Active Neighboring News: Silver Bells, Art, Creating Usable Space, Winter Break Adventures, Mid-Day Movies
Joan Nelson
Active Neighboring News
Distributed by Allen Neighborhood
Center
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November 18, 2011
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Tonight is Silver Bells, the premiere event of the holiday season! And, of course, there are all of these other events and activities to consider:
1) Silver Bells TODAY
2) Ladies Weekend Expo on 11/18-20
3) “From Wisconsin to Memphis” on 11/18
4) New Van Atta’s Holiday Open House this WEEKEND
5) Mobile Pantry on 11/19
6) Breakfast with Bauer on 11/19
7) New Cristo Rey Thanksgiving Dinner on 11/24
8) New CATA Service Changes for Thanksgiving time
9) Mid-Day Movies (Free)
10) Free
Tutoring at Eastern High School
11) Free Homework Help at the Downtown Library
12) New Crime Mapping Website
13) Offerings from CADL
14) Science for Everyone/Community Book Club on 11/28
15) New New Urban Snow Park announced
16) New Free After School Art Program at REACH Studio
17) Lansing Art Gallery offers holiday Workshops!
18) New ENO Annual Holiday Party on 12/7
19) Interesting Ways to Add Usable Spaces to Your Old House, 12/8
20) New Active Neighboring Café on Commercial Properties on 12/10
21) New Habitat Open House on 12/17
22) Swap old holiday lights for LED lights
23) New Fenner offers “Winter Break Adventures”, beginning 12/19
24) New Utility Worker Training Program-Great new opportunity!!!
25) New Help Plan ‘Everybody Eats’ Conference
26) Lansing Parks and Rec Offerings
27) New Bea Christy Dinner on Feb. 10-Save the Date!
28) Quote of the Week
P.S. And if being outdoors tonight does not appeal to you, check out MSU Jazz Octet beginning a 7:30 p.m. at MSU Demonstration Hall for great music!!
See you around the neighborhood!
1) Silver Bells in the City, 27th Annual
Friday, November 18, 5:30-10:00pm, Washington Square/Capitol Avenue, Downtown The
premiere holiday event for the state of Michigan, Silver Bells in the City
brings over 100,000 people to Lansing each year to enjoy the Electric Light
Parade followed by the lighting of Michigan’s official Christmas tree and a
fireworks show over the State Capitol.. Phone: (517) 487-3322, Website: http://www.silverbellsinthecity.org
2) Ladies
Weekend Expo
Friday-Sunday, November 18-20, 10 am-7 pm Fri & Sat/11 am-5 pm Sun
Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Ave, Lansing
Gather your female
friends and family and head to the ultimate ladies’ outing! Enjoy a weekend
full of activities designed specifically with you in mind! Here’s a look at
the show you don’t want to miss:
Hundreds of vendors featuring jewelry, clothing, cosmetics, home décor and
more; Daily prize giveaways; Firefighter fashion show; Girl’s night out pub
crawl; Mother/Daughter look-a-like contest; Afternoon tea; Ornament making;
Wreath building; and much more!
For more information on this fall’s hottest show visit: www.ladiesweekendexpo.com
Phone: (616) 466-4451
Website: http://www.ladiesweekendexpo.com
3) “From Wisconsin to Memphis: King's Gospel of Labor Rights on the Rebound” featuring Dr. Mike Honey (Williamston-grown)
Friday, November 18, 12:15 - 1:30 in the MSU Museum Auditorium, featuring
Michael Honey, Fred T. and Dorothy G. Haley Endowed Professor of the Humanities, University of Washington-Tacoma, part of next week’s Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives brown bag and co-sponsored by the MSU African-American and African Studies Program.
On April 4, the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death in Memphis, unions sponsored "We Are One" events in over a thousand communities, demanding the labor rights and economic justice that King died trying to protect. Michael Honey was on the road, speaking to the national AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., at Morehouse College, and at the ML King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Honey's edited book of King's labor speeches, All Labor Has Dignity (Beacon, 2011), highlights King's righteous commitment to working and poor people and offers a moral discourse for union rights.
