MorningSide in Detroit

At our next General Meeting our President, Mr. O’Dell Tate will discuss the current state of MorningSide and also present the goals and outlook for 2012. We will also present information about the Martin Luther King program to be presented in MorningSide this year. Please click here to see the flyer for this event.

Please join us and bring a neighbor!

Event Info

Thanks to all the volunteers that helped make MorningSide’s Angel’s Night Patrol a success. And thanks to Pastor Charles Laster and Greater Pentecostal Temple for opening their doors as our patrol base.

photo by Beverly Brown

Angel’s Night is quickly approaching and the MorningSide community is looking for volunteers to patrol the neighborhood. Help us keep the community safe!

Patrollers are needed between 7 p.m. and midnight on Oct. 29, 30 and 31.

Report to Greater Pentecostal Temple, 15932 E. Warren. We’ll assign you an area to patrol. Volunteer when you can. All help is appreciated!

Refreshment, food and beverages will be provided.

To sign up for Angel’s Night Patrol in MorningSide, call (313) 881-4704 or leave a comment below with your name, number and the time/day you expect to volunteer.

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Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative

and

Detroit Police Department Eastern District

will hold the

Be Good, or Be Gone Anti-Crime Walk

11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011

Rally Point will be at Ronald Brown Academy
E. Outer Drive & Berkshire.

Join Commander Steven Dolunt
Mayor Dave Bing
Chief Ralph Godbee
Council Member James Tate
Council Member Andre Spivey

As we walk to take our neighborhoods back!

Call Jeff Jones (313) 394-1035 or go to www.next-detroit.org for more info.

At our next General Meeting we will introduce our new can goods drive for the holidays to assist families in need of food. Please feel free to bring can goods to this meeting. We will also discuss the upcoming Angel’s Night Campaign.

Our special guest will be Mr. Adam Hollier from the Arden Park East Boston Association who will present his presentation “Why Block Clubs Are Important”. “GQ” from the Detroit Police Department’s Gang Enforcement Division will give us an update on recent gang activity and Paul Taylor from DMC’s (Detroit Medical Center) Friends and Family Program.

As promised by our President O’Dell Tate at last month’s meeting we will have pizza! Please join us and bring a neighbor!

Event Info
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Peace Lutheran Church
15700 E. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48224

At our next General Meeting we will have representatives from DTE Energy who will be hosting a workshop for consumers in the MorningSide area. Topics will include: Low Income Assistance Programs, Budget Plans, and Energy Efficiency Programs.

Our special guest will be Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon and representatives from the Detroit Police Department’s Gang Enforcement Division. They will discuss crime analysis in MorningSide and tips on how to make MorningSide a safer community.

Please join us and bring a neighbor!

Event Info:
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Peace Lutheran Church
15700 E. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48224

At our next General Meeting we will update you on last month’s MorningSide On the Rise walk, and the MorningSide Community Block Club Picnic.

Our special guest will be Crime Stoppers of Michigan. Crime Stoppers of Michigan empowers people to make their neighborhoods, schools and businesses safer through anonymous reporting of crime. They will have a very important presentation that you will not want to miss.

Our Agenda:

MorningSide On the Rise Walk (part II) update
MorningSide Community Block Club Picnic recap
MorningSide Beatification Contest update
MorningSide T-Shirt Contest final Submissions
CB Patrol update

Special guest Crime Stoppers of Michigan with a special presentation

Also this month we will host a Youth Summit Meeting which will be on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 from 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Please encourage the youth that are in your family and neighborhood to attend. Their voices are an important part of our community.

Please join us and bring a neighbor!

Event Info
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
Peace Lutheran Church
15700 E. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48224

Our next General Meeting we will update you on last month’s MorningSide In the Rise walk, and the upcoming MorningSide Community Block Club Picnic. We will have special guest who will discuss home safety.

Our Agenda:

MorningSide On the Rise Walk (part II)

• MorningSide Community Block Club Picnic
• MorningSide Beatification Contest
• MorningSide T-Shirt Contest
• Special guest Detective Fountain – Presentation on How To Keep Our Homes Safe
• Special guest Mr. Carter – Presentation on Home Security Camera

 Also this month we will host a Youth Summit Meeting which will be on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 from 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. Please encourage you and your neighbor’s youth to attend.

Please join us!

It’s Motor City Makeover season and MorningSide is leading a group of volunteers to help clean our community. Our first community cleaning project of 2011 is tomorrow, May 14.

Thanks so much for all who have signed up but we need more volunteers. Please meet us Saturday May 14th @ 8:30 a.m. at the Children’s Palace parking lot on the corner of Courville St. and Mack Ave.

We will meet there to register and go from there to the designated sites to clean. Please bring any and all tools you would like to help facilitate this cleaning effort. We will provide gloves and garbage bags. Any other tools you may want to use should be brought with you.

The cleaning will go on Rain or Shine! Can’t wait to see you there!

For more information please call our office at (313) 881-4704 and someone will return your call.

Respectfully Yours,

MorningSide Communications

MorningSide held elections during its annual meeting this evening, May 10.

The results are as follows:

Executive Board

President- O’Dell Tate
1st Vice President- Teresa Dubose
2nd Vice President- Eric Dueweke
Treasurer- Paul Phillips
Secretary- Candice Williams

Board members at large
Debra Lordy
Ryan Townsend
Celeste Jackson
Sarah Reid
Reuben Reid
Robert Lavoy

Special thanks to outgoing president Kelley Marks for her years of dedicated service on the board.