Computers
Computer Recycling: Free at the following Goodwill Stores
6936 South Cedar 515 Lansing Road 5353 West Saginaw Hwy
Holt, Michigan 48842 Charlotte, Michigan 48813 Lansing, Michigan 48917
517-694-48842 517-541-2455 517-323-1167
1409 South Main Street 108 West Maple
Eaton Rapids, Michigan 48827 Mason, Michigan
Attended donation center 517-244-9306
Monday-Saturday 9-5p.m., Sunday 12-5p.m.
For a list of all Michigan Goodwill drop-off sites call 1-866-487-3873 or visit www.reconnectpartnership.com.
Working or nonworking monitors, printers, cpus, keyboards, mice and laptops accepted. Customers are responsible for removing data from their hard drives and other storage media before making a donation.
Housing
Single Family Rehabilitation Program and Down Payment Assistance Program call 483-4040
Home Energy Efficiency
Below are resources to help improve your home's energy efficiency; identify tax incentives to consider; identify assistance for those needing low income assistance.
Existing Homes
Consumers Energy www.consumersenergy.com/welcome.htm Click on "Energy Answers" for several related tips and ideas.
Energy Savers www.energysavers.gov This site has overall good info. On the lower right side of the home page there is an option to conduct your own home energy audit. It's a good start for those of us who, for one reason or other, don't want to hire a professional to do it.
Energy Star www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=heat_cool.pr_winter Energy Star provides information on how to improve your home's energy efficiency. This is also the site that provides information on energy efficient products.
For Your Home www.energy.gov/yourhome.htm This is an important site of the US Department of Energy that provides several links and tools on energy efficient options and the home self-audit at: http://hes.lbl.gov/
Michigan's Energy Office http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-25676---,00.html This website has links for several programs including grants, home tours, case studies, etc.
Weatherization
Consumer's Energy Tips www.consumersenergy.com/apps/pdf/more-100-ways-save-on-bill3.pdf
Energy Saver Tips www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/tips/pdfs/energy_savers.pdf
State Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 30037
235 South Grand Avenue Suite 1314
Grand Tower
Lansing, Michigan 48909
phone: 517-373-8896
The Lansing Board of Water and Light is partnering with Urban Options to bring you this free program that can help you save money on your energy bills. A trained energy specialist will come to you home and identify ways to save money, energy, water and improve comfort. For more information on this program call the Urban Options Energy Hotline at 517-337-0422.
Medical
Free wheel chair ramps: visit the Push America Website at www.pushamerica.org/home.asp
For low cost dental care contact Lansing Community College's Dental Hygiene Clinic at 483-1458 or the Ingham County Health Department at 887-4423.
To Learn more about the National Bone Marrow Donor Program visit www.marrowgreatlakes.org or call 337-2980 or toll free at 1-800-471-3020.
Patch Goes To School is a preventative approach to cardiac health for grades 3rd through 5th. This program is presented by Ingham Regional Medical Center's Healthwise University. To schedule your school, or to receive more information about PATCH Goes to School, please call Healthwise University at 367-5166 or visit www.irmc.org and click on "calendar of events."
Clothing
NMC Men's Ministry presents Free clothing give away, every 1st Saturday of each month, starting April 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at New Mount Calvary Baptist Church. Come and get nice and decent sweaters, shirts, pants, dresses, jeans, women's suites, etc. There is no cost for the clothing.