Honey, a scholar of African American and labor history, is also the author of the award-winning Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King's Last Campaign (WW Norton, 2007). He will be speaking about King's unfinished agenda for labor rights and how it translates in the era of the 1 percent vs. the 99 percent and the current assaults on unions.
Honey also will be speaking and signing books at Schuler's Meridian Mall Bookstore in Okemos (1982 Grand River – Near the intersection of Marsh Road and Grand River) at 7:00 P.M.
4) This Weekend is Van Atta’s Holiday Open House!
We'd love for you to join us this weekend for a fun family event including music, sales, local vendors and Santa. Our elves have been busy decorating indoors and out, and we're ready for a party! Enjoy our beautifully decorated trees and greenhouse filled with blooming poinsettias, and while you're here, start checking off your holiday list with all the many unique gifts for the special people in your life!
Open House Highlights
· Santa will be here with one of his reindeer from 12-3 each day.
· Our beneficiary this year EVE, Inc. will be here both days with an information booth and will be available to collect much needed donations of twin size blankets, all sizes of pajamas and slippers, and journals and antibiotic ointment. They'll also happily accept cash or check donations.
· Animal Resource Center will be here with animals for adoption.
· Beverly Bates from Holistic Butterfly will be here both days doing chair massages.
· Tamale Rose will be here with authentic Mexican cuisine for your lunchtime cravings.
· Lorrie Bigham will be here with honey and honey products for sale.
· Williamston Alpaca will be selling their locally raised alpaca products both days.
· Green Barn Llama Farm will be here with delicious dessert sauces on Sunday only.
· Screenprint artist Kelly Boyle will be here with her beautiful and vibrant artwork and calendars.
· Herb Confer will be selling maple syrup and maple products.
· Kitchen Kreations will be bringing their wonderful canned goods, salsas, jams and jellies for sale.
· Linda Horen will have lovely fused glass pendants for sale.
Music on Saturday:
12:00-Wanda Degan and Dan Giacobassi
1:00-Someko Singers
2:00-Chip Christy
3:00-5:00-Nikki and Ricky
Music on Sunday:
12:00-Chris Corey
1:00-Hall and Morgan
2:00-Capital City Chordsmen Mini-Chorus
3:00-5:00-Capital City Ringers
Wreath Making Classes
We're scheduling 3 wreath-making classes this year due to popular demand! All will be on a Saturday at 1pm and class size is limited, so call and sign up soon!! November 26th, December 3rd (almost full) and December 10th are the dates, classes are $25 each and Van Atta's provides the wreath frame, greens, expertise and instruction necessary for you to go home with your very own handmade wreath! Call 517.339.1142 to reserve and pay for your class spot today!
November Hours through Thanksgiving
Monday through Saturday 9am to 6pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving Day
Contact us at 339.1142 or vana...@voyager.net, Visit our website: http://www.vanattas.com/ and become a fan on facebook or follow us on twitter.
5) Mobile Food Pantry
Sat., November 19, 9 a.m. until 11
a.m, South Church of Nazarene, 401 W. Holmes Rd
Distribution of FREE, fresh, non-perishable food items.
If you or someone you know must choose between buying food and filling
prescriptions, please tell them about this important program.
Participants should bring a box or bag to carry food. Who is
eligible? The disadvantaged and vulnerable, senior citizens on fixed
incomes, and families/individuals with limited or low income jobs.
For more information, call (517)
483-4477
http://apps.cityoflansingmi.com/newsevents/releases/Mobile%20Food%20Pantry%20Flyer%2011-19-1165222.pdf
6) Breakfast with Bauer
Saturday, Nov. 19, 9-10 am at Gone Wired Café.
7) Cristo Rey Community Center Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
Cristo Rey Community Center will host its Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 24, 2011. Cristo Rey Board Members, staff, and community volunteers have been donating their time to provide Thanksgiving Dinner to the community for over forty years to help others who would not otherwise receive a hot meal on this day of giving thanks.
