Guest Post by Diane Nilan, Founder & President of HEAR US
HEAR US gives voice and visibility to homeless children and youth
I spent the July 4th holiday at a parade like countless other Americans. Instead of sitting on the sidelines, which I don’t do well, I volunteered to take pix for my sister and brother-in-law’s builder who wanted their 54 Chevy (or do I need to say Chevrolet?!) to pull his float. It was a beautiful day. The town of Blowing Rock, NC, quaint and vibrant, …
OK, maybe it’s not Seashore Sally, but thanks to a generous corporate donor in the Midwest, OKE will distribute over 30,000 brand new spiral notebooks to students in Oakland and Macomb Counties.
The goal of this special distribution is to equip every student with at least one spiral notebook at the start of the new school year. To make this happen, Operation: Kid Equip will coordinate distributions with 75 higher poverty schools across 21 Oakland and Macomb County school districts. [Operation: Kid Equip considers any school or school district with …
Great Lakes Electronics Corp. Hosts Annual Earth Day Recycling Drive on April 24th
Free public collection and disposal of obsolete consumer electronics to benefit Operation: Kid Equip
What: Great Lakes Electronics Corporation (GLEC), an electronics recycling company, will host its annual “Earth Day” consumer electronics recycling drive by collecting electronic waste (eWaste) free of charge at its Warren facility on Saturday, April 24th from 10:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The company will collect and dispose of eWaste such as old and unwanted consumer electronics which has rapidly become one of the nation’s most …
Operation: Kid Equip will be having a Summer Reading Celebration for Oakland County residents on Saturday, June 12 at the Kulick Community Center, 1201 Livernois, Ferndale, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
There will be a variety of FREE reading books for school-aged children. There will be also be light food and refreshments.
Children’s Author, Tara Michener, will be present to lead some fun activities and read from her book “Who I Am Not What I Am” throughout the event. The first 50 children in line will receive a free autographed copy …
