Neighbors BuildingBrightmoor
June 2012
On Saturday June 2nd, neighbors and morethan 200 Life Changersvolunteers descendedon the Farmway, cleaning up Bramell, board-ing up houses with artwork, mowing overgrownlawns, and planting a community pumpkinpatch. Volunteers worked from 10am until2pm, contributing a total of more than 800 vol-unteer hours by the end of the day. After thefun and productive workday, everyone gatheredin Curtis Green Park for the annual SpringFestival, which included delicious barbeque,live music, and the launch of the BrightmoorCookbook. The cookbook, which was in theworks for over a year, showcases the recipesand personalities of Farmway residents. Manyimprovements were made to the neighborhoodand no one left without a smile on their face.Ultimate Frisbee is a lot like football
—except that it’s more fun and less likely
to cause head trauma. In the game, two teams work to advance the disc (by
passing only) across their opponents’ goal line. Wilkin and Heather Lai, par-ents of three young boys, like Ultimate Frisbee because it’s an engaging, fit-
ness-oriented activity that the whole family can do together. They have start-ed a weekly
Ultimate Frisbee game
on the field behind
Hubert Elementary
every Saturday from 11-1
. Depending on the crowd, each session may in-clude a throwing warm-up, a review of the Ultimate Frisbee rules, and a re-laxed, non-competitive game. Bring your kids, bring your grandparents, or just bring yourselves. All are welcome to participate!
Work and Play on the Farmway
by Sam Morykwas
Special thanks to:
St. Christine’s Church
forhosting our events and fordonating chairs and a grill
Speedway Gas Station
fordonating $20 every month
Environmental Consulting& Technology, Inc.
forprinting our newsletter forthe remainder of the year!
Tasuo Takada, DavidSchoem, Tyler Katt, andFred Jenney
for donating$100 each
Students of MCSP
for rais-ing $460
ECT
for printing this news-letter
Neighbors Building Brightmoor seeks to mobilize ourneighbors to work together to equip families andindividuals to improve the quality of life in ourneighborhood.
Dates to rememberNBB mtg. and potluck
Wednesday June 13, 6:30-8:30pm
St. Christine’s Soup Kitchen
22261 Fenkell
Brightmoor Alliance Mtg.
Thursday June 21, 6-8pm(meal served)Leland Baptist Church22420 Fenkell
Kids’ Corner
Wednesdays2-4pm at Treedome Park(15035 Dacosta) & Satur-days 1-3pm at Curtis GreenPark (corner of Beaverlandand Chalfonte)
NW Detroit Farmer’s
Market
Find produce from our veryown Brightmoor Youth Gar-den every Thursday from 4-8pm. 15000 Southfield Ser-vice Drive in the parking lotof Bushnell Church.
NBB 2012 meeting schedule
Our NBB meetings are always
on the second Wednesday of the month
and
are mostly held at St. Christine’s Soup Kitchen. They start with a potluck
(bring a dish to pass) at 6:30pm and the meeting starts promptly at 7pm. Wetry very hard to stop at 8:30pm. Please put the following dates on your cal-endar and be ready to share your great ideas on neighborhood improvement.
June 13… July 11… August 8… September 12… October 10… November14… December 12…
Frisbee: The Ultimate Game for Folks of All Ages
by Leah Wiste
Volunteer Management Class
Join us for our NBB Volunteer Management Class on Thursday June 14 from 6-8pm at St.
Christine’s Soup Kitchen. In this class you will learn skills to help you garner ideas, plan, organize
and run successful work days. Attendance and participation at this class makes you eligible tohost volunteers for your garden and park projects. FREE and open to all. For more informationcontact Kat at 989-6692. FYI: We will be hosting a group of 21 volunteers from June 25-28. If you would like to have volunteers for your project, please attend the volunteer management classand the June 13 NBB meeting to sign up!
Lamphere Community Garden is recruiting new members
—
no green thumb required!
If you’d like to plant, weed, water, or eat fresh veggies, please stop by 14910 Lamphere. Young
workers from the garden are also willing to deliver fresh veggies to neighbors withouttransportation in the Neighbors Building Brightmoor area for a donation for their work. Pleasecall Bill or Billie Hickey at 541-2601 for more information.
