TURKISH FESTIVAL SET FOR AUGUST 23
Great Lakes Society of Friendship and Culture continues to bring the Turkish Culture to the people of Michigan. GLSFC is proud to organize another first in the Greater Lansing Area: Michigan Turkish Festival.
The festival will feature demonstrations of art, film, music and gourmet food, where participants will get the opportunity to celebrate, learn, and savor Turkish hospitality, culture, heritage and cuisine. Visitors will be able to browse and buy Turkish products, souvenirs and handicrafts, find travel information, participate in activities for children, view many authentic demonstrations and performances including live calligraphy and ebru (water marbling), sample Turkish cuisine, and do much, much more at the Festival. Without leaving the comfort of your hometown, you will have a chance to vividly experience Turkey, the only country where two continents meet.
The festival will be on Saturday, August 23 from 11am to 6pm in Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. Bring your families and your friends for a day of music, art, great food and historical Turkish hospitality. For more information, contact GLSFC at info@glsfc.org or call Betul Bilgin at (517) 505 83 45.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to savor Turkish culture and cuisine, so mark your calendars today!
EVE RECEIVES GRANT FOR GIRLS
On August 12 the Verizon Foundation presented EVE, Inc. a $9,800 grant to sustain its Girls Are Powerful outreach counseling program for middle school girls. Verizon President of the Great Lakes Region Gale Given, along with Paul Fuglie, Vice President of Public Affairs and John D. Van Wyck, Director of External Communications traveled to EVE, Inc. in Lansing to make the presentation.
The Girls Are Powerful (GAP) program focuses on enhancing and increasing skills to form positive, healthy relationships while reducing risk for violent behaviors. The 10-week program focuses on issues like self-esteem, body image, decision making, conflict resolution, peer pressure, and dating relationships. This innovative program is available to all eligible girls throughout Ingham County and is offered at schools and youth groups.
Verizon Foundation has a long standing commitment to quality of life issues in the community and a specific interest in ending domestic violence. Verizon provides support for programs such as EVE’s GAP program in order to reduce the potential of dating violence in our society.
FUND RAISER FOR PIONEER CIVITAN CLUB
The Pioneer Civitan Club is participating in Book Days at Schuler Books located at Eastwood Towne Center and Meridian Mall. During the week of August 24-30 at the time of purchase, when the Club’s name is mentioned, 20% of the sale will be donated to the Pioneer Civitan Club.
Proceeds from this fundraiser will go the Civitan International Research Center (CIRC) located at the University of Alabama, at Birmingham. The CIRC’s main emphasis is on the prevention of intellectual and developmental disabilities. The other main focus is to provide treatment to those affected by mental retardation and developmental disabilities.
The Pioneer Civitan Club is one of nearly 1,200 Civitan Clubs worldwide. Civitan is a worldwide community service organization of more than 32,000 men and women in 22 nations on four continents working together in community clubs to help those less fortunate than themselves. Civitan clubs provide a great deal of service to the communities with emphasis on aid to people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, youth leadership development and good citizenship.
Lansing family represents in this month’s "Ebony Magazine"
Linda Baldwin-Herring, a teacher at Reo Elementary School and a member of Trinity AME Church, is featured in the September 2008 issue of Ebony Magazine, which is on newsstands now (Michelle Obama is on the cover). Herring is included in an article entitled, "HBCUs Link the Past, Present and Future" (located on page 154), which highlights family legacies and traditions of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Herring, her mother, Doris Baldwin, and her two daughters, Carah Herring (Everett High School Class of 2001) and Chemaye Herring (Everett High School Class of 2004) are featured in a full-page photograph that appears along with the article. They all graduated from Bennett College for Women, which is located in Greensboro, NC.
Editor’s Notes: I challenge everyone who reads this column to buy this copy of Ebony. You may reconnect!
