Peace Neighborhood Center

Making Our Community Better...One Person at a Time

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Peace Neighborhood Center is very proud to announce that Youth Programs Director Raven Vawters recently graduated from University of Michigan's School of Social Work with her Master's of Social Work degree.
Congratulations, Raven! We could not be more proud!

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Hard to believe that Peace Neighborhood Center's 2024 Summer Youth Camps are wrapping up already! Please join us for all the action, food and fun at this year's Summer Day Camp Celebration on Monday, August 5th beginning at 5pm. We hope to see you there!

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We are pleased to share this photo of some of the members of the HUB Coalition who had the opportunity to tour the site of the Peace HUB Community Resource Center this week as we together work to focus our efforts in helping families, children and individuals in Eastern Washtenaw

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The start to this summer has been fast and furious at Peace! It began the day after school let out with a Transformational Road Trip for a group of middle and high school boys to Cocoa Beach and the Kennedy Space Center.
We hope all of you are off to a great summer, too!

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At our annual Recognition Night, Peace celebrated 15 graduating high school seniors and many fifth and eighth graders. Each senior received the Peace Promise, ensuring support in their future education. Congrats to all the graduates on your amazing achievements!

#Graduation2024

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This week, Peace had the pleasure of hosting our annual Year-End Carnival for our elementary school kids. Thank you to everyone who volunteered for this special event helping to celebrate another terrific school year for the REACH After-School Program. Looking forward to summer!

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Peace was abuzz with activity last Saturday as we hosted a free sports physical day at our Wellness Center and a camp orientation with our friends and partners at Washtenaw Camp Placement for 150 Washtenaw County youth.

#wellness #summercamps

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Thank you to Huron High School student Adit Vuppala, one of our volunteer tutors for the past three years who recently stopped by Peace to donate fifty percent of what he earned as an assistant teacher at U of M's Math Corps camp. We truly appreciate his support!

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Getting ready for Summer Day Camp, Celebrating College Grads and Recognizing the Important Role of our Peace Moms. Read all about it in our latest newsletter:

https://t.co/lYoDYnaCOm

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This Spring, we are excited to celebrate four Peace Alumni, who started in Peace programs as youngsters and are now graduating from college:

Ruhi, Mobin, Terra and Alex—Congratulations to our Peace Alumni!

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Peace Neighborhood Center is hiring!

CASE MANAGER – BAKER COMMONS ON-SITE SERVICES
This open position is responsible for various activities centered around resident wellness within the Baker Commons housing site. Visit Peace's website for more details:

https://t.co/vwS2HxafZo

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Summer Youth Services 2024 enrollment is open now for new families with rising 1st through 8th graders (Fall 2024)!

Apply by May 10th. Follow this link for our online application: https://t.co/xKzCsCObdU

For more information, call [phone].

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Check out Peace's Annual Report and RSVP for Peace's Pre-Mother's Day Brunch in our latest newsletter!
https://t.co/tW9tBpBeBb

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Looking Forward to our Spring Volunteer Appreciation and Family Night tonight!
Our Peace students still need volunteer tutors to help them finish the school year strong. If you are interested in tutoring, visit our website: https://t.co/GKWZBS88Zy

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The City of Ann Arbor's Office of Sustainability and Innovations recently has named Peace Neighborhood Center as Ann Arbor's next Resilience Hub!

Read more about this initiative in their latest newsletter: https://t.co/siaoRW5g3T

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Thank you to our friends at Ann Arbor-Fraternity Lodge No. 262 for stopping by last evening to present a check in support of Peace and the families we serve!

Pictured left to right: Bob Hospadaruk PM, Eric Bettner, Executive Director Bonnie Billups, Jr., and Dakota Legge, WM.

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Happy Easter Weekend!

Read Peace's latest newsletter at the link: https://t.co/h8OSLtldEr

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Listen to Executive Director Bonnie Billups, Jr. and Peace Board President Nicole Banks on the Lucy Ann Lance show today.

The interview airs Thur., 3/21 at 10:10 AM on 1290 WLBY and streams at https://t.co/ibBwPsDJ5E. https://t.co/HDfhlbrSID

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We’re excited to share that Peace Neighborhood Center received a $2 million unrestricted gift from the Yield Giving Open Call!

Learn more here: https://t.co/di1eb4iFRQ

#YieldGiving #SocialImpact #OpenCall

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March is National Reading Month and the Family Enrichment Program took a visit to the Westgate branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. Families had the chance to get library cards, check out books and create their own books together—a terrific afternoon of reading fun!