implementation grant is to build the capacity of teachers in Eaton Clinton and Ingham counties to assist one another to improve student achievement and classroom instruction. Using a proven peer assistance model, six mentor teachers will provide intensive support a minimum of 20 additional teachers who are new to service-learning. Olivet College will be offering college credit for the professional development. Overall, this will impact 2,400 students. County(ies) Served: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham Planning Grant- $8,000 GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Martha Gale Grand Blanc Community Schools 11920 South Saginaw Street Grand Blanc, Michigan 48439 Phone: (81 0) 591-6931 ~ax: (810) 591-6431 r "mail: mgale@grandblancschools.org Involvement in service-learning will help to bridge the large socioeconomic gap that currently exists in the Grand Blanc School District by giving students the opportunity to work together to solve shared community issues. Additionally, service-learning will provide the district a means to allow all students to achieve their highest potential, and thereby elevate MEAP scores in underperforming subgroups, by helping to provide an interdisciplinary approach to studies that includes problem-based learning situations that integrate real world relevance with the application of academic skills. County(ies) Served: District Only- Genesee County HEMLOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 Rudy Godefroidt Hemlock Public Schools 1095 North Hemlock Road Hemlock, Michigan 48626 Phone: (989) 642-2338 Fax: (989) 642-3504 Email: grodefroidt@hemlock.k 12.mi. us The main organizational goal for this last year of funding will be to finalize details of formal policies, local and key staff to oversee the program and ensure the program can continue functioning in its present . Jective capacity. The district will also continue to offer high quality service opportunities tied into the ~nding, 5 2006-07 SB summaries �curriculum for all students at each level of their education, to partner with school and community members to meet identified needs and to educate and assist staff in academic service-learning activities. ~ounty(ies) Served: District Only- Saginaw County HONEY CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 ·Sue Huczek Honey Creek Community School 1819 South Wagner Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1406 Tel: (734) 994-2636 Fax: (734) 994-2203 Email: shuczek@hc.wash.kl2.mi.us Over the last five years, Honey Creek Community School has worked to develop a sustained service-learning program. The proposed plan will help cement the permanence of the program as an educational model that can be shared and institutionalized. Though a combination of service-learning coordinator support, access to regional and national conferences and project mini-grants, support for service-learning activities for the students ofHoney Creek and High Point (a school for students with severe disabilities) will be enhanced to create an integrated community of learners. 100% of the Honey Creek students will participate in servicelearning this coming school year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Washtenaw County Planning Grant - $6,000 ,.INLAND LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT .. 'san Whitener Inland Lakes Schools 5243 South Straits Highway Indian River, Michigan 49749 Phone: (231) 238-8896 Fax: (231) 238-4181 Email: swhitener@inlandlakes.org Inland Lakes School District (ILS) will develop and expand on their initial efforts to provide service-learning opportunities for their students, and incorporate it into their overall program. During the 2006-2007 school year ILS will assemble an advisory board made up of students, parents, community and agency professionals and their teaching and administrative staff will develop three pilot projects in each building. Approximately 250 students will participate in service-learning projects this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Cheboygan County IONIA COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Deborah Wagner 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 522-1405 ~ax: (616) 527-4731 mail: dawagner@ionia-isd.kl2.mi.us Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 6 2006-07 SB summaries �The Ionia County Intermediate School District will continue to work to implement service-learning throughout the county in each of the six districts using the following goals: 1) Increase teacher knowledge of ~rvice-learning, authentic assessment and curriculum through professional development; 2) increase student learning by integrating service-learning into core curriculum stands, 3) institutionalize service-learning methodology into the school program to foster system change. This year, 2,375 Ionia County students will ·be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: Ionia KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Deborah Crandell Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools Brethren High School 440 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone: (231) 477-5355 I:ax: (231) 477-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Institutionalization Grant- $14,986 Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools proposed program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: • Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide • Enabling each student to experience service-learning at each level ~ • Developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, • and encouraging active participation in communities County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $40,000 KENT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT In order to develop leadership for service-learning, Kent Intermediate School District will equip educators with the tools for making service-learning part of the school culture. By including service-learning as a strategy for meeting the Kent County Superintendents' Association goals on Literacy, Career Exploration, Character Development, Respect and Responsibility and Making Education Relevant, Kent ISD hopes to expand service-learning to every building in the district and assure that all students have a least one service-learning experience at each grade span. Contact: Steve Dieleman Kent ISD 2930 Knapp NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 365-2271 Fax: (616) 364-1489 Email: stevedieleman@kentisd.org ~ounty(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County 7 2006-07 SB summaries �L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann L. Hart -L'Anse Creuse Public Schools ~8495 L'Anse Creuse Harrison Township, Michigan 48045 Tel: (586) 783-6400 x 2036 ·Fax: (568) 783-6408 Email: hartan@lc-pc.org Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 L'Anse Creuse Public Schools has had a Community Service-Learning Program since 1992. During their final year, four major goals will provide the opportunity for all L'Anse Creuse students to learn and grow though service. First, professional development will be provided so that all teachers have knowledge of service-learning. Secondly, school and community partnerships will be further expanded. Finally, the district will focus on impact evaluation to demonstrate the value to the districts and students involved. More than 5,000 students will participate in service-learning during the 2006-2007 school year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Macomb County Planning Grant - $8,000 LAKE ORION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MaryAnne Thorndycraft Lake Orion Community Schools 455 East Scripps Road Lake Orion, Michigan 48360 Phone: (248) 693-5436 ~ax: (248) 693-5670 mail: mthorndycraft@lakeorion.kl2.mi.us The proposed program will provide the basis for incorporating service-learning into the curriculum. In the planning year each grade span will have a building liaison, a district wide in-service on service-learning will be held, and pilot projects will be conducted at each grade span. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County LAPEER COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Annette Gunderson Institutionalization Lapeer County Intermediate School District 1996 West Oregon Street Lapeer, Michigan 48446 Phone: (81 0) 667-0341 Fax: (810) 667-0355 Email: lapeer@msue.msu.edu Grant - $24,500 A partnership of schools and community organizations (led by the Lapeer County Intermediate School District, Lapeer Community Schools, Lapeer County MSU Extension and United Way of Lapeer County) will maintain their strong service-learning program while expanding efforts to creates a more complete sequence of experiences for K-12 students. During 2006-2007, at least 2,644 students, 109 teachers/staff, 24 ~hools, and 100 community partners will participate in service-learning . .ounty(ies) Served: Lapeer 8 2006-07 SB summaries �Implementation Grant - $24,500 LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS ~arlaStone ...owell Area Schools 11 700 Vergennes Lowell, Michigan 49331 ·Phone: (616) 682-4125 Fax: (616) 897-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.k12.mi.us Lowell Area Schools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve people in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the planned and progressive training and support of teachers and administration, as well as businesses and organizations within the community. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County MARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY (MARESA) Robert Koehs, Educational Consultant Implementation Grant - $24,500 Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 (906) 226-5116 ~mail: bkoehs@maresa.kl2.mi.us Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan University School of Education, have formed and academic service-learning program called" A Partnership of Service-Teaching, Learning, Experiencing " (APOSTLE). Through the two-county effort, MARESA will provide professional development for educators and increase awareness and usage of the servicelearning methodology. Teacher mini-grants will be offered as an incentive for project development in order to engage a projected 75 K12 educators and more than 4,000 students. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette NORTH STAR ACADEMY Mary St. Clair North Star Academy PO Box 577 335 South Pine Street Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 Tel: (906) 486-8311 Fax: (906) 486-1114 Email: Mary nsa@yahoo.com Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 North Star Academy has developed a three-tiered approach to service-learning. Students begin to understand ~e concept of 'global issues' through weekly service at local non-profits. Students are matched according J their strengths and interests to offer the agency skills and services they may need. They gain a deeper 9 2006-07 SB summaries �understanding of service through their course studies as academic content and applied projects focus on a particular societal problem or issue. At the close of their high school career, students demonstrate and internalize their understanding of a modem problem or issue by working in a team and conducting their own ~search and formulating their own project. 100% of the North Star Academy students will participate in service-learning annually. · County(ies) Served: District Only- Marquette County Planning Grant - $6,000 ONAWAY AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOL Robert Szymoniak Onaway Area Community School Box 307 Onaway, Michigan 49765 Phone: (989) 733-4950 Fax: (989) 733-4998 Email: bszymoniak@oacsd.com During Onaway Area Community School's pilot year they will focus their efforts on a targeted project that will build service-learning expertise while addressing issues ofthe Ocqueoc River. The district will provide service-learning professional development in order to develop projects involving Michigan's 5th, ih and lOth grade science standards into lessons designed around the stewardship ofthis Ocqueoc Watershed. Future implementation will broaden this focus to include other content areas and community needs. County(ies) Served: District Only- Presque Isle County ~NNFIELD SCHOOLS Planning Grant- $6,000 Contact: Edward terSteeg Pennfield Schools 8587 Pennfield Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 961-9781 Fax: (269) 961-9799 Email: tersteee@pennfield.k12.mi.us Pennfield Schools has conducted surveys of students and the general population that indicates that there is a disconnect between students and adults in the community. This along with the School Board's goal for graduating students who are outstanding citizens helps to illustrate the need for service- learning in Pennfield Schools. Professional development for teachers will be the lynchpin for this service-learning effort in the planning year. Evaluation of planning process and progress will be guided by a logic model which will articulate critical milestones, timelines and processes that will result in a viable service-learning curriculum. County(ies) Served: District Only- Calhoun County 10 2006-07 SB summaries �SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Susan Waldrep ~helby Public Schools r ":55 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 Tel: (231) 861-5541 ·Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: walds@shelby.k12.mi.us Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 The goal of the 2004-2005 implementation grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners involved in service-learning at all grade levels. The duration of the projects will be expanded as well to encompass programs and activities that last for at least on semester or more. The longterm goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning experience at each educational level, sequential experiences, and have the activities be of a sustained or significant duration so that student involvement lasts for a minimum of 40 hours per school year and covering multiple disciplines. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oceana County SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Mary Lou Provost Institutionalization Southgate Community School District 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195-1891 Tel: (734) 246-4600 ~ax: (734) 283-6791 " hail: provostm@sgate.k12.mi.us Grant - $24,500 "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is a fifth year Learn and Serve-Michigan program. The goal of this program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curriculum with special relevance to the core democratic values. The program is designed to include teacher professional development and mini-grants for projects so that students district wide can be engaged in service-learning. Designed to contribute to school improvement goals in the areas of student achievement, the acquisition of lifelong learning skills and career education, the program will engage a minimum of 868 students this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County Planning Grant - $8,000 TRAVERSE CITY AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Pat Lewallen Traverse City Area Public Schools P.O. Box 32 Traverse City, Michigan 49685 Phone: (231) 933-1798 Fax: (231) 933-1782 Email: lewallenpa@admin.tcaps.net _\Vith this grant, the Traverse City Area Public Schools seek to address key findings from the Search t•··~Btitute Profile of Traverse City Youth. In particular, projects will address the need to provide young 11 2006-07 SB summaries �people useful roles in the community, positive adult role models, and experience with diverse backgrounds. Nine diverse schools have been selected as pilot sites for the 2006-2007 pilot year. In partnership with the local Chamber of Commerce and nonprofit agencies, students will work on projects that enhance academic ~ills and developmental assets in regular, special education and alternative settings. County(ies) Served: District Only- Grand Traverse County WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL Lynn K. Malinoff Wayne-Westland Community School District 36745 Marquette Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: (734) 595-2105 Fax: (734) 595-2100 Email: lmalinof@umich.edu Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 Wayne-Westland plans to increase implementation at all three levels; in the 4th grade science curriculum, through development of a targeted middle school plan (to be developed this year), and a strong focus on the freshman transition program The district is committed to providing leadership locally and at the state level, particularly in the area of mentorship as they expand existing programs and partnerships. Overall, servicelearning will impact students and their civic knowledge while increasing school connectedness and academic achievement. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County ~ILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Implementation Grant - $15,000 Kristine A. Grunwald Williamston Community Schools 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 x 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wrnston.kl2.mi.us The purpose of this fourth year implementation grant is fourfold. The first focus will be to provide professional development and material resources to enable those buildings not yet fully implementing service-learning to replicate successful programs started in other buildings. They will also work to develop and use assessments that measure the academic and social effectiveness of service-learning. Thirdly, the program will work to address the disparity between established curriculum and the student need for civic discourse in the classroom. The final focus is to provide leadership for service-learning through the creation of replicable models and dissemination of best practices. A total of 868 students will be engaged in servicelearning this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County 12 2006-07 SB summaries �ZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant- $24,500 Mary Beth Timmer Zeeland Public Schools ~90 1001h Ave. Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Phone: (616) 748-3215 ·Fax: (616) 748-3210 Email: mtimmer2@zeeland.k 12.mi. us To encourage staff members who currently do not use service-learning as a teaching methodology to step out and create projects there is a three step process for the 2006-2007 school year that includes district wide exposure to the basic principals of service-learning, continued training at staff meetings, and one to one technical assistance. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ottawa County 13 2006-07 SB summaries �- I MICHIGAN ,t[!CJfJ(JttV:\· VDllWTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE INVESTMENT MICHIGAN'S VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS GR4NTS COMMISSION More than ever before, people are looking for ways to give back to their community by volunteering. After juggling work, family, friends, and hobbies, finding a cause or organization to volunteer with can be difficult. To address this need, communities have been creating local collaborations to help volunteers find their perfect fit. These collaborations and organizations are often called "volunteer resource centers" and are sometimes know by their brand name "Volunteer Centers". Volunteer Centers work closely with the organizations in their communities to recruit, train, place, manage, and recognize volunteers. These services require resources and support. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) recognizes the value of helping communities support volunteers. In the 2006-2007 program year, $200,000 of state funding has been granted to the Volunteer Centers of Michigan to support the state network of Volunteer Centers. With a focus on improved technology usage, support for local skill development and strategic growth of the number of counties served by Volunteer Centers, the Michigan's VIG will further support the social fabric that connects local needs with the citizens who can address them. Updated: January 12, 2007- page I �MICHIGAN COMMUHilY SERVICE COMMISSION Governor's Service Awards The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Every day, volunteers are making a real difference in our state and should be recognized for their efforts. The Governor's Service Awards honor and celebrate the people of Michigan who volunteer their time to make our communities better places to live. Governor Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern present the awards at the Governor's Service awards dinner, which is held each spring. Awards are presented in eight distinguished categories: Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to community involvement and volunteer service. Individuals nominated in this category have ~e service a way of life. Outstanding Mentor Award honors an individual who has made a significant difference in a child's life over time through mentoring. Innovative Mentoring Program Award honors an organization, mentoring program, business, service club, or group that has found a unique and effective approach to mentoring. Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award Businesses that demonstrate excellent corporate citizenship by giving back to their community are honored with this award. Exemplary Community Service Program Award acknowledges the importance an organization that effectively utilizes volunteers to improve their community. Schools, national service programs, and civic, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations are all potential nominees for this award. Exemplary Volunteer Service Award is presented to an individual who strives to improve the lives of neighbors, friends, community, or congregation. Individuals nominated for this award could be adults, seniors, national service members, educators, and more. Youth Volunteer Award of Excellence is presented to a young person (age 21 or under) who has made our world a better place to live through volunteer activities. Nominees in this category may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Senior Volunteer Award of Excellence Senior citizens have a lot of experience and wisdom to share during their golden years. That is why it is important to honor older adults who are taking action to make our world a better place to live. Nominees in this category are ages 65 and older and may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Nominate a Volunteer Today! If a special volunteer has touched your life or the life of someone yo~ know, nominate them today. To receive a nomination form, visit our web srte at www.michigan.gov/mcsc, in the left margin click on Programs & Activities, and then click on Governor's Service Awards. Or contact Mary Grill at grillm@michigan.gov or (517) 335-7875. The Michigan Community Service Commission is a division of the Michigan Department of L~bo: and Economic Gro~~- We are firmly committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable ac~ommo~at1~n m our programs, actiVIties, and materials. Please call (517) 335-4295 to request accommodation or to obtain matenals man alternate forma~·- ��COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION . The MCSC builds MCSC Commissioners a culture of seNice by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Twenty-five commissioners appointed by the Governor serve on the Michigan Community Service Commission. The members of the Commission elect one member to serve as chair. Commissioners approve funding, determine policy, are ambassadors for service, and engage in resource development. Commissioners serve without compensation and meet four times a year. Daniel Granholm Mulhern, Chair Michigan's First Gentleman WendyAcho Vice President, Commercial Banking LaSalle Bank Midwest Jerry Seese Superintendent Saginaw Township Community Schools Marsha Smith Elizabeth Bunn Executive Director . Rotary Charities of Traverse City Secretary-Treasurer International Union UAW Joseph Sowmick Melanie Colaianne President and Director of Operations MASCO Corporation Foundation ~obert Collier President & CEO Council of Michigan Foundations Jimmie Comer CEO, Comer Holdings Christine Kwak Program Director W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mayor Brenda Lawrence Public Relations Director Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan Laurie Stupak Finance Director Stupak For Congress Committee Alphonso Swain Associate Director Capitol Area Center for Independent Living Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Shaun VanHorn Law Student City of Southfield Kenneth Whipple Dr. Russell Mawby Chairman CMS Energy Chair Emeritus, W. K. Kellogg Foundation Larry Williamson Dr. Susan Meston Superintendent Muskegon Area Intermediate School District Area Vice President Comcast Cable Dr. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Donna Niester Director of James C. Acheson Foundation President Kalamazoo College Chief Financial Officer, Acheson Ventures ~Kari ~ Pardoe l>irector The LEAGUE Michigan Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Kathy Young-Welch Owner CDL Training School �MICHIGAN Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 11115106 COMMUNITY SERVICE Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer COMMISSION Ms. Wendy Acho LaSalle Bank Midwest 2600 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084-3323 Phone: (248) 822-5896 Fax: (248) 822-5487 E-mail: wendy.acho@abnamro.com Asst: Diana Gouin (248) 822-5899 Diana.guoin@abnamro.com Mr. Jimmie Comer Comer Holdings 2000 Town Center, Suite 1900 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248) 447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer@comerholdings.com Asst: Sharon Ayers (313) 852-7866 Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UA W 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Asst: Michelle Lage mlage@uaw.net Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan A venue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2324 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Ms. Melonie B. Colaianne MASCO Corporation Foundation 21001 Van Born Road Taylor, Michigan 48180 Phone: (313) 792-6378 Fax: (313) 792-6262 Cell: (313) 720-5171 E-mail: Melonie Colaianne@mascohq.com Asst: Fran Sabo (313) 792-6126 Fran Sabo@mascohq.com Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor Avenue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Asst: Sue Cuddington scuddington@cmif.org Asst: Annesia Glass (269) 969-2344 m.annesia. glass@wkkf.org Mayor Brenda Lawrence City of Southfield 26000 Evergreen Road Box 2055 Southfield, Michigan 48037 Phone: (248) 796-5100 Fax: (248) 796-5105 E-mail:BLawrence@cityofsouthfield.com Asst: Marty Williams MWilliams@cityofsouthfield.com Ms. Janet Lawson Office of the Chief of Staff Director, Ford Volunteer Corps World Headquarters- 934-A3 1 American Road Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2701 Phone: (313) 390-9218 Fax: (313) 323-8875 Cell: (313) 445-5142 E-mail: ilawso19@ford.com Asst: Marlo Mulville (313) 337-1311 E-mail: mmulvill@ford.com �Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-4638 Fax: (269) 731-5914 E-mail-: -russmawby@aol.com Dr. Susan Meston Muskegon Area Intermediate School District 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-7201 Fax: (231) 773-3498 E-mail: smeston@muskegonisd.org Asst: Diane Shaffer dshaffer@muskegonisd.org (Designee of Superintendent Michael Flanagan) Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor's Office 111 S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhemd@michigan.gov Asst: Joan Bowman (517) 335-7422 bowmanj@michigan.gov Ms. Donna Niester Acheson Ventures 600 Fort Street, Suite 101 Port Huron, Michigan 48060 Phone: (810) 966-0900 Cell: (810) 434-8100 Fax: (81 0) 966-0990 E-mail:donnan@achesonventures.com Asst: Mary Russell (810) 966-0900 ext. 205 marvr@achesonventures.com Ms. Kari Pardoe The LEAGUE 73 75 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 309-1668 Cell: (248) 622-3798 Fax: (313) 309-1651 E-mail: kpardoe@connectmichiganalliance.org Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-0882 Cell: (313) 213-5031 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Asst: Loretta France Lfrance@co. wayne.mi. us Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org Ms. Marsha Smith Rotary Charities of Traverse City 250 E. Front Street, Suite #320 Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 941-4010 Fax: (231) 941-4066 Cell: (231) 590-8807 E-mail: msmith@rotarycharities.org Mr. Joseph Sowmick Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 505 South Leaton Road Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858 Phone: (989) 775-4059 Fax: (989) 775-4052 Cell: (989) 330-1590 E-mail: jvsowmick@sagchip.org or ssowmick@hotmail.com Ms. Laurie Stupak W5499 48th Avenue Menominee, Michigan 49858 Phone: (906) 863-2800 Phone: (906) 863-7041 (home) Fax: (906) 863-2187 E-mail:las@new.rr.com �Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: · (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-073 7 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Asst: Beth Bauer (989) 790-5337 bbauer@saginawcounty.com Mr. Shaun VanHorn 11447 Canterbury Drive Sterling Heights, Michigan 48312 Phone: (734) 546-1728 E-mail: Shaun. vanhom@gmail.com Mr. Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy 1 Energy Plaza, EP 12-202 Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 788-1620 (direct) Fax: (517) 788-0180 E-mail: kwhipple@cmsenergy.com Asst: Mary Koontz ( 517) 788-1605 Mckoontz@cmsenergy.com Mr. Larry Williamson Comcast Cable 3500 Patterson Avenue SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 977-2217 Fax: (616) 977-2224 E-mail: !any Williamson@cable.comcast.com Asst: Jolynne Orgeta Jolynne Ortega@cable.comcast.com Ms. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 Phone: (269) 337-7220 Fax: (269) 337-7219 E-mail: wilsonoy@kzoo.edu Asst: Melanie Williams Williams@kzoo.edu Ms. Kathy Young-Welch Welch Group 13800 Tyler Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 272-6940 Fax: (313) 272,.6942 E-mail: kyoung welch@cdltrainingschool.net �Commissioners APlJOlflteelto serve as chair ofthe MCSC, First vt:Jnmamu• Daniel G. Mulhern is a champion for the of state volunteerism and community service. He also a tireless advocate for kids. In addition to caring their own three children, the Governor and First UeJilut;m~m have undertaken an enormous effort called ,..,.,m,15au that works to insure that all of Mi,chi:~art's children have the same opportunity to be muuentceo and taught by a caring adult. Mulhern also authors Reading for Leading, a e-column that stimulates the thought and "de•llel,oorner1t of leaders throughout the country. Each week, he shares his personal experiences as he writes about real people as leaders and explores both successful strategies and various misconceptions he's observed in leadership practice. The column is offered free of charge to anyone with an interest in leadership. Click herefor more information. 18-year banker, Wendy R. Acho, is LaSalle Bank Midwest PrF~!':inl~nt Commercial Banking. Wendy nrrwirl~!': comprehensive wealth-management !':tr:~t~ni.,•!': that target the emerging affluent m"nc"''" of minority and women-owned <>nil<>n,ric,.. c:: Along side her business activities, de,dicate~s her talent and time serving on boards including Treasurer, American Chamber of Commerce; Treasurer, U.S.Chamber of Commerce; Treasurer, Asl>ociatE~ Food Dealers of Michigan mn:~tinn· Board Member Chair, ChaldeanChamber of Commerce; Board Member, Business Contributions Council, umbrella organization of Detroit Renaissance; Civilian Advisory Board, Homeland Security for Wayne County Executive, Robert A. Ficano; Advisory Board, Detroit Riverfront Walk Conservancy (goal $50 million project); Advisory Board for Endowed Positions, Transplant Surgery, Harper University Hospital under Scott Gruber, MD, PhD, Director. Wendy was appointed Commissioner in 2004. ,;u,, ..,mv associated with �t:u;a~ab~etn Bunn ."i:la4"':r~t::.rv.Treasurer of the UAW Eli•~abeth Bunn was elected Secretary'""'"'u''"'' of the UAW at the UAWs 33rd Convention held in June 2002, highest post held by a woman in UAW As Secretary-Treasurer, Bunn is the nn~'""'"'' officer of the UAW and directs <~rlrnini"tr.. ti''"" departments including Auditing, Building Maintenance, Purchasing and Strike Assistance. has been a MCSC member since 2003. Me~1o1r11e Colaianne ...,.,.,;o,,.., Corporation Foundation Colaianne was appointed president of Foundation in 2005 and m~,int::~•inl': position of Director of Corporate she has held since 1998. She rel'l1re~:ants the corporation and the foundation charitable engagements and oversees ..... ,.,""'"''" travel and meeting services nrnnr::~•m"'- Ms. Colaianne serves on the board for the Detroit Public Television rUIJU«I<I\I'IJII, Oakland Plus Foundation, cr~lnh.rnc•k'"'- Institute of Science, and the of Michigan Foundation. She is a ,.,.,mhoo>r of Detroit Renaissance's Business Contributions Council executive committee, the Community Leaders' Council of the United Way and the Hands On Network Council. Ms. Colaianne is also an advisory board member to Habitat for Humanity-Detroit. Ms. Colaianne has been an MCSC member since 2005. :nn'V\r::otu•on Rnh~rrr Collier "'"''"'''""of Michigan Foundations PrE!l':iniP.nt and CEO of the Council of Michigan Fn•mnl,.tit~n"" Mr. Collier has been an MCSC 2000. He serves on numerous the Michigan Nonprofit As!;oeirati<>n Michigan Association of United and Michigan Municipal League. His in philanthropy includes service as a nrnnr"m officer with the C.S. Mott Foundation, for the Gannett Foundation, "'"'~'""'"Y"' director of Rotary Charities of City, and founding director of the Traverse Regional Community Foundation. �11m1miiA E. Comer North American Joint Diversity for Lear Pr•~-c:ii-IAr•t E. Comer was named president of North Joint Ventures and Diversity for Lear r.nm,,r,.tinn in September 2003. Mr. Comer joined 1987 as director of Quality and has held nn!~itit\nl': as vice president and president of several riivi,.,_inr•"' within Lear. Prior to joining Lear, he was <>m•nln•~Ari by Mazda Motor Corporation and also quality-related positions during a with General Motors Corporation. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. .. m,,.n,r->~n Kwak .K. Kellogg Foundation n r..O:Tir"l . . program director at the W.K. Kellogg and an MCSC member since is the co-founder/co-chair of on Foundations affinity group, ...,.,,,.m'"""'~• Forum on Community and Na1'innal Service, and serves on various committees in the nonprofit sector. nda Lawrence City of Southfield M.:tlllnr, Lawrence has served as Mayor of the of Southfield since 2001. She also is a M"""',"'•with the United States Postal Service. was President of the Southfield City I, Vice President of the Southfield Public Board, a participant in Leadership ,_,,,_ ..... and Leadership Detroit, and •nn~>r/1:-:n...Pr~>l':irl~>nt of Support Team for American Youth (STAAY). Mayor "w''"'"r.., has been an MCSC member since �Lawson Volunteer Corps Lawson is currently in the Office of the of Staff, Ford Motor Company and ,,....,.,_ ..... ___ of the Ford Volunteer Corps. Prior to , Janet served as the Executive the Michigan Community Service r.n:mrTii<:!'::inn. Ms. Lawson brings to Ford r.nomn:~nv a 20-year history of colllab:orauve leadership in the nonprofit and t'nrnnr·<>t<> sectors. Ms. Lawson served as the N::.ilinn::.l Director of the UAW-Ford Family and Learning Centers sponsored by Auto Workers, Ford Motor Company, and Visteon. Ms. Lawson has also served as the Manager of the Volunteer Leadership Coalition under former Governor George Romney, Harold A. "Red" Poling, Doug Fraser and the Honorable Anna Diggs Taylor. Janet has also worked at United Way Community Services as the Manager of Detroit's Promise and the Director of Volunteer Services. She has been an MCSC member since 2006. Russell G. Mawby</8< font> Kellogg Foundation ApJIOir1ted to the commission on September 13, Mawby served as chair until May, 2003. Dr. chair emeritus and trustee of the W.K. Foundation. Mawby served as a program president, CEO and chair of the Fotmdatl<m during his 36-year tenure. A former oro,fessor at Michigan State University, he later as a member of MSU Board of Trustees, chaired In 1995. Mawby was appointed to Lle:ute11ant Governor's Children's Commission and the State Officers ICo:mD<ens:atlc>l1 Commission from 1996 to 1998. CEO and chair of the W.K. Kellogg was instrumentaiin convening a of meetings leading to the fonnatlon of the Meston Area Intermediate School Mu'sk•~aCI'n Meston is the Superintendent for the Area Intermediate School District, in a variety of administrative nol~itirm<: in the education field over the years. is a member of numerous community including Rotary, the Salvation Army, United Way, and the Children's Agenda. is also a member of the Policy Council of West Michigan, serves on the 1-n'"'"'nnn.,.rn::.o Committee for the Community Muskegon County, and rAnorA<tAntAI't Michigan on the National Forum for Edii.ICC:ltional Statistics for a number of years. Dr. Meston is an original steering committee member for the international Learning to Give Project, which includes a curriculum for teaching children and young people about philanthropy and civic responsibility. Dr. Meston has served on the MCSC as State Superintendent Michael Flanagan's representative since 2006. �is Director of the James C. Acheson '""'""''"""' and Chief Financial Office for Acheson L.L.C. She is a principal in Austin, & Finnegan, P.C., CPA Firm. is a member of the Council of Michigan ml1~tirm~ Association of Small Foundations, and National Council on Foundations. She serves on Board of Directors of the Community of St. Clair County, Port Huron Hospital the Blue Water Health Services. Ms. Niester been an MCSC member since 2005. Kari Pardoe Michigan LEAGUE The Director of Michigan LEAGUE, Ms. Pardoe has been a MCSC member since 1999. She previously served as the Manager of Community Relations for the NBA Detroit Pistons and WNBA Detroit Shock. Prior to joining the Pistons organization, she was a Program Associate at the Council of Michigan Foundations for three years. Ms. Pardoe also serves on the America's Service Commission Board, a national organization which represents and promotes state service commissions across the United States, and is an active alumni with Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority. Parker ....,..,..~,, .. County Commissioner Parker has dedicated his life to and public service. He was a coof Operation Get Down (OGD) in . As a community leader, he has provided services and programs for the homeless. served as executive-on-loan to the Public Schools and as Deputy CEO of Responsibility. He was elected as County Commissioner for the eastside 2 in 1991. Bernard also sits on boards of Directors including New NAACP, Detroit Alliance for Fair H<>r,llor•n St. John Hospital, The Wellness Plan and Southeastern Village. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �L. Seese Township Community -"'~'"'"'~..., •nAr~nr.. nr1Ant of Saginaw Township Schools since 1999 and an MCSC """''m""cor since 2002, Mr. Seese has held positions in the field of education for He is active in many organizations, America's Promise, Saginaw County ~t....rir•n Vision 2020, Saginaw Achievement Board of n;r...,...,,.,,.... Saginaw Rotary Club, Business Partnership; United Way Board of 1Jir.~M•11n::.· Bridge for Racial Harmany Board of Directors, Saginaw County; and many other business and educational organizations. rsha Smith Charities of Traverse City Rnt~rv Smith has served as the Executive of Rotary Charities of Traverse City 1997. She served as the Executive of the Grand Traverse Regional unity Foundation from 1993-1997. Prior she served several institutions as a dell'elooment officer including Interlochen for the Arts, the Grand Traverse Health Foundation, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital the Women's Resource Center of Traverse Ms. Smith has a wide range of community ""'"'r'""t" and has held a variety of leadership environmental, growth management, educational, and health organizations. She has been an active community volunteer in environmental and growth management efforts, serving on the Grand Traverse Planning Commission for 9 years. Ms. Smith has been an MCSC member since 2005. Sowmick Chippewa Indian Tribe of sa1r:Jinaw . Sowmick is the Public Relations of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe u;,.niro<>n Mr. Sowmick is a graduate of Community College and Michigan •n•v•"""rv with an extensive background An award-winning Native Mr. Sowmick currently serves Community College Board, the Central Michigan Hospital Board of Directors, the Pr"'"'irt,:.nt'"' Advisory Council of Central M""'"'"'n University, and the Saginaw ChinDE!wa Tribal Health Board of Directors. Mr. Sowmick is an enrolled member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and lives on the reservation with his wife and daughter. Mr. Sowmick has been an MCSC member since 2005. �Stupak Director for Stupak for r1r.ranrce Stupak is the Finance Director for the for Congress Committee. She served of Menominee from 1996 to 2003. has over 20 years in public service and unity involvement. Ms. Stupak is the Pr.,•c:.irliAnt of the U.P. Children's Founding Member of Michigan's Children, and is current a member of the Bay Area Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors, Marquette Diocese Legacy of Faith Board, GFWC Menominee and M&M Area Community Foundation Board of Directors. Ms. Stupak has been an MCSC member since 2005. CaJPifci/ Area Center for 1nCJrenen•'1er.rt Living As~;ocitate Director at the Capital Area Center Independent Living and an MCSC member 2001, Mr. Swain is president of the M~r•h~r,.,n Disability Rights Coalition and serves Michigan Commission on Disability ;nn.rPrr,c:. and the Capital Area Transit Local Advisory Council. ichael D. Thomas County Prosecuting :o.ai"Jtn.aw D. Thomas was elected Saginaw Prosecuting Attorney in 1990. In 2000, as was a member of an international on Domestic Violence Law at \11/rom••n'"' University in Seoul, Korea, 'n"''"'"r"'n the World Bank. This was a lUiti-discil)linarv team which trained Korean prosecutors, judges and social worl<ers implementing the new Korean Violence Act. He also serves on several including Director of the Prosecuting ATTo"lrn.,.vc:. Association of Michigan and Director of the National District Attorneys Association of U.S.A. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �VanHorn Student, Michigan State ur.r:rul~"""' orn is a recent graduate of the lJnivArl':itv of Michigan with a Political Science is currently studying Biochemistry State University. He served as Ac::c'"'''""' Director/Dorm Supervisor for the Jni,,A,.,~itv of Michigan Debate Camp and was Michigan Program Advisor in the of the Governor. Ken Whipple CMS Energy Corporation Ken Whipple is chairman of the board of CMS Energy Corporation. He has been a member of CMS Energy's board of directors since 1993. He was CEO from May 2002 until just recently, and was instrumental in leading the company's financial turnaround. Ken is a director of AB Volvo, Kom/Ferry International and 14 J.P. Morgan mutual funds. Ken is very involved in the community. He serves on the boards of the Way Community Services, Detroit Public ..,..'""'"'" and Oakland Family Services. Also, l"h:oirn""" of the board of trustees of Country Day School and has received nunnAn,nJJ: community service awards. Mr. Whipple has been an MCSC member since 2004. Willli,.rnc::''" is Area Vice President for :nn,,.._,..,,.., Grand Rapids-based management has responsibility for the company's t)rw:!•r.:ttinnl: in 200 central and western Mii"Jhin=m communities, including Grand Lansing, Jackson, Muskegon, Battle Creek and Adrian. He currently partleil:>ati~S in the Grand Rapids Chamber of CnJnmiArr:FJ'l: CEO Roundtable program and on the Board of Directors of the Mer"'"''"" Cable Telecommunications As~;oalati<>n In Fort Wayne, Indiana, Mr. Williarnl:rm was active in the Greater Fort Chamber of Commerce, where he was a member of the executive committee and chaired the government and community affairs division. He also served on the board of the Northeast Indiana Corporate Council, Junior Achievement, the Three Rivers Literacy Alliance and the Better Business Bureau. Mr. Williamson has been an MCSC member since 2005. �Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran KaJ'amaz()O College . Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran was elected President Kalamazoo College in December of 2004. She her duties in July, having formerly as Vice President of Salem Academy and vv''""Y"'· Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has served as ~!':~~j,~t~ professor and chair of the department of at Winston-Salem State University and Scholar in Education at North Carolina Wesle•lfan College. A former American Council on Fellow, she spent her fellowship with the President and Provost of Wake University. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran also taught the department of education and psychology at University of lfe in Nigeria for 14 years and was acting head of the department of psychology for five years. She has served on several nonprofit boards, including the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Tarfleel Triad Girl Scout Council, and Senior Services. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has been an MCSC member since 2005. ma--WE!Ieh is the Executive Vice p...,...irt...nt of the Welch Group, which consists four transportation resource companies that and her husband own and operate in rth"'''""'t,<>rn Michigan. For more than 25 Kathy has served the metropolitan community in leadership capacities with Detroit Public Schools, MichCon, United Community Services and as a local orlllfe~~sic•nal radio and cable television broadcast journalist. She continues to serve as of the award winning "City Highlights" affairs program, which airs in She also serves on several community boards and advisory committees. She has been a MCSC member since November 2003. ��MICHIGAN MCSC 2007 MEETING DATES COMMUNITY SERVICE **As of 119107** COMMISSION WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, February 21-22,2007 (Meeting and Retreat) Location: The Inn at St. Johns, Plymouth Time: Wednesday 10:00 am through Thursday 12:00 pm FRIDAY, April27, 2007 Location: Michigan Community Service Commission Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm Governor's Service Awards Dinner Date: TBD May/June Location: TBD - SE Michigan Time: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Russ Mawby Signature Service Project Date: Wednesday-Thursday, June 6-7 Location: Detroit FRIDAY, September 28, 2007 Location: Cultural Museum-Ziibiwing Center, Mt. Pleasant Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm Date: TBD -November Location: TBD Time: TBD (In conjunction with AmeriCorps Member Celebration) MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 10:00 a.m. -Noon Friday, January 19,2007 Friday, March 16,2007 TBD-June (to approve AmeriCorps and Learn & Serve Funding) Friday, August 17, 2006 Friday, October 19,2006 Updated January 9, 2007 �MICHIGAN 2007 CALENDAR COMMUNITY MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS SERVICE COMMISSION January 1-31 National Mentoring Month 24-26 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Boyne City 30 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting- Lansing February 8-9 11th Annual Service-Learning Institute- Schoolcraft College, Livonia 13 Voices for National Service Reception- Washington DC 20 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Forms must be postmarked by today 21-22 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Plymouth April 10 13 15-21 18 20-22 24 27 TBD Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing Service Learning Regional Training- Ann Arbor National Volunteer Week -Legislator Visits Celebrating Volunteerism 2007 - State Capitol National Youth Service Day Service Learning Regional Training- Grand Rapids Service Learning Regional Training - Marquette Service Learning Regional Training- Traverse City May 13-20 Ameri Corps Week 15-16 Michigan Nonprofit SuperConference- Novi Sheraton TBD Governor's Service Awards - SE Michigan June 6-7 Russ Mawby Signature Service Project - Detroit 20-21 Sustainability Symposium (both Learn & Serve and AmeriCorps) July 17 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing 16-18 National Conference on Volunteering and Service -Philadelphia, PA August 2-3 National Urban Service-Learning Conference- Detroit September 28 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Plymouth October 24 Mentoring Statewide Conference - Lansing Updated: January 12, 2007 �November TBD MCSC Board Meeting TBD Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration TBD Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting December TBD - Cross Stream Conference Updated: January 12, 2007 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Nov - 9 - Follow up for commissioners what have you done in your area Should sub-committee be only commissioners? First have commissioners - add more to create epidemic add community 1 partners Talk to DHS about already formed county boards Look at municipalities - Highland Park, Flint, Saginaw Benton Harbor Dan - Can commissioners use their time and community connections to execute a few things? Janet - Meet with Michigan Chamber of Commerce Janet- Talk to MA Udow and Jocelyn Look at greater Flint chamber Saginaw-Bay City_ midland graduated of Leadership groups Get on DTW Regional Chamber policy conference agenda -draft letter to DWA from Dan asking if we can be on Mackinac policy agenda "Neat and clean to companies - can you mentor and take responsibility Talk to Rayone Patrick at DPS Meet with United Way, ISD, Community Foundations and agencies Have United Way identify strong mentoring agencies in their area, ISD choose schools and then students, chamber help connect with businesses What can a Chamber get that an ISD can't 1 business- I school- I mentoring agency Saginaw Business Education Partnership - Kathy Conklin - back to school reads Connections - career ladders Reach Flint through ISD of Genesee County and United Way �• --- See if communities have a United Way needs assessment 2. October 25, 2005- first conference call: Russ Mawby Laurie Stupak Amber Reiss Janet Lawson Cool Companies - Cool Cities What are Michigan Corporations doing now? Janet will contact the Chamber of Commerce Battle Creek - HOSTS Help one student to succeed Get input from Jimmie, Larry And Ken - what are their corporations doing now? 1 on 10 - ask other identified corporations to join us Ask other commissioners to find out what corporations are doing in their communities Janet - visit JA - copporatetions into classrooms - can service be added to JA, maybe it is already Janet- connect with MCSC alumni and find out what their corporations are doing Janet talked to Karen Gagnon at Cool Cities -They will add MCSC to their site add service component to Cool Cities Janet will follow up to get she and Mary Grill on sub-committees - Education and out-reach committee Art of Cool Conference - Dec. 8 - MCSC exhibit needed Talk to Maxine berman about Centers for Regional Excellence- get link to service o their web site 3. 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GRANHOLM, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Telephone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Chairperson Daniel G. Mulhern Executive Director Janet Lawson December 2005 Dear Commissioner: When you were called to join the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC), you became part of a group of people dedicated to making our state a better place to live. Thank you for your commitment and willingness to serve and helping us create an "epidemic of service." Experience shows that community service is a viable strategy for resolving a wide variety of local issues. Our mission is to fund and support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. We achieve our mission primarily by securing and granting funds, selecting and training high quality grantees, overseeing and monitoring grantee results, and recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs. The enclosed information is designed to assist you in your role as a commissioner. It includes: • • • • Quick "talking points" you can use when discussing the MCSC and its programs Information about the MCSC key programs: AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Learn and Serve, and Mentor Michigan. The roles and responsibilities of being a commissioner Meeting dates and a calendar for MCSC events If your business or volunteer work is centered in a specific geographic region of Michigan, your binder will also contain rosters and descriptions of the programs in your county(ies). We are proud to have you represent the MCSC. Again, thank you for your dedication. Sincerely, Daniel G. Mulhern Chair Janet Lawson Executive Director �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION I. General Responsibilities The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Commissioners are active participants in decision making around MCSC policies. Commissioners bring a wide variety of expertise and influence to the Commission. They support and advocate for national service, service-learning, and volunteerism on behalf of the MCSC. Commissioners support and communicate the organization's mission: The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Commissioners seek to bring together individuals, agencies, and organizations to help meet the Commission's goals of: • • • • • • • • • II. Securing and granting funds Selecting and training high-quality grantees Overseeing and monitoring grantee results Recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs and activities Developing and sharing resources Conducting research and evaluation Creating networks among volunteer organizations Sharing the results of our investments Serving as a bridge between the public and nonprofit sectors Commissioner Expectations Each MCSC Commissioner will: A. Annually attend the MCSC's four quarterly meetings, including one Commissioner B. C. D. E. retreat. Participate in at least one MCSC sponsored special event annually. Make two contacts annually with the state legislature, on behalf of the MCSC. Participate in one or more of the MCSC Standing Committees. Voting members of the Commission shall not, under any circumstances, assist an organization in the preparation of a program grant application to the Commission, except to take part in standard Commission technical assistance that is equally available to all potential applicants. Revised February 14, 2006 �III. MCSC Standing Committees Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the MCSC chair, vice chair, and five other MCSC Commissioners. The chair, in consultation with the vice chair, determines the five appointees. The role of the Executive Committee is to: A. Assist the chair, as necessary, in carrying out the mission and function of the MCSC. B. Coordinate all MCSC funding and resource development activities. Board Development Committee (inactive) The chair in consultation with the Executive Committee determines the members of the Board Development Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Board Development Committee is to: A. Recruit additional commissioners on an annual or as needed basis. B. Oversee and conduct annual performance reviews for each commission member. C. Coordinate MCSC committee assignments for current and new commission members. D. Participate in interviews for prospective commission members. (The Governor appoints commission members.) E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Youth Leadership Committee (inactive) The Youth Leadership Committee is being developed in consultation with the Executive Committee, Board Development Committee, and the Service-Learning Youth Council.) Awards and Recognition Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Awards and Recognition Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Awards and Recognition Committee is to: A. Secure sponsorships for the Governor's Service Awards. B. Develop a system for all commission members to solicit nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. C. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Communication and Outreach Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Communication and Outreach Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Communication and Outreach Committee is to: Revised February 14, 2006 2 �A. Host an annual legislative reception. B. Support volunteer awareness campaigns as needed. C. Provide insight and expertise in the field of public relations, marketing, and communication. D. Create methods and assist all commissioners in maintaining regular contact with public officials on behalf of the MCSC. E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Continuous Improvement Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Continuous Improvement Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Continuous Improvement Committee is to: A. B. C. D. Coordinate an annual "state of volunteerism" survey. Coordinate an annual "state of national service" survey. Make recommendations to the MCSC based on the results of the above surveys. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised February 14, 2006 3 �MICHIGAN MCSC Standing Committees COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Executive Committee Dan Mulhern - Chair Rob Collier - Vice Chair Russ Mawby Kari Pardoe Bernard Parker Fund Development Committee -Chair Rob Collier Jimmie Comer Wendy Acho Chris Kwak Public Relations Committee Kathy Young-Welch - Chair Wendy Acho Dan Mulhern Al Swain Ken Whipple Updated November 2, 2005 Mayor Brenda Lawrence Kari Pardoe �Michigan Community Service Commission Expiration Dates Members that expire on 10-02-06 Rob Collier Jimmie Comer Pamela Faris Christine Kwak Daniel Mulhern Bernard Parker Al Swain Michael Thomas Kathy Young-Welch Members that expire on 10-02-07 Wendy Acho Elizabeth Bunn Brenda Lawrence Kari Pardoe Dr. Jerry Seese Shaun VanHorn Ken Whipple (term limited) Members that expire on 10-02-08 Melonie Colaianne Dr. Russell Mawby Donna Niester Marsha Smith Joseph Sowmick Laurie Stupak Larry Williamson Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Updated December 6, 2005 �MCSC Leadership Council Updated 12/6/05 NOTE: The MCSC Leadership Council consists of all former MCSC Board Members. Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason Ms. Jennifer An to line Ms. Rani Bahadur Mr. John Barfield Mr. Victor Begg Mr. Ken Bensen Mr. Jon Blyth Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell Ms. Nonie Brennan Ms. Julie Cummings Mr. Darin Day Dr. John DiBiaggio Ms. Carol Dombrowski Ms. Beverly Drake Ms. Judith Dunn Mr. Art Ellis Mrs. Michelle Engler Mr. Henry Gaines Mr. Alexander Gamepudi Ms. Kathryn Honaker Mr. Paul Hubbard Ms. Denise Hitch Lites Ms. Lisa Hitch Murray Mr. Charles Infante Ms. Eunice Myles Jefferies Ms. Dottie Johnson Mr. James Kahil (Deceased) Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Mr. Terry Langston Ms. Nancy Lenz Mr. George Lombard Mr. Arend Lubbers Ms. Debbie Macon Mr. Mike Makki Sister Mary Martinez Mr. James Muir (Deceased) Mr. Randy Neelis Ms. Vemie Nethercut Mr. Don Newport Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Ms. Chandra Oden Flint Minneapolis, MN West Bloomfield Livonia Bloomfield Hills Lansing Whitehall Mt. Pleasant Glenellyn, IL Detroit Medford, Massachusettes Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Canton Mt. Pleasant McLean, VA Flint Rochester Irving, Texas Detroit Detroit Lake Angelus Midland Detroit Grand Haven Plymouth Ovid Kalamazoo Traverse City Grand Rapids West Bloomfield Dearborn Detroit Grand Rapids Sparta Alpena Alpena Marquette Detroit 1 �Mr. Joel Orosz Ms. Jessica Pellegrino Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard Ms. Amber Pritchard Mr. Eugene Proctor Mr. Terry Pruitt Ms. Judith Reyes-Campeau Ms. Sarah Riley Ms. Pamela Abbey Roth Mr. Robert Schiller Mr. Alton Shipstead Ms. Meg Smith Mr. Scott Smith Mr. William Stavropoulos Dr. Michael Tate Mr. Ethan Weinstock Mr. Matthew W esaw Mr. Ray West (Deceased) Ms. Geneva Jones Williams Grand Rapids Grosse Pointe Detroit Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Saginaw Livonia Kalamazoo Lowell U.P. Traverse City Temperance Romulus Midland Pullman, Washington Williamston Lansing Detroit Detroit 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY 2005-2006 PROGRAM FUNDS SERVICE COMMISSION Total Number of Programs: 47 Total Dollars: $6,841,566 • Michigan's AmeriCorps Number of Programs: 21 Learn and Serve Michigan School-Based Programs Michigan Citizen Corps $377,000 will be used to support Citizen Corps activities Number of Members: 910 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 5,683,493 MICHIGAN~ citizen~corps Number of Programs: 26 throughout Michigan Total Dollars Awarded:$ 781,073 Updated: December 7, 2005 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE THEMCSC AT A GLANCE COMMISSION Overview The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) is building a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. • The MCSC is granting more than $6.8 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities in 2005-06. • We are funding 21 AmeriCorps programs and 26 Learn and Serve programs. The Michigan Citizen Corps boasts 34 countywide councils, 28 local councils, and 1 statewide council. • Together, these MCSC programs serve in all 83 counties in Michigan. • In 2004-05, AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve programs engaged more than 63,000 participants and volunteers in community service activities. Michigan's AmeriCorps AmeriCorps programs are similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Community organizations host teams of individuals, called members, to implement programs that strengthen local communities. Members are ages 17 and older and commit at least one year to AmeriCorps. In return for this year of service, members receive a modest living stipend and an education award. They can serve in a full- or part-time capacity. During the 2005-06 program year, the MCSC is providing more than $5.6 million to fund 21 AmeriCorps programs that will involve more than 900 members. During a typical year: • Michigan's AmeriCorps members improve the lives of more than 110,000 people • Each AmeriCorps member funded by the MCSC recruits an average of27 volunteers-in 200405 that was more than 26,000 volunteers. Mentor Michigan Mentor Michigan is dedicated to awakening and nurturing the amazing potential in youth by fostering ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Mentor Michigan works with mentoring programs throughout the state to recruit, retain, and reward mentors. It also strengthens the capacity of programs through training, research, and forming partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government. Mentor Michigan has developed program standards that support high-quality mentoring in Michigan. Learn and Serve - Michigan Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning district wide. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. • The MCSC currently provides $424,131 to 21 K-12 school-based programs, $199,942 to four ISD/Higher Ed partnerships, and $157,000 to the Council ofMichigan Foundation's Learning to Give program. Updated: February 13, 2006- page 1 �• • The school-based programs focus on having service-learning become a district-wide teaching method. As a result, service-learning is being integrated into a school's core curriculum. During the 2003-04 program year, Learn and Serve- Michigan programs involved more than 40,000 youth and 1,300 teachers in service-learning activities. Michigan Citizen Corps The Michigan Citizen Corps help communities prepare for and respond to local emergencies. Volunteers are trained to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to emergencies and disasters of all kinds, including threats of terrorism, natural disasters, crime, and public health issues. Citizen Corps Councils are formed in local communities and consist of key leaders including together first responder such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. Governor's Service Awards The Governor's Service Awards are an annual recognition event, hosted by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, honoring Michigan's volunteers. Individuals and organizations are celebrated for their commitment to making our communities better places to live, work, and grow. Governor Granholm presents awards in eight categories that highlight the diverse nature of Michigan's volunteers. In 2006, Jeff Daniels, beloved Michigan film and stage actor, will be joining the Governor and First Gentleman to recognize Michigan's volunteers. In addition to his film, stage, and music credits, Mr. Daniels is the founder and executive director of the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan. For More Information Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Updated: February 13, 2006- page 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC STOCKPARAGRAPHS SERVICE COMMISSION Main Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2005-06, the MCSC is granting more than $6.8 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Expanded Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2005-06, the MCSC is granting more than $6.8 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. The MCSC is funding 21 AmeriCorps programs, 27 Learn and Serve programs, In 2003-04, these programs engaged more than 64,000 people in volunteer activities. Stock Paragraph For Grantees (Insert Grantee Name) is funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) through (alan Insert Funding Program Name) grant. The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2005-06, the MCSC is granting more than $6.8 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Updated: November 1, 2005 �Act No. 219 Public Acts of 1994 Approved by the Governor June 26, 1994 Filed with the Secretary of State June 27, 1994 STATE OF MICHIGAN 87TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 1994 Introduced by Reps. Emerson and Johnson ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5280 AN ACT to establish the Michigan community service commission; to provide for the powers and duties of the Michigan community service commission; and to provide for the powers and duti~s of state departments and agencies and certain state officers and employees. The People of the State of Michigan enact: Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the Michigan community service commission established in section 2. (b) "Community-based agency'' means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (c) "Corporation" means the corporation for national and community service established in section 191 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12651. (d) "National service laws" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (e) "Out-of-school youth" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (0 "Title I" means title I of the national and community service act of 1990, Public Law 101-610. Sec. 2. The Michigan community service commission is established within the Michigan jobs commission, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2. Sec. 3. (1) The commission shall consist of 2~ members appointed by the governor. (2) The commission shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated, at least 1 of each of the following: (a) An individual with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (b) An individual with experience in promoting service and voluntarism among older adults. (c) A representative of a community-based agency. (d) The superintendent of public instruction, or his or her designee. (e) A representative of local government. (0 A representative of local labor organizations. (g) A representative of business. (h) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (i) A representative of a national service program described in section 122(a) of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12572. (123) �(j) The employee of the corporation designated under section 195 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 1265lf, as the representative of the corporation in this state, as a nonvoting member. (3) In addition to the members described in subsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of the following: (a) Local educators. (b) Experts in the delivery of human. educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons. (c) Representatives of Native American tribes. (d) Out-of-school youth or other at-risk youth. (e) Representatives of entities that receive assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. (4) Not more than 6 of the voting commission members shall be officers or employees of this state. The governor may appoint additional officers or employees of state agencies operating community service, youth service, education, social service, senior service, and job training programs, as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission. (5) The governor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the commission membership is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability characteristics. Not more than 50% of the voting members of the commission, plus 1 additional member, shall be from the same political party. (6) Except as provided in this subsection, members of the commission shall serve for staggered 3-year terms expiring on October 1. The members constituting the Michigan community service commission under Executive Order No. 1993-24 on the day before the effective date of this act shall serve on the commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Of the additional members, the governor shall appoint 1/3 for terms expiring October 1, 1995, 1/3 for terms expiring October 1, 1996, and 1/3 for terms ex:piring October 1, 1997. (7) A vacancy in the office of a member of the commission is created in the manner provided in section 3 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the term·. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining commission members to execute the duties of the commission. Sec. 4. (1) The voting members of the commission shall elect 1 of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The voting members of the commission may elect other officers from among the members of the commission. (2) The commission shall meet quarterly. However, the commission shall meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by 5 or more members. (3) A maj01ity of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the commission. A majority of the voting members present and serving are required for official action of the commission. (4) Except as provided in subsection (5), a voting member of the commission shall not participate in the administration of the grant program described in section 7(r), including any discussion or decision regarding the provision of assistance or approved national service positions, or the continuation, suspension, or termination of assistance or such positions, to any program or entity if both of the following apply: (a) A grant application relating to the grant program is pending before the commission. (b) The application was submitted by a program or entity of which a member is, or in the 1-year period before the submission of such application was, an officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. (5) If, as a result of the operation of subsection (4), the number of voting members of the commission is insufficient to establish a quorum for the purpose of administering the grant program described in section 7(r), the voting members excluded from participation by subsection (4) may participate in the administration of the grant program, to the extent permitted by regUlations issued by the corporation under section 193A(b)(ll) of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12651d. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the authority of any voting member of the commission to participate in either of the following: (a) The discussion of, and hearing and forums on the general duties, policies, and operations of, the commission or the general administration of the grant program described in section 7(r). (b) Similar general matters relating to the commission. (7) The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. 2 �(8) A writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. ... Sec. 5. