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New Year, New Updates!

Census Applicant Day

Are you interested in working a seasonal job?
Are you able bodied?

Apply at NorthWest Initiative on January 9th 2020 from 4-5pm. You will need to know your current address, your social security number, your phone number, your email, and your birthday.

For more information, call Maddy at 517-999-2894

 Food Distribution—Produced has returned!

FD Jan 2020 calendar

The first and third Thursday( the 2nd and the 16th of January) of the month from 11-1 Food distribution has produce from the Greater Lansing Food Bank. Every Thursday from 11-1 has bread from Panera. Food distribution is located in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church.

Call Maddy at 517-999-2894 for more information.

Women Behind The Mask (Women’s Support Group)

Meets form 5-7 pm on the first and third Wednesday of the month (1st and the 15th of January), at 510 W. Ottawa St.

Open to all women, ages 18 and older. This group is supportive, encouraging, nonjudgmental, and positive. Please bring a dish to share with the group.

For more information, call Kendra at 527-999-2894.

Sugar Reduction Coalition

Interested in reducing hidden sugars in our foods and improving the health and wellness of Lansing residents? Join the Sugar Reduction Coalition. Our next meeting is on Monday, January 13th, from 8:30 am-10 am, in Litton Hall (the basement of the First Presbyterian Church).

For more information call Maddy at 517-999-2894. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

NWI will be closed for this Holiday.

Cooking Class—Vegetarian and Alternative Proteins

Joins us in learning alternative proteins to meat products! Class runs from 5-7 pm on Monday January 27th.

For more information, call Erin or Maddy at 517-999-2894.

 Financial Literacy Class

During the Last week of January, NWI is holding a financial literacy class with MSUFCU. Snacks and drinks provided. Time and date to be determined. Survery of interest linked here.

For more information. call Maddy at 517-999-2894.