Volunteers
Melina B is an employee at The Arc of Midland. She makes the office much more fun, and we love seeing her each day. Melina is authoring the blog, and “spilling the tea” about all sorts of things while sharing her perspective! Follow along as Melina posts each Monday for “Mondays with Melina.”
This week, Melina highlights the many programs and events at The Arc that bring people together, from craft nights and block parties to inclusive holiday dances and kayaking adventures. These programs are more than just fun—they reflect our commitment to building a community where everyone feels valued, supported, and included. As Melina reminds us, volunteering and being part of these programs doesn’t just help others—it fulfills a greater purpose: creating a stronger, more inclusive environment for all.
Without further ado…
We serve many programs here. I can bike camp, swim camp, been there walk that, craft nights, Thrive, Kayaking, let's roll together, extra activities we need volunteers for. Because to help people that wants to learn on doing we throw Holiday dances throughout the year there's a Halloween, Christmas, Valentines ,spring with dinner, we have 4 dances and Safety First zone we have Dance committee and we have a program Manager so she helps running programs for us. One that is always fun is our block parity Fall into the fun ! We help people from birth to death. We are thriving everyday, so people live their better lives. We accept many more volunteers who want to contribute and go to our website for more details. We help people with Developmental Disabilities! I have a very good passage: Nobody should never assume anybody's disability because you never know what they go through. Just because you have one is just an ability it doesn't make us any less Intelligence we All learn differently nobody should ever assume before getting to know their Story! It is very sad to pick on people ! before you get to know their story. It is very good to volunteer because it is so great to get the help so we become stronger and keep thriving every day of our lives! Keep the good work we love asking the Volunteering to help us grow together! Thank you is fun to volunteer for things because it is generous to help out any way they can! We appreciate our Volunteers and what they do for us. To keep our community a stronger thriving environment for all for welcome! To be in an inclusive life. We have these programs to help people to get out of the house and enjoy events we host. And most importantly your happiness and doing some coolest programs we host in our Community! We would never leave you all out. It is our job to encourage everybody to be involved in our events or programs. Because we're a team! Let's work together! Let's keep it up everyday so people can have better lives like me!