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the commission. Sec. 6. The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report directly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service. Sec. 7. The commission shall do all of the following: (a) Ensure that its funding decisions meet all federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative statewide service programs to increase volunteer participation in all age groups and community-based problem solving by diverse participants. (c) Develop and implement a centralized system for obtaining information and technical support concerning voluntarism and community service recruitment, projects, training methods, materials, and activities throughout this state. The commission shall provide the information and technical support upon request. (d) Promote interagency collaboration to maximize resources and develop a model of such collaboration on the state level. (e) Provide public recognition and support of volunteer efforts that address community needs by individuals, by private sector organizations and businesses, and by partnerships between the public and private sectors. (f) Stimulate increased community awareness of the effects of volunteer services in this state. (g) Utilize local, state, and federal resources to initiate, strengthen, and exp~d quality service programs. (h) Serve as this state's representative to national and state organizations that support the commission's mission. (i) Prepare for this state a national 3-year service plan that is developed through an open and public process that provides maximum participation and input from national service programs in this state and other interested members of the public. The plan shall be updated annually and contain information that the commission considers appropriate or the corporation requires. The plan shall ensure outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by either using established state networks and registries or establishing these networks and registries. (j) Prepare this state's financial assistance applications under section 117B of title I, 42 U .S.C. 12543, and section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582. (k) Assist in the preparation of the department of education's application for assistance under section 113 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12525. (l) Prepare this state's application under section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582, for the approval of service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12601 to 12604. (m) Make recommendations to the corporation with respect to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. (n) Make technical assistance available to enable applicants for assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to plan and implement service programs and to apply for assistance under the national service laws, using information and materials available through a clearinghouse established under section 198A of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12653a, if appropriate. (o) Assist in the provision of health care and child care benefits under section 140 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12594, to participants in national service programs that receive assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. (p) Develop a state system for the recruitment and placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. . '" ~-, •.!,..... (q) Disseminate information about national service programs that receive as;istance under national service laws and about approved national service positions. (r) Use assistance provided under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to administer this state's grant program in support of national service programs including the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. · (s) Develop projects, training methods, curriculum materials, and other materials and activities related to national service programs that receive assistance directly from the corporation or from the state using assistance provided under section 121 of title I, for use by such programs upon request. 3 �,J Establish policies and procedures for the use of federal funds received under title I or the national service laws. (u) Coordinate its functions, including recruitment, public awareness, and training activities, with any division of the corporation for national and community services. Sec. 8. The commission shall not directly carry out any national service program that receives assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. Sec. 9. Subject to requirements prescribed by the corporation, the commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties to a state agency or to a public or private nonprofit organization. Sec. 10. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), this state assumes liability with respect to any claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission by a member of the commission within the scope of service of the commission member. (2) A member of the commission shall not have any personal liability for any claim arising out of any act or omission by the nrember within the scope of the member's service on the commission. (3) Subsection (2) does not limit personal liability for criminal acts or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other act or omission outside the scope of the service of the commission member. (4) This section does not do any of the following: (a) Affect any other immunities and protections that may be available to the commission member under any law applicable to the member's service on the commission. (b) Affect any other right or remedy against the state under any applicable law, or against any person other than a member of the commission. (c) Limit or alter in any way the immunities available for state officials and employees not described in this act. Sec. 11. The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with volunteer service programs. Sec. 12. State departments and agencies shall cooperate with the commission in the perfonnance of its functions. The commission may request, and state departments and agencies shall provide, policy and technical information required by the commission in the performance of its functions. This act is ordered to take immediate effect. Co-Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate. Approved--------------------------------------------- 4 �Commissioners' Commitment to Goals I Programs 2005-06 1. Mentor Michigan. Use mentoring and service to create forward movement toward the Cherry Commission goals and Department of Human Services Anti-Poverty Agenda. We will challenge local communities to identify kids at risk of failing and/or dropping out of school. We will link those students with corporations, service clubs and media outlets to move the needle in 2006 toward personal success for kids. Currently these MCSC Commissioners and friends have pledged time to support this committee: Bernard Parker Kyle Caldwell Jerry Seese Pam Faris Mike Thomas Dan Mnlhern Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Don Newport Kari Pardoe This group will connect the dots to ... 2. Cool Companies/Cool Cities. We will broaden the definition of cool places to live and work to include a service component. We will organize CEO-to-CEO outreach to explain the value ofvolunteerism to companies to assist their organization's volunteer efforts. We will invite these corporations to adopt a school, or kids, who are in need of mentors to link them to successful futures. Currently these MCSC Commissioners and friends have pledged time to support this committee: Wendy Acho Donna Niester Melonie Colaianne Laurie Stupak Jimmie Comer Ken Whipple Russ Mawby Larry Williamson Chris Kwak This group will connect the dots to ... 3. Great media. We will tell the story of Michigan's national leadership position and prototype the Michigan volunteer infrastructure. We will let others know what's great and strong about volunteerism in Michigan. We will tell the positive Michigan story of this coordinated initiative using community and corporate volunteerism to solve large Michigan problems. We will demonstrate the cooperative model between MCSC, CMA, VCM, MNA, MCC and Michigan's Promise. Currently these MCSC Commissioners and friends have pledged time to support this committee: Kyle Caldwell Mike Thomas Rob Collier Shaun VanHorn Joseph Sowmick Larry Williamson Kathy Young-Welch Al Swain Updated December 7, 2005 �Michigan Community Service Commission Retreat Special Emphasis Areas/Commissioner Involvement Mentor Michigan I. Use mentoring and service to create forward movement toward the Cherry Commission goals. Challenge communities to identify kids at risk of dropping out. Link those students with corporations, service clubs, and media outlets to move the needle in 2006 toward success in school. Cool Companies/Cool Cities II. Broaden the definition of cool places to live and work to include a service component. Rely on CEO-to-CEO outreach to explain the value to companies of having organized volunteer efforts. Connect the dots between the mentoring initiative listed above, the Cherry Commission and Cool Cities. Great media III. Tell the story of our national leadership and prototype the Michigan infrastructure. What's great about Michigan regarding volunteerism? �2004-2005 Michigan Community Service Commission Goals Expand PUBLIC RELATIONS to promote mentoring, community service, service-learning, and the Michigan Community Service Commission through: • Consistent and constant reporting of best practices and primary accomplishments from each program area. • Use of "branding" techniques to promote individual programs. • Development of a newsletter to promote the MCSC. • Update, prioritize and implement the MCSC marking plan with the MCSC Public Relations Committee. Pursuit of corporate and private FUNDING for programs and special events through: • Outreach to current and new financial supporters of the Governor's Service Awards (GSA). • A new partnership with the UAW for use of training sites to supplement the current training budget. • The development of new funding streams for Citizen Corps, Learn and Serve, and Mentor Michigan. Expansion of STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS to further develop the mission of the MCSC through: • Increased efficiencies across programs by coordination of program training, funding, and evaluation. • Development of champions for mentoring, service-learning and homeland security. • Develop new partnership with ConnectMichigan Alliance to create an AmeriCorps program to place members in local and regional mentorship programs. �Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, is working to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Together with mentoring programs throughout the state, Mentor Michigan supports, strengthens, and sustains Awakening and nuttuting the amazing potential in youth mentoring. How MENTOR MICHIGAN STAY CoNNECTED WITH ACHIEVES ITS MISSION MENTOR MICHIGAN 1. Identifies and secures resources to support the development and sustainability of mentoring programs 2. Recruits talented and committed mentors and connects them with effective programs that serve youth 3. Develops and enhances mentoring partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government (including activities such as Mentor Michigan Sunday) 4. Increases public awareness about mentoring opportunities, needs, and the positive outcomes associated with it 5. Provides training and support for mentoring programs 6. Collects, tracks, and shares information about mentoring activities in Michigan 7. Creates and engages a comprehensive statewide network of mentoring programs 8. Advocates for issues and standards that promote and support high-quality mentoring in Michigan 9. Recognizes the accomplishments of mentors and the organizations that support them 10. Develops champions to promote and support mentoring throughout the state Mentor Michigan Web Site To stay up-to-date on the latest Mentor Michigan activities and information, bookmark the Mentor Michigan web site: www.mentormichigan.org and visit it often. Register Your Program Registered programs are listed in the web-based Mentor Michigan Directory, which is used by potential mentors, businesses looking to support mentoring, children looking for mentors, and more. Registered programs are also involved in a statewide mentoring census. The results of this census provide you with critical facts and data to help you run your mentoring program more efficiently and effectively. To register your mentoring program, visit www.mentormichigan.org and click on the article "Register Your Mentoring Program" on the home page. Join the Michian Mentoring Advocacy Network The Michigan Mentoring Advocacy Network is a grassroots group of organizations and individuals who are interested in educating local, state, and federal policymakers on issues related to mentoring. Members of the Network will be trained to communicate their message efffectively using proper protocol. Join the Mentor Michigan Listserv The Mentor Michigan listserv was created so you learn what's happening around the state with mentoring programs. To join the listserv visit the Mentor Michigan web site at www.mentormichigan.org - MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MCSC 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc �2005-06 Mentor Michigan Leadership Council and Providers Council KALKASKA CRAWFORD WEXFORD MASON LAKE MISSAUKEE OGEMAW OSCEOLA CLARE GLADWIN MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND MONTCALM GRATIOT IONIA CLINTON ... • • Leadership Council member(s) Providers Coundl member(s) BARRY KALAMAZOO CASS • ST. JOSEPH IOSCO • KENT ... OSCODA EATON CALHOUN .... INGHAM JACKSON • BRANCH HILLSDALE .... LENAWEE MONROE Updated: February 15,2006 �IM[NTOR ,~Michigan Get Connected to Key RecruitmeQt Tools Volunteer Centers When you call (800) VOLUNTEER, you are prompted to enter your zip code. You are then connected to the Volunteer Center serving their community. If a Volunteer Center does not serve your community, you will be referred to the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM). The VCM staff will use the National Mentoring Partnership web site (www.mentoring.org) and other mentoring rosters to provide a list ofmentoring programs in your area. www.mentoring.org This is the National Mentoring Partnership's web site. When you visit this web site, you can enter your zip code to receive a listing of the mentoring programs in their area. Make sure mentoring organizations you know are listed on this web site. Here's how: 1. Visit www.mentoring.org 2. Look on the home page to find the spot that says "Find a local mentoring opportunity" and under this heading is a place to enter a zip code 3. Under the zip code box, click on "Register your organization" 4. Follow the instructions from there Mentor Michigan Directory An electronic directory ofmentoring programs in Michigan will be available online in 2005 at www.mentormichigan.org. National Mento ring Month Resources National Mentoring Month is held in January to increase public awareness around the need for mentors and positive service mentors provide. Beginning in October 2004, the Mentor Michigan web site (www.mentormichigan.org) will have resources you can use for National Mentoring Month. The resources include sample PSAs, news releases, letters to elected officials, etc. �Talking Points 2006 Mentor Michigan is working with mentoring programs statewide to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. • More than 500,000 children in Michigan could benefit from having a mentor. Currently, only about 30,000 children are being formally mentored. • If you are one of the 30,000 mentors in Michigan, ask a friend! Most people become a mentor because they were asked. • 99 percent of the people who mentor with formal mentoring programs would recommend it to others. • Mentoring changes lives two at a time. Both the mentee and the mentor benefit from the relationship. • Local mentoring organizations have a great need for male mentors, particularly men of color. o A recent study released by Kahle Research Solutions, Inc. that showed only 33 percent of mentors in Michigan are men. The study also showed that while 36 percent of the mentees are children of color, only 24 percent of the mentors are people of color, a disparity that creates a dilemma for mentoring programs trying to match children with mentors from the same ethnic and gender backgrounds. • Women mentors out number male mentors two to one. (Currently 67 percent of mentors are female, while 33 percent are male). • Become a mentor and make a serious commitment! A successful mentoring relationship last for at least one year and meets for at least one hour per week. - MICHIGAN Mentor Michigan is a program of the MCSC 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Ml 48913 (517) 335-4295 www. mentorm ichigan. org COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION �Quality Ptogtarn ~tandatdg fot Youth Mf!ntoti ng Mentor Michigan and its Providers Council believe it is vital for Michigan's mentoring programs to operate with the highest possible quality, so the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth were developed. The Standards are in place in order for youth to receive the most beneficial and productive results from a mentoring relationship. The Standards are not meant to certify or accredit mentoring programs. They provide a planning and assessment framework that raises the bar for mentoring programs. The Standards provide a basis for each program (board, staff, and other constituents) to make a conscious comparison and determination of how the Standa rds will best meet the needs of youth and families in their service area. The Mentor Michigan Providers Council, a body of 20 mentoring experts from across the state, drafted the standards from best practices developed by national, state, and local organizations. First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern presented the standards and gathered feed back from mentoring professionals throughout the state at four Regional Trainings in the summer of 20 05. Feedback was also gathered from mentoring programs that were unable to attend a Regional Training. The feedback was incorporated and the Standards finalized by the Mentor Michigan Providers Council in October 2005. Standard 1: DEFINITION OF YOUTH MENTORING The program defines mentoring as an ongoing, structured relationship with a trusted individual aimed at developing the competence and potential of the mentee. This relations hip includes: A. Community-based mentoring programs provide for consistent contact between mentors and mentees for a minimum of one calendar year. M eetings must occur several times each month for a minimum of four (4) hours per month. B. School-based mentoring programs provide for weekly contact between mentors and mentees that lasts for a minimum of one academic year. C. A ratio of mentees to mentors of no more than 4:1 for group mentoring, which includes a consistent relationship between the one mentor and the same four mentees. Standard 2: RECRUITMENT PLAN The program has a comprehensive recruitment plan for mentor s and mentees. The program also has a system for timely mentor and mentee follow-up and enrollment, which includes the following: A. Strategies that portray accurate expectations, eligibility, and benefits for mentors and mentees. B. Year round marketing and public relations for mentor recruitment. C. Targeted outreach of mentors and mentees based on progr am objectives and participant needs. D. Clearly stated program goals and objectives. E. A written position description outlining roles and responsibilities. F. Volunteer opportunities beyond mentoring available within the organization (i.e., special events, fundraisi ng, outreach, office support, committees, etc.). �Standard 3: ELIGIBILITY SCREENING The program screens mentors and mentees for eligibility. The screening process includes: A. For Mentees: a. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. b. Parent/guardian written permission. c. A face-to-face interview between trained staff or volunteer with the youth and family is highly recommended. B. For Mentors: a. A written application, which is reviewed by trained staff or volunteers. b. A face-to-face interview with trained staff or volunteer is high ly recommended. c. Reference checks (personal and professional). d. A background check which includes: i. State criminal history check by fingerprint (ideal) or name ii. Driving record check and proof of insurance for mentors who wi II transport youth iii. Sex offender registry check e. The following checks are strongly recommen ded: i. Child abuse registry check ii. Local criminal history check iii. A federal criminal history fingerprint check. f. Organization has a process for re-scree ning of existing volunteers on a regular basis. g. Suitability criteria that relate to the needs of the ta rget mentee population and the program's statement of purpose. This could include some or all of the following: personality profile, skill identification, gender, age, language and racial requirements, level of education, career interest, motivation for volunteering, and academic standing. h. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. C. If the program uses youth mentors, the following apply: a. An application process that includes a parental consent form. b. Face-to-face interview. c. Reference checks of at least two personal non-related adults (one from school staff and one person external to school). d. Agreement to complete training and orientation and meet program expectations. D. Mentor and mentee applications and all relevant data are reviewed for eligibility and acceptance. Standard 4: ORIENTATION AND TRAINING The program provides each mentor, mentee, and parent/guardian of mentee orientation, training and supporting materials. Trained staff or volunteers conduct these sessions, which are held prior to the match. A. The program orientation for mentor, mentee, and parent/guardian clearly outlines the programs and includes the following information: a. Program overview. b. Program description. c. Description of mentor and mentee eligibility and time commitment. d. Program benefits and rewards. B. The program training, which takes place in one or multiple sessions lasting a minimum of two hours, includes: a. A summary of program policies. 2 �b. Description of roles, responsibilities, and expectations. c. Discussion regarding building a healthy mentoring relationship. d. Referral and support services (e.g., libraries, tutoring labs, parks, etc.). e. Age appropriate activities for mentee skill development. f. Cross cultural and diversity awareness training. g. Child abuse reporting and recognition including youth safety issues. h. Crisis management and problem solving resources. i. Information on resources and support services. j. Cultural sensitivity and appreciation. k. Establishing appropriate boundaries. I. Guidelines regarding confidentiality, risk, and liability management. m. Communication skills. n. Explanation of site rules, as applicable. o. Match closure procedures C. Ongoing trainings essions will be provided as necessary. D. Ample opportunity for interaction with the assigned program staff is also provided. Standard 5: MATCHING STRATEGY The program has a well-documented matching strategy. This strategy: A. Is consistent with the program's statement of purpose. B. Requires that the mentor and mentee meet regularly as defined by the program expectations. C. Has criteria for matches, including some or all of the foil owing: gender, age, language requirements, availability, disabilities, youth needs, interests, preferences, life experience, and temperament. D. Includes signed statements of understanding that all involved parties (e.g. mentor, mentee, parenUguardian, program) agree to the conditions of the match and the mentoring relationship. E. Matches one trained mentor with no more than four youth for group m entoring. STANDARD 6: MATCH MONITORING PROCESS The program maintains a process that monitors and supports mentoring matches. This process includes: A. Consistent communication between staff, mentors, and mentees. B. Maintenance of a confidential file containing documentation of the application, screening, staff follow up and input on match, and mentor input on match. C. Input from mentee, mentor, family, community partners, and/or others significant in the mentee's life D. Management of grievances, boundaries, pre mature match closure, re-matching, and interpersona I problem solving. E. Providing mentors of community-based programs with appropriate health forms, emergency contacts, and permission forms. Standard 7: MENTOR SUPPORT, RECOGNITION, AND RETENTION The program supports the mentor ing relationships, recognizes volunteers, and has strategies volunteer retention. These could include: A. A kick-off event held on a regular basis (e.g. annually, seasonally) B. Ongoing recognition, appreciation activities, and celebration. C. Ongoing peer support groups for volunteers, participants, and others. D. Ongoing training and development. E. Reflection on relevant issues. 3 �F. Relevant and timely information dissemination. G. Making mentors aware of volunteer opportunities for mentors and mentees, such as Make a Difference Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day etc. H. Providing networking opportunities for mentors with appropriate resource organizations. I. Newsletters, annual reports, and other correspondence with mentors, mentees, supporters, and funders to share program accomplishments. J. Structured activities or processes to ease anxieties that may occur at match meetings. K. Social gatherings for matches. Standard 8: MATCH CLOSURE The program has a process for effective match closure, which documents: A. Exit interviews, including efforts and outcomes, between: a. Mentee and staff. b. Mentor and staff. c. Mentor and mentee. B. ParenUguardian notification and communication, when applicable. C. A clearly stated written policy describing appropriate future co ntacts between mentor and mentee. D. Assistance in defining process for achieving personal goals for mentees. E. A process for re-engaging the volunteer as a mentor or in other areas of the program. Standard 9: PROGRAM EVALUATION The program conducts an evaluation process, which includes both process and outcome evaluation. A. The process evaluation determines the overall effectiveness of the program including tracking program activities such as mentor and mentee recruitment, screening, orientation, placement, matching system, training, support and mentor retention. a. Demographic information for mentors and mentees should be included. B. Outcomes evaluation measures changes in the program participants. a. Outcome measures for youth should relate to positive youth development and track specific indicators such as school success, improvement in social skills, reduction in risk-taking behaviors, etc. C. Based on evaluation findings, the program reflects and refines the program design and operation. D. Evaluation findings are reported to key stakeholders within the program and the community. Standard 10: ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT The program has established organizational management practices and a prudent and reasonable rationale for staffing based on the program's statement of purpose and g oals, needs of mentors and mentees, available community resources, staff and volunteer ski II level, and ability to meet the Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards. These practices include: A. Paid or volunteer staff with appropriate skills to complete necessary program functions. B. Written position descriptions for all staff and volunteers. C. Composition of personnel, volunteers, and progr am participants that reflects the diversity of the community, as appropriate for program effectiveness. D. Written procedures and a fund development plan that allow s for diversified resources to support and sustain the program. E. Written eligibility requirements for program participants. F. Registration with Mentor Michigan. 4 �G. A comprehensive system for man aging program information including finances, personnel records, program activity, mentor/mentee matches, and program evaluation. H. A public relations and communication plan to educate the community, stakeholders, and other target markets about the need for mentor ing and the value of the mentoring program. a. Mentor recruitment is part of this plan. Standard 11: GOVERNANCE The program has a governance structure that includes a volunteer (non-compensated) board of directors or advisory council with established governance practices. The following governance items are in place: A. Board member roles and responsibilities B. A well-defined miss ion C. Established operating policy. D. Established structure for program oversight. E. A written, current strategic planning document that includes community input. F. Written administrative and program policies, including risk management, confidentiality, conflict of interest, human resources, and financial management. G. Liability insurances (Director and Officer, General, Volunteer, etc.) H. Adequate financial and in-kind resources. (For more information on organizational management and governance, see Basic Infrastructure Checklist from Michigan Nonprofit Association for fulllistingyt: "Basic Infrastructure Checklist" (http://www.mnaonline.org/pdf/infrastructure.pdf) and "Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan" (http://www.mnaonline.org/pdflprinciples.pdf) 1 Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan and Basic Infrastructure Checklist For registered nonprofit organizations in Michigan, Michigan Nonprofit Association, April 2005. 5 �I}A~NTOR r,tMichigan Mentor Michigan Census Key Findings Wave Ill: August 31, 2005 The Mentor Michigan Census is a survey of organizations operating mentoring programs in the state of Michigan. The primary purpose of the Census is to understand the scope and nature of mentoring and mentoring organizations in Michigan. There have been three waves of the Census. Wave I collected information from January 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004, Wave II was September 1, 2005 through February 28, 2005 and Wave Ill information covered January 1, 2005 through August 31, 2005. This report includes only the Key Findings from the Wave Ill of the Census. To view the complete report, visit www.mentormichigan.org and click on "Program Resources." Number of Current Mentors Since the Census began, there has been steady growth in the number of active mentors in Michigan. 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 Key Findings from Wave Ill of the Mentor Michigan Census • More than 30,000 Michigan youth benefited from having a mentor in 2005. • 123 organizations completed the Census. • Mentoring organizations responding to the Census are located in 40 of Michigan's 83 counties. Mentoring Program Site Other 13% While there are more community-based programs, more children are served through school-based programs. 47% , - - - - - - - - - - , 13 Community-based llil School-based D Faith-based DBusiness l•Other i �Types of Mentoring Team Group mentoring consists of one adult to no more than four youth. Peer mentoring is one-on-one mentoring between peers, such as a high school student mentoring an elementary school student. Team mentoring consists of a group of adults mentoring a group of youth, with no more than a 1:4 ratio. E-Mentoring 1% DOne to One II Group OPeer OTeam Group 13% II E-Mentoring • As Mentor Michigan has expanded its knowledge around background check processes, we have learned there are a variety of ways of conducting these checks. The Mentor Michigan Census is now tracking both state and federal background checks. The usage of all types of checks remained consistent between Wave II and Ill. • Gender of Mentors and Mentees: 33 percent of mentors are male and 67 percent of mentors are female, while 46 percent of youth served are male and 54 percent are female. Mentor Race Mentee Race Other 1% Arab-American 1% Arab-American Asian-American 1%. Asian-American Native American 1% Native American Other Hispanic Hispanic Caucasian 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% • Mentoring organizations report that 2.5 percent of their mentors have disabilities, while 12 percent of the youth they serve have disabilities. • Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth were developed because Mentor Michigan and its Providers Council believe it is vital for Michigan's mentoring programs to operate with the highest possible quality. The Standards are in place in order for youth to receive the most beneficial and productive results from a mentoring relationship. The standards will help parents and guardians as well as those running mentoring programs understand what quality mentoring looks like. In Wave Ill, the MMC compiled data on the implementation of the Standards. For more information and to view the Standards in their entirety, visit www.mentormichigan.org click on "Program Resources." The Standards can be viewed under "Mentor Michigan Quality Program Standards for Youth" and the complete Mentor Michigan Census Wave Ill Standards Report can be viewed under "Mentor Michigan Census." �PROVIDERS COUNCIL LIST 2005-2006 CHAIRPERSON Carole L. Touchinski President and CEO Strategic Solutions Marquette, Michigan MEMBERS Lisa Bottomley MSU Extension Journey Grand Haven, Michigan Mary Lou Boughton Kalamazoo Youth Development Initiative Kalamazoo, Michigan Ms. Janelle Burden Arbor Circle Grand Rapids, Michigan Ms. Julie Chapin MSU Extension- 4-H Youth Development East Lansing, Michigan Mary Sue Christian Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan Traverse City, Michigan Peg Cramer Kentwood Public Schools Kentwood, Michigan Jerry Dash Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons Detroit, Michigan Mr. Ryan Fewins Saginaw Valley State University Bay City, Michigan Edward J. Hagan Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Lansing, Michigan Ginna Holmes Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program Alma, Michigan Sylvester Jones, Jr. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint Flint, Michigan Jeannine LaSovage Michigan Reach Out Ann Arbor, Michigan Peggy Lawrence Burns Foster Grandparent and Traveling Grannies/Grandpas Program Grand Rapids, Michigan Ms. Jayne Letts Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County 101 Pioneer Avenue Negaunee, Michigan Kris Marshall Winning Futures Warren, Michigan Fred M. Mester 6th Judicial Circuit Court Pontiac, Michigan Raquel Thueme Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Southfield, Michigan �IM~NTOR ~Michigan PROVIDERS COUNCIL Contact List 2005-2006 Ms. Lisa Bottomley Extension Educator, 4H Youth Mentoring MSU Extension Journey Program 333 Clinton Street Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 846-8250 Fax: (616) 846-0655 Email: lbottoml@msu.edu Ms. Peg Cramer Mentor Coordinator Kentwood Public Schools 3303 Breton Road Kentwood, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 245-2203 Fax: (616) 245-3577 Email: mccramer@chartermi.net Ms. Mary Lou Boughton Team Member Kalamazoo Youth Development Initiative 709 South Westnedge Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Phone: (269) 343-2524 Fax: (269) 344-7250 Email: mboughton@kalamazoounitedway.org Mr. Jerry Dash President and CEO Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons 28 West Adams, Suite 1310 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 964-1110 Fax: (313) 964-1145 Email: jdash@vipmentoring.org Ms. Janelle Burden Mentoring Services Coordinator/Chairperson Arbor Circle 1115 Ball Avenue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 Phone: (616) 451-3001 Fax: (616) 451-8779 Email: jburden@arborcircle.org Mr. Ryan Fewins Assistant Director Saginaw Valley State University 7400 Bay Road Bay City, Michigan 48710 Phone: (989) 964-4297 Fax: (989) 964-4679 Email: rafewins@svsu.edu Ms. Julie Chapin Program Leader MSU Extension - 4-H Youth Development 160 Agriculture Hall - MSU East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 353-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu Mr. Edward Hagan Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing 1235-A Center Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 372-0160 Fax: (517) 372-3130 Email: edh@bigimpactmidmi.com Ms. Mary Sue Christian Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan 856 East Eighth Street Traverse City, Michigan 49686 Phone: (231) 932-7810 Fax: (231) 932-7820 Email: mchristian@bbbsnwmi .org Ms. Ginna Holmes Project Director Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program 1500 North Pine Avenue Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 463-3111 x6265 Fax: (989) 466-7612 Email: gholmes@almaschools.net �Mr. Sylvester Jones, Jr. Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 902 East Sixth Street Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone: (810) 235-0617 Fax: (810) 235-0689 Email: sly@bigbrothersbigsistersflint.org The Honorable Fred M. Mester Circuit Judge 6th Judicial Circuit Court 1200 North Telegraph Pontiac, Michigan 48302 Phone: (248) 858-0357 Fax: (248) 975-9792 Email: judgemester@yahoo.com Ms. Jeannine LaSovage Executive Director Michigan Reach Out! 5575 West Liberty Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Phone: (734) 747-9280 Email: lasovage@ameritech.net Ms. Raquel Thueme President and CEO Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit 23077 Greenfield Road, Suite 430 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248) 569-0600 x245 Fax: (248) 569-7322 Email: villarruelr@bbbs-detroit.com Reverend Peggy Lawrence Burns Program Director Gerontology Network Foster Grandparent and Traveling Grannies/Grandpas Program 456 Cherry Street, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 771-9748 Fax: (616) 771-9767 Email: pburns@michiganseniors.org Ms. Jayne Letts Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marquette County 101 Pioneer Avenue Negaunee, Michigan 49866 Phone: (906) 475-7801 Fax: (906) 475-7443 Email: jletts@chartermi .net Ms. Kris Marshall President/CEO Mentoring Solutions - Winning Futures 14301 Parkside Drive Warren, Michigan 48088 Phone: (586) 698-4417 Fax: (586) 698-4532 Email: kris@winningfutures.org Dr. Carole Touchinski President and CEO Strategic Solutions 1123 Presque Isle Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 869-1577 Fax: (906) 228-4088 Email: doctouchinski@aol.com �LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 2006 Mr. Kip Bohne Marketing and Promotion Manager WSYM TV FOX 47 600 W. St. Joseph Suite 4 7 Lansing Ml 48933 Phone:(517) 702-3149 Fax: (517) 484-3144 Email: kbohne@journalbroadcastgroup.com Mr. Joseph Crawford Editorial Page Editor Grand Rapids Press 155 Michigan, N.W. Grand Rapids, Ml 49503 Phone: (616) 222-5483 Fax: (616) 222-5212 Email: jcrawford@grpress.com Mr. James Dreyer President Event Marketing Enterprises, Inc. 7671 Wilson Avenue SW Byron Center, Ml49315 Phone: (616) 878-1650 Home: (616) 878-9871 Email: emeinc@peoplepc.com Mr. Michael Fezzey President and General Manager WJR Radio Fisher Building - Suite 800 3011 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, Ml 48202 Phone: (313) 873-9717 Fax: (313) 875-3519 Email: michael.d.fezzey@abc.com Asst: Velma Matthews (313) 873-9740 Velma.j.matthews@abc.com Mr. Randolph K. Flechsig President Davenport University 415 E. Fulton St. Grand Rapids, Ml 49503 Phone: (616)451-3511 Fax: (616) 732-1169 Email: randolph.flechsig@davenport.edu Asst: Rose Karsten (616) 245-3030 Rose.karsten@davenport.edu Ms. Linda Gillum Adjunct Faculty University of Michigan Medical School 2737 Turtle Shores Drive Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48302 Phone: (248) 338-9077 home Fax: (248) 338-9078 Cell: (248) 568-9994 Email: lgillum1@yahoo.com Ms. Joyce Hayes-Giles DTE Energy 2000 Second Avenue, Suite 2435 WCB Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (616) 235-7306 Fax: (616) 235-0930 Cell: (616) 220-0861 Email: hayes-gilesj@dteenergy.com Asst: Sandra Biggars biggars@dteenergy. com Mr. Smallwood Holoman Jr. Manager of Dow Promise The Dow Chemical Company 2020 Dow Center Midland, Ml48674 Phone: (989) 636-9448 Fax: (989) 636-0262 Email: Sholomanjr@dow.com Ms. Denise llitch Clark Hill PLC 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 3500 Detroit, Ml 48226 Phone: (313) 965-8578 Fax: (313) 965-8252 Cell: (586) 854-4060 Email: dilitch@clarkhill.com or deniseilitch@aol. com Asst: Susie Graham (313) 965-8581 sgrim@clarkhill.com �Dr. Harry Knopke President Aquinas College 1607 Robinson Road, SE Grand Rapids, Ml 49506 Phone: (616) 632-2881 Fax: (616) 732-4589 Email: knopkhar@aquinas.edu Asst: Monica Edison edisomon@aquinas.edu Mr. John S. Lore Senior Vice President Detroit Medical Center 253 Jennison Place Bay City, Ml 48708 Phone: (313) 407-1925 cell (313) 578-2251 work Fax: (313) 578-2464 or (989) 891-9315 Email: jlore@dmc.org or johnslore@chartermi. net Mr. Daniel Piepszowski Vice President of Programs New Detroit 3011 W. Grand Blvd, Suite 1200 Detroit, Ml 48202 Phone: (313) 664-2014 Fax: (313) 664-2071 Cell: (313) 689-0171 Email: danielp@newdetroit.org Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly 424 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Ml 49855 Phone: (906) 226-6500 (w) (906) 228-8315 (h) (906) 226-9696 Fax: E-mail: patryanoday@chartermi.net Ms. Geneva Williams President and CEO City Connect Detroit 163 Madison Street, Third Floor Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (313) 963-9814 Fax: (313) 963-9723 Email: Geneva@cityconnectdetroit.org Asst: Anna Goree anna@cityconnectdetroit. org �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS COMMISSION The $5.6 million investment being made in the 21 Michigan's AmeriCorps' programs results in changed lives-the lives of AmeriCorps members and the lives of those they serve. AmeriCorps is similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Individuals, called members, are housed within nonprofit organizations, schools, and other agencies throughout our state. Each program sets its own goals to help meet local needs. • The AmeriCorps members are building houses, mentoring children, teaching conflict resolution, recruiting volunteers, implementing homeland security activities, and more. • During the 2005-06 program year, the 21 programs are engaging 910 members in a variety of activities focusing on the environment, education, public safety, and human needs. • On average, each Michigan's AmeriCorps member recruits 29 volunteers to help strengthen his or her community. AmeriCorps funding may be available for organizations in your community. Funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? AmeriCorps members are dedicated individuals at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more about AmeriCorps by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.americorps.org. They can find the Michigan programs by clicking on "AmeriCorps in Your State" and selecting Michigan. �2005-2006 Michigan's AmeriCorps IRON • • DICKINSON • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •• • • • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • • KALKASKA CRAWFORD WEXFORD OCEANA MISSAUKEE OGEMAW LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA GLADWIN GRATIOT MONTCALM Michigan'sAmeriCorps member(s) • serve this county Michigan'sAmeriCorps host site(s) • are located in this county OSCODA I KENT OTTAWA • CLINTON IONIA OAKLAND ALLEGAN CASS BARRY EATON KALAMAZOO CALHOUN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH INGHAM JACKSON HILLSDALE LIVINGSTON WASHTENAW LENAWEE Updated: February 14, 2006 �- MICHIGAN AMERICORPS RAMP PROJECT COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION ACCOMPLISHES WHAT OTHERS COULDN'T Heartbroken is the only word to describe the feeling Kevin Mullins and his family had when he lost his leg and his job. Kevin was hospitalized with a serious infection that culminated in the amputation of his leg. Thus began a nightmare of skyrocketing hospitalization costs, as the hospital would not allow Kevin to come home until an access ramp was installed. A ramp, which costs $5,000- $7,000 when built by a private contractor, was out of reach for the Mullins. Kevin began preparation to move to a nursing home. Kevin's wife, Colleen, contacted more than 50 agencies looking for help. Finally, she connected with the Community Builders Corps, an AmeriCorps program that builds ramps for individuals for the cost of materials-approximately $1 ,5 00. As the Mullins were already financially strapped, even this amount was too much. Kevin Mullins arrives home, thanks to the Community Builders Corps. The AmeriCorps members would not give up on Kevin. They asked local lumberyards for help. Brooks Lumber in Detroit offered the materials at their cost ($1 ,200), but the Mullins still could not pay that amount. They were discussing the situation in Kevin's hospital room one night when the patient in the next bed overheard their conversation. The patient called his son. The next day the son came to visit Kevin and offered to pay for the materials to build the ramp. Four days later, the ramp was completed and Kevin Mullins went home. Young Detroit Builders recently received a $176,419 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission to continue the Community Builders Corps program in 2002-2003. This program enrolls 14 full-time AmeriCorps members to: • • • • Build at least 30 wheelchair ramps for disabled individuals Make adaptation improvements to the home of 40 low-income seniors or disabled persons Provide outdoor services (clean windows and gutters, rake leaves, pick up trash, etc.) for approximately 50 low-income, disabled individuals Respond to at least 30 requests from the Community Policing Office (see below) Community Builders Corps' newest partner is the Detroit's 4th Precinct Community Policing Office. This project helps people whose homes have been burglarized. Break-ins often result in a broken doorjamb or shattered windows, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to another attack. AmeriCorps members are now on call to make repairs so families can remain in their homes with an increased sense of security. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AMERICORPS MEMBERS BUILD HOPE By Joshua Brugger COMMISSION As an AmeriCorps member, I learned valuable lessons about the importance of hope. I came to believe that every day it was my job to help people find hope-to coax it, to prod it, to bring it out of its hiding place and into the light. This past year, I was an AmeriCorps member with Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in Holland. Working alongside many volunteers, I helped build a dozen simple and decent homes. These new homes brought hope to families. Sometimes the days were long and difficult. I spent days of 11, 12, and 13 hours painting and roofing in the hot summer sun. I also dug water line trenches through frozen earth in December to meet a New Year's Day deadline. One of my favorite memories of my AmeriCorps year was a project I did with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. I taught a woodworking class to teenagers. Classes included lessons in safety, learning about tools and materials, and the opportunity to build something. Something like a toolbox, birdhouse, or bug habitat. Now on one particular day, I thought that I'd really wow the kids. So, what did I do? I brought power tools with me! After receiving permission from the Boys and Girls Club, I came to class ready with a drill, a circular saw, and a 2x10 board that was 6 feet long. This was going to be a great class! A teen builds her own birdhouse as part of the BGCH!Habitat project. I had several students help me carry in all of the equipment. As they did, they paraded the power tools in front of their friends-eager to show that they were special because they got to carry the drill or the saw. Class began. Kids were lined up outside the door, peering through the windows, climbing over each other so they could see. Every seat was filled. Excitement was in the air. It was like being on the set of Tool Time. I laid that 2x1 0 out on the table. Donned my safety glasses. Measured and strategically marked off the spot I would cut. As a trained member of Habitat for Humanity, I do know that a 7 %"titanium tipped plywood blade is terrific for cutting plywood or siding. But I don't know why I didn't remember that it doesn't work so well when cutting through a piece of #2 pine. After the smoke cleared, the kids and I all had a great laugh! I'll never forget that day. And I'll never forget the day four months later, when those same kids built a ramp for a 7-year-old boy with spina bifida. They learned a lesson about hope that day because they gave hope and happiness to that young boy and his family. So now I encourage everyone to plant hope. Hope makes change happen. It may not happen overnight. It may take years to grow. I believe the hope I planted during my year as an AmeriCorps member is still making a difference in the lives of the people in Holland today. �- MICHIGAN MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS MEMBERS COMMUNITY SERVICE CHANGE LIVES COMMISSION What I Have Learned Through AmeriCorps by Robyn E. Hall, AmeriCorps Oakland AmeriCorps is amazing and an experience that everyone should have. The impact that it has on children is incredible. While they may not always remember my name, they know that I am there to help. The trust and confidence they have in me is overwhelming. They believe in me, and as a result, I have learned to believe in me, as well. I have learned that all things are possible, and that I can accomplish whatever I set out to achieve. Children seem to have a way about them that can brighten my day and remind me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. Through AmeriCorps, I have grown as a person. I have learned to become more independent and self-motivated. I have learned to find work to do, rather than wait around doing nothing. I have become more assertive and have learned to be a leader. I have learned to rise up to meet the challenges that present themselves. AmeriCorps has been a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to see what lay ahead for me. This poem that I wrote really sums it up: I have learned to give, and to smile, To believe in others, as well as myself. I have learned to be patient and listen, To care, to love and to laugh. I have learned that I can make a difference, One child at a time, I can change their world. And they can change mine. I have learned that not every day will go perfectly, And sometimes I will get stressed and frustrated. But I have learned that laughter can go a long way. I have learned more than I could ever explain, Except to say, I have learned to truly live. Robyn Hall is an Oakland University freshman and first year member with AmeriCorps Oakland. She is from Shelby Township and serves at Mark Twain Elementary School in Pontiac. AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 40 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac meet their education goals. Members serve in Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. In 2002, Oakland AmeriCorps members tutored 450 children and provided programs like conflict resolution, character education, and substance abuse prevention for 998 youth. �Success by Six Pleases Parents Below is an excerpt from a letter received by the Success by Six program coordinator. This family received home visiting parent education from AmeriCorps members. Dear Ms. Fairchild: Our son, Jakob, is almost three years old and has a 50% speech and language delay compounded with sensory problems. Like so many other parents, we were unable to take our son into the classroom because of our work schedules. Your program was the only way we could get our son the help he needed. You were able to meet with us at any time, day, or place. We have been working with two of the nicest women and they have played a big part in all of our son's milestones. He now has a much longer attention span and is more willing to cooperate and learn. He follows directions much better and is now able to complete many different learning activities. Not only have they helped our son learn how to communicate, they've helped us learn how to teach him. They offer help, advice, and support to families who have no idea what resources are available to them. We have received parenting skills training and attended workshops to learn a wide variety of activities that both stimulate and broaden children's learning ability. It was easy for us to attend the workshops because food and daycare is provided. I hope our son gets well enough not to need their services for much longer, , but I'm comforted by the fact that they will still be here if he needs them. I just hope this program will be available for other parents and children who need the help, too. Thank you! Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program enrolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HF A). Members provide services that are child-centered, familyfocused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in the family's home and group settings. During the 2001-02 program year, Success by Six AmeriCorps members provided parent education to 129 families through home visits, served 375 parents through monthly group meetings, and offered 31 parent education classes on topics such as fire safety, budgeting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. �- MICHIGAN COMMU~ITY MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ROSTER SERVICE 2005-2006 COMMISSION $245,263 AMERICORPS TOGETHER WE PREPARE Jordan O'Neil, Program Director American Red Cross of West Central Michigan 1050 Fuller A venue, NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-1304 Phone: (616) 456-8661 ext. 3503 Fax: (616) 232-2355 Email: joneil@recrosswcm.org County(ies) Served: Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Livingston, Momoe, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, St. Joseph, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Washtenaw The AmeriCorps Together We Prepare program (ATWP) engage 18 full-time members at nine of Michigan's American Red Cross Chapters to provide disaster preparedness services to 25 Michigan counties. Each year, ATWP members will provide disaster preparedness and personal safety information to community members, recruit volunteers from communities, and increase each involved American Red Cross chapters' capacity to respond to disasters throughout Michigan and the nation while involving local communities in the process. ATWP members will also provide education geared towards young adults designed to raise awareness about the importance of and need for blood donation to foster a new generation of lifelong blood donors. The five building blocks of the ATWP program include: 1) making a family disaster plan; 2) preparing a family disaster supplies kit; 3) getting trained; 4) volunteering; and 5) giving blood. By the end of the 3-year grant cycle, ATWP members will have recruited 500 youth and young adult volunteers and 800 volunteers with bilingual skills. ATWP members will have responded to a minimum of two national disaster operations as well as to at least 50% oflocal disaster incidents at their host site location. BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON HARBORTHE SMART CHOICE PROJECT $146,300 Tracy Cleveland, Program Director 1200 East Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Fax: (269) 934-8536 Email: bgcl ubvo l@parrett.net County(ies) Served: Berrien- City of Benton Harbor Through The Smart Choice Project in Benton Harbor, 12 full-time AmeriCorps members help disadvantaged youth realize their full potential as responsible, productive and caring citizens. 1 Updated February 13, 2006 �Eight members work with elementary and middle school students at the main Boys and Girls Club site and four members are placed at the Teen Center. All members help to support programs and services in the areas of: 1) Character and Leadership Development, 2) Academic and Career Development, 3) The Arts, and 4) Health and Life Skills, and 5) Sports, Fitness and Recreation. Through these program areas, AmeriCorps members provide youth with opportunities to increase their sense of self-worth, master new skills useful for future employment, use technology to improve academic performance, develop and sustain positive relationships with adults and other youth, recognize their emotions and appropriately express them, better understand and respect their own and other cultures, increase their sense of belongingness in their community, learn how to live healthier lives, and understand the importance of values such as honesty, justice, and respect. Members will also help to recruit community volunteers to support local youth. CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES- A GREAT START Amanda Harding 960 Agard Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 925-1234 Fax: (269) 925-4275 Email: Amandaharding@catholicfamilyservies.org $217,727 County(ies) Served: Berrien The Catholic Family Services- A Great Start AmeriCorps program utilizes 16 full-time and 2 minimumtime AmeriCorps members to address early childhood health issues and challenges that new families are facing. CFS -A Great Start involves a collaboration of four organizations that focus on early childhood and family issues in Berrien County. Examples of activities include: assessing new families and providing individualized services based on their needs, increasing community awareness of early childhood problems and concerns through research and marketing developments, working with families and children through playgroup and education sessions, and serving as case aides while implementing a nationally recognized abstinence education program. The two minimum-time Corps members work with staff to evaluate the progress of the program. Members assess consenting births at two local hospitals and provide needed services, which results in a decrease of abuse/neglect reports. Members also educate and help at-risk families by making connections with individuals to support them in parenting and increasing their parenting skills. $214,222 CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Dennis Halverson, Program Director Charleviox-Emmet County lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charleviox, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 54 7-994 7 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: halversond~charemisd.org County(ies) Served: Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet The Char-Em ISD AmeriCorps Program enrolls 19 full-time members to integrate on-site violence prevention programs in 19 school buildings. The primary goal of the program is to decrease the incidence of aggression, assault, and violence within schools. Members implement violence prevention and conflict 2 Updated February 13, 2006 �resolution programs such as Teaching Students to be Peacemakers, No Bullying, Don't Laugh at Me, and Be Cool. $695,230 CITY YEAR DETROIT Nicole Byrd, Service Director One Ford Place, Suite 2A Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6825 Fax: (313) 874-6883 Email: nbyrd@cityyear.org Website: http://www.cityyear.org County(ies) Served: Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne City Year Detroit enrolls 67 members to serve in Michigan's AmeriCorps. City Year is a national service organization which unites young adults, ages 17-24, from diverse racial, cultural, education, and socioeconomic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. United in their desire to serve, corps members invest their talents and energies as leaders of after-school programs and tutors in elementary, middle schools, and high schools. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF DETROIT- THE READETROIT CORPS $321,965 Pandora Brown, Program Director Communities in Schools Detroit 4151 Seminole Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 571-3400 ext. 31 Fax: (313) 571-3404 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org County(ies) Served: Wayne- City of Detroit Readetroit Corps utilizes 26 full-time AmeriCorps members to address the critical literacy needs of children identified as having extreme reading deficiencies. All service recipients are students attending Detroit Public Schools (DPS) that are designated as "failing" by the state. Members, placed in teams of two at elementary schools, address local needs by: 1) providing individual and group tutoring, 2) recruiting and training community volunteers to serve in DPS, 3) after-school program support, 4) parental literacy activities, and 5) activities designed to build relationships between schools, parents, and the community. Specific activities include: conducting individual and group tutoring sessions, starting book clubs, taking students on library trips, arranging for volunteers to read with students, conducting information sessions designed to help students prepare for tests, facilitating family literacy nights. The program strives to increase the reading levels of students, as well as recruit community volunteers to further support local youth. 3 Updated February 13, 2006 �$250,009 DOWNRIVER CARES AMERICORPS Joe Spain, Program Director The Guidance Center 13101 Northline Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7331 x 7209 Fax: (734) 785-7733 Email: j spain@ guidance-center. org Website: http://www.guidance-center.org County(ies) Served: Wayne Downriver CARES (Community, Action, Resources, Enrichment, and Service) AmeriCorps members promote social and emotional readiness for learning for children, adults, and families within The Guidance Center. The 20 full-time members also encourage the community to support these efforts through volunteerism. Service activities vary depending upon placement and may include: enrichment programming and out of class time involvement with preschoolers and school age youth; developing group mentoring projects for children and/or families; planning service projects with teens; engaging community volunteers; supporting and encouraging parents through play groups and support groups; planning enrichment activities; facilitating groups and other activities that will promote self-esteem and build assets for children, adults, and families; and providing computer literacy support. Members will also design familyoriented evening programs and the Magic Carpet Ride to Reading bi-monthly story program at Southland Mall. Downriver CARES enrolls full-time members with a start date in September. GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES- AMERICORPS FAITH IN YOUTH $130,124 Kerry Wiersma, Program Director 513 East 8th Street, Suite 25 Holland, Michigan 49423-3759 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Fax: (616) 392-5889 Email: kwiersma@goodsamministries.com County(ies) Served: Ottawa Through Good Samaritan Ministries- Faith in Youth, 10 full-time AmeriCorps members will establish a mentoring program for children attending the area's 6 middle schools, with the goal of improving academic achievement and promoting a sense of well being, particularly for youth atrisk due to isolation or poverty. Mentors would be recruited and the program supported through partnerships with local churches and faith-based organizations located near the schools served. Corps members serving out of five area churches will assist with the recruitment of 105 community volunteers to serve as one-on-one mentors for youth. Members also provide after school activities at least two days per week and academic assistance at least once per week. The program strives to help 75% of the 234 youth served to achieve positive behavioral changes, as measured by youth surveys and parental feedback. 4 Updated February 13, 2006 �HABITAT MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM Debi Drick, Program Director Habitat for Humanity- Michigan 1000 South Washington Avenue, Suite 102 Lansing, Michigan 48901 Phone: ( 517) 485-1006 Fax: (517)485-1509 Email: ddrick@habitatmichigan.org $392,663 County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Chippewa, Delta, Genesee, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Monroe, Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Roscommon and Wayne The Michigan's Habitat AmeriCorps Program enrolls full-time, part-time, and summer-time AmeriCorps members to serve Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout the state. Members serve as Construction Liaisons to ensure the training, safety practices and overall satisfaction of volunteers on a construction site; Volunteer Coordinators to form partnerships between their affiliate and local businesses, industries, service groups, churches, and/or community members; and Family Supporters to create systems, serve as mentors, and implement programs to assist Habitat's partner families in becoming self-sufficient and responsible homeowners. $153,578 IONIA lSD AMERICORPS Amy Buckingham, Program Director Ionia County Intermediate School District 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x 1246 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: readcorp@remc8.k12.mi.us County(ies) Served: Ionia The Ionia Intermediate School District AmeriCorps program enrolls 12 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve throughout the county. Members focus their service in two areas: promoting the development of effective mentoring programs and supporting service-learning. Members serve in each of the county's six school districts and in Ionia County ISD schools. Activities include: development and distribution of resources for in-school mentoring programs, partnering with schools to develop mentoring programs, academic service-learning, service-learning clubs in out-of-school time, family involvement programs and events, and countywide community service projects. 5 Updated February 13, 2006 �JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, INC.- JUMPSTART MICIDGAN Jennifer McDonald, Executive Director 550 W. Washington Blvd., Ste. 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 575-0643 Fax: (312) 873-4054 Email: jennifer.mcdonald@jstart.org $166,087 County(ies) Served: Washtenaw and Wayne Through Jumpstart Michigan, 85 minimum-time AmeriCorps members serve young children through placements in Head Start and other early educational settings. The program helps children develop crucial early literacy, language and social skills. Corps members, all of whom are Federal Work Study college students, are placed in teams of 10-20 per service site. Goals of Jumpstart Michigan include: 1) enhancing the learning experiences of young children from lowincome communities, 2) providing meaningful opportunities for parents to become involved in their child's learning, and 3) supporting the development of college students (who will serve as program members) as future teachers in the field of early childhood education. Services provided include: intensive one-to-one reading support for children partnered with members, small group activities designed to encourage creativity, larger group learning activities designed to build a sense of community and foster sharing, and exercises and activities that provide youth with choices to promote independence, curiosity and self-esteem. MARESA- MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS Joseph Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.kl2.mi.us $201,490 County(ies) Served: Alger and Marquette MARESA (Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan's AmeriCorps members provide service in local schools in Marquette and Alger Counties. MARESA AmeriCorps enrolls 13 full-time and 5 part-time members. Members serve the community by: • • • Establishing service-learning programs and curricula. AmeriCorps members recruit volunteers and develop and implement community service projects for students. Creating and implementing family resource centers. Providing direct educational support by tutoring and mentoring students in the areas of work-based learning, employability skills, computer technology, educational enrichment, after-school activities, and homework assistance. 6 Updated February 13, 2006 �$452,000 MENTOR MICIDGAN AMERICORPS Brian VanKley, Program Director ConnectMichigan Alliance 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2438 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: vankley@connectmichiganalliance .org County(ies) Served: Alcona, Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Eaton, Gladwin, Gratiot, Houghton, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kent, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinaw, Macomb, Marquette, Mason, Montmorency, Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Presque Isle, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, Washtenaw, and Wayne The Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps program enrolls 34 full-time members to assist mentoring organizations and increase the number ofmentor-mentee relationships throughout Michigan. Members actively recruit 10 new partners to support mentoring programs and establish a local mentoring collaborative in their communities over the next 3 years. Each member assists in recruiting, screening, matching, and monitoring the matches of 50 potential mentors, for a total of 1,700 potential mentors in 2005-2006. Members assist local organizations with the development of a coordinated, long-term sustainability plan for regional cooperation among member/non-member sites that creates a common vision/strategy for collaboration and resource sharing. At the end of the first year, the organizations will have implemented 25% of the components on their sustainability plan. MICHIGAN CAMPUS COMPACT- MICHIGAN SERVICE SCHOLARS Kelly Sappington, Program Director Allison Treppa, Assistant Director Michigan Campus Compact 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2424 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: ksappington@micampuscompact.org $24,000 County(ies) Served: Eaton, Genesee, Gratiot, Ingham, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Mecosta, Ottawa, Saginaw, Washtenaw, and Wayne Michigan Campus Compact's (MCC) Michigan Service Scholars (MSS) enlists 300 minimumtime (300 hour), Education Award Only AmeriCorps members to support youth development and increase volunteer capacity throughout the state. This program engages approximately 25 partner campuses statewide, which recruit students to work with local community- and faithbased organizations. In an effort to increase self esteem and academic performance, 150 members serve as mentors, facilitate afterschool programming, and provide homework help to 650 children throughout the year. The primary goal of the remaining 150 members is to strengthen volunteer infrastructure and volunteer management capacity of community- and faithbased organizations by assessing current capacity, developing volunteer recruitment systems and 7 Updated February 13, 2006 �forms, and helping organizations utilize volunteers more effectively. In addition, all members work with local community- and faith-based organizations to recruit volunteers, resulting in 3,000 additional community volunteers contributing 15,000 hours in support oflocal programmmg. $228,873 MICIDGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM Suzanne Ebright, Program Director Michigan Department of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Division P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3131 Email: ebrights@michigan.gov County(ies) Served: Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Chippewa, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Otsego, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, and Wexford The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program (MGSP) provides information and assistance to Michigan residents to reduce risks to groundwater quality and to help people protect this valuable resource. Twenty full-time AmeriCorps Members are places throughout the state to assist citizens with the completion of environmental awareness tools. AmeriCorps members also serve as local resource people helping citizens find locally specific information necessary to make smart decisions concerning environmental protection. $302,934 MICIDGAN AMERICORPS PARTNERSHIP Addell Anderson, Program Director University of Michigan Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning 1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-3310 Phone: (734) 647-9423 Fax: (734) 647-7464 Email: addell@umich.edu County(ies) Served: Wayne The Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program (MNAP) is a partnership between the University of Michigan and community and faith-based non-profits based in Detroit. MNAP strives to address local human needs through direct service program activities. Members deal with issues concerning: • • • • Social, economic and community development or revitalization Health education and health promotion services for children and families Academic enhancement of children in after-school or summer programs Volunteer recruitment and retention 8 Updated February 13, 2006 �THE MICIDGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONSAMERICORPS HEALTHCORPS John Taylor, Program Director 2525 Jolly Road, Suite 280 Okemos, Michigan 48864 Phone: (517) 3 81-8000 Email: jtaylor@mpca.net $257,313 County(ies) Served: Alcona, Arenac, Ingham, Kent, Monroe, Muskegon, Roscommon, and Wayne. The Michigan Primary Care Association (MPCA) Community Health Corps program engages 20 full-time AmeriCorps members to address patient self-management, school-based health, and outreach and enrollment. Members are placed in community health centers across the state. The MPCA Community HealthCorps Program uses community outreach to inform the public about health plans available to the uninsured and preventative health care measures. Members would help patients become more active in the management of their illnesses, and reduce health disparities in Michigan. Community forums are used to inform the public about adolescent health issues. Corps members will work with 100 patients each year, with 60% of the patients taking an active role in treating and preventing their illnesses. MICIDGAN STATE UNIVERSITY- EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE, ACHIEVE THROUH 4-H MENTORING Julie Chapin, Program Director Michigan State University 178 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 355-6748 Email: chapin@msu.edu $252,105 County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Crawford, Genesee, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Macomb, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. Clair, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne Michigan State University Extension 4-H- Explore, Experience, Achieve 1brough 4-H Mentoring program engages 20 full-time AmeriCorps members to build the capacity of 17 communities across Michigan to establish one-to-one, small group or peer-mentoring programs. Members assist with the recruitment of 600 volunteers to serve at least one hour per week for a minimum of 8 months as mentors for this program. As a result of these effort, 1800 low-income, at-risk or underserved youth per year, ages 5 to 19, participate in ongoing mentoring relationships, particularly during their out-of-school hours. As a result of these relationships, mentees acquire or improve competencies in communication skills, relationship building, group process, and school achievement. Members concentrate 50 to 70 percent of their time on activities that build the capacity of their community to provide caring adult relationships for children. These activities include: establishing/strengthening local mentoring collaboratives; recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers who are mentors and/or advisors to the program; identifying and recruiting potential mentees; matching mentors and mentees; planning educational programs; collecting and documenting data for program reports; and helping establish a youth mentoring action committee. Members also provide direct services to youth, establish relationships with local colleges and universities, and engage in grant writing and other fund-raising activities specifically for the program. 