[Community-service] NCCC’s Maple 6 serves the blind and visually impaired with the Muskegon Lions - Et+cetera - Vinton Today, A News Cooperative :: Vinton Iowa

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> Et cetera :: NCCC’s Maple 6 serves the blind and visually impaired with the Muskegon Lions
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> The team poses with the director of Pioneer Trails, Karl Dewitt.
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> By: Luke Bowes and Megan Crissy
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> Maple 6 is currently serving in Muskegon, MI with United Way of the Lakeshore. However, the team had the opportunity to take part in an Independent Service Project (ISP) with the Muskegon Lions Club on Sunday, August 23. Muskegon Lions Club hosted their biannual adult retreat for the blind and visually impaired at Pioneer Trails on Big Blue Lake in Holton, MI.
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> Maple 6, along with a member of Oak 5, helped the Lions Club on their final day of the retreat. The team began the day by serving the participants’ breakfast while engaging in conversation with them. Afterwards, the team guided the participants to various areas of the camp and led activities including basketball, boat rides, hiking, and dancing. The team finished off the day by serving the participants’ lunch and helping them pack their belongings. Maple 6 also presented a program to the attendees on AmeriCorps NCCC.
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> This ISP meant a great deal to Maple 6 because they previously served on a project that involved the blind and visually impaired at their home base, the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School (IBSSS). The team assisted in the IBSSS’s Spring Conference by supervising blind or visually impaired children while the parents attended various workshops to gain valuable educational and parenting resources.
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> Team member and ISP leader Luke Bowes reflects on this opportunity, “I was thrilled to be a part of the Lions Club Adult Retreat for the Blind and Visually Impaired and immediately jumped on the opportunity to serve with such amazing and spirited people. I absolutely loved playing basketball with some of the campers. It was one of the most heartwarming and memorable experiences I have ever had.”
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> The Muskegon Lions Club will also be graciously serving a pancake breakfast at United Way of the Lakeshore’s annual Day of Caring on Friday, September 11, 2015. Maple 6 has spent the second of half of their project assisting in recruitment, site development, and hospitality for Day of Caring 2015.
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