Dinner will be served from 12 Noon to 1:30 pm. If you are a senior, disabled, alone for Thanksgiving, or are a family in need, you are invited and welcome to join us for Thanksgiving Dinner at Cristo Rey Community Center, 1717 North High Street, Lansing, Michigan. For further information, please call Cristo Rey Community Center at 372-4700.
8) CATA SERVICE CHANGES FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Capital Area
Transportation Authority (CATA)
will implement the following service changes:
Wednesday, November 23 – all
evening MSU campus bus service (Routes 30, 31, 39 & Lot Link) will conclude
early at 11:30 p.m. All non-campus CATA routes and services will end at their
regular time on Wednesday.
Thanksgiving Day, November 24 – all CATA services –fixed-route (including Entertainment Express), Spec-Tran, Redi-Ride and Rural Service – will not operate. The CATA Administrative Office will also be closed on Thursday; however, the Spec-Tran Office will take telephone reservations on Thanksgiving Day, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., for rides needed after the November 24 holiday. The Spec-Tran number is 517.394.CATA (2282).
Friday, November 25 – the following reductions or changes in service levels will be implemented:
Route 1-Downtown Lansing/Meridian Mall will not operate the four late night Spartan Service trips. Service will conclude at 11:25 p.m.
Route 25-North Harrison will not operate Spartan Service trips. Buses will run every 60 minutes throughout the day and conclude service at the regular time of 10:02 p.m.
Route 26- Abbot/Chandler will operate every 45 minutes instead of every 15 minutes. Service will conclude at the regular time of 11:15 p.m. with the last bus departing campus at 10:40 p.m. Route 26 Friday Late Night service to the downtown East Lansing area will not operate.
Entertainment Express will operate less frequently with service every 30 minutes 7:30 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.
Routes 30, 31, 32, 33 and 39 will not operate on the MSU campus.
Routes 34, 35, 36 and the Lot Link will follow the weekend timetables with service to MSU’s campus starting at 9 a.m.
The Night Owl will not operate Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Service on the campus of MSU will resume at its regular start time of 2 a.m. Monday morning.
All other CATA routes and services will operate their regular Friday schedules.
For more information, contact CATA Customer Service Representatives at in...@cata.org or (517) 394-1000
9) Mid-Day Movies (Free)
Downtown Lansing Library, Every Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m.
the downtown branch of the Capital Area District Library opens its auditorium
for adults to watch recent releases on the BIG screen. For more
information, call (517)
367-6363.
10) Free After School Tutoring at Eastern High School
Free Tutoring is available after school at Eastern High School! Parents can return the tutoring form after having their child stop by Room 203 at Eastern any Monday, Wednesday or Thursday between 2:40 and 4:50pm (that's when tutoring will be offered) to get one to bring home. Your child will take two pre-assessment tests, one in Math and the other in English/Language Arts. Then our tutors will create an Individual Learning Plan. Thirty-Two hours of free tutoring is offered per student.
11) Homework Help (K-12)
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays Now –
Nov 30, 5-7pm, Downtown Lansing Library
Students from MSU will be in the Children’s area for free one-on-one
tutoring sessions for grades K-12.
12) New Crime Mapping Website
The Lansing Police Department recently unveiled a new online system for residents to track crime in the city. Simply go to crimemapping.com and enter your address or select Lansing Police as your agency. The default map shows crimes in the past week, but users can choose any timeframe. The crime mapping software allows users to track 17 types of crime, frequency and trends. The new tool is great for neighborhood watch groups and concerned residents. Check it out! An informed community is a safer community.
13) Offered by CADL at the Downtown Library
FREE Reading & Math Help for Adults
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, until Dec. 1. Drop in between 1-3 pm—no appointment needed.
Assistance provided by the Capital Area Literacy Coalition—“the reading people.”
CADL Downtown Lansing Library
401 South Capital, at the corner of Kalamazoo (One block West of CATA Bus Station)
FREE Homework Help for K-12
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays • 5–7 pm, until November 30
Students from MSU will be here for in-person tutoring in our Children’s area for grades K–12.
