Featured Image: Hikone student, Alora, experimenting with snow painting as part of an Art & Design lesson! | New Year and Fresh Starts! | |
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Can you believe January is over already?! Neither can we!
But it was a great month full of plans being made for the year ahead and we are so excited to dive in! After a lovely holiday break, our After School Programs have begun for the semester and we are enjoying being together again!
With a new Director of Art & Design, brand new lessons are being offered in person and we are seeing so much joy and community being cultivated! In 2020, we were offering take home art kits when meeting in person wasn't safe. Even with minimal staff, we made sure Art & Design was happening every week of our After School Programs. Now that we are back up to our full capacity with a dedicated person to provide a unique creative experience, we are so excited to see what this year will bring!
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CAN Art & Design Updates! | |
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As the weather gets colder, CAN Art & Design is just warming up!
This month has been full of learning, making, and
meeting many wonderful new faces.
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Sites have begun participating in bi-weekly Art & Design lessons led by our new Art & Design director, Keegan! This semester, students will explore various artistic mediums, including: origami, collaging, sustainable sculpture, fibers, and traditional two-dimensional practices like painting and using oil pastels. The most exciting part of these lessons? They're focused on exploring various environments and learning about sustainability - like reusing water bottles to make fun art in the snow as shown in the photos above! | |
In other exciting news, the planning stage of CAN's Educational Summer Camp is in full swing! This year, we are revisiting one of our favorite camp themes thus far: FOOD! | |
"The Kids' Table: Reheated" is a 6-week long curriculum that covers topics of nutrition, farming, cooking, and having fun while doing it all! Our students will be participating in hands-on making that includes yummy treats and fun challenges like ice cream, canning and pickling veggies, "fruit pizza", Chopped Jr. competitions, and even a chance to create their own restaurant! Expect to see more updates on Summer Camp in the coming months. | |
Photos from the first run of "The Kids' Table" in the summer of 2019! | |
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There have been some really exciting things happening in the Bryant neighborhood recently! Check out a couple highlights! | |
CAN's Bryant Community Center was recently highlighted by CTN in The City of Ann Arbor's Parks and Recreation Park Peek. Take a peek at the awesome video! | |
Decarbonizing Bryant - Ann Arbor Observer | CAN executive director Derrick Miller says their goal is for everyone in the area around Bryant Elementary School to achieve a similar outcome through the nonprofit's Bryant Sustainability Project, a trial run for the city's A2Zero carbon neutrality plan. According to a 1974 Detroit Free Press article, the subdivision surrounding the school, originally called Stoneybrook... [...] | | | |
Ann Arbor's big decarbonization bet | “Our biggest obstacle was to gain that trust, to help people believe that we were actually trying to do something for them without taking from them,” says Krystal Steward, a Bryant resident and outreach specialist for Community Action Network. “And now, they’re seeing that things are actually happening. Because I’m their neighbor, there’s a greater sense of trust in the project..." [...] | | | |
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Mail a donation to:
PO Box 130076
Ann Arbor, MI 48113
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Do you shop at Kroger?
Do you have a Kroger Plus card?
Take advantage of their Community Rewards program and donate to CAN when you use your Kroger Plus Card! Just login to your Kroger account, under "account summary", scroll down to Community Rewards. Then search for CAN by typing in our
organization number:
SJ915
Once CAN is enrolled, Kroger will donate to Community Action Network every time you use your
Kroger Plus card!
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Buying gift cards this season?
Consider purchasing through www.raiseright.com
A percentage (2%-20%) of each purchase
goes to CAN with our code:
B7JKTSJ298XC
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smile.amazon.com/ch/38-2792610
Use this link and Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase directly to CAN!
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Community Action Network partners with children, youth, and families from under-resourced Washtenaw County neighborhoods to create better futures for themselves and improve the communities in which they live. | | | | |
