Newcomers Club of Grand Traverse

 

Remember the 60ʼs when many of us were going to change the world? We joined the Peace Corps and organized soup kitchens. We were joiners and change agents. Now weʼve moved to Traverse City and while we love our community, we still want to be a part of making it even better. But how do we engage? What programs need help? How can my skills be utilized? What if I go south for the winter?

 

Join us to learn about the many, many volunteer opportunities in the greater Grand Traverse Area. Habitat for Humanity (www.habitatgtr.org) builds houses with new homeowners to move people out of poverty into permanent housing. Newcomer Pam Doty-Nation, Executive Director of Humanity, will share their exciting plans for developing the property just north of the library and how you can become involved.

 

Sue Bauer, Volunteer Coordinator of the Father Fred Foundation (www.fatherfred.org), will describe their numerous volunteer opportunities from greeting clients to working in the clothing and food bank.

 

Lee Maynard will describe the valuable contribution the TART Trails (www.traversetrails.org) make to the community and the breadth of their volunteer activities.

 

Mandy Martin, Volunteer Coordinator for Habitat, will explain how to use the United Way website (www.unitedwaynwmi.org) to see which volunteer opportunity you would like to pursue.  

Many Newcomers are already volunteering and those in attendance will be asked to introduce themselves and name the agency with which they volunteer. In future newsletters we’ll highlight individual Newcomers and why and where they volunteer. Join us to continue the Newcomer tradition of supporting our community and being agents for change!