Posts from ‘October, 2011’

Event Highlights Baldwin Stars Afterschool Program

On Thursday October 20, from 4:30pm to 6:00pm, the Baldwin Center will be hosting an open house in collaboration with a national partnership of afterschool programs.  The goal of the open-house styled event is to raise awareness about educational enrichment programming happening in Pontiac, to mobilize local community participation and support, to increase student attendance, [...]

What Happened in September?

What’s new at the Baldwin Center: The After School Program is off and running 5 days a week. The free program features academics, health and fitness and other enrichment activities and an evening meal. The Hispanic Education for Life Skills Project has opened for the school year, bringing English as a Second Language and citizenship programming [...]

Help Give Holiday Meals to 300 Pontiac Families

Imagine your family’s holiday celebration, but without the roasted turkey, glazed ham, buttery mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, or pumpkin pie. As expenses accumulate, families continue to struggle to make ends meet, and many will sacrifice their holiday meal. But with your help, we can change this reality for 300 needy Pontiac families who would [...]

Kidney Foundation Looking for Volunteers

The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan is now seeking volunteers for the nutrition education and chronic disease prevention program for 5th, 6th & 7th grade students in Wayne & Oakland Counties. Healthy Kids and Kidneys (HKK) is an evidenced-based program developed in 2003 by National Kidney Foundation of Michigan (NKFM) as an unfunded chronic disease [...]