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THE FEED
by Heart of West Michigan United Way (Heart of West M...) on Thursday Jan 6th, 2011 03:26pm in NONPROFITS 
Each week the Volunteer Center highlights an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our Volunteer Solutions website. This week's SBV opportunity comes from Camp Blodgett:
Camp Blodgett is located on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Grand Haven. Each summer they host hundreds of kids during summer camp and dozens of groups and organizations. When camp is not in session they rent the facility to help fund year-round programs.
Because of the large number of people who visit Camp Blodgett, they produce a large amount of trash. They would like to develop a plan to recycle as much of that refuse as possible. This opportunity will study the type of trash they produce, determine what can be recycled and develop procedures for doing so. It will involve determining appropriate containers for collecting and storing the material and finding sources of disposal of the material. All procedures must be developed with minimal cost and investment in mind and minimizing the effort required by a very small staff who is already very busy.
This opportunity is for someone who is vested in the principles of recycling to both stretch resources and minimizing the impact on our earth. Prior knowledge of recycling is not critical if volunteer has the capability of doing research to acquire that knowledge. The individual would be required to provide his/her own transportation to study the problem at camp and to research local solutions to storage and disposal.
Click here to learn more or sign up.
As a long-time community leader, Heart of West Michigan United Way collaborates with other organizations throughout West Michigan to advance the common good - that is, to direct change and create opportunities for a good life for all who live here. We focus our efforts in three critical areas: education, income and health, which are the building blocks to a successful life. A quality education that leads to a stable job, enough to support a family through retirement, with good health at every stage. Our goal is to work toward long-lasting changes that truly make an impact. So while we support those who have fallen on hard times, we also work to identify the root causes of problems. Then we build preventative systems that keep those problems from happening in the first place.
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