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.

Clark Preparatory Academy is getting a kitchen and sewing room thanks to a $100,000 grant from Lowes. This makes the school, on Bremen Street at Buckingham, the only one in Detroit Public Schools District to have such a facility.

To read more about it check out this link to the story:

http://detnews.com/article/20101021/SCHOOLS/10210371/Detroit%E2%80%99s-Clark-Academy-to-get-kitchen–sewing-room

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Save Water & Save Money Workshop

DATE: TODAY, August 25, 2010
TIME: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
LOCATION: The Detroit SUN Project Demonstration House

3975 Nottingham, Detroit, MI

Interested in saving money on your water bill?

Where does waste water go?
Wondering what you can do to protect out water resources?

Join us to learn about responsible water use and how to increase water efficiency in your home. Our guest speaker, Melissa Damaschke will give you great tips on how to protect our waterways while lowering your water bill.

With water rates increasing year after year, it is important for you to know what you can do to save water to save money on your water bills. This free workshop will provide you with tips to save water in your home. The workshop will also explain how saving and protecting our water helps protect the Detroit River and ultimately our Great Lakes.

For more information please contact:
Melissa Damaschke

melissa.damaschke@sierraclub.org
313-965-0055

Refreshments will be provided.
MorningSide
P. O. Box 24690
Detroit, Michigan 48224
(313) 881-4704

Event in MorningSide:

Detroit SUN Project Weatherization Workshop

Detroit SUN Project

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

6:00-8:00 pm

3975 Nottingham Rd., Detroit, MI 48224

The WARM Training Center will deliver a FREE home weatherization workshop at Detroit SUN Project’s demonstration house and will give away FREE weatherization kits (estimated $50 value) to members of our target community. WARM personnel will demonstrate how to install weatherization materials and will also be available to answer your questions. SUN Project personnel will also discuss how to sign up for additional FREE weatherization materials from DTE (must be a DTE customer). Refreshments will be provided. Please bring a copy of your most recent DTE bill to be included in the follow up energy analysis.

If possible, please let us know if you’d like join us so we have kits for everyone! Just call 313.806.3311 and let us know you may come by.

Check out American Public Media’s interview with MorningSide President Kelley Marks.

The story will air at 8 p.m. tonight (July 27) on WUOM-FM, 91.7. Learn more about Kelley and her commitment to our community.

If you missed it, check out:
http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_1089_Kelley_Marx.mp3/view

During its June meeting, MorningSide residents elected its board of directors for the 2010/2011 year. Here are the election results and officer appointments.

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

Board Members at Large:
Teresa Dubose
Debra Lordy
Rudolph Rushin
Ryan Townsend
Blair Wilson

According to the by-laws, MorningSide can have up to 11 board members. The board is in the process of filing the one open spot. An announcement on that appointment will be made at a later date.

Join the Detroit Vacant Property Campaign and partners Saturday, May 1, for an opportunity to listen, learn and participate in discussions about vacant property issues and the future of Detroit neighborhoods.

The event is open to all residents, neighborhood associations and other community stakeholders.

Speakers include:
Flozell Daniels Jr., president of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation.

Al Fields, group executive for the Detroit mayor’s office.

Karla Henderson, director for Detroit Buildings and Safety Engineering.

The event is 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1 at Gleaners Community Food Bank, 2131 Beaufait, Detroit, MI 48207. For information, call (313) 962-3171.

Tuesday’s airing of WDET’s The Craig Fahle Show featured some of our fellow Detroit neighborhood organizations, including Indian Village and Grandmont-Rosedale, as they discussed community policing in their neighborhoods.

Those interested in checking it out can listen to an MP3 version of the show at http://wdet.org/craigfahle/. The airdate is 3-2-10.

MorningSide’s president Kelley Marks has made the news once again in an interview with publication, Model D.

Read the article here: 37 Minutes in MorningSide with Kelley Marks.