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Be the change!
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Growing Hope is at an exciting growth stage as an organization and we're inviting YOU to be a part of our journey! We are recruiting a wide range of participants - everything from Board and Committee Members to program volunteers - and welcome you, Southeastern Michigan, to come get to know us.  | | First garlic bulb planted on the day we bought the GH Center in December 2007 |
Sunday, November 21st, we will be hosting an informal get-to-know-each-other mixer at Ypsilanti's favorite Corner Brewery. Come join us and find ways to positively engage with the community, lend your skills and experience to a dynamic local nonprofit, and explore what your best-fit with us could be. What: Informal Mixer with GH Board & Staff
Where: Corner Brewery, 720 Norris St., Ypsilanti, MI 48198 When: Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 3:00-5:00pm Why? Because your fantastic skills match the opportunities we offer and positions we seek to fill, and we are fun people. Who? You. RSVP to let us know we'll see you! Spread the word on facebook  as well...
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Buy local for the holidays as we move inside
Downtown Ypsi Winter Farmers' Market
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Enjoy our famous Downtown Ypsi Farmer's Market inside the Corner Brewery three more times this year! Every other Tuesday, buy local food & crafts and enjoy happy hour pricing on beers.
Join us from 3-7 pm on
- November 23
- December 7
- December 21
Extra hands needed during market! Volunteers are needed for 2 hour shifts between 12:30pm and 8:00pm. Come join us and help set up or tear down, transport market supplies, help vendors set up, and greet and count customers at the market.
Choose a shift that works for you and get in touch. If you're a new to us, fill out our application to volunteer once or every week! Your help will be appreciated and you will be able to work with interesting people and beautiful food! |
The ground is about to warm us...
See our progress at the GH Center!
| |  We're moving forward! Thanks to donations from the Masco Corporate Foundation and several private donors, we're making progress at the Growing Hope Center. Our geothermal system was installed last week, and our electrical upgrade and parking lot construction are forthcoming! With heat in the house (our future offices, teaching space, and commercial kitchen), we'll be able to use many volunteers this winter who want to help us on the renovations. Apply to volunteer or, if you're already in our system, be in touch with Arika, our new Outreach & Volunteerism Manager, about how you join our planning team or lend a hand!
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Save Your Stamp!
| | It's that 'Giving' time of year & we at Growing Hope are gearing up to send out our annual year-end letter.
If you already know you would like to donate to us and would love to save us the cost of the mailing & your stamp, click here.
Growing Hope merchandise also makes wonderful holiday presents-- look out after Thanksgiving for our new t-shirts, onesies, kids' shirts, and 2011 calendars!
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Welcomes & Farewells!
| | | Friday, November 19th is the end of the service year for our Americorps*VISTA members, including JP , Jeremy, Gabe, Ryan Stedman, and Wendy. Their full-time service as volunteers has allowed GH to grow and prosper in 2010. We'll miss JP, Jeremy, and Gabe, but are pleased that Wendy & Ryan will be staying with us next year. We also look forward to our new VISTA members-- Eva, Christina, Emily, Cassandra, Paul & Joel who begin their year with us on Friday. |
Growing Hope
Board of Directors
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Mark Barbieri
Pauline Bigby
Hillary Bisnett
Ellen Bunting
Lynne Chaimowitz
Chad Crabtree
Shannon Marimon
Jess Martyn
David Palmer
Michelle Shankwiler
Sharon Sheldon
Amanda Maria Edmonds
Executive Director
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Sincerely,
Amanda (Executive Director), Elissa (Youth & Education Program Manager), Hannah Ashmore (Development Manager), Arika Lycan (Outreach & Volunteerism Manager), Liz (Office Manager), Wendy (Community Organizer), Ryan (Farmers' Market), and a whole slew of AmeriCorps VISTAs to introduce to you!
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