We Are Tickled Pink! 😍

Featured Image: Arrowwood Hills Community Center celebrates Palentine's Day 2022!

We're Back In The Swing Of Things!

After our break for the holidays and new year, we re-started our After School Programs in January and are now really back in full swing!

Students have been working on homework, studying for tests, reading, playing, collaborating, creating, problem-solving, cooking, and exploring!

We've had visits from enrichment groups like Athletes for Community Transformation, the Huron Valley Humane Society, the Turkish American Cultural Association of Michigan, the Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and Service Learning and Trans-disciplinary Education mentors! We've celebrated all types of love and friendship, danced to "Encanto," and built snowpeople in some of our neighborhoods on our snow days.

Whether it's helping keep up with schoolwork, unwinding after a long day, spending time with friends, cultivating new experiences and skills, or eating yummy meals - our After School Programs are safe and supportive spaces for our students to come and be loved for all of who they are, where all feelings and a growth-mindset are nurtured, and they can work toward becoming all they want to be.

We are just tickled pink by the Valentine's Day reminder to tell the people we care about how much we love them and we want you to know how much we love and appreciate YOU -- our beloved community! Thank you for your care, commitment, and generosity <3

WE ARE HIRING!!!

Join us as a

Summer Program Facilitator

Educational Summer Program Facilitators work as a team to operate CAN's 6-week educational summer camp programs at one of CAN’s multiple sites, partnering with children to develop academic, art & design, and social-emotional skills. There are two weeks of in-person training before the camp begins and a week for wrap-up/concluding activities after the 6-week summer camp ends (making for a total commitment of 9 weeks over the summer).

This year’s thematic curriculum is about Environmental Science!

Students will explore a variety of themes within the sphere: culture & the environment, biodiversity, climate change, natural resources, sustainability, and youth activism. Each topic will be taught and reflected upon through creative art, music, writing, and theater projects. The summer camp goal will be for students to deepen their personal understanding and awareness, and to cultivate environmental ambassadors.

Candidates must be available Monday-Friday from about 9:30am-5:30pm, June 13, 2022 – August 12, 2022.

Learn more: www.canwashtenaw.org/jobs

Thanks to AmeriCorps VISTA for producing this amazing highlight video from last year's Educational Summer Camp Program! -->

What Is Happening at CAN?

Stepping In To Help During An Emergency

The recent recall of unsafe infant formula has affected hundreds of families.

Many amazing and generous donors, like Ashley Oberheide, have stepped in to help ensure our food pantries have safe infant formula & other baby supplies for our Washtenaw County families so our infants remain healthy and fed.

A University of Michigan organization called Sister 2 Sister heard about this recall and quickly took action to help. In only 4 days, they organized a donation of safe baby formula and dropped it off at Bryant Community Center, our largest distribution site.

Thank you so much for supporting children and families!

Above: Sister 2 Sister representative drops off multiple cans of infant formula at CAN's largest distribution site open to all Washtenaw County residents, Bryant Community Center

Northside Community Center City Roundup Highlight!

CAN Executive Director, Derrick Miller, shares how Northside serves as a resiliency hub for community members.

Looking for Ways to Get Involved?

Donate to Support the

CAN Art & Design program

(creator CAN's upcoming Environmental Sustainability thematic curriculum)

CAN's thematic curricula utilize sensory learning and tactile materials to assist students with problem-solving through designing prototypes and creating real projects. Every donation will assist with ensuring our students have access to the materials they need to become world-changers!

Donate To Promote Education!

Find Other "Ways to Give"

Check out our Support page to see what items and in what other ways

Community Action Network

info@canwashtenaw.org

PO Box 130076, Ann Arbor, MI 48113

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.

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