9 Updated February 13, 2006 �NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT $172,981 Lydia Kuyvenhoven, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x 33 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: kuyvenhoven@campfierusawmc.org Website: http://www. grcmc.org/campfire County(ies) Served: Kent Camp Fire USA's Neighborhood Youth Development Program enrolls four full-time and twenty part-time AmeriCorps members to facilitate after-school and summer programs in Kent County. These programs provide a safe environment for children during out-of-school time for 850 children at seven sites. Members assist site coordinators in developing activities for the programs, recruit volunteers to facilitate activities, and serve on committees to address the specific needs of their community. Members also present Camp Fire's Self-Reliance curriculum in elementary school classrooms. $670,013 SUPERIOR AMERICORPS Michelle LaCourt, Program Coordinator Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: mrlacour@hbhkfirst.org County(ies) Served: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon The Superior AmeriCorps program operates in Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The program focuses its efforts on a single priority area: education. 57 full-time members serve in schools, service agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the seven counties. School-based members tutor and mentor students who need support to achieve school success. During after-school hours and in the summer, these members initiate youth-enrichment programs. Others members enhance quality in preschool, childcare and family wellness programs. All members are responsible for coordinating community-wide service projects and recruiting volunteers to meet the region's educational and human needs. 10 Updated February 13, 2006 �VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON'S AMERICORPS $188,616 Angela Sullivan, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 772-6600 x 15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americorps@volunteermuskegon.org County(ies) Served: Muskegon Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps members are placed at several sites in Muskegon County. The 15 full-time members involve K-12 youth in service-learning projects. Members develop strong skills in youth development, experiential learning techniques, grass roots community problem solving, and leadership skills. Muskegon's AmeriCorps team is dedicated to building awareness of national service and facilitating large-scale service projects on days of national service. Members are placed at the following agencies: City of Muskegon- Department of Leisure Services, Reeths-Puffer Schools, Youth Volunteer Corps ofMuskegon County, Muskegon Public Schools (Bunker & Steele Middle Schools), Pioneer Resources, Muskegon Community Health Project, Child and Family Services, and Every Woman's Place/Webster House. 11 Updated February 13, 2006 �Michigan Service Scholars Site Supervisor Contact List 2005-2006 Aquinas College Eric Bridge Alma College Anne Ritz Service Learning Coordinator 614 W. Superior Alma, MI 48801 Phone: (989)-463-7366 Fax: (989)-463-7073 ritz@alma.edu County Served- Gratiot House District - 93 Senate District - 32 Baker College -Jackson Kay P. Danby Director, Service Learning 2800 Springport Rd. Jackson,Ml49202 Phone: (517)-789-6123 Fax: ( 517)-789-7331 Kay.danby@baker.edu County Served - Jackson House District - 64 Senate District - 17 Central Michigan University Melissa Bentley AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteer Center, Bovee University Ctr. 107 Mt Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: (989)-774-1102 Fax: (989)-774-2153 bentl2mr@cmich.edu County Served - Isabella House District - 99 Senate District - 33 Davenport U/ Warren Jackie Murray Student Life Coordinator 27650 Dequindre Warren MI 48092 Phone: (586)-558-8700 ext 270 Fax: 586-558-7868 Jackie.murray(a{davenport.edu County Served - Macomb House District - 25 Senate District - 9 Coordinator of Service-Learning 1607 Robinson Rd S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Phone: (616)-632-2490 Fax: (616)-732-4478 bridgeri@aquinas.edu County Served - Kent House District - 76 Senate District - 28/29 Calvin College Lori Gesink Associate Director - Service Learning Center 3201 Burton SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Phone: (616)-526-6455 Fax: (616)-526-6644 lgesink@calvin.edu County Served- Kent House District - 75 Senate District - 28/29 Davenport Ul Grand Rapids Kelly Hernandez Student Life Coordinator 415 E Fulton Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616)-7 42-1702 Fax: (616)-732-1178 kelly.hernandez@davenport.edu County Served- Kent House District - 76 Senate District - 28/29 Eastern Michigan University Peggy Harless Asst. Director for Community Service and Leadership EMU Mckenny Union and Campus Life 20 McKenny Union Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Phone: (734)-487-3045 Fax: (734)-480-1927 Peggy.harless@emich.edu County Served- Washtenaw House District - 54 Senate District- 18 �Ferris State University Candice D. Fortman FSU Community Studies Institute 820 Campus Dr. ASC 2108 Big Rapids, MI 49307 Phone: (231 )-591-2846 Fax: (231)-591-2141 candicefortman@fenis.edu County Served - Mecosta House District - 102 Senate District - 35 Grand Valley State U Annie MacLachlan American Humanics, Adjunct Professor 110 KC 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Phone: (616)-331-2362 Fax: (616)-331-2355 maclacan@gvsu.edu County Served - Ottawa House District - 90 Senate District - 30 Kalamazoo College Allison Geist MJUS Institute for Service-Learning 1200 Academy St. Kalamazoo, MI 49006 Phone: (269)-337-7092 Fax: (269)-337-7182 ageist@kzoo.edu County Served - Kalamazoo House District - 60 Senate District - 20 Marygrove College County Served - Wayne House District - 9 Senate District - 5 Grand Rapids C. C. Michael Schavey GRCC Service Learning Center 143 Bostwick A venue NE Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616)-234-4168 Fax: (616)-234-3494 mschavcvr(i;,grcc .edu County Served- Kent House District - 76 Senate District- 28/29 Jackson CommunitJ!. College Shannon Zoet Office of Service Learning 2111 Emmons Rd Jackson, MI 49201 Phone: ( 517)-796-8445 Fax: (517)-796-8632 Shannon L zoet@jccmi.edu County Served- Jackson House District - 64 Senate District - 17 Madonna University Stephen Rahrig 126 Maertens Bldg. 36600 Schoolcraft Rd. Livonia, MI48150 Phone: (734)-432-5370 Fax: (734)-432-5364 srahrig(a{madonna.edu County Served- Wayne House District- 19 Senate District - 6 Michigan State University Laurenza Riojas Office Manager Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement 27 Student Services Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517)-353-4400 Fax: (517) 353-6663 riojas@msu.edu County Served - Ingham House District - 69 Senate District - 23 �Olivet College Becky Frazier Student Employment Coordinator 320 S. Main Street Olivet, MI 49076 Phone: (269)-7 49-7721 Fax: (269)-749-3821 bfrazier(a{olivetcollege.edu County Served - Eaton House District - 71 Senate District - 24 Schoolcraft College John Titus Director of Career Planning and Placement 18600 Haggerty Rd. Livonia, MI 48152 Phone: (734 )-462-4421 Fax: (734)-462-4522 jtitus@schoolcraft.edu County Served- Wayne House District- 19 Senate District- 6 University_ o(_Michigan/ Flint Christopher Ringler Center for Service Learning & School Partnerships Suite 444 David M. French Hall Flint, MI 48502 Phone: (810)-762-3210 Fax: (810)-237-6501 cringler@umfli nt. edu County Served - Genesee House District - 51 Senate District- 27 Saginaw Valley State U Ryan Fewins Assistant Director for Student Life 7400 BayRd University Center, MI 48710 Phone: (989)-964-4297 Fax: (989)-964-6095 rafewins@svsu.edu County Served - Saginaw House District - 95 Senate District - 32 Western Michigan University Jan Maatman janice.maatman@wmich.edu County Served - Kalamazoo House District - 60 Senate District - 20 �- MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN COMMUNilY SERVICE COMMISSION Every one of us wants our children to grow into skilled, aware, and responsible adults. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. A 2002 study of Michigan schools shows that 39 percent of public schools participate in service-learning, while 88 percent participate in general community service projects. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning opportunities district wide. Currently, the MCSC manages: • • • 26 School-Based programs where K-12 teachers tie serviced-learning projects to the regular curriculum. Current funding is $409,146. Four programs that are partnerships between Intermediate School Districts and Higher Education Institutions. Current funding is $199,942. One Community Higher Education School Partnership (CHESP) grant supporting the Council of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give initiative. Current Funding is $157,000. Service-learning has been shown to: • • • Increase motivation to learn, Lower drop out rates, and Build critical thinking and problem solving skills. �2005-2006 Service-Learning Programs KALKASKA CRAWFORD OSCODA • OGEMAW IOSCO ClARE OCEANA NEWAYGO • Learn and Serve- Michigan School-Based program(s) serve this county MECOSTA •• • •• ••• • • •• • •• •• •• •• GRATIOT IONIA CLINTON • SHIAWASSEE OAKLAND BARRY + Learning to Give program(s) EATON CALHOUN serve this county CASS MIDLAND MONTCALM KENT • ISD/Higher Ed program(s) serve this county ISABELLA ST. JOSEPH BRANCH INGHAM JACKSON HILLSDALE LIVINGSTON WASHTENAW WAYNE LENAWEE Updated: February 14, 2006 �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE VETERANS ARE TOUCHED BY CHILDREN'S INTEREST COMMISSION "The Veterans' Reception was a great way to bring two vastly separated generations together," said Ron DeWaard. "It makes up for so many times when older people and younger people purposely avoid each other because they think they have no common ground." Vietnam Veteran Ron DeWaard and his wife Linda, along with more than 100 other veterans and their wives recently attended the first annual Veterans' Reception hosted by members of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland (BGCH). The reception, honoring veterans for service to our country, included a tour of the Boys and Girls Club, a dinner, and a program of speeches by both youth and veterans. Ron and Linda were touched by the expression of kindness on the part of the 85 Holland youth involved. A Holland youth and local veterans meet for the first time at the Veterans Reception. The reception was the culmination of a year of correspondence between club members and veterans. Letters, holiday cards, valentines, and photographs were exchanged. A club member from the 5th grade had the greatest response from her veteran. After her first letter, she received a large package. It contained an extensive letter in which the veteran answered all her questions and included a book and pictures of the ship that he served on while in the Navy. In addition to giving students a window into the lives of veterans, the year-long project gave them opportunities to practice letterwriting and computer skills. The program was not directly designed to bring homeland security into the lives of the youth and the community. An exciting, but unexpected outcome was the level of awareness gained by the youth about what it means to serve your country and be part of a nation and community. Equally exciting was how touched the veterans were by the interest of the children. "Acts of kindness are always rewarded," shared Army veteran, Bruce Glass. A lifetime member of VFW Post 2144 and former member of the 352nct Communication Reconnaissance Company, Mr. Glass served in the Korean War. He told the club members, "Your kindness toward old soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen will not be forgotten. We salute you." Students in this program also • Planned with community leaders and decorated the parade route for the Veterans' Day and Memorial Day parades • Cleaned up and prepared equipment for storage after parades • Researched the wars which veterans corresponded about This service-learning project is part of the Learn and Serve- Michigan program at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently approved a $12,611 grant so this service-learning program can continue throughout the 2002-2003-program year. The BGCH service-learning program will engage at least 175 students in the upcoming year. The BGCH practice of service-learning is expanding throughout their youth serving programs. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE STUDENTS MOUNT CAMPAIGN AGAINST SECONDHAND SMOKE COMMISSION Students at ACE High School are concerned ... for themselves, their friends, and their families. Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Although cigarette smoking nationwide among high school students is declining, approximately 80% of tobacco users begin smoking before the age of 18. lfthis trend continues, approximately 5 million children living today will die prematurely because they began to smoke cigarettes during adolescence. What really got the attention of the ACE High School students were the effects of secondhand smoke. Research has shown that smoke from the smokers around them causes disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. Although they may make the decision not to smoke, they could still be at risk. Rather than sit around and complain, they decided to do something. Led by juniors Shaun Bryan and Nicole Mangan, and senior Amanda Bjorkman, the students developed and produced media materials educating Iron County citizens on the ·~ problems of secondhand smoke. You .. Choose Not To Smoke Have a Choice, They Don 'tAround Others. Effects ofSecond Hand Smoke was developed as part of an academic servicelearning project for their Communication Arts class. The media campaign included a You Have The Choice, They Don't was the message of the ACE High School media campaign in Iron County. billboard, exhibit boards, radio spots, and place mats for local restaurants. Students chose the topic of secondhand smoke. They did research to determine the best media outlets to use in their community. They wrote the message and formulated the layouts. They evaluated their project when it was completed. »!... . '. Not only did the students learn about secondhand smoke and how to put together a media campaign-they were rewarded for their efforts. The Michigan Cancer Consortium awarded ACE the Spirit of Cooperation Award for their outstanding work in the Upper Peninsula. ACE High School is part of the West Iron County Public Schools. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded them a $33,250 Learn and Serve- Michigan grant to expand their service-learning activities. They are one of 36 school-based programs that receive funding through Learn and Serve - Michigan. �MICHIGAN II COMMUNITY SERVICE YOUNG VOLUNTEER REACHES OUT TO SENIORS COMMISSION "Knocking on the door and a man saying 'Follow me,' and the next thing I knew we were being evacuated," said Joyce Mallory, a resident of Courthouse Square Apartments in Ann Arbor. On a hot July evening, seventy residents got a helping hand from the American Red Cross, when a fire in the elevator shaft forced them to evacuate their apartments. Coordinating with the University of Michigan, Red Cross staff and volunteers arranged for residents of the downtown assisted living facility to be bussed to temporary housing at a local hotel. Complications in repairing the problem at Courthouse Square turned the one-night stay into four nights. The residents were concerned about their apartments, pets needed care, and many seniors needed to replenish medications left behind in their hasty exit. Working with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and other community agencies, the Residents from Courthouse Square receive Red Cross Red Cross team turned a potentially traumatic assistance during their crisis. few days into "an adventure," as resident Elizabeth Galvan called it. Daily shuttles were scheduled for residents, meals were served, and medical assistance provided. Happy to be on her way back home after the crisis, Joyce said she thought the Red Cross volunteers were wonderful. "Without the Red Cross, we'd have been lost," she said. One of the volunteers who helped with the evacuation and sheltering was 17-year-old Deondre Richmond. Deondre became a volunteer through the Red Cross Youth Community Action Team (YCA T). He had only recently completed his orientation when he was called into action. Working alongside experienced team members, Deondre provided information, food, and a listening ear to the seniors. During the five days of the crisis, he volunteered a total of 59 hours. He combined his training with common sense and youthful energy to do anything he could. Although public recognition is not important to him, Deondre received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Red Cross Emergency Services Department. YCAT engages 80 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 in a variety of service-learning activities that are mainly focused on peer education. Youth volunteers first complete First Aid and CPR training. Then they choose an interest area such as Community Disaster, Water Safety, or Pet First Aid for their next level of training. The young people utilize their training to assist their peers and to volunteer for Red Cross projects throughout the community. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded the Red Cross a $15,000 Learn and Serve- Michigan communitybased grant for the YCAT program. �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNITY ROSTER SERVICE COMMISSION Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sharon Throm Bedford Public Schools 1623 West Stems Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 Phone: (734) 850-6034 Fax: (734) 850-6099 Email: throms@bedford.kl2.mi.us Students and teachers in Bedford Public Schools will have the opportunity to connect what they are learning in the classroom to the community in which they live through participation in service-learning. Projects will support academic achievement, and foster a sense of civic responsibility and pride. Teachers and students will develop ideas for these together based on needs that have been identified in the community and that match what is being taught in the classroom. Goals for 2005-06 include expanding the use of service-learning to all buildings in the district and providing all students the opportunity to experience service-learning at least one time in each grade span; providing at least fifteen new teachers and two administrators training; and continuing to build the foundation for sustainability by integrating service-learning into school improvement plans. County(ies) Served: District Only- Monroe County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Kelly Pringle 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989)584-3138 Fax: (989) 584-3043 E-mail:kpringle@carsoncity.kl2.mi. us Implementation Grant - $15,000 The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with community clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on increased teacher training and increased school and community partnership. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County 1 Updated February 12, 2006 �Implementation Grant - $15,000 CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Matt Somsel 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee.org Casman Alternative Academy's planned to expand service-learning include projects of a longer duration and higher quality by following the Essential Elements of Effective Service- Learning practice. Student responsibilities will increase in creating, designing, evaluating, reflecting upon, implementing, and celebrating projects. Assessments techniques will improve through trainings with their Comprehensive School reform provider. The number and quality of partnerships will increase and become more reciprocal. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant- $19,650 CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS David Reschke 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Phone: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm@clarkston.kl2.mi.us For the 2005-2006 school year Clarkston Community Schools plans to expand on the servicelearning activities that were established during the first implementation year of the grant. There will be an increased focus on teacher professional development. The advisory board will be reenergized. Sources for future funding will be explored. Plans also include increasing school district and community awareness of service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County 2 Updated February 12, 2006 �CLINTON COUNTY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY Institutionalization Grant Brandi Meredith 1013 South U.S. 27, Suite A St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Phone: (989) 224-6831 ext 332 Fax: (989) 224-9574 Email: meredi th@edzone .net $24,500 The goals of the Clinton County RESA program are to strengthen student, school, and community relationships, increase students' civic knowledge and historical perspective, and provide sustained, on-going service-learning professional development. The implementation of Clinton County's service-learning program will be based on a five pillar approach: sustained and ongoing professional development for teachers, classroom mini-grants to support servicelearning projects establishing learning communities within the local schools, resource development and dissemination, and strong advisory board guidance. County(ies) Served: Clinton County COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS/LEARNING TO GIVE Kathy Agard CHESP Grant630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-3100 Fax: (231) 355-6748 Email: kagard@remc4.k12.mi.us $157,000 20 pilot schools with service-learning experience will be identified from across the state of Michigan. All participating pilot schools will connect curriculum to Michigan standards and benchmarks. The long-range goal of the grant is to increase students' academic performance in the area of social studies; to develop and replicate curriculum lessons, units and materials for perpetuating a civil society through the education of students; and to achieve youth commitment to private citizen action for the common good. The CHESP partnership will develop 120 fieldtested curriculum units in a variety of core content areas including history, government, geography, economics and civics. 3 Updated February 12. 2006 �Implementation Grant- $15,000 CRAWFORD A USABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Peter Ingvarsson 403 East Michigan A venue Grayling, Michigan 4973 8 Phone: (989) 344-3766 Fax: (989) 348-6822 Email: pingvarsson@casdkl2.net Service-learning in Crawford AuSable Schools will emphasize, history, civic engagement, and environmental science. High school students will work to preserve forests and prevent erosion in the AuSable River. Middle school students will work on water quality and its impact on the community. The elementary grades will combine service-learning with history in order to improve MEAP scores in social studies. County(ies) Served: District Only- Crawford County Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 HEMLOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sue Szott 1095 North Hemlock Road Hemlock, Michigan 48626 Phone: (989) 642-5282 Fax: (989) 642-2773 Email: sueszott@charter.net The main objective of Hemlock Public Schools is to sustain and institutionalize quality servicelearning in the school district. Goals for the 2005-2006 school year include adopting a common definition for service-learning school wide, developing sequential opportunities for students, professional development for teachers based on student needs, efforts to secure a line item in the district budget, and regular evaluations fro program effectiveness and improvement.:. County(ies) Served: District Only- Saginaw County Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 HONEY CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL Sue Buczek 1819 South Wagner Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1406 Phone: (734) 994-2636 ext. 2240 Fax: (734) 994-2203 Email: shuczek@hc.wash.k12.mi.us Over the last three years, Honey Creek Community School has worked to develop program sustainability. The goal for Honey Creek Community Schools is to be recognized as a model of educational integration. In order to do this they will share experiences, strategies and stories with others. The focus for 2005-2006 will therefore be documentation and dissemination of practices, accomplishments, and challenges. County(ies) Served: District Only- Washtenaw County 4 Updated February 12, 2006 �IONIA COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Deborah Wagner Institutionalization 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 522-1405 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: dawagner@ionia-isd.kl2.mi.us Grant- $24,500 The Ionia County Intermediate School District will continue to work to implement service-learning throughout the county in each of the six districts using the following goals: 1) Increase teacher knowledge of service-learning, authentic assessment and curriculum through professional development; 2) increase student learning by integrating service-learning into core curriculum stands, 3) institutionalize servicelearning methodology into the school program to foster system change. County(ies) Served: Ionia Implementation Grant - $24,500 JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rebecca Mehall 105 East Michigan Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 841-2284 Fax: (517) 784-2472 Email: rmehall@jpsmail.org Jackson Public Schools will continue its efforts to expand service-learning throughout the district. Goals over the grant period will include: broadening the representation of the advisory council, securing youth representation and voice, staff development across grade levels and content areas, continuing to build a resource library and marketing support and available resources to faculty, and assessment of student and community impact. County(ies) Served: District Only- Jackson County Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Deborah Crandell Brethren High School 4400 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone: (231) 477-5711 Fax: (231) 4 77-5242 Email: crandell(@,manistee.org Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools proposed program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide; enabling each student to experience service-learning at each level; developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, and encouraging active participation in communities. Service-learning will continue in 2005-2006 with teacher coordinators and established servicelearning coaches reinforcing training with all staff. In addition, every classroom will be invited to participate in a common project. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County 5 Updated February 12, 2006 �Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann Hart 38495 L'Anse Creuse Harrison Township, Michigan 48045 Phone: (586) 783-6400 ext 2036 Fax: (586) 783-6408 Email: hartan@lc-pc.org L'Anse Creuse Public Schools has had a Community Service-Learning Program since 1992. Three goals will be the focus of the 2005-2006 school year. The first goal is to enhance the professional development plan so that all teachers can have training in the service-learning methodology and assistance with project development. The second goal is to expand connections in the community. The third goal is program evaluation. County(ies) Served: District Only- Macomb County LAPEER COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Annette Gunderson Michigan State University Extension K-12 Service-Learning Center 1996 West Oregon Street Lapeer, Michigan 48446-1198 Phone: (810) 667-0341 Fax: (810) 667-0355 Email: cbg(a),klondyke.net A partnership of schools and community organizations (led by the Lapeer County Intermediate School District, Lapeer Community Schools, Lapeer County MSU Extension and United Way of Lapeer County) will maintain their strong service-learning program while expanding efforts to creates a more complete sequence of experiences for K-12 students. During 2005-06, at least 2,404 students, 99 teachers/staff, 22 schools, and 62 community partners will participate in service-learning. County(ies) Served: Lapeer Implementation Grant - $24,500 LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Carla Stone 11700 Vergennes Street Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 987-2900 Fax: (616) 987-2911 Email: cstone@lowell.k12.mi.us Lowell Area Schools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade levels grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve people in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the planned and progressive training and support of teachers and administration, as well as businesses and organizations within the community. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County 6 Updated February 12, 2006 �Institutionalization Grant - $15,000 NORTH STAR ACADEMY Mary St. Clair 3030 Wright Street P.O. Box 577 Marquette, Michigan 49885 Phone: (906) 226-0156 Fax: (906) 226-0167 Email: mary nsa@yahoo.com North Star Academy has developed a three-tiered approach to service-learning. Students begin to understand the concept of 'global issues' through weekly service at local non-profits. Students are matched according to their strengths and interests to offer the agency skills and services they may need. They gain a deeper understanding of service through their course studies as academic content and applied projects focus on a particular societal problem or issue. At the close of their high school career, students demonstrate and internalize their understanding of a modem problem or issue by working in a team and conducting their own research and formulating their own project. County(ies) Served: District Only- Marquette County Implementation Grant - $15,000 SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mary Lou Hannigan 155 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 Phone: (231) 861-5541 Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: hannrnl@shelby.kl2.mi.us The goal of the 2005-2006 implementation grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners involved in service-learning at all grade levels. The duration of the projects will be expanded as well to encompass programs and activities that last for at least on semester or more. The long-term goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning experience at each educational level, sequential experiences, and have the activities be of a sustained or significant duration so that student involvement lasts for a minimum of 15 hours per school year and covering multiple disciplines. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oceana County 7 Updated February 12, 2006 �Implementation Grant - $24,500 SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Dr. Wanda Cook-Robinson 24661 Lahser Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 746-8580 Fax: (248) 746-8540 Email: cook-robinsonwm@southfield.kl2.mi.us Southfield Public Schools will implement a service-learning program in grades K-12 that will improve academic learning, enhance personal growth and invoke civic responsibility in every student. Full implementation of the program will occur by implementing a professional development plan, soliciting advisory board membership that represents all sectors of the school and community, implementing activities that align with core and non-core curriculum, and involving students in the development and evaluation of service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Mary Lou Provost 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195-1891 Phone: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.k12.milus Implementation Grant- $24,500 "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is an implementation grant of a Learn and Serve-Michigan. The goal of this program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curriculum with special relevance to the core democratic values. The program is designed to include teacher professional development and mini-grants for projects so that students in grades 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 can be engaged in service-learning. Designed to contribute to school improvement goals in the areas of student achievement, the acquisition of lifelong learning skills and career education. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL Lynn Kleiman Malinoff 36745 Marquette Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: (734) 419-2434 Fax: (734) 595-2439 Email: lmalinof(a)umich.edu Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Wayne-Westland is committed to expanding service-learning in the 41h grade science curriculum, with a goal of full implementation by 2007. As high schools restructure into smaller learning communities, the district will move towards fuller implementation of service-learning in 11th and l2 1h grade career academies. The district is committed to providing leadership locally and at the state level, particularly in the area of mentorship as they expand existing programs and partnerships. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County 8 Updated February 12, 2006 �Implementation Grant- $14,981 WILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Kristine Grunwald 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 ext 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7501 Email: grunwak@wmston.kl2.mi. us The focus of Williamston Community Schools 2005-2006 implementation efforts will be centered on three different strategies. There will be a continuation of professional development centering on the Essential elements of service-learning. There will be an alignment of assessment activities and strategies that insure that school improvement efforts are enhanced and tightly supported through the use of authentic instruction models that support service-learning. Dissemination of models and activities developed by Williamston teachers and students will occur in other districts across the state and nation. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 ZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mary Beth Timmer 3390 lOOth Avenue Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Phone: (616) 748-3215 Fax: (616) 748-3210 Email: mtimmer2@zeeland.kl2.mi.us The specific goal during the next programming year is to expand service-learning opportunities by involving more staff members in meaningful projects, thereby allowing more students to participate in high quality sequential service-learning experiences. This goal will be achieved through professional development and expanded community partnerships. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ottawa County 9 Updated February 12, 2006 �Learn and Serve-Michigan ISD/Higher Education Partnership COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT (CCISD) $50,000 Carla Strome, Curriculum Coordinator 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 482-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.kl2.mi.us The Copper Country Intermediate School District will continue partnering with Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) to infuse the teaching community with understanding and implementation of service-learning for students. The geographic region that will be supported by this grant will be the northwestern Upper Peninsula. There will be integration of service-learning into summer institutes in social studies for the summer of 2005. Professional development activities will be available to all 13 school districts serviced by the CCISD that includes 500 teachers and over 7200 students. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw EATON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT $50,000 Charlotte Koger Eaton Intermediate School District 1790 E. Packard Hwy. Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Phone: (517) 543-5500 ext.1158 Fax: (517) 543-4870 Email: ckoger@eaton.k12.mi.us Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Intermediate School Districts and Olivet College continue in their partnership in the Mid- Michigan Learn and Serve Consortium to serve as the regional servicelearning network for this grant. This collaborative effort will continue to focus on implementing, supporting, and expanding service-learning in the mid-Michigan area during the 2005-2006 school year. Collaborative efforts focus on professional development for teachers, promoting quality service-learning experiences for all Olivet College students and pre-service teachers. County(ies) Served: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham 10 Updated February 12, 2006 �MARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVIE AGENCY (MARESA) Robert Koehs, Educational Consultant Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5116 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: bkoehs@maresa.kl2.mi.us $50,000 Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan University, the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District and Lake Superior State University have formed and academic service-learning program called" A Partnership of Service-Teaching, Learning, Experiencing " (APOSTLE). Throughout the project, schools in five Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. MARESA will continue to seek support from current service-learning teachers to train and mentor other teachers and youth in the program design, implementation, and evaluation aspects of service-learning projects and activities. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette MUSKEGON AREA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT $49,942 Barb Gowell Director, Instructional Services MAISD 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-7217 Fax: (231) 773-1028 Email: bgowell@remc4.kl2.mi.us The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District and Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Learn and Serve Partnership Program will facilitate and expand quality service-learning throughout the MAISD service area, building upon a number of successful existing initiatives, partnerships, and groundwork from the first year of the grant. The goal for 2005-2006 is to continue to provide instructional support in response to data-driven school improvement goals using service-learning methodology. County(ies) Served: Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana 11 Updated February 12, 2006 �MICHIGAN MJCHJGAN*' COMMUNITY SERVICE citizen corps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COMMISSION The American people are the ultimate stakeholders in the homeland security mission and must be an integral component of national preparedness efforts. Those in the emergency management community have a responsibility and obligation to educate the public on preparedness, provide emergency skills training, and provide opportunities for citizens to participate through volunteer service to support local first responders on an ongoing basis and during an event. Citizen Corps was created to help communities prepare for and respond to local emergencies. They train and engage volunteers to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to emergencies and disasters of all kinds, including threats of terrorism, natural disasters, crime, public health issues, etc. Citizen Corps is a component of the USA Freedom Corps that creates opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities prepare for and respond to emergencies. It brings together local leaders, individual volunteers, and the network of first responders such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. The goal is to have all citizens participate in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for preventing and handling threats of terrorism, crime, and disasters of all kinds. Programs of the Michigan Citizen Corps include: • • • • • • Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Neighborhood Watch Programs Volunteers in Police Service Medical Reserve Corps Citizen Corps Councils Fire Corps Citizen Corps activities are adapted to every community's need and managed locally by a Citizen Corps Council. The Michigan Citizen Corps Council was established in November 2002 and functions as a statewide resource. This 12-member council serves as an advisory committee of the Michigan Community Service Commission and provides direction on issues related to homeland security and the role volunteers can play in disaster preparedness. Michigan currently has 63 local Citizen Corps Councils, which includes 17 new Citizen Corps Councils established in 2005. These local Councils have trained 500 CERT Trainers who, in turn, have trained more than 5000 citizens so they are prepared to help. During the 2005-06 program year, $800,000 is being granted to Michigan Citizen Corps to assist Councils throughout the state to support citizen preparedness. The Michigan Citizen Corps is well known for its innovative programs as the following projects demonstrate: • CERT training materials are being translated into Arabic. • The School Teen School Emergency Response Team (SERT) program is underway in Washtenaw County and reaching out statewide. • CERT Training for all event staff at the three major league sports stadiums in Detroit is almost completed. • The Michigan Citizen Corps Director, Gary Zulinski, in 2004 answered the call to serve as Deputy Director ofFEMA Region V Citizen Corps in Chicago to coordinate all ofthe Citizen Corps members for the hurricane relief effort in Florida. • Citizen Preparedness and Protection is now the 81h National Priority. Updated: December 12, 2005 �2005-06 Michigan Citizen Corps KALKASKA CRAWFORD ... NISTEE WEXFORD .... Michigan Citizen Corps Councils: • Local Councils serve in this county _.. Countywide Councils serve this county 1-8 Michigan Citizen Corps Districts *Districts are based on population of 1.3 million per district with the exception of District 7 MISSAUKEE ... OSCODA • ... LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA OGEMAW ... .... 6 2 ALLEGAN .... CASS 3 BARRY • ST. JOSEPH 5 Updated: December 7, 2005 �MICHIGAN ?111Wn michigan COMMUNITY SERVICE citizentfcorps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL COMMISSION Michael Bouchard, Chair Melvin Larsen Oakland County Sheriff Larsen and Associates, Inc. Public Policy Consultant Marian Barrera-Young Cliff A. Messing Neighborhood Associations of Michigan President Michigan Firemen's Association President Rochelle Cotey Grace Ranger Public Transportation and Aging of Alger County Director Genesee County Emergency Management Office Director Captain Kriste Etue Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division Deputy State Director Air National Guard Base Director of Operations Paul Hansen Marcia Varble Lutheran Social Services Director of Special Projects Michigan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters President Antrim County Red Cross Volunteer Coordinator �Michigan Citizen Corps Council December 12, 2005 Sheriff Michael Bouchard Oakland County Sheriffs Department 1201 North Telegraph Road Pontiac MI 48341-1044 Phone: 248.858.5000 Fax: 248.858.1806 ocsd@co.oakland.mi.us Nicole Gee 248.858.5009 geen@co.oakland.mi.us Captain Kriste Etue MSP-EMD 400 Collins Road Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: 517.333.5043 Fax: 517.333.4987 etuek@michigan. gov Assistant-Karen Welsh 333-5042 welshka@michigan.gov Janet Lawson, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: 517.335.1013 Fax: 517.241.3869 Lawsonj I @michigan.gov Janice Harvey 517.373.4998 Harveyj l@michigan.gov Grace Ranger, Director Genesee County Emergency Management Office 1101 Beach Street, Room G25 Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: 810.257.3064 Fax: 810.424.5798 granger@co.genesee.mi.us Rochelle Cotey, Executive Director Alger County Public Transportation P.O. Box 69 Munising, Michigan 49862 Vice Chair, Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation Phone: 906.387.4845 Fax: 906.387.2963 altranco@jamadots.com Paul Hansen, Director of Special Projects Lutheran Social Services 8131 East Jefferson Detroit, Michigan 48214 President, Michigan Voluntary Organization Active in Disasters (VOAD) Phone: 313.823.7700 or 800.421.3060 Fax: 313.823.9604 Cell: 586.506.1717 phans@LSSM .org Melvin Larsen, Public Policy Consultant Larsen and Associates, Inc. 29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110 Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: 248.356.3484 Fax: 248.358.0756 Cell: 248.408.7150 Mellarsen2@aol.com Cliff A. Messing, President Michigan State Firemen's Association 8826 East Huron Line Road Ruth, Michigan 48470 Phone: 989.864.3751 Fax: 989.864.3751 delfire@.thumbmc.net Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom, Director of Operations Air National Guard Base P.O. Box 695 Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: 989.354.6205 Fax: 989.354.6298 Ewin.sansom@micrtc.ang.af.mil Marcia Varble, State Regional Director American Red Cross P.O. Box 129 Bellaire, Michigan 49615 Phone: 231.533.4037 Fax: 231.533.4037 Cell: 231.620.4587 dmvarble@fi·eeway.net Marian Barrera Young NAM President Baxter Neighborhood Association 722 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: 616.247.9550 Fax: 616.247.9556 HmFax 616.285.7655 Youngbarrera@aol.com or mbarrerayoung@netpenny.net �Citizen Corps Councils Registered in Michigan (Updated December 7, 2005) Michigan Citizen Corps State Point of Contact Contact: Gary Zulinski Title: Program Director Phone: (517) 241-3 867 Fax: (517) 241-3869 Cell: (517) 404-9778 Email Zulinskig@michigan.gov URL: www.michigan.gov/mcsc Calhoun Co Citizen Corps County Councils (34): Contact: Larry Utterback Title: Emergency Manager Address: 161 E. Michigan, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 969-6430 Email: gbabcock@calhouncountymi.gov URL: http://www.calhounmi.com/default2.htm Alpena County Citizen Corps Cass Co Citizen Corps Contact: Bruce Wozniak Title: Emergency Manager Address: 720 W. Chisholm St, Suite 13 Alpena MI 49707 Phone: (989) 354-9821 Fax(989)354-9828 Email: wozniakb@alpenacounty.org URL: http://www.alpenacounty.org/ Contact: Bernie Williamson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 321 M 62 North, Cassopolis, MI 49031 Phone: (269) 445-8768 Email: northstart(a)beanstalk.net URL: www.casscountymi.org Cheboygan County Citizen Corps Bay County Citizen Corps Contact: Patricia Bostick Title: Solution Area Planner Address: 515 Center Ave, Bay City, MI 48708 Phone: (989) 895-2016 Email: bostickp@baycounty.net Website: http://www .co. bay.mi. us/ Contact: Linda LaChappelle Title: Chairperson Address: 2322 Old Mackinaw Rd, Cheboygan, MI49721 Phone: (231) 627-9471 Email: elach@freeway.net Eastern U.P. Citizen Corps Council Berrien County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Chris Corteville Title: Asst Emergency Manager Address: 919 Port Street, Saint Joseph, MI 49085 Email: ccortevi@berriencounty.org URL: http://www.berriencounty.org Contact: Brian Davie Title: Director Address: 511 Ashmun St, Suite 202, Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783 Phone: (906) 632-8111 Email: ccarc@30below.com URL: http://www.chippewacountymi.gov/ �Eaton County Citizen Corps Council Isabella County Citizen Corps Contact: Jerry Baum Title: Compliance Officer Address: 111 East Lawrence, Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: (517) 543-8831 Email: jbaum@charlottemi.org URL: www.eatoncounty.org Contact: Deb Birkam Title: Executive Director Address: 2008 East Preston St. Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: (989) 773-3615 Email: birkam@chartermi.net URL: http://www .isabellacounty. org Genesee County Citizen Corps Kalamazoo County Citizen Corps Contact: Grace Ranger Title: Genesee County Emergency Management Director Address: 1101 Beach Street Room G25 Flint, MI 48502 Phone: (810) 257-3064 Email: granger@co.genesee.mi.us Contact: Paul Baker Title: Coordinator Address: 1500 Lamont Kalamazoo, MI 49048 Phone: (269) 383-8712 Cell: Email: PButler89l@aol.com Gladwin County Citizen Corps Macomb Countv Citizen Corps Council Contact: Robert Duby II Title: Director Address: 501 W. Cedar, Gladwin, MI 48624 Phone: (989) 426-0250 Email: cd I @ejourney.com URL: http://www.multimag.com/county/mi/gladwin Contact: Keith Kuchenmeister Title: emergency Management Aide Address: 10 North Main St. Mount Clemens, MI 48043 Phone: (586) 307-9316 Email: keith.kuchenmeister@macombcountymi.gov URL: http://macombcountymi.gov/ Grand Traverse County Citizen Corps Council Manistee County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Cathy Anthofer Title: Coordinator Campus Security Address: 400 Boardman Ave, Traverse City, MI 49684 Phone: (231) 342-0561 Email: canthofer@nmc.edu Ingham County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Ronda Oberlin Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 815 Marshall Lansing, MI 48912 Phone: (51 7) 483-4110 Pager: (517) 228-1399 Email: roberlin@ci.lansing.mi.us Contact: Ken Hilliard Title: Executive Director Address: 1525 E. Parkdale Ave Manistee, MI 49660 Phone: (231) 723-9970 Email: kwhilliard@manistee.com URL: http://www.manistee.com/ Central U.P. (Marquette Co) Citizen Corps Contact: Paula Susmark Title: Executive Director, Central U.P. Chapter of the American Red Cross Address: 129 W. Baraga Avenue, SuiteD Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: (906) 228-3659 Email: Pjarcmqt@aol.com �Menominee County Citizen Corps Oakland County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Brian Neumeier Title: Coordinator Address: 839 Tenth Avenue, Menominee, MI 49858 Phone: (906) 863-7779 Email: citizencorps@menomineecounty.com URL: www.menomineecounty.com Contact: Michael Loper Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 1200 N. Telegraph Rd Pontiac, MI 48341 Phone: (248) 858-5324 Email: loperm@co.oakland.mi.us URL: www.co.oakland.mi.us/ems Montcalm County Citizen Corps Ogemaw County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Denise Hubbard Title: Executive Director Address: United Way ofMontcalm, P.O. Box 128 Greenville, MI 48838 Phone: (616) 225-1082 Email: dhubbard@mcvolunteerconnections.org Contact: Greg Clark Title: Director Address: 806 W. Houghton Ave. West Branch, MI 48661 Phone: (989) 345-5941 Email: ogemawemd9ll@ogsh.org URL: http://www.infomi.com/county/ogemaw/ Montmorency County Citizen Corps Osceola Co. Citizen Corps Contact: David Utt Title: Emergency Manager Address: 10765 McMurphy Rd, Atlanta MI 49709 Phone: (989) 785-4141 Email: daveutt@i2k.com Contact: Todd Dimock Title: Supervisor Address: 2469 20 Mile Road Marion, MI 49665 Phone: (231) 743-0097 Email: todd Dimock@yahoo.com Otsego County Citizen Corps Muskegon County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Rhona Colbert Title: Vista Member Address: 880 Jefferson Suite A, Muskegon, MI 49442 Phone: 231-722-6600 x 17 Email: homeland@volunteermuskegon.org URL: http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/ Newaygo County Citizen Corp Council Contact: Robin Paulus Title: Volunteer Resources Center Director Address: 6308 SWarner Ave PO Box 149 Fremont, MI 49412 Phone: (231) 924-0641 EXT 106 Email: rpaulus@nccsweb.org Website: www.nccsweb.org Contact: Tami Phillips Title: Director Address: P.O. Box 1025, Gaylord, MI 49734 Phone: (989) 732-6232 Cell: (989) 858-1451 Email: rsvp(a)freeway.net URL: http://www.otsego.org/ Saginaw County Citizen Corps Contact: Tim Geovese/Linda Owen Address: 111 S. Michigan Ave, Saginaw MI 48602 Phone: 989-790-5434 Email: tgenovese@saginawcounty.com URL: http://www.saginawcounty.com/ Sanilac County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Michelle McDonald Title: Emergency Preparedness Coordinator/RN Address: 171 Dawson St, Sandusky, MI 48471 Phone: 810.648.4098 Email: mailto:citizencorp@sanilachealth.com URL: www.sanilachealth.com �Schoolcraft Co Citizen Corps Council Contact: Phil Krumm Title: Assistant Director Address: 8001 W US Highway 2, Manistique, MI49854 Phone: 906-341-2575 Email: cej@chartermi.net St. Clair County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Jeffrey Friedland Title: Director, Office of Emergency Management Address: 200 Grand River Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: (810) 989-6325 Email: jfriedland(a)stclaircounty.org Washtenaw County Citizen Corps Contact: Skip Lawver Title: Director Address: 122 Sill Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48917 Phone: (734) 487-1161 Email: Skip.Lawver@emich.edu URL: CERNS@emich.edu Wayne County Citizens Corps Council Contact: Terri Lokuta Title: Executive Director Address: 10250 Middlebelt Rd, Detroit, MI 48327 Phone: (734) 942-5289 Cell: (313) 215-4679 Email: tlokuta@waynecountyemd.com URL: www.waynecountv.com/ West Central MI Citizen Corps Contact: Rick Norman Title: Director Address: 1050 Fuller NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 456-8661 Email: rnorman@redcrosswcm.org URL: http://www.co.kent.mi.us/ Wexford County Citizen Corps Contact: Dan McPherson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 820 Carmel St, Cadillac, MI 49601 Phone: 231.775.7602 Email: dmcpherson@wexfordcounty.org �Local Councils (28) Bloomfield Township Citizen Corps Council Contact: David Piche Title: Lieutenant Address: 4200 Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-2038 Phone: 248.433.7745 Email: dpiche@bloomfieldtwp.org Brighton Area Citizen Corps Council Contact: Mike Kennedy Title: Lieutenant Address: 615 West Grand River, Brighton MI 48116-2322 ' Phone: (81 0) 229-6640 Ext. 3 7 Email: mkennedy@brightonareafire.com URL: www.brightonareafire.com Burt Township Citizen Corps Council Contact: Nancy Weston Title: Director Address: P.O.Box 414, Grand Marais MI 49839 ' Phone: (906) 494-2381 Email: ceweston@msn.com URL: http://www.natureinabundance.com/ Burton Citizen Corps Contact: Dennis Lacey Title: Assistant Chief Address: 4090 Manor Dr, Burton, MI 48519 Phone: 810.742.2158 x106 Email: dennis.lacey@ci.burton.mi.us URL: www.burton.com Dearborn Citizen Corps Contact: LT. Bradley Smith Title: CERT Director Address: 16099 Michigan Ave, Dearborn MI 48126 ' Phone: 313.943.5470 Email: bsmith@ci.dearborn.mi.us Dearborn Heights Citizen Corps Contact: Robert Ankrapp Title: Citizen Corps Director Address: 25637 Michigan, Dbn Hts, MI 48127 Phone: (313) 277-7717 Cell: (734) 751-5925 Email: ankrappb@dearbornheightspd.com URL: www.dhol.org Denton Twp Citizen Corps Contact: Carol Asher Title: Township Clerk Address: 2565 S. Gladwin Road, P.O. Box 289 Prudenville, MI 48651 Phone: (989) 366-5913 Email: asher@i2k.net Detroit Citizen Corps Council Contact: Susan Sanderson Title: Director of Homeland Security Address: 151 West Fort Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (313) 596-5196 Email: slaters@detroitmi.gov Dowagiac Citizen Corps Council Contact: Tom Atkinson Title: Chief of Police Address: 241 S Front St Dowagiac, MI 4904 7 Phone: (269) 782-9743 Email: atkinson@dowagiac.org Eaton Rapids Citizen Corps Council Contact: Roger McNutt Title: Fire Chief Address: 101 Line St, Eaton Rapids, MI 488271166 Phone: 517.663.8118 ext 8146 Email: erfd@ci.eaton-rapids.mi.us URL: www.ci.eaton-rapids.mi.us Ecorse Citizen Corps Council Contact: Charles Hunter II Title: Director Address: 3869 W. Jefferson, MI 48229 Phone: (313) 386-2344 Email: chtrill @netscape.com �Farmington Hills Citizen Corps Council Richfield Twp Citizen Corps Council Contact: Lieutenant Timothy Connor Title: Council Contact Address: 31655 West Eleven Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48336 Phone: (248) 871-2705 Email: tconnor@ci.farmington-hills.mi.us Contact: Tula Alexander Title: POC Address: 1410 N. St. Helen Rd, St.Helen, MI 48656-0128 Phone: 989.389.7270 Email: tpa48656(a)lvcos.com URL: http://www.roscommoncounty.net/richfield.ht Gerrish Twp Citizen Corps m Contact: Don Granzine Title: President Address: 2997 E Higgins Lake Dr. Roscommon, MI 48653 Phone: (989) 821-6481 Email: gerrish police@gerrishtownship.org Rochester Hills Citizen Corps Council Grand Haven Citizen Corps Contact: Rick Yonker Title: Captain Address: 525 Washington Ave, Grand Haven, MI 49417 Phone: 616.842.3460 x1153 Email: ryonker@grandhaven.org Highland Twp Citizen Corps Contact: James Crunk Title: Fire Chief Address: 205 John Street, Highland MI 48357 Phone: 248.887.9050 Email: chief-l@htfd.com URL: www.htfd.com Contact: Steve Schnieder Title: Sergeant Address: 750 Barclay Circle. Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Phone: (248) 537-9530 Email: mailto: schnieders@co.oakland.mi. us Rockwood Citizen Corps Contact: Carolyn Smalley Title: Program Coordinator Address: 32409 Fort Street Rockwood, MI 48173 Phone: (734) 379-0560 Email: rmayor@comcast.net St. Johns Citizen Corps Contact: Michael Madden Title: Director of Public Safety Address: 109 E. State St, St. Johns, MI 48879 Phone: 989.224.6721 Email: mmadden@ci.saint-johns.mi.us Northville Township Citizen Corps Sterling Heights Citizen Corps Council Contact: Sgt Matthew Mayes Title: Program Director Address: 41600 Six Mile, Northville Township, MI 48167 Phone: (248) 349-9400 Email: mmayes@northvilletwppd.com URL: www.northvillemich.com/police Pontiac Citizen Corps Contact: Capt Valard Gross/Michelle Boldt Title: Address: 110 E Pike Street Pontiac, MI 48342 Phone: (248) 758-3456 Email: homelandsecurity@pontiac.mi.us URL: http://www.pontiacpolice.com Contact: Robert Johnson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 40333 Dodge Park Road Sterling Heights, MI 48313 Phone: (586) 446-2886 Email: bjohnson@sterling-heights.net URL: http://www.sterling-heights.net �Southfield Citizen Corps Wayne City Citizen Corps Council Contact: Frank Coutts Title: Emergency Management Director Address: 26000 Evergreen Rd, Southfield, MI 48076 Phone: (248) 796-5992 Email: f coutts@cityof southfield.com URL: http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/main.php Contact: Timothy Reynolds Title: Fire Chief Address: 3300 S. Wayne, Wayne Michigan Phone: 734.722.1111 Email: Citizencorps@ci.wayne.mi.us West Bloomfield Township Citizen Corps Contact: Dan Brown Title: Firefighter Address: 4530 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48325 Phone: (248) 409-1505 Cell: (248) 420-7925 Email: dtbpeer@aol.com URL: www.twp.west-bloomfield.mi.us Lac Vieux Desert-Watersmeet Area Citizen Corps Council Contact: Jim Burke Title: Emergency Services Director Address: P.O. Box 310, Watersmeet, MI 49969 Phone: (906) 358-4577 x FAX: (906) 358-0306 Email: jim.burke@lvdtribal.com Walled Lake Citizen Corps Contact: Kenneth Van Sparrentak Title: Fire Chief Address: 1499 E. West Maple Phone: (248) 960-2045 Email: kvansparrentak@walledlake.com URL: www.walledlake.com Wayne Co Airport Citizen Corps Council Title: Dave DiMaria Title: Emergency Management Coordinator Address: L C Smith Terminal Drive Detroit Metro Airport, Detroit MI 48242 Phone: 734.955.8870 Email: emergency.management@wcaa.us �MICHIGAN Governor's Service Awards COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION The MCSC builds a culture of service volunteerism. Every day, volunteers are making a real difference in our state and should be recognized for their efforts. The Governor's Service Awards honor and celebrate the people of Michigan who volunteer their time to make our communities better places to live. Governor Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern present the awards at the Governor's Service awards dinner, which is held each spring. Awards are presented in eight distinguished categories: Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to community involvement and volunteer service. Individuals nominated in this category have made service a way of life. Outstanding Mentor Award honors an individual who has made a significant difference in a child's life over time through mentoring. Innovative Mentoring Program Award honors an organization, mentoring program, business, service club, or group that has found a unique and effective approach to mentoring. Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award Businesses that demonstrate excellent corporate citizenship by giving back to their community are honored with this award. Exemplary Community Service Program Award acknowledges the importance an organization that effectively utilizes volunteers to improve their community. Schools, national service programs, and civic, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations are all potential nominees for this award. Exemplary Volunteer Service Award is presented to an individual who strives to improve the lives of neighbors, friends, community, or congregation. Individuals nominated for this award could be adults, seniors, national service members, educators, and more. Youth Volunteer Award of Excellence is presented to a young person (age 21 or under) who has made our world a better place to live through volunteer activities. Nominees in this category may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Senior Volunteer Award of Excellence Senior citizens have a lot of experience and wisdom to share during their golden years. That is why it is important to honor older adults who are taking action to make our world a better place to live. Nominees in this category are ages 65 and older and may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Nominate a Volunteer Today! If a special volunteer has touched your life or the life of someone you know, nominate them today. To receive a nomination form, visit our web site at www.michigan.gov/mcsc, in the left margin click on Programs & Activities, and then click on Governor's Service Awards. Or contact Mary Grill at grillm@michigan.gov or (517) 335-7875. The Michigan Community Service Commission is a division of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Gro:-vt~· We are firmly committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable ac~ommo~at1on 1n our programs, act1v1t1es, and materials. Please call (517) 335-4295 to request accommodation or to obtam matenals 1n an alternate format. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MCSC Commissioners The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. =====·.... =··=== Twenty-five commissioners appointed by the Governor serve on the Michigan Community Service Commission. The members of the Commission elect one member to serve as chair. Commissioners approve funding, determine policy, are ambassadors for service, and engage in resource development. Commissioners serve without compensation and meet four times a year. Daniel Granholm Mulhern, Chair Michigan's First Gentleman WendyAcho Jerry Seese Superintendent Saginaw Township Community Schools Vice President, Commercial Banking LaSalle Bank Midwest Marsha Smith Elizabeth Bunn Executive Director Rotary Charities of Traverse City Secretary-Treasurer International Union UAW Joseph Sowmick Melonie Colaianne Public Relations Director Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan President and Director of Operations MASCO Corporation Foundation Laurie Stupak Robert Collier Finance Director Stupak For Congress Committee President & CEO Council of Michigan Foundations Alphonso Swain Jimmie Comer Associate Director Capitol Area Center for Independent Living CEO, Comer Holdings Michael Thomas Pamela Faris Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Community Volunteer Office of the Lt. Governor Shaun VanHorn Christine Kwak Program Director W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mayor Brenda Lawrence Law Student VACANT Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office City of Southfield Kenneth Whipple Russell Mawby Chairman CMS Energy Chair Emeritus, W. K. Kellogg Foundation Larry Williamson Donna Niester Director of James C. Acheson Foundation Chief Financial Officer, Acheson Ventures Kari Pardoe Manager of Community Relations NBA Pistons & WNBA Detroit Shock Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Area Vice President Comcast cable Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran President Kalamazoo College Kathy Young-Welch Owner CDL Training School �Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 11/7/05 COMMUNITY SERVICE Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer CO.Y...,V,!SSiON Ms. Wendy Acho LaSalle Bank Midwest 2600 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084-3323 Phone: (248) 822-5896 Fax: (248) 822-5487 E-mail: wendy.acho@abnamro.com Asst: Diana Gouin (248) 822-5899 Diana.quoin@abnamro.com Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UA W 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Asst: Michelle Lage mlage@uaw.net Ms. Melonie B. Colaianne MASCO Corporation Foundation 21001 Van Born Road Taylor, Michigan 48180 Phone: (313) 792-63 78 Fax: (313) 792-6262 Cell: (313)720-5171 E-mail: Melonie Colaianne@mascohq.com Asst: Fran Sabo (313) 792-6126 Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor Avenue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Asst: Sue Cuddington scuddington@cmif.org Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Corporation 21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer01@lear.com Ms. Pamela Faris 4116 Orme Circle Clio, Michigan 48420 Phone: (586) 994-3444 (810) 444-2833 Cell: Fax: (517) 241-3956 E-mail: pmfaris@aol.com Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2324 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Asst: Annesia Glass (269) 969-2344 m.annesia.glass@wkkf.org Mayor Brenda Lawrence City of Southfield 26000 Evergreen Road Box 2055 Southfield, Michigan 48037 Phone: (248) 796-5100 Fax: (248) 796-5105 E-mail:BLawrence@cityofsouthfield.com Asst: Marty Williams MWilliams@cityofsouthfield.com �Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-4638 Fax: (269) 731-5914 E-mail: russmawby@aol.com Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor's Office 111 S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhemd@michigan.gov Asst: Joan Bowman (517) 335-7422 bowmanj @michigan.gov Ms. Donna Niester Acheson Ventures 600 Fort Street, Suite 101 Port Huron, Michigan 48060 Phone: (81 0) 966-0900 Cell: (810) 434-8100 Fax: (810) 966-0990 E-mail:donnan@achesonventures.com Asst: Mary Russell (810) 966-0900 ext. 205 maryr@achesonventures.com Ms. Kari Pardoe NBA Pistons & WNBA Detroit Shock 4 Championship Drive Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326 Phone: (248) 375-4055 Cell: (248) 622-3798 Fax: (248) 377-0309 E-mail: kpardoe@palacenet.com Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-0882 Cell: (313)213-5031 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Asst: Loretta France Lfrance@co. wayne.mi. us Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org Ms. Marsha Smith Rotary Charities of Traverse City 250 E. Front Street, Suite #320 Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Phone: (231) 941-4010 Fax: (231) 941-4066 Cell: (231) 590-8807 E-mail: msmith@rotarycharities.org Mr. Joseph Sowmick Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 505 South Leaton Road Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48858 Phone: (989) 775-4059 Fax: (989) 775-4052 Cell: (989) 330-1590 E-mail: jvsowmick@sagchip.org or ssowmick@hotmail.com Ms. Laurie Stupak W5499 48th Avenue Menominee, Michigan 49858 Phone: (906) 863-2800 Phone: (906) 863-7041 (home) Fax: (906) 863-2187 E-mail:las@new.rr.com Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org �Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-0737 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Asst: Beth Bauer (989) 790-5337 bbauer@saginawcounty .com Mr. Shaun VanHorn 11447 Canterbury Drive Sterling Heights, Michigan 48312 Phone: (734) 546-1728 E-mail: Shaun. vanhom@gmail.com Mr. Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy 1 Energy Plaza, EP 12-202 Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 788-1620 (direct) Fax: (517) 788-0180 E-mail: kwhipple@cmsenergy.com Asst: Mary Koontz (517) 788-1605 Mckoontz@cmsenergy.com Mr. Larry Williamson Comcast Cable 3500 Patterson Avenue SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 977-2217 Fax: (616) 977-2224 E-mail: larry Williamson@cable.comcast.com Asst: Jolynne Orgeta Jolynne Ortega@cable.comcast.com Ms. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran Kalamazoo College 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 Phone: (269) 337-7220 Fax: (269) 337-7219 E-mail: wilsonoy@kzoo.edu Asst: Melanie Williams Williams@kzoo.edu Ms. Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School 13800 Tyler Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 272-6940 Fax: (313) 272-6942 E-mail: kyoung welch@cdltrainingschool.net �MCSC Commissioners ""'o""rn"n to serve as chair of the MCSC, First Ge1ntl~•m~m Daniel G. Mulhern is a champion for the of state volunteerism and community service. He a tireless advocate for kids. In addition to caring 1 own three children, the Governor and First Ge1niiF•m~m have undertaken an enormous effort called that works to insure that all of Mir•hir•,.nlc:. children have the same opportunity to be 'm"'""'""'n and taught by a caring adult. banker, Wendy R. Acho, is currently LaSalle Bank Midwest as Vice Pr~H::irlen,t. ComJmF!rci<al Banking. Wendy provides lth-m;maaeJment strategies that ing affluent markets of minority and wome.n-rlwr•ea enterprises. Along side her business dedicates her talent and time serving on boards including Treasurer, American Arab Commerce; Treasurer, U.S.-Iraqi Chamber r.n.mnner·r.e· Treasurer, Associated Food Dealers of Foundation; Board Member Chair, ChaldeanAmem"'n Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, Contributions Council, umbrella organization Renaissance; Civilian Advisory Board, HnmP·I"n'l1 Security for Wayne County Executive, A. Ficano; Advisory Board, Detroit Riverfront Walk Conservancy (goal $50 million project); Advisory Board for Endowed Positions, Transplant Surgery, Harper University Hospital under Scott Gruber, MD, PhD, Director. Wendy was appointed Commissioner in 2004. beth Bunn ~A.r-rA·t::.nv-Treasurer of the UA W Fli;•aheth Bunn was elected Secretary-Treasurer of at the UAWs 33rd Constitutional ~nn•~eotinn held in June 2002, the highest post held in UAW history. As Secretary, Bunn is the chief financial officer of the directs various administrative departments Auditing, Building M"'int,emmc» Circulation, Purchasing and Strike A,::,~i,::f·an'ce~ She has been a MCSC member since �lonie Colaianne •••,., ... ,.,.., Corporation Foundation was appointed president of Foundation in 2005 and position of Director of Corporate she has held since 1998. She corporation and the foundation in ch~tril~thle engagements and oversees Masco's meeting services programs. Ms . .01'""'"'" serves on the board of trustees for the Television Foundation, Oakland Plus l=noonrl:>tiron Cranbrook's Institute of Science, and of Michigan Foundation. She is a Detroit Renaissance's Business ,n""""'"m""'' Council executive committee, the r.nmn111rtitv Leaders' Council of the United Way and Hands On Network Council. Ms. Colaianne is also an advisory board member to Habitat for Humanity-Detroit. Ms. Colaianne has been an MCSC member since 2005. r.nrnr.r:>t·inn Collier _,...,,",.,." of Michigan Foundations Rnh,.,rt and CEO of the Council of Michigan Mr. Collier has been an MCSC 2000. He serves on numerous boards the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Association of United Ways, and Michigan IVlurnc;omu League. His career in philanthropy as a program officer with the C.S. , grants director for the Gannett executive director of Rotary Charities of City, and founding director of the Grand T.-... ft~ft Regional Community Foundation. Pr.,•o::iti<>nt l=noonnl:>tio~no:: ie E. Comer North American Joint and Diversity for Lear was named president of North American and Diversity for Lear Corporation in s ...