Opportunities From: Genesee and Shiawassee Serves

We are looking for people who have an interest in sustainability and green practices to assist us at our Green Life Community Education forums.

Do you recycle? Do you pick up litter from your neighborhood? Are you frantically running from room to room shutting off lights to save money? Do you use reusable grocery bags at the store? Have you installed a digital thermostat? We want you to help us by sharing your commitment to green living.

Forums educate Flint residents and businesses about environmental concerns that affect them and empower them to make choices that will improve life for all residents. Forums take place in each Ward of the City. Past venues have included schools and the YWCA building.

Green Life generally lasts 1.5 hours.

This is a great way to share you passion and get to know your community.

Being a Social Media Team Member is a great way to help out Communities First with minimal time commitment and a flexible schedule.

All you need to do is commit to sharing at least two CFI Facebook posts each week and/or retweeting us at least twice a week on Twitter.

Your commitment will help broaden awareness of all the great events and projects CFI does to improve quality of life in Flint--all from the comfort of your own home!

We are looking for people who like to provide arts and cultural activities in a safe and welcoming environment for residents of Oak Street Senior Apartments in downtown Flint.

Are you great at a particular kind of art (painting, drawing, etc.)? Do you know how to do crafts? How about musical or theatrical abilities? Or perhaps you are knowledgeable in some area and could teach our residents.

We'd love to have you prepare and lead a class for our senior residents.

All activities take place in the activity room  at Oak Street Senior Apartments, 1000 Oak St., Flint, MI 48503.

Activities generally last one hour.

This is a great way for you to share yourself and the things you love with our apartment community. 

Oak Street Senior Apartments are located in the former Oak School building site in downtown Flint. We serve low-income seniors aged 62 and older.

We are looking for people who have experience or special talents in various areas of arts and culture to lead short, one-hour events. Maybe you're great at crafts, acting, or incredibly knowledgeable about some area of cultural interest.

We'd love to have you lead or participate in an event such as a performance, class or activity. You would get to interact with the public, engaging people and promoting learning.

These activities will take place in locations that target low-income families and individuals. Examples of past locations include: a bus terminal, fast food restaurant, and a hospital. Events can be indoors or outdoors.

Culture Shock events generally last one hour and volunteers should plan on arriving 30 minutes before the event starts.

An orientation manual will be provided to Culture Shock volunteers.

Why would you want to be a Culture Shock volunteer? You can:

We use a high tech computer system to be able to better interact with our dementia residents. We take pictures of our residents and put them on the computer (it is a touch screen) and under that button are the different interests of our residents and "their story." We need help getting this up to date.

Don't have hours to give? How about purchasing from our Amazon wish list. You can do so at http://amzn.com/w/1MLW5JX70QF6X.

You can support the work of REACH and Traverse Place by donating items from our Amazon Wish List to our shelters:

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Young People's Ballet Theatre is a youth ballet company and school.  For 26 years YPBT has presented professional quality ballet performances and provided exceptional dance instruction in the Flint community. 

YPBT is seeking board members who are passionate about the arts and children.  Our organization is experiencing growth, and as all non-profits we face numerous challenges while serving our community.

For more information, please call Jennifer Wiley at 810-230-1355.

YPBT is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

ypbt.org

We are always in need of items for our Emergency Box, Christmas Box and Coat and Shoe Program.  New Items are requested for the Christmas Box and Coat and Shoe Program.  Gently used items are accepted for our Emergency Box Program.

Suggested: 

Toys, Games, Art Supplies, Coloring Books and Crayons, Clothing, Shoes, Boots, Gloves, Hats, Scarfs, Toiletries.

We are in need of volunteers that know how to knit or crochet and want to share their talents with us!

YPBT has many needs, including donations of the following goods: