East Lansing Welcomes the World Event

On Sunday October 2^nd, the CRC will be participating in the East Lansing Welcomes the World Event. This event occurs annually and is hosted by the City of East Lansing, MSU's Office for International Students and Scholars, and the Community Volunteers for International Programs (CVIP). The CVIP will also be celebrating 50 years of service in the neighborhood. Please feel free to help us welcome international students and scholars to the greater Lansing area! The event will take place in the Hannah Community Center from 3 to 5.

Neighborhood Partners Throw a Barbecue

On Saturday Sept 17 Emily, a CRC intern, and her neighborhood partner Nancy Schertzing, hosted a BBQ\ Potluck Dinner in the Bailey Neighborhood. It was quite a success and neighbors were able to meet and mingle. Not to mention, the food was delicious!

Neighborhood Partners enjoying the BBQ

Festive treats

Neighborhood Clean Up

Thanks to Channel 10 news for covering our first Neighborhood Clean-Up! We picked up about 15 bags of trash from East Lansing's Bailey and Oakwood neighborhoods. The College of Osteopathic Medicine was also out that morning doing a clean-up in Bailey, so the City was looking great by the time both groups were finished!

Watch the Channel 10 news coverage of the Clean-Up here:

East Lansing Clean Up

Last Ice Cream Social, First Neighborhood Clean-Up

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Bailey Ice Cream Social, we had a great turn-out!  Check it out:

Residents had the chance to meet their neighbors and the CRC interns and chat with city officials such as Interim City Manager George Lahanas, Police Chief Juli Liebler, East Lansing City Councilmember Roger Peters, and Mayor Pro Tem Diane Goddeeris- all while enjoying MSU Dairy Store ice cream.  Participants even got to sample seasonally appropriate Pumpkin Spice flavor- yum!

Next on the CRC calendar- this year's first Neigbhorhood Clean-up!  We'll be meeting in the parking lot of the 54B District Court at 10:30 am this Sunday, September 25 and then hitting the streets in an effort to beautify our community.  The CRC is registered with Service-Learning, so if you need Service Learning hours for a class or group you're involved them, this is a GREAT way to get them.  Refreshments will be provided!

Free Ice Cream and Neighborly Bonding

If you missed out on the Red Cedar Neighborhood’s ice cream social due to rainy weather, here is another opportunity to enjoy free Dairy Store Ice Cream on behalf of the CRC. We will be hosting a third ice cream social in the Bailey Neighborhood on September 21st. It will be held at 361 Bailey from 6:00 to 7:00pm. This is a great way to meet neighbors and interns. There may even be a few city officials in attendance!

The CRC would also like to invite all members of the East Lansing Community to join us on our first Neighborhood Cleanup of the year! It will take place at 10:30 on Sunday, September 25th. We will be meeting in the parking lot of 54b District Court. This is a great opportunity to make new friends and give back to the communities we all know and love.

We all scream for ice cream!

The CRC’s first neighborhood ice cream social of the yeartook place this past Thursday in the Oakwood Neighborhood, and was a great success despite the drearyweather!  Residents chatted it up withMayor Vic Loomis, Deputy City Manager George Lahanas, Officer Rodriguez from the ELPD, and CRCinterns over MSU Dairy Store Hoosier Strawberry and Buckeye Blitz ice cream.  Check it out:

Residents of the Red Cedar Neighborhood won’t want to missout on their own ice cream social, which will take place tomorrow, Wednesday,September 14.  The CRC will be providingmore FREE Dairy Store ice cream goodness  from6:00-7:00pm at 1054 Marigold, the home of Red Cedar Community Associationchairperson Marcia Van Ness.  It’ll be agreat chance for residents to come out and meet the neighbors, cityofficials, and the new CRC interns!

Training Week

As one of the new interns for the CRC, I am excited to saythat we have successfully completed our training week and our first week ofoutreach! During our training week, we were able to get to know each other andbecome familiar with the task at hand as CRC interns.  It was exciting to view the East Lansingcommunity in a very unique light. We were given the opportunity to meet CityCouncil members, and visit the Police Department, Fire Department, City hall,and of course the Department of Public Works. We were also able to get to knowour fellow interns on a whole different level during our day at the AdventureCenter at Pretty Lake. During our visit we did a lot of team building exercisesand finished the day with a high ropes course. We would like to thank all ofthe speakers and everyone that made our training possible, and we are all eagerfor the start of a great year!