~t•..nho>r 2003. Mr. Comer joined Lear in 1987 as and has held positions as vice president nr"''""""' of several divisions within Lear. Prior to he was employed by Mazda Motor r.nmror:>t·inn and also held various quality-related positions a career with General Motors Corporation. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. �Faris ,._..,,.,,,unity Volunteer is the wife of Michigan's Lt. Governor John . Ms. Faris retired from the Genesee County Court in July 2003, where she was the Jury Coordinator for the past 11 years. In that role, instrumental in getting legislation passed to juror pay and raise awareness of the imr•nrt:>nr-, of jury duty. She strongly believes in the role mentoring can play in the lives of and the community and that is why she is Governor Jennifer Granholm and First r.enllf~m:m Dan Mulhern expand Mentor Michigan. been a MCSC member since November Kwak Kellogg Foundation ram director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation MCSC member since 2000, Ms. Kwak is the r.n-tn•tnaemr.n-r.n:~tr of the Council on Foundations Grantmaker Forum on Community Service, and serves on various national r.ornm,ii!F!es in the nonprofit sector. renda Lawrence City of Southfield u~111nr, ._.,... .,.,."' has served as Mayor of the City south•fielld since 2001. She also is a Manager the United States Postal Service. She also President of the Southfield City Council, Vice Pre•sident of the Southfield Public School Board, a n,.,,..;,,;n:•nt in Leadership Oakland and Leadership Founder/Co-President of Support African American Youth (STAAY). Mayor Laljlfrl!n(:e has been an MCSC member since 2004. �r. Russell G. Mawby</B< font> K. Kellogg Foundation to the commission on September 13, served as chair until May, 2003. is chair emeritus and trustee of the Foundation. Mawby served as a nrr>nr... m officer, vice president, CEO and chair of Fo1uncjatiion during his 36-year tenure. A nrr>f,..,.,.,,. at Michigan State University, he as a member of MSU Board of he chaired in 1995. Mawby was ""'~nlnt... tt to the Lieutenant Governor's ldren's Commission from 1995 to 1996 and State Officers Compensation Commission 1996 to 1998. While serving as CEO and of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Mawby was instrumental in convening a series of meetings leading to the formation of the MCSC. Annoiint•~d is Director of the James C. Acheson Chief Financial Office for Acheson She is a principal in Austin, Niester, Finnegan, P.C., CPA Firm. Ms. Niester is a Council of Michigan Foundations, Asl;oc:iatiiOn of Small Foundations, and the National Foundations. She serves on the Board of of the Community Foundation of St. Clair County, Huron Hospital and the Blue Water Health Services. Niester has been an MCSC member since 2005. Kari Pardoe NBA Pistons & WNBA Detroit Shock The Manager of Community Relations for the NBA Detroit Pistons and WNBA Detroit Shock, Ms. Pardoe has been a MCSC member since 1999. Prior to joining the Pistons organization, she was a Program Associate at the Council of Michigan Foundations for three years. Ms. Pardoe also serves on the America's Service Commission Board, a national organization which represents and promotes state service commissions across the United States, and is an active alumni with Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority. �Parker uv"'"'"'"' County Commissioner Parker has dedicated his life to community public service. He was a co-founder of Operation Down (OGD) in 1971. As a community leader, he provided direct services and programs for the hnnn<>l'"'" He also served as executive-on-loan to Public Schools and as Deputy CEO of Responsibility. He was elected as Wayne r.nmnni"-••intn<>r for the eastside District 2 in also sits on numerous boards of New Detroit, NAACP, Detroit Fair Banking, St. John Hospital, The Plan and Southeastern Village. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. L.Seese Township Community Salr:Jinaw Stun<>rint•mrl<>nt of Saginaw Township Community since 1999 and an MCSC member since Mr. Seese has held various positions in the of education for 41 years. He is active in many rganizations, including America's Promise, aginaw County Steering Committee; Vision 2020, County; Junior Achievement Board of ..-.:........ _. Saginaw Rotary Club, Business Education 1-':::~trtn••r...lhtn· United Way Board of Directors; Bridge Harmany Board of Directors, Saginaw many other business and educational wn,rarv Charities of Traverse City Smith has served as the Executive Director of Charities of Traverse City since 1997. She as the Executive Director of the Grand Regional Community Foundation from 1993to that she served several institutions as a rl"''"lcnnnn<>rlt officer including Interlochen Center for the Grand Traverse Health Care Foundation, Oliver Memorial Hospital and the Women's Center of Traverse City. Ms. Smith has a of community interests and has held a l<>"n"'"'hin roles in environmental, growth matna,ao>rno>lnt cultural, educational, and health She has been an active community l>n1~irr\nn11>rll"l and growth management on the Grand Traverse Planning 9 years. Ms. Smith has been an MCSC member since 2005. �ph Sowmick Chippewa Indian Tribe of ~a1r:11naw V. Sowmick is the Public Relations Director Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. Sowmick is a graduate of Lansing Community lege and Michigan State University with an , extensive background in media. An award-winning Native photojournalist, Mr. Sowmick currently serves '~1on the Lansing Community College Foundation '<Board, the Central Michigan Community Hospital ;}Board of Directors, the President's Advisory Council ::'of Central Michigan University, and the Saginaw ~..Chippewa Tribal Health Board of Directors. Mr. · is an enrolled member of the Saginaw Indian Tribe and lives on the reservation his wife and daughter. Mr. Sowmick has been Stupak Director for Stupak for r1r.ran1ce is the Finance Director for the Stupak Committee. She served as Mayor of from 1996 to 2003. She has over 20 service and community involvement. is the Past President of the U.P. Coalition, Founding Member of Michigan's and is current a member of the Bay Area Center Foundation Board of Directors, Marquette Diocese Legacy of Faith Board, GFWC Menominee and M&M Area Community Foundation Board of Directors. Ms. Stupak has been an MCSC member since 2005. ,,u•·•u"~"" n Center for wrrd~~D~!ncter.rt Living at the Capital Area Center for Living and an MCSC member since Swain is president of the Michigan Rights Coalition and serves on the Commission on Disability Concerns and Area Transit Authority Local Advisory :lnr1Pm>nr1Pnt �ichael D. Thomas ;:,ac'Jtnaw County Prosecuting y '"~"li!!Mot'n""l D. Thomas was elected Saginaw County ,,. ·""Prosecuting Attorney in 1990. In 2000, Mr. Thomas '·;;~as a ~ember of an international training tea~ on . " Domesllc Violence Law at Ehwa Women's Umvers1ty in Seoul, Korea, sponsored by the World Bank. This was a multi-disciplinary team which trained Korean police, prosecutors, judges and social workers who were implementing the new Korean Family Violence Act. He also serves on several boards including of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of and Director of the National District Association of U.S.A. He has been a member since November 2003. n VanHorn Student, Michigan State ~~:artJJI;Jj~,. is a recent graduate of the of Michigan with a Political Science is currently studying Biochemistry at State University. He served as Assistant ,...,,.,_ .... __ tr..,_._ Supervisor for the University of Debate Camp and was a Mentor Michigan ram Advisor in the Office of the Governor. Ken Whipple CMS Energy Corporation Ken Whipple is chairman of the board of CMS Energy Corporation. He has been a member of CMS Energy's board of directors since 1993. He was CEO from May 2002 until just recently, and was instrumental in leading the company's financial turnaround. Ken is a director of AB Volvo, Korn/Ferry International and 14 J.P. Morgan mutual funds. Ken is very involved in the community. He serves on the boards of the United Way Community Services, Detroit Public Television, and Oakland Family Services. Also, he is chairman of board of trustees of Detroit Country Day School has received numerous community service Mr. Whipple has been an MCSC member 2004. �Willliarnsr•n is Area Vice President for :nrr>r.::~st's Grand Rapids-based management team. responsibility for the company's operations in and western Michigan communities, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Jackson, Holland, Battle Creek and Adrian. He na•1ir.iinatF>s in the Grand Rapids Chamber r.n•mrriF>rr,.,'s CEO Roundtable program and of Directors of the Michigan TF>IF>nnmm1.1nir:atinns Association. In Fort Indiana, Mr. Williamson was active in the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, where a member of the executive committee and the government and community affairs He also served on the board of the Nnlrm•"'"' Indiana Corporate Council, Junior Achievement, the Three Rivers Literacy Alliance and the Better Business Bureau. Mr. Williamson has been an MCSC member since 2005. Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran r\a.ran1az·oo College was elected President of December of 2004. She assumed in July, having formerly served as Vice Pr,;,siriF>nt of Salem Academy and College. Dr. Wilsonserved as associate professor and chair of riF>I[)artm•~nt of education at Winston-Salem State urnvHrsnv and Visiting Scholar in Education at North WF!siF!van College. A former American Council t:mJca111on Fellow, she spent her fellowship working Pr••siriF>nt and Provost of Wake Forest Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran also taught in the nF>Jnartm•~nt of education and psychology at the un•v.. rsnv of lfe in Nigeria for 14 years and was acting department of psychology for five years. She on several nonprofit boards, including the R.,•,nn,lria House Museum of American Art, the YWCA of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Tarheel Triad Girl Scout Council, and Senior Services. Dr. Wilson-Oyelaran has been an MCSC member since 2005. '""""'"zrm College Young-Welch Manager of Detroit Public WDTR Radio Station G~1n~r:a1 Young-Welch has been presenting news and affairs radio and television programming for the in metropolitan Detroit. She and her owners and operators of the r.n,mnlF>nr.ial Drivers License School in Detroit. She as General Manager of the Detroit Public radio station. Ms. Young-Welch is the of Civic and Government Affairs for the Manager of Detroit's Promise. She on several community boards and committees. She has been a MCSC member November 2003. �MICHIGAN MCSC 2006 MEETING DATES **REVISED** COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION THURSDAY, February 16, 2006 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Location: Flint Time: 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm SATURDAY, May 20,2006 Governor's Service Awards Dinner Location: TBD- SE Michigan Time: 5:30pm-9:00pm MONDAY & TUESDAY, May 22-23, 2006 Russ Mawby Signature Service Project Location: Grand Rapids THURSDAY & FRIDAY, September 21-22,2006 (Meeting and Retreat) Location: Inn at St. John's, Plymouth Time: TBD THURSDAY, November 16,2006 Location: Lansing Time: TBD (In conjunction with AmeriCorps Member Celebration) MCSC -Executive Committee Meetings 10:00 a.m.- Noon Friday, January 27, 2006 Friday, April21, 2006 ** Friday, August 18, 2006 Friday, October 20, 2006 **NOTE DATE CHANGE Updated February 14, 2006 �MICHIGAN 2006 CALENDAR COMMUNITY MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS SERVICE COMMISSION January 1-31 National Mentoring Month 26-27 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Boyne City 31 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing February 16 MCSC Board Meeting- Flint 16-17 lOth Annual Service-Learning Institute- University of Michigan-Flint 21 Governor's Service Awards Nomination Forms must be postmarked by today March 15 Mentor Michigan Leadership Council Welcome Reception - Lansing 16-17 Michigan's AmeriCorps Program Director Retreat- Thompsonville April Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing 18 National Youth Service Day 22 23-29 National Volunteer Week -Legislator Visits May Michigan Nonprofit SuperConference- Novi Sheraton 2-3 Governor's Service Awards - SE Michigan 20 Russ Mawby Signature Service Project- Grand Rapids 22-23 June 18-20 National Conference on Volunteering and Service- Seattle, WA July 18 Mentor Michigan Providers Council Meeting - Lansing 20-21 AmeriCorps Program Director Meeting w/Ohio and Indiana September 21-22 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Plymouth 27-29 Learn & Serve School Base Grantee Meeting- Lansing 28 Joint AmeriCorps I Learn & Serve Meeting October 21 Service Learning Youth Council (SLYC) Meeting - Lansing 25 Mentoring Statewide Conference - Lansing November 16 MCSC Board Meeting- Lansing 16 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration- Lansing 17 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting- Lansing Updated: February 12, 2006 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49417 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005/2006 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/88b05c35d39b3ea7ff659da255e59ef9.pdf 26eedbdf915d67aac00e337fe6b195f3 PDF Text Text Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 2/1/05 Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer Ms. Wendy Acho Standard Federal Bank 2600 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084-3323 Phone: (248) 822-5896 Fax: (248) 822-5487 E-mail: wendy.acho@abnamro.com Asst: Diana Gouin (248) 822-5899 Diana.quoin@abnamro.com Ms. Rani Bahadur 3222 Middlebelt Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 Phone: (248) 682-6295 Fax: (248) 682-6254 E-mail: whitedoverb@aol.com Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Asst: Michelle Lage mlage@uaw.net Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor Avenue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Asst: Sue Cuddington scuddington@cmif.org Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Corporation 21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer01@lear.com Ms. Pamela Faris 4116 Orme Circle Clio, Michigan 48420 Phone: (586) 994-3444 Cell: (810) 444-2833 Fax: (517) 241-3956 E-mail: pmfaris@aol.com Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2324 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Asst: Alicia Santiago-Gancer (269) 969-2050 ASG@wkkf.org Mayor Brenda Lawrence City of Southfield 26000 Evergreen Road Box 2055 Southfield, Michigan 48037 Phone: (248) 796-5100 Fax: (248) 796-5105 E-mail:B_Lawrence@cityofsouthfield.com Asst: Marty Williams M_Williams@cityofsouthfield.com �Ms. Nancy Lenz 3790 Pinto Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49004 Phone: (269) 345-4864 (h) Cell: (269) 207-5569 Fax: (269) 345-3603 E-mail: njlenz@kcms.msu.edu Ms. Kari Pardoe 500 East Fulton, Apt. 165 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Cell: (269) 420-3295 Fax: (616) 842-1760 E-mail: kpardoe@cmif.org Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-4638 Fax: (269) 731-5914 E-mail: russmawby@aol.com Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-0882 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Asst: Loretta France Lfrance@co.wayne.mi.us Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor’s Office 111 S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhernd@michigan.gov Asst: Joan Bowman (517) 335-7422 bowmanj@michigan.gov Dr. Donald Newport President Emeritus PO Box 882 Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: (989) 747-0781 E-mail: newportd@alpenacc.edu Ms. Patricia Ryan O’Day Marquette Monthly 424 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-6500 (w) (906) 228-8315 (h) Fax: (906) 226-9696 E-mail: patryanoday@chartermi.net or marquettemonthly@chartermi.net Ms. Jessica Pellegrino 347 Neff Road Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 Phone: (313) 579-4917 wk Cell: (313) 283-4485 E-mail: jpelleg@aol.com Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard GM Corporation 300 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 300, 482-C27-D76 Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000 Phone: (313) 665-2989 Fax: (313) 665-0746 E-mail: Vivian.pickard@gm.com Asst: Clarice Amerson (313) 665-3210 Amerson.clarice@gm.com Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org �Ms. Meg Smith Bedford Township Hall 8100 Jackman Rd. PO Box H Temperance, MI 48182 Phone: (734) 847-6791 Ext. 122 Cell: (419) 704-4232 E-mail: msmith@bedfordmi.org Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-0737 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Asst: Beth Bauer (989) 790-5337 bbauer@saginawcounty.com Mr. Shaun VanHorn 915 Lilac Street, Apt. #2 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (734) 546-1728 E-mail: vanhorns@umich.edu VACANT Michigan Department of Education Superintendent’s Office P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 373-9235 Fax: (517) 335-4565 E-mail: Asst: Sheri Carter (517) 241-0494 cartersh@michigan.gov Mr. Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy 1 Energy Plaza, EP 12-202 Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 788-1620 (direct) Fax: (517) 788-0180 E-mail: kwhipple@cmsenergy.com Asst: Mary Koontz (517) 788-1605 Mckoontz@cmsenergy.com Ms. Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School 13800 Tyler Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 272-6940 Fax: (313) 272-6942 E-mail: kyoung_welch@cdltrainingschool.net � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49416 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2005-02-01 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/5ecbfc7f1ea57bb8b51402fd1dc62603.pdf d1051d9029f646cc3a8e08872d0a5290 PDF Text Text Commissioner Roles and Responsi bil i ties MCSC At A Glance Finances Talking Points Mentor Michigan Michigan's AmeriCorps Learn and ServeMichigan Michigan Citizen Corps Governor's Service Awards MCSC Programs in Your Area Commissioner and Staff Rosters Calendars 2004-05 Commission Meetings 2004-05 MCSC Sponsored Events Legislators Other �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION I. General Responsibilities The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Commissioners are active participants in decision making around MCSC policies. Commissioners bring a wide variety of expertise and influence to the Commission. They support and advocate for national service, service-learning, and volunteerism on behalf of the MCSC. Commissioners support and communicate the organization's mission: The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Commissioners seek to bring together individuals, agencies, and organizations to help meet the Commission's goals of: • • • • • • • • • II. Securing and granting funds Selecting and training high-quality grantees Overseeing and monitoring grantee results Recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs and activities Developing and sharing resources Conducting research and evaluation Creating networks among volunteer organizations Sharing the results of our investments Serving as a bridge between the public and nonprofit sectors Commissioner Expectations Each MCSC Commissioner will: A. Annually attend the MCSC's four quarterly meetings, including one Commissioner retreat. B. Participate in at least one MCSC sponsored special event annually. C. Make two contacts annually with the state legislature, on behalf of the MCSC. D. Participate in one or more of the MCSC Standing Committees. E. Voting members of the Commission shall not, under any circumstances, assist an organization in the preparation of a program grant application to the Commission, except to take part in standard Commission technical assistance that is equally available to all potential applicants. Revised July 9, 2004 �III. MCSC Standing Committees Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the MCSC chair, vice chair, and five other MCSC Commissioners. The chair, in consultation with the vice chair, determines the five appointees. The role of the Executive Committee is to: A. Assist the chair, as necessary, in carrying out the mission and function of the MCSC. B. Coordinate all MCSC funding and resource development activities. Board Development Committee The chair in consultation with the Executive Committee determines the members of the Board Development Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Board Development Committee is to: A. Recruit additional commissioners on an annual or as needed basis. B. Oversee and conduct annual performance reviews for each commission member. C. Coordinate MCSC committee assignments for current and new commission members. D. Participate in interviews for prospective commission members. (The Governor appoints commission members.) E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Youth Leadership Committee (inactive) The Youth Leadership Committee is being developed in consultation with the Executive Committee, Board Development Committee, and the Service-Learning Youth Council.) Awards and Recognition Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Awards and Recognition Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Awards and Recognition Committee is to: A. Secure sponsorships for the Governor's Service Awards. B. Develop a system for all commission members to solicit nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. C. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Communication and Outreach Committee The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Communication and Outreach Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Communication and Outreach Committee is to: Revised July 9, 2004 2 �A. Host an annual legislative reception. B. Support volunteer awareness campaigns as needed. C. Provide insight and expertise in the field of public relations, marketing, and communication. D. Create methods and assist all commissioners in maintaining regular contact with public officials on behalf of the MCSC. E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Continuous Improvement Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Continuous Improvement Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Continuous Improvement Committee is to: A. B. C. D. Coordinate an annual "state ofvolunteerism" survey. Coordinate an annual "state of national service" survey. Make recommendations to the MCSC based on the results ofthe above surveys. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised July 9, 2004 3 �MICHIGAN Standing Committees COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Executive Committee Dan Mulhern - Chair Rob Collier - Vice Chair Russ Mawby Vivian Pickard Meg Smith Board Development Committee -Chair NancyLenz Kari Pardoe Tom Watkins Don Newport Outreach and Communications Committee Members Pat O'Day- Co-Chair Vivian Pickard - Co-Chair Jimmie Comer Kari Pardoe Bernard Parker Jessica Pellegrino Al Swain Kathy Young-Welch Updated September 23, 2004 �Michigan Community Service Commission Expiration Dates Members that expire on 10-02-05 Rani Bahadur (term limited) Nancy Lenz Dr. Russell Mawby (term limited) Dr. Donald Newport (term limited) Patricia Ryan O'Day Jessica Pellegrino (term limited) Vivian Rogers Pickard (term limited) Meg Smith Members that expire on 10-02-06 Rob Collier (term limited) Jimmie Comer Pamela Faris (term limited) Christine Kwak Daniel Mulhern Bernard Parker (term limited) AI Swain Michael Thomas Thomas Watkins, Jr. Kathy Young-Welch Members that expire on 10-02-07 Wendy Acho Elizabeth Bunn Brenda Lawrence Kari Pardoe Dr. Jerry Seese Shaun VanHorn Ken Whipple Updated October 8, 2004 (term limited) �MCSC Leadership Council Updated 10/8/04 NOTE: The MCSC Leadership Council consists of all former MCSC Board Members. Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason Ms. Jennifer Antoline Mr. John Barfield Mr. Victor Begg Mr. Ken Bensen Mr. Jon Blyth Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell Ms. Nonie Brennan Ms. Julie Cummings Mr. Darin Day Dr. John DiBiaggio Ms. Carol Dombrowski Ms. Beverly Drake Ms. Judith Dunn Mr. Art Ellis Mrs. Michelle Engler Mr. Henry Gaines Mr. Alexander Gamepudi Ms. Kathryn Honaker Mr. Paul Hubbard Ms. Denise Ilitch Lites Ms. Lisa Ilitch Murray Mr. Charles Infante Ms. Eunice Myles Jefferies Mr. James Kahil (Deceased) Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Mr. Terry Langston Mr. George Lombard Mr. Arend Lubbers Ms. Debbie Macon Mr. Mike Makki Sister Mary Martinez Mr. James Muir (Deceased) Mr. Randy Neelis Ms. Vemie Nethercut Ms. Chandra Oden Mr. Joel Orosz Ms. Amber Pritchard Mr. Eugene Proctor Mr. Terry Pruitt Ms. Judith Reyes-Campeau Flint Minneapolis, MN Livonia Bloomfield Hills Lansing Whitehall Mt. Pleasant Glenellyn, IL Detroit Medford, Massachusettes Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Canton Mt. Pleasant McLean, VA Flint Rochester Irving, Texas Detroit Detroit Lake Angelus Midland Detroit Plymouth Ovid Traverse City Grand Rapids West Bloomfield Dearborn Detroit Grand Rapids Sparta Alpena Detroit Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Saginaw Livonia 1 �Ms. Sarah Riley Ms. Pamela Abbey Roth Mr. Robert Schiller Mr. Alton Shipstead Mr. Scott Smith Mr. William Stavropoulos Dr. Michael Tate Mr. Ethan Weinstock Mr. Matthew Wesaw Mr. Ray West (Deceased) Ms. Geneva Jones Williams Kalamazoo Lowell U.P. Traverse City Romulus Midland Pullman, Washington Williamston Lansing Detroit Detroit 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY 2004-2005 PROGRAM FUNDS AWARDED* SERVICE COMMISSION Total Number of Programs: 75 Total Dollars: $6,961,7 49 Michigan's AmeriCorps Number ofPrograms: 19 Learn and Serve Michigan School-Based Programs Number of Members: 807 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 5,168,783 Number of Programs: 34 # f'11CHIGAN~ citizenl{'corps Michigan Citizen Corps Number of Programs: 23 Total Dollars to be Awarded: $782,400 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 1,010,566# *Volunteer Investment Grants and Learn and Serve- Michigan Community-Based Programs are no longer funded. #Includes CHESP Grant administered by Learning to Give/Council of Michigan Foundations and ISD/Higher Ed Grants. Updated: September 21, 2004 �MICHIGAN COMMUNilY SERVICE THEMCSC ATA GLANCE COMMISSION Overview The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. • The MCSC grants more than $6.9 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities each year. • During the 2004-05 program year, the MCSC is funding 19 AmeriCorps programs, 34 Learn and Serve programs, and 23 Citizen Corps Councils. • These MCSC programs serve 79 of Michigan's 83 counties. These counties represent 98% of Michigan's population • In 2003, these programs engaged more than 57,000 participants and volunteers in community service activities. Michigan's AmeriCorps AmeriCorps programs are similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Community organizations host teams of individuals, called members, to implement programs that strengthen local communities. Members are ages 17 and older and commit at least one year to AmeriCorps. In return for this year of service, members receive a modest living stipend and an education award. They can serve in a full- or part-time capacity. During the 2004-05 program year, the MCSC is providing more than $5.1 million to fund 19 AmeriCorps programs that will involve more than 800 members. During a typical year:* • Michigan's AmeriCorps members improve the lives of more than 110,000 people • Each AmeriCorps member funded by the MCSC recruits an average of26 volunteers-that's more than 18,000 volunteers per year. Mentor Michigan Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, is working to ensure that all of our youth have on-going relationships with caring adults. Working together with mentoring programs throughout Michigan it supports, strengthens, and sustains mentoring. Learn and Serve - Michigan Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. Learn and Serve - Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning district wide. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. • The MCSC currently provides $546,066 to 27 K-12 school-based programs, $290,000 to five ISD/Higher Ed partnerships, and $174,500 to the Council of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give program. • The numbers used are the average of the 00-01 through 02-03 program year. In the 03-04 year, the numbers will be decreased by approximately 60 percent due to funding cuts that took place at the federal level. Updated: September 24, 2004 -page 1 �• • The school-based programs focus on having service-learning become a district-wide teaching method. As a result, service-learning is being integrated into a school's core curriculum. During the 2004-05 program year, Learn and Serve- Michigan programs involved more than 40,000 youth and 1,300 teachers in service-learning activities. Michigan Citizen Corps The Michigan Citizen Corps help communities prepare for and respond to local emergencies. Volunteers are trained to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to emergencies and disasters of all kinds, including threats of terrorism, natural disasters, crime, and public health issues. Citizen Corps brings together local leaders, individual volunteers, and the network of first responder such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. • In 2004-05, $782,400 is being granted to 23 local Citizen Corps Councils. • In 2003-04, 195 individuals became trainers for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. Those trainers prepared 740 citizen with the basic skills required to handle their own needs and their communities' needs in the aftermath of a disaster. Governor's Service Awards The Governor's Service Awards are an annual recognition dinner, hosted by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern, honoring Michigan's volunteers. Individuals and organizations are celebrated for their commitment to making our communities better places to live, work, and grow. Governor Granholm presents awards in six categories that highlight the diverse nature of Michigan's volunteers and also recognizes those named to the Governor's Volunteer Service Honor Role. For More Information Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 (517) 335-4295 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Updated: September 24, 2004 -page 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC STOCK PARAGRAPHS SERVICE COMMISSION Main Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2004-05, the MCSC is granting more than $6.9 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Expanded Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2004-05, the MCSC is granting more than $6.9 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. The MCSC is funding 19 AmeriCorps programs, 34 Learn and Serve programs, and 23 Citizen Corps Councils. In 2002-03, these programs engaged more than 57,000 people in volunteer activities. Stock Paragraph For Grantees (Insert Grantee Name) is funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) through (a/an Insert Funding Program Name) grant. The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2004-05, the MCSC is granting more than $6.9 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Updated: September 24, 2004 �Act No. 219 Public Acts of 1994 Approved by ttie Governor June 26, 1994 Rled with the Secretary of State June·27, 1994 STATE OF MICHIGAN 87rn LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 1994 Introduced by Reps. Emerson.an4 Jolmson ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5280 AN Aar to establish the Jrfiehigan commanity service eommissioo; to provide for the powers and duties of the J41cbigan community service com11Ussioa; and to provide for the powers and duties of state departments and agencies and certain state officers arid employees. ' The People of the State of Mickigaft. enact: Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" ~ the J4ichigan community service commission established in section 2. _ (b) "Community-based agency" means that term as defined in section 101 o(title I, 42 U.S.C. 1251L (c) "Corporation" means the corporation for national and ~ aervice established in aed.ion 191 of title i, 42 .. u.s.c. 12651. (d) -National service laws" means that term as defined in aeet.ion 101 of title I, 42 UAC. 12611. (e) -oat-of-achool youth" means that term as defined in aedion 101 of title I, 42 UAC. 12511. . (f) "Title r' means title I of the national and community service let of 1990, Public Law 101-610. See. 2. The Michigan community aervice eommission is established within the lfiehigan jobs comsiUssion, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2. · See._ 8. {1) The commission abal1 coasist o( 25 members appointed by the ~emor. (2) The ~on ahaU include as voting members, except as otherwise indkated, at least 1 of each of the following: (a) An individaal with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (b) An individual with experience in promoting service and voluntarism among older adults. (e) A representative of a community-based agency. (d) The superintendent of public instruetion, or his or her designee. (e) A representative of local govermnent. (f) A representative of local labor organizations. (g) A representative of business. . (h) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C.1251L (i) A representative of a national service program described in section l22(a) of title I, 42 U 12572. .s.p. (123) �.; ?265lf. (J1 'The employee of the cotpOntion designated under section 195 of title I. ~ U.S. C. as the representative corporation in this state, as a nonvoting member. (3) In addition to the members described in 6llbsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of the following: (a) Local educators. · (b) ExPerts in the delivery of human. educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons. (c) Representatives Of Native American tribes. -~the (d) Out4-school youth or other at-risk youth. (e) Representatives of entities that receive assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 19'13, Public Law 93-118, 87 Stat. 894. . (.() Not more than 6 of the voting C!Oil!mbsion members shall be officers or employees of this state.. 111e governor may appoint additiooal officers or employees ol state agencies operating COOUll\1Dity senice, youth service, education, · social service, senior service, and job training programs. as nonvotmg, ex officio members of the cunmission. (6) 'lbe governor shall ensure, to the muimum extent possaole, that the ecmmission membership is diverse with respect to nee, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability cbaracteristics. Not more than 60% Of the voting members of the commiWon, plus 1 additional member, abaD be from the same politiea1 party. (6) Except as provided in this IU.bseetioo, members of the commission abal1 aerve for staggered 8-year terms expiring on October 1. 'The members eonstituting the Kiebigan eommunity aeniee commfssioo under ExecutiYe Order No. 1993-24. on the day before the effeetive date of this act shaD sene on the cwmnjssion for the remaiDder of the terms for wbieh they were appointed. .OC the ldditiOilal members, the governor ahaD appoint lfJ for termS expiring Oetober 1, 1995, 113 for terms expiring October 1, 199_6, and 113 for terms expiring October 1, 1997. ro A vacancy in the office of a member of the commiwon is created in the manner provided in sedion S of eba.pter 16 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being sedion !01.3 of the l4khigan Compied Laws. A vaeancy sba1l be filled by appointment by the governor for the remamder of the term. 'lbe vacancy shall not affeet the power of the remaining ~on members to execute the duties of the commission. Sec. (. (1) The voting members of the commission shall eleet l of the voting niembers to serve as ~of the comnUssion. The voting members of the commission may elect other officers from among the members of the commission. (2) The eonunission shall meet quarterly. However, the eommiwon shall meet more frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by 6 or more members. (3) A majority of the members of the commissioo constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the commission. A maJority of the voting members present and serving are required for official action of the commission. (4} Except as provided in subsection (6), a Yoting member of the commission sball not participate in the administration of the grant program described in seetion 'l(r), including any discussion or decision regarding the provision cl. assistanee or approved natimal service positions,· or the coatinuation, suspension, or termination of assistance or sueh positioos, to any program or entity if both of the following apply: (a) A grant application relating to the grant program is pending before the commission. (b) The application was submitted by· a program or entity of which a member is, or in the 1-year peiiod before the submission of sueh a~eation was, an officer, director, trustee, fun-time volunteer, or employee. (6) 1ft as a resUlt of the operation of subsection (4), the number of voting members of the eomm;ssion is insufficient to establish a quorum for the purpose of administering the grant program desoibed in section 'l(r), ~voting members excluded from participation by subsection (4) may participate in the administration of the grant program. to the extent permitted by ~ Issued by the corporation under section 193A(bXU) of title 1, 42 U.S.C. 12651d. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the authority of any voting member of the commisdon to participate in either of the foDowing: · (a) The ~on of. and heanng and forums on the general duties., policies, and operations of. the commission or the general administration of the grant program described in section 'l(r). · · (b) Similar general matter& relating to the commission. ro The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a pubUc meeting of commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Aet No. 26'l of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 16.2'l6 of the Jrfichigan Compiled Laws. the 2 . �(8) A writing prepared. owned. used, in possession of. or retained by the commission iQ the perfonnance of an official fundion is subject to the freedom of information act, Act No. «2 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. See. 6. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission mav be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as mem~ of the commission. See. 6. The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perform its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report directly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service. See. 7. 'Ihe commission shall ~0 an of the following: (a) Ensure that its funding decisions meet Ill federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative statewide ~ce programs to inerease volunteer participation in all age groups and eommunity-based problem solving by diverse ~cipants. · (e) Develop and implement a centraliud system for obtaining information and technical support concerning voluntarism and community service recruitment, projects, traiJUng methods, materials, and activities throughout this state. The commission shall provide the information and tedmieal suwort 1lpClll request. (d) Promote interagency eonahoration to maximize resources and develop a model of sueh collaboration on the state level. (e) Provide public recognition and support of volunteer efforts that address community needs by individuals, by private sector organizations and businesses, and by partnerships between the public and private sectors. (f) Stimulate increased community awareness of the effects Of volunteer services in this state. (g) Utilize local. state, and federal resources to initiate, strengthen. and expand quality service programs. (b) Serve as this state's representative to national and state organizations that support the commission's mission. (i) Prepare for this state a nationalS-year service plan that is developed tbrwgb an open and_public piocess that provides maximum participation and input from national service programs in this state and other interested members of the public. The plan shall be updated annually and contain information that the commission considers appropriate or the corporation requires. 'Ihe plan sball ensure outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by either using established state networks and registries or establishing these networks and registries. . (j) Prepare this state's financial assistance applications under sectionl17B of title I, -42 U.S.C.l2643, and section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C.12682. · (k) Assist in the preparation of the department of education's application for· assistance under section 113 of title I, -42 u.s.c. 12525. (l) Prejw-e this state's application under section 180 Of title I, -42 U.S.C. 12582, for the apprOval of service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D of title I, -42 U.S.C. 12601 to 12604.. (m) Hake recommendations to the eo~on with respect to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-118, 87 Stat. 894. (n) Hake teclmical assistance available to enable applicants for usistance under section 121 of title I, -42 U.S.C. 12571, to plan and implement service programs and to apply for assistance under the national service laws, using · information and materials available through a clearinghouse established under section 198A of title I, -42 U.S.C. 12653a, if appropriate. (o) Assist in the provision of health care and child care benefits under section 140 of title I, -42 U.S. C. 12594, to participants in national service programs that receive assistance under section 121 of title I, -42 U.S.C. 12571. (p) Develop a state system for the recruitment and placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. (q) Disseminate information about. national service programs that receive assistan~ under national service laws and about approved national service positions. (r) Use assistance provided under section 121 of title I, -42 U.S.C.l.2571, to administer this state's grant program in support of national service programs including the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. (s) Develop proj~ training methods, curriculum materials, and other materials and activities related to national service programs that receive assistance direetly from the corporation or from the state using assistance provided under section 121 of title I, for use by such programs upon request. 8 �. Establish policies and procedures for the use ol federal funds received under title I or the national service laws. (u) Coordinate its functions, including recx uitment, public awareness, and training activities; with any division of the corporation for national and community services. (t) See. 8. The commission shall not directly earry out any national service program that receives assistance under ~on 121 of title I.~ U.S.C.l2571. See. 9. Subject to requirements prescribed by Ute corporatioo, the commission may delegate. nonpolicymaking duties to a state agency or to a public or private nonprofit organization. . See.lO. 0) Except as provided: in subsection (3), this state. assumes liability with respect to any'claim arising out of or resulting from. any a.et or Olllission by a member of ~ eommw.ion within the scope of service of the commission member. (2) A member of the eommiAAioo shall not have any personal liability for any claim arising out of any aet or omission by the member within the scope of the member's aerviee on the conmrission. . (3) Subsection (2) does not limit persooal liability for criminal acts or emissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other act or omission outside the scope of the service of the connniS!don member. (4) 'Ibis section does not do any of the following: (a) .Affeet any other immunities and_protedioos that may be available to the commission member under any law applicable to the member's service on the commission. (b) .Affeet any other right or remedy against the state under any applicable law, or against any person other than a member of the eommimon. (e) Limit or alter in any way the immunities available for state officials and employees not described in this aet. See. lL '!be commission sba11 comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agmcies or with volunteer service programs. See. 12. State departments and agencies sba11 cooperate with the commission in the performance of its functions. 'The commission may request, and state departments and agencies sba11 provide, policy and teclurlcal infonnation required by the eornmission in the ~ormanee of its functions. 'Ibis aet is ordered to take immediate effect. Co-aerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate. A~ved ____________________________ Governor. �M[tJTOR Michigan Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, is working to ensure that all youth have ongoing, stable relationships with caring adults. Together with mentoring programs throughout the state, Mentor Michigan supports, strengthens, and sustains mentoring. How MENTOR MICHIGAN STAY CONNECTED WITH ACHIEVES ITS MISSION MENTOR MICHIGAN 1. Identifies and secures resources to support the development and sustainability of mentoring programs 2. Recruits talented and committed mentors and connects them with effective programs that serve youth 3. Develops and enhances mentoring partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government (including activities such as Mentor Michigan Sunday) 4. Increases public awareness about mentoring opportunities, needs, and the positive outcomes associated with it 5. Provides training and support for mentoring programs 6. Collects, tracks, and shares information about mentoring activities in Michigan 7. Creates and engages a comprehensive statewide network of mentoring programs 8. Advocates for issues and standards that promote and support high-quality mentoring in Michigan 9. Recognizes the accomplishments of mentors and the organizations that support them 10. Develops champions to promote and support mentoring throughout the state Mentor Michigan Web Site To stay up-to-date on the latest Mentor Michigan activities and information, bookmark the Mentor Michigan web site: www.mentormichigan.org and visit it often. Register Your Program Mentor Michigan is continually updating its statewide database of mentoring programs. The registered programs will be posted on the Mentor Michigan web site, which will be used by potential mentors, businesses looking to support mentoring, children looking for mentors, and more. Programs registered in the database will also be involved in a statewide mentoring census. The results of this census will provide you with critical facts and data to help you run your mentoring program more efficiently and effectively. To register your mentoring program, visit www.mentormichigan.org and click on the article "Mentor Program Registration" on the home page. Join the Mentor Michigan Listserv The Mentor Michigan listserv was created so you can communicate with others from around the state who are running mentoring programs. To join the listserv visit the Mentor Michigan web site at www.mentormichigan .org MI(HIGAN a·: 111111~r1 COMMUNITY SERVICE MCSC 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517)373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc of:(heMCSC �M~tJTOR Michigan Volunteer Centers When you call (800) VOLUNTEER, you are prompted to enter your zip code. You are then connected to the Volunteer Center serving their community. If a Volunteer Center does not serve your community, you will be referred to the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM). The VCM staffwill use the National Mentoring Partnership web site (www.mentoring.org) and other mentoring rosters to provide a list ofmentoring programs in your area. www.mentoring.org This is the National Mentoring Partnership's web site. When you visit this web site, you can enter your zip code to receive a listing of the mento ring programs in their area. Make sure mentoring organizations you know are listed on this web site. Here's how: 1. Visit www.mentoring.org 2. Look on the home page to find the spot that says "Find a local mentoring opportunity" and under this heading is a place to enter a zip code 3. Under the zip code box, click on "Register your organization" 4. Follow the instructions from there Mentor Michigan Directory An electronic directory of mentoring programs in Michigan will be available online in 2005 at www.mentormichigan.org. National Mentoring Month Resources National Mentoring Month is held in January to increase public awareness around the need for mentors and positive service mentors provide. Beginning in October 2004, the Mentor Michigan web site (www.mentormichigan.org) will have resources you can use for National Mentoring Month. The resources include sample PSAs, news releases, letters to elected officials, etc. �PROVIDERS COUNCIL LIST 2004-2005 Lisa Bottomley MSU Extension Journey Grand Haven, Michigan Jeannine LaSovage Michigan Reach Out Ann Arbor, Michigan Mary Lou Boughton Kalamazoo Youth Development Initiative Kalamazoo, Michigan Peggy Lawrence Burns Foster Grandparent and Traveling Grannies/Grandpas Program Grand Rapids, Michigan Mary Sue Christian Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan Traverse City, Michigan Peg Cramer Kentwood Public Schools Kentwood, Michigan Kris Marshall Winning Futures Warren, Michigan Fred M. Mester 6th Judicial Circuit Court Pontiac, Michigan Jerry Dash Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons, Inc. Detroit, Michigan William Milzarski, esq. Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns Lansing, Michigan Denise Demers Stein ART of Leadership Foundation Birmingham, Michigan Rishi Moudgil K-grams, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan Edward J. Hagan Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing Lansing, Michigan Cheryl Plettenberg Saginaw County Department of Public Heath Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Srvcs Saginaw, Michigan Ginna Holmes Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program Alma, Michigan Carole J. Seman Three Rivers Area Mentoring Three Rivers, Michigan Sylvester Jones, Jr. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint Flint, Michigan Carole L. Touchinski Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation Marquette, Michigan Kelley Kuhn Jackson Nonprofit Support Center Jackson, Michigan Raquel Villarruel Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit Southfield, Michigan �PROVIDERS COUNCIL CONTACT LIST 2004-2005 Ms. Lisa Bottomley 4H Youth Mentoring Agent MSU Extension Journey 333 Clinton Street Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 846-8250 Fax: (616) 846-0655 Email: bottom11 @msue.msu.edu Mr. Jerry Dash Executive Director Volunteer in Prevention, Probation and Prisons Michigan Building, 220 Bagley, Suite 1020 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 964-1110 Fax: (313) 964-1145 Email: jdash@vipmentoring.org Ms. Mary Lou Boughton Team Member Kalamazoo Youth Development Initiative 709 South Westnedge Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Phone: (269) 343-2524 Fax: (269) 344-7250 Email: mboughton@kalamazoounitedway.org Ms. Denise Demers Stein Executive Director ART of Leadership Foundation 237 North Old Woodward Avenue, Suite Five Birmingham, Michigan 48009 Phone: (248) 723-2288 Fax: (248) 723-2299 Email: Ddstein@pmpcommunity.com Joan Bowman Executive Assistant Office of the First Gentleman 111 South Capitol Avenue Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone:(517) 335-7422 Fax: (517) 373-0259 Email: bowmanj@michigan.gov Mr. Edward J. Hagan Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Lansing 1235-A Center Street Lansing, Michigan 48906 Phone: (517) 372-0160 Fax: (517) 372-3130 Email: edh@bigimpactmidmi.com Ms. Mary Sue Christian Executive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan ~56 East Eighth Street Traverse City, Michigan 49686 Phone: (231) 932-7810 Fax: (231) 932-7820 Email: mchristian@bbbsnwmi.org Ms. Ginna Holmes Project Director Alma Public Schools Explore After School Program 1500 North Pine Aveneu Alma, Michigan 48801 Phone: (989) 463-3111 x.6265 Fax: (989) 466-7612 Email: gholmes@almaschools.net Ms. Peg Cramer Mentor Coordinator Kentwood Public Schools 3303 Breton Road Kentwood, Michigan 49512 Phone: (616) 245-2203 Fax: (616) 245-3577 Email: peg.cramer@kentwoodps.org Mr. Sylvester Jones, Jr. Exeuctive Director Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint 902 East Sixth Street Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone:(810) 235-0617 Fax: (81 0) 235-0689 Email: sly@bigbrothersbigsistersflint.org �Ms. Paula Kaiser Deputy Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 373-1376 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: kaiserp@michigan.gov Mr. William Milzarski, esq. Rights Representative Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns 320 North Washington Square, Suite 250 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 334-8355 Fax: (517) 334-6637 Email: Milzarskiw@michigan.gov Ms. Kelley Kuhn Executive Director Jackson Nonprofit Support Center 1100 Clinton Road, Suite 215 Jackson, Michigan 49202 Phone: (517) 796-4750 Fax: (517) 796-5981 Email: kelley@jacksonnonprofit.org Mr. Rishi Moudgil President and Chairman K-grams, Inc. 1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 Phone: (734) 647-9424 Fax: (734) 647-7464 Email: rishi@kgrams.org Ms. Jeannine LaSovage Executive Director Michigan Reach Out 5575 West Liberty Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Phone: (734) 747-9280 Email: lasovage@ameritech.net Dr. Cheryl Plettenberg Director Saginaw County Department of Public Heath Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Srvcs 1600 North Michigan, Suite 501 Saginaw, Michigan 48602 Phone: (989) 758-3822 Fax: (989) 758-3746 Email: cplettenberg@saginawcounty.com Reverend Peggy Lawrence Burns Program Director Gerontology Network, Foster Grandparent and Traveling Grannies/Grandpas Program 456 Cherrt Street, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone:(616) 771-9748 Fax: (616) 771-9767 Email: pburns@michiganseniors.org Ms. Kris Marshall Director Winning Futures 14301 Parkside Drive Warren, Michigan 48088 Phone: (586) 698-4417 Fax: (586) 698-4532 Email: kris@winningfutures.com The Honorable Fred M. Mester Circuit Judge 6th Judicial Circuit Court 1200 North Telegraph Pontiac, Michigan 48302 Phone: (248) 858-0357 Fax: (248) 975-9792 Email: judgemester@yahoo.com Ms. Carole J. Seman Chairperson Three Rivers Area Mentoring 1110 Walnut Three Rivers, Michigan 49093 Phone: (269) 273-3305 Email: craftycarole@verizon.net Dr. Carole L. Touchinski Director of Research Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation 307 South Front Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 228-8919 Fax: (906) 228-7712 Email: ctouchinski@mayf.org Ms. Kathie Vasilion Administrative Assistant Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 373-4200 Fax: (517) 373-4977 Email: vasilionk@michigan.gov �Ms. Raquel Villarruel President/CEO Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit 23077 Greenfield Road, Suite 430 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Phone: (248) 569-0600 Fax: (248) 569-7322 Email: villarruelr@bbbs-detroit.com �Mentor Michigan Census Objectives 1. Identify, count, describe and track - Mentoring organizations - Mentoring programs - Matches, Mentors and Mentees 2. Understand program components, processes, resources and needs 3. Encourage and support program evaluation Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Defining Mentoring Mentoring is a structured and trusting relationship that brings young people together with caring individuals who offer guidance, support and encouragement aimed at developing the competence and character of the mentee. (National Mentoring Partnership) Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 1 �Defining Mentoring Responsible mentoring can take many forms: ./ Traditional mentoring (one adult to one young person) ./ Group mentoring (one adult to up to four young people) ./ Team mentoring (several adults working with small groups of young people, in which the adult to youth ratio is not greater than 1:4) ./ Peer mentoring ./ E-mentoring (caring youth mentoring other youth) (mentoring via e-mail and the internet) Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. The Mentoring Funnel Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 2 �The Mentoring Funnel Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. The Mentoring Funnel Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 3 �The Mentoring Funnel Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 4 �Method Mentor Ml Registry ~,§<) 156 Organizations a ofOctK1 I Mentor Ml Census Wave I 105 '--- '--- Complete Wave II - Spring 2005 vr~~-,4h<i%tfi,- Y<' ;;::iki. -~,,1 Wave Ill - Fall 2005 Wave IV -:: Spring 2006 Wave V- Fall 2006 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Method • On-line survey • Data collected between September 9 and September 29, 2004 • Data collected at both organizational and program levels • Mentoring organization representatives involved in design and pre-test • Special focus in Wave I on mentoring organizations Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 5 �Context and Comparison Three key sources of roughly comparable data: Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Overview of Findings Key Funnel Measures Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 6 �How many inquiries? Applications? 5,823: New inquiries in 2004 3,976: New written applications received from potential mentors 2,017: Mentors on waiting lists 2,345: Children on waiting lists Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Background Checks? I R '" Criminal Background I I • f 9% I I d-'0'' Personal Interviews 186% I I " I Written Application I ' ,, I I Character References 70 8J Yo 75 9% 80 85 90 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 7 �Mentor Background Checks? Drivers Lie./ Driving Record 0'~ ' 1 64% I Sex Offender Registry 60% I Child Abuse Registry 1 40% ~3% Credit Do None of the Above 3% 20 0 40 60 80 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Training Required Percent of Organizations Requiring... None 1-2 Hours 1111% 1125% I 1 J 23% 2-4 Hours I 4-8 Hours I 9+ Hours I J14% 113% I 1114% Other/DK 0 10 20 30 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 8 �How many children served? How many mentors? 16,574: Young people mentored in 2004 9,108: Active mentors 22,500: Estimated active mentor/mentee relationships in Ml as of fall 2004 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. More or less mentoring? 45: 14: Organizations reporting an increase in matches in 2004 Organizations reporting a decrease in matches in 2004 2,195: increase in new matches in 2004 - 848: decrease in matches in 2004 1,347: net increase in matches in 2004 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 9 �Number/Percent of Children Served by Mentoring Type* • One to one mentoring is most common and accounts for more than half of all active matches Peer 12% 1,714 Team 19% 2,778 E-mentoring <1% 72 Group 17% 2,511 One-to-One 52% 7,696 * 1,803 matches not categorized by respondents Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Reported Minimum Weekly Mentoring Intensity No Minimum Time Required 1 Hour per Week 2 Hours per Week 3-5 Hours per Week 6+ Hours per Week I 19% I 121 % I • 23% I I 10% ~4% 0 10 20 30 Don't know/no answer not shown Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 10 �Reported Average Match Duration Avg. Match Duration <5 Months Avg. Match Duration 6-12 Months Avg. Match Duration 12 Months to 5 Years 40 Don't know/no answer not shown Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Tenure • Only 57% of organizations track tenure of mentors 1st Year (1789) • Referral from existing mentors is most effective recruitment approach: 44% of organizations indicate referrals work best. A distant second is college-based recruitment (11 %) and third, faith-based recruitment (9%). 2nd Year (1229) / 42% 3rd Year {338) 6+ Years (453) 5th Year (169) 4th Year {278) Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 11 �Evaluation Process Outcome Yes- Yes- YesExternal ·YesCombination Combination External No/DK No/DK Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentee Profile Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 12 �Mentee Profile Gender 44% Male Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentee Profile Gender Age 6-11 35% Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 13 �Mentee Profile Gender Race/Ethnicity / ' /Caucasian 44% Other<1% Arab-Am. <1% Native Am. Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Profile Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 14 �Mentor Profile Gender 34% Male Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Mentor Profile Gender Age Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 15 �Mentor Profile Gender Age Race/Eth n icity , Caucasian 76% Hispanic 2% Native Am. <1% Arab-Am. <1% Other <1% Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Organizational Profile Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 16 �Mento ring Organizational Profile • Non-profit organizations account for most mentoring organizations Business Other / -----"1 Non-Profits 59% Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Role of Mentoring Within Organizations • About half of the organizations see mentoring as their primary or a major part of their purpose Major Part 11% Primary 40% Small Part 13% One of Several 36% Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 17 �Budgets of Mentoring Organizations • Three of ten programs operate with less than $25K annually 0-$5K $5-25K $25-100K • 17% operate with more than $300K annually $100-300K $300-500K I 19% I I L I I I I I ~ I 111% B21% 121% $500K+ I B 9% 8% D 111% Don't Know 10 5 0 15 20 25 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Organizational Experience With Mentoring Programs • Nearly half of the organizations have more than 10 years experience • Fewer than one in ten is in its first year of operations 1 year or less 9% 10+ years 46% • 2-3 years 9% \ 5-10 years 20% Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 18 �Board Roles and Degree of Involvement Board Involvement Very Board of Directors Somewhat Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Organizational Needs from Board • Boards are actively involved in fundraising, but programs want more board help with mentor recruitment Fundraising Mentor Recruitment Program Planning Program Evaluation Mentor Training Match Supervision 0 10 20 30 40 50 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 19 �Michigan's Mentoring Gap Michigan Population: 10,050,446* Potential Mentors Adults 22+: 6,913,793 * U.S. Census Bureau population estimate, 2002 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. Michigan's Mentoring Gap Michigan Population: 10,050,446* 90% Not '\Candidates Potential Mentees Youth Age 10-17: 1,205,047 * U.S. Census Bureau population estimate, 2002 Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 20 �Michigan's Mentoring Gap Michigan Population: 10,050,446* Potential Mentees Potential Mentors Mentor Michigan Census, Wave I, Fall 2004, Kahle Research Solutions Inc. 21 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS COMMISSION The $5.1 million investment being made in the 19 Michigan's AmeriCorps' programs results in changed lives-the lives of AmeriCorps members and the lives of those they serve. AmeriCorps is similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Individuals, called members, are housed within nonprofit organizations, schools, and other agencies throughout our state. Each program sets its own goals to help meet local needs. • The AmeriCorps members are building houses, mentoring children, teaching conflict resolution, recruiting volunteers, implementing homeland security activities, and more. • During the 2004-05 program year, the 19 programs are engaging 807 members in a variety of activities focusing on the environment, education, public safety, and human needs. • On average, each Michigan's AmeriCorps member recruits 26 volunteers to help strengthen his or her community. AmeriCorps funding may be available for organizations in your community. Funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? AmeriCorps members are dedicated individuals at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more about AmeriCorps by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.americorps.org. They can find the Michigan programs by clicking on "AmeriCorps in Your State" and selecting Michigan. �2004-2005 Michigan's AmeriCorps • • • • • • ISTEE WEXFORD MISSAUKEE OGEMAW LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA • • • MONTCALM IOSCO GRATIOT • •• •• •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • KENT '• Michigan'sAr;neriPorps r;nember(s) serve this county • Miqbigan's ArneriCorps host site(s) .<ue locatea in this county IONIA ALLEGAN BARRY CLINTON EATON CALHOUN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH LENAWEE Updated: September 21, 2004 �.MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS MEMBERS CHANGE LIVES COMMISSION What I Have Learned Through AmeriCorps by Robyn E. Hall, AmeriCorps Oakland AmeriCorps is amazing and an experience that everyone should have. The impact that it has on children is incredible. While they may not always remember my name, they know that I am there to help. The trust and confidence they have in me is overwhelming. They believe in me, and as a result, I have learned to believe in me, as well. I have learned that all things are possible, and that I can accomplish whatever I set out to achieve. Children seem to have a way about them that can brighten my day and remind me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. Through AmeriCorps, I have grown as a person. I have learned to become more independent and self-motivated. I have learned to find work to do, rather than wait around doing nothing. I have become more assertive and have learned to be a leader. I have learned to rise up to meet the challenges that present themselves. AmeriCorps has been a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to see what lay ahead for me. This poem that I wrote really sums it up: I have learned to give, and to smile, To believe in others, as well as myself. I have learned to be patient and listen, To care, to love and to laugh. I have learned that I can make a difference, One child at a time, I can change their world And they can change mine. I have learned that not every day will go perfectly, And sometimes I will get stressed and frustrated. But I have learned that laughter can go a long way. I have learned more than I could ever explain, Except to say, I have learned to truly live. Robyn Hall is an Oakland University freshman andfirst yeo.r member wilh AmeriCorps Oakland. She is from Shelby Tuwnship and serves at Mark Twain Elementary &hool in Pontiac. AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 40 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac meet their education goals. Members sezve in Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. In 2002, Oakland AmeriCorps members tutored 450 children and provided programs like conflict resolution, character education, and substance abuse prevention for 998 youth. �Success by Six Pleases Parents <: Below is an excerpt from a letter received by the Success by Six program coordinator. This family received home visiting parent education from AmeriCorps members. Dear Ms. Fairchild: Our son, Jakob, is almost three years old and has a 50% speech and language delay compounded with sensory problems. Like so many other parents, we were unable to take our son into the ctassroom because of our work schedules. Your program was the only way we could get our son the help he needed. You were able to meet with us at any time, day, or place. We have been working with two of the nicest women and they have played a big part in all of our son's milestones. He now has a much longer attention span and is more willing to cooperate and learn. He follows directions much better and is now able to complete many different learning activities. Not only have they helped our son learn how to communicate, they've helped us learn how to teach him. They offer help, advice, and support to families who have no idea what resources are available to them. We have received parenting skills training and attended workshops to learn a wide variety of activities that both stimulate and broaden children's learning ability. It was easy for us to attend the workshops because food and daycare is provided. I hope our son gets well enough not to need their services for much longer, but I'm comforted by the fact that they will still be here if he needs them. I just hope this program will be available for other parents and children who need the help, too. Thank you! Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program enrolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HFA). Members provide services that are child-centered, familyfocused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in the family's home and group settings. During the 2001-02 program year, Success by Six AmeriCorps members provided parent education to 129 families through home vi~its, served 375 parents through monthly group meetings, and offered 31 parent education classes on topics such as fire safety, budgeting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNilY SERVICE AMERICORPS MEMBERS BUILD HOPE By Joshua Brugger COMMISSION As an AmeriCorps member, I learned valuable lessons about the importance of hope. I came to believe that every day it was my job to help people find hope-to coax it, to prod it, to bring it out of its hiding place and into the light. This past year, I was an AmeriCorps member with Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in Holland. Working alongside many volunteers, I helped build a dozen simple and decent homes. These new homes brought hope to families. Sometimes the days were long and difficult. I spent days of 11, 12, and 13 hours painting and roofing in the hot summer sun. I also dug water line trenches through frozen earth in December to meet a New Year's Day deadline. One of my favorite memories of my AmeriCorps year was a project I did with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. I taught a woodworking class to teenagers. Classes included lessons in safety, learning about tools and materials, and the opportunity to build something. Something like a toolbox, birdhouse, or bug habitat. Now on one particular day, I thought that I'd really wow the kids. So, what did I do? I brought power tools with me! After receiving permission from the Boys and Girls Club, I came to class ready with a drill, a circular saw, and a 2x10 board that was 6 feet long. This was going to be a great class! A teen builds her own birdhouse as part of the BGCH/Habitat project. I had several students help me carry in all of the equipment. As they did, they paraded the power tools in front of their friends-eager to show that they were special because they got to carry the drill or the saw. Class began. Kids were lined up outside the door, peering through the windows, climbing over each other so they could see. Every seat was filled. Excitement was in the air. It was like being on the set of Tool Time. I laid that 2xl 0 out on the table. Donned my safety glasses. Measured and strategically marked off the spot I would cut. As a trained member of Habitat for Humanity, I do know that a 7 %"titanium tipped plywood blade is terrific for cutting plywood or siding. But I don't know why I didn't remember that it doesn't work so well when cutting through a piece of #2 pine. After the smoke cleared, the kids and I all had a great laugh! I'll never forget that day. And I'll never forget the day four months later, when those same kids built a ramp for a 7-year-old boy with spina bifida. They learned a lesson about hope that day because they gave hope and happiness to that young boy and his family. So now I encourage everyone to plant hope. Hope makes change happen. It may not happen overnight. It may take years to grow. I believe the hope I planted during my year as an AmeriCorps member is still making a difference in the lives of the people in Holland today. