Family Volunteer Day, Niles-Buchanan YMCA, Saturday

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 20, 2009 -- Niles, MI - The Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan’s Family Volunteer Day is this Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Niles-Buchanan YMCA, 905 Front Street, in Niles, Michigan.

Come learn about community needs and make a difference, all in one place! Family Volunteer Day has hands on volunteer activities for people of all ages.

Volunteer Day Activities

Some of the activities to help the community include:

Humane Society: Make toys for the cats at the shelter

Emergency Shelter: Make no sew blankets
Blue Star Mothers: Make cards for the troops
Berrien County Cancer Service: Decorate a jar to collect your pennies for cancer
Hospice at Home: Make goody bags for patients
Volunteer Center: Make a video about volunteering to help promote volunteering
Great Start Parent Coalition: Make ornaments out of recycled items to be donated to kids Safe Shelter, a domestic violence shelter
Salvation Army: Ring the Salvation Army Bell (this was very popular last year!)

MSU Extension 4-H Clubs: Make duffle bags/pillow cases for Polly’s Place, a local women’s shelter

Free Disney Passes Available

This event is made possible with a Minnie Grant from Disney Parks. Information will also be available at the event about Disney Parks 2010 “Give a Day Get a Day program.” You and your family may qualify to volunteer a day in 2010 and receive free Disney Passes. So bring a grandchild, nieces and nephews, your mentee, some neighborhood kids and even your own children …all are invited!

For more information about this event call (269) 983-0912 or (269) 683-5464.

About the Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan

Celebrating 30 years of Serving Berrien, Cass & Van Buren Counties, The Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan serves the community in four core areas:
• Connecting People with Opportunities to Serve
• Building Capacity for Effective Local Volunteering
• Promoting Volunteering
• Participating in Strategic Initiatives that Mobilize Volunteers to Meet Local Needs
Visit the Volunteer Center on-line at www.volunteerswmi.org.

The Volunteer Center is a United Way partner agency affiliated with the HandsOn Network.