Baldwin Center

In order to further our work and allow these programs to thrive, we are hosting a Gala Fundraising Event on Friday, May 31, 2013, at the Lafayette Grand in Pontiac, Celebrating the Heart of Baldwin.

The Baldwin Center of Pontiac Michigan has been providing vital services to the residents of Pontiac since 1981 and we need your help to continue our work. Our mission to feed, clothe, educate and empower the citizens of Pontiac can only be accomplished with the financial support of the community.

Our platinum sponsors are:

Group Associates,MGM Grand Detroitand Oakland University

Awards will be presented that night for organizations and individuals that best exemplify the Heart of Baldwin. There also will be a live band and a silent and live auction.

All are invited, if you would like to purchase tickets please find more information at the gala website
If you have further questions please contact Lisa Machesky at 248.332.6101 or lmachesky@baldwincenter.org.

Help! Can you (and your family, church, school, club, group, & friends!) come to Baldwin this Saturday evening, May 11? At 5:00pm, Baldwin is going to receive a VERY large distribution of canned food items from several area post offices, who are collecting food on their routes.

Working in partnership with Rite Aid, Baldwin Center is going to get a couple TRUCKS-FULL of nonperishable items, and we need YOUR HELP to sort & store these items until we give-it-away during the 2013 Holiday Season.

Can you come for a half-hour? Stay until 7p? Maybe tell a few friends? The fun starts at 5pm at Baldwin Center, 212 Baldwin Ave. Pontiac, MI 48342

Please email Alex Plum (aplum@baldwincenter.org) or call him (248-332-6101 or 248-266-1008) to R.S.V.P.

Baldwin Center cannot help FEED another 400 families at Thanksgiving & Christmastime without YOU. Please HELP Saturday.

SE Michigan’s local food magazine edibleWOW is launching a subscription drive with a donation to the Baldwin Center! Go to their web site, subscribe and select Baldwin Center as the charity you want your subscription to support. Thanks, edibleWOW!

http://www.ediblecommunities.com/wow/subscribe/subscribe.htm

The Baldwin Center of Pontiac will host an information session Tuesday, April 30 to help guide students and their parents through the sometimes complicated application process for college financial aid. Attendees will learn about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a U.S. Department of Education program that provides grants, loans, and work-study funds for college.

Middle and high school students are invited to find out what they should know and do before and after filling out the FAFSA. Information for getting additional help with the FAFSA and finding other possible funding resources will also be provided.  It is not too late for graduating seniors to learn this information and apply.

This FAFSA workshop will be held Tuesday, April 30 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Baldwin Center, 212 Baldwin Avenue, Pontiac. The Center’s computer lab will be available after the workshop for participants to begin their FAFSA applications. Please call 248.332.6101 to reserve seating. The flyer can be seen here.

Science and math education has been enhanced in the after school program, this future scientist wonders does it sink or float?

What’s New at Baldwin

• * A science inquiry course for older youth in the after school program has been added.  Dr. Basir from Oakland University is leading the course with two pre-service teachers.

Statistics for February:

• * The Family Kitchen served 2,503 lunches, 524 dinners, and 858 breakfasts. 802 meals and snacks were served in the youth program. Overall, 4,687 meals were served.
• * 146 low-income seniors received commodity food packages delivered to their homes.
• * Hats and gloves were distributed to 51 clients in the soup kitchen.
• * A celebration of Baldwin’s covenant with the United Methodist Church was held on February 14th.  Rev. Melanie Carey was the guest preacher. Continue reading →