Second Chance Garden in need of adoption
At the corner of Chalfonte and Chatham is a garden formerly tended by returning citizens. It isnow available for someone else to care for. If you are interested, please call Billie Hickey at541-2601.Please note that you will have to locate a source for water.
Eliza Howell Bird Walk
Saturday June 9 from 9-11am with Audubon Society members. Meet at back of circle.
Rosedale Recycles
June 16 (and the third Saturday of each month) at Christ the King’s parking lot off Grand Rivernear Burt Rd. Get rid of your recyclable styrofoam and glass that can’t be placed in our city
recycling containers.
Kids’ Corner & Farmway Arts
by Katharina Walsh
Kids
’
Corner is moving outside and onto the Farmwayfor the summer. Everything is free and all ages are wel-come! Join us for afternoons of creativity and livelycompany!
Kids
’
Corner - Art in the Park!
will be held everyWednesday from 2-4pm at the Johannes TreedomePark (15035 Dacosta) and every Saturday from 1-3pmat Curtis Green Park (corner of Beaverland and Chal-fonte).Painting on your own easel or working in groups wewill create lovely pieces of artwork for you to take homeor display along the Farmway. We will also be doingcrafts, mask building and puppet making. Bring anold t-shirt to wear over your clothes for painting.
Farmway Arts Lantern Workshop June 30, 2-5pm
Over the course of the summer we will be building a group of beautiful, fun, light-filled lantern puppets what wewill parade through the neighborhood at the end of the summer. We will construct the lanterns with willow, cover-ing them with special heatproof paper as a base to paint, sculpt and dream up any imaginative ideas you mighthave! Join us for any or all of the workshops! Bring an old t-shirt to wear over your clothes while we work. FREE!All ages welcome!
For more information about Kids’ Corner and Farmway Arts activities contact Kat at 989
-6692.
BrightStars
Early Learning Centers
Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays
Parent Book Club
(ECFRC) 10-11:30am
Storytime
(DCI) 10:30-noon Transportation Availa- ble
Music & Movement
(ECFRC) 11:30- 12:30pm
Parent Roundtable
(ECFRC) 10-11 am
Discovery Time
(ECFRC) 11- 12:30pm
Science Explorer
(RCC) 12:30-2pm
Music & Movement
(DCI) 10:30-noon Transportation Availa- ble
Sewing for Begin- ners (Adults)
(EFCRC) 1-3pm
Music & Movement
(RCC) 6-7:30:30pm
Let’s Read Pre-
schoolers
(ECRC) 11- 12:30pm
Music & Move- ment (newborn to 18 months)
(RCC) 6- 7:30:30pm
Toddler Playgroup
(DCI) 10:30-noon Transportation Availa- ble
Just for Fun Kids Book Club
(ECRC) 1-3pm
Choose from 3 locations:
Development Centers, Inc.
17321 Telegraph Rd. (between Grand River & 6 Mile)
Redford Community Center
12121 Hemingway (west of Beech & north of Plymouth)
Early Childhood Resource Center
23450 Davison West (old church offices located on the DLA Campus-East parking lot
)
Job Readiness
Wednesday June 20(ECFRC)6-8pm
Family Music Night
Thursday June 21(ECFRC)5:30-7pm
Early Learning Conference
Saturday June 23, details to be an-nounced. Call (313) 255-0900, ext.2109 for information.
Babysitter Series (Ages 14-17)
Tuesday June 25-Friday 29. This is a FREE one week camp includingsessions on: learning through play, con-flict resolution and problem solving, com-munication, caregiving for infants andtoddlers, and CPR and First Aid.
Health and Wellness Workshop
Thursday June 28(ECFRC)1-3pm
Hearing and vision screenings
aredone every Thursday at ECFRC. Call tomake an appointment.
BrightStars offers a variety of FREE resources and programmingfor families with children 0-5 yearsof age. To join Early LearningCenters, contact (313) 255-0900,ext. 2109
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