14) Science for Everyone! Community Book Club
Community Book Club, sponsored by MSU’s Graduate Women in Science, is held the fourth Monday of the month, at 7:30 pm at Schuler's Bookstore at Eastwood Towne Center.
Book for November 28th (first meeting): The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
-Available at Schuler's for 20% off and as an audiobook online and at the Capital Area District Library
Note: These wonderful women visited our Hunter Park-based Youth Gardening Program several times this summer to enchant participants in Kidstime and Youth Service Corps with ‘science’ presentations!
15) New Urban Snow Park
Winter sports enthusiasts have a new place to call home at Hawk Island County Park, 1601 East Cavanaugh Road in Lansing. The Hawk Island
Snow Park
has a new multi-use hill with areas for tubing, snowboarding and skiing.
The Snow Park
is the first recreation destination of its kind in the Lansing area - and maybe the whole
country!! Besides micro-ski areas like Mulligan's Hollow in Grand Haven,
there are only a handful of terrain parks in cities. The newly formed Urban
Snow Parks LLC teamed up with Ingham County Parks to make the hill reality.
Hawk Island
Park Manager Brian Collins said plans
to create a tubing hill were already in place through a $75,000 matching grant
from Michigan’s
Department of Natural Resources when representatives from Urban Snow Parks LLC
approached the county about including a snowboarding and skiing section last
winter. County officials set aside $35,000 to assist with additional
grading and architectural design. The snowboarding portion will be paid
for through fundraising and admission fees. Admission to the park will be $7.
The snowboarding portion was designed by Ryan Neptune, a nationally recognized
winter sports course designer who has worked on terrain parks for events such
as the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Like much larger snow parks, Hawk Island
will have a snow maker and chair lift. The new snow park opens in late November
(tentatively)
Questions? Contact Pete Bosheff at pbos...@comcast.net
16) Now
Enrolling for Free After School Art Program
Now until November 30, Reach Studio Art Center
Reach Studio
Art Center
is now enrolling for CREATIVE CONNECTIONS, a FREE after school art program on
Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 4-6 p.m. Activities are geared toward elementary
school children aged 7–12. Adults and youth ages 16 and over serve as
volunteers. Everyone is welcome to apply, but priority is given to children
from the surrounding neighborhoods, students of the Lansing School District
and those who may find it financially difficult to register for fee based art
classes. Enrollment forms are due by November 30 for spring classes (January
thru May). Click here for an printable enrollment form. For
information about other programs, visit www.reachstudioart.org.
Enrollment Form
Contact
Alice Brinkman at (517) 999-3643 with any questions
17) Lansing Art Gallery Workshops
Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Square, www.lansingartgallery.org, (517)374-6400
Holiday Art Market opening during Silver Bells in the City
Friday, November 18, 5 - 9 PM, FREE TO THE PUBLIC,
Holiday Painting Workshop with Tresse Roby
Saturday, Dec. 3, Ages 6 – 12, 1:30 - 3:30 PM, $30.(members) or $25 (non-members)
Painting - Create a finished canvas painting with acrylic paint! Students choose their own colors and designs.
Holiday Jewelry Workshop with Tresse Roby
Saturday, December 10, 1:30 - 3:30 PM, $30. (members) or $25. (non-members)
Jewelry - Learn and incorporate a variety of jewelry techniques, while creating gifts for yourself or others.
Holiday Clay Workshop with Tresse Roby
Saturday, December 17, 1:30 - 3:30 PM, $30. (members) or $25. (non-members)
Clay - Tint and coil your own keepsake box to hold special treasures: a perfect for a gift or keepsake.
Adult Studio Workshop (1 day workshop)
Wednesday, November 30, 6 - 9 PM, $55. (members) or $50. (non-members)
Create a recycled basket with Jane Reiter
Jane Reiter will teach students how to recycle holiday cards or post cards into a functional, upcycled basket!
Jewelry with Sheryl Stephens
Wednesday, December 7, 6 - 9 PM $55. (members) or $50. (non-members)
Adult Studio Workshop (1 day workshop)
Create an intricately beaded flower ring in a bead-weaving workshop with Sheryl Stephens. Sheryl will guide students through the process step-by-step.
