WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY
New at Baldwin:
-The eight-member NCCC Ameri- Corps Maple-7 team began their six week service scraping & painting the Clothes Closet and working in the youth program.
Statistics for May:
-The Family Kitchen served 3,847 lunches, 1,018 dinners and 660 homeless breakfasts. Youth in the after school program were served 813 snacks and meals. Overall, 7,151 meals were served.
-378 volunteers contributed over 1,966 hours of service to Baldwin, valued at $42,839.14.
-The Clothes Closet had 1,079 shoppers (ten from HAVEN, a local domestic violence shelter, and three from area rehab).
-One family was provided emergency food.
-10 enrolled in the GED program.
-26 families cleaned 122 loads of laundry. 26 people took showers.
-16 mothers received diapers; two families were helped with baby furniture; and two newborn layettes were given to families.
-8 families were protected from utility shutoffs and 17 families no longer face eviction. Assistance totaled $9,296.53.
-14 AA meetings were held.
-24 prospective volunteers visited to learn more about our programs.
-Four people came to weekly Yoga.
-Enrollment in the enrichment afterschool youth program is 109;
-47 youth participated each day.
-11 birthdays were celebrated, and 23 women received hygiene products.
-Justice for Our Neighbors volunteers counseled one new client for free immigration aid.
-The Green Tops met three times to maintain the garden and harvest in preparation for market.
-The Hispanic Education for Lifeskills & English language program wrapped up for the school year.
-134 low-income seniors received commodity food packages delivered to their home.
-A diabetes support group met twice.
-15 youth rode bikes at the Clinton River Trail, and 8 bold students rode bikes without gears or brakes at the Bloomer Park Velodrome.
-14 youth participated in a two-week Delta Dart model airplane program with the Cloudbusters Club.
-Oakland County Health Dept. gave 12 flu shots and tested 17 for HIV.
-St. Joe’s did health screenings for 34 people.
-3 volunteers from Accenture served breakfast at a community pancake fundraiser at a Pontiac pavilion.
-40 youth participants of the People to People program and 25 staff from the Home Depot painted fences and organized the garden.
-Toast Restaurant provided bi-weekly dinners in the youth program.
-A soup kitchen guest made the Oakland Press after recovering a lost wallet containing $660.
-OU reading appraisal summer term students provided individual lesson plans for each youth.
-Fighting D in the D leaders came to promote diabetes prevention and healthy living to clients.
-Women’s Strengthening Program met four times to walk at Wisner Stadium and train indoors.
-Oakland County public health educators offered guests weekly taste tests of fruits and vegetables.
-The Lakes Grill and the Detroit Zoo fed meals as part of the Detroit Feed the Need program.
-Lisa spoke to Pontiac middle schoolers about going to college.
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