http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/Steve Jessmore's Photo ColumnenTue, 08 Jan 2008 08:20:43 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noSteve Jessmore's Photo Columnsenseofcommunityhttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/5Ops8pIpBLc/saying_goodbye_to_sense_of_com.html1155911557The Flint JournalTue, 08 Jan 2008 08:20:43 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.600769 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalSteve chose a sample of the more than 170 people featured in Sense of Community. (Click to see an enlarged version.) Visit Sense of Community. Steve Jessmore,48, has created the Sense of Community photo column...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2008/01/saying_goodbye_to_sense_of_com.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/nTXmGW3x-vw/lela_mcgees_dream_transform_a.html7913615871155911557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalSat, 05 Jan 2008 20:40:07 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.551096 ]]>Steve Jessmore/ The Flint Journal "We have to, as women, depend on one another and move together," said Lela McGee, here at an operational meeting at The Village shopping center in Mt. Morris Township. "When I do workshops, I often...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/12/lela_mcgees_dream_transform_a.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/f_mfqrjsP4k/sybyl_atwood_was_a_believer.html27025115591155728460Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 01 Feb 2008 06:45:11 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.515012 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint Journal Sybyl Atwood was a believer that we all can make a difference in our community. She died in July after a courageous battle with cancer. In her honor, the annual Holiday Wish List has...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/11/sybyl_atwood_was_a_believer.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/KrSGfBoAhtU/arleneruhala.htmlSteve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 28 Dec 2007 13:53:35 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.586499 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalArlene Ruhala has been taking the Thanksgiving story to schools, civic organizations and churches for the last seven years. She tells the story to third-graders at Central Elementary School in Flushing through the eyes of...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/11/arleneruhala.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/lifjvD4o8Po/morgan.html115591155754312Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:24:52 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.485751 ]]>Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalBill Morgan and volunteer Betty Binder work on routine maintenance of the Swartz Creek Area Veterans Memorial in Swartz Creek. Morgan has helped from the start. In two years, the committee raised over $140,000 in donations...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/11/morgan.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/JLdk6enLC0w/force.html791311557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:25:40 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.469627 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalDebbie Force pauses to wave at a passerby as she makes the rounds in downtown Clio photographing one of 28 gardens made possible by the Clio Cultivating our Community project. She took a $500 seed...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/11/force.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/Tsn5OLIFVFI/helen_chazick.html2056498201155911557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:26:04 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.444049 ]]>Steve Jessmore / The Flint JournalEastside Mini-Station coordinator Helen Chazick waves goodbye to Flint police Inspector Connie Johnson, who stopped by to check on the station, 2210 N. Franklin Avenue in Flint. Chazick usually volunteers at the station five days...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/10/helen_chazick.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/h7cBaadGdvM/mary_nagy.html79134838811557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:28:47 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.428844 ]]>Steve Jessmore/ The Flint Journal"Our life is our kids. That's why we do everything we do," said YWCA legal advocate Mary Nagy (right). She and her husband, childhood friend Todd (left), have three children including Chase (center), 12. Nagy says...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/10/mary_nagy.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/L0WDQeZK7Dk/cara_manns.html2056469844698611557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalMon, 07 Jan 2008 20:23:09 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.415810 ]]>Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalCara Manns (center) shares a light moment with program members Ruth Morris (left) and Farrah Boulden (right) during a nutrition class led by Arletha Loan of the Michigan State University Extension Service during the women's program...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/10/cara_manns.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/N0PCGFWkM3k/lipp_senseofcommunity.html791337517Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 28 Dec 2007 13:56:27 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.389674 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint Journal"I thank God for the job bank program. If it wasn't here, I don't know what I'd do," said John Lipp (right) of Flint as he works with YWCA maintenance worker Chaz Marsden on landscaping....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/09/lipp_senseofcommunity.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/b_7NLzQ0NuU/steve_jessmore_the_flint_journ.htmlSteve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 28 Dec 2007 13:57:03 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.363314 ]]>Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalGreg Gaines (facing camera) gets a hug from Mr. Rogers summer garden project worker Dan Ferguson, 18, of Clio while he and other students gather to begin working. Gaines said Ferguson represents one of the program's...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/09/steve_jessmore_the_flint_journ.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/El3kGgJ5VyM/kprice.html20563751711559Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 28 Dec 2007 13:58:03 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.353463 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint Journal"We got tired of looking at the blight because it was a mess," said East Austin Avenue Block Club president Katherine Price. "To come from where we came is just wonderful. Sometimes I just go...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/09/kprice.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/Vx3n44DsTwM/paul_o_donnell.htmlSteve Jessmore | The Flint JournalWed, 05 Sep 2007 06:06:53 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.327565 ]]> Steve Jessmore/ The Flint JournalPaul O'Donnell (center) leads an early-morning volunteer cleanup crew, including Robert Marias (left), to paint boarded-up windows on a vacant house within sight of the Crim 10-mile race route. "You get an ugly building and...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/08/paul_o_donnell.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/pkPAKGhfcYw/richierichscharrer.htmlSteve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 28 Dec 2007 13:59:51 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.317839 ]]>Steve Jessmore / The Flint Journal"Richie Rich" (front) and helper Cecil Huddelston of Flint relax between customers at Rich's fruit truck, parked at Stewart Avenue and N. Saginaw Street in Flint. Rich, 62, has traveled Flint streets selling fruit for...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/08/richierichscharrer.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/senseofcommunity/~3/Z1dFKKcM06U/bob_nichols.html2383937328465521155911557Steve Jessmore | The Flint JournalFri, 01 Feb 2008 10:57:07 PSTtag:blog.mlive.com,2007:/flintjournal/senseofcommunity//1102.283678 ]]>Bob Nichols heads up robotic efforts at Kettering University....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/senseofcommunity/2007/07/bob_nichols.htmlnonadult