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Events Calendar
Now through June 7, 2013
Children’s Hospital Cereal Drive
Gleaners Community Food Bank
Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation, so the Children’s Hospital of Michigan is collecting food and funds to curb child hunger this summer. Drop off your cereal donation at any participating location or visit the virtual cereal drive to make a secure online donation. Drop Off Locations:
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien
Detroit, Michigan 48201
Specialty Center – Birmingham
2059 E. 14 Mile Road
Birmingham, MI 48009
Specialty Center – Canton
45250 Cherry Hill Rd.
Canton, MI 48188
Stilson Specialty Center – Clinton Twp
42700 Garfield Road
Clinton Township, MI 48038
Specialty Center – Dearborn
25325 Ford Road
Dearborn, MI 48128
Children’s Hospital of Michigan Novi Rehabilitation Center
42005 West Twelve Mile Road
Novi, MI 48377
Alex J. Etkins Specialty Center – Southfield
29120 Franklin Road
Southfield, MI 48034
Specialty Center – West Bloomfield
5635 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
DMC – Berry Surgery Center
28500 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
DMC – Lahser Surgery Center
27207 Lahser Road Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
June 1, 2013
Chicago Street Tree Planting, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Greening of Detroit
The Greening of Detroit, in partnership with DWSD and the Cody Rouge Action Alliance, will plant over 119 trees along Chicago Street from Southfield freeway to Evergreen Road. Volunteers should meet at 9405 Stahelin Avenue, Detroit, MI 48228. Sign up in advance at Greening of Detroit or call or email Julia at 313-285-1254 or julia@greeningofdetroit.com.
June 1, 2013
Stein Park Tree Planting, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Greening of Detroit
The Greening of Detroit, in partnership with DWSD and the Detroit Institute of Technology College Prep, will plant over 100 trees in Stein Playground and along the Cathedral Street meridian. Volunteers should meet at the Stein Playfield across from 9139 Brace Street, Detroit, MI 48228. Sign up in advance at Greening of Detroit or call or email Julia at 313-285-1254 or julia@greeningofdetroit.com.
June 8, 2013
Minock Park Tree Planting, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Greening of Detroit
The Greening of Detroit will be planting trees on Plainview, Auburn, and Minock streets in the Minock Park neighborhood area in partnership with the Minock Park Block Association and the Detroit Partnership. Volunteers should meet at the lot across from 15300 Auburn Street, Detroit, MI 48223. Sign up in advance at Greening of Detroit or call or email Julia at 313-285-1254 or julia@greeningofdetroit.com.
June 8, 2013
Cody Rouge East Tree Planting, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Greening of Detroit
The Greening of Detroit will be planting trees on Fielding, Stout, Heyden, and Vaughn Streets in the Cody Rouge area in partnership with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) and Quicken Loans. Volunteers should meet at 19500 Tireman, Detroit, MI 48228. Sign up in advance at Greening of Detroit or call or email Julia at 313-285-1254 or julia@greeningofdetroit.com.
News & Announcements
Volunteer Recruitment for Spring Tree Planting Underway
The Greening of Detroit will plant more than 1,000 trees in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck this spring. If you are interested in volunteering or becoming a Citizen Forester, visit our website at www.greeningofdetroit.com or call 313-237-8733.
Volunteers are needed most Saturdays from April to June. Most plantings take place on Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at various locations throughout the city. The spring planting season officially kicks off in late March.
Citizen foresters are specially trained volunteers who learn about tree-planting technique, tree identification and maintenance during a full-day training session facilitated by The Greening of Detroit forestry department. They are then assigned a team of volunteers at planting sites to make sure everyone knows what to do and how to do it. More than 50 Citizen Foresters helped with the fall planting season and outreach is currently being done to inform people about the opportunity to participate in our spring 2013 season. Citizen Foresters are usually people who are interested in environmental stewardship, but anyone with the passion to create a greener Detroit through tree plantings are encouraged to join the team. The next Citizen Forestry training session is scheduled for Saturday, March 9.
FEAST Youth Leadership Crew Looking for High School Students
The Greening of Detroit is looking for a good crew of high school students who want to join the FEAST Youth Leadership Crew this year! Crew members meet once a month to learn about the food system, develop cooking skills, and explore justice issues in Detroit and around the world.
Crew members can also earn stipends and community service hours for planning, organizing, and preparing delicious home-cooked FEAST meal events at gardens and community centers across the city. Students connect with other young people who are interested in urban agriculture, cooking skills, the past, present, and future of Detroit, and building resumes for college and beyond. Contact: Eitan Sussman at the Greening of Detroit at 313.285.2243 or eitan@greeningofdetroit.com for more information!
Detroit Bike City
Check out the Detroit Bike City documentary to feel inspired about riding in the city!
New York Times Foodie Blogs about Detroit
Read NYT writer Mark Bittman’s great op-ed piece on Detroit, with quotes from Detroit Food & Fitness Collaborative members and other great Detroiters who are making access to good, locally grown food a priority.
Rap for Light Rail
Check out the latest rap promotion for light rail in Detroit.
Detroit Garden Resource Program Applications Now Available
For the last eight years the Garden Resource Program, a collaborative effort of many residents and community-based organizations in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck, has provided residents with supplies and resources they need to be successful in their efforts to grow food in the city. Participants in the Garden Resource Program (GRP) receive resources including seeds and Detroit grown transplants and become part of a growing network of gardeners and advocates working to promote and encourage urban agriculture and a thriving local food system in the City. For more information, please contact Lindsay Turpin at 313-285-1249 or visit www.detroitagriculture.org.
Detroit Trails Hit Facebook
Just a quick note to say that there is now a Complete Streets in Detroit page on Facebook. Feel free to “Like” this page and/or share it with friends. This Facebook page is just another means for engaging the community on Complete Streets in Detroit.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Complete-Streets-in-Detroit/175132359198616
Now in Wikipedia: Trails in Detroit
Michigan Trails & Greenways recently created a new Wikipedia page called Trails in Detroit. This is really a great way to help get the word out on all the trail planning and construction currently underway in the city of Detroit. Also, this is a companion Wikipedia article to the Cycling in Detroit which was created earlier.
Report on current food environment now available
Healthy Food For All: Building Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems in Detroit and Oakland assesses the current environment and potential for change in two cities where the need for food justice is particularly acute: Detroit and Oakland (© 2009). More info at www.fairfoodnetwork.org.
Healthy Home Website
A community partnership with the YMCA, Healthy Family Home is a website that you can use this to help improve your home environment and jumpstart healthy habits that will lead to a healthier way of living. This site supports and encourages the whole family in making nurturing, wholesome choices throughout each day. Congratulations for taking the first step towards a healthier family home.