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION AMERICORPS RAMP PROJECT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT OTHERS COULDN'T When Kevin Mullins lost his leg and his job, he and his family were heartbroken. Kevin was hospitalized with a serious infection that culminated in the amputation of his leg. Thus began a nightmare of skyrocketing hospitalization costs, as the hospital would not allow Kevin to come home until an access ramp was installed. A ramp, which costs $5,000- $7,000 when built by a private contractor, was out of reach for the Mullins. Kevin began preparation to move to a nursing home. Kevin's wife, Colleen, contacted more than 50 agencies looking for help. Finally, she connected with the Community Builders Corps, an AmeriCorps program that builds ramps for individuals for the cost of materials-approximately $1,500. As the Mullins were already financially strapped, even this amount was too much. Kevin Mullins arrives home, thanks to the Community Builders Corps. The AmeriCorps members would not give up on Kevin. They asked local lumberyards for help. Brooks Lumber in Detroit offered the materials at their cost ($1 ,200), but the Mullins still could not pay that amount. They were discussing the situation in Kevin's hospital room one night when the patient in the next bed overheard their conversation. The patient called his son. The next day the son came to visit Kevin and offered to pay for the materials to build the ramp. Four days later, the ramp was completed and Kevin Mullins went home. Young Detroit Builders recently received a $176,419 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission to continue the Community Builders Corps program in 2002-2003. This program enrolls 14 full-time AmeriCorps members to: • • • • Build at least 30 wheelchair ramps for disabled individuals Make adaptation improvements to the home of 40 low-income seniors or disabled persons Provide outdoor services (clean windows and gutters, rake leaves, pick up trash, etc.) for approximately 50 low-income, disabled individuals Respond to at least 30 requests from the Community Policing Office (see below) Community Builders Corps' newest partner is the Detroit's 4th Precinct Community Policing Office. This project helps people whose homes have been burglarized. Break-ins often result in a broken doorjamb or shattered windows, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to another attack. AmeriCorps members are now on call to make repairs so families can remain in their homes with an increased sense of security. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS SERVICE ROSTER COMMISSION 2004-2005 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BENTON IIARBORTHE SMART CHOICE PROJECT Tori Moore, Program Director 1200 East Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 926-8766 Fax: (269) 934-8536 Email: bgclubtm@parrett.net $169,506 The Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor enrolls 12 full-time AmeriCorps members to help disadvantaged children ages 6-18 in Benton Harbor "realize their full potential as responsible, productive and caring citizens". All members will be places at the Boys and Girls Club of Benton Harbor, and would support programs and services in the areas of 1) Character and Leadership Development, 2) Academic and Career Development, 3) The Arts, and 4) Sports, Fitness and Recreation. The goal of the program is to serve 200 children considered "at-risk" based upon census data, school profiles, and family/community feedback County(ies) Served: Berrien- City of Benton Harbor CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES- A GREAT START DelRoy Brooks 960 Agard Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 Phone: (269) 925-1234 Fax: (269) 925-4275 Email: DelroyBrooks@catholicfamilyservies.org $221,386 County(ies) Served: Berrien The Catholic Family Services- A Great Start program enrolls 16 full-time and 2 minimum-time AmeriCorps members to address challenges that new families are facing and early childhood health issues. The program would involve a collaboration of four organizations that focus on early childhood and family issues in Berrien County. Member will assess new families and provide intensive, individualized services based on their needs; increase community awareness of early childhood problems and concerns through research and marking developments, work with families and children through playgroup and education sessions, and serve as case aides and implement a nationally recognized abstinence education program. 1 Updated September 24, 2004 �CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Art Kirk, Program Director Charleviox-Emmet County lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charleviox, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-9947 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: kirk@chare~isd.org $222,497 County(ies) Served: Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet The Char-Em lSD AmeriCorps Program enrolls 20 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members who will focus on violence prevention in 11 districts within Charlevoix, Emmet and Antrim Counties. The program will engage 500 students in three or more extensive violence prevention training sessions taught by AmeriCorps members, with 86% of the students demonstrating an improved understanding of the devastating effects of school/community violence, and a strong willingness to work toward refraining from such behavior. $737,000 CITY YEAR DETROIT Nicole Byrd, Service Director One Ford Place, Suite 2A Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6825 Fax: (313) 874-6883 Email: nbyrd@cityyear.org Website: http://www.cityyear.org County(ies) Served: Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne City Year Detroit AmeriCorps enrolls 67 full-time AmeriCorps members to improve academic performance and attitudes toward learning through tutoring and in-class support. Members will deliver services to youth through school partnerships with 8 public and charter schools in Metropolitan Detroit to support the academic success of students K-12. Examples ofmembers activities include: 1) providing one-on-one and small group literacy tutoring, 2) supporting classes of 800 students in K -12 by providing guidance for those falling behind, 3) building relationships with students as informal mentors, 4) designing, recruiting participants, implementing and operating structured after school programs Monday-Thursday afternoons in all eight partner schools, and 5) running City Year's Saturday Young Heroes program for middle school students, and Camp City Year, which will provide 325 children and youth with structured activities in safe places during out-of-school time throughout the year. 2 Updated September 24, 2004 �COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF DETROIT- THE READETROIT CORPS Pandora Brown, Program Director Communities in Schools Detroit 4151 Seminole Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 571-3400 ext. 31 Fax: (313) 571-3404 Email: pandorabrown@cisdetroit.org $332,408 County(ies) Served: Wayne- City of Detroit The Communities in Schools Detroit- The Readetroit Corps enrolls 26 full-time AmeriCorps members to address the critical literacy needs of children identified as having extreme reading deficiencies. All service recipients would be students attending the Detroit Public Schools that are designated as "failing" by the state. The program will strive to increase the reading levels of 80% of the 600 students to be tutored, as well as recruit 400 community volunteers to further support local youth. $260,399 DOWNRIVER CARES AMERICORPS Joe Spain, Program Director The Guidance Center 13101 Northline Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7331 x 7209 Fax: (734) 785-7733 Email: jspain@guidance-center.org Website: http://www.guidance-center.org County(ies) Served: Wayne The Downriver CARES (Community, Action, Resources, Enrichment, Service) AmeriCorps Program enrolls 21 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to provide programs for and in support of youth that will increase their social and emotional readiness to learn. Some specific areas members will serve in include Family Resources Centers, Head Start programs serving low-income pre-schoolers, and family literacy programs. Members will increase the number of the 40 Development Assess available to 2,210 youth, resulting in 85% of those served realizing improvements in at least two Asset areas that they were previously lacking. Members will also recruit and manage 350 community volunteers to provide 2,800 hours of service in support of the program's goal of increasing Development Assets available to youth and increasing their social and emotional readiness for learning. 3 Updated September 24, 2004 �GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES- AMERICORPS FAITH IN YOUTH Kerry Wiersma, Program Director 513 East 8th Street, Suite 25 Holland, Michigan 49423-3759 Phone: (616) 392-7159 Fax: (616) 392-5889 Email: kwiersma@goodsamministries.com $128,000 County(ies) Served: Ottawa The Good Samaritan Ministries program enrolls 10 full-time AmeriCorps members to establish a mentoring program for children attending the area's six middle schools, with the goal of improving academic achievement and promoting a sense of well being, particularly for youth "at-risk" due to isolation or poverty. In addition, the program will recruit 105 community volunteers to serve as mentors. The overall goal of the program is to establish Neighborhood Alliance to foster "connectedness" between caring adults and local youth. HABITAT MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM Debi Drick, Program Director Habitat for Humanity - Michigan 1000 South Washington Avenue, Suite 102 Lansing, Michigan 48901 Phone:(517)485-1006 Fax: (517) 485-1509 Email: ddrick@habitatmichigan.org $402,569 County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Chippewa, Delta, Genesee, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Monroe, Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Roscommonand Wayne Habitat for Humanity of Michigan enrolls 32.5 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to serve with Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout Michigan to strengthen their construction and volunteer management programs and train partner families to make them successful homeowners. Members will assist partner sites to increase their housing construction for lowincome families by 25%. Members will oversee sweat equity for homeowner families and coordinate with the Family Selection Department to ensure a smooth transition through the selection process to partnership in the affiliate's program. Members will recruit, train, and coordinate activities for 7,000 new and returning volunteers for a total of35,000 hours ofnonstipended volunteer service. 4 Updated September 24, 2004 �IONIA lSD AMERICORPS Amy Buckingham, Program Director Ionia County Intermediate School District 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x 1246 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: readcorp@remc8.kl2.mi.us $153,600 County(ies) Served: Ionia The Ionia County AmeriCorps program enrolls 12 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to provide students in a rural environment with activities in mentoring and service-learning. These activities will support the development of character through healthy youth development in the classroom and during non-school hours. Member will provide information about in-school mentoring programs for students to school administrators in Ionia County's six school districts, and 100% of school administrators will report increased knowledge ofbest practices related to in-school mentoring programs for students. 225 community volunteers will be recruited by members, providing a total of2,500 service hours during the program year to support at least 1,000 youth engaged in the program's in-school and non-school activities. JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CmLDREN, INC. - JUMPSTART MICIDGAN Katey Comerford, Executive Director 550 W. Washington Blvd., Ste. 200 Chicago, IL 60661 Phone: (312) 575-0643 Fax: (312) 873-4054 Email: Katey Comerford@jstart.org $176,228 County(ies) Served: Washtenaw and Wayne Jumpstart for Young Children program enrolls 85 minimum-time AmeriCorps members to serve young children through placements in Head Start and other early educational settings. Service will focus on developing crucial early literacy, language and social skills. Jumpstart Michigan will focus on enhancing the learning experiences of young children from low-income communities, providing meaningful opportunities to parents to become involved in their child's learning, and supporting the development of college students as future teachers in the field of early childhood education. The program will also strive to recruit 120 community volunteers in support of youth activities. 5 Updated September 24, 2004 �MARESA - MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS Joseph Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.kl2.mi.us $201,608 County(ies) Served: Alger and Marquette MARESA (Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan's AmeriCorps members provide service in local schools in Marquette and Alger Counties. MARESA AmeriCorps enrolls 13 full-time and 5 half-time members. Members serve the community by: • Establishing service-learning programs and curricula. AmeriCorps members recruit volunteers and develop and implement community service projects for students. • Creating and implementing family resource centers. • Providing direct educational support by tutoring and mentoring students in the areas of work-based learning, employability skills, computer technology, and health education. MICIDGAN CAMPUS COMPACT- MICIDGAN SERVICE SCHOLARS Scott Craven, Program Director Allison Treppa, Assistant Director Michigan Campus Compact 1048 Pierpont, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 492-2424 Fax: (517) 492-2444 Email: scraven@micampuscompact.org $24,000 County(ies) Served: To be determined Michigan Campus Compact's (MCC) Michigan Service Scholars (MSS) program enlists 300 minimum-time (300-hour), Education Award Only AmeriCorps members to support youth development and increase volunteer capacity throughout the state. This program engates approximately 25 partner campuses statewide, which recruit students to work with local community and faith-based organizations. In an effort to increase self-esteem and academic performance, 150 members serve as mentors, facilitate after-school programming, and provide homework help to 650 children throughout the year. The primary goal ofthe remaining 150 members is to strengthen volunteer infrastructure and volunteer management capacity of community and faith-based organizations by assessing current capacity, developing volunteer recruitment systems and helping organizations utilize volunteers more effectively. All members work with local community and faith-based organizations to recruit volunteers, resulting in 3,000 additional community volunteers contributing 15,000 hours in support of local programming. 6 Updated September 24, 2004 �MICIDGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSIDP PROGRAM Rob Glazier, Program Director Michigan Department of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Division P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3131 Email: glazierr@michigan. gov $244,276 County(ies) Served: Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Crawford, Eaton, Emmet, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Montmorency, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, Shiawasee, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wexford The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program (MGSP) enrolls 20 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve at 20 sites around Michigan to provide environmental education and outreach. Members will provide education to middle school and highs school students dealing with groundwater protection and the water cycle. Members will act as liaisons between local, state, and federal agencies to help community residents get the information and assistance they need to make informed environmental decisions. MICIDGAN NEIGHBORHOOD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Addell Austin Anderson, Program Director University of Michigan Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning 1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-3310 Phone: (734) 647-9423 Fax: (734) 647-7464 Email: addell@umich.edu $297,987 County(ies) Served: Wayne The Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program enrolls 11 full-time, 11 half-time, 6 reduced half-time, 35 quarter-time, and 6 minimum-time members to strengthen the social development of children and families in Detroit neighborhoods. Members provide: • Direct services, such as violence prevention workshops and community service projects for youth in after-school and summer programs; • Access to health education and health promotion services for children and families. • Access to jobs and new business support programs. 7 Updated September 24, 2004 �THE MICIDGAN PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS- $266,006 AMERICORPS HEALTHCORPS Miyoshi E. Shaw-Wilcox 2525 Jolly Road, Suite 280 Okemos, Michigan 48864 Phone: (517) 381-8000 County(ies) Served: Alpena, Arenac, Calhoun, Genesee, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Marquette, Oakland, Saginaw, Wayne. The Michigan Primary Care Association enrolls 20 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to address patient self-management, school-based health, and outreach and enrollment. The AmeriCorps HealthCorps Program will focus on community outreach to inform the public about health plans available to the uninsured and preventative health care measures. Members will also help patients become more active in the management of their illnesses, and reduce health disparities in Michigan. In school health clinics, members will address issues such as teen pregnancy and STD prevention and depression. MICIDGAN STATE UNIVERSITY- EXPLORE, EXPERIENCE, ACHIEVE THROUH 4-H MENTORING Julie Chapin, Program Director Michigan State University 178 Agriculture Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1039 Phone: (517) 432-7608 Fax: (517) 355-6748 chapin@msu.edu $247,993 County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Crawford, Genesee, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Macomb, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, St. Clair, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne The Michigan State University- Explore, Experience, Achieve Through 4-H Mentoring program enrolls 20 full-time AmeriCorps members to build the capacity of targeted communities across Michigan to establish one-to-one, small group or peer mentoring programs. Examples of activities will include: directly mentoring and serving youth in school-and community-based programs; recruiting, training and supporting volunteer mentors; matching mentors and mentees; education program planning; collecting and documenting data for program reports; establishing a youth-mentoring action committee; and establishing relationships with local colleges and universities as volunteer and educational resources. 8 Updated September 24, 2004 �NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Lydia Boonstra, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x 33 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: boonstra@campfierusawmc.org Website: http://www.grcmc.org/campfire $177,406 County(ies) Served: Kent Camp Fire USA's Neighborhood Youth Development Program enrolls 14 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to expand the local Camp Fire after-school and summer programs in an effort to provide a safe environment for children during out of school time. Examples of member activities include: assisting with the HOSTS program, a structured mentoring program that utilizes community volunteers and student mentors to work with teach-identified students on an individual basis; and implementing Camp Fire USA's nationally developed Self-Reliance curriculum, which is designed to teach children the life skills they need to meet today' s challenges, such as nutrition, bike safety, resisting peer pressure, and what to do in an emergency. SUPERIOR AMERICORPS Michelle LaCourt, Program Coordinator Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: rnrlacour@hbhkfirst.org $702,867 County(ies) Served: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon The BHK Child Development Board's Western Upper Peninsula AmeriCorps enrolls 57 fulltime members to provide education assistance to youth and recruit volunteers in Michigan's upper peninsula. Members will: 1) tutor 200 children ages 5-18, 2) develop youth mentoring programs that will serve 200 children ages 5-18, 3) enhance educational programs for youth ages 0-5, and 4) recruit, train and coordinator 2,000 community volunteers serving 12,000 hours in support of local youth activities. 9 Updated September 24, 2004 �VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON'S AMERICORPS Kris Collee, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 772-6600 x 15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americoms@volunteermuskegon.org $185,673 County(ies) Served: Muskegon Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps Program enrolls 15 full-time equivalent AmeriCorps members to incorporate the service-learning model in the curricula of classrooms and afterschool programs in school districts, community-based organizations, and faith-based initiatives, utilizing the Core Proficiencies for Success and the 40 Development Assets as benchmarks for success. Members will serve youth in grades K-12 at sites in Muskegon County, with the goal of increasing the problem solving skills of those served, as well as increasing the number of Developmental Assets available to youth in the county. 10 Updated September 24, 2004 �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Every one of us wants our children to grow into skilled, aware, and responsible adults. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. Service-learning is a way of teaching and learning that connects meaningful service to the community with classroom instruction. A 2002 study of Michigan schools shows that 39 percent of public schools participate in service-learning, while 88 percent participate in general community service projects. Learn and Serve- Michigan is a competitive grant program that supports service-learning opportunities district wide. Currently, the MCSC manages: • • • 27 School-Based programs where K-12 teachers tie serviced-learning projects to the regular curriculum. Current funding is $546,066. Five programs that are partnerships between Intermediate School Districts and Higher Education Institutions. Current funding is $290,000. One Community Higher Education School Partnership (CHESP) grant supporting the Council of Michigan Foundation's Learning to Give initiative. Current Funding is $174,500. Service-learning has been shown to: • • • Increase motivation to learn, Lower drop out rates, and Build critical thinking and problem solving skills. �2004-2005 Service-Learning Programs ISABEU..A MIDLAND • Learn andS,ei'Ve -,Michigan 'Schooi..Ba$ed program(s) serve,thi~ county •• •• ••• • ••• •• •• •• •• GRATIOT IONIA • ISD/HigherEdprogram(s) serve this pounty CliNTON E..t.lON + CHESP/Learning to Give C&HOUN program(s) serve this county CASS ST. JOSEPH BRANCH JACKSON LENAWEE Updated: September 23,2004 �- MICHIGAN COMMU~ITY SERVICE STUDENTS MOUNT CAMPAIGN AGAINST SECONDHAND SMOKE COMMISSION Students at ACE High School are concerned ... for themselves, their friends, and their families. Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Although cigarette smoking nationwide among high school students is declining, approximately 80% of tobacco users begin smoking before the age of 18. lfthis trend continues, approximately 5 million children living today will die prematurely because they began to smoke cigarettes during adolescence. What really got the attention of the ACE High School students were the effects of secondhand smoke. Research has shown that smoke from the smokers around them causes disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. Although they may make the decision not to smoke, they could still be at risk. Rather than sit around and complain, they decided to do something. Led by juniors Shaun Bryan and Nicole Mangan, and senior Amanda Bjorkman, the students developed and produced media materials educating Iron County citizens on the problems of secondhand smoke. You Have a Choice, They Don'tEffects ofSecond Hand Smoke was developed as part of an academic servicelearning project for their Communication You Have The Choice, They Don't was the message of the Arts class. The media campaign included a ACE High School media campaign in Iron County. billboard, exhibit boards, radio spots, and place mats for local restaurants. Students chose the topic of second hand smoke. They did research to determine the best media outlets to use in their community. They wrote the message and formulated the layouts. They evaluated their project when it was completed. Not only did the students learn about secondhand smoke and how to put together a media campaign-they were rewarded for their efforts. The Michigan Cancer Consortium awarded ACE the Spirit of Cooperation Award for their outstanding work in the Upper Peninsula. ACE High School is part of the West Iron County Public Schools. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded them a $33,250 Learn and Serve- Michigan grant to expand their service-learning activities. They are one of 36 school-based programs that receive funding through Learn and Serve - Michigan. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE VETERANS ARE TOUCHED BY CHILDREN'S INTEREST COMMISSION "The Veterans' Reception was a great way to bring two vastly separated generations together," said Ron DeWaard. "It makes up for so many times when older people and younger people purposely avoid each other because they think they have no common ground." Vietnam Veteran Ron DeWaard and his wife Linda, along with more than 100 other veterans and their wives recently attended the first annual Veterans' Reception hosted by members of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland (BGCH). The reception, honoring veterans for service to our country, included a tour of the Boys and Girls Club, a dinner, and a program of speeches by both youth and veterans. Ron and Linda were touched by the expression of kindness on the part of the 85 Holland youth involved. A Holland youth and local veterans meet for the The reception was the culmination of a year of first time at the Veterans Reception. correspondence between club members and veterans. Letters, holiday cards, valentines, and photographs were exchanged. A club member from the 5th grade had the greatest response from her veteran. After her first letter, she received a large package. It contained an extensive letter in which the veteran answered all her questions and included a book and pictures of the ship that he served on while in the Navy. In addition to giving students a window into the lives of veterans, the year-long project gave them opportunities to practice letterwriting and computer skills. The program was not directly designed to bring homeland security into the lives of the youth and the community. An exciting, but unexpected outcome was the level of awareness gained by the youth about what it means to serve your country and be part of a nation and community. Equally exciting was how touched the veterans were by the interest of the children. "Acts of kindness are always rewarded," shared Army veteran, Bruce Glass. A lifetime member of VFW Post 2144 and former member of the 352nd Communication Reconnaissance Company, Mr. Glass served in the Korean War. He told the club members, "Your kindness toward old soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen will not be forgotten. We salute you." Students in this program also • Planned with community leaders and decorated the parade route for the Veterans' Day and Memorial Day parades • Cleaned up and prepared equipment for storage after parades • Researched the wars which veterans corresponded about This service-learning project is part of the Learn and Serve- Michigan program at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently approved a $12,611 grant so this service-learning program can continue throughout the 2002-2003-program year. The BGCH service-learning program will engage at least 175 students in the upcoming year. The BGCH practice of service-learning is expanding throughout their youth serving programs. �- MICHIGAN C OMMUNITY SERVICE YOUNG VOLUNTEER REACHES OUT TO SENIORS COMMISSION "A knock on the door and a man saying 'Follow me,' and the next thing I knew we were being evacuated," said Joyce Mallory, a resident of Courthouse Square Apartments in Ann Arbor. On a hot July evening, seventy residents got a helping hand from the American Red Cross, when a fire in the elevator shaft forced them to evacuate their apartments. Coordinating with the University of Michigan, Red Cross staff and volunteers arranged for residents of the downtown assisted living facility to be bussed to temporary housing at a local hotel. Complications in repairing the problem at Courthouse Square turned the one-night stay into four nights. The residents were concerned about their apartments, pets needed care, and many seniors needed to replenish medications left behind in their hasty exit. Working with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and other community agencies, the Residents from Courthouse Square receive Red Cross Red Cross team turned a potentially traumatic assistance during their crisis. few days into "an adventure," as resident Elizabeth Galvan called it. Daily shuttles were scheduled for residents, meals were served, and medical assistance provided. Happy to be on her way back home after the crisis, Joyce said she thought the Red Cross volunteers were wonderful. "Without the Red Cross, we'd have been lost," she said. One of the volunteers who helped with the evacuation and sheltering was 17-year-old Deondre Richmond. Deondre became a volunteer through the Red Cross Youth Community Action Team (YCAT). He had only recently completed his orientation when he was called into action. Working alongside experienced team members, Deondre provided information, food, and a listening ear to the seniors. During the five days of the crisis, he volunteered a total of 59 hours. He combined his training with common sense and youthful energy to do anything he could. Although public recognition is not important to him, Deondre received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Red Cross Emergency Services Department. YCAT engages 80 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 in a variety of service-learning activities that are mainly focused on peer education. Youth volunteers first complete First Aid and CPR training. Then they choose an interest area such as Community Disaster, Water Safety, or Pet First Aid for their next level of training. The young people utilize their training to assist their peers and to volunteer for Red Cross projects throughout the community. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded the Red Cross a $15,000 Learn and Serve -Michigan communitybased grant for the YCA T program. �MICHIGAN ~"'.: ._ v ' ~"" '\ ""' • •• ~ ~~ · . . ·$111N .·. ' ,, .· . ' . c 0 MMI s s I 6. ~ '. '-~ ' / ' < - <- < - . . . ;t~rn :ttnd· Ser~~ .;_ Micltig~p, .· . .. · Scb.ool-BaJtd P~grants · ·· .. . .... __ .___.:_.-~..~··-~---,-------....,._------.;......-'---'---~ �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNilY ROSTER SERVICE COMMISSION BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sharon Throm Bedford Public Schools 1623 West Stems Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 Phone: (734) 850-6034 Fax: (734) 850-6099 Email: throms@bedford.kl2.mi.us Implementation Grant - $24,500 Students and teachers in Bedford Public Schools will have the opportunity to connect what they are learning in the classroom to the community in which they live through participation in service-learning. Projects will support academic achievement, and foster a sense of civic responsibility and pride. Teachers and students will develop ideas for these together based on needs that have been identified in the community and that match what is being taught in the classroom. Goals for 2004-05 include expanding the use of service-learning to all buildings in the district and providing all students the opportunity to experience service-learning at least one time in each grade span; providing at least fifteen new teachers and two administrators training; and continuing to build the foundation for sustainability by integrating service-learning into school improvement plans. County(ies) Served: District Only- Monroe County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Kelly Pringle 115 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989) 584-3138 Fax: (989) 584-3043 E-mail:kpringle@carsoncity.k 12.mi. us Implementation Grant - $15,000 The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with American Red Cross certifications and community clean up; and high school students will have ties to multiple content areas. This year will focus on increased teacher training and increased school and community partnership. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County 1 Updated September 21. 2004 �CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Matt Somsel 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee.org Implementation Grant - $15,000 Casman Alternative Academy's plan to increase the role of service-learning in their first of implementation, includes: the inclusion of service-learning in all core classes at each grade level, coordination of sequential service-learning projects across all subjects, increased student roles at all stages of projects development, formation of a reliable and productive advisory board, alignment of service-learning with state benchmarks, a partnership with a university to to provide evaluation and assessment services, the development of partnerships and an increase in volunteers for projects, and a balance of one time projects and other long term interdisciplinary projects. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS David Reschke 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48346 Phone: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm@clarkston.kl2.mi.us Implementation Grant- $17,200 For this first implementation year, Clarkston Community Schools plans to expand on the servicelearning activities established in the planning year. The advisory board will be expanded t? . include more local agencies and youth. Offering follow up meetings for teachers who Par:tlclpate in training workshops will enhance professional develo~ment. .A m~n~-.gr~nt pr?cedure w1ll be developed to encourage project development and a public rel~twns m1t1attv~ w11l b~ undert~en to develop support for this effort. This year 1,000 students w11l be engaged m serv1ce-learrung. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County Updated September 21, 2004 ------- �CLINTON COUNTY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY Brandi Meredith 1013 South U.S. 27, Suite A St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Phone: (989) 224-6831 ext 332 Fax: (989) 224-9574 Email: meredith@edzone.net Implementation Grant - $24,367 The goals of the Clinton County RESA program are to strengthen student, school, and community relationships, increase students' civic knowledge and historical perspective, and provide sustained, on-going service-learning professional development. The implementation of Clinton County's service-learning program will be based on a five pillar approach: sustained and ongoing professional development for teachers, classroom mini-grants to support servicelearning projects establishing learning communities within the local schools, resource development and dissemination, and strong advisory board guidance. It is through the professional development model and the establishment of a learning community that the expected goals will be achieved. County(ies) Served: Clinton County COUNCIL OF MICIDGAN FOUNDATIONS/LEARNING TO GIVE Kathy Agard CHESP Grant- $174,500 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-3100 Fax: (231) 355-6748 Email: kagard@remc4.k12.mi.us 20 pilot schools with service-learning experience will be identified from across the state of Michigan. All participating pilot schools will connect curriculum to Michigan standards an~ benchmarks. The long-range goal of the grant is to increase students' academic performance m the area of social studies; to develop and replicate curriculum lessons, units and materials for perpetuating a civil society through the education of students; and to achieve youth commitment to private citizen action for the common good. The CHESP partnership will develop 120 fieldtested curriculum units in a variety of core content areas including history, government, geography, economics and civics. Updated September 21. 2004 �CRAWFORD A USABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Peter Ingvarsson 403 East Michigan A venue Grayling, Michigan 49738 Phone: (989) 344-3766 Fax: (989) 348-6822 Email: pingvarsson@casdkl2.net Implementation Grant- $15,000 This project is designed to include up to 560 students by the end of the three-year period. The activities will revolve around life science using the AuSable River as a resource. Partnering with businesses around water quality issues, elementary, middle and high school students will address critical community issues through service-learning. Partnerships with the Department of Natural Resources, Department of Water Quality, Briney Educational Trust and US Department of Agriculture will be strengthened with the expectation that activities will be designed to improve performance on the social studies portion of the MEAP. County(ies) Served: District Only- Crawford County FLINT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS YOUTH PROJECTS Connie Rau Zimmerman Center 2421 Corunna Road Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone: (810) 760-1190 Fax: (810) 237-5499 Email: crau@flintschools.org Institutionalization - $40,000 Flint Community Schools, in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint, will seek to examine service-learning policies in school improvement and hiring practices. K-12 school liaisons will assist in developing a strategy to effectively communicate service-learning benefits and best practices. Training for the Board of Education and school administration will also be a goal for this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Genesee County Implementation Grant - $15,000 HEMLOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Kathy Maxon 1095 North Hemlock Road Hemlock, Michigan 48626 Phone: (989) 642-2338 Fax: (989) 642-3504 Email: maxon@hemlock.kl2.mi.us The Hemlock District Service-Learning Coordinator, assisted by four building representatives, will administer the service-learning program. The next two-implementation years will focus on increasin~ the number of teachers initiating service-learning projects by 10% per year, translating into an in~rea~e.l~ t?e number of student engaged. Another goal is to increase community partnerships by 25%. While 1mhatmg new programs there will also be a continuation and expansion of existing programs. County(ies) Served: District Only- Saginaw County 4 Updated September 21. 2004 �Implementation Grant - $15,000 HONEY CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL SueHuczek 1819 South Wagner Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1406 Phone: (734) 994-2636 Fax: (734) 994-2203 Email: shuczek@hc.wash.k12.mi.us Over the last three years, Honey Creek Community School has worked to develop program sustainability. The proposed plan will help cement the permanence of the program in the hopes of creating an educational model that can be shared and institutionalized. Though a combination of service-learning coordinator support, access to regional and national conferences and project mini-grants, support for service-learning activities for the students of Honey Creek and High Point (a school for students with severe disabilities) will be enhanced to create an integrated community oflearners. County(ies) Served: District Only- Washtenaw County IONIA COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Implementation Grant - $24,500 Deborah Wagner 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 522-1405 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: dawagner@ionia-isd.k12.mi.us The Ionia County Intermediate School District will continue to work to implement service-learning throughout the county in each of the six districts using the following goals: 1) Increase teacher knowledge of service-learning, authentic assessment and curriculum through professional development; 2) increase student learning by integrating service-learning into core curriculum stands, 3) institutionalize servicelearning methodology into the school program to foster system change. This year, 1,625 Ionia County students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: Ionia Implementation Grant - $24,500 JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rebecca Mehall 105 East Michigan Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 841-2158 Fax: (517) 768-5918 Email: rmehall@jps.k12.mi.us Jackson Public Schools will continue its efforts to expand service-learning throughout the district. Goals over the three grant period will include: broadening the diversity and representation of the advisory council, ensuring youth representation and voice, staff development, distribution of information ~nd resources to staff, implementation across grade levels and curriculum subjects, building commu~Ity partnerships, fostering the development of quality service-learning act~vities of a sustained durat10n, and evaluating the impact of service-learning on students and the commumty. County(ies) Served: District Only- Jackson County 5 Updated September 21. 2004 �KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Deborah Crandell Brethren High School 4400 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone: (231) 477-5355 Fax: (231) 477-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Implementation Grant - $15,000 Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools proposed program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: • Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide • Enabling each student to experience service-learning at each level • Developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, • and encouraging active participation in communities County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $24,500 L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann Hart 38495 L'Anse Creuse Harrison Township, Michigan 48045 Phone: (586) 783-6400 ext 2036 Fax: (586) 783-6408 Email: hartan@lc-pc.org L'Anse Creuse Public Schools has had a Community Service-Learning Program since 1992. During the next two years four major goals will provide the opportunity for all L'Anse Creuse students to learn and grow though service. With this Learn and Serve - Michigan funding all students will have sequential service-learning opportunities, all teachers will have access to service-learning professional development, their school/community partnerships will be evaluated and service-learning students will be evaluated to show the correlation between service-learning and improved knowledge and skills of citizenship. County(ies) Served: District Only- Macomb County 6 Updated September 21, 2004 �LAPEER COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT ~e~e Gunderso~ Implementation Grant - $24,500 Mtchigan State Uruversity Extension K-12 Service-Learning Center 1996 West Oregon Street Lapeer, Michigan 48446-1198 Phone: (810) 667-0341 Fax: (810) 667-0355 Email: lapeer@msue.msu.edu A partner~hi~ of schools and community organizations (led by the Lapeer County Intermediate School Dtstnct, Lapeer Community Schools, Lapeer County MSU Extension and United Way of Lapeer County) will maintain their strong service-learning program while expanding efforts to creates a more complete sequence of experiences for K-12 students. During 2004-05, at least 2,213 students, 105 teachers/staff, 21 schools, and 57 community partners will participate in service-learning. County(ies) Served: Lapeer LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Carla Stone 11700 Vergennes Street Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 682-4125 Fax: (616) 682-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.kl2.mi.us Implementation Grant - $24,500 Lowell Area Schools has designed a plan that will integrate service-learning at a minimum, in alternating grade levels grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with and serve people in the "real world" throughout their years in school The key element in making this happen will be the planned and progressive training and support of teachers and administration, as well as businesses and organizations within the community. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County NAH TAH W AHSH PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY Richard Sgarlotti N14911 Hannahville B-1 Road Wilson, Michigan 49896 Phone: (906) 466-2952 x 124 Fax: (906) 466-2556 Email: richs@up.net Institutionalization- $15,000 Service-learning has been part of the Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy for fifteen years. The goal for the next two years is to ensure sustainability of a quality program for students and community. Expansion will occur in collaborative activities and youth civic engagement. Successes will be disseminated to other schools in the area and especially to Indian Education programs throughout the state and country. County(ies) Served: District Only- Delta County 7 Updated September 21, 2004 �NORTH STAR ACADEMY Implementation Grant - $15,000 Mary St. Clair 335 South Pine Street P.O. Box 577 Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 Phone: (906) 486-8311 x 101 Fax: (906) 486-1114 Email: mary nsa@yahoo.com North Star Academy has developed a three-tiered approach to service-learning. Students begin to understand the concept of 'global issues' through weekly service at local non-profits. Students are matched according to their strengths and interests to offer the agency skills and services they may need. They gain a deeper understanding of service through their course studies as academic content and applied projects focus on a particular societal problem or issue. At the close of their high school career, students demonstrate and internalize their understanding of a modem problem or issue by working in a team and conducting their own research and formulating their own project. 100% ofthe North Star Academy students will participate in service-learning annually. County(ies) Served: District Only- Marquette County Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 PALO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Judy Huynh 8315 Mill Street P.O. Box 338 Palo, Michigan 48870 Phone: (989) 637-4359 Fax: (989) 637-4727 Email: preston48@ionia-mi.net The goal ofPalo Community Schools is to institutionalize service-learning as a teaching . methodology. All students from preschool through grade 8 will participate in at least one servicelearning project each year. Palo will institute a high quality program that will p~ovide students with opportunities to be engaged in authentic service in both the local commumty and the world community, connected to their academic curriculum County(ies) Served: District Only- Ionia County 8 Updated September 21, 2004 �REETHS-PUFFER SCHOOLS Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 Leslie Cross 1545 North Roberts Road Muskegon, Michigan 49445 Phone: (231) 744-164 7 x3684 Fax: (231)744-7175 Email: lcross@remc4.kl2.mi.us Reeths-Puffer Schools will continue to build a strong infrastructure to support service-learning in the district and beyond. The infrastructure includes a full time coordinator, student advisory board, a teacher specialist in each building, and the Curriculum Coordinating Council, which services as an advisory board. Over the next year, the goal is to engage every student in at least one service-learning lesson every other school year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Muskegon County Implementation Grant - $15,000 SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann Herrygers 155 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 Phone: (231) 861-5541 Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: herram@shelby.kl2.mi.us The goal of the 2004-2005 implementation grant is to continue expanding the number of teachers, students, projects and partners involved in service-learning at all grade levels. The duration of the projects will be expanded as well to encompass programs and activities that last for at least on semester or more. The long-term goal for this program is for students to have at least one service-learning experience at each educational level, sequential experiences, and have the activities be of a sustained or significant duration so that student involvement lasts for a minimum of 40 hours per school year and covering multiple disciplines. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oceana County Implementation Grant - $24,500 SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Joyce Silagy 24661 Lahser Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 746-8637 Fax: (248) 746-8926 Email: silagyj@southfield.kl2.mi.us Southfield Public Schools will implement a service-learning program in grades K-12 that will improve academic learning, enhance personal growth and invoke civic responsibility in every student. Full implementation of the service-learning program will provide students with sequential high quality experiences so that at least one service-learning opportunity occurs at each educational level. This year, 1,235 Southfield students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County 9 Updated September 21, 2004 �SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Implementation Grant - $24,500 Mary Lou Provost 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.k 12.milus "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning" is a third year implementation of a Learn and Serve grant. The goal of this program is to integrate service-learning activities into the K-12 curriculum with special relevance to the core democratic values. The program is designed to include teacher professional development and mini-grants for projects so that students in grades 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 can be engaged in service-learning. Designed to contribute to school improvement goals in the areas of student achievement, the acquisition of lifelong learning skills and career education, the program will engage a minimum of 355 students this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL Implementation Grant - $24,500 Lynn Kleiman Malinoff 36745 Marquette Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: (734) 595-2105 Fax: (734) 595-2100 Email: lmalinof@umich.edu Wayne-Westland plans to increase implementation at all three levels; in the 4th grade science curriculum, through development of a targeted middle school plan (to be developed this year), and a strong focus on the freshman transition program The district is committed to providing leadership locally and at the state level, particularly in the area of mentorship as they expand existing programs and partnerships. Overall, service-learning will impact students and their civic knowledge while increasing school connectedness and academic achievement. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County 10 Updated September 21, 2004 �Implementation Grant - $15,000 WmTEHALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS Mary Ponstein 541 Slocum Street Whitehall, Michigan 49461 Phone: (231) 893-1034 Fax: (231) 893-2923 Email: maryponstein@whitehall.k 12.mi. us Whitehall District Schools plan to continue the expansion and growth of academic servicelearning by meeting the following goals: 1) Increasing the role youths will play in selecting, designing, implementing and evaluating service-learning; 2) intensified staff development; 3) continued training and empowerment of the advisory board; 4) connecting service-learning to the curriculum mapping process in the district; 5) expanded community partnerships; 6) a public relations effort to engage the district and surrounding community; 7) collaborative efforts with other school initiatives such as career preparation and Safe and Drug Free Schools; 8) an emphasis on historical and civic perspectives in the project development and 6) by offering sustained service-learning activities for students at each grade level. 100% ofWhitehall students will be engaged in service-learning over three years. County(ies) Served: District Only- Muskegon County Implementation Grant - $15,000 WILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Kristine Grunwald 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 ext 7400 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wmston.kl2.mi.us The purpose of this first year implementation grant is threefold. The first focus will be to provide professional development and material resources to enable those buildings not yet fully implementing service-learning to replicate successful programs started in other buildings. They will also work to develop and use assessments that measure the academic and social effectiveness of service-learning. The final focus is to create the capacity among their own professional educators by training them in service-learning so that they may be resources to other educators in the district, region, state and nation. A total of 1,438 students will be engaged in service-learning this year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County 11 Updated September 21, 2004 �Implementation Grant - $24,500 ZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mary Beth Tirnmer 3390 lOOth Avenue Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Phone: (616) 748-3215 Fax: (616) 748-3210 Email: mtimmer2@zeeland.kl2.mi.us Zeeland Public Schools is committed to service-learning projects taking place in each of the district's ten buildings, including the new elementary building opening in the fall of2004. A lead service-learning educator will be identified in each of the ten buildings. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ottawa County 12 Updated September 21, 2004 �Learn and Serve-Michigan ISD/Higher Education Partnership COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT (CCISD) $50,000 Carla Strome, Curriculum Coordinator 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 482-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.k 12.mi. us The Copper Country Intermediate School District will continue partnering with Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) to infuse the teaching community with understanding and implementation of service-learning for students. The geographic region that will be supported by this grant will initially be the northwestern Upper Peninsula. There will be integration of service-learning into summer institutes in social studies for the summer of2005. These activities will be available to all13 school districts serviced by the CCISD that includes 500 teachers and over 7200 students. CCISD and the MARESA will partner in the spring of2005 to host the first Upper Peninsula Service-Learning Conference. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw EATON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT $50,000 Margie Betz, Education Specialist Eaton Intermediate School District 1790 E. Packard Hwy. Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Phone: (517) 484-2929 ext.1158 Fax: (517) 543-4870 Email: mbetz@eaton.kl2.mi.us Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Intermediate School Districts and Olivet College continue in their partnership in the Mid- Michigan Learn and Serve Consortium to serve as the regional servicelearning network for this grant. The scope of this grant will serve teachers, pre-service teachers and administrators. During Phase two of the grant 30 Civic Fellows (teachers) will receive minigrants to implement service-learning lesson plans. In addition, Olivet College will be offering college credit for the professional development undertaken by the Civic Fellow. Overall, this will impact 700 students. In addition they hope to involve 400 pre-service, classroom teachers and administrators in various aspects of the project. This partnership has established a web site for all to access at http://www.midmichiganlearnandserve.org/ that list trainings and other resources available to teachers in their three ISD's. Five Olivet College pre-service teachers will be included in all of the professional development offerings and encouraged to use service-learning during their student teaching assignments. County(ies) Served: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham 13 Updated September 21, 2004 �LAPEER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Cathy Amboy Curriculum Consultant Lapeer Intermediate School District 1996 W. Oregon Lapeer, Michigan 48446 Phone: (810) 664-1124 Fax: (810) 724-7600 Email: camboy@lcisd.k12.mi.us $50,000 This project will continue to be coordinated by the Intermediate School District in partnership with the University of Michigan -Flint. The pmpose of this Learn and Serve project is to improve student achievement in quality learning environments by providing professional development experiences based on the Michigan Curriculum Framework; the incorporation ofthe Grade Level Instructional Guidelines; and the integration of service-learning which are embedded in school improvement, curriculum and technology initiatives. This project will train 156 teachers, impact over 4000 students and reach 18 buildings. The project will also provide training opportunities for teachers in Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac Counties. County(ies) Served: Lapeer MARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVIE AGENCY (MARESA) Robert Koehs, Educational Consultant $50,000 Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5116 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: bkoehs@maresa.k12.mi.us Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan University, the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District and Lake Superior State University have formed and academic service-learning program called " A Partnership of Service-Teaching, Learning, Experiencing " (APOSTLE). Throughout the project, schools in five Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. The counties will include Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa and Mackinaw. They propose to impact 276 teachers and over 2000 students during the course of the grant. MARESA as mentioned earlier will be partnering with CCISD to host the first Upper Peninsula Service-Learning Conference in the spring of2005. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette 14 Updated September 21, 2004 �MUSKEGON AREA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Barb Gowell Director, Instructional Services MAISD 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-7217 Fax: (231) 773-1028 Email: bgowell@remc4.k 12.mi.us $50,000 The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District and Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Learn and Serve Partnership Program will facilitate and expand quality service-learning throughout the MAISD service area, building upon a number of successful existing initiatives and partnerships. The partnership will provide instructional support to 75 teachers, 1500 students, and 30 school buildings over the course of the grant. The partnership will also work with 5- 14 schools identified on the Children's Action Network list. The partnership has developed a graduate level class ED 601- Integrating Academic Service-Learning Within the Curriculum at GVSU that will begin in September 2004. County(ies) Served: Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana 15 Updated September 21, 2004 �- MICHIGAN COMMUNilY SERVICE MICHIGAN~ citizen~corps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COMMISSION We have come to learn that each of us have a role in homeland security. But it is difficult to know what to do or how to help. Citizen Corps were created to help communities prepare for and respond to local emergencies. They train and engage volunteers to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to emergencies and disasters of all kinds, including threats of terrorism, natural disasters, crime, public health issues, etc. Citizen Corps are especially important during major disasters when first responders may be initially overwhelmed. Citizen Corps are a component of the USA Freedom Corps that creates opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities prepare for and respond to emergencies. It brings together local leaders, individual volunteers, and the network of first responders such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. The goal is to have all citizens participate in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for preventing and handling threats of terrorism, crime, and disasters of all kinds. Programs ofthe Michigan Citizen Corps include: • • • • • Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Neighborhood Watch Programs Volunteers in Police Service Medical Reserve Corps Citizen Corps Councils Citizen Corps activities are adapted to every community's need and managed locally by a Citizen Corps Council. The Michigan Citizen Corps Council was established in November 2002 and functions as a statewide resource. This 12-member council serves as an advisory committee of the Michigan Community Service Commission and provides direction on issues related to homeland security and the role volunteers can play in disaster preparedness. Michigan currently has 43 local Citizen Corps Councils, which includes 26 new Citizen Corps Councils established in 2004. These local Councils have trained 195 CERT Trainers who, in tum, have trained more than 740 citizens so they are prepared to help. During the 2004-05 program year, $782,400 is being granted to 23 Citizen Corps Councils throughout the state. The Michigan Citizen Corps is well known for its innovative programs as the following projects demonstrate: • CERT training materials are being translated into Arabic. • The School Teen School Emergency Response Team (SERT) program is underway in Washtenaw County. • CERT Training is being planned for all event staff at the three major league sports stadiums in Detroit. • The Michigan Citizen Corps Director, Gary Zulinzki, recently answered the call to serve as Deputy Director of FEMA Region V Citizen Corps in Chicago to coordinate all of the Citizen Corps members for the hurricane relief effort in Florida. Updated: September 23,2004 �2004-05 Michigan Citizen Corps ISTEE WEXFORD MISSAUKEE Michigan Citizen Corps Councils: X Local Councils (unfunded) • Local Councils (MCSC funded) .6. Countywide Councils (unfunded) •:• County.vide Councils (MCSC funded) • Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) + Medical Reserve Corps xx LAKE OSCEOlA •.6. CLARE 6 1-8 Michigan Citizen Corps Districts* *Districts are based on population of 1. 3 million per district with the exception of District 7 CALHOUN BRANCH 3 Hll.l.SI:W.E 5 Updated: September 23, 2004 �- MICHIGAN mchlgan COMMUNITY SERVICE citizen~colps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL COMMISSION Michael Bouchard, Chair Melvin Larsen Oakland County Sheriff Larsen and Associates, Inc. Public Policy Consultant Marian Barrera-Young Cliff A. Messing Neighborhood Associations of Michigan President Michigan Firemen's Association President Rochelle Cotey Captain John Ort Public Transportation and Aging of Alger County Director Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division Deputy State Director Thomas Edmonds (RESIGNED 8/10/04) Grace Ranger Kalamazoo County Sheriff Genesee County Emergency Management Office Director Alexander Ernst (RESIGNED 4/1104) Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom Clinton Township Police Department Chief ofPolice Air National Guard Base Director of Operations Paul Hansen Marcia Varble Lutheran Social Services Director ofSpecial Projects Michigan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters President Antrim County Red Cross Volunteer Coordinator �Michigan Citizen Corps Council September 23, 2004 Sheriff Michael Bouchard Oakland County Sheriff's Department 1201 North Telegraph Road Pontiac MI 48341-1044 Phone: 248.858.5000 Fax: 248.858.1806 ocsd@co.oakland.mi.us Nicole Gee 248.858.5009 geen@co.oakland.mi. us Janet Lawson, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: 517.335.1013 Fax: 517.241.3869 Lawsonj 1@michigan.gov Janice Harvey 517.373.4998 Harveyj 1@michigan.gov Rochelle Cotey, Executive Director Alger County Public Transportation P.O. Box69 Munising, Michigan 49862 Vice Chair, Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation Phone: 906.387.4845 Fax: 906.387.2963 altranco@jamadots.com Paul Hansen, Director of Special Projects Lutheran Social Services 8131 East JetTers on Detroit, Michigan 48214 President, Michigan Voluntary Organization Active in Disasters (VOAD) Phone: 313.823.7700 or 800.421.3060 Fax: 313.823.9604 Cell: 586.506.1717 phans@LSSM.org Melvin Larsen, Public Policy Consultant Larsen and Associates, Inc. 29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110 Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: 248.356.3484 Fax: 248.358.0756 Cell: 248.408.7150 Mellarsen2@aol.com Cliff A. Messing, President Michigan State Firemen's Association 8826 East Huron Line Road Ruth, Michigan 484 70 Phone: 989.864.3751 Fax: 989.864.3751 delfrre@thumbmc.net Captain John Ort MSP-EMD 400 Collins Road Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: 517.333.5041 Fax: 517.333.4987 Cell: 517.881.3162 ortj@michigan.gov Assistant-Karen Welsh 333-5042 welshka@michigan.gov Grace Ranger, Director Genesee County Emergency Management Office 1101 Beach Street, Room G25 Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: 810.257.3064 Fax: 810.424.5798 granger@co.genesee.mi.us Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom, Director of Operations Air National Guard Base P.O. Box695 Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: 989.354.6205 Fax: 989.354.6298 Ewin.sansom@micrtc.ang.af.mil Marcia Varble, State Regional Director American Red Cross P.O. Box 129 Bellaire, Michigan 49615 Phone: 231.533.4037 Fax: 231.533.4037 Cell: 231.620.4587 dmvarble@freeway.net Marian Barrera Young NAM President Baxter Neighborhood Association 722 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: 616.247.9550 Fax: 616.247.9556 HrnFax 616.285.7655 Youngbarrera@aol.com or mbarrerayoung@netpenny.net �Michigan Citizen Corps Council Governor Appointments Name Expiration Date Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom December 1, 2003 Cliff Messing December 1, 2003 Marian Barrera-Young December 1, 2003 Marcia Varble December 1, 2003 Captain John Ort December 1, 2004 Grace Ranger December 1, 2004 Alexander Ernst December 1, 2004 * Rochelle Cotey December 1, 2004 Sheriff Michael Bouchard (Chair) December 1, 2005 Thomas Edmonds December 1, 2005 ** Melvin Larsen December 1, 2004 Paul Hansen December 1, 2005 * Resigned effective April1, 2004 ** Resigned effective August 10, 2004 - �Citizen Corps Councils Registered in Michigan (Updated September 27, 2004) Michigan Citizen Corps Cass Co Citizen Corps Contact: Gary Zulinski Title: Program Coordinator Phone: (517) 241-3867 Fax: (517) 241-3869 Email citizencorps@michigan. gov URL: www.michigan.gov/mcsc Contact: Bernie Williamson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 321 M 62 North, Cassopolis, MI 49031 Phone: (269) 445-8768 Email: northstart@beanstalk.net URL: www.casscountvmi.org County Councils (27): Eastern U.P. Citizen Corps Council Alpena County Citizen Corps Contact: Bruce Wozniak Title: Emergency Manager Address: 720 W. Chisholm St, Suite 13 Alpena MI 49707 Phone: (989) 354-9821 Fax (989) 354-9828 Email: wozniakb@alpenacounty.org URL: http://www.alpenacounty.org/ Bay County Citizen Corps Contact: Patricia Bostick Title: Solution Area Planner Address: 515 Center Ave, Bay City, MI 48708 Phone: (989) 895-2016 Email: bostickp@baycounty.net Website: http://www.co. bay .mi. us/ Contact: Brian Davie Title: Director Address: 511 Ashrnun St, Suite 202, Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783 Phone: (906) 632-8111 Email: ccarc@30below.com URL: http://www.chippewacountymi.gov/ Eaton County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Jerry Baum Title: Compliance Officer Address: 111 East Lawrence, Charlotte, MI 48813 Phone: (517) 543-8831 Email: jbaum@charlottemi.org URL: www.eatoncounty.org Genesee County Citizen Corps Calhoun Co Citizen Corps Contact: Greg McComb Title: Emergency Manager Address: 161 E. Michigan, Battle Creek, MI 49014 Phone: (269) 969-6430 Email: gmccomb@cityofmarshall.com URL: http://www.calhounmi.com/default2.htm Contact: Grace Ranger Title: Genesee County Emergency Management Director Address: 1101 Beach Street Room G25 Flint, MI 48502 Phone: (81 0) 257-3064 Email: granger@,co.genesee.mi.us �Gladwin County Citizen Corps Marquette CO Citizen Corps Contact: Robert Duby II Title: Director Address: 501 W. Cedar, Gladwin, MI 48624 Phone: (989) 426-0250 Email: cd 1@ejourney.com http://www.multimag.com/county/mi/gladwin Contact: Paula Susmark Title: Executive Director, Central U.P. Chapter of the American Red Cross Address: 129 W. Baraga Avenue, SuiteD Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: (906) 228-3659 Email: Pjarcmqt@aol.com Ingham County Citizen Corps Council Menominee County Citizen Corps Contact: Ronda Oberlin Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 815 Marshall Lansing, MI 48912 Phone: (517) 483-4110 Email: roberlin@ci.lansing.mi.us Contact: Brian Neumeier Title: Coordinator Address: 839 Tenth Avenue, Menominee, MI 49858 Phone: (906) 863-7779 Email: citizencorps@menomineecounty.com URL: www.menomineecounty.com URL: Isabella County Citizen Corps Montcalm Co Citizen Corps Contact: Deb Birkam Title: Executive Director Address: 2008 East Preston St. Mount Pleasant, MI 48858 Phone: (989) 773-3615 Email: birkam@chartermi.net URL: http://www.isabellacounty.org Contact: Denise Hubbard Title: Executive Director Address: United Way of Montcalm, P.O. Box 128 Greenville, MI 48838 Phone: (616) 225-1082 Email: dhubbard@mcvolunteerconnections.org Kalamazoo County Citizen Corps Montmorency County Citizen Corps Contact: Robert Dievendorf Title: Director Kalamazoo County Pretrial Services Address: 201 W. Kalamazoo Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Phone: (269) 337-6549 Email: dievendorf@kcms.msu.edu Contact: David Utt Title: Emergency Manager Address: 10765 McMurphy Rd, Atlanta MI 49709 Phone: (989) 785-4141 Email: daveutt@i2k.com Muskegon County Citizen Corps Council Manistee County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Ken Hilliard Title: Executive Director Address: 1525 E. Parkdale Ave Manistee, MI 49660 Phone: (231) 723-9970 Email: kwhilliard@manistee.com URL: http://www.manistee.com/ Contact: Rhona Colbert Title: Vista Member Address: 880 Jefferson Suite A, Muskegon, MI 49442 Phone: 231-722-6600 x 17 Email: homeland@volunteermuskegon.org URL: http://www.co.muskegon.mi.us/ �Oakland County Citizen Corps Council St. Clair County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Michael Loper Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 1200 N. Telegraph Rd Pontiac, MI 48341 Phone: (248) 858-5324 Email: lopenn@co.oakland.mi.us URL: www.co.oakland.mi.us/ems Contact: Jeffrey Friedland Title: Director, Office of Emergency Management Address: 200 Grand River Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone:(810)989-6325 Email: jfriedland@stclaircounty.org Ogemaw County Citizen Corps Council Wayne County Citizens Corps Council Contact: Greg Clark Title: Director Address: 806 W. Houghton Ave. West Branch, MI 48661 Phone: (989) 345-5941 Email: ogemawemd911 @ogsh.org URL: http://www.infomi.com/county/ogemaw/ Contact: Terri Lokuta Title: Executive Director Address: 10250 Middlebelt Rd, Detroit, MI 48327 Phone: (734) 942-5289 Email: tlokuta@waynecountyemd.com URL: www.waynecounty.com/ West Central MI Citizen Corps Osceola Co. Citizen Corps Contact: Todd Dimock Title: Supervisor Address: 2469 20 Mile Road Marion, MI 49665 Phone: (231) 743-0097 Email: todd Dimock@yahoo.com Contact: Rick Norman Title: Director Address: 1050 Fuller NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Phone: (616) 456-8661 Email: rnonnan@redcrosswcm.org URL: http://www.co.kent.mi.us/ Otsego County Citizen Corps Washtenaw County Citizen Corps Contact: Tami Phillips Title: Director Address: P.O. Box 1025, Gaylord, MI 49734 Phone: (989) 732-6232 Email: rsvp@freeway.net URL: http://www.otsego.org/ Contact: Skip Lawver Title: Director Address: 122 Sill Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48917 Phone: (734) 487-1161 Email: Skip.Lawver@emich.edu URL: CERNS@emich.edu Saginaw County Citizen Corps Contact: Tim Geovese/Linda Owen Address: 111 S. Michigan Ave, Saginaw MI 48602 Phone: 989-790-5434 Email: tgenovese@saginawcounty.com URL: http://www.saginawcounty.com/ Schoolcraft Co Citizen Corps Council Contact: Clyde Johnson Title: Assistant Director Address: 976 N County Rd 440, Manistique, MI49854 Phone: 906-341-3131 Email: cej@chartermi.net Local Councils (17) Brighton Area Citizen Corps Council Contact: Mike Kennedy Title: Lieutenant Address: 615 West Grand River, Brighton, MI 48116-2322 Phone: (810) 229-6640 Ext. 37 Email: mkennedy@brightonareafire.com URL: www.brightonareafire.com �Burt Township Citizen Corps Council Farmington Hills Citizen Corps Council Contact: Nancy Weston Title: Director Address: P.O.Box 414, Grand Marais, MI 49839 Phone: (906) 494-2381 Email: ceweston@msn.com URL: http://www .natureinabundance.com/ Contact: Lieutenant Timothy Connor Title: Council Contact Address: 31655 West Eleven Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48336 Phone: (248) 871-2705 Email: tconnor@ci.farmington-hills.mi.us Dearborn Heights Citizen Corps Contact: Don Granzine Title: President Address: 2997 E Higgins Lake Dr. Roscommon, MI 48653 Phone: (989) 821-6481 Email: gerrish police@gerrishtownship.org Contact: John Labenne Title: Captain/Emergency Manager Address: 25637 Michigan, Dbn Hts, MI 48127 Phone: (313) 277-7488 Email: lanennej@dearbomheightspd.com URL: www.dhol.org Denton Twp Citizen Corps Contact: Carol Asher Title: Township Clerk Address: 2565 S. Gladwin Road, P.O. Box 289 Prudenville, MI 48651 Phone: (989) 366-5913 Email: asher@i2k.net Detroit: Detroit Citizen Corps Council Gerrish Twp Citizen Corps Northville Township Citizen Corps Contact: Sgt Matthew Mayes Title: Program Director Address: 41600 Six Mile, Northville Township, MI 48167 Phone: (248) 349-9400 Email: mmayes@northvilletwppd.com URL; www.northvillemich.com/police PONTIAC CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL Contact: Shelby Slater Title: Director of Homeland Security Address: 151 West Fort Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (313) 596-5196 Email: slaters@dfdhq.ci.detroit.mi.us Contact: Pam Chambers Title: Captain Address: 110 E Pike Street Pontiac, MI 48342 Phone: (248) 758-3400 Email: pchambers@pontiac.mi.us URL: http://www.pontiacpolice.com Dowagiac Citizen Corps Council Rochester Hills Citizen Corps Council Contact: Tom Atkinson Title: Chief of Police Address: 241 S Front St Dowagiac, MI 49047 Phone: (269) 782-9743 Email: atkinson@dowagiac.org Contact: Dave Fournier Title: Sergeant Address: 750 Barclay Circle. Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Phone: (248) 537-9530 Email: Foumierd@co.oakland.mi.us Ecorse Citizen Corps Council Contact: Charles Hunter II Title: Director Address: 3869 W. Jefferson, MI 48229 Phone: (313) 386-2344 Email: chtril1 @netscape.com �Sterling Heights Citizen Corps Council Contact: Robert Johnson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 40333 Dodge Park Road Sterling Heights, MI 48313 Phone: (586) 446-2886 Email: bjohnson@sterling-heights.net URL: http://www.sterling-heights.net Southfield Citizen Corps Contact: Frank Coutts Title: Emergency Management Director Address: 26000 Evergreen Rd, Southfield, MI 48076 Phone: (248) 796-5992 Email: f coutts@cityof southfield.com URL: http://www.cityofsouthfield.com/main.php West Bloomfield Township Citizen Corps Contact: David Flaisher Title: Township Supervisor Address: 4550 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48325 Phone: (248) 451-4813 Email: Supervisor@twp.west.bloomfield.mi.us URL: www.twp.west-bloomfield.mi.us Lac Vieux Desert-Watersmeet Area Citizen Corps Council Contact: Jim Burke Title: Emergency Services Director Address: P.O. Box 310, Watersmeet, MI 49969 Phone: (906) 358-4577 FAX: (906) 358-0306 Email: jim.burke@lvdtribal.com Walled Lake Citizen Corps Contact: Kenneth Van Sparrentak Title: Fire Chief Address: 1499 E. West Maple Phone: (248) 960-2045 Email: kvansparrentak@walledlake.com URL: www .walledlake.com �- • . - STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER ~ EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002.9 MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, this administration continues to be committed to encouraging all citizens, organizations and institutions in Michigan to help in solving our most critical problems by volunteering their time, effort, energy and service in times of prosperity as well as dire crisis; and WHEREAS, the need for homeland security, community health and public safety have increased and have led to the need to call upon the compassion, inventiveness and the entrepreneurial spirit of all citizens to help solve many of the problems facing their communities; and WHEREAS, it is the standing reputation of this administration to discover and to encourage new community service leaders, to promote individuals, organizations and , institutions that serve as outstanding examples of a commitment to serving others, and to convince all Michigan citizens that a successful life includes serving others; and WHEREAS, significant issues facing the nation and state continue to be addressed by the collaborative efforts of committed citizens volunteering their time and talents through volunteer centers, national service programs, schools, community organizations, government agencies, businesses, labor groups, and a host of other community and state efforts; and WHEREAS, Michigan has establiShed a comprehensive, intricate and effective community-based and co:nlmunity-driven infrastructure for state-sponsored national and community service through the Michigan Community Service Commission and its publicand private-sector partnering organizations. NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the state ofMichigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution of.the state of Michigan of1963 and the laws of the state of Michigan, do hereby order the following: �I. DEFJNITIONS A. "Michigan Citizen Corps" means the Michigan initiative created under the · federal USA Freedom Corps program by this order. B. "Michigan Citizen Corps Council" ("council") means the advisory body created within the Michigan Community Service Commission by this order. C. "Michigan Community Service Commission" ("commission") means the entity established by Act No. 219 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended, being Section 408.221 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that was subsequently transferred to the Department of Career Development by Executive Order 1999-1, as amended, being Section 408.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. - .~ D. "Michigan Department of Career Development" ("department") means the principal department of state government created by Executive Order 1999-1, as ameJ;tded, being Section 408.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. E. "USA Freedom Corps" means the federal interagency initiative created under the terms ofExecutive Order 13254 of Jan~ary 29, 2002, (67 CFR4869) and the Citizen Service Act of 2002, a legislative proposal submitted to the United States Congress by President George W. Bush. II. MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL A. Consistent with the provisions of Executive Order 13254 and any act of Congress enacted to implement Executive Order 13254, the Michigan Citizens Corps Council is created as an advisory body within the Michigan Community Service Commission. B. The council shall have twelve (12) members representing· the general public · appointed by the Governor. C. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, members of the council shall hold office for a term of three (3) years. However, of the members initially appointed, four (4) shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, four (4) shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, and four (4) shall hold office for a term of one (1) year. D. A vacancy on the council caused by the expiration of a term or other cause of termination of membership on the council shall be filled in the same ~anner as the original appointment. E. A member appointed to fill a vacancy created other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member who he or she is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be reappointed for additional terms. 2 �III. CHARGE TO THE COUNCIL The council shall be advisory in nature and shall assist the commission with the following functions: A. The council shall oversee the development and operation of the Michigan Citizen Corps. B. The council shall act as a state-wide advisory council on the Michigan Citizen Corps. C. The council shall develop a comprehensive three-year Michigan Homeland Security Citizen Corp Coordination Plan in consultation with the Michigan Department of State Police and other emergency management entities. The plan shall coordinate the use of volunteer resources in furtherance of homeland security. The plan shall describe emergency response plans for volunteer recruitment and placement in times of state or community declared disasters, state agency coordination plans, and current activities at the state and local levels that may help in the development of the Michigan Citizen Corps. This plan shall be updated on an annual basis and shall be submitted to the Governor and the legislature no later than sixty (60) days after the close of each fiscal year. D. The council shall assist the commission with the preparation of grant and other funding applications submitted to the USA Freed-om Corps and other public and private funding sources for the purposes of implementing the Michigan Citizen Corps initiative. E. Subject to appropriations and other applicable law, the council shall assist the. commission with the establishment of policies and procedures regarding.the;use of grant and other funds. F. The council shall assist the commission with the development and establishment · oflocal Citizen Corps Councils and local Citizen Corps programs. G. The council shall assist the commission~ the development of initiatives to promote community service in coordination with existing programs including, but not limited to, Volunteers in Police Service, Neighborhood Watch, Medical Reserve Corps, the Terrorist Information and Prevention System, and Community Emergency Response Teams. IV. OPERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL A. The Governor shall designate one (1) member of the council to serve as chairperson. This member shall serve as Chair at the pleasure of the Governor. B. The council may proml,llgate bylaws, not inconsistent with law and with this Order, governing its organization, operation and procedure. 3 �C. Members of the council shall not delegate their responsibilities to other persons. A majority of the serving members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting. The council shall act by a majority vote of its serving members. D. The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson and as may be provided in the bylaws of the council. Meetings of the council may be held at any location within the state of Michigan. The council shall meet at least semi-annually. E. The council may, as appropriate, make inquiries, studies, investigations, hold. hearings, and receive cominents from the public. The council may consult with outside experts in order to perform its duties. F. The council may establish one or more subcommittees consisting of council members to investigate and analyze specific issues, consistent with the charge to the · council contained in Section III of this order. The chair of the council, or a member of the council designated by the chair, shall be a member of each subcommittee established by the council. Subcommittees shall recommend proposed actions, plans, comments, formulas, measures~ reports or poliCies to the council, consistent with the council's charge. The council may adopt, reject or modify recommendations proposed by subcommittees. G. Members ofthe council shall serve without compensation. Members of the council may receive reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses according to relevant statutes, rules and procedures of the Department of Management and Budget and the Civil Service Commission. H. The Department may hire or retain such contractors, sub-contractors, advisors, consultants and agents, and may make and enter into contracts necessary or incidental to the exercise of the performance of the council's duties, as the Department Director deems appropriate. Such procurements shall be in accordance with·the relevant statutes, rules and procedures of the Department of Management and Budget and the.Civil Service Commission. I. Subject to appropriations and other applicable law, the council may apply for, receive and expend monies from any source, public or private, including but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations of monies and government appropriations. The council may also accept donations oflabor, services or other things of value from any public or private agency or person. Individual members of the council shall fully comply with the provisions of the Act No. 196 of the Public Acts of 1973, as amended, being Section 15.341 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, governing the standards of conduct for public officers and employees of the state of Michigan. J. Members of the council shall refer all legal, legislative and media contacts to the Department. K. The council shall be staffed by personnel within the coffimi.ssion as designated by the Executive Director. 4 �V. MISCELLANEOUS A. All departments, committees, commissioners or officers of the state or of any political subdivision thereof shall give to the council, or to any member or representative thereof, any necessary assistance required by the council, or any member of representative thereof, in the performance of the duties of the council so far as is compatible with its, his or her duties; free access shall also be given to any books, records or documents in its, his or her custody, relating to matters within the scope of inquiry, study or investigation ofthe council. B. The invalidity of any portion of this Order shall not affect the validity of the remainder thereof. The provisions of this Executive Order shall become effective upon filing. - -· Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Michigan this .:1 9 day of April, in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Two. BY THE GOVERNOR: SECRETARY OF STATE fiLED WITH SECRETARY Of STATE CA~miCE ONI}.;)9~ 5 S. MillER AT 9.;J.O!t1f) �MICHIGAN Governor's COMMUHITY SERVICE Service Awards COMMISSION ===~===================================--==-- The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. Every day, volunteers are making a real difference in our state and should be recognized for their efforts. The Governor's Service Awards honor and celebrate the people of Michigan who volunteer their time to make our communities better places to live. Governor Granholm presents the awards at Governor's Service awards dinner, which is held each spring. The members of the Governor's Volunteer Service Honor Roll are also honored at the dinner. Awards are presented in six distinguished categories: Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to mmunity involvement and volunteer service. ~ndividuals nominated in this category have made service a way of life. ,. Outstanding Mentor Award honors an individual who has made a significant difference in a child's life over time through mentoring. Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award Businesses that demonstrate excellent corporate citizenship by giving back to their community are honored with this award. Exemplary Volunteer Service Award is presented to an individual who strives to improve the lives of neighbors, friends, community, or congregation. Individuals nominated for this award could be adults, seniors, national service members, educators, and more. Youth Volunteer Award of Excellence is presented to a young person (age 21 or under) who has made our world a better place to live through volunteer activities. Nominees in this category may be involved in many activities or give significant time to one particular cause. Nominate a Volunteer Today! If a special volunteer has touched your life or the life of someone you know, nominate them today. To receive a nomination form, visit our web site at www.michigan.gov/mcsc, in the left margin click on Programs & Activities, and then click on Governor's Service Awards. Or contact Kathie Vasilion at vasilionk@michigan.gov or (517) 373-4200. 2004 Nomination Deadline. Nominations for the 2004 Governor's Service Awards must be postmarked by Tuesday, February 17, 2004. Exemplary Community Service Program Award acknowledges the importance an organization that effectively utilizes volunteers to improve their community. Schools, national service programs, and civic, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations are all potential nominees for this award. The Michigan Community Service Commission is a division of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. We are firmly committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in our programs, activities, and materials. Please call (517) 335-4295 to request accommodation or to obtain materials in an alternate format. �MICHIGAN - "' " ; ~" ~::::'"- _.,:r::L;;;: (_,.,.,';; 0 - ., ~ ~~ COMM'I,SSlON .A__ _ . 't.. - �MICH!GAN Michigan Community Service Commission COMMUNITY SERVICE Revised as of 1018/04 Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer COMMISSION Ms. Wendy Acho Standard Federal Bank Ms. Kari Pardoe Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Rani Bahadur Michigan Asian Indian Family Services Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UA W Ms. Jessica Pellegrino General Public Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard GM Corporation Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Corporation Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools Ms. Pamela Faris Office of the Lt. Governor Ms. Meg Smith RSVP of Monroe County Ms. Christine Kwak W. K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living Ms. Brenda Lawrence Mayor, City of Southfield Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Ms. Nancy Lenz Bronson Hospital Mr. Shaun VanHorn Student, Michigan State University Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Dr. Donald Newport Alpena Community College Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly Mr. Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy Corporation Ms. Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School �MICHIGAN Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 10112104 COMMUNITY SERVICE Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer COMMISSION Ms. Wendy Acho Standard Federal Bank 2600 W. Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084-3323 Phone: (248) 822-5896 Fax: (248) 822-5487 E-mail: wendy.acho@abnamro.com Asst: Diana Gouin (248) 822-5899 Diana.guoin@abnamro.com Ms. Rani Bahadur 3222 Middlebelt Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 Phone: (248) 682-6295 Fax: (248) 682-6254 E-mail: whitedoverb@aol.com Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Asst: Michelle Lage mlage@uaw.net Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor Avenue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 4941 7 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Asst: Sue Cuddington scuddington@cmif.org Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Cm:poration 21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer01@lear.com Ms. Pamela Faris 4116 Orme Circle Clio, Michigan 48420 Phone: (586) 994-3444 (810) 444-2833 Cell: Fax: (517)241-3956 E-mail: pmfaris@aol.com Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2324 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Asst: Alicia Santiago-Gancer (269) 969-2050 ASG@wkkf.org Mayor Brenda Lawrence City of Southfield 2600 Evergreen Road Box 2055 Southfield, Michigan 4803 7 Phone: (248) 796-5100 Fax: (248) 796-5105 E-mail:B Lawrence@cityofsouthfield.com Asst: Marty Williams M Williams@cityofsouthfield.com �Ms. Nancy Lenz 3790 Pinto Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49004 Phone: (269) 345-4864 (h) Cell: (269) 207-5569 Fax: (269) 345-3603 E-mail: njlenz@charter.net ~ Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 39th Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-4638 Fax: (269) 731-5914 E-mail: russmawby@aol.com Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor's Office 111 S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhemd@michigan.gov Asst: Joan Bowman (517) 335-7422 bowmanj @michigan. gov Dr. Donald Newport President Emeritus PO Box 882 Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: (989) 747-0781 E-mail: newportd@alpenacc.edu Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly 424 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-6500 (w) (906) 228-8315 (h) (906) 226-9696 Fax: E-mail: natryanoday@chartermi.net or marquettemonthly@chartermi.net Ms. Kari Pardoe 500 East Fulton, Apt. 165 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Cell: (269) 420-3295 Fax: (616) 842-1760 E-mail: kpardoe@cmif.org Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-0882 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Asst: Loretta France Lfrance@co. wayne.mi. us Ms. Jessica Pellegrino 347 Neff Road Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 Phone: (313) 579-4917 wk Cell: (313) 283-4485 E-mail: jpelleg@aol.com Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard GM Corporation 300 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 300, 482-C27-D76 Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000 Phone: (313) 665-2989 Fax: (313) 665-0746 E-mail: Vivian.pickard@gm.com Asst: Clarice Amerson (313) 665-3210 Amerson.clarice@gm.com Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org �Ms. Meg Smith 8125 Summerfield Road Lambertville, Michigan 48144 Phone: (734) 856-5998 Cell: (419) 704-4232 E-mail: meg8125summer@yahoo.com Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-0737 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Asst: Beth Bauer (989) 790-5337 bbauer@saginawcounty.com Mr. Shaun VanHorn 915 Lilac Street, Apt. #2 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (734) 546-1728 E-mail: vanhoms@umich.edu Mr. Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 373-9235 Fax: (517) 335-4565 E-mail: watkinstd@michigan. gov Asst: Sheri Carter (517) 241-0494 cartersh@rnichigan.gov Mr. Kenneth Whipple CMS Energy 1 Energy Plaza, EP 12-202 Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 788-1620 (direct) Fax: (517) 788-0180 E-mail: kwhipple@cmsenergy.corn Asst: Mary Koontz (517) 788-1605 Mckoontz@cmsenergy.corn Ms. Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School 13800 Tyler Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 272-6940 Fax: (313) 272-6942 E-mail: kyoung welch@cdltrainingschool.net �MCSC Commissioners nted to serve as chair of the MCSC on May 20, Mr. Mulhern was the co-founder of the unF•rn--H~IS!IInas Group, a leadership and :>ni7:>t,inn:>l dev!!lm)mlent firm. Prior to his work in and organizational development, Mulhern law, directed the youth services division for , and raised funds for U of D Jesuit . He has taught leadership at Tufts u .. ,,v.,rsnv. Wayne State and University of Michigan In 1993, he was awarded a W.K. Kellogg Leadership grant which allowed him to is study of leadership with nationally 'r"n,nwrn"t1 scholars. Mulhern was appointed by Granholm in February, 2003, to lead the is chair of Michigan Asian Indian Family is a trustee for the American-India and former member of the State of Board of Psychology. She has been an member since 2002. �Eli;~beth Bunn Treasurer of the UA W Bunn was elected Secretary-Treasurer of at the UAWs 33rd Constitutional r.nr,vAntirm held in June 2002, the highest post held in UAW history. As Secretary, Bunn is the chief financial officer of the directs various administrative departments "'"'cnunmm, Auditing, Building Circulation, Purchasing and Strike "''""""'m'"'· She has been a MCSC member since Collier of Michigan Foundations p,.,..,;ti,<>nt and CEO of the Council of Michigan L-Ull. . . ." ' , Mr. Collier has been an MCSC 2000. He serves on numerous boards the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Association of United Ways, and Michigan League. His career in philanthropy as a program officer with the C.S . .-m,nn,n~rm grants director for the Gannett executive director of Rotary Charities of City, and founding director ofthe Grand Regional Community Foundation. Comer was named president of North American and Diversity for Lear Corporation in ber 2003. Mr. Comer joined Lear in 1987 as of Quality and has held positions as vice president nrA·sirlAnt of several divisions within Lear. Prior to he was employed by Mazda Motor :nr.,nr.,ll~rm and also held various quality-related positions a career with General Motors Corporation. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. �Faris unity Volunteer Faris is the wife of Michigan's Lt. Governor John . Ms. Faris retired from the Genesee County Court in July 2003, where she was the Jury Coordinator for the past 11 years. In that role, instrumental in getting legislation passed to juror pay and raise awareness ofthe mnnn:•nr:<> of jury duty. She strongly believes in the role mentoring can play in the lives of and the community and that is why she is c.;nv<>rnnr Jennifer Granholm and First r.;<>ntlo•m:•n Dan Mulhern expand Mentor Michigan. been a MCSC member since November Lawrence , City of Southfield uo•wn•m:e has served ,..nm•me•n since 2001. She as Mayor of the City also is a Manager the United States Postal Service. She also President of the Southfield City Council, Vice I' resident ofthe Southfield Public School Board, a in Leadership Oakland and Leadership and Founder/Co-President of Support for African American Youth (STAAY). �volunteer and an MCSC member since Lenz is also a trustee for Parchment Schools, a member of the board for 1-lnm.,•wn"""· Inc., of Battle Creek, a member of the of Kalamazoo, and vice president of Harvest Food Bank of South Central ichigan. Newport Community College of Alpena Community College and an member since 1997, Mr. Newport also serves State Board for Osteopathic Medicine and the Education Facilities Commission. He is nr~'"'""nr of Alpena Rotary, the local Chamber of .nn1m''"""• and the United Way of Northeast p,.,,.,;rl .. nt �Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly Owner and editor of the Marquette Monthly and an MCSC member since 1999, Ms. Ryan O'Day also serves on the Athena Steering Committee, Family Friendly Community Guide advisory board, MSU Cooperative Extension Service advisory board, NMU Development Fund executive committee/treasurer, and Marquette County RSVP advisory board. In addition, Ms. Ryan O'Day is a member of the board of directors of the Economic Club of Marquette County and The North Wind, the NMU student newspaper. Kari Pardoe Council of Michigan Foundations and Graduate Student at Grand Valley State University A Program Associate with the Council of Michigan Foundations and a graduate student at Grand Valley State University, Ms. Pardoe has been a MCSC member since 1999. She also serves on the America's Service Commission Board and is an active alumni with Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority. Parker uu::nu,, .. County Commissioner Parker has dedicated his life to community public service. He was a co-founder of Operation Down (OGD) in 1971. As a community leader, he provided direct services and programs for the hnnn"'l'""" He also served as executive-on-loan to Public Schools and as Deputy CEO of Responsibility. He was elected as Wayne Commissioner for the eastside District 2 in also sits on numerous boards of ing New Detroit, NAACP, Detroit Fair Banking, St. John Hospital, The •• .,,,,.,,.,,Plan and Southeastern Village. He has a MCSC member since November 2003. �Pellegrino Group and Associates 1-'eneclr.·,nn is a Consultant with SOL Group and is a board member for the American of Commerce, Hispanic Business PAC, Centro Mexicano, and Aurelio Scholarship Fund. She has been an member since 2002. Ch:~ml~er 'k:;~·'Vivian Rogers Pickard :i:· ?;General Motors Corporation Director of community relations and philanthropic ;events for General Motors Corporation and an /MCSC member since 1999, Ms. Pickard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Detroit Urban League and Gleaners Community Food Banks. She is also active in the Renaissance Chapter of The Links, Inc., is chair of the Corporate Linkage Committee for the national Links organization, and is a member of the National Black Association and the Business Policy Review L.Seese Saginaw Township Community .Schools '*\Superintendent of Saginaw Township Community , Schools since 1999 and an MCSC member since · ;ff2002, Mr. Seese has held various positions in the . ~.field of education for 38 years. He is active in many f!organizations, including America's Promise. ;k;Saginaw County Steering Committee; Vision 2020, ·Saginaw County; Junior Achievement Board of Directors; Saginaw Rotary Club, Business Education P::.1rtmm:l1in· United Way Board of Directors; and any other business and educational organizations. �Smith Rt:l•tir.r:.n and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) of Monroe County ~,,,,.,,.,.,.., the Retired and Senior Volunteer of Monroe County and an MCSC member Ms. Smith is also active with Bedford '""~••n.n·~ "Heart of Hope Fund"- a fund raiser annually through a telethon to assist children catastrophic illnesses. -~'"''<2"''''a' Area Center for ~tnrde•oe,nd1ent Living rector at the Capital Area Center for ll:lr,rl<•n"nrl••nt Living and an MCSC member since Swain is president of the Michigan n•··~"''"'" Rights Coalition and serves on the Commission on Disability Concerns and Area Transit Authority Local Advisory �:)haun VanHorn Graduate Student, Michigan State University Shaun VanHorn is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan with a Political Science degree and is currently studying Biochemistry at Michigan State University. He served as Assistant Director/Dorm Supervisor for the University of Michigan Debate Camp and was a Mentor Michigan Program Advisor in the Office of the Governor. Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Mr. Watkins assumed the role of Michigan's Superintendent of Public Instruction in April 2001 and has been an MCSC member since 2001. He has served as deputy director. chief deputy director. and director of administration in Michigan's Department of Mental Health. He also served as special assistant to the president for public school initiatives at Wayne State University, playing a key role in creating Michigan's first charter school. Mr. Watkins also served as president and CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, Florida and executive director of the Education Partnership of Beach County. Ken Whipple CMS Energy Corporation Ken Whipple is chairman of the board of CMS Energy Corporation. In Michigan. CMS is best known as the parent of Consumers Energy. He has been a member of CMS Energy's board of directors since 1993. He was CEO from May 2002 until just recently, and was instrumental in leading the company's financial turnaround. Ken is a director of AB Volvo, Kom/Ferry International and 14 J.P. Morgan mutual funds. Ken is very involved in the community. He serves on the boards of the United Way Community Services, · Public Television, and Oakland Family Also. he is chairman of the board of trustees Country Day School and has received community service awards. �Young-Welch has been presenting news and affairs radio and television programming for the years in metropolitan Detroit. She and her are owners and operators of the Drivers License School in Detroit. She as General Manager of the Detroit Public WDTR radio station. Ms. Young-Welch is the 1 of Civic and Government Affairs for and the Manager of Detroit's Promise. She on several community boards and committees. She has been a MCSC member November 2003 �MICHIGAN -~" ~~(:' ~'J; _, ->-<,(;OY~v'-'- ~ ,}.-,' !J~ "' "·COMM/ISSION ,_: - !' \:-:..-.:, ;~ ~~ . . �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION STAFF ROSTER The MCSC builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities thrnn(Th vnluntPPri.~m 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Main Fax: (517) 373-4977 Janet Lawson's Fax: (517) 241-3869 Adopt A Part of Michigan Hotline: (888) 797-6272 www.Michigan.gov/mcsc Senior Staff Janet Lawson, Executive Director Direct Line: (517) 335-1013 Cell Phone: (517) 404-9775 E-mail: LawsonJl @michigan.gov Paula Kaiser, Deputy Director Direct Line: (517) 373-1376 Cell Phone: (517) 404-9776 E-mail: kaiserp@Michigan.gov Mary Grill, Director of Communication Direct Line: (517) 335-7875 Cell Phone: (517) 404-4032 E-mail: grillm@Michigan.gov Garry Gross, Dir. of Finance & Admin. Direct Line: (517) 373-8028 Cell Phone: (517) 404-9779 E-mail: grossg@Michigan.gov Program and Support Staff Diana Algra, Learn & Serve Program Officer DirectLine: (517)241-3493 E-mail: algrad@michigan.gov Kimberlee Andrews, Program Officer Direct line: (517) 373-0617 E-mail: andrewsk1@Michigan.gov Tara Gilman, Administrative Assistant Direct Line: (517) 241-2553 E-mail: gilmant@Michigan.gov Effective October 7, 2004 Janice Harvey, Executive Assistant Direct Line: (517) 373-4998 Email: harveyj 1@michigan.gov Michelle Metzmaker, Administrative Assistar Direct Line: (517) 241-3606 Email: metzmakerm 1@michigan.gov Kevin Reeves, Grants Coordinator Direct Line: (517) 373-7152 E-mail:reevesk1 @Michigan.gov Angelia Salas, Program Officer Direct Line: (517) 335-3407 E-mail: salasa@Michigan.gov Megan Sargent, Training and Comm. Coord Direct Line: (517) 241-3494 E-mail: sargentm 1@michigan. gov Kathie Vasilion, Administrative Assistant Direct Line: (517) 373-4200 E-mail: vasilionk@Michigan.gov Jeanine Yard, Program Officer Direct Line: (517) 241-0214 E-mail:yardj@Michigan.gov Andrew Younger, Program Officer DirectLine: (517)335-7952 E-mail: youngera1 @Michigan.gov Gary Zu1inski, Program Coordinator, Michigan Citizen Corps Direct Line: (517) 241-3867 E-mail: zulinskig@michigan.gov �Michigan Community Service Commission Jennifer M. Granholm Governor of Michigan I MCSC Members Dan Mulhern- Chair I Janice Harvey Administrative Assistant Director of Fi~aanie ~~~s!dministration I Vacant Administrative Assistant Director ~~;,~~~nlcation I ~ Paula Kaiser Deputy Director Director of Programs I ! _/ Janet Lawson Executive Director I I I I I I Directo~~~~~grams 11 ~~~r~~~~~ Michigan Citizen Corps ~~~~~~~~s=~~==r=~~~ Kevin Reeves Grants Coordinator Kimberlee Andrews Program Officer AmeriCorps Andrew Younger Program Officer AmeriCorps Jeanine Yard Program Officer Learn & Serve Diana Algra Service-Learning Coordinator Angel/a Salas Program Officer Learn & Serve VIG Megan Sargent Training & Communication I I I Michelle Metzmaker Administrative Assistant AmeriCorps Tara Gilman Administrative Assistant Learn & Serve VIG Kathie Vasilion Administrative Assistant MICHIGAN COMMUNITY Effective October 1, 2004 SERVICE COMMISSION �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING DATES and TIMES FOR 2004 NOON- 4:00 P.M. (Unless otherwise noted) MONDAY, February 9, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission MONDAY, May 24,2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids (Governor's Service Awards Dinner- Volunteerism SuperConference 2004) TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, October 12-13,2004 (Meeting and Retreat) Location: Brook Lodge, Augusta MONDAY, December 13, 2004 Host: TBD MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 4 Lansing, Michigan 10:00 a.m.- Noon Friday, January 23, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, April16, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, June 18, 2004 (added to approve AmeriCorps funding) Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, August, 20,2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, November 19,2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING DATES and TIMES FOR 2005 NOON-4:00P.M. (Unless otherwise noted) MONDAY, February 7, 2005 Host: TBD Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Location: Dearborn Hyatt (SuperConference I Governor's Service Awards Dinner) THURSDAY & FRIDAY, September 8 & 9, 2005 (Meeting and Retreat) Host and Location: TBD MONDAY, December 12, 2005 Host: TBD MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 4 Lansing, Michigan 10:00 a.m.- Noon Friday, January 21, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, AprilS, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, August 19, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, November 18,2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission �MICHIGAN 2004 CALENDAR COMMUNITY MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS SERVICE COMMISSION January 1-31 National Mentoring Month 28-30 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Crystal Mountain February 5 Service-Learning Youth Council Meeting- Grand Valley State University 8th Annual Service-Learning Institute- Grand Valley State University 5-6 MCSC Board Meeting- Lansing 9 March 8 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD April 28-29 Superintendents Meeting re: Service Learning- Brook Lodge May 24 MCSC Board Meeting I Governor's Service Awards- Presentation of the Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award at the Volunteer SuperConference - Grand Rapids 24-25 Volunteer SuperConference- Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids June 14 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD 14-15 Service-Learning Symposium - Lansing 25-26 Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Service Project- Benton Harbor September 20 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting- CANCELLED 23-24 CERT Train-the-Trainer- CREST Center, Oakland Co. Community College 28-29 Learn & Serve School Based Grantee Meeting- Kellogg Center October 9 Service Learning Youth Council Meeting - MCSC Office 12-13 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Brook Lodge, Augusta 18 Mentor Michigan Regional Training - Mackinac City 19 Mentor Michigan Provider Council Meeting- MCSC Office 20-21 LEARNS Training- Ann Arbor 22 Mentor Michigan Regional Training - Grand Rapids Updated: September 23, 2004 �November 4 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration- Lansing 5 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting- Lansing 10 Mentor Michigan Regional Training - Detroit December 1-3 Supervisory Kills Training 6 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting- Location TBD 13 MCSC Board Meeting- Location TBD Updated: September 23, 2004 �MICHIGAN 2005 CALENDAR COMMUNITY MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS SERVICE COMMISSION January 1-31 National Mentoring Month 27-28 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Location TBD February 7 MCSC Board Meeting - Lansing 17 Service-Learning Youth Council Meeting- Adrian College 17-18 9th Annual Service-Learning Institute - Adrian College March TBD Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD 10-11 Michigan's AmeriCorps Program Director Retreat- Location TBD April 18 National Volunteer Week 19-21 Service Learning Regional Workshops 27-28 Superintendents Meeting re: Service Learning- Location TBD May 20-21 Tentative- Russ Mawby Signature Service Project- Location TBD June TBD 14 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD MCSC Board Meeting I Governor's Service Awards- Presentation of the Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award at the Volunteer SuperConference - Dearborn 14-15 Volunteer SuperConference - Dearborn Hyatt 21-22 Service-Learning Symposium- Lansing September TBD Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Location TBD 8-9 November TBD Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration- Lansing TBD Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting- Lansing December TBD Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD 12 MCSC Board Meeting- Location TBD Updated: September 23, 2004 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2004-2005_Commissioner-Key-Information-Binder Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2004-2005 commissioner key information binder Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2004-2005 commissioner key information binder. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49415 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004/2005 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a9b6295b382df350c04c443cee93ac35.pdf 019caab9162c35b753727e5d38a37b35 PDF Text Text **REVISED** 2005 MEETING DATES NOON - 4:00 P.M. (Unless otherwise noted) FRIDAY, February 11, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Location: Lansing FRIDAY, May 20, 2005 Location: Port Huron Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (In conjunction with Russ Mawby Signature Service Project) SATURDAY, June 18, 2005 Location: Dearborn Hyatt Time: 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm (Carter Awards / Governor’s Service Awards Dinner) TBD - August (Meeting and Retreat) Host and Location: TBD TBD - November Host and Location: TBD (In conjunction with AmeriCorps Member Celebration) MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 10:00 a.m. - Noon Friday, January 21, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, April 8, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, August 19, 2005 ** Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, November 18, 2005 ** Host: Michigan Community Service Commission **Dates will be adjusted once August and November Board Meeting dates are confirmed. Updated December 10, 2004 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2004-12-10_2005-Meeting-Dates-Revised Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2004-12-10 2005 revised meeting dates Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2004-12-10 2005 revised meeting dates. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49414 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004-12-10 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/936fa23a2d77e6da303890dfe7312e19.pdf 68f53276e9e1cc8e7e2996160e377910 PDF Text Text MCSC Leadership Council Updated 10/8/04 NOTE: The MCSC Leadership Council consists of all former MCSC Board Members. Ms. Karen Aldridge Eason Ms. Jennifer Antoline Mr. John Barfield Mr. Victor Begg Mr. Ken Bensen Mr. Jon Blyth Dr. Mary Ellen Brandell Ms. Nonie Brennan Ms. Julie Cummings Mr. Darin Day Dr. John DiBiaggio Ms. Carol Dombrowski Ms. Beverly Drake Ms. Judith Dunn Mr. Art Ellis Mrs. Michelle Engler Mr. Henry Gaines Mr. Alexander Garnepudi Ms. Kathryn Honaker Mr. Paul Hubbard Ms. Denise Ilitch Lites Ms. Lisa Ilitch Murray Mr. Charles Infante Ms. Eunice Myles Jefferies Ms. Dottie Johnson Mr. James Kahil (Deceased) Ms. Kathleen Keen McCarthy Mr. Terry Langston Mr. George Lombard Mr. Arend Lubbers Ms. Debbie Macon Mr. Mike Makki Sister Mary Martinez Mr. James Muir (Deceased) Mr. Randy Neelis Ms. Vernie Nethercut Ms. Chandra Oden Mr. Joel Orosz Ms. Amber Pritchard Mr. Eugene Proctor Mr. Terry Pruitt Flint Minneapolis, MN Livonia Bloomfield Hills Lansing Whitehall Mt. Pleasant Glenellyn, IL Detroit Medford, Massachusettes Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Canton Mt. Pleasant McLean, VA Flint Rochester Irving, Texas Detroit Detroit Lake Angelus Midland Detroit Grand Haven Plymouth Ovid Traverse City Grand Rapids West Bloomfield Dearborn Detroit Grand Rapids Sparta Alpena Detroit Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Grand Rapids Saginaw 1 �Ms. Judith Reyes-Campeau Ms. Sarah Riley Ms. Pamela Abbey Roth Mr. Robert Schiller Mr. Alton Shipstead Mr. Scott Smith Mr. William Stavropoulos Dr. Michael Tate Mr. Ethan Weinstock Mr. Matthew Wesaw Mr. Ray West (Deceased) Ms. Geneva Jones Williams Livonia Kalamazoo Lowell U.P. Traverse City Romulus Midland Pullman, Washington Williamston Lansing Detroit Detroit 2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49413 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2004-10-08 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e0361d51a58fc8051a64237b83ba5781.pdf b1484e64d503c96d0356a300852178fa PDF Text Text Senior Volunteer Program by Michigan County County Alcon a Alger Allegan Alpena Antrim Arenac Bara_ga Barry Bay Benzie Berrien Branch Calhoun Cass Charlevoix Cheboygan Chippewa Clare Clinton Crawford Delta Dickinson Eaton Emmet Genesee Gladwin Gogebic Grand Traverse Gratiot Hillsdale Houghton Huron Ingham Ionia losco Iron Isabella Jackson Kalamazoo Kalkaska Kent Keweenaw Last Updated 212.5/03 RSVP FGP ~ SCP County X X ~ X X X : i X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X i X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Lake Lapeer Leelanau Lenawee Livingston Luce Mackinac Macomb Manistee Marquette Mason Mecosta Menominee Midland Missaukee Monroe Montcalm Montmorency Muskegon Newaygo Oakland Oceana Ogemaw Ontonagon Osceola Oscoda Otsego Ottawa Presque Isle Roscommon Saginaw Sanilac Schoolcraft Shiawassee St. Clair St. Joseph Tuscola Van Buren Washtenaw Wayne Wexford RSVP 1FGP SCP X : X ! ~ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X i X X : X X ~ X I X : ! X X X X X X X X X X X X X ~ X X X X X X X l ! ~ X X X ~ X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X �Senior Volunteer Programs Statewide Survey Results Statewide there are 19 programs with 1,515 Foster Grandparents. Of the Foster Grandparents polled in 2001, 98 .8% are satisfied with their volunteer positions ·" 97 .7% believe their efforts make a difference in the lives of the children they serve 99.6% believe it is important to give back to their community Statewide there are 567 organizations working with Foster Grandparents 96.3% believe the Grandparents help them fulfill their mission 95.8% are satisfied with their Foster Grandparents 98.3% believe the Foster Grandparents have a positive impact on the children they serve Statewide there are 22 programs with 11 ,557 Retired Senior Volunteers. Of the Retired Senior Volunteers polled in 2001, 97.5% are satisfied with their volunteer positions 92.2% believe their efforts make a difference to the program they serve 97.1% believe it is important to give back to their community Statewide there are 1,572 organizations working with RSVP volunteers 89.8% believe that Retired Senior volunteers are important to their program 93.8% are satisfied with their Retired Senior Volunteers 91.7% believe Retired Senior Volunteers have a positive impact on their program Statewide there are 14 programs with 590 Senior Companions. Of the Senior Companions polled in 2001, 98.3% are satisfied with their volunteer positions 99.4% believe their efforts make a difference in the lives of the clients they serve 99 .6% believe it is important to give back to their community Statewide there are 229 agencies working with Senior Companions 95.0% believe Senior Companions help them fulfill their mission 95.0% are satisfied with their Senior Companions99.3% believe Senior Companions have a positive impact on the adults they serve. Senior Volunteer Programs are a win-win combination serving Michigan. �.. Senior Volunteer Service Programs of Michigan All three Senior Volunteer Programs of Michigan provide a great "two-for-one" value to Michigan, providing benefits to the individuals and organizations served by the volunteers and providing benefits to the older adult volunteers themselves. These three progtams - Foster Grandparent Program, Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, and Senior Companion Program - work in strong collaborative relationships with local schools, nonprofit service organizations, and public agencies to enhance and expand the quality of services provided to Michigan communities. Senior Volunteers fmd benefits to their own mental and physical health in providing assistance and service to others. Foster Grandparents are low-income older persons who spend significant hours every week providing personal attention and special help to children in schools, hospitals, juvenile detention facilities, day care centers, and private homes. The Foster Grandparent Program works in a collaborative relationship with schools, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies to address the needs of abused and neglected children, troubled teens, premature infants, and children with physical disabilities. A large percentage of Grandparents statewide work in elementary schools to help children succeed academically. The Foster Grandparent Program provides a great "two-forone" value to Michigan, serving two vulnerable populations: providing benefits to the lowincome Grandparents and benefits to the children they serve. Senior Companions are low-income older adults who spend significant hours every week providing personal attention and assistance to adults with temporary or permanent disabilities or the thousands of frail or homebound seniors who need help completing everyday tasks so they can remain independent in their own homes. The Senior Companion Program serves two vulnerable populations at once: providing benefits to the low-income Companions themselves and benefits to the adults who receive service from the Companions. Companions assist with grocery shopping, transportation to medical appointments, and provide socialization and companionship for many other older adults with Alzheimer' s disease, mental illness, developmental disabilities or other conditions which can make them isolated from the community. By providing short periods of respite for family caregivers, Senior Companions help these caregivers to continue their home care situation and avoid costly institutionalization of their loved ones. The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program mobilizes men and women over the age 55 or older to serve community needs, stay active, and explore new interests. RSVP works in a collaborative relationship with schools, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies to enhance and expand the services they provide. RSVP is a great "two-for-one" value to Michigan, providing benefits to the individuals and organizations served by RSVP and benefits to the RSVP members themselves. About 50% of Michigan's RSVP volunteers serve the needs of older adults in their homes, communities, or nursing homes. RSVP volunteers also help children learn to read, help test drinking water for contaminants, provide transportation to medical appointments for hundreds of other seniors throughout Michigan, serve as mentors for young people, teach English to immigrants, and lend their skills to a wide variety of social service agencies delivering important community services. Everyone wins when Senior Volunteers deliver service to Michigan communities. February 24, 2003 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MCSC_2003-2004_Commissioner-Key-Information-Binder_Senior-Volunteer-Program-by-MI-County Title A name given to the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2003-2004 commissioner key information binder: senior volunteer program by Michigan county Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Community Service Commission Description An account of the resource Michigan Community Service Commission 2003-2004 commissioner key information binder: senior volunteer program by Michigan county. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Originals are at the Michigan Community Service Commission. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49412 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003/2004 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/223cf1da6747224c4ffa51365f948fd1.pdf 61cc80c31f6d7d52017fdf0651018c1c PDF Text Text STATE OF MICHIGAN JENNIFER M. GRANHOLM, Governor MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Chairperson Daniel G. Mulhern 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517)373-4977 www.michigan.gov/mcsc Executive Director Kyle Caldwell December 2003 Dear Commissioner: When you were called to join the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC), you became part of a group of people dedicated to making our state a better place to live. Thank you for your commitment and willingness to serve. Experience shows that community service is a viable strategy for resolving a wide variety of local issues. Our mission is to fund and support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. We achieve our mission primarily by securing and granting funds, selecting and training high quality grantees, overseeing and monitoring grantee results, and recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs. The enclosed information is designed to assist you in your role as a commissioner. It includes: • • • • Quick "talking points" you can use when discussing the MCSC and its programs Information about the MCSC key programs: AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Learn and Serve, Mentor Michigan, and Volunteer Investment Grants The roles and responsibilities of being a commissioner Meeting dates and a calendar for MCSC events If your business or volunteer work is centered in a specific geographic region of Michigan, your binder will also contain rosters and descriptions of the programs in your county(ies). We are proud to have you represent the MCSC. Again, thank you for your dedication. Sincerely, 11 C/JJU Daniel G. Mulhern Chair Kyle Caldwell Executive Director �MICHIGAN COMMISSIONER COMMUNITY SERVICE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION I. General Responsibilities The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Commissioners are active participants in decision making around MCSC policies. Commissioners bring a wide variety of expertise and influence to the Commission. They support and advocate for national service, service-learning, and volunteerism on behalf of the MCSC. Commissioners support and communicate the organization's mission: The MCSC funds and supports programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. Commissioners seek to bring together individuals, agencies, and organizations to help meet the Commission's goals of: • • • • • • • • • II. Securing and granting funds Selecting and training high-quality grantees Overseeing and monitoring grantee results Recognizing the success and effectiveness of volunteer programs and activities Developing and sharing resources Conducting research and evaluation Creating networks among volunteer organizations Sharing the results of our investments Serving as a bridge between the public and nonprofit sectors Commissioner Expectations Each MCSC Commissioner will: A. Annually attend the MCSC's four quarterly meetings, including one Commissioner retreat. B. Participate in at least one MCSC sponsored special event annually. C. Make two contacts annually with the state legislature, on behalf of the MCSC. D. Participate in one or more of the MCSC Standing Committees. E. Voting members of the Commission shall not, under any circumstances, assist an organization in the preparation of a program grant application to the Commission, except to take part in standard Commission technical assistance that is equally available to all potential applicants. Revised December 8, 2003 �III. MCSC Standing Committees Executive Committee The Executive Committee consists of the MCSC chair, vice chair, and five other MCSC Commissioners. The chair, in consultation with the vice chair, determines the five appointees. The role of the Executive Committee is to: A. Assist the chair, as necessary, in carrying out the mission and function of the MCSC. B. Coordinate all MCSC funding and resource development activities. Board Development Committee The chair in consultation with the Executive Committee determines the members of the Board Development Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Board Development Committee is to: A. Recruit additional commissioners on an annual or as needed basis. B. Oversee and conduct annual performance reviews for each commission member. C. Coordinate MCSC committee assignments for current and new commission members. D. Participate in interviews for prospective commission members. (The Governor appoints commission members.) E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Youth Leadership Committee (inactive) The Youth Leadership Committee is being developed in consultation with the Executive Committee, Board Development Committee, and the Service-Learning Youth Council.) Awards and Recognition Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Awards and Recognition Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Awards and Recognition Committee is to: A. Secure sponsorships for the Governor's Service Awards. B. Develop a system for all commission members to solicit nominations for the Governor's Service Awards. C. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised December 8, 2003 2 �Communication and Outreach Committee The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Communication and Outreach Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Communication and Outreach Committee is to: A. Host an annual legislative reception. B. Support volunteer awareness campaigns as needed. C. Provide insight and expertise in the field of public relations, marketing, and communication. D. Create methods and assist all commissioners in maintaining regular contact with public officials on behalf of the MCSC. E. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Continuous Improvement Committee (inactive) The Board Development Committee determines the members of the Continuous Improvement Committee. The committee chair delivers a committee report at each quarterly Commission meeting. The role of the Continuous Improvement Committee is to: A. B. C. D. Coordinate an annual "state of volunteerism" survey. Coordinate an annual "state of national service" survey. Make recommendations to the MCSC based on the results of the above surveys. Attend the regularly scheduled committee meetings. (Meetings are held at least two times per year.) Revised December 8, 2003 3 �MICHIGAN Standing Committees COMMUHITY SERVICE COMMISSION Executive Committee Dan Mulhern - Chair Rob Collier - Vice Chair Russ Mawby Vivian Pickard Meg Smith Board Development Committee -Chair Nancy Lenz Kari Pardoe Tom Watkins Don Newport Outreach and Communications Committee Members Pat O'Day- Co-Chair Vivian Pickard - Co-Chair Kari Pardoe Ken Benson Al Swain Updated December 8, 2003 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY 2003-2004 PROGRAM FUNDS AWARDED SERVICE Updated December 2003 COMMISSION Total Number of Programs: 76 Total Dollars: $3,916,418 e Michigan's AmeriCorps I M.lCITT~AN'S Volunteer Investment Grants VOWNTEER TNVE.\TMENT Gli:LVTS michigan~ citizen~corps Michigan Citizen Corps Number of Programs: 13 Number of Programs: 10 Number of Members: 264 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 2,298,822 Total Dollars Awarded:$ 280,100 Learn and Serve School-Based Programs Number of Programs: 34 * Total Dollars Awarded: $ 881,496 Number of Programs: 10 Total Dollars to be Awarded: $356,000 Learn and Serve Community-Based Organizations Number of Programs: 9 * *Includes CHESP Grant administered by Learning to Give/Council of Michigan Foundations and ISD/Higher Ed Grants Total Dollars Awarded: $ 100,000 Updated: December 12, 2003 �MICHIGAN THEMCSC COMMUNITY SERVICE AT A GLANCE COMMISSION Overview The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) funds and supports programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. • Currently, the MCSC grants more than $3.6 million in federal funds and $280,100 in state funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities each year. • Currently, the MCSC funds 13 AmeriCorps programs, 43 Learn and Serve programs, 10 Volunteer Investment Grants, and 10 Citizen Corps Councils. • In 2003, these programs engaged more than 57,000 participants and volunteers in community service activities. • The MCSC programs serve 86% of the counties in Michigan. These counties represent 96% of Michigan's population. Michigan's AmeriCorps AmeriCorps programs are similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Community organizations host teams of individuals, called members, to implement programs that strengthen local communities. Members are ages 17 and older and commit at least one year to AmeriCorps. In return for this year of service, members receive a modest living stipend and an education award. They can serve in a full- or part-time capacity. During the 2003-04 program year, the MCSC is providing nearly $2.3 million in funding to 13 AmeriCorps programs in Michigan. During a typical year:* • Michigan's AmeriCorps members improve the lives of more than 110,000 people • Approximately 700 members serve in local communities through Michigan's AmeriCorps programs. • Each AmeriCorps member funded by the MCSC recruits an average of 26 volunteersthat's more than 18,000 volunteers per year. Learn and Serve - Michigan Service-learning is a way of teaching that connects learning with meaningful service to the community. Service-learning takes places in and outside of the classroom. Learn and ServeMichigan is a grant program that supports service-learning in schools and nonprofit organizations. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. • The numbers used are the average of the 00-01 through 02-03 program year. In the 03-04 year, the numbers will be decreased by approximately 60 percent due to funding cuts at the federal level. Updated: December 12,2003- page 1 �• • • The MCSC currently provides $881,496 to 34 school-based programs and $100,000 to 9 community-based programs. The school-based programs focus on having service-learning become a district-wide teaching method. As a result, service-learning is being integrated into a school's core curriculum. During the 2002-03 program year, Learn and Serve- Michigan programs involve more than 36,000 youth in service-learning activities. Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants (VI G) fund volunteer resource centers throughout our state. VIG enables volunteer resource centers to build endowment funds to support local volunteer activities. • The MCSC currently provides $280,100 to 10 volunteer resource centers. Grants range from $20,000 to $50,000 annually. • VIG funds require a $1 to $1 match. Since its inception in 1998, VIG has leveraged more than $6 million in local communities to support volunteer efforts. Michigan Citizen Corps The Michigan Citizen Corps creates opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities prepare for and respond to man-made and natural disasters. It brings together local leaders, individual volunteers, and the network of first responder organizations such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. • The Michigan Citizen Corps currently funds 10 local Citizen Corps Councils. A total of $356,000 has been granted, with grants range from $10,600 to $40,00. • Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is provides individuals with the basic skills required to handle their own needs and their communities' needs in the aftermath of a disaster. Two levels of training take place. To date, CERT Train-theTrainer has prepared 70 individuals to provide basic CERT training in local communities. An additional150 individuals have received basic CERT training. For More Information Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 (517) 335-4295 www .michigan. gov/mcsc Updated: December 12, 2003- page 2 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MCSC STOCK PARAGRAPHS SERVICE COMMISSION Main Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission funds and supports programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. In 2003-04, we will grant more than $3.6 million in federal funds and $280,100 in state funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Expanded Stock Paragraph The Michigan Community Service Commission funds and supports programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. In 2003-04, we will grant more than $3.6 million in federal funds and $280,100 in state funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. We are funding 13 AmeriCorps programs, 43 Learn and Serve programs, and 10 Volunteer Investment Grants. In 2003, these programs engaged more than 57,000 people in volunteer activities. Stock Paragraph For Grantees (Insert Grantee Name) is funded by the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) through (alan Insert Funding Program Name) grant. The MCSC funds and supports programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer. Annually, the MCSC grants more than $3.6 million in federal funds and $280,100 in state funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. Updated May 5, 2003 �Michigan Community Service Commission Expiration Dates Members that expire on 10-02-04 Dr. Kenneth Bensen Alexander Garnepudi Mike Makki Kari Pardoe Pamela Abbey Roth Dr. Jerry Seese Raymond West (term limited) Members that expire on 10-02-05 Rani Bahadur Nancy Lenz (term limited) Dr. Russell Mawby Dr. Donald Newport (term limited) Patricia Ryan O,'Day (term limited) Jessica Pellegrino Vivian Rogers Pickard (term limited) Meg Smith (term limited) Members that expire on 10-02-06 Rob Collier (term limited) Jimmie Comer Pamela Faris Christine Kwak (term limited) Daniel Mulhern Bernard Parker AI Swain (term limited) Michael Thomas Thomas Watkins, Jr. Kathy Young-Welch Updated December 8, 2003 �Act No. 219 Public Acts of 1994 Approved by the Governor June 26, 1994 Filed with the Secretary of State June 27, 1994 STATE OF MICHIGAN 87TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 1994 Introduced by Reps. Emerson.and Johnson ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5280 AN Ac:Jr to establish the Michigan community service commission; to provide for the powers and duties of the Michigan community service commission; and to provide for the powers and duties of state departments and agencies and certain state officers and employees. The People of the State of Michigan ena.ct: See. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the Michigan community service commission established in section 2. . (b) "Community-based agency" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (e) "Corporation" means the corporation for national and community service established in section 191 of title I, 42 u.s.c. 12651. . . (d) "National service laws" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (e) "'ut-of-school youth" means that term as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (f) "Title I" means title I of the national and community service act of 1990, Public Law 101-610. See. 2. The Michigan community service commission is established within the Michigan jobs commission, established by Executive Order No. 1993-2. · See. 3. (1) The commission shall consist of 25 members appointed by the governor. (2) The co~ion shall include as voting members, except as otherwise indicated, at least 1 of each of the following: (a) An individnal with expertise in the educational, training, and developmental needs of youth, particularly disadvantaged youth. (b) An individual with experience in promoting service and voluntarism among older adults. (e) A representative of a community-based agency. (d) The superintendent of public instruction, or his or her designee. (e) A representative of local government. (f) A representative of local labor organizations. (g) A representative of business. (h) An individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or supervisor in a program as defined in section 101 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12511. (i) A representative of a national service program described in seetion 122(a) of title I, 42 U .s.p. 12572. (123) �'. (j) The employee of the eorporation designated under seetion 195 of title I, C UAC. of the corporation in this state. as a nonvoting member. ?-265lf. as the representative (3) In addition to the members desenDed in subsection (2), the commission may include as voting members any of the following: {a) Local educators. · (b) ExPerts in the delivery of human, educational, environmental, or public safety services to communities and persons. {e) Representatives of Native American tribes. {d) Out-of-school youth or other at-risk youth. (e) Representatives of entities that receive assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-118, fr1 Stat. 894. (4) Not more than 6 of the voting co~on members shall be officers or employees of this state. ~e governor may appoint additional officers or employees of state agencies operating community service, youth service, education, · social service, senior service, and job training programs, as nonvoting, ex officio members of the commission. (6) The governor sba1l ensure, to the maximum extent possible, that the commission membership is diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability eharaeteristies. Not more than 60% of the voting members of the commission, plus 1 additional member, shall be from the same political party. (6) Except as provided in this subseetion, members of the eommiMion shall serve for staggered 8-year terms expiring on October 1. The members constituting the !rfiehigan community service commission under Executive Order No. 1993-24 on the day before the effective date of this act shall serve on the commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were appointed. Of the additional members, the governor shall appoint lid for tenns expiring October 1, 1995, 113 for terms expiring October 1, 1996, and 113 for terms expiring October 1, 1997. (J) A vacancy in the office of a member of the commission is created in the manner provided in section 8 of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 201.3 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the tenn. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining commission members to execute the duties of the commission. . . See. 4. (1) The voting members of the commission shall elect 1 of the voting members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The voting members of the commission may elect other officers from among the members of the (2) The commission shall meet quarterly. However, the commission shall meet more frequently at the eall of the chairperson or if requested by 6 or more members. (3) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the commission. A majority of the voting members present and serving are required for official action of the commission. (4) Except as provided in aubseetion (6), a voting member of the commission shall not participate in the administration of the grant program desenDed in section 7(r), including any discussion or decision regarding the provision of assistance or approved national service positions, or the continuation, suspension, or tennination of assistance or such positions, to any program or entity if both of the following apply: (a) A grant application relating to the grant program is pending before the commission. {b) The application was submitted by· a program or entity of which a member is, or in the 1-year period before the submission of such application was, an officer, director, trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. (6) If, as a resUlt of the operation of subsection (4), the number of voting members of the commission is insufficient to establish a quorum for the purpose of administering the grant program described in section 7(r), ~ voting members excluded from participation by subsection (4) may participate in the administration of the grant program, to the extent pennitted by ~ons issued by the corporation under section 193A(b)(ll) of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12651d. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the authority of any voting member of the commission to participate in either of the following: · (a) The discussion of, and heartng and forums on the general duties, policies, and operations of, the commission or the general administration of the grant program described in section 7(r). (b) Similar general matters relating to the commission. The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the eommission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 16.261 to 16.276 of the l4iebigan CompUed Laws. m 2 �(8) A writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the commission i4 the perfonnance of an official function is subject to the freedom of infonnation act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. See. 6. