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NorthWest Initiative

Lansing, MI
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nwlansing.org/

    • Mission

    Through community engagement and mobilization, NWI advances the development of healthy, vibrant communities by building capacity to identify needs and formulate strategies to create change.

    About Us

    PROGRAMS

    • Outreach - Our Outreach team provides a range of services, information, and referrals to individuals with a wide range of needs, including access to health care, produce, transportation, and housing.
      • Emergency food distribution, held every first and third Thursday 12-2pm
      • Community gardens
      • Workshops and educational programs
      • Free tax preparation
      • Mobile Farmer's Market
    • Food Systems Project - offers a school garden based nutrition education program that partners with Lansing area schools to provide quality, effective nutrition education programming for elementary aged students
    • ARRO - Advocacy, Reentry, Resources, and Outreach (A.R.R.O.) aims to connect individuals who have a criminal record to quality resources in order to ensure successful community integration

    Cause Areas Include

    • Community Development
    • Housing & Homelessness
    • Hunger, Food Security
    • Volunteering

    Location & Contact

    • (517) 999-2894
    • 510 W. Ottawa St., 2nd Floor, Lansing, Michigan, US
      2nd Floor
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