Home of Campus Elementary School and MLK Park
I Believe I Become community meetings in the B2B east zone kicked off June 21, 2012.
LINC Community Revitalization Inc. leads the I Believe I Become community engagement efforts. LINC believes it is important to raise up the community’s voice and follow the community’s lead in creating change. The engagement strategy combines relationship building, leadership development, listening and learning through a community planning process unique to each B2B zone.
I Believe I Become east zone neighborhood team:
Willie Patterson, B2B Community Liaison from LINC
616.308.6315 or willie@lincrev.org
Montel Pierre, B2B Natural Helper from LINC
Posted on January 11, 2013
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, Central Zone, East Zone, News, West Zone
By Monica Scott on January 11, 2013 at 10:15 AM GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Parents in some Grand Rapids neighborhoods with children ages 5 months to 5 years again have the opportunity to receive free educational support to help their child be ready for kindergarten. The next session of Baby Scholars, a set of educational [...]
Posted on October 17, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, East Zone
Posted by LINC Erica Carrisalez held her 4-year-old daughter E’Mari at the I Believe I Become East Zone Community meeting last night and said that her involvement with the initiative has been so positive that she is making it a priority. “If we can get parents to feel that they have a role, especially the [...]
Posted on September 12, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, Central Zone, East Zone, Engage, For media, West Zone
Posted: 09-02-2012 | By LINC LINC is now leveraging technology to facilitate bilingual meetings! At the August 16th I Believe I Become meeting in the West Zone, English and Spanish speakers had an easier time with translation in break-out sessions using wireless transmitters. Translators from the Interpreter Network in Grand Rapids spoke into microphones that [...]
Posted on September 3, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Billboards, Central Zone, East Zone, Engage, Summer Learning, West Zone
Students from Camp Fire USA, Hispanic Center of Western Michigan, Oakdale Neighbors, Boys and Girls Clubs, Brown-Hutcherson Ministries, Steepletown Neighborhood Services, Jubilee Jobs, and Restorers are making summer matter this year as they pursue academic excellence, learn new skills, visit college campuses and more.
Posted on August 7, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, East Zone, Engage, News
Posted: 08-06-2012 by LINC When East Zone Community Liaison Javonte Tubbs spoke with Steven Fowler and Latasha Cloud, they were so proud of their son Somaje Cloud that it seemed like they would burst. Somaje is a four-year-old graduate of Baby Scholars, and his parents told Javonte all about the journey. Javonte tells the story. [...]
Posted on July 24, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, Central Zone, East Zone, Engage, Summer Learning, West Zone
From July 25 through September 5, all GRPS students (Grades K-12) are eligible to take part in the I Believe I Become community’s Reading Rewards program. How it works. Read books + write (very) brief summaries = FREE ICE CREAM! Students grades K-8 – read three books get one treat Students grades 9-12 – [...]
Posted on July 17, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in Baby Scholars, East Zone, News
GRAND RAPIDS – July 13, 2012 Hope Warren Plummer knows when her 8 month-old baby Jayden is done eating. “I’ve always liked to have him finish all the food, but now I know when he’s done that ‘no means no’,” she laughs. Hope learned how to better communicate with Jayden through I Believe I Become’s [...]
Posted on July 17, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in East Zone, News
GRAND RAPIDS – July 13, 2012 As a dedicated member of the I Believe I Become community, Minnie Dentmond has never missed a meeting. She started attending gatherings in the Central Zone, and is continuing to lend her wisdom as the East Zone joins the B2B movement. LINC: What compels you to take such an [...]
Posted on June 2, 2012
by I Believe I Become
in East Zone
Join together in community celebrate * connect * discuss * plan HELP CHILDREN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, WORK AND LIFE Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12 Campus Elementary, 710 Benjamin SE Bring your family, friends and neighbors! $20 gift cards for the first 100 families to sign in! Free delicious family dinner! Exciting raffles [...]