18) ENO Annual Holiday Party
The Eastside Neighborhood Organization would like to invite you to our Annual Holiday Party. Please join us on Wednesday December 7, 2011 at 6 pm in Foster Community Center Rm 213. ENO will provide the main dish, table service and beverages, but we ask that you please bring a dish to share with everyone.
Come join us for great food, fellowship with our neighbors and maybe a surprise or two.
Any Questions please contact Nancy Mahlow 372-3249 nma...@yahoo.com or Denise Kelley 484-9109 abcneig...@sbcglobal.net
19) Interesting Ways to Add Usable Spaces to Your Old House,
A Restoration Works Tutorial and Tour on Dec. 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM
Couldn’t we all use a little more space around the house? The problem is finding it, especially in turn of the century houses. Problem solved. If you want to find hidden spots for storage shelves, bathroom nooks, coat closets and more, join Liz Harrow, architect and Lansing Community College Instructor for this imaginative program. Explore how old furniture, drawers and doors can be reused to expand storage options. Understand what it takes to turn attic space into living space. Get ready to personalize make your space and make it really yours.
Tutorial will be at Allen Neighborhood Center from 5:30-6:30 pm.
Tour of 1512 E. Kalamazoo (1/2 bl. west) immediately follows, run from 6:30-7:30 pm.
20) Active Neighboring Café – Brainstorming Possibilities for Land Bank Owned Commercial Properties
This quarter’s Active Neighboring Café, scheduled for Saturday, December 10, from 10 am – Noon at ANC, includes:
· Updates to neighbors on what is happening with some of the Land Bank’s commercial properties, e.g., Scott Gillespie’s development at Marshall and E. Michigan Ave., Silver Dollar Saloon plans, etc.
· A Brainstorming Session/Conversation about what neighbors would like to see happen at the corner of E. Kalamazoo and Pennsylvania, at the corner of Leslie and E. Kalamazoo, and other sites.
· Listing of upcoming tax foreclosed Eastside properties that may be available through the Land Bank’s PROP program (i.e., very appealing terms for someone who wants to buy a tax foreclosed home in need of work).
For further information, contact Tom Curtis at to...@allenneighborhoodcenter.org or 999-3924.
21) Habitat for Humanity Lansing & Thrivent Builds 2011
Open House & Dedication, Saturday, December 17, 2011 2:00 p.m.
3301 Danbury Crossroad Street, Lansing, MI
For more information go to www.habitatlansing.org
22) Recycle your old holiday lights and
receive FREE LED lights!
Beginning on November 17, 2011 BWL residential electric customers
can exchange two strands of working incandescent holiday lights for two FREE
strands of energy-saving LED holiday lights while supplies last. The program
will end on December 2, 2011 or sooner if supplies run out. Bring a valid Michigan ID and a current BWL
electric bill to the address below. Limit of two strands of LED holiday lights
per household.
The LED holiday light exchange will take place at:
BWL Customer Service Center
1232 Haco Drive,
Lansing
M-F 8:00am-5:30pm
23) Fenner Nature Center to Host “Winter Break Adventures”
Winter is right around the corner, and Fenner Nature Center is gearing up for this year’s Winter Break Adventures. These programs follow a different theme each day and showcase attributes of nature in winter.
On December 19th, we kick off the week with “Chill Out,” a day that focuses on how our animal friends survive once winter makes its debut. Participants will learn about insulation and hibernation through outdoor activities such as building shelters using materials from nature and hiking to find animal homes.
On December 20th the first annual “Fenner Animal Snow-lympics” will challenge kids to jump as far as a Snowshoe Hare, run as fast as an Arctic Wolf and compete against other cold climate critters that have awesome athletic abilities. We will investigate why these animals are such athletes and how that helps them survive the winter.
“The Great Migration” embarks on December 21st as we take a journey to learn about animals that hit the road as soon as winter comes knocking! Participants will find out how animals like Monarch Butterflies, Songbirds and Caribou travel great distances each year by taking part in a “Migration Scavenger Hunt.”
