Welcome to the Volunteer Michigan monthly e-newsletter. As always, we would like to thank our partner, Volunteer Centers of Michigan, for providing support to the Volunteer Michigan grantees and for being an invaluable partner to the Michigan Community Service Commission. This is the first monthly e-newsletter that will be sent out from the MCSC to parties associated with the Volunteer Michigan grant. We encourage you to share the e-newsletter with your partners if you feel there is pertinent information for them.

We would like to thank everyone that participated in the last Volunteer Management Webinar hosted by Volunteer Centers of Michigan. Please look for a link to a recorded volunteer management webinar in the February e-newsletter that will be sent out at the end of this month.

If you have any questions about the e-newsletter, would like to contribute, or do not wish to receive the publication, please send an email to vmvista@michigan.gov.

Global Youth Service Day Mini Grants Application deadline: Monday, February 28 at 5:00 p.m.





 
Greater Lansing Food Bank Hosts: Growing our Food System

 Quick Tips and Tools:

National Day of Service Project Ideas

by Jeanine Yard
 

Current list of Volunteer Michigan contacts available in Google documents
 

HandsOn Connect demo videos
 

Seven Tips for Writing Mini Grants 
 

General Calendar Items
February 7 - REPORT: Send Hands On Annual Affiliates Report to Rachel Klegon at rklegon@mivolunteers.org

February 18 - TRAINING: Partner needs assessment due

February 23 - CONFERENCE CALL: Review needs assessments

March 10 - MEETING: Quarterly meeting in Mount Pleasant

HandsOn Connect Training Dates
March 7 - Getting Read for HOC & Public Site Overview

March 28 - Salesforce Overview 

March 30 - Organizations Contacts and Events

April 1 - Volunteer Opportunities

For a complete listing of report due dates, training webinars, and other grant related activities please visit the Volunteer Michigan Google calendar. If you would like to add a date to the calendar please send an email to vmvista@michigan.gov.

The Michigan Community Service Commission builds a culture of service by providing vision and resources to strengthen communities through volunteerism. In 2010-2011, the MCSC is granting nearly $9 million in federal funds to local communities for volunteer programs and activities. The MCSC is funding 26 AmeriCorps programs, 25 Learn and Serve programs, and seven Volunteer Michigan grantees. The Governor's Service Awards and Mentor Michigan are also premier programs of the MCSC. 

www.michigan.gov/volunteer