826michigan
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Hooray!
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28 years old
Ann Arbor, Michigan
United States
Last Login: 5/5/2009
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| General | Writing, Children, Writing About Children, Volunteering, Education, Educational Writing, Educational Writing About Children, Salsa, Robots, Plastic Babies, Ideas, Cats with Long Necks, Cats with Giraffe-Length Necks, Giraffe Cats, Bookbinding, Monsters, 826 Valencia, 826 Seattle, 826NYC, 826LA, 826Chicago, 826Boston, Poetry, Poetry about Bookbinding, Writing Workshops, Creative Writing, Grant-writing, Fundraising, Non-Profits, Inspiration, Books, Novels, Novelty Books, Affordable Pizza, Thaddeus Blotch, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Dedicated Volunteers, Enthusiastic Volunteers, Beloved Volunteers, Volunteers of Merit, Volunteers with Redoubtable Constitutions, Volunteers with Giraffe Cats, Volunteers with Strong World-Weary Brows, Gears, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Wombats and Echidnas and Tarsiers, What does everyone feel about getting peaches or something?, Some kind of fruit product to eat with our bagels?, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop, scratch n sniff stickers, What happens when you leave a gallon of milk in the fridge for one year? I give you all the money I have in my wallet -- which is 19 dollars, get some cheese... | | Music | Frontier Ruckus, Matt Jones, Steve Amick, Canada, The Victrolas, Jim Roll, Mason Proper, Drunken Barn Dance, Chris Bathgate, Starling Electric, Champions of Breakfast, Eric Kelly, Actual Birds, Aaron Dresner, Deastro, Old Brown Bear, The Dardanelles, Emily Jane Powers, Jenn Wilke, Lightning Love, Charlie Slick, Mighty Narwhale, That's Him! That's the Guy!, Misty Lyn, The Decks, Stephen Malkmus. | | Movies | 826michigan: The Movie! | | Television | TV rots your brain out. 826michigan watches PBS, exclusively, without blinking. | | Books | Are you joking? We don't have enough time to fill this out. Also, there's probably not enough space on the whole internet for a complete list. We will say that we really like Ramona the Pest. Also Suddenly My Heart Stopped for Just a Small Portion of Time: Defining Moments, Vacansopapurosophobia ("fear of a blank page), Vacansopapurosophobia 2, Unsquared: Ann Arbor Writers Unleash Their Edgiest Stories and Poems, all of which are available at www.826michigan.org/store, all of which fund our free student programming! | | Heroes | Dave Eggers. Teri Hein. Scott David Herman. Julie Orringer. Jason Ockert. Martin Bandyke. David Sedaris. Keith Hood. Charles Baxter. |
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Flint Creative Alliance, Jenny's TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL TEACHERS ROOM
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Ann Arbor | | Body type: | More to love! | | Zodiac Sign: | Virgo | | Smoke / Drink: | No / No | | Children: | Proud parent | | Occupation: | Non-Proft Organization |
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About me:
826michigan believes that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success. To make that a reality, they provide drop-in tutoring, after-school workshops, in-schools tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.
It is 826michigan’s philosophy that the more fun a student has, and the more directly they speak to a student’s interests, the more they can help students find the fun in learning. All programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student’s power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice. And best of all, all 826michigan events and activities are offered completely free of charge, thanks to generous private donations, grants, and fundraising events.
826michigan
115 East Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Download a volunteer application here!
http://www.826michigan.org/volunteer
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Who I'd like to meet:
YOU! Finally, you know. 826michigan is accepting enthusiastic people with hearts of gold, or salsa (not hearts of salsa, just people who happened to have stumbled upon a large supply of salsa to share, preferably of the medium spice level), to be our volunteers!
Here are the rolls our Volunteers eat:
Tutor: We offer tutoring throughout the school year, Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30. We train our tutors (through a program that Eastern Michigan has helped create), so there is no experience required. Any time you can give, from one hour a month to three hours a day, will directly improve a student’s life. You will also receive a button, or you can make one on our massive button making machine. These are the kind of thrills you have been searching for but never thought you'd find...UNTIL NOW.
Workshop Leader: Got an idea for a great workshop? Contact us and we’ll help you set it up, fill the attendance sheet, and make everything work. Everyone loves a teacher!
Workshop Helper: Help make a good workshop great! Helpers help (get it?) with every part of a workshop, including working one-on-one or with small groups of students.
Intern: Nothing says "resume gold" like an internship with 826michigan. You’ll help teach, assist in grant writing and organizational management, and even wear a tie from the late eighties (last item is not optional).
Volunteer Coordinator: Help us keep in touch with our greatest asset—you! Well, other people too, but they will be people like you. And we need that.
Fundraising: Have experience as a grant writer? We need you. Want to help plan and organize fundraising events? We need you. Have connections to people like the Rockefeller Family? Oh yes, we need you.
Field trips: Have time open during the day? We need volunteers to help conduct field trips to 826. Anyone with writing, drawing, copyediting, book layout, or publishing experience or interest who can help would be greeted with much rejoicing, and possibly a flower necklace.
We also need skilled individuals to do any number of the billion and one things that need to get done around here.
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