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THE FEED
by Heart of West Michigan United Way (Heart of West M...) on Thursday Nov 11th, 2010 03:23pm in NONPROFITS 
Each week the Volunteer Center will highlight an exciting skill-based volunteer (SBV) opportunity found on our Volunteer Solutions website. This week's SBV opportunity comes from The Grand Rapids Public Museum.
If woodworking is your hobby and history your passion, this may be an opportunity for you. Located in the museum's Furniture City Exhibit, the wood lathe represents the history of making wood furniture in Grand Rapids. Volunteers dressed in simple costumes demonstrate the operation of the lathe, making small wooden items such as tops.
Demonstrations are offered to school groups and general public. Once a week, three and one half hour shifts are available mornings and afternoons, weekdays and weekends.
Volunteers must have experience operating a lathe. Training is required.
This opportunity is sponsored by the Grand Rapids Public Museum. To apply for the volunteer position, click on the posting on Volunteer Solutions and e-mail the volunteer coordinator.
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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