Caryl Burke, Quaila Pant, Mike BurkeDay 5 of Tree Replanting

Chrysler StaffDay 5 of Tree Replanting

Day one of Tree Replanting Week!! We need help every day through Saturday. Go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4EAAAE2CA13-planting.Dexter Relief Fund!!!Day one of Tree Replanting Week!! We need help every day through Saturday. Go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C4EAAAE2CA13-planting.

Looking for Volunteers!!!Volunteers : Planting Treeswww.signupgenius.comJoin the Dexter Relief Fund, Faith in Action, the Dexter Rotary, and other community organizations to deliver and plant trees to families affected by the 2012 tornado. We need volunteers on the dates listed below. Potential tasks are listed below, and there may be additional tasks on each date. Wo...

Here's the link to sign up for our day of replanting. Spread the word and share, share, share!Volunteers : Planting Treeswww.signupgenius.comJoin the Dexter Relief Fund, Faith in Action, the Dexter Rotary, and other community organizations to deliver and plant trees to families affected by the 2012 tornado. We need volunteers on the dates listed below. Potential tasks are listed below, and there may be additional tasks on each date. Wo...

FIA, with the Dexter Relief Fund and Dexter Rotary, is looking for volunteers willing to help plant trees on Friday, April 26 or Saturday, April 27. These trees are being purchased with the remaining funds from the tornado relief effort, and we hope they'll serve as a source of healing for those who lost so many in the storm. Call me directly at 475-3305, or at nancypaul@faithinaction1.org. Thanks!

Thanks to our friends at Dexter Curves, who met and passed their goal of 1000 pounds of groceries for the food pantry!

Dexter Update: Dexter, Michigan, Newsdexterupdate.comIn honor of the resilience of the Dexter community following the tornado last March, the Dexter Relief Fund committee, with the help of many organizations across the community, is hosting an Open House on Friday, March 15, from 3-7 p.m. at LaFontaine Automotive.

Chelsea Update: Chelsea, Michigan, Newschelseaupdate.comDia Vale got involved in Chelsea/Dexter CROP Hunger Walk through her brother, who has participated in all 25 years that the local event has taken place.

Stop by and see the amazing quilt! Better yet, plan on walking this fall. CROP Walk is always the first Sunday in October. See you there!Chelsea Update: Chelsea, Michigan, Newschelseaupdate.comDia Vale got involved in Chelsea/Dexter CROP Hunger Walk through her brother, who has participated in all 25 years that the local event has taken place.

DEXTER: ONE YEAR STRONG! In honor of the resilience of the Dexter community following the tornado of last March, the Dexter Relief Fund committee, with the help of many organizations across the community, is hosting an Open House on Friday, March 15, from 3-7pm at LaFontaine Automotive. This event will serve many purposes: Applications are being accepted for the tree replanting effort in late April. Tree samples and site evaluation consultation will be available. Applications are being accepted for lawn/glass remediation problems. Volunteer sign up for individuals or teams for the replanting. Help is needed and teams are being sought. Food provided by LaFontaine Automotive. Games led by Dexter High School students. Video booth for storytelling. So many people were affected, both directly and indirectly, by the storm, that we know it will go down in the collective memory of Dexter. In spite of the hardship of the people whose homes and lives were so impacted, the lesson so many have learned is that we benefit from and survive because of the support of our friends, family and neighbors, and so it is in this spirit of celebration that everyone is invited to stop by LaFontaine on Friday, March 15, between 3pm and 7pm.

Department of Human Services worker now on site at Faith in Action every Wednesday to take care of SNAP/food benefits, Medicaid, and SER applications. Chelsea one week, Dexter the next. Call to see which site Liz will be at next week and save the trip to Ypsilanti to apply for state benefits.

Thanks to the Cub Scout Troops of Chelsea for collecting food for the FIA food pantry, helping hundreds of people each month have enough food to eat.

Our pantry inventory gurus tell me that what we are low of or out of in the pantry are: Oil, Pancake Syrup, cleaning products, toilet paper, saltines, muffin mixes, chowders, baked beans, stew or hash, pancake or baking mix, sugar, cake mix, frosting mix.

Just a quick update on the "valuables in the pocket"---thanks to the networking power of Facebook, we were able to figure out who the jacket had belonged to and the mother's rings are back where they belong, with the family. Thanks to everyone who helped circulate the message. We love happy endings.

Did you (or someone you know) donate a men's tan corduroy sport/suit jacket to FIA that may have had family valuables in the pocket? It appears that maybe it had been in this jacket pocket for some time. It came to us in a clear "Schwan's Home Delivery" bag.

Spread the word! Chelsea Grace Clinic and FIA are sponsoring two totally free flu shot clinics: one in Chelsea this Wednesday, Nov. 7th, from 12 noon-7pm, and then next Wednesday, Nov. 14th, from 12 noon-7pm, (at 7931 Grand Ave.--our new space.) Anyone is welcome to come get a shot, so spread the word!!

Many thanks to our friends at Chrysler Proving Grounds, for the large collection they did at work! And thanks also to the Thrivent group at Zion Lutheran, and at St. Mary Chelsea and St. Joe Dexter for the recent food collecting. There's not enough room to mention everyone, but remember, Saturday is Scouting for Food!!! It's all just in time for holiday needs.