Mid Michigan Big Brothers Big Sisters
September 2010
Back-to-School Pot-Luck!!
Big Brothers Big Sisters is hosting
a fun-filled event to celebrate the
beginning of school. Come out on
September 30th beginning at
6:00pm at the Gladwin United
Way building. It is a way for all
the Bigs and Littles to get
RECRUTING BIGS! acquainted with the new staff and
other Bigs and Littles in the
Big Brothers Big Sisters is program. There will be “Get to
looking for Lunch Buddies! Bigs Know You” activities and, of
meet once a week with a student course, food! We’ll supply the
who needs a positive role model pizza. We ask each match to bring
in their life and eat lunch with a dish to pass around We
them. If you know someone, over encourage you all to come and
the age of 18, with a good heart enjoy yourselves at this month’s
who could help change a youth’s event. Remember, this is Eva’s
life simply by being a mentor last day with us. Come send her
during lunch, or are interested in off with a bang!
becoming a Lunch Buddy, please
call the office at 989-386-9304 or Happy Birthday to…
send us an email at Little Honesty on the 12th
bbbs@ejourney.com. Or refer
your friend to our website at Happy 7th Anniversary!
www.midmichiganbbbs.org. Jackie and Chelsea
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1 Monthly Event, Lunch Buddies, Birthdays
2 Recent BBBS News, Community Events
3 Community Events
4 Monthly Club, Contact Us
5 Community Calendar
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Labor Day Celebration!
Farwell Fairgrounds is hosting
their annual Labor Day Festival!
September 3rd from 6p-8p is full of
contests and games! September
4th will have a Kids Scavenger
Hunt beginning at 2p. Don’t
forget to watch the Figure 8 Derby
at 7pm on the 4th. The “Welcome
to the Jungle” parade begins
September 6th, at 10am. The 2nd
Relay for Life
Annual “Pet Parade” will be on
September 6th at noon at the Big Colette and Little Charity walked
for strong men and women all over the
Entertainment Stage. Advance world in the Gladwin Relay for Life.
wristbands are on sale Sept. 3rd Colette is a cancer survivor and has
for $10, regular price $15. For been cancer free for 13 years in
more information, please call March! Her strength and the support
(989) 588-2517. of Charity can empower people all over
the world to fight for a cure.
Kops-N-Kids
On September 11 from 1:00-
3:00pm, Gateway Lanes is hosting
Kops-N-Kids. The skills the youth
learns at Kops-N-Kids enable
them to see the importance of
making the right choice toward a
life free of violence, drug addiction
and gang activity. This will be a
fun experience for kids of all ages. MMCC BBQ & Fall Festival
They will get a chance to look at a Games, crafts, car show, music,
cop cruiser and fire trucks. The food... What more could you ask
kids will also be able to go for? Head to the Harrison MMCC
through the fingerprinting Fall Festival on September 19th
process. But best from noon to 4:00pm. Ticket are
of all, there will $5 in advance. All proceeds will
be prizes! provide for student scholarships.
For more information, please call
(989) 386-6629.
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This exciting rollercoaster I call, my life,
has taken me on an amazing journey of a
future I cannot wait to see. I look
forward to interacting with the
community to learn and experience many
opportunities.
Meet Katelyn!
Having been in school for the past 21
years and suddenly getting thrown
into the real world is a scary leap; kind
of reminds me of skydiving. You start
with preparation. This stage is
generally pre-school up through
graduating high school.
It is time to get into the plane; when Meet Libby!
you find out who you really are. Are My name is Libby Black and I am the
you ready to take this leap? Will you new caseworker for Mid Michigan’s Big
back out, quit, turn around, and just Brothers Big Sisters. I am extremely
give up? This is what I like to excited and looking forward to join this
call…graduating from college. organization and hopefully, bring a
positive impact. I am ready for the
My name is Katelyn VanMaele, a challenge and in the end succeed.
senior at Central Michigan University.
I will be graduating in May 2011 with I am 23 years old and grew up in the
a degree in Social Work. I am small town of Dundee, Michigan. In my
completing my internship at the Mid free time I love to spend time with my
Michigan Big Brothers Big Sisters family on Lake Michigan and traveling.
Program, mainly participating with the My absolute favorite activity is to take my
Lunch Buddies program. I am dog, Rico, on a walk to the ice cream
extremely excited because after grad shop and share an ice cream cone with
school, who knows where, I plan to him.
become a high school social worker.
I explored my college options but in the
Back to the skydiving, yes; I did jump. end decided CMU was the best fit for me;
Skydiving is the most amazing not too big and not too small. I am still a
experience I have ever done; mind you student there and will be graduating in
I am terrified of heights. I have December 2010 with a bachelor’s degree
learned so much about myself both in in Psychology. I have loved every second
the classroom and extracurricular of being a part of the Mid Michigan area
activities. I have proved to myself in and feel that this is where I call home.
many ways that I can do things that I My future plan is to start the Master’s
never thought were possible. program in Social Work.
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Amish Quilts & Crafts!
Come to Yoder’s Farm on
September 3rd and 4th for the
Amish Quilt Auction and Craft
Show! Open from 8:00am to
5:00pm. Bring your family to
see the beautiful display of
FIRE UP CHIPS! crafters, flea marketers, quilts,
Central Michigan University is antiques and much more!
hosting a GIANT pumpkin annual
weigh-off at Shamrock Park at
1pm. The date is to be
determined. To find out when
this GIANT fun day is, please call
(989) 386-6003.
All of you are our best referral source. So we’re rewarding you. If you know someone
who would make a great Big, send them our way. And if your referral turns into a
match, you’ll receive a $50 gift certificate.
Board Members
Joseph Phillips – President, Clare County Probation
Paul Cronstrom – Vice President, Community Mental Health
Jay Kleinhardt – Treasurer, Farm Bureau Insurance
Tara Hovey – Dreyer and Hovey Attorneys At Law
Christy Rowley – Gladwin County Probation
Cindy Mussell – Mid Michigan Community College
Mid Michigan Big Brothers Big Sisters Bob David – Community Member
104 West Fifth Street, Clare, MI 48617
Marc Lightfoot – Business Owner
TEL: 989-386-9304
FAX: 989-386-9312 Deb Hoyt – Mid Michigan Community Action Agency
www.midmichiganbbbs.org Laura DelaGrange – Community Mental Health
bbbs@ejourney.com Staff
Carol Bruce-Gage – Executive Director
Mary Shaw – Program Manager
Libby Black – Community Case Manager
Eva Rohlman – AmeriCorps Volunteer
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Katie VanMaele – CMU Social Work Intern
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September 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Yoder's Amish Labor Day
show Celebration
8a-5p
Yoder's Amish
Farm Show
8a-5p
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Labor Day Labor Day
Celebration Parade
Figure 8 10a
Derby Pet Parade
7p 12p
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Harrison Fall
Festival
12p-4p
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