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Habitat for Humanity Detroit: Archer/McNamara Blitz Build 1997

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A group of over 40 volunteers stand and kneel in front of a partially built house, holding a horizontal white banner that reads United Methodist Church (West District). Two ladders are seen in front of the house.

Cleaning out old file folders I found a paper copy of the journal from my first Habitat for Humanity Detroit volunteer experience: a weeklong volunteer activity at the Archer/McNamara Blitz Build 1997.

I forgot about my journal (it’s been over 25 years), but remembered how excited I was to publish updates each day on the church website (which I managed) as part of mission outreach to our congregation.

Sadly, I only found the printout of day 4 of the blitz build.

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Picturing Michigan’s Past: Transcribing Handwritten Postcards

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Postcard depicting two white boat on the greenish-blue waters of the Saginaw River. Several people in canoes can be seen on the river. In the background are several homes and large green trees along the shoreline.

For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a volunteer opportunity. Something that I feel connected with and where I can contribute an hour or more at a time.

A project that doesn’t require huge blocks of time.

In the past, I would volunteer at a local school library. But I haven’t done any in-person volunteering since before the Covid pandemic.

What I wanted was a virtual volunteer opportunity. And my goal was to find something local to my community or state.

Which is what I found when I discovered Picturing Michigan’s Past, a Zooniverse volunteer project at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.

Given my background working at and volunteering at libraries since I was a teenager, I’m not surprised I found a research project at a library.

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Can You Livestream the Event?

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seated attendees at World Usability Day Detroit 2017 with videographer in back of room.

As you may know, I’m an event planner and leader for several local meetup groups.

I organize events for Refresh Detroit, West Metro Detroit WordPress, and Metro Detroit WordPress meetup groups.

Since the mid 2000’s, I estimate I’ve organized 350+ monthly meetup events, workshops, in-person conferences, and group viewing events for online conferences.

And there’s one question I get asked every month from a member who’s not able to attend an event in person. Continue reading Can You Livestream the Event?

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