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Community Leaders	2023 Salute to Grads

Meet our 2022 A-YES! Winner

While NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House was a Michigan State University freshman, her brother established a practice maintained until his death in 2020. During the week leading up to her March 18th birthday, he planned a visit or special time to show appreciation and support for his sister.

With unsolicited funds donated in honor of our esteemed COVID-19 victim, NIRMV Director/Sports Advisor & Consultant David L. House, Jr., NIRMV launched Amid-Year Empowering Service! (A-YES!). Young adults frequently receive negative responses or encounter challenges. This service aims to offer them positive support.

This A-YES! focus involved catching up with NIRMV Inspiring High School Grads Class of 2022. We wanted to hear about how things were going and their achievements. Respondents had their name entered into a gift card drawing.

Jeremiah Green was the 2022 A-YES! Winner. He has regularly supported NIRMV kids' activities and won prizes previously. We were delighted to get his update. Some highlights appear below. NIRMV wishes Jeremiah continued success and hope he enjoys his $25 Amazon gift card.

Jeremiah’s Update Highlights

• Halfway through second semester of first year at Wayne State University.
• Taking majority of film and journalism classes.
• Been working in leading Knights of Pythagoras.
• Met many great leaders including Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist.
• Getting good grades and optimistic about future
  

 

Creative Inspiration

Celebrate National Poetry Month with... dandelions!

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by listening to the short poem "Dandelions" by Hilda Conkling. She wrote most of her poetry between the ages of 4 and 10! After listening to the poem, kids are invited to draw a picture of a dandelion and email to NIRMV Kids at nirmvdetroit@gmail.com. Include your name and age and you could see your art posted here!

Dress up as a book character, send us your pic!

Don't just read the books on the NIRMV 2020 Recommended Reading List - Kids Edition (PDF). Live them by dressing up as characters from them! Nola Carter dressed up as Ruby Bridges from The Story of Ruby Bridges and sent us this great picture.

 

 

 

 

Madison Hudson dressed up as Anna from Frozen.

Want to see your picture here? Just email the title of book and the character you're dressed as, attach the photo and send to nirmvdetroit@gmail.com with "Book Star" on subject line.

Send us your essay, poem or drawing!

When NIRMV Volunteer Darryl Simmons attended elementary school, he did an extra-special creative writing project called "Freedom of Expression," which included essays, poems and drawings. Get inspired to express yourself. Then share your creations with our NIRMV Kids team by sending them to nirmvdetroit@gmail.com. Your work may be posted on this page. Darryl Simmons What does your favorite musician look like?  Your assignment is to carefully observe the musician drawing created by our Mystery Artist for National Inspirational Role Models Month in 2016. Then, draw a picture of your favorite musician or someone playing your favorite instrument, or print the Mystery Artist's drawing (PDF) and have fun coloring it.

What's in your happy bag? Let us know!

If you had your own Happy Bag, what would you put in it? Remember to include the things you like the most. Send your happy bag list or drawing to nirmvdetroit@gmail.com. Your work may appear on this page!

Wanted: Your special family memory!

Darryl and his great-grandmother

NIRMV Volunteer Darryl Simmons' special memory is riding a rollercoaster with his great-grandmother Louisiana Hines when she was 101 years young. Wow! Share your special family memory through creative writing and/or photos and send to nirmvdetroit@gmail.com. Your work may be posted to this page.