Fit MI is a self-directed fitness program designed to increase your level of physical activity and do your part to improve the health of your community. Bring the kids! Or form a team at work, church, school, or in your neighborhood. Compete for recognition. It's more fun to do as a team. Consider all of the moving activities that can be done to improve our health.
Register online to participate. There is no fee. You will be immediately connected to other Fit MI movers.
See and taste the world in a single evening at the 19th Annual International Festival at Western Michigan University will be held on Sunday, March 16, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM in the Bernhard Center East Ballroom.
International Festival promises to be a great opportunity for campus and community members to come together and learn about the diversity of cultures existing in Kalamazoo. More information can be found at the International Festival website.
The 2008 Extreme Kalamazoo Home Expo will be at the former Cole-Auto Mall at the intersection of I-94 and Portage for 4 days from March 12-15, 2008.
A new or improved home is just a dream away, and the Home Expo will help make your dreams come true. You'll have quick access to more than 150 experts in all areas of home building and home remodeling, and you can take advantage of free home improvement seminars as well.
More information is available at myKalamazoo.com
Kalamazoo Public Library's Reading Together 2008 features Barbara Kingsolver's Animal Dreams. From the book description:
"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her hometown, Loyd's advice is painfully out of her reach. Dreamless and at the end of her rope, Codi comes back to Grace, Arizona to confront her past and face her ailing, distant father. What the finds is a town threatened by a silent environmental catastrophe, some startling clues to her own identity, and a man whose view of the world could change the course of her life. Blending flashbacks, dreams, and Native American legends, Animal Dreams is a suspenseful love story and a moving exploration of life's largest commitments. With this work, the acclaimed author of The Bean Trees and Homeland and Other Stories sustains her familiar voice while giving readers her most remarkable book yet.
Learn more about the 2008 Reading Together program at the Kalamazoo Public Library.
Katie Couric visted Kalamazoo Public Schools and featured the district's Kalamazoo Promise in her series The American Spirit. See the video here.
During the week of December 4-8, 2006, the community of Kalamazoo will be celebrating the first year anniversary of The Kalamazoo Promise. Learn more about how you can take part in the celebration and reflection; or learn more about The Kalamazoo Promise.
Take a look across the WMU Campus using Wood TV's skycam. The image is refreshed every 5-10 seconds.
National Teacher Day is on Tuesday May 9 during the National Teacher Appreciation week May 7-13, 2006.