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. However, members of the commission may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the perfonnance of their official duties as members of the commissioa See. 6. The commission shall have staff necessary for the commission to perfonn its functions. The commission staff shall include an executive director. The executive director shall report direetly to the governor and the commission for the purpose of giving advice and making recommendations on programs and laws related to voluntarism and community service. Sec. 7. The commission shall d_o all of the following: (a) Ensure that its funding decisions meet all federal and state statutory requirements. (b) Recommend innovative statewide service programs to increase volunteer participation in all age groups and community-based problem solving by diverse participants. · (e) Develop and implement a centralized system for obtaining infonnation and technical support concerning voluntarism and community service recruitment, projects, training methods, materials, and activities throughout this state. The commission shall provide the infonnation and teclmical support upon request. (d) Promote interagency collaboration to maximize resources and develop a model of such collaboration on the state level. (e) Provide public recognition and support of volunteer efforts that address community needs by individuals, by private sector organizations and businesses, and by partnerships between the public and private sectors. (f) Stimulate increased community awareness of the effects of volunteer services in this state. (g) Utilize local, state, and federal resources to initiate, strengthen, and expand quality service programs. (h) Serve as this state's representative to national and state organizations that support the commission's mission. (i) Prepare for this state a national 3-year service plan that is developed through an open and _public process that provides maximum participation and input from national service programs in this state and other interested members of the public. The plan shall be updated annually and contain information that the commission considers appropriate or the corporation requires. The plan shall ensure outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by either using established state networks and registries or establishing these networks and registries. (j) Prepare this state's financial assistance applications under section 117B of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12543, and section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582. (k) Assist in the preparation of the department of education's application for assistance under section 113 of title I, 42 U.S.C.l2625. (l) Prepare this state's application under section 130 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12582, for the approval of service positions that include the national service educational award described in division D of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12601 to 12604. (m) Make recommendations to the corpo~tion with respect to priorities for programs receiving assistance under the domestic volunteer service act of 1973, Public Law 93-113, 87 Stat. 394. (n) Make technical assistance available to enable applicants for assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to plan and implement service programs and to apply for assistance under the national service laws, using infonnation and materials available through a clearinghouse established under section 198A of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12653a, if appropriate. (o) Assist in the provision of health care and clilld care benefits under section 140 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12594, to participants in national service programs that receive assistance under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571. (p) Develop a state system for the recruitment and placement of participants in programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. (q) Disseminate information about national service programs that receive assistance under national service laws and about approved national service positions. (r) Use assistance provided under section 121 of title I, 42 U.S.C. 12571, to administer this state's grant program in support of national service programs including the selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients. (s) Develop proj~, training methods, curriculum materials, and other materials and activities related to national service programs that receive assistanee direetly from the corporation or from the state using assistance provided under section 121 of title I, for use by such programs upon request. 8 �. (t) Establish policies and proeedures for the use of federal funds rec:eived under title I or the national service laws. (u) Coordinate its funetions, including reeruitment, publie awareness, and training aetivities; with any division of the ·corporation for national and eommunity services. See. 8. The eommission shaD not direetly eaiTY out any national serviee program that reeeives assistanee under seetion 121 of title I, 42 U.S. C. 12571. See. 9. Subjeet to requirements prescribed by the eorporation, the commission may delegate. nonpolicymaking duties to a state agency or to a publie or private nonprofit organization. See. 10. (1) Exeept as provided in subseetion (3), this state assumes liability with respect to any·claim arising out of or resulting from. any aet or omission by a member of the commission within the scope of serviee of the commission member. (2) A member of the commission shall not have any personal liability for any claim arising out of any aet or omission by the member within the scope of the member's serviee on the commission. · (3) Subseetion (2) does not limit personal liability for eriminal aets or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other aet or omission outside the seope of the serviee of the commission member. (4) This seetion does not do any of the following: (a) A1feet any other immunities and proteetions that may be available to the commission member under any law appHeable to the member's servic:e on tlie commission. (b) A1feet any other right or remedy against the state under any applicable Jaw, or against any person other than a member of the commission. (e) Limit or alter in any way the immunities available for state officials and employees not described in this act. See. 11. The commission shall comply with all requirements of federal law, including but not limited to requirements of coordination with other state agencies or with volunteer serviee programs. See. 12. State departments and agencies shall cooperate with the commission in the performanee of its funetions. The commission may request, and state departments and agencies shall provide, policy and teehnical information required by the commission in the performanee of its funetions. This aet is ordered to take immediate effect. Co-Clerk of the House of Representatives. Secretary of the Senate. Approved _____________________________ Governor. ~~- �IM~tJTOR Mentor Michigan, led by Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern, is 1ff Michigan working to ensure that all youth have ongoing Awakening and nuttuting the amazing ~otential in youth mentoring throughout the state. How MENTOR MICHIGAN relationships with stable, caring adults. Mentor Michigan develops, strengthens, and sustains STAY CONNECTED WITH ACHIEVES ITS MISSION MENTOR MICHIGAN 1. Recruits talented and committed mentors and connects them with effective programs that serve youth 2. Creates and engages a comprehensive statewide network of mentoring programs 3. Develops and enhances mentoring partnerships with businesses, faith-based and nonprofit organizations, education institutions, and government (including activities such as Mentor Michigan Sunday) 4. Advocates for issues and standards that promote and support high-quality mentoring in Michigan 5. Recognizes the accomplishments of mentors and the organizations that support them 6. Identifies and secures resources to support the development and sustainability of mentoring programs 7. Develops champions to promote and support mentoring throughout the state 8. Increases public awareness about mentoring opportunities, needs, and the positive outcomes associated with it 9. Provides training and support for mentoring programs 10. Collects, tracks, and shares information about mentoring activities in Michigan Mentor Michigan Web Site To stay up-to-date on the latest Mentor Michigan activities and information, bookmark the Mentor Michigan web site: www.michigan.gov/mentor and visit it often. The resources available on the web site will continue to grow as Mentor Michigan develops. Currently, it contains basic information about Mentor Michigan and will be updated with the findings from the six Summits. In the future, the web site will have a wide variety of information for organizations running mentoring programs, for kids looking for mentors, and for adults looking to become mentors. It will have links to the latest mentoring research, best practices, and more. Join the Mentor Michigan Listserv! The Mentor Michigan listserv will be active beginning November 15, 2003, so you can communicate with others from around the state who are running mentoring programs. To join the listserv visit the Mentor Michigan web site at www.michigan.gov/mentor --See back page for more information-- �•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• •• • • •• • • MENTOR MICHIGAN SURVEY • • ••• •• • The Mentor Michigan Survey is easy and takes about 20 minutes to complete. The survey is designed for organizations currently running mentoring programs. The information you provide will let us know what we can do to help you, provide a baseline for future data collection, and supply information for a statewide mentoring directory. • • • •• • • ••• ••• • • • • ••• •• • • • • Complete the Mentor Michigan survey by visiting • • • • www.mentoring.org/misurvey • •• • • • • • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • •• •• STAY IN ToucH! Please feel free to contact the Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) with questions or suggestions about Mentor Michigan. MICHIGAN MCSC SERVICE 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Fax: (517) 373-4977 COMMISSION www. michigan .gov/mcsc COMMUNITY • �M~NTOR Michigan Volunteer Centers When people call (800) VOLUNTEER, they are prompted to enter their zip code. They are then connected to the Volunteer Center serving their community. If a Volunteer Center serves your community, you will want to contact them to make sure you are listed as a place that is seeking volunteer mentors. If a Volunteer Center does not serve your community, callers from your zip code will be referred to the Volunteer Centers of Michigan (VCM). The VCM staff will use the National Mentoring Partnership web site (wvvw.mentoring.org), so make sure you are registered on this site. See below for details. www.mentoring.org This is the National Mentoring Partnership's web site. When people visit this web site, they can enter their zip code to receive a listing of the mentoring programs in their area. Make sure your organization is listed on this web site! Here's how: 1. Visit www.mentoring.org 2. Look on the home page to find the spot that says "Find a local mentoring opportunity" and under this heading is a place to enter a zip code 3. Under the zip code box, click on "Register your organization" 4. Follow the instructions from there Mentor Michigan Directory An electronic directory ofmentoring programs in Michigan will be created in early 2004. The directory will be available on the Mentor Michigan web site (www.michigan.gov/mentor). To be listed in this directory you must complete the Mentor Michigan Survey at www.mentoring.org/misurvey The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete. National Mento ring Month Resources Beginning in early December, the Mentor Michigan web site (www.michigan.gov/mentor) will have resources you can use for National Mentoring Month. The resources include sample PSAs, news releases, letters to elected officials, etc. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS COMMISSION The $2.3 million investment being made in the 13 Michigan's AmeriCorps' programs results in changed lives-the lives of AmeriCorps members and the lives of those they serve. AmeriCorps is similar to a domestic Peace Corps. Programs are housed within nonprofit organizations, schools, and other agencies throughout our state. Each program sets its own goals to help meet local needs. • The AmeriCorps members are building houses, mentoring children, teaching conflict resolution, recruiting volunteers, and more. • In 2004, the 13 programs are engaging 197 members in a variety of activities focusing on the environment, education, public safety, and human needs.* • In 2003, each Michigan's AmeriCorps member recruited an average of 30 volunteers to help strengthen his or her community. AmeriCorps funding may be available for organizations in your community. Funding is usually granted in three-year cycles with renewal funding based upon successful completion of annual goals. Michigan's AmeriCorps grants traditionally average $250,000 each and require match funds. Do you know a potential AmeriCorps member? AmeriCorps members are dedicated individuals at least 17 years of age who want to make a difference in their community. Potential members can find out more about AmeriCorps by calling (800) 942-2677 or visiting www.americorps.org. They can find the Michigan programs by clicking on "AmeriCorps in Your State" and selecting Michigan. • This figure represents a 60 percent cut from the 2002-03 program year due to funding cuts at the federal level. �2003-2004 Michigan's AmeriCorps KALKASKA CRAWFORD OSCODA • • • • • • MISSAUKEE RJSCOM',10N MASON LAKE OSCEOLA CLARE GLADWIN NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELLA MIDLAND • • OCEANA • • • •• ••• • • •• •• • • • • •• • • KENT • Michigan'sAmeriCorps host site(s) are located in this county IOSCO GRATIOT MONTCALM • Michigan'sAmeriCorps member(s) are serving in this county OGEMAW 1 IONIA BARRY CASS CLINTON EATON KALAMAZOO CALHOUN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH INGHAM JACKSON HILLSDALE LENAWEE Updated: December 11, 2003 �MICHIGAN COMMUNilY SERVICE MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS MEMBERS CHANGE LIVES COMMISSION What I Have Learned Through AmeriCorps by Robyn E. Hall, AmeriCorps Oakland AmeriCorps is amazing and an experience that everyone should have. The impact that it has on children is incredible. While they may not always remember my name, they know that I am there to help. The trust and confidence they have in me is overwhelming. They believe in me, and as a result, I have learned to believe in me, as well. I have learned that all things are possible, and that I can accomplish whatever I set out to achieve. Children seem to have a way about them that can brighten my day and remind me that one bad day isn't the end of the world. Through AmeriCorps, I have grown as a person. I have learned to become more independent and self-motivated. I have learned to find work to do, rather than wait around doing nothing. I have become more assertive and have learned to be a leader. I have learned to rise up to meet the challenges that present themselves. AmeriCorps has been a wonderful experience, and I can't wait to see what lay ahead for me. This poem that I wrote really sums it up: I have learned to give, and to smile, To believe in others, as well as myself. I have learned to be patient and listen, To care, to love and to laugh. I have learned that I can make a difference, One child at a time, I can change their world. And they can change mine. I have learned that not every day will go perfectly, And sometimes I will get stressed and frustrated. But I have learned that laughter can go a long way. I have learned more than I could ever explain, Except to say, I have learned to truly live. Robyn Hall is an Oakland University freshman and first year member with AmeriCorps Oakland. She is from Shelby Township and serves at Mark Twain Elementary School in Pontiac. AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 40 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac meet their education goals. Members serve in Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. In 2002, Oakland AmeriCorps members tutored 450 children and provided programs like conflict resolution, character education, and substance abuse prevention for 998 youth. �Success by Six Pleases Parents <: Below is an excerpt from a letter received by the Success by Six program coordinator. This family received home visiting parent education from AmeriCorps members. Dear Ms. Fairchild: Our son, Jakob, is almost three years old and has a 50% speech and language delay compounded with sensory problems. Like so many other parents, we were unable to take our son into the classroom because of our work schedules. Your program was the only way we could get our son the help he needed. You were able to meet with us at any time, day, or place. We have been working with two of the nicest women and they have played a big part in all of our son's milestones. He now has a much longer attention span and is more willing to cooperate and learn. He follows directions much better and is now able to complete many different learning activities. Not only have they helped our son learn how to communicate, they've helped us learn how to teach him. They offer help, advice, and support to families who have no idea what resources are available to them. We have received parenting skills training and attended workshops to learn a wide variety of activities that both stimulate and broaden children's learning ability. It was easy for us to attend the workshops because food and daycare is provided. I hope our son gets well enough not to need their services for much longer, but I'm comforted by the fact that they will still be here if he needs them. I just hope this program will be available for other parents and children who need the help, too. Thank you! Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program enrolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HFA). Members provide services that are child-centered, familyfocused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in the family's home and group settings. During the 2001-02 program year, Success by Six AmeriCorps members provided parent education to 129 families through home visits, served 375 parents through monthly group meetings, and offered 31 parent education classes on topics such as fire safety, budgeting, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION AMERICORPS RAMP PROJECT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT OTHERS COULDN'T When Kevin Mullins lost his leg and his job, he and his family were heartbroken. Kevin was hospitalized with a serious infection that culminated in the amputation of his leg. Thus began a nightmare of skyrocketing hospitalization costs, as the hospital would not allow Kevin to come home until an access ramp was installed. A ramp, which costs $5,000- $7,000 when built by a private contractor, was out of reach for the Mullins. Kevin began preparation to move to a nursing home. Kevin's wife, Colleen, contacted more than 50 agencies looking for help. Finally, she connected with the Community Builders Corps, an AmeriCorps program that builds ramps for individuals for the cost of materials-approximately $1,500. As the Mullins were already financially strapped, even this amount was too much. Kevin Mullins arrives home, thanks to the Community Builders Corps. The AmeriCorps members would not give up on Kevin. They asked local lumberyards for help. Brooks Lumber in Detroit offered the materials at their cost ($1,200), but the Mullins still could not pay that amount. They were discussing the situation in Kevin's hospital room one night when the patient in the next bed overheard their conversation. The patient called his son. The next day the son came to visit Kevin and offered to pay for the materials to build the ramp. Four days later, the ramp was completed and Kevin Mullins went home. Young Detroit Builders recently received a $176,419 grant from the Michigan Community Service Commission to continue the Community Builders Corps program in 2002-2003. This program enrolls 14 full-time AmeriCorps members to: • • • • Build at least 30 wheelchair ramps for disabled individuals Make adaptation improvements to the home of 40 low-income seniors or disabled persons Provide outdoor services (clean windows and gutters, rake leaves, pick up trash, etc.) for approximately 50 low-income, disabled individuals Respond to at least 30 requests from the Community Policing Office (see below) Community Builders Corps' newest partner is the Detroit's 4th Precinct Community Policing Office. This project helps people whose homes have been burglarized. Break-ins often result in a broken doorjamb or shattered windows, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to another attack. AmeriCorps members are now on call to make repairs so families can remain in their homes with an increased sense of security. �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY AMERICORPS MEMBERS BUILD HOPE SERVICE By Joshua Brugger COMMISSION As an AmeriCorps member, I learned valuable lessons about the importance of hope. I came to believe that every day it was my job to help people find hope-to coax it, to prod it, to bring it out of its hiding place and into the light. This past year, I was an AmeriCorps member with Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity in Holland. Working alongside many volunteers, I helped build a dozen simple and decent homes. These new homes brought hope to families. Sometimes the days were long and difficult. I spent days of 11, 12, and 13 hours painting and roofing in the hot summer sun. I also dug water line trenches through frozen earth in December to meet a New Year's Day deadline. One of my favorite memories of my AmeriCorps year was a project I did with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. I taught a woodworking class to teenagers. Classes included lessons in safety, learning about tools and materials, and the opportunity to build something. Something like a toolbox, birdhouse, or bug habitat. Now on one particular day, I thought that I'd really wow the kids. So, what did I do? I brought power tools with me! After receiving permission from the Boys and Girls Club, I came to class ready with a drill, a circular saw, and a 2x10 board that was 6 feet long. This was going to be a great class! A teen builds her own birdhouse as part of the BGCH/Habitat project. I had several students help me carry in all of the equipment. As they did, they paraded the power tools in front of their friends--eager to show that they were special because they got to carry the drill or the saw. Class began. Kids were lined up outside the door, peering through the windows, climbing over each other so they could see. Every seat was filled. Excitement was in the air. It was like being on the set of Tool Time. I laid that 2xl0 out on the table. Donned my safety glasses. Measured and strategically marked off the spot I would cut. As a trained member of Habitat for Humanity, I do know that a 7 %"titanium tipped plywood blade is terrific for cutting plywood or siding. But I don't know why I didn't remember that it doesn't work so well when cutting through a piece of #2 pine. After the smoke cleared, the kids and I all had a great laugh! I'll never forget that day. And I'll never forget the day four months later, when those same kids built a ramp for a 7-year-old boy with spina bifida. They learned a lesson about hope that day because they gave hope and happiness to that young boy and his family. So now I encourage everyone to plant hope. Hope makes change happen. It may not happen overnight. It may take years to grow. I believe the hope I planted during my year as an AmeriCorps member is still making a difference in the lives of the people in Holland today. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY MICHIGAN'S AMERICORPS ROSTER SERVICE 2003-2004 COMMISSION $180,000 AMERICORPS OAKLAND Linda Barnes, Program Director Oakland University 156 West Vandenberg Hall Rochester, Michigan 48309 Phone: (248) 370-3216 Fax: (248) 370-4602 Email: barnes@oakland.edu Website: http://phoenix.placement.oakland.edu County(ies) Served: Oakland AmeriCorps Oakland enrolls 34 part-time AmeriCorps members to assist the neighboring community of Pontiac to meet their education goals. Members serve in several Pontiac elementary schools tutoring students grades 1-3 to improve their reading and writing abilities. After school and throughout the summer, members provide education-based enrichment programs teaching children to enjoy science, math, and geography by designing activities and field trips where the children learn while having fun. CHAR-EM lSD AMERICORPS PROGRAM Art Kirk, Program Director Charleviox-Emmet County lSD 08568 Mercer Boulevard Charleviox, Michigan 49720 Phone: (231) 547-9947 Fax: (231) 547-5621 Email: kirk@charemisd.org $125,175 County(ies) Served: Charlevoix and Emmet The Char-Em lSD AmeriCorps Program enrolls 10 full-time members in integrating on-site violence prevention programs in area school buildings. The primary goal of the program is to decrease the incidence of aggression, assault, and violence within the school environment. Members implement violence prevention and conflict resolution programs such as Teaching Students to be Peacemakers, No Bullying, Don't Laugh at Me, and Be Cool. 1 Updated December 8, 2003 �$330,000 CITY YEAR DETROIT Nicole Klein, Service Director One Ford Place, Suite 1A Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 874-6825 Fax: (313) 874-6865 Email: nklein@cityyear.org Website: http://www.cityyear.org County(ies) Served: Oakland and Wayne City Year Detroit enrolls 30 full-time members to serve in Michigan's AmeriCorps. City Year is a national service organization which unites young adults, ages 17-24, from diverse racial, cultural, education, and socioeconomic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement. United in their desire to serve, corps members invest their talents and energies as directors of after-school programs and tutors in elementary and middle schools. COPPER COUNTRY AMERICORPS Michelle LaCourt, Program Coordinator Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Child Development Board 700 Park Avenue Houghton, Michigan 49931 Phone: (906) 482-3663 Fax: (906) 482-7329 Email: mrlacour@hbhkfirst.org $180,000 County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon The Copper Country AmeriCorps Program operates in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, and Ontanagon Counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Members partner with communities to meet youth needs. This program engages 15 full-time members that involve youth in education, mentoring, and leadership programs. Members facilitate parent education, coordinate activities for the elderly, enhance childcare programs, and educate the community regarding environmental and wellness issues. The members are also involved in a variety of service projects that promote collaboration and volunteerism. 2 Updated December 8, 2003 �$180,000 DOWNRIVER CARES Randy Ross, Program Director The Guidance Center 15601 Northline Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 785-7331 x 7050 Fax: (734) 285-5467 Email: rross@guidance-center.org Website: http://www. guidance-center.org County(ies) Served: Wayne Downriver Reads AmeriCorps members promote literacy and school readiness with children, adults, and families through The Guidance Center. The 12 full-time and 6 part-time members also encourage the community to support these efforts through volunteerism. Service activities vary depending upon placement and may include classroom assistance or enrichment programming with preschoolers; developing and facilitating recreation, service, or discussion group activities for teens; tutoring elementary school children in after school programs; tutoring adults and teens in adult basic education through family literacy programs; juvenile justice programs, and adult employment training programs; supporting and encouraging parents through play groups, support groups and family involvement activities with our Family Resource Center; and engaging community volunteers to be tutors, mentors, and classroom assistants. HABITAT MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS PROGRAM $143,896 Debi Drick, Program Director Habitat for Humanity - Michigan 1000 South Washington A venue, Suite 102 Lansing, Michigan 48901 Phone: (517) 485-1006 Fax: (517) 485-1509 Email: ddrick@habitatmichigan.org County(ies) Served: Berrien, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent, Monroe, Ottawa, Saginaw, and Wayne The Habitat AmeriCorps Program enrolls 10 full-time and 4 part-time AmeriCorps members to serve Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout the state. Members serve as: • Construction Liaisons to ensure the training, safety practices and overall satisfaction of volunteers on a construction site. • Volunteer Coordinators to form partnerships between their affiliate and local businesses, industries, service groups, churches, and/or community members. • Family Supporters to create systems, serve as mentors, and implement programs to assist Habitat's partner families in becoming self-sufficient and responsible homeowners. 3 Updated December 8, 2003 �$125,600 IONIA lSD AMERICORPS Amy Buckingham, Program Director Ionia County Intermediate School District 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 527-4900 x 1246 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: readcorp@remc8.k12.mi.us County(ies) Served: Ionia The Ionia County Intermediate School District's ReadingCorps emolls 10 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve throughout the county. Members focus their service in the areas of mentoring and service-learning. Each of the county's six school districts partners with the members to develop programs and activities to meet the unique needs of their school and the community. Activities include: adult and peer mentoring, bully-proof education, service-learning, service clubs, and the Search Institutes 40 Assets. MARESA - MICIDGAN'S AMERICORPS Joseph Zahn, Program Director Marquette-Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) 321 East Ohio Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5130 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: jzahn@maresa.k12.mi.us $198,334 County(ies) Served: Alger and Marquette MARESA (Marquette Alger Regional Educational Service Agency) - Michigan's AmeriCorps members provide service in local schools in Marquette and Alger Counties. MARESA AmeriCorps emolls 12 full-time and 7 part-time members. Members serve the community by: • Establishing service-learning programs and curricula. AmeriCorps members recruit volunteers and develop and implement community service projects for students. • Creating and implementing family resource centers. • Providing direct educational support by tutoring and mentoring students in the areas of work-based learning, employability skills, computer technology, and health education. 4 Updated December 8, 2003 �MICHIGAN GROUNDWATER STEWARDSIDP PROGRAM $161,588 Rob Glazier, Program Director Michigan Department of Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Division P.O. Box 30017 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-2154 Fax: (517) 335-3131 Email: glazierr@michigan. gov County(ies) Served: Antrim, Arenac, Barry, Bay, Benzie, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Eaton, Emmet, Genesee, Grand Traverse, Ingham, Ionia, Iosco, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Lake, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Mackinac, Macomb, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Sanilac, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Shiawassee, Washtenaw, and Wexford The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program (MGSP) provides information and assistance to homeowners, farmers, and tenants about identifying and reducing the risks of groundwater contamination. Fifteen full-time AmeriCorps members are placed throughout the state to assist landowners with the completion of three environmental awareness tools (Farm* A *Syst, Home* A *Syst, and Field* A *Syst). The members also allocate MGSP cost-share funds to implement agricultural stewardship practices, train volunteers to complete the Home* A *Syst tool, and coordinate with local groundwater teams to develop groundwater stewardship activities based on local priorities. MICHIGAN NEIGHBORHOOD AMERICORPS PROGRAM $297,987 Addell Austin Anderson, Program Director Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning 1024 Hill Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-3310 Phone: (734) 647-9423 Fax: (734) 647-7464 Email: addell@umich.edu County(ies) Served: Wayne The Michigan Neighborhood AmeriCorps Program enrolls 10 full-time and 65 part-time members to strengthen the social development of children and families in Detroit neighborhoods. Members provide: • Direct services, such as violence prevention workshops and community service projects for youth in after-school and summer programs; • Access to health education and health promotion services for children and families. • Access to jobs and new business support programs. 5 Updated December 8, 2003 �NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Megan Sargent, Program Director Camp Fire USA 1257 East Beltline NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49525 Phone: (616) 949-2500 x 33 Fax: (616) 949-7081 Email: megan.sargent@campfireusawmc.org Website: http://www.grcmc.org/campfire $125,602 County(ies) Served: Kent Camp Fire USA's Neighborhood Youth Development Program emolls eight full-time and four part-time AmeriCorps members to expand after-school and summer programs in Kent County. These programs provide a safe environment for children during out-of-school time for 850 children at four sites. Members assist site coordinators in developing activities for the programs, recruit volunteers to facilitate activities, and serve on committees to address the specific needs of their community. Members may also perform asset mapping of neighborhoods for potential site development and attend neighborhood meetings to expand program partners. SUCCESS BY SIX Meg Fairchild Branch Intermediate School District 370 Morse Street Coldwater, Michigan 49036-1499 Phone: (517) 279-5730 Fax: (517) 279-5766 Email: fairchilm@branch-isd.org Website: http://www .successbysix .info $125,040 County(ies) Served: Branch Branch Intermediate School District's Success by Six Program emolls ten full-time AmeriCorps members to provide child development and parent education for families with children prenatal to six years of age. Members are trained in two nationally recognized models: Parents As Teachers (PAT) and Healthy Families America (HFA). Members provide services that are childcentered, family-focused, and are available to all families in Branch County. Members provide services to children and parents in their homes and in group settings. 6 Updated December 8, 2003 �VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON'S AMERICORPS Kris Collee, Program Director Volunteer Muskegon 880 Jefferson, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 772-6600 x 15 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: americorps@volunteermuskegon.org $125,600 County(ies) Served: Muskegon Volunteer Muskegon's AmeriCorps members are placed at ten sites in Muskegon County. The 10 full-time members involve K-12 youth in service-learning projects. Members develop strong skills in youth development, experiential learning techniques, grass roots community problem solving, and leadership skills. Muskegon's AmeriCorps team is dedicated to building awareness of national service and facilitating large-scale service projects on days of national service. Members are placed at the following agencies: Michigan Teen Outreach Program (M-TOP), City ofMuskegon- Department of Leisure Services, Reeths-Puffer Schools, Christ Temple Apostolic Church, Muskegon County Family Court, Youth Volunteer Corps of Muskegon County, Muskegon's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, Muskegon Public Schools (Bunker & Steele Middle Schools), Muskegon Community College and M-TEC/21st Century Village Learning Centers. 7 Updated December 8, 2003 �MICHIGAN t?riatrrrm LEARN AND SERVE- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION Every one of us wants our children to grow into skilled, aware, and responsible adults. Through service-learning, young people take what they learn and put it into action in the community. Service-learning is a way of teaching that connects learning with meaningful service to the community. A recent study of Michigan schools shows that 39 percent of public schools participate in service-learning, while 88 percent participate in general community service projects. Learn and Serve - Michigan is a grant program that supports schools and community organizations in providing service-learning opportunities during and after school. There are two types of Learn and Serve -Michigan grants: • • School-Based programs have their roots in the classroom. Teachers tie service-learning projects into the regular curriculum. These grants are given to K-12 schools. Community-Based programs are led by local nonprofit organizations. These organizations incorporate learning opportunities into service projects that take place during non-school hours. Nonprofit organizations are the recipients of these grants. Service-learning has been shown to: • • • Increase motivation to learn, Lower drop out rates, and Build critical thinking and problem solving skills. Learn and Serve- Michigan currently provides $881,496 to 34 school-based programs* and $100,000 to 9 community-based programs. Last year, these programs involved more than 36,000 students in service-learning activities throughout Michigan. *Includes CHESP Grant administered by Learning to Give/Council of Michigan Foundations and ISD/Higher Ed Grants. �2003-2004 Learn and Serve- Michigan KALKASKA CRAWFORD OSCODA • MISSAUKEE AClSCCitJMON OGEMAW CLARE MECOSTA ISABELLA MONTCALM • School-Based Program(s) • MIDLAND GRATIOT • • • • •• • • ••• •• • •• • • • KENT CLINTON IONIA • Community-Based Program(s) SHIAWASSEE OAKLAND BARRY + CHESP/ISD Partnerships EATON CALHOUN CASS BERRIEN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH INGHAM JACKSON HILLSDALE LIVINGSTON WASHTENAW WAYNE LENAWEE Updated: December 10,2003 �- MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE STUDENTS MOUNT CAMPAIGN AGAINST SECONDHAND SMOKE COMMISSION Students at ACE High School are concerned ... for themselves, their friends, and their families. Tobacco use is the single leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Although cigarette smoking nationwide among high school students is declining, approximately 80% of tobacco users begin smoking before the age of 18. Ifthis trend continues, approximately 5 million children living today will die prematurely because they began to smoke cigarettes during adolescence. What really got the attention of the ACE High School students were the effects of secondhand smoke. Research has shown that smoke from the smokers around them causes disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. Although they may make the decision not to smoke, they could still be at risk. Rather than sit around and complain, they decided to do something. Led by juniors Shaun Bryan and Nicole Mangan, and senior Amanda Bjorkman, the students developed and produced media materials educating Iron County citizens on the problems of secondhand smoke. You Have a Choice, They Don't Effects of Second Hand Smoke was developed as part of an academic servicelearning project for their Communication Arts class. The media campaign included a You Have The Choice, They Don't was the message of the ACE High School media campaign in Iron County. billboard, exhibit boards, radio spots, and place mats for local restaurants. Students chose the topic of second hand smoke. They did research to determine the best media outlets to use in their community. They wrote the message and formulated the layouts. They evaluated their project when it was completed. Not only did the students learn about secondhand smoke and how to put together a media campaign-they were rewarded for their efforts. The Michigan Cancer Consortium awarded ACE the Spirit of Cooperation Award for their outstanding work in the Upper Peninsula. ACE High School is part of the West Iron County Public Schools. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded them a $33,250 Learn and Serve- Michigan grant to expand their service-learning activities. They are one of 36 school-based programs that receive funding through Learn and Serve - Michigan. �MICHIGAN Zlfliiillll COMMUNITY SERVICE VETERANS ARE TOUCHED BY CHILDREN'S INTEREST COMMISSION "The Veterans' Reception was a great way to bring two vastly separated generations together," said Ron DeWaard. "It makes up for so many times when older people and younger people purposely avoid each other because they think they have no common ground." Vietnam Veteran Ron DeWaard and his wife Linda, along with more than 100 other veterans and their wives recently attended the first annual Veterans' Reception hosted by members of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland (BGCH). The reception, honoring veterans for service to our country, included a tour of the Boys and Girls Club, a dinner, and a program of speeches by both youth and veterans. Ron and Linda were touched by the expression of kindness on the part of the 85 Holland youth involved. A Holland youth and local veterans meet for the The reception was the culmination of a year of first time at the Veterans Reception. correspondence between club members and veterans. Letters, holiday cards, valentines, and photographs were exchanged. A club member from the 5th grade had the greatest response from her veteran. After her first letter, she received a large package. It contained an extensive letter in which the veteran answered all her questions and included a book and pictures of the ship that he served on while in the Navy. In addition to giving students a window into the lives of veterans, the year-long project gave them opportunities to practice letterwriting and computer skills. The program was not directly designed to bring homeland security into the lives of the youth and the community. An exciting, but unexpected outcome was the level of awareness gained by the youth about what it means to serve your country and be part of a nation and community. Equally exciting was how touched the veterans were by the interest of the children. "Acts of kindness are always rewarded," shared Army veteran, Bruce Glass. A lifetime member of VFW Post 2144 and former member of the 352nd Communication Reconnaissance Company, Mr. Glass served in the Korean War. He told the club members, "Your kindness toward old soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen will not be forgotten. We salute you." Students in this program also • Planned with community leaders and decorated the parade route for the Veterans' Day and Memorial Day parades • Cleaned up and prepared equipment for storage after parades • Researched the wars which veterans corresponded about This service-learning project is part of the Learn and Serve- Michigan program at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently approved a $12,611 grant so this service-learning program can continue throughout the 2002-2003-program year. The BGCH service-learning program will engage at least 175 students in the upcoming year. The BGCH practice of service-learning is expanding throughout their youth serving programs. �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE YOUNG VOLUNTEER REACHES OUT TO SENIORS COMMISSION "A knock on the door and a man saying 'Follow me,' and the next thing I knew we were being evacuated," said Joyce Mallory, a resident of Courthouse Square Apartments in Ann Arbor. On a hot July evening, seventy residents got a helping hand from the American Red Cross, when a fire in the elevator shaft forced them to evacuate their apartments. Coordinating with the University of Michigan, Red Cross staff and volunteers arranged for residents of the downtown assisted living facility to be bussed to temporary housing at a local hotel. Complications in repairing the problem at Courthouse Square turned the one-night stay into four nights. The residents were concerned about their apartments, pets needed care, and many seniors needed to replenish medications left behind in their hasty exit. Working with the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority and other community agencies, the Residents from Courthouse Square receive Red Cross Red Cross team turned a potentially traumatic assistance during their crisis. few days into "an adventure," as resident Elizabeth Galvan called it. Daily shuttles were scheduled for residents, meals were served, and medical assistance provided. Happy to be on her way back home after the crisis, Joyce said she thought the Red Cross volunteers were wonderful. "Without the Red Cross, we'd have been lost," she said. One of the volunteers who helped with the evacuation and sheltering was 17-year-old Deondre Richmond. Deondre became a volunteer through the Red Cross Youth Community Action Team (YCAT). He had only recently completed his orientation when he was called into action. Working alongside experienced team members, Deondre provided information, food, and a listening ear to the seniors. During the five days of the crisis, he volunteered a total of 59 hours. He combined his training with common sense and youthful energy to do anything he could. Although public recognition is not important to him, Deondre received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Red Cross Emergency Services Department. YCAT engages 80 youth between the ages of 12 and 17 in a variety of service-learning activities that are mainly focused on peer education. Youth volunteers first complete First Aid and CPR training. Then they choose an interest area such as Community Disaster, Water Safety, or Pet First Aid for their next level of training. The young people utilize their training to assist their peers and to volunteer for Red Cross projects throughout the community. The Michigan Community Service Commission recently awarded the Red Cross a $15,000 Learn and Serve- Michigan communitybased grant for the YCAT program. �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN SCHOOL-BASED COMMUNilY ROSTER SERVICE ····································---······· ...... - COMMISSION Implementation Grant - $22,885 BEDFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sharon Throm Community Education Department 1623 West Stems Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 Phone: (734)850-6034 Fax: (734) 850-6099 Email: throms@bedford.k12.mi.us Bedford Public Schools is working to give students and teachers the opportunity to connect what they are learning in the classroom to the community in which they live through participation in service-learning. Projects will support academic achievement and foster a sense of civic responsibility and pride. County(ies) Served: District Only- Monroe County CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL AREA SCHOOLS Kelly Pringle 213 East Main Street Carson City, Michigan 48811 Phone: (989)584-3138 Fax: (989) 584-3043 E-mail:kpringle@carsoncity.kl2.mi.us Implementation Grant- $15,000 The Carson City-Crystal School District is committed to being a school known for its Learn and Serve curriculum. As a district they will incorporate service projects that fit with the academic outcomes that are currently used. There will be programs at all grade levels. Elementary students will focus on social studies; middle school students will take part in projects that deal with land observational surveys, beautification, and community clean up and high school students will have ties to Civics, English and life skills. County(ies) Served: District Only- Montcalm County 1 Updated December 12, 2003 �Planning Grant - $6,000 CASMAN ALTERNATIVE ACADEMY Matt Samsel 1710 Merkey Road Manistee, Michigan 49660 Phone: (616) 723-4981 Fax: (616) 723-1555 Email: msomsel@manistee.org Casman Alternative Academy will involve its students in a quality service project during the planning year linking elementary students and older adults in a residential facility. Through involvement in this project, students will demonstrate greater civic responsibility that will positively impact the community. It will also emphasize that all people in the community are resources and will increase connections between generations. The overall goal is to have students demonstrate their civic responsibility through involvement in meaningful service activities. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County CLARKSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ACADEMY Planning Grant- $7,072 David Reschke 6389 Clarkston Road Clarkston, Michigan 48646 Phone: (248) 623-5413 Fax: (248) 623-5450 Email: reschkdm@clarkston.k 12 .mi. us During this planning year, Clarkston Community Schools will develop an advisory board to be convened four times during the year; survey teaching staff to determine their knowledge of and interest in service-learning; and design a pilot project at one elementary, two middle and one high school. This year 325 students will be engaged in service-learning. By the end of the third year, more than 1,500 students will have had a service-learning experience. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County 2 Updated December 12, 2003 �CLINTON COUNTY REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY Brandi Meredith Implementation 1013 South U.S. 27, Suite A St. Johns, Michigan 48879 Phone: (989) 224-6831 Fax: (989) 224-9574 Email: meredith@edzone.net Grant - $24,249 The goals of the Clinton County Regional Educational Service Agency (CCRESA) program are to strengthen student, school, and community relationships, increase students' civic knowledge and historical perspective, and provide sustained, on-going service-learning professional development. The implementation of Clinton County's service-learning program will be based on a five pillar approach: sustained and ongoing professional development for teachers, establishing learning communities within the local schools, resources development of mentor teachers to build capacity in years 2 and 3 of grant implementation. County(ies) Served: Clinton County COUNCIL OF MICIDGAN FOUNDATIONS/LEARNING TO GIVE Kathy Agard CHESP Grant630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-3100 Fax: (231) 773-0707 Email: kagard@remc4.k12.mi.us $174,500 20 pilot schools with service-learning experience will be identified from across the state of Michigan. All participating pilot schools will connect curriculum to Michigan standards and benchmarks. The long-range goal of the grant is to increase students' academic performance in the area of social studies; to develop and replicate curriculum lessons, units and materials for perpetuating a civil society through the education of students; and to achieve youth commitment to private citizen action for the common good. The CHESP partnership will develop 120 fieldtested curriculum units in a variety of core content areas including history, government, geography, economics and civics. 3 Updated December 12, 2003 �CRAWFORD A USABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT Implementation Grant- $15,000 Peter Ingvarsson 403 East Michigan Avenue Grayling, Michigan 49738 Phone: (989) 344-3766 Fax: (989) 348-6822 Email: pingvarsson@casdk 12.net This project is designed to include up to 560 students by the end of the three-year period. The activities will revolve around life science using the AuSable River as a resource. Partnering with businesses around water quality issues, elementary, middle and high school students will address critical community issues through service-learning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Crawford County FLINT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS YOUTH PROJECTS Institutionalization - $35,000 Connie Rau Zimmerman Center 2421 Corunna Road Flint, Michigan 48503 Phone: (810) 760-1190 Fax: (810) 237-5499 Email: crau@flintschools.org The Flint Community Schools Youth Projects and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint are working together to continue incorporating service-learning into the curriculum as a means to increase youth civic responsibility and citizenship skills, as well as a mastery of their studies. Goals include expansion of the number of teachers and administrators trained, increased student voice, and efforts to ensure sustainability. County(ies) Served: District Only- Genesee County Implementation Grant - $15,000 HEMLOCK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Jan Whiteherse 1095 North Hemlock Road Hemlock, Michigan 48626 Phone: (989) 642-5282 Fax: (989) 642-8239 Email: whiteherse@hemlock.k12.mi.us The Hemlock District Service-Learning Coordinator, assisted by four building representatives, will administer the service-learning program. As well as initiating new programs, exiting programs will be expanded. Over the next three years the number of teachers and students participating will increase, as will the number of community partners involved. The duration of student involvement will also increase. County(ies) Served: District Only- Saginaw County 4 Updated December 12, 2003 �Implementation Grant- $15,000 HONEY CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL Sue Buczek 1819 South Wagner Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1406 Phone: (734) 994-2636 Fax: (734) 994-2203 Email: shuczek@hc.wash.kl2.mi.us Over the last two years, Honey Creek Community School has worked to develop program sustainability. The proposed plan will help cement the permanence ofthe program in the hopes of creating an educational model that can be shared and institutionalized. Through a combination of service-learning coordinator support, access to regional and national conferences and project mini-grants, support for service-learning activities for students ofHoney Creek and High Point (a school for students with severe disabilities) will be enhanced to create an integrated community of learners. County(ies) Served: District Only- Washtenaw County IONIA COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Implementation Grant- $24,000 Deborah Wagner 2191 Harwood Road Ionia, Michigan 48846 Phone: (616) 522-1405 Fax: (616) 527-4731 Email: dawagner@ionia-isd.k 12 .mi. us The Ionia County Intermediate School District will continue to work to implement servicelearning throughout the county in each of the six districts using the following goals: 1) Increase teacher knowledge of service-learning, authentic assessment and curriculum through professional development; 2) increase student learning by integrating service-learning into core curriculum strands; 3) institutionalize service-learning methodology into the school program to foster system change. Over three years, 2,000 Ionia County students will be engaged in service-learning. County(ies) Served: Ionia Implementation Grant - $24,500 JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Rebecca Mehall 105 East Michigan Jackson, Michigan 49201 Phone: (517) 841-2178 Fax: (517)768-5918 Email: rmehall@jps.k12.mi.us Jackson Public Schools will appoint a service-learning coordinator to spearhead a servicelearning committee and advisory board; market the benefits of service-learning to faculty, administration, and the community; organize professional development opportunities for teachers; and coordinate evaluation of all service-learning projects and activities. County(ies) Served: District Only- Jackson County 5 Updated December 12, 2003 �Implementation Grant - $15,000 KALEVA NORMAN DICKSON SCHOOLS Deborah Crandell Brethren High School 4400 North High Bridge Road Brethren, Michigan 49619 Phone: (231) 477-5355 Fax: (231) 477-5242 Email: crandell@manistee.org Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools proposed program revolves around the eleven essential elements and four key goals, which include: 1) Embedding service-learning in every classroom district wide; 2) enabling each student to experience service-earning at each level; 3) developing positive attitudes toward volunteering, and encouraging active participation in communities. County(ies) Served: District Only- Manistee County Implementation Grant - $24,500 L'ANSE CREUSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann Hart 36727 Jefferson Harrison Township, Michigan 48045 Phone: (586) 783-6400 Fax: (586) 783-6309 Email: hartan@lc-ps.org L'Anse Creuse Public Schools has had a Community Service-Learning Program since 1992. During the next three years four major goals will provide the opportunity for all L'Anse Creuse students to learn and grow through service. With this Learn and Serve- Michigan funding all students will have sequential service-learning opportunities, all teachers will have access to service-learning professional development, their school/community partnerships will be evaluated and service-learning students will be evaluated to show the correlation between service-learning and improved knowledge and skills of citizenship. County(ies) Served: District Only- Macomb County LAPEER COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Annette Gunderson Implementation Michigan State University Extension K-12 Service-Learning Center 1996 West Oregon Street Lapeer, Michigan 48446-1198 Phone: (810) 667-0341 Fax: (810) 667-0355 Email: cbg@klondyke.net Grant - $22,500 A partnership between Lapeer County Intermediate School District and community organizations will maintain their strong service-learning program while expanding efforts to creates a more complete sequence of experiences for K -12 students. County(ies) Served: Lapeer 6 Updated December 12, 2003 �Planning Grant - $8,000 LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS Carla Stone 11700 Vergennees Street Lowell, Michigan 49331 Phone: (616) 897-4125 Fax: (616) 897-4463 Email: cstone@lowell.k12.mi.us Lowell Area Schools is designing a plan that will integrate service-learning and work-based learning at alternating grade levels from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so students will have the opportunity to work with people and projects in the real world each year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Kent County NAH TAH W AHSH PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY Institutionalization- $15,000 Richard Sgarlotti N14911 Hannahville B-1 Road Wilson, Michigan 49896 Phone: (906) 466-2952 x 124 Fax: (906) 466-2556 Email: richs@up.net Service-learning has been part of the Nah Tah Wahsh Public School Academy curriculum since 1986. The goal for the next two years is to ensure sustainability of a quality program for students and community. Expansion will occur in collaborative activities and youth civic engagement. Successes will be disseminated to other schools in the area and especially to Indian Education programs throughout the state and country. County(ies) Served: District Only- Delta County Implementation Grant- $15,000 NORTH STAR ACADEMY Mary St. Clair 335 South Pine Street P.O. Box 577 Ishpeming, Michigan 49849 Phone: (906) 486-8311 x 101 Fax: (906) 486-1114 Email: mary nsa@yahoo.com North Star Academy has a three-tiered approach to service-learning. Students begin by matching their strengths and interests with needs of a local non-profit agency. They gain a deeper understanding of service through their course studies as academic content is related to a problem or issue. A demonstration of that understanding culminates at the end of the high school career when students enter into an 18 week process of working with a team of students to research and investigate a modem problem or issue in the global society. County(ies) Served: District Only- Marquette County 7 Updated December 12, 2003 �Institutionalization Grant- $15,000 PALO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Judy Huynh 8315 Mill Street P.O. Box 338 Palo, Michigan 48870 Phone:(989)637-4359 Fax: (989) 637-4727 Email: preston48@ionia-mi.net The goal ofPalo Community Schools is to institutionalize service-learning as a teaching methodology. All students in grades K-8 will participate in at least one service-learning project each year. Service-learning projects will help promote civic responsibility. Involvement in service-learning activities will help students understand democracy as a system where the members of society mutually care for each other, their community, and their world, and to feel empowered to act to improve their community and their world. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ionia County Institutionalization Grant - $24,500 REETHS-PUFFER SCHOOLS Leslie Cross 1500 North Getty Muskegon, Michigan 49445 Phone: (231) 722-9280 x3276 Fax: (231)744-7922 Email: lcross@remc4.k12.mi.us Reeths-Puffer will continue to build a strong infrastructure to support service-learning in the district and beyond. The infrastructure includes a full-time coordinator, student advisory board, a teacher specialist in each building, and the Curriculum Coordinating Council, which services as an advisory board. Over the next two years, the goal is to engage every student in at least one service-learning lesson every other school year. County(ies) Served: District Only- Muskegon County ST. CHARLES BORROMEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Implementation Grant - $15,000 Patrice Daoud 79 Harrison Street Coldwater, Michigan 49036 Phone: (517) 279-0404 Fax: (517) 279-0505 Email: patricedaoud@aol.com St. Charles Borromeo Elementary School will integrate service-learning into its school-wide curriculum. By teaching children beginning at preschool that they can be helpful members of their community, will also encourage lifelong practice of altruistic behavior and civic responsibility. The proposal indicates a comprehensive approach to implementing quality service-learning that includes professional development, collaboration with community partners, student input, program evaluation, and continuing support. County(ies) Served: District Only - Branch County 8 Updated December 12, 2003 �Implementation Grant- $15,000 SHELBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ann Herrygers 155 Sixth Street Shelby, Michigan 49455 Phone: (231) 861-5541 Fax: (231) 861-6764 Email: herram@shelby.k12.mi.us Shelby Public Schools goal is to build on the pilot year activities. Eighteen additional teachers will be trained, 15-19 service-learning projects will be developed, and more than 360 students will participate in projects K-12. Service-learning teachers will focus on literacy while helping instill a sense of responsibility to become contributing citizens. Through service-learning, students will read better and will also develop a better understanding of civics knowledge and appropriate civics habits. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oceana County Implementation Grant - $24,500 SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Joyce Silagy 24661 Lahser Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248) 746-8637 Fax: (248) 746-8926 Email: silagyj @southfield.k 12.mi. us Southfield Public Schools will implement a service-learning program in grades K-12 that will improve academic learning, enhance personal growth and invoke civic responsibility in every student. Full implementation of the service-learning program will provide students with sequential high quality experiences so that at least one service-learning opportunity occurs at each educational level. Over three years, 3,205 Southfield students will be engaged in servicelearning. County(ies) Served: District Only- Oakland County SOUTHGATE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Mary Lou Provost 13201 Trenton Road Southgate, Michigan 48195 Phone: (734) 246-4600 Fax: (734) 283-6791 Email: provostm@sgate.k12.milus Implementation Grant- $24,500 The goal of Southgate Community School District is to offer structured service-learning that is fully integrated into the core curriculum. The successful pilot service-learning program, "Teaching Core Democratic Values Through Service-Learning", will be expanded to third, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. Designed to contribute to school improvement goals in the areas of student achievement, the acquisition of lifelong learning skills and career education, the program will engage a minimum of 694 students by the end of three years. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County 9 Updated December 12, 2003 �WAYNE-WESTLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL Lynn Kleiman Malinoff 36745 Marquette Westland, Michigan 48185 Phone: (734) 419-2082 Fax: (734) 595-2100 Email: lmalinof@umich.edu Implementation Grant - $35,000 Wayne-Westland plans to increase implementation at all three levels; in the 4th grade life skills curriculum, in transitions from elementary to middle (6th grade) and middle to high schools (8th grade), and a strong focus on freshman transition. Overall, service-learning will impact students and their civic knowledge while increasing school connectedness and academic achievement. County(ies) Served: District Only- Wayne County WEST IRON COUNTY-ACE HIGH SCHOOL Mary Mower 611 West Jefferson A venue Iron River, Michigan 49935 Phone: (906) 265-2355 Fax: (906) 265-2588 Email: ace@up.net Implementation Grant - $24,500 The goal of the Bi-County Office of Academic Service-Learning's program is to expand servicelearning through the six school districts that comprise the Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District. Specific outcomes will be strengthening the awareness, understanding, and pride of being an American citizen in the schools, homes, and communities of Iron and Dickinson Counties. County(ies) Served: Dickinson and Iron Implementation Grant- $15,000 WIDTEHALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS Mary Ponstein 541 Slocum Street Whitehall, Michigan 49461 Phone: (231) 893-1020 x 3054 Fax: (231) 893-2923 Email: maryponstein@whitehall.kl2.mi.us Whitehall District Schools plan to continue the expansion and growth of academic servicelearning by meeting the following goals: 1) increase staff development; 2) increase and monitor community partnerships to strengthen support for service-learning; 3) emphasize the historical and civic perspective through project development; 4) strengthen the service-learning advisory board to ensure that program objectives and goals are met; 5) marketing of service-learning throughout the community; and 6) the development of projects that allow students to gain real world knowledge that align with Michigan Standards and benchmarks. More than 90% of Whitehall students will be engaged in service-learning over three years. County(ies) Served: District Only- Muskegon County 10 Updated December 12, 2003 �Planning Grant - $8,000 WILLIAMSTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Kristine Grunwald 3939 Vanneter Road Williamston, Michigan 48895 Phone: (517) 655-2142 Fax: (517) 655-7500 Email: grunwak@wmston.k12.mi.us The purpose of the "Service-Learning Integrated into Classroom Experience" (Project SLICE) is to provide professional development and material resources to enable K-12 and high school educators to develop integrated service-learning units. A service-learning coach will be utilized to conduct professional development to increase teachers' understanding of the Essential Elements of Service-Learning and to support action research. A total of 2, 053 students will be engaged in service-learning over the three-year period. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ingham County Implementation Grant - $24,500 ZEELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mary Beth Timmer 3390 1001h Avenue Zeeland, Michigan 49464 Phone: (616) 748-4503 Fax: (616) 748-4505 Email: mtimmer2@zeeland.k 12.mi. us Zeeland Public Schools has made service-learning a priority over the past four years. During this time the program has grown and has been integrated into the instructional methodology of the school district. The primary focus of service-learning during the 2003-04 school year is to integrate it into the curriculum at all grade levels. County(ies) Served: District Only- Ottawa County 11 Updated December 12, 2003 �Learn and Serve-Michigan ISD/Higher Education Partnership COPPER COUNTRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT (CCISD) $32,800 Carla Strome, Curriculum Coordinator 809 Hecla, P.O. Box 270 Hancock, Michigan 49930 Phone: (906) 482-4250 Fax: (906) 482-1931 Email: cstrome@ccisd.k12.mi.us The Copper Country Intermediate School District is partnering with Michigan Technological University and Finlandia University (formerly Suomi College) to infuse the teaching community with understanding and implementation of service-learning for students. The geographic region that will be supported by this grant will initially be the northwestern Upper Peninsula. There will be integration of service-learning into summer institutes in social studies for the summer of 2004 and 2005. These activities will be available to all 13 school districts serviced by the CCISD that includes 500 teachers and over 7200 students. County(ies) Served: Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw EATON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT $46,000 Margie Betz, Education Specialist Eaton Intermediate School District 1790 E. Packard Hwy. Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Phone: (517) 484-2929 ext.1158 Fax: (517) 543-4870 Email: mbetz@eaton.k12.mi.us Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Intermediate School Districts and Olivet College have formed the Mid- Michigan Learn and Serve Consortium to serve as the regional service-learning network for this grant. The scope of this grant will serve teachers, pre-service teachers and administrators. Four levels of teachers will receive professional development: 300 teachers through awareness sessions in Phase I; 30 Civic Service Fellows in Phase II and III through intensive, sustained professional development; 30 additional teachers in Phase III who will be supported and trained in combination by the partnership and the fellows; and 25 pre-service teachers (5 for each college semester) throughout all phases of the project. They propose to impact 2700 students during each phase of the grant and impact 23 school districts. County(ies) Served: Clinton, Eaton, Ingham 12 Updated December 12, 2003 �LAPEER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Cathy Amboy Curriculum Consultant Lapeer Intermediate School District 1996 W. Oregon Lapeer, Michigan 48446 Phone: (810) 664-1124 Fax: (810)724-7600 Email: camboy@lcisd.k12.mi.us $38,500 This project will be coordinated by the Lapeer Intermediate School District in partnership with the University of Michigan -Flint. The purpose of this Learn and Serve project is to improve student achievement in quality learning environments by providing professional development experiences based on the Michigan Curriculum Framework; the incorporation of the Grade Level Instructional Guidelines; and the integration of service-learning which are embedded in school improvement, curriculum and technology initiatives. This project will train 156 teachers, impact over 4000 students and reach 18 buildings. The project will also provide training opportunities for teachers in Huron, Tuscola, and Sanilac Counties. County(ies) Served: Lapeer, Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac MARQUETTE-ALGER REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVIE AGENCY (MARESA) Robert Koehs, Educational Consultant $46,000 Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency 321 East Ohio Street Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-5116 Fax: (906) 226-5141 Email: bkoehs@maresa.k12.mi.us Marquette- Alger Regional Educational Service Agency (MARESA), in partnership with Northern Michigan University, the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District and Lake Superior State University have formed and academic service-learning program called" A Partnership of Service-Teaching, Learning, Experiencing " (APOSTLE). Throughout the project, schools in five Upper Peninsula counties will be targeted for training and support in academic service-learning. The counties will include Marquette, Alger, Luce, Chippewa and Mackinaw. They propose to impact 276 teachers and over 2000 students during the course of the grant. County(ies) Served: Alger, Chippewa, Luce, Mackinaw, Marquette 13 Updated December 12, 2003 �MUSKEGON AREA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT $28,700 Barb Gowell Director, Instructional Services MAISD 630 Harvey Street Muskegon, Michigan 49442 Phone: (231) 767-7217 Fax: (231)773-1028 Email: bgowell@remc4.k12.mi.us The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District and Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Learn and Serve Partnership Program will facilitate and expand quality service-learning throughout the MAISD service area, building upon a number of successful existing initiatives and partnerships. The partnership will provide instructional support to 75 teachers, 1500 students, and 30 school buildings over the course ofthe grant. The partnership will also work with 5- 14 schools identified on the Children's Action Network list. County(ies) Served: Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana 14 Updated December 12, 2003 �MICHIGAN LEARN AND SERVE -MICHIGAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMUHITY ROSTER SERVICE COMMISSION BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN Gary Swaney 1144 Boon Street, Suite A Traverse City, Michigan 49686 Phone: (231) 932-7810 Fax: (231)932-7820 Email: gswaney@bbbsnwmi.org $10,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters ofNorthwestem Michigan (BBBS) will continue to recruit high school students to serve as community-based mentors to help at-risk children achieve their goals. High schools students currently mentor young students through BBBS programs, but this grant will serve as a pilot program to enhance their role and to incorporate the concepts of service-learning throughout the entire agency. Mentors are expected to develop an ethic of service to enhance their planning and decision-making skills. County(ies) Served: Grand Traverse BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER HOLLAND Linda Kiefer 435 VanRaalte Avenue Holland, Michigan 49423 Phone: (616) 392-4102 Fax: (616) 392-7502 Email: lkiefer@bgch.org $10,000 The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland has established the Soldiers of Love program. The 75 youth involved in this program will serve their community through direct communication with veterans of American wars in planning and implementing a community event that will honor the veterans of war. County(ies) Served: Ottawa 1 Updated December 9, 2003 �$10,000 CAPITAL AREA UNITED WAY Melissa Sherry 1111 Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (517) 203-5010 Fax: (517) 203-5001 Email: m. sherry@capitalareauni tedwa y.org The Capital Area United Way acts as the primary partner for the Learn and Serve- Michigan Community-Based grant in the Lansing area. Following two years of service-learning programming with 21st century schools, a new partnership will be developed with the Black Child and Family Institute. Participants will learn various aspects of science with the help of Michigan State University college students including biology, earth science, and chemistry. Participants will be engaged in monthly service activities where they will practice the science principles they have learned. Service objectives include area beautification and awareness projects to promote the importance of environmental stewardship. County(ies) Served: Ingham CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES/THE ARK Kerry Lyn Williams 1819 Gull Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 Phone: (616) 381-9800 Fax: (616) 381-2932 Email: kerryark@yahoo.com $10,000 Catholic Family Services/The ARK works with alternative education and public schools throughout Calhoun County to establish an active youth structure called the ARK Ambassadors. The 20 Ambassadors receive training to assist peers who are facing homelessness or other crises. They will develop a marketing plan that includes peer-focused presentations on the issue of youth homelessness. County(ies) Served: Calhoun GRAND LEDGE AREA ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION $10,000 Linda Wacyk 9523 Riverside Drive Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 Phone: (517) 626-6318 Fax: (517) 374-4083 Email: wacykl@cablespeed.com The Grand Ledge Alliance for Quality Education engages 80 Grand Ledge High School students in mentoring and homework assistance for elementary students in the after-school program. The high school and elementary students will identify community needs, plan and implement servicelearning projects in the community, and reflect upon service. County(ies) Served: Eaton 2 Updated December 9. 