Featured Image: CAN Directors Bobby and Keegan during Day 2 of Summer Program Facilitator training!

School Is Out for the Summer

Fun and learning are still in session!

Today marks the very first day of CAN's 6-week Educational Summer Camp and we couldn't be more excited! This week kicks off with tie-dying camp t-shirts and lessons like designing album covers, and stringing beads to the pattern of beats we hear in music. We're evening exploring different instruments and music from different decades, plus SO MUCH MORE we can't even fit it into this newsletter!

For the next 6 weeks our days will be filled with science, math, social studies, language arts, and nutrition lessons designed to be so fun and exploratory that you wouldn't even know they're fighting summer learning loss! Plus, time for free-play, reading, outdoor games, fun challenges, cooking and eating together.. the list goes on!

Follow CAN on Facebook and Instagram as well as our Art & Design Instagram for updates and to see your support helping campers thrive all summer long!

What's Happening At CAN

Fun at Arrowwood

Families at Arrowwood Hills joined us for an Ice Cream Social which included crafts and lots of fun! Thanks to everyone who came out!

Gardening Together

Community members at both Hikone and Green Baxter Court gathered for gardening events this past month. The gardens at each location are looking fabulous thanks to the passion and hard work of the community!

Congrats 2024 Grads!

A huge congratulations to our 2024 graduates including our very own Keyair Steward, Micah Ray, Kiwan Mayberry, Mon'tay Higgins, and Andre Martin! We are so excited for them as they enter their next chapter of life!

CAN Staff Updates!

Please join us in welcoming some new faces to the CAN family!

We have 18 lovely people joining the team as Summer Program Facilitators to help run our summer camps, although many are already familiar faces! We also have 2 new full-time friends joining the team - welcome LaTanya and Vanina!

Summer Food Superstars!

Our menus are planned, and our fridges are stocked for the first week of camp! We want to thank everyone who has contributed to our Summer Food Drive so far to get us off to a great start!

A special thank you to The Little Seedling for supporting meals and snacks at our Hikone Community Center for THE ENTIRE SUMMER! We are so grateful!

Want to contribute to summer camp meals and snacks? There's still time - click below!

Appreciation For Key Partners

For the third year in a row, we were awarded Emergency Funds from the Ann Arbor Thrift Shop to support our eviction and utility shut-off prevention work at Hikone, GBC, and Creekside. These funds have been absolutely crucial for stabilizing families in our highest-need communities! 

CAN's Sustainability work also had a big win recently! We’re so proud to have been named Phase 1 winners of the Department of Energy's SOLVE IT Prize! Our team received $80,000 to support work in the Bryant community, where we are working with residents to find solutions to Bryant's unique energy-related challenges. Now our team advances to Phase 2 where we’ll engage with local stakeholders to further develop plans for a clean energy project that benefits the community. Wish us luck!

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