Baker College is part of the College Town Collaborative, a group dedicated to community service and engaging students from the five colleges and universities in Flint in service learning. Our service project for the 2014 Martin Luther King Day of service is to make no-sew fleece blankets in the Baker College student center on January 20th between 10:00am and 3:00pm to be donated to Project Linus.
Project linus is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing "security through blankets" for ill or traumatized children and teens.
Volunteers will be cutting the blankets and fringe and tying the frings on the Crib sized blankets. We need 100 volunteers!
Additional service projects will also be offered at Baker College in the Student Center on January 20th and they include:
~cutting and sorting manufacturers coupons to send overseas to Millitary families (SupportOurTroops.org)
~Making fleece pull toys for dogs (Humane Society and Flint Animal Shelter)
~Making catnip cat toys (Humane Society anf Flint Animal Shelter)
~Counting and rolling change that was collected for "A mile of change." Did you know that it takes 84,480 pennies laid end-to-end to stretch a mile? That's $844.80 for the North End Soup Kitchen and The Food Bank of eastern Michigan.
~Making Stress Balls for physical and occupational therapy patients. one hundred (100) ball will be made and donated to local senior facilities and long-term care facilities.