2003 �$10,000 GWINN AREA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Karen Anderson 50 West M-35 Gwinn, Michigan 49841 Phone: (906) 346-3137 Fax: (906) 346-3616 Email: Kanders@chartermi.net Gwinn Area Community Schools is continuing community development efforts at the former K. Sawyer Air Force Base. While the primary efforts in this location have focused on economic development, this project will focus on human needs. Specifically, high school-aged participants will be involved in planning, developing, and establishing community resource centers at three sites that are easily accessible throughout the community. County(ies) Served: Marquette MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 4H EXTENSION $20,000 Cynthia Mark, Ph.D 4-H Youth Development Children, Youth and Family Programs Michigan State University Extension 160 Agricultural Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Phone: (517) 432-7602 Fax: (517)355-6748 Email: markc@msue.msu.edu Through county, state and national collaborations, Michigan 4-H Youth Development will focus on using technology and the internet to strengthen youth programs, staff capacity and volunteer development in order to increase community-based service-learning opportunities for Michigan youth. This grant is a continuation of a 2003 Learn and Serve - Michigan CBO grant under which MSU Extension engaged nearly 300 youth and adults in community-based servicelearning training, selected seven sites in six counties to complete service-learning projects, distributed written resources to more than 18,000 youth and youth workers. County(ies) Served: Statewide 3 Updated December 9, 2003 �W ASHTENAW COUNTY CHAPTER AMERICAN RED CROSS $10,000 Laura Brown 2729 Packard Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Phone: (734) 971-5300 x 215 Fax: (734) 971-5303 Email: laura.brown@wc-redcross.org The Washtenaw County Chapter American Red Cross engages 30 youth age 12-18 in servicelearning activities through the county. These projects will enhance personal skills and knowledge in areas such as first aid/CPR, HN/AIDS, community disaster prevention, water safety, and pet first aid. Thirty participants are providing peer education to 200 younger students in after-school programs. The young students are also involved in service-learning activities focused on disaster services, health and safety, international services, blood services, marketing, or general administration. County(ies) Served: Washtenaw WINN AREA ACTIVITY CENTER $10,000 Lois Sandbrook 4423 West Fremont Road Blanchard, Michigan 49310 Phone: (989) 866-2358 Fax: (989) 866-6213 Email: fairviewacres@msn.com The Winn Area Activity Center is expanding its after-school and summer service-learning programs to reach 130 youth. Activities focus on fire safety, community gardening, and intergenerational programming. County(ies) Served: Isabella 4 Updated December 9, 2003 �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION l ;tJJ(JlJGA;V:~ l.VW\.TEJ::R lNVES'ftlfENI MICHIGAN'S VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS (,1?.4NTS More than ever before, people are looking for ways to give back to their community by volunteering. After juggling work, family, friends, and hobbies, finding a cause or organization to volunteer with can be difficult. To address this need, communities have been creating local collaborations to help volunteers find their perfect fit. These collaborations and organizations are often called "volunteer resource centers." Volunteer resource centers work closely with the organizations in their communities to recruit, train, place, manage, and recognize volunteers. These services require resources and support. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) recognizes the value of helping communities support volunteers. In the 2003-04 program year, more than $280,000 of state funding is provided to local volunteer resource centers and other volunteer collaborations through Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG). These competitive awards range from $20,000 to $50,000 each year. The funds are used to help communities create local endowments that support volunteer resource centers and related activities. A $1 to $1 match is required. Since its inception in 1998, VIG has leveraged $6 million in local resources. Currently, the MCSC has awarded $280,100 in VIG funds to 10 volunteer resource centers. Updated: December 12, 2003- page 1 �2004 Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants IRON • DICKINSON KALKASKA CRAWFORD WEXFORD OCEANA MISSAUKEE OSCODA OGEMAW LAKE OSCEOLA ClARE NEWAYGO MECOSTA ISABELlA IOSCO • MONTCALM GRATIOT IONIA CLINTON • KENT • A 2004 VIG funded volunteer resourc center is located in and serves this county • ALLEGAN • A 2004 VIG funded volunteer resource center serves this county BARRY • •• KALAMAZOO CALHOUN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH • CASS EATON HILLSDALE LENAWEE • Updated December 12, 2003 �MICHIGAN JIICHIGAN:5 I VOLl!iVTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION INVE.\TJ1ENT TOUCHING THE FUTURE GRANTS "Life is about choices, setting goals, and making your dreams come true," Michael Welsh tells Dakota, a 4th grader in the Brandywine schools. Dakota is a "Little" and Michael is a "Big." They are part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program serving Brandywine, Buchanan, and Niles schools in southwest Michigan. The one-on-one time Michael and Dakota spend together is important for both of them. Michael gets to serve as a role model for a youngster without a father-something he wishes someone had done for him when he was growing up. He has fun spending time with Dakota just doing regular things. "It's not about going somewhere, doing something, and spending money," said Welsh. "It's about talking, listening, and encouraging." Dakota has a lot of fun, too. But more importantly, he has a male to talk with about growing up. Someone to pat him on the back when he gets a good report card; someone to help him shape his future. When Michael was a first-year teacher at Buchanan's Moccasin Elementary School, Kathryn Rossow of the Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan recruited him as a volunteer. She knew of the shortage of male mentors at Big Brothers Big Sisters. Michael didn't enter into this commitment lightly. He didn't want to let down a child that may have already had many let downs in his life. But finally, he put the analysis aside and became a Big Brother. And now he encourages other adults to get involved in the lives of youth. "Sometimes we get too caught up in analyzing today's youth and what's wrong with them," he said. "What we need to do is invest our time in them now. It will pay off in the long run." The Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan recently received $60,000 through Michigan's Volunteer Investment Grants. With this support, the Volunteer Center coordinates the Mentoring Round Table serving Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties. The Mentoring Round Table coordinates the efforts of more than ten organizations that have youth mento ring programs. In 2002, the Volunteer Center placed 2,234 volunteers of all kinds in 24 7 organizations in southwest Michigan. �MICHIGAN :l!ICH/GAN:s· I VOLl.WTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMiSSION JNVJ:.'STMBVT GRA!'iTS JACKSON COUNTY: A COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS Jackson County residents all agree that they live in one of the most giving communities around. If there are volunteers advocating for a cause, there are people willing to give. Many of the volunteers and fundraising events wouldn't be possible without the resources the Jackson Nonprofit Support Center receives through a Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG). For four years VIG funds have made it possible for people from every walk oflife to volunteer. The Support Center, together with many nonprofits, corporations, government entities, and educational institutions, has: • • • • • • • • • Celebrated the Seasons of Service including Make A Difference Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Volunteer Week, and the Day of Caring Matched volunteers to nonprofit needs on a daily basis Increased awareness about volunteer opportunities through marketing and media efforts Coordinated volunteer fairs Assisted local schools with fulfilling service-learning requirements Partnered with the Jackson County's Promise to Youth Alliance to fulfill the Five Promises for local youth Published a Volunteer Action Guide Youth volunteers Chantel Clifton, Jarod Groulx, and Recognized local volunteers through Andrae Clifton celebrate Make A Difference Day in the Volunteer Superstar Awards Jackson Countv. Hosted an array of workshops and forums that address volunteer issues Over the span of four years, the Support Center has impacted thousands of local volunteers. In doing so, it has created a community that recognizes the importance of service. Today, the 170 nonprofit members of the Support Center are able to operate, serve their clients, and continue to impact the community for years to come. In 2002, the Jackson Nonprofit Support Center received a $75,000 VIG from the Michigan Community Service Commission. �MICHIGAN fifrll C~ITY SERVICE COMMiSSION ;lff(Jf/GAN:S I VOlt,~,IVTEER JNFI::ITJ!ENT GRANTS ONE VOLUNTEER: 30 YEARS OF SERVICE Have you ever wondered about some of the buildings on Main Street? How old are they? What business was originally in them? If buildings could talk, the stories they could tell! Meet Elsie McNiel of Greenville, who has been volunteering at the Flat River Historical Museum for more than 30 years. Elsie has a phenomenal mind full of historical information concerning the early homes, businesses, and organizations in the Greenville area. She keeps track of businesses and organizations that are coming and going, all without any compensation and certainly without any fanfare. She has volunteered over 23,400 hours. That equals 2,925 eight-hour days, or better than 11 years of fulltime work! Elsie became interested in the museum after moving from Detroit Elsie McNiel to Greenville in 1968. The museum was within walking distance from the home she lived in with her husband and two children. She joined the Greenville Historical Society that same year and began volunteering at the Museum when it opened in 1972. "Elsie has been our true north, our compass at the museum," said Linda Collins, museum president. "I wish every community had a volunteer just like her." Elsie maintains a low profile--quiet, attentive, and soft-spoken. If she doesn't have the answer to a question she is asked, she will find it for you. Her dedication and perseverance for the history of Greenville are her gifts to the community. When asked why she enjoys volunteering, she smiled and said, "It's a sense of accomplishment. As a volunteer you are doing something for somebody else besides yourself. And it's better than watching television." Elsie is one of many volunteers at the Flat River Historical Museum, an organization that relies heavily on volunteers to meet its mission. Many of the volunteers find their way to the Museum through Volunteer Connections of Montcalm County. This volunteer resource center annually places approximately 330 volunteers in more than 30 organizations throughout Montcalm County. Their services go beyond recruitment and placement of volunteers. They also help train, manage, and recognize volunteers-all critical elements of successful volunteer programs. Volunteer Connections of Montcalm County recently received a $25,000 Volunteer Investment Grant (VIG) from the Michigan Community Service Commission. There are 12 volunteer resource centers throughout Michigan, similar to Volunteer Connections that receive VIG funding. �MICHIGAN MJ('Ji/GAN:5 VOWVTBJiR COMMUNITY SERVICE lVVEST:lfENT GRANTS MICHIGAN'S VOLUNTEER INVESTMENT GRANTS 2004 PROJECTED ROSTER COMMISSION The Michigan Community Service Commission offers more than $280,000 annually for Michigan Volunteer Investment Grants (VIG). Michigan's VIG are awarded by the MCSC to community-based nonprofit organizations or colleges and universities that have a volunteer resource center serving the community. Michigan's VIG range from $20,000 to $50,000. In 2003, seventeen grants were awarded and those grants leverage more than $663,00 in local match that was endowed. ALBION VOLUNTEER SERVICE ORGANIZATION Alfredia Dysart-Drake 203 South Superior Street Albion, Michigan 49224 Phone: (517) 629-5574 Fax: (517)629-4914 Email: avso@forks.org $20,000 County(ies) Served: Calhoun $20,000 DICSA VOLUNTEER SERVICES Kristin Sommerfeld 800 Crystal Lake Boulevard., Suite 104 Iron Mountain, Michigan 49801 Phone: (906) 774-2256 Fax: (906) 774-2257 Email: Ksommerfeld@chartermi.net County(ies) Served: Dickinson and Iron $40,000 JACKSON NONPROFIT SUPPORT CENTER Kelley Gable 1100 Clinton Road, Suite 215 Jackson, Michigan 49202 Phone: (517) 796-4750 Fax: (517)796-5981 Email: kelley@j acksonnonprofit.org County(ies) Served: Jackson 1 Updated December II. 2003 �UNITED WAY OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY Kristina Beamish P.O. Box 451 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan 49783 Phone:(906)253-9839 Fax: (906) 632-3190 Email: volunteer@mylocalheroes.com $35,000 County(ies) Served: Chippewa UNITED WAY MONTCALM- VOLUNTEER CONNECTIONS Denise Hubbard 1220 North Lafayette P.O. Box 128 Greenville, Michigan 48838 Phone: (616) 225-1082 Fax: (616) 225-1315 Email: dhubbard@mvolunteerconnections.org $20,000 County(ies) Served: Montcalm VOLUNTARY ACTION CENTER OF MIDLAND COUNTY Cynthia Chilcote 220 West Main, Suite 103 Midland, Michigan 48640-5137 Phone: (989) 631-7660 Fax: (989) 832-5526 Email: volunteer@vac-midland.org $20,000 County(ies) Served: Midland VOLUNTEER CENTER OF BATTLE CREEK Nicole Shugars 34 West Jackson Street, Suite 4A Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Phone: (269) 966-4189 Fax: (269) 966-4194 Email: nicole@volcenterbc.org $50,000 County(ies) Served: Calhoun 2 Updated December 11, 2003 �VOLUNTEER CENTER OF MID-MICIDGAN $20,000 Melissa Sherry 1111 Michigan Avenue, Suite 300 East Lansing, Michigan 48823 Phone: (517) 203-5010 Fax: (517) 203-5001 Email: m.sherry@capitalareaunitedway.org County(ies) Served: Ingham VOLUNTEER CENTER OF SOUTHWEST MICIDGAN $40,000 Kathryn Rossow 1213 Oak Street Niles, Michigan 49120 Phone:(269)683-5464 Fax: (269) 683-1220 Email: volunteercenter@gtm.net County(ies) Served: Berrien and Cass $25,100 VOLUNTEER MUSKEGON! Martha Bottomley 880 Jefferson Street, Suite A Muskegon, Michigan 49440 Phone: (231) 722-6600 Fax: (231) 722-6611 Email: director@volunteermuskegon.org County(ies) Served: Muskegon 3 Updated December 11, 2003 �- MICHIGAN michigan COMMUNITY SERVICE citizen*corps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COMMISSION Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Americans have acted with courage, compassion, and unity. To capture this spirit and to foster an American culture of service, citizenship, and responsibility, President Bush is calling upon all Americans to dedicate at least two years of their lives-the equivalent of 4,000 hours-in service to others. He launched the USA Freedom Corps initiative to inspire and enable all Americans to find ways to serve. The Michigan Citizen Corps was established in April2002 in response to President Bush's call to action and because experience shows that volunteerism is a viable means for solving community challenges. Citizen Corps are a component of the USA Freedom Corps that creates opportunities for individuals to volunteer to help their communities prepare for and respond to emergencies. It brings together local leaders, individual volunteers, and the network of first responder organizations such as police departments, fire departments, and emergency medical personnel. The goal is to have all citizens participate in making their communities safer, stronger, and better prepared for preventing and handling threats of terrorism, crime, and disasters of all kinds. Programs of the Michigan Citizen Corps include: • • • • • Community Emergency Response Teams Neighborhood Watch Programs Volunteers in Police Service Medical Reserve Corps Citizen Corps Councils The Michigan Citizen Corps Council was established in November 2002. This 12-member council serves as an advisory committee of the MCSC and provides direction on issues related to homeland security and the role volunteers can play in disaster preparedness. The Michigan Citizen Corps Council will: • • • • Submit a state plan for homeland security through volunteerism to the Governor. Support the development and coordination of local Citizen Corps Councils throughout Michigan. Broker federal, state, and local resources for local volunteer Citizen Corps initiatives. Coordinate with the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enact the state plan and channel federal resources for training and technical assistance. The Michigan Citizen Corps granted $356,000 in 2003 to help communities coordinate volunteers to prepare for and respond to local emergencies. Upcoming Meetings- 2004 Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday, March 8 June 14 September 20 December 6 The meetings take place from 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm at locations around the state. Updated May 5, 2003 �Michigan Citizen Corps KALKASKA CRAWFORD NISTEE WEXFORD • • Michigan Citizen Corps Council • Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) • 1-8 MECOSTA ISABELLA •••• Michigan Citizen Corps Districts* *Districts are based on population of 1.3 million per district with the exception of District 7 MIDLAND MONTCALM GRATIOT IONIA CLINTON •• BARRY EATON ·'! . 3 •• OGEMAW CLARE KENT Citizen Corps Council(s)- MCSC funded MISSAUKEE OSCEOLA Medical Reserve Corps OSCODA KALAMAZOO CALHOUN ST. JOSEPH BRANCH 6 • .... INGHAM • JACKSON HILLSDALE 5 Updated: December 12, 2003 �- MICHIGAN michigan COMMUNITY SERVICE citizen*corps MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL COMMISSION Michael Bouchard, Chair Melvin Larsen Oakland County Sheriff Larsen and Associates, Inc. Public Policy Consultant Marian Barrera-Young Cliff A. Messing Neighborhood Associations of Michigan President Michigan Firemen's Association President Rochelle Cotey Captain John Ort Public Transportation and Aging of Alger County Director Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division Deputy State Director Thomas Edmonds Grace Ranger Kalamazoo County Sheriff Genesee County Emergency Management Office Director Alexander Ernst Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom Clinton Township Police Department Chief of Police Air National Guard Base Director of Operations Paul Hansen Marcia Varble Lutheran Social Services Director of Special Projects Michigan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters President Antrim County Red Cross Volunteer Coordinator �Michigan Citizen Corps Council February 18, 2003 Sheriff Michael Bouchard Oakland County Sheriffs Department 1201 North Telegraph Road Pontiac MI 48341-1044 Phone: 248.858.5000 Fax: 248.858.1806 ocsd@co.oakland.mi. us Nicole Gee 248.858.5009 geen@co.oakland.mi.us Kyle Caldwell, Executive Director Michigan Community Service Commission 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: 517.335.1013 Fax: 517.241.3869 Caldwellk1 @michigan.gov Janice Harvey 517.373.4998 Harveyj 1@michigan.gov Rochelle Cotey, Executive Director Alger County Public Transportation P.O. Box 69 Munising, Michigan 49862 Vice Chair, Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation Phone: 906.387.4845 Fax: 906.387.2963 altranco@jamadots.com Sheriff Tom Edmonds Michigan Sheriffs Association Kalamazoo County Sheriff Department 1500 Lamont Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048 Phone: 269.385.6173 Fax: 269.385.6162 tnedmo@kalcounty.com Alexander Ernst, Chief of Police Clinton Township Police Department 37985 Grossebeck Highway Clinton Township, Michigan 48036 Phone: 586.493.7800 Fax: 586.493.7874 emsta@clintontownshippolice.org Paul Hansen, Director of Special Projects Lutheran Social Services 8131 East Jefferson Detroit, Michigan 48214 President, Michigan Voluntary Organization Active in Disasters (VOAD) Phone: 313.823.7700 Fax: 313.823.9604 phans@LSSM.org Melvin Larsen, Public Policy Consultant Larsen and Associates, Inc. 29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 110 Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: 248.356.3484 Fax: 248.358.0756 Mellarsen2@aol.com Cliff A. Messing, President Michigan State Firemen's Association 8826 East Huron Line Road Ruth, Michigan 48470 Phone: 989.864.3751 Fax: 989.864.3751 delfire@thumbmc.net Captain John Ort MSP-EMD 400 Collins Road Lansing, Michigan 48913 Phone: 517.333.5041 Fax: 517.333.4987 ortj @michigan. gov Grace Ranger, Director Genesee County Emergency Management Office 1101 Beach Street, Room G25 Flint, Michigan 48502 Phone: 810.257.3064 Fax: 810.424.5798 granger@co.genesee.mi.us Lt. Col. Ewin Sansom, Director of Operations Air National Guard Base P.O. Box 695 Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: 989.354.6205 Fax: 989.354.6298 Ewin.sansom@micrtc.ang.af.mil Marcia Varble, State Regional Director American Red Cross P.O. Box 129 Bellaire, Michigan 49615 Phone: 231.533.4037 Fax: 231.533.4037 dmvarble@freeway.net Marian Barrera Young NAM President Baxter Neighborhood Association 722 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: 616.247.9550 Fax: 616.247.9556 Youngbarrera@aol.com �Citizen Corps Councils Registered in Michigan by FEMA (Updated December 5, 2003) Michigan Citizen Corps Manistee County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Kyle Caldwell Title: Executive Director, MCSC Address: 1048 Pierpont, Suite 4 Lansing, MI 48913 Phone: (517) 335-4295 Contact: Gary Zulinski Title: Program Coordinator Phone: (517) 241-3867 Fax: (517) 241-3869 Email citizencorps@michigan.gov URL: www.michigan.gov/mcsc Contact: Lani Kraus Title: Executive Director Address: PO Box 76 534 Second Street Manistee, MI 49660 Phone: (231) 723-5638 Email: volunteers@manistee.com URL: http://www.manistee.com/~volunteers County Councils (9): Genesee County Citizen Corps Contact: Grace Ranger Title: Genesee County Emergency Management Director Address: 1101 Beach Street Room G25 Flint, MI 48502 Phone: (810) 257-3064 Email: granger@co.genesee.mi. us Ingham County Citizen Corps Council Contact: Ronda Oberlin Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 815 Marshall Lansing, MI 48912 Phone: (517) 483-4110 Email: roberlin@ci.lansing.mi.us Kalamazoo County Disaster Committee Contact: Robert Dievendorf Title: Director Kalamazoo County Pretrial Services Address: 201 W. Kalamazoo Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Phone: (269) 337-6549 Email: dievendorf@kcms.msu.edu Michigan Area Safety Council Contact: Jerry Bischoff Title: Executive Director Address: 728 S. Marshall Ave Marshall, MI 49068 Phone: (269) 727-0050 Email: jbischoff49068@yahoo.com Montcalm Emergency Management Advisorv Council Contact: Denise Hubbard Title: Executive Director Address: United Way of Montcalm, P.O. Box 128 Greenville, MI 48838 Phone: (616) 225-1082 Email: dhubbard@mcvolunteerconnections.org Citizen Corps Council of Oakland Countv Contact: Michael Loper Title: Emergency Management Specialist Address: 1200 N. Telegraph Rd Pontiac, MI 48341 Phone: (248) 858-5324 Email: loperm@co.oakland.mi.us URL: www.co.oakland.mi.us/ems �Citizens Corp of St. Clair County Contact: Jeffrey Friedland Title: Director, Office of Emergency Management Address: 200 Grand River Port Huron, MI 48060 Phone: (81 0) 989-6325 Email: jfriedland@stclaircounty.org Pontiac: PONTIAC CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL Contact: Pam Chambers Title: Captain Address: 110 E Pike Street Pontiac, MI 48342 Phone: (248) 758-3400 Email: pchambers@pontiac.mi. us URL: http://www.pontiacpolice.com Marquette: Upper Peninsula Citizen Corps Contact: Paula Susmark Title: Executive Director, Central U.P. Chapter of the American Red Cross Address: 129 W. Baraga Avenue, SuiteD Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: (906) 228-3659 Email: Pjarcmqt@aol.com Local Councils (8) Detroit: Detroit Citizen Corps Council Contact: Shelby Slater Title: Director of Homeland Security Address: 250 West Lamed Detroit, MI 48226 Phone: (313) 596-5196 Email: slaters@dfdhq.ci.detroit.mi.us Dowagiac: Dowagiac Citizen Corps Council Contact: Tom Atkinson Title: Chief of Police Address: 241 S Front St Dowagiac, MI 49047 Phone: (269) 782-9743 Email: atkinson@dowagiac.org Farmington Hills: Citizen Corps Council of Farmington Hills Contact: Lieutenant Timothy Connor Title: Council Contact Address: 31655 West Eleven Mile Road Farmington Hills, MI 48336 Phone: (248) 871-2705 Email: tconnor@ci.farmington-hills.mi.us Rochester Hills: Citizen Corps Council of Rochester Hills Contact: Dave Fournier Title: Sergeant Address: OCSD 1111 Horizon Ct. Rochester Hills, MI 48309 Phone: (248) 656-4728 Email: Foumierd@co.oakland.mi.us Rose City: Rose City Emergency Management Contact: Michael Payne Title: Coordinator Address: 165 West Heath Rd. Rose City, MI 48654 Phone: (989) 685-2076 Email: mikep@rcema.net Sterling Heights: City of Sterling Heights Municipal Security Council Contact: Robert Johnson Title: Emergency Manager Address: 40333 Dodge Park Road Sterling Heights, MI 48313 Phone: (586) 446-2886 Email: bjohnson@sterling-heights.net URL: http://www.sterling-heights.net West Bloomfield Township Citizen Corps Contact: David Flaisher Title: Township Supervisor Address: 4550 Walnut Lake Rd. West Bloomfield, MI 48325 Phone: (248) 451-4813 Email: Supervisor@twp. west. bloomfield.mi. us URL: www.twp.west-bloomfield.mi.us �STATE OF MICHIGAN OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002.9 MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, this administration continues to be committed to encouraging all citizens, organizations and institutions in Michigan to help in solving our most critical problems by volunteering their time, effort, energy and service in times of prosperity as well as dire crisis; and WHEREAS, the need for homeland security, community health and public safety have increased and have led to the need to call upon the compassion, inventiveness and the entrepreneurial spirit of all citizens to help solve many of the problems facing their communities; and WHEREAS, it is the standing reputation of this administration to discover and to encourage new community service leaders, to promote individuals, organizations and institutions that serve as outstanding examples of a commitment to serving others, and to convince all Michigan citizens that a successful life includes serving others; and WHEREAS, significant issues facing the nation and state continue to be addressed by the collaborative efforts of committed citizens volunteering their time and talents through volunteer centers, national service programs, schools, community organizations, government agencies, businesses, labor groups, and a host of other community and state efforts; and WHEREAS, Michigan has established a comprehensive, intricate and effective community-based and community-driven infrastructure for state-sponsored national and community service through the Michigan Community Service Commission and its publicand private-sector partnering organizations. NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Engler, Governor of the state of Michigan, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution ofthe state of Michigan of 1963 and the laws of the state of Michigan, do hereby order the following: ~ fl'tlllfrtttO OM ltlC'IC4lO P.uot~ �I. DEFINITIONS A. "Michigan Citizen Corps" means the Michigan initiative created under the federal USA Freedom Corps program by this order. B. "Michigan Citizen Corps Council" ("council") means the advisory body created within the Michigan Community Service Commission by this order. C. "Michigan Community Service Commission" ("commission") means the entity established by Act No. 219 of the Public Acts of 1994, as amended, being Section 408.221 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that was subsequently transferred to the Department of Career Development by Executive Order 1999-1, as amended, being Section 408.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. D. "Michigan Department of Career Development" ("department") means the principal department of state government created by Executive Order 1999-1, as amended, being Section 408.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. E. "USA Freedom Corps" means the federal interagency initiative created under the terms of Executive Order 13254 of January 29, 2002, {67 CFR4869) and the Citizen Service Act of 2002, a legislative proposal submitted to the United States Congress by President George W. Bush. II. MICHIGAN CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL A. Consistent with the provisions of Executive Order 13254 and any act of Congress enacted to implement Executive Order 13254, the Michigan Citizens Corps Council is created as an advisory body within the Michigan Community Service Commission. B. The council shall have twelve {12) members representing the general public appointed by the Governor. C. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, members of the council shall hold office for a term of three (3) years. However, of the members initially appointed, four (4) shall hold office for a term of three (3) years, four (4) shall hold office for a term of two (2) years, and four (4) shall hold office for a term of one (1) year. D. A vacancy on the council caused by the expiration of a term or other cause of termination of membership on the council shall be filled in the same ~anner as the original appointment. E. A member appointed to fill a vacancy created other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member who he or she is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be reappointed for additional terms. 2 �III. CHARGE TO THE COUNCIL The council shall be advisory in nature and shall assist the commission with the following functions: A. The council shall oversee the development and operation of the Michigan Citizen Corps. B. The council shall act as a state-wide advisory council on the Michigan Citizen Corps. C. The council shall develop a comprehensive three-year Michigan Homeland Security Citizen Corp Coordination Plan in consultation with the Michigan Department of State Police and other emergency management entities. The plan shall coordinate the use ofvolunteer resources in furtherance of homeland security. The plan shall describe emergency response plans for volunteer recruitment and placement in times of state or community declared disasters, state agency coordination plans, and current activities at the state and local levels that may help in the development of the Michigan Citizen Corps. This plan shall be updated on an annual basis and shall be submitted to the Governor and the legislature no later than sixty (60) days after the close of each fiscal year. D. The council shall assist the commission with the preparation of grant and other funding applications submitted to the USA Freed.om Corps and other public and private funding sources for the purposes of implementing the Michigan Citizen Corps initiative. E. Subject to appropriations and other applicable law, the council shall assist the commission with the establishment of policies and procedures regarding the;use of grant and other funds. F. The council shall assist the commission with the development and establishment of local Citizen Corps Councils and local Citizen Corps programs. G. The council shall assist the commission~ the development of initiatives to promote community service in coordination with existing programs including, but not limited to, Volunteers in Police Service, Neighborhood Watch, Medical Reserve Corps, the Terrorist Information and Prevention System, and Community Emergency Response Teams. IV. OPERATIONS OF THE COUNCIL A. The Governor shall designate one (1) member of the council to serve as chairperson. This member shall serve as Chair at the pleasure of the Governor. B. The council may promulgate bylaws, not inconsistent with law and with this Order, governing its organization, operation and procedure. 3 �C. Members of the council shall not delegate their responsibilities to other persons. A majority of the serving members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting. The council shall act by a majority vote of its serving members. D. The council shall meet at the call of the chairperson and as may be provided in the bylaws of the council. Meetings ofthe council may be held at any location within the state of Michigan. The council shall meet at least semi-annually. E. The council may, as appropriate, make inquiries, studies, investigations, hold hearings, and receive comments from the public. The council may consult with outside experts in order to perform its duties. F. The council may establish one or more subcommittees consisting of council members to investigate and analyze specific issues, consistent with the charge to the · council contained in Section III of this order. The chair of the council, or a member of the council designated by the chair, shall be a member of each subcommittee established by the council. Subcommittees shall recommend proposed actions, plans, comments, formulas, measures, reports or policies to the council, consistent with the council's charge. The council may adopt, reject or modify recommendations proposed by subcommittees. G. Members of the council shall serve without compensation. Members of the council may receive reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses according to relevant statutes, rules and procedures of the Department of Management and Budget and the Civil Service Commission. H. The Department may hire or retain such contractors, sub-contractors, advisors, consultants and agents, and may make and enter into contracts necessary or incidental to the exercise of the performance of the council's duties, as the Department Director deems appropriate. Such procurements shall be in accordance with·the relevant statutes, rules and procedures of the Department of Management and Budget and the.Civil Service Commission. I. Subject to appropriations and other applicable law, the council may apply for, receive and expend monies from any source, public or private, including but not limited to, gifts, grants, donations of monies and government appropriations. The council may also accept donations of labor, services or other things ofvalue from any public or private agency or person. Individual members of the council shall fully comply with the provisions of the Act No. 196 of the Public Acts of 1973, as amended, being Section 15.341 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, governing the standards of conduct for public officers and employees of the state of Michigan. J. Members of the council shall refer all legal, legislative and media contacts to the Department. K. The council shall be staffed by personnel within the commission as designated by the Executive Director. 4 �V. MISCELLANEOUS A. All departments, committees, commissioners or officers of the state or of any political subdivision thereof shall give to the council, or to any member or representative thereof, any necessary assistance required by the council, or any member of representative thereof, in the performance of the duties of the council so far as is compatible with its, his or her duties; free access shall also be given to any books, records or documents in its, his or her custody, relating to matters within the scope of inquiry, study or investigation of the council. B. The invalidity of any portion of this Order shall not affect the validity of the remainder thereof. The provisions of this Executive Order shall become effective upon filing. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Michigan this .:1 9 day of April, in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Two. BY THE GOVERNOR: SECRETARY OF STATE filED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE CANDICE S. MILLER ONlf·~~ 5 AT 9, ~()frm �1\~ I C ri i G A N Michigan Community Service Commission COMMUNI1Y SERVICE Revised as of 12/01103 Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer Ms. Rani Bahadur Michigan Asian Indian Family Services Ms. Kari Pardoe Council of Michigan Foundations Dr. Kenneth Bensen Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UA W Ms. Jessica Pellegrino General Public Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard GM Corporation Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Corporation Pamela Abbey Roth Graduate Student, Michigan State University Ms. Pamela Faris Office of the Lt. Governor Mr. Alexander Garnepudi Student, Rochester High School Ms. Christine Kwak W. K. Kellogg Foundation Ms. Nancy Lenz Bronson Hospital Mr. Mike Makki Chair, ACCESS Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office ofthe First Gentleman Dr. Donald Newport Alpena Community College Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools Ms. Meg Smith RSVP of Monroe County Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Mr. Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office Ms. Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School �MICHiGAN Michigan Community Service Commission Revised as of 12/01103 COMMUNITY SERVICE Our mission is to support programs that encourage all Michigan residents to volunteer COMMISSiON Ms. Rani Bahadur 3222 Middlebelt Road West Bloomfield, Michigan 48323 Phone: (248) 682-6295 Fax: (248) 682-6254 E-mail: whitedoverb@aol.com Ms. Pamela Faris 4116 Orme Circle Clio, Michigan 48420 Phone: (586) 994-3444 Fax: (517) 241-3956 E-mail: pmfaris@aol.com Dr. Kenneth Bensen Habitat for Humanity of Michigan 1000 South Washington, #102 Lansing, Michigan 4891 0 Phone: (517) 485-1006 Fax: (517) 485-1509 E-mail: kwb@att.net Mr. Alexander Garnepudi 479 Arlington Drive Rochester, Michigan 48307 Phone: (248) 652-0302 Cell: (248) 930-0888 Fax: N/A E-mail: agarnepudi@hotmail.com Ms. Elizabeth Bunn International Union UAW 8000 E. Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48214 Phone: (313) 926-5035 Cell: (313) 506-2203 Fax: (313) 926-5462 E-mail: mebunn@uaw.net Ms. Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058 Phone: (269) 969-2050 Fax: (269) 969-2619 E-mail: Christine.kwak@wkkf.org Mr. Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations One South Harbor A venue P.O. Box 599 Grand Haven, Michigan 49417 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Fax: (616) 842-3010 E-mail: rcollier@cmif.org Ms. Nancy Lenz 3790 Pinto Road Kalamazoo, Michigan 49004 Phone: (269) 345-4864 (h) Cell: (269) 207-5569 Fax: (269) 345-3603 E-mail: njlenz@chartermi.net Mr. Jimmie Comer Lear Corporation 21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 Phone: (248)447-1519 Cell: (313) 220-3536 Fax: (248) 447-1524 E-mail: jcomer01@lear.com Mr. Mike Makki 1441 Dacosta Dearborn, Michigan 48128 Phone: (313) 562-8814 (h) (313) 226-3317 (w) Fax: (313) 226-3326 E-mail: mikemakki@yahoo.com �Dr. Russell Mawby W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8400 North 391h Street Augusta, Michigan 49012 Phone: (269) 731-463 8 Fax: (269) 731-5914 E-mail: russmawby@aol.com Mr. Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner 600 Randolph, Suite 416 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Phone: (313) 224-0882 Fax: (313) 963-0018 E-mail: bparker778@aol.com Daniel Granholm Mulhern Office of the First Gentleman Governor's Office 111 S. Capital Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 241-0534 Fax: (517) 373-0259 E-mail: Mulhernd@michigan.gov Ms. Jessica Pellegrino 347 Neff Road Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 Cell: (313) 283-4485 E-mail: jpelleg@aol.com Dr. Donald Newport Alpena Community College 666 Johnson Street Alpena, Michigan 49707 Phone: (989) 356-9021 x 7246 Fax: (989) 358-7553 E-mail: newportd@alpena.cc.mi.us Ms. Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly 424 East Hewitt Avenue Marquette, Michigan 49855 Phone: (906) 226-6500 (w) (906) 228-8315 (h) Fax: (906) 226-9696 E-mail: patryanoday@chartermi.net or marquettemonthly@chartermi.net Ms. Kari Pardoe 500 East Fulton, Apt. 165 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Phone: (616) 842-7080 Cell: (269) 420-3295 Fax: (616) 842-1760 E-mail: kpardoe@cmif.org Ms. Vivian Rogers Pickard GM Corporation 300 Renaissance Center P.O. Box 300, 482-C27-D76 Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000 Phone: (313) 665-2989 Fax: (313) 665-0746 E-mail: Vivian.pickard@gm.com Ms. Pam Roth 115 84 Barns ley Lowell, Michigan 49331 Cell: (517) 410-9493 Fax: N/A E-mail: abbeypam@msu.edu Dr. Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools 3465 North Center Road P.O. Box 6278 Saginaw, Michigan 48608 Phone: (989) 797-1800 x 507 Fax: (989) 797-1801 E-mail: jlseese@stcs.org Ms. Meg Smith RSVP of Monroe County 1623 West Sterns Road Temperance, Michigan 48182 Phone: (734) 850-6040 Fax: (734) 850-6099 E-mail: smithm@bedford.k12.mi.us �Mr. Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living 1048 Pierpont, Suite 9-10 Lansing, Michigan 48911 Phone: (517) 241-0392 Fax: (517) 241-0438 E-mail: aswain@cacil.org Mr. Michael Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney 111 S. Michigan Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Phone: (989) 790-5329 Pager: (989) 730-0737 pager Cell: (989) 274-2637 Fax: (989) 792-0803 E-mail: mthomas@saginawcounty.com Mr. Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Superintendent's Office P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, Michigan 48909 Phone: (517) 373-9235 Fax: (517) 335-4565 E-mail: watkinstd@michigan.gov Kathy Young-Welch CDL Training School 13800 Tyler Detroit, Michigan 48227 Phone: (313) 895-0969 Fax: (313) 272-6942 E-mail: kyoung welch@cdltrainingschool.net �-MICHIGAN COMMUHITY SERVICE COMMISSION MCSC Commissioners • Daniel G. Mulhern Chair Appointed to serve as chair of the MCSC on May 20, 2003, Mr. Mulhern was the co-founder of the Mulhern-Hastings Group, a leadership and organizational development firm. Prior to his work in individual and organizational development, Mulhern practiced law, directed the youth services division for Wayne County, and raised funds for U of D Jesuit High School. He has taught leadership at Tufts University, Wayne State and University of Michigan Dearborn. In 1993, he was awarded a W.K. Kellogg National Leadership grant which allowed him to further his study of leadership with nationally renowned scholars. Mulhern was appointed by Governor Granholm in February, 2003, to lead the charge of Mentor Michigan. • Rani Bahadur Community Volunteer Ms. Bahadur is chair of Michigan Asian Indian Family Services. She is a trustee for the American-India Foundation and former member of the State of Michigan Board of Psychology. She has been an MCSC member since 2002. �• Kenneth W. Bensen Habitat for Humanity of Michigan At present Ken Bensen is pastor of Faith United Methodist Church, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Michigan, and the International Church Relations Coordinator with the National Council of Churches in Christ and Habitat for Humanity International. Ken serves on the Michigan Community Service Commission, United Methodist Church Lansing District Board of Ministry, National Council of Church in Christ Advisory Council, HFHI Committee for Collaborative Development, HFHI Church Relations Committee. Michigan Project Change State Advisory Committee, MSHDA Affordable Housing Committee, Michigan Nonprofit Association Public Policy Cabinet, National Association of Ecumenical Leaders in America, and Standard Federal Housing Task Force. He has been a member of the MCSC since 2002. • Elizabeth Bunn Secretary- Treasurer of the UA W Elizabeth Bunn was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the UAW at the UAWs 33rd Constitutional Convention held in June 2002, the highest post held by a woman in UAW history. As SecretaryTreasurer, Bunn is the chief financial officer of the UAW and directs various administrative departments including Accounting, Auditing, Building Maintenance, Circulation, Purchasing and Strike Assistance. She has been a MCSC member since 2003. �• Robert Collier Council of Michigan Foundations President and CEO of the Council of Michigan Foundations, Mr. Collier has been an MCSC member since 2000. He serves on numerous boards including the Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Association of United Ways, and Michigan Municipal League. His career in philanthropy includes service as a program officer with the C.S. Mott Foundation, grants director for the Gannett Foundation, executive director of Rotary Charities of Traverse City, and founding director of the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation. • Jimmie E. Comer President, North American Joint Ventures and Diversity for Lear Corporation Jimmie E. Comer was named president of North American Joint Ventures and Diversity for Lear Corporation in September 2003. Mr. Comer joined Lear in 1987 as director of Quality and has held positions as vice president and president of several divisions within Lear. Prior to joining Lear, he was employed by Mazda Motor Corporation and also held various quality-related positions during a career with General Motors Corporation. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �• Pam Faris Community Volunteer Pam Faris is the wife of Michigan's Lt. Governor John Cherry. Ms. Faris retired from the Genesee County Circuit Court in July 2003, where she was the Jury Board Coordinator for the past 11 years. In that role, she was instrumental in getting legislation passed to increase juror pay and raise awareness of the importance of jury duty. She strongly believes in the positive role mentoring can play in the lives of children and the community and that is why she is helping Governor Jennifer Granholm and First Gentleman Dan Mulhern expand Mentor Michigan. She has been a MCSC member since November 2003. • Alexander Garnepudi Student at the University of Michigan Alexander Garnepudi is a first-year student at the Univeristy of Michigan and an MCSC member since October, 2001. At Rochester High School he was president of the National Honor Society and the captain of the ski team. He serves as president of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) in Rochester, and a member of the Michigan Community Foundation Youth Project Committee. He also is a volunteer at the local hospital. �• Christine Kwak W.K. Kellogg Foundation A program director at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and an MCSC member since 2000, Ms. Kwak is the co-founder/co-chair of the Council on Foundations affinity group, Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service, and serves on various national committees in the nonprofit sector. • Nancy Lenz Borgess Medical Center A community volunteer and an MCSC member since 1996, Ms. Lenz is also a trustee for Parchment Public Schools, a member of the board for Homeworks, Inc., of Battle Creek, a member of the Junior League of Kalamazoo, and vice president of Second Harvest Food Bank of South Central Michigan. �• Mike Makki Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) PresidenVChair of the Board of Directors for the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearborn and an MCSC member since 2002, Mr. Makki also serves as the Chief of the Delegated Examining Unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Detroit. He has over 12 years of experience as a personnel management specialist for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and is the owner of Web Works, a dynamic software development and consulting company based in Canto, Michigan. • Dr. Russell G. Mawby</B< font> W.K. Kellogg Foundation Appointed to the commission on September 13, 2000, Dr. Mawby served as chair until May, 2003. Dr. Mawby is chair emeritus and trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Mawby served as a program officer, vice president, CEO and chair of the Foundation during his 36-year tenure. A former professor at Michigan State University, he later served as a member of MSU Board of Trustees, which he chaired in 1995. Mawby was appointed to the Lieutenant Governor's Children's Commission from 1995 to 1996 and the State Officers Compensation Commission from 1996 to 1998. While serving as CEO and chair of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Mawby was instrumental in convening a series of meetings leading to the formation of the MCSC. �• Donald Newport Alpena Community College President of Alpena Community College and an MCSC member since 1997, Mr. Newport also serves on the State Board for Osteopathic Medicine and the State Higher Education Facilities Commission. He is the president of Alpena Rotary, the local Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way of Northeast Michigan. • Patricia Ryan O'Day Marquette Monthly Owner and editor of the Marquette Monthly and an MCSC member since 1999, Ms. Ryan O'Day also serves on the Athena Steering Committee, Family Friendly Community Guide advisory board, MSU Cooperative Extension Service advisory board, NMU Development Fund executive committee/treasurer, and Marquette County RSVP advisory board. In addition, Ms. Ryan O'Day is a member of the board of directors of the Economic Club of Marquette County and The North Wind, the NMU student newspaper. �• Kari Pardoe Council of Michigan Foundations and Graduate Student at Grand Valley State University A Program Associate with the Council of Michigan Foundations and a graduate student at Grand Valley State University, Ms. Pardoe has been a MCSC member since 1999. She also serves on the America's Service Commission Board and is an active alumni with Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority. • Bernard Parker Wayne County Commissioner Bernard Parker has dedicated his life to community and public service. He was a cofounder of Operation Get Down (OGD) in 1971. As a community leader, he has provided direct services and programs for the homeless. He also served as executive-on-loan to the Detroit Public Schools and as Deputy CEO of Community Responsibility. He was elected as Wayne County Commissioner for the eastside District 2 in 1991. Bernard also sits on numerous boards of Directors including New Detroit, NAACP, Detroit Alliance for Fair Banking, St. John Hospital, The Wellness Plan and Southeastern Village. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �• Jessica Pellegrino SOL Group and Associates Ms. Pellegrino is a Consultant with SOL Group and Associates. She is a board member for the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Business Alliance, HBA PAC, Centro Mexicano, and Aurelio Rodriguez Scholarship Fund. She has been an MCSC member since 2002. • Vivian Rogers Pickard General Motors Corporation Director of community relations and philanthropic events for General Motors Corporation and an MCSC member since 1999, Ms. Pickard is a member of the Board of Directors of the Detroit Urban League and Gleaners Community Food Banks. She is also active in the Renaissance Chapter of The Links, Inc., is chair of the Corporate Linkage Committee for the national Links organization, and is a member of the National Black MBA Association and the Business Policy Review Council. �• Pamela Abbey Roth Michigan State University Student Pamela Roth is a student at the Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. In addition to completing her degree, Pamela is the youth coordinator at Central United Methodist Church in Lansing and tutors at a local elementary school. She has also volunteered for the Capitol Area Literacy Coalition and participated in mission work in Romania. She has been a member of the MCSC since 2003. • Jerry L. Seese Saginaw Township Community Schools Superintendent of Saginaw Township Community Schools since 1999 and an MCSC member since 2002, Mr. Seese has held various positions in the field of education for 38 years. He is active in many organizations, including America's Promise, Saginaw County Steering Committee; Vision 2020, Saginaw County; Junior Achievement Board of Directors; Saginaw Rotary Club, Business Education Partnership; United Way Board of Directors; and many other business and educational organizations. �• Meg Smith Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Monroe County Director of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Monroe County and an MCSC member since 1996, Ms. Smith is also active with Bedford Foundation's "Heart of Hope Fund"- a fund raiser held annually through a telethon to assist children with catastrophic illnesses. • Alphonso Swain Capital Area Center for Independent Living Associate Director at the Capital Area Center for Independent Living and an MCSC member since 2001. Mr. Swain is president of the Michigan Disability Rights Coalition and serves on the Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns and the Capital Area Transit Authority Local Advisory Council. • Michael D. Thomas Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney Michael D. Thomas was elected Saginaw County Prosecuting Attorney in 1990. In 2000, Mr. Thomas was a member of an international training team on Domestic Violence Law at Ehwa Women's University in Seoul, Korea, sponsored by the World Bank. This was a multi-disciplinary team which trained Korean police, prosecutors, judges and social workers who were implementing the new Korean Family Violence Act. He also serves on several boards including Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan and Director of the National District Attorneys Association of U.S.A. He has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �• Thomas Watkins, Jr. Michigan Department of Education Mr. Watkins assumed the role of Michigan's Superintendent of Public Instruction in April 2001 and has been an MCSC member since 2001. He has served as deputy director, chief deputy director, and director of administration in Michigan's Department of Mental Health. He also served as special assistant to the president for public school initiatives at Wayne State University, playing a key role in creating Michigan's first charter school. Mr. Watkins also served as president and CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, Florida and executive director of the Education Partnership of Palm Beach County. • Kathy Young-Welch General Manager of Detroit Public School's WDTR Radio Station Kathy Young-Welch has been presenting news and public affairs radio and television programming for the past 25 years in metropolitan Detroit. She and her husband are owners and operators of the Commercial Drivers License School in Detroit. She also serves as General Manager of the Detroit Public School's WDTR radio station. Ms. Young-Welch is the former Director of Civic and Government Affairs for MichCon and the Manager of Detroit's Promise. She also serves on several community boards and advisory committees. She has been a MCSC member since November 2003. �Michigan Community Service Commission I I I I MCSC Members Dan Mulhern - Chair Kyle Caldwell Executive Director Janice Harvey Executive Assistant I I Jennifer M. Granholm Governor I I ~ Paula Kaiser Deputy Director Garry Gross Director of Finance I I I Kevin Reeves Grant Coordinator I Kimberlee Andrews Program Officer AmeriCorps Jeanine Yard Program Officer Learn &Serve Vacant Director of Programs Diana Algra Service-Learning Coordinator II Director ofMaryCommunication Grill I 1 Angelia Salas Program Officer Learn &Serve VIG Andrew Younger Program Officer I I I I Vacant Administrative Assistant Vacant Administrative Assistant AmeriCorps Tara Gilman Administrative Assistant Learn &Serve VIG Kathie Vasilion Administrative Assistant Gary Zulinski Coordinator Michigan Citizen Corps - MICHIGAN Updated December 12, 2003 COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION �MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING DATES and TIMES FOR 2004 NOON-4:00P.M. (Unless otherwise noted) MONDAY, February 9, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission MONDAY, May 24, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Location: Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids (Governor's Service Awards Dinner- Volunteerism SuperConference 2004) THURSDAY & FRIDAY, September 9 & 10,2004 (Meeting and Retreat) Location: Brook Lodge, Augusta MONDAY, December 13,2004 Host: TBD MCSC -Executive Committee Meetings 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 4 Lansing, Michigan 10:00 a.m.- Noon Friday, January 23, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, April16, 2004 * Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, August, 20, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, November 19, 2004 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission *NOTE DATE CHANGE �DRAFT MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION MEETING DATES and TIMES FOR 2005 NOON-4:00P.M. (Unless otherwise noted) MONDAY, February 7, 2005 Host: TBD APRIL/MAY, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission (GrantMakers/Grant Seekers Conference I Governor's Service Awards Dinner) THURSDAY & FRIDAY, September 8 & 9, 2005 (Meeting and Retreat) Host and Location: TBD MONDAY, December 12, 2005 Host: TBD MCSC - Executive Committee Meetings 1048 Pierpont, Ste. 4 Lansing, Michigan 10:00 a.m.- Noon Friday, January 21, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, AprilS, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, August 19, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission Friday, November 18, 2005 Host: Michigan Community Service Commission �MICHIGAN 2004 CALENDAR COMMUNITY MCSC SPONSORED SPECIAL EVENTS SERVICE COMMISSION January 1-31 National Mentoring Month 28-30 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Retreat- Crystal Mountain February 5 Service-Learning Youth Council Meeting- Grand Valley State University 5-6 8th Annual Service-Learning Institute- Grand Valley State University 9 MCSC Board Meeting - Lansing March 8 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD April 28-29 Superintendents Meeting re: Service Learning- Brook Lodge May 24 MCSC Board Meeting I Governor's Service Awards- Presentation of the Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award at the Volunteer SuperConference- Grand Rapids 24-25 Volunteer SuperConference - Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids June 14 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD 14-15 Service-Learning Symposium- Lansing 25-26 Michigan's AmeriCorps Signature Service Project- Benton Harbor September 9-10 MCSC Board Meeting and Retreat- Brook Lodge, Augusta 20 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD November 18 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Council Meeting- Lansing 19 Michigan's AmeriCorps Member Celebration- Lansing December 6 Michigan Citizen Corps Council Meeting - Location TBD 13 MCSC Board Meeting- Location TBD Updated: December 12, 2003 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49411 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003/2004 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/743e80cf88fb065b17c3cff08c8fdda4.pdf 4e8e0aa205c637beb084d4c192c26b6f PDF Text Text MCSC Policy Changes (Updated April, 2003) January 31, 1992 Conflict of Interest Policy adopted March 27, 1992 Established four standing committees for the Commission: Committee on Evaluation, Committee on Community Collaboration, Committee on Youth Voice, and Committee on Statewide Service Recognitions (not an approval item) Development of the Youth Advisory Council May 22, 1992 Operating Procedures were approved and then discussion about recommendations and changes occurred. It was tabled until the next meeting. Additional committee added: Fund Development (not approval item) July 24, 1992 Approved Policy and Procedures. July 23, 1993 Discussion on a commission member serving as Vice-Chair or serving on the Executive Committee (not an approval item) October 29, 1993 Performance Review of Executive Director was initiated. March 23, 1994 New federal regulations - MCSC will oversee two program areas: AmeriCorps and Learn & Serve MI-CB (not an approval item) Chairperson explained that Commissioners with any conflict of interest would not be allowed to review applications for the AmeriCorps and Learn & serve MI-CB. (not an approval item) Conflict of Interest policy sheet was changed and all Commissioners need to sign and return new form. More changes were made and will be discussed at next meeting. May 20, 1994 Conflict of Interest policy changes were discussed. There was clarification on item 5. Changes were made and the Commissioners would receive new policy in mail to sign. A motion was made to delegate to the Executive committee ofthe MCSC the authority to have final approval on MCSC's state plan, AmeriCorps grants and Learn & Serve grants that will be going to the Corporation for National and Community Service for this year. �Operating procedures were updated to provide that the Chairperson have a term limit of three years and that the words "appointed by the Governor and voted on by the Commission" be added. Attendance Policy- it was suggested that the Operating Procedures provide that if a Commissioner misses more than two consecutive meetings, regardless of whether a representative is in attendance in his/her stead, he/she would be asked to resign. Also, add to the third paragraph, last line under membership "subject to review by the Executive Committee of the Michigan community Service Commission". September 23, 1994 Steering Committee changed to Staff Advisory Committee. Changes that were agreed at the previous meeting had been changed on the operating procedures. Motion made to give authorization to the staff to initiate a process that would bring us forward toward a long-term plan that would include elements of sustainability, include partners in the process, and would serve as a blueprint for action as a Commission over the next three years. December 2, 1994 AmeriCorps application process- this year's process will require a concept paper that will be a brief description of the program and its goals and operation plan. (not an approval item) A motion was made to authorize the MCSC to continue to develop a fund with the Capital Area Foundation for the MCSC. Alliance for National Renewal Participation- Commission gave support to staff to pursue our affiliation to the Aliance and show Michigan's commitment to community service. February 24, 1995 National and Community Service Policy Statement- the policy will serve as a policy position statement on national community service, AmeriCorps, and the MCSC. Commissioners took the statement home and faxed their comments back to the Commission. Final action will be taken at the retreat. An Evaluation Coordination meeting will develop an overall evaluation plan for Michigan's AmeriCorps programs. (not an approval item) March 10-11, 1995 NO RETREAT MINUTES �May 15, 1995 The Chair is to appoint a strategic planning committee to work out details to implement an endowment fund. The National and Community Service policy statement paper was adopted. March 15, 1996 Due to time constraints, Commission empowered the Executive Committee to review and approve AmeriCorps grant applications for this year. May 10, 1996 Discussion on changing the by-laws of the Commission. It was suggested that the Commission staff make some suggestions and revisions that will be discuseed at an upcoming meeting. July 24, 1996 Connect Michigan - new program was approved with the provision to change the name and accept staff recommendations. A motion to fund the MNA program with a changed named was carried without objection. August 23, 1996 MCSC and MI Dept of Education Partnership- Angelia Salas will be working with MI Dept. of Ed. to conduct training, technical assistance and monitoring with the MDE Learn & Serve programs. The commission staff will contribute to the grant review criteria and the grant selection process with MDE having the final approval. (not an approval item) December 13, 1996 Mr. Dirks explained that we needed to make changes in the operating procedures to more accurately reflect the language in the Commission statute. Chairperson Engler proposed the Policy and Procedures revisions to be approved with the new changes as proposed. February 14, 1997 ?????-Same minutes as 12/13/96 June 6, 1997 Volunteer Investment Grant Proposal - an overview of the new project was discussed with Commissioners. (not an approval item) April24, 1998 Approval of AmeriCorps Compelling Circumstance Waiver Policy. Unified State Plan was discussed. (The final plan was due to the CNCS by March 17, 1998.) (not an approval item) September 11, 1998 AmeriCorps Funding Policy changes in FY99 and beyond. �Volunteer Investment Grants modifications FY99 and beyond. MCSC Policies and Procedures memo explaining that current Commission standing committees are not functional and recommended that the current standing committees be changed to: Board Development Committee, Youth Leadership, Awards and Recognition, Outreach and Communications, and Continuous Improvement. The by-laws were amended. December 11, 1998 The MCSC Commissioner Roles and Expectations document was incorporated into the MCSC Operating Procedures. September 24, 1999 MCSC is redesigning the AmeriCorps grant renewal process. The wording in future applications will state that successful applicants will be required to increase their match level every year over the course of three years. In addition, the applications will suggest that no program be funded as a fully funded AmeriCorps program beyond six years. Staff will have the wording for the renewal process by the November meeting. (not approval item) VIG changes: Due to the inability to disburse the full $1 million state appropriations within the 12 months of a fiscal year, the MCSC has received clarification on our ability to carry-over VIG funds from one fiscal year to another (estimated amount of $100,000). The staffrecommends that the funds be carried over and also to set aside $100,000 a year for demonstration grants. The MCSC staff also recommended that the MCSC re-examine this funding stream in one year and assess whether the process and outcomes were desirable. MCSC will receive tobacco settlement money that will go to community foundations to fund health programs for youth, adults, and seniors. (not approval item) MCSC recommends Governor and Legislature allow modification PA219 of 1994 to ensure that Commissioners of the MCSC may not serve more than three (3) three-year terms consecutively beginning with those whose terms would expire in 2000 with the exception of past and current serving chairpersons. Approval for the staff to move forward with the concept of the Alliance Plan between MCSC and MNA. January 21, 2000 Board Development Committee recommended that the statue be changed to include the language concerning term limits and �language addressing the minimum number of appointments rather than the maximum. May 10,2000 The MCSC Leadership Council was created. This council will consist of all former MCSC members in good standing and will be charged to advise and counsel to the MCSC members and staff. MDE will transition Learn and Serve funding over to the MCSC. Establish new sustainability plan for Michigan's AmeriCorps and other programs that involve subgranting. Staff will develop plan and then present to the Executive Committee for approval so that the language may be included in the next round of the MCSC applications. The Executive Committee would then present the plan at the September meeting for concurrence. September 13, 2000 Funding requirements for the Michigan's AmeriCorps programs will be modified to allow for a required graduated match over a seven-year period starting after a program's third year of funding. Modification in the VIG program: 1. The MCSC maintain the VIG graduated match requirements for the next funding cycle to test whether it is effective in advancing the goals and priorities ofthe program. 2. The MCSC not modify the VIG program requirements to include non-cash matches as it would run contrary to the goal ofbuilding financial endowments in support of local volunteer resource centers. 3. The MCSC should maintain the goals of establishing significant endowments while making VIG's available to more organizations and maintain the current grant minimum of $25,000 and maximum of $100,000. 4. The MCSC authorize the use of a limited portion ofVIG funds to conduct a third-party analysis ofthe effectiveness and challenges of the VIG program. Motion passed with the amendment that there should be a cap of $40,000 on the cost for the evaluation of the program. Motion to empower the Executive Committee of the MCSC to handle the responses on the issues regarding to the Inspector General's report. December 8, 2000 The MCSC staff recommended that the Commission empower the staff to approve current and future grant increases for exisiting VIG. �"Future Goals ofMCSC" document was approved, which proposed changes in the operations of the MCSC, but not the miSSIOn. Due to CNS grant application due date, approval was given to staff recommendations to empower the Executive Committee with funding approval of the FY2001 Michigan's AmeriCorps Formula application. Full body will review and approve the actions of the Executive Committee at the next meeting of the full body. February 9, 2001 National Service Policy Recommendation (white paper)endorsement of five principals: a. All Americans should be encouraged and empowered to give back through a quality volunteer experience that can made a genuine and meaningful difference in someone's life or the community at large. b. States and local communities should be empowered to help engage heir citizens in meaningful, effective and sustainable volunteer service. c. All Sectors of society including government, education, businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions and civic organizations should ban together to address community challenges by envisioning, creating and sustaining community problem solving models that utilize volunteers as their primary resource. d. Adequate, flexible and non-duplicative financial and human resources from the federal government should be leveraged by states for local communities and community-based organizations to develop stable and enduring volunteer service infrastructures (resources, technical support, coordination, etc.) that demonstrates a substantial investment in a community problem solving model. e. Local, state and national leaders should demonstrate their support for volunteerism through personal action for the common good and through the advancement of principlecentered public policy that uses national and community service as a prominent strategy to address issues. May 21,2001 VIG: MCSC recommended lowering the graduated cash match requirement to a 1: 1 rate for all successful applicants. The modification will be made retroactive to the beginning ofFY2001 program cycle. April29, 2002 New logo was approved. �Executive Order 2002-9, establishing the Michigan Citizen Corps. Sept, 12-13, 2002 Adoption of new Mission and Vision Statements America's Promise/Michigan's Promise will move over to the ConnectMichigan Alliance. Make-A Difference Day is online and the CMA staffwill work with the MCSC staff to ensure a smooth transition. Extended CMA Endowment Challenge grant to June 30,2003. December 16, 2002 Approved a standing policy to give the Executive Committee the power to approve Michigan's AmeriCorps applications with the approval of the full Commission at a later date. Approval of criteria to determine acceptance or denial of AmeriCorps Sustainability Policy Appeals. Approval of recommendation to empower staff to approve or deny any Michigan's AmeriCorps program's request to over-enroll members. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Community Service Commission Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49410 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003-04