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Volunteer Locally - Look No Farther Than Your Own Block
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
March 31 2010

A great way to get started volunteering is to look locally – as in your own neighborhood. As a parent and concerned community member, I care a great deal about the health and safety of my neighborhood. Last year I had a few concerns about issues on my block and contacted Creston Neighborhood Association, which covers my neighborhood.

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GR Residents To Receive Discounts and Coupons For Recycling/Volunteering/Being Involved!
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
August 24 2010

The City of Grand Rapids has started an exciting, innovative community engagement program called MyGRCity Points. 

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Skilled Volunteers Needed For New Early Childhood Program
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
July 05 2011

South End Community Outreach Ministries has turned a huge neighborhood need into a great opportunity for a group of skilled volunteers.

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Volunteer opportunities range from predictable to obscure
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
September 07 2011

We hear it time and again - nonprofits are increasingly looking for skills-based volunteers. Folks with time on their hands and specific skills they trained for are in high demand. At the same time, agencies still need those dedicated to filing, sorting, serving - the more traditionally thought of volunteer jobs.

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Join us for the Day of Caring!
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
July 22 2011

What better way to recognize the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 than spend the day helping the community? The United Way Day of Caring was created as a national day of action in honor of the victims of 9/11, thus the date of the one-day volunteer event this year, 9/9/11.

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Something new this year...
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
July 26 2011

We are excited about a new component of the Day of Caring this year.  We are offering skills-based (pro-bono) opportunities to companies that run campaigns so they can use their business skills to make an even bigger impact. 

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Skills-based opportunity - Microsoft Office Trainer
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
July 28 2011

Michigan Blood is seeking a skilled computer software trainer to assist staff members in learning Microsoft Office software. This person would train staff in small groups on occasional basis.

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Crowdsourcing sparks new ideas
Emily Lopez, Heart of West Michigan United Way employee
August 04 2011

Crowdsourcing is opening up a whole new avenue for nonprofits that typically don't have a large marketing budget or manpower. Free advice from people with experience.

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