FROM A LIST-SERV ANNOUNCEMENT Habitat for Humanity Lansing is seeking applicants for our homeownership program. Starting in Mid September we are going to be accepting applications for our homeownership program. We are hoping to select new families by December! If you are interested in holding an onsite orientation for the community you work with or [...]

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22 http://cli.gs/2sZ32 # Saw the first hummingbird of the year in the memorial garden yesterday. Wait, why am I here so early today?!? Pancake Breakfast #lapeerdays # Early morning Pancake Breakfast for McLaren Visiting Nurse & Hospice under the Elks Tent #LapeerDays (@ Lapeer Days Festival) # Whew long [...]

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15 http://cli.gs/2jdVZ # Hmmmm fell out of tree. Would this have been a hummingbird nest? (based on size) http://ow.ly/i/3e0h # Helllloooo Monday! http://ow.ly/i/3eCe # RT @flintjournal: Live chat at 1 p.m. today: Would consolidating Michigan school districts be worth the cost savings?.. http://bit.ly/bdjO9k # RT @flintjournal: Peter Luke: Lansing [...]

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-08 http://cli.gs/u1JGQ # C-Webb is so awesome! The man! Pretty good for a wolverine! RT @realchriswebber: A few words about The Collection http://yfrog.us/n3o9pz # @jaimezerka follow these guys RT @heykim: @alicejam @KenyaBell @AudreyGriffin @DeeDeeRahim @kristenblake2 # RT @Harvard: See recent public service activities from the @Kennedy_School community http://bit.ly/93bGKz # [...]

Check out these pictures that were drawn by the students of Ms. Brooke Johnson’s class during an OMIA Foundation visit to a Lansing Michigan elementary school.  Click on the pictures to see the full size or download a two-page PDF [click here] //

Kim Scott of Literacy Powerline will speak about the work of literacy coalitions and how they are transforming communities nationwide.   Feel free to send this out, or to continue using the email blurb if that works better for you.   The invitation and RSVP form is on the Literacy Coalition website. Vanessa Mayesky Literacy [...]

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A NY TIMES ARTICLE AKA NOT OUR ORIGINAL MATERIAL Link to article [here] By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD You might call it the college student’s first lesson in exploitation: paying $100 for a textbook, then getting a mere $12 when reselling to the campus bookstore at the end of the semester.  Read [...]

RT @HarvardResearch: Study of long-term outcomes estimates a standout kindergarten teacher is worth $320,000 a year http://ht.ly/2hQyx # Time to watch shark week, right? RT @BigHomie4real: Camp over for the day now it's time to sit back in chill! # New link: World Map http://cli.gs/HNvze # VOTE TODAY! polls should be open 7a-8p. I think [...]

New post: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25 http://cli.gs/SGDAE # RT @greenmichigan: Kalamazoo maker of biodegradable cleaning products is 'ahead of the curve' http://bit.ly/cxii4d # RT @team_belle: Andrew's NBC live performance has been re-scheduled- but you can still catch him and @heiswe in Austin tonight at Stubb's!! # New post: Hey, Wait a Minute! Biological roots [...]

The OMIA Foundation, staff, families, students, and benefactors would like to congratulate Megan Root as the recipient of the 2008 Down the River Scholarship in memoriam of “Pamela Jo from O-hio!” The scholarship committee was thrilled to receive Megan’s application and surprised by how aligned her enthusiasm is with Pam’s.  There simply wasn’t a more [...]