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LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Put your non-perishable donation in a bag by
your mailbox on Saturday, May 12, and it will
be delivered to a local food bank.
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MAYFEST
Saturday, May 19, 2012
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Muskegon Community College
221 South Quarterline Road
Over 100 FREE Family Activities!
* Face Painting * Balloon Animals *
* Bean Bag Toss * Puppets *
* Crafts * Hula Hoops * Bowling *
* Coloring Tables * Fun Walk *
* Hand & Back Massage *
* Electronics Recycling and More! *
muskegoncc.edu/mayfest
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WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP NETWORK
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The next WLN meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 22 and includes a tour of the Teen Health Center at Muskegon High School, and West Michigan Therapy's new 38 bed women's facility. Plan to meet at United Way, 31 East Clay Avenue at 3:45 p.m. to ride the bus. Light refreshments will be provided and the bus will return to United Way at 6 p.m.
The next social event will be on Tuesday, July 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Hampton Green Farms in Fruitport. If you are planning to attend either of these events, please RSVP to stephanie@unitedwaylakeshore.org.
Women's Leadership Network is open to any woman giving $500 or more annually to United Way. The 2012 WLN Chair is Tammy Gillette, who has been involved with United Way for over 25 years.
Mission Statement: The Women's Leadership Network of United Way of the Lakeshore exists to build a powerful coalition of women, in order that we can increase awareness of needs in our community, particularly those impacting women and children; provide a forum to learn more about the needs of the community and the organizations that address those needs; and encourage women to become leadership donors.
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GHSP SURVEY HELPS UNITED WAY
Our friends at GHSP will make a donation to United Way of the Lakeshore each time someone clicks this link http://svy.mk/spuwls12 and anonymously takes the Shifter Preference Survey. Please complete this survey by May 15.
A shifter lets you get your car from park to reverse, neutral, or drive. This short survey will GHSP develop future shifters and provide funds for United Way!
Please feel free to share this survey with your friends. The more you share, the more we receive!
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United Way of the Lakeshore and DTE Energy are partnering to bring you RIDE UNITED, a fundraising bike tour event, scheduled for September 2012. Tentatively planned to be a 100 mile ride, the Ride United tour will begin in Hart and end in Marne. The committee is currently in search of additional committee members and century riders who are interested in planning, volunteering, and/or participating with this event. Please contact Laura Nugent at laura@unitedwaylakeshore.org.
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PARADE SEASON
Summer is almost here and that means parade season! If you and your family are interested in showing your support for United Way by walking in a parade with us, please email stephanie@unitedwaylakeshore.org.
Monday, May 28: Fruitport Old Fashioned Days parade, line up at 1 p.m., parade starts at 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 16: Muskegon Heights Festival in the Park, line up at 10 a.m., parade starts at 11 a.m.
Thursday, August 9: City of North Muskegon Northside Family Fun Fest parade, line up at 6:30 p.m., parade starts at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 25: Roosevelt Park Day parade, line up at 9 a.m., parade starts at 10 a.m.
Doug Wood and Suzanne Prell showed their support in the 2011 parade.
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EVENT CALENDAR
Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12: 49th Annual Muskegon Y's Club White Elephant Sale at the West Village Shopping Mall (corner of Henry and Sherman). May 11 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and May 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (231) 727-9900 if you have saleable merchandise.
Monday, May 14 to Friday, May 18: 5th Annual Ride On! Muskegon County bike to work week. Presented by Access Health, Employer's Association of West Michigan, the Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, and Revel. Register at www.rideonmuskegon.com.
Friday, May 18: American Red Cross Golf Day 2012 takes place at Lincoln Golf Club with shotgun starts at 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Cost is $90 per player or $360 per team. For more information or to register, please call Anne Wheeler at (231) 720-4234 or wheelera@arcmon.org.
Friday, May 18: Veterans Job Fair on board the WWII LST 393 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Veterans interested in starting a career, changing careers, or upward mobility, can attend this job fair and meet with a Veterans Employment Representative. For more information contact Jesse Mikaelsen at mikaelsenj@michigan.gov or
(231) 760-1986.
Saturday, May 26: Harbor Hospice presents the Ride to Remember event beginning at Fruitport High School and proceeds around Spring Lake. This event benefits the Leila and Cyrus Poppen Residence. Please contact Ammy Johnson, Director of Development for Harbor Hospice at (231) 728-6836 for more information.
Saturday, June 2: Muskegon's Walk for Diabetes at Heritage Landing. A fun-filled day of live entertainment, children's activities, exercise and great food. Please call the Muskegon Community Health Project at (231) 672-3201 for more information.
Friday, June 8: The 2012 Arc Open at Stonegate Golf Club. Please call (231) 777-2006 for more information.
Saturday, June 30: Great Gatsby event at Hampton Green Farms from 6 to 11 p.m. For more information on this event please contact the Child Abuse Council at (231) 728-6410.
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DID YOU KNOW? | |
The first duty of Howard P. Hunt, the first Executive Director of United Way, was to find a permanent office for the Greater Muskegon War, Community Progress and Charity Fund, Inc (United Way). It had never before had an office of its own, usually meeting in a room in the Chamber of Commerce offices, the Century Club, the YMCA, Board Chair, LC Walker's office or - for the duration of the campaign in 1942 - an abandoned store front. Hunt rented room 314 in the Hackley Union Bank Building beginning in January 1943 for $48 per month.
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