On December 22nd, we will learn how to track animals in the snow, identify edible winter plants, and survive in the great outdoors during Winter Wilderness Survival Camp!
These programs are open to children ages 5 and up and cost $25 per day for Lansing residents and $30 per day for Non-residents. Each day runs from 9:00am-4:00pm. Pre-registration and payment is required to secure a spot. Please call 483-4224 to sign up your child. For more information as well as on-line registration, visit us on the web at www.mynaturecenter.org.
24) Utility Worker Training Program
Capital Area Michigan Works! (CAMW!) has partnered with Lansing Community College (LCC), Lansing Board of Water & Light, Consumers Energy and the Workforce Development Agency State of Michigan to administer a U.S. Department of Energy grant which will increase the pool of trained candidates to enter Michigan’s electrical utility workforce.
The CAMW! Utility Worker Training Program can pay the tuition and fees for courses included in the following LCC certificate programs:
· Electrical Utility/Lineworker
· Technology, Control/Maintenance
· Substation/Engineering Technician
· Substation Operations Technician
· Advanced Metering Infrastructure Technician
(Download Curriculum Guides at www.LCC.edu)
Existing LCC students pursuing any of these program certificates MAY be eligible to have their tuition costs covered by the CAMW! Utility Worker Training Program grant.
To be determined eligible, applicants need to complete the CAMW! Participant Registration Form, Release Statement, Receipt of EEO Policy and Receipt of CAMW! Grievance Policy and provide copies of the following supportive documents: Birth Certificate or Passport, Driver’s License, Social Security Card, DD-214 (if a veteran).
To obtain registration and release forms or more information contact:
Brindley Byrd, Program Manager, CAMW! Utility Worker Training
2110 S. Cedar Street, Lansing, MI 48910, bb...@camw.net, 517-492-5575
25) Join the Everybody Eats Conference Planning Committee
Food matters. It is the stuff of life. Over the past decade Lansing area residents have come together in many ways to stimulate and strengthen our local food system. At a local food conference last year more than 200 folks participated in a day of information sharing, policy discussion, and food artistry.
Planning for this year’s conference has just begun and we’d like to broaden the circle of residents involved in its development. Eaters, growers, cooks, business-owners, distributors, community organizers, artists and activists are all invited to join us in planning and managing this important event.
Our working title for the conference is “Everybody Eats: Cultivating Local Food Democracy,” and it is scheduled for mid-February 2012.
Individuals, businesses and organizations can participate by:
· Attending conference planning meetings. The next one is Monday, November 21, 9:00 a.m. at Gone Wired Café on E. Michigan Avenue.
· Suggesting ideas for programs, panelists and keynote speakers
· Signing on to one of the planning committees (program, logistics, marketing, etc.). Meeting times will vary to accommodate members.
· Spreading the word about the conference and inviting anyone you think should be included in the conversation.
For more information, please contact me at your convenience. We look forward to hearing from you and to working with you on this community-based project.
Sincerely,
Joy Baldwin, Food Systems Project Coordinator at NorthWest Initiative for the
The “Everybody Eats” conference planning committee
Phone: (517) 999-2894
Conference Rationale –
Local food and the local food system have become popular concepts in communities around the nation (and internationally). Lansing is no exception. Over the last 5-10 years, The Greater Lansing area has seen the emergence of numerous farmers markets, urban gardener projects, hoop houses and educational programs. There are now urban farms as well as viable family farms on the urban fringe. There are restaurants serving locally raised produce and institutions, like schools and hospitals, looking for wholesale suppliers. Entrepreneurs up and down the food chain are experimenting with new food-related opportunities and relationships.
As interests and approaches to food and farming proliferate, there is a need to take stock of the process and to critically reflect on what has been happening, individually and collectively. Has it been an inclusive process? Are all the voices within the food system being heard? Who controls the resources? Do projects fit the community in ways that respect and reflect its history, its geography and its cultural character? Do food projects engage people in creative, meaningful and enduring ways? Can people throughout the food system make a decent living? In short, are we moving toward greater self-reliance and deeper food security - and what do such things look like?
