Hey everyone,
Another week has gone by and life is getting busy for many of us. You know the school year has officially started when you can’t call your friends from 9-10pm on Thursday because they are either watching Grey’s Anatomy or the Office. But you also know its fall semester when the CRC hosts ice cream socials! This Wednesday, the CRC welcomed students, city leaders, and long-term residents to Red Cedar elementary school for some MSU dairy store ice cream to mix and mingle. All of us interns hit the streets to recruit residents from the nearby neighborhoods to come out and meet each other. I think a lot of us were proud of the strong turnout from the long-term residents in the community, setting a great example for the rest of East Lansing to follow. I think it’s safe to say that once again, Buckeye Blitz was the favorite flavor among the crowd.
Personally, I had an opportunity to speak with City Council members Roger Peters and Nathan Triplett at the ice cream social. In particular, we spoke about the City Council’s recent accomplishment of passing a resolution to support Representative Meadow’s medical amnesty bill. The bill aims to allow minors who have consumed alcohol to call paramedics if medical attention is needed without facing legal ramifications. The issue seems really important to pass, especially from the perspective of a college student. Aside from talking politics, I was pleasantly surprised by how down to Earth both city council members were. I think a lot of people see politicians as being high and mighty members of a separate and elite echelon of citizens. Council members Peters and Triplett are great examples of how incorrect that line of thought truly is.
Now that our ice cream socials have come to an end, we get a quick break from the action. But we are right back at it a week from this Sunday when we host a football clean up. Come meet us at the East Lansing Police Department, Sunday October 4th at 10:30am for some doughnuts, juice, and an opportunity to make East Lansing a cleaner, more vibrant community.
Until then, remember that We All Live Here.
Go White!
Mike Berkowitz
CRC Intern
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Fall Clean Up and Ice Cream
Hello again!
I cannot believe that we are at the brink of October! Our first football game against the school down the street, Central Michigan University, was quite a failure. But, luckily the CRC football clean up the following Sunday was a great success. There was a pretty decent turnout for an early morning. It seemed that most participants were students; hopefully at the next cleanup (after the Michigan game) we can push for more permanent residents too! It really awesome to see how little time it took to make our community look better. We enjoyed donuts and orange juice as well!
We had our second ice cream social in the Bailey neighborhood. We were all presently surprised with the diversity of attendants! It was a great chance to meet people outside of my neighborhood (Oakhill). The ice cream always helps too! I am now well aware that Buckeye Blitz is amazing. Our last ice cream social will take place in the Red Cedar neighborhood. The past two have been successful, so hopefully we can get everyone to show up again for some DMCs, ice cream, laughs, and smiles!
Other than that, all of us interns have begun to think about events we will plan for our respective neighborhoods. If anyone has any specific ideas let us know! Hope you all have a great week.
Go Green,
Kanika Suri
I cannot believe that we are at the brink of October! Our first football game against the school down the street, Central Michigan University, was quite a failure. But, luckily the CRC football clean up the following Sunday was a great success. There was a pretty decent turnout for an early morning. It seemed that most participants were students; hopefully at the next cleanup (after the Michigan game) we can push for more permanent residents too! It really awesome to see how little time it took to make our community look better. We enjoyed donuts and orange juice as well!
We had our second ice cream social in the Bailey neighborhood. We were all presently surprised with the diversity of attendants! It was a great chance to meet people outside of my neighborhood (Oakhill). The ice cream always helps too! I am now well aware that Buckeye Blitz is amazing. Our last ice cream social will take place in the Red Cedar neighborhood. The past two have been successful, so hopefully we can get everyone to show up again for some DMCs, ice cream, laughs, and smiles!
Other than that, all of us interns have begun to think about events we will plan for our respective neighborhoods. If anyone has any specific ideas let us know! Hope you all have a great week.
Go Green,
Kanika Suri
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Move In and the First Two Weeks!
Hi everyone!
I hope Labor Day weekend treated everyone well. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. With the U-Haul trucks blocking every road, broke students rushing to the bookstores, footballs being tossed in the middle of intersections, and the chants of ‘Go GREEN, GO WHITE’, it seems that the fall semester is full in swing. This means our internship with the CRC has also come into play.
We got the privilege to help create ‘Welcome Bags’ that were filled with informational sheets about the recycling, safety, taxi services, among others. We made over 2,000 bags and then distributed them to individual houses and apartment complexes. It was a great way to interact with the current residents of East Lansing. It was definitely a positive way to start off our year! ☺
All of the interns took extra bags to deliver to our assigned blocks. It made it easier to approach the new residents and explain our purpose. For the most part, I received a very optimistic response. I even got invited to a few tailgates in my neighborhood!
Yesterday, we had the first ice cream social in my neighborhood. I went a couple days ago to hand out flyers. People were generally excited to meet others that lived around them. We lucked out by having ‘ice cream eating’ weather. I got to have some deep, meaningful conversations, known as DMCs in the CRC world, with many of the residents. I was generally surprised by the turnout. There was a perfect mix of permanent residents along with students that were mingling. I think all the other interns enjoyed it as well! Who doesn’t love eating ice cream while chatting it up with new people on a sunny day? No complaints, minus the swarms of mosquitoes! Next week is the Bailey neighborhood ice cream social; I cannot wait to see how it turns out! ☺
That is it for now. Have a great week!
Go Green,
Kanika Suri
CRC Intern
I hope Labor Day weekend treated everyone well. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. With the U-Haul trucks blocking every road, broke students rushing to the bookstores, footballs being tossed in the middle of intersections, and the chants of ‘Go GREEN, GO WHITE’, it seems that the fall semester is full in swing. This means our internship with the CRC has also come into play.
We got the privilege to help create ‘Welcome Bags’ that were filled with informational sheets about the recycling, safety, taxi services, among others. We made over 2,000 bags and then distributed them to individual houses and apartment complexes. It was a great way to interact with the current residents of East Lansing. It was definitely a positive way to start off our year! ☺
All of the interns took extra bags to deliver to our assigned blocks. It made it easier to approach the new residents and explain our purpose. For the most part, I received a very optimistic response. I even got invited to a few tailgates in my neighborhood!
Yesterday, we had the first ice cream social in my neighborhood. I went a couple days ago to hand out flyers. People were generally excited to meet others that lived around them. We lucked out by having ‘ice cream eating’ weather. I got to have some deep, meaningful conversations, known as DMCs in the CRC world, with many of the residents. I was generally surprised by the turnout. There was a perfect mix of permanent residents along with students that were mingling. I think all the other interns enjoyed it as well! Who doesn’t love eating ice cream while chatting it up with new people on a sunny day? No complaints, minus the swarms of mosquitoes! Next week is the Bailey neighborhood ice cream social; I cannot wait to see how it turns out! ☺
That is it for now. Have a great week!
Go Green,
Kanika Suri
CRC Intern
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