Community Based Events

Community-Based Events

As part of its ongoing effort to meet member needs, the APA Executive Board formed a Community-Based Events Ad-Hoc Committee (CBE Committee). The Committee’s primary purpose is to provide opportunities to APA members to reach out, promote and engage in charitable, non-profit, non-religious activities in the Greater Lansing Area.

To ensure that only quality and relevant organizations are considered, a purpose, policy, and procedure statements were created and are available on the APA website (http://lay.wyz.mybluehost.me). In addition, proposed activities are not contributed to by Association funds and rely solely on volunteer contributions. APA members are encouraged to send proposals of activities to the CBE Committee for consideration.

In July 2011, the Executive Board adopted the Committee’s first two recommendations which are a formation of a team for “2011 Walk to End Alzheimer’s” for the Alzheimer’s Associations in Barry, Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties, and support of the Capital Area Literacy Coalition (CALC) or commonly referred to as “The Reading People.”

The Alzheimer’s Walk will occur on Sunday, September 18, 2011, at 11 a.m., at the MSU Auditorium Field. Members are encouraged to contact Debra Porter ([email protected]) for more information.

Capital Area Literacy Coalition (CALC) is a non-profit volunteer literacy organization. CALC, or The Reading People, provides a variety of services to enable people to achieve personal goals through literacy.

Some volunteer opportunities include tutoring adults or children for an hour or two a week, collecting and distributing books, providing office support, and donation of other professional services. This Fall, a campus wide children’s book-drive will occur and needs MSU building captains!

To volunteer as a book-drive MSU building captain, please contact Nick Bourland ([email protected]).

For more information, please visit the CALC website (http://www.thereadingpeople.org/), call them at 517-485-4949, or send an email message to [email protected].

All members are encouraged to submit other ideas to the CBE Committee! Visit the APA website (http://lay.wyz.mybluehost.me) select Committees: Community-Based Events.