This conference serves as an annual 'check up' as well as an on-going conversation. It is a summing up (and sharing) of the work we are currently doing, but it is also a constructive critique of this work and the work we have yet to do if we are to realize a more equitable, vibrant, and sustainable food system in and around Lansing.
26) Lansing Parks and Recreation Offerings
Get Involved, Get Going and Get In Shape! Registration deadlines are fast approaching for the following sports:
Youth Sports Information & Registration Form
Youth Basketball Registration Form
Adult Volleyball Information & Registration Form
YOUTH FLOOR HOCKEY – TEAM SIGN UP
Lansing Parks & Recreation is offering youth floor hockey for Boys and Girls ages 5 - 14. This team registration program begins play in January 2012. Cost is $199 per team, and includes a 6 game season.
League Registration Deadline: Fri. December 2nd
Officials Meeting: Wed November 16th
Coaches Meeting: Thursday December 15th
YOUTH FLOOR HOCKEY – INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP
Interested in joining a Floor Hockey team this winter? The Lifetime Sports Office will be forming a few recreational “house” tams for the 2012 season. Ages will be 5/6 year olds and 7/8 year olds (ages as of 1/1/2012). Cost is $35 for residents ($40 for non-resident) plus $12 jersey fee if your child does not have one already.
Volunteer Coaches are needed and space is limited. Players must provide their own hockey style helmets. Practices will begin the week of November 28th
Activity #232225 A for 5/6yr. olds Activity #232225 B for 7/8yr. olds
LITTLE HOOPERS BASKETBALL PROGRAM (Ages 4-7)
This class is designed to introduce basketball fundamentals to younger children. All divisions will run in a clinic style format with scrimmages played at the end of each session. Ages for activity registration will be determined as of January 14, 2012. 4 sessions. Cost is $25/Res; $30/Non-Res
Activity #214291A (Ages 4/5) - 1/21-2/11 Sat 9:30-10:30 am
Activity #214291B (Ages 6/7) - 1/21-2/11 Sat 11 am-12 pm
This program takes place at Letts Community Center
Registration for Little Hoopers begins on December 5 (December 12th for Non-Residents)
ADULT VOLLEYBALL LEAGUES
Team sign ups for Men’s Women’s and Coed Volleyball Leagues begin September 12th. This fun and fit league is for all players and teams regardless of skill level. Looking for a team? Call down to be added to our “Free Agent Book,” or ask how easy it is to start a team of your own. Men’s and Women’s leagues begin early December, and Coed Leagues begin in January 2012.
League Registration Deadlines: Men’s 4 v 4 / Women – Thursday November 10
Coed - Friday December 16th
For more information on any of these program offerings, or to sign up, please call 517.483.4039 or e-mail tsto...@lansingmi.gov
27) Save the Date: 25th Annual Bea Christy Dinner
February 10; Lansing Center; $16 per ticket. Call the Lansing Neighborhood Council at 393-9883 for details.
28) Quote of the Week
“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.” Phyllis Diller
Good health is contagious;
Catch some on the Eastside!
Here’s how:
Tai Chi in Hunter Park (preceded by Meditation)
Tai Chi in the Park is taught by Bob Teachout every Saturday morning at 9:30 am., preceded by meditation at 8:30 am. Now that brisk weather has arrived, the group will meet inside the GardenHouse. No charge!!
Friday Noon Stroll
Also, join Debbie and Dave every Friday at noon for a Walk on the Hunter Park Path. Bring friends, dogs, children, stories and become a part of this Friday noon tradition!
Free Community Yoga at Just
B Yoga (For All Ages)
Every Wednesday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Just B Yoga Studio (106 Island
Avenue)
Free weekly power yoga class for all levels! Get rid of stress, increase
muscle tone, and meet new friends. Yoga mats provided. For more
information, please call (517) 488-5260 or visit http://justbyoga.com/classes/schedule/
or www.justbyoga.com
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Joan Nelson, Director
Allen Neighborhood Center
1619 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48912
517-999-3912