Fun Stuff To Do

I think we can easily say that Fall is here. It’s okay. Fall means that Halloween is near and it’s one of my favorite holidays. I have included a couple of upcoming fall activities that will be a lot of fun, put them on your calendar now!

The Gathering Place, located at 10579 Main Street in Honor, is hosting a Slightly Haunted House and is geared for younger children. Admission is free, snacks and refreshments will be provided. The Haunted House is open from 3pm until 7pm on Halloween Day. For more information please call The Gathering Place at 231-325-3720.

An evening of award winning short films in honor of National Domestic Violence Month will be presented by the Women’s Resource Center. The films will be shown on Tuesday, October 27 at 7pm at Central United Methodist Church (222 Cass Street, Traverse City). A reception with refreshments will be held after the presentation. For more information please call the Women’s Resource Center at 231-941-1210.

Westwoods Elementary school is holding a Rake-a-thon through the months of October and November. Sign up your to have your lawn at home or at your business raked for a low price – starting at just 30! Proceeds benefit the Westwoods PTO and will be used to purchase classroom supplies. If you would like to have your lawn raked please email Adam or Lisa Warren at tc_warren@charter.net.

Please don’t forget to log into your 1800volunteer account and check out all of the new volunteer activities that have been posted.

Holiday Volunteer Projects

A couple of weeks back I asked for you to send me your seasonal wish lists consisting of all your volunteer needs for the holiday season. Thank you to everyone that has responded. These projects will be posted through various avenues – email, the Record Eagle, Facebook… just to name a few. If you haven’t sent them my way yet please do so by the end of next week. I can’t wait to get working on them.

I would also like to volunteer myself to each of you. I would love to come to one of your board meetings and speak to you about 1800volunteer and how to better utilize it. 1800volunteer is an amazing tool with many different facets. It can help you track your volunteers, email them as a group or individually, and recruit more volunteers. It has so much to offer. Volunteers are a huge asset to each of our organizations. Just think how much each of us could grow with the help of more volunteers! I would love to help all of you. If you are interested my offers please send me an email and I will be in touch.

-Amanda Hilt
947-3200 x 206
amanda @ unitedwaynwmi . org

Knitting Group Begins

Last year we started a Thursday night class to teach people how to knit. We had so much fun with it that we are going to do it again this year!

Starting on Thursday October 15, we will be hosting Learn to Knit classes here at the United Way offices, 521 S Union Street. All ability levels are welcome to join us. If you've never done it before, our instructor Lynda, will get you started. If you haven't knitted in a long time she can get you back on track. If you have some questions about a project you're working on, Lynda can answer those for you, or if you just want to spend some time with a great group of people then you should join us on Thursday nights.

The class is absolutely free and we have plenty of yarn for you to use, you just need to bring your own needles. If you would like to join us, please RSVP to Michelle Gallagher at 947-3200 x 201 or michelleg@unitedwaynwmi.org.

Happy Knitting!!