2 GROUNDCOVER NEWS COMMUNITY EVENTS Join vendors for a clean-up at West Park Groundcover's Collaboration Crew, a vendor problem-solving committee, invites community members to join together and beautify the neighborhood. Along with enjoying a moment in nature, the gathering will include a park cleanup by Groundcover vendors and friends. “I’ve always seen Groundcover vendors as stewards of the Ann Arbor streets, and this activity is perfectly aligned with that,” said Publisher Lindsay Calka. “Whether it’s a friendly smile, an interesting conversation or a cleaner park.” Vendors, neighbors and volunteers are invited to gather on Saturday, June 21 at 10 a.m. at West Park (Chapin St. entrance). Park enjoyment activities like barbecuing and playing music are encouraged. — Wayne S., vendor No. 615 JUNE 13, 2025 Ypsi's first Frog Island community football game After a long winter of struggling to survive the cold, the summer heat is now upon us. With no physical center of community, people gather around the bus station, outside the library and on the street corners. Without support, many homeless folks resort to drugs and alcohol, which ultimately ends up attracting police attention. Chandra wants to do something about that. Chandra and her daughter Ney are organizing the first, and what intends to be an annual, community football game. It will be on Sunday, June 29 at 4 p.m. at Frog Island Park. This event is for the people in the downtown neighborhood who make up our street community. “This will be a sober event for people who are poor and/or unsheltered. Everyone is angry and stressed. People have nothing to do, so I want to bring something to make the community smile,” said Chandra. In fact, Chandra is the founder of “Make Ypsilanti Laugh Again” (MYLA) which is her community organizing project, intended to be a theater troupe. Chandra has expanded her vision to include creating fun events for people who ordinarily do not have the means or capacity to find engaging activity around town. There are plenty of things to do if you have money, but when you’re so broke you can’t even buy shelter, things can get pretty hopeless. And frustration is a common emotion on the street. An emotion with nowhere to go but aggression. A community football game will not only help people let off Chandra (left) and Ney (right), organizers of the community game some steam, it will bring structure and motivation to people who are desperately seeking it. How do you get involved? Ask at Hospitality House, 169 N. Washington St. or chat up Chandra and Ney when you see them out and about the downtown Ypsilanti area. — Jim Clark, vendor No. 139 PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY POVERTY, PRODUCING A STREET NEWSPAPER THAT GIVES A PLATFORM TO UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, PROMOTING AN ACTION TO BUILD A JUST, CARING AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. Groundcover News, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in April 2010 as a means to empower lowincome persons to make the transitions from homeless to housed, and from jobless to employed. Vendors purchase each copy of our regular editions of Groundcover News at our office for 50 cents. This money goes towards production costs. Vendors work selling the paper on the street for $2, keeping all income and tips from each sale. Street papers like Groundcover News exist in cities all over the United States, as well as in more than 40 other countries, in an effort to raise awareness of the plight of homeless people and combat the increase in poverty. Our paper is a proud member of the International Network of Street Papers. STAFF Lindsay Calka — publisher Cynthia Price — editor ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS John Brooks Jr. Jim Clark Cindy Gere Roberto Isla Caballero Mike Jones Bryan Kiser Jr. Ken Parks David L. Puttman Taryn Ryan Wayne S. Denise Shearer Steven Shawn Swoffer PROOFREADERS Susan Beckett June Miller Steve Ross Anabel Sicko VOLUNTEERS Jessi Averill Sim Bose Jud Branam Libby Chambers Yumna Dagher Luiza Duarte Caetano Regina Duerst Jacob Fallman Glenn Gates Bella Martinez Anthony McCormick Robert Klingler Mary Wisgerhof Max Wisgerhof Emilie Ziebarth GROUNDCOVER NEWS ADVERTISING RATES Size 1/8 1/6 1/4 1/2 full page Black/White $110.00 $145.00 $200.00 $375.00 $650.00 Color $150.00 $200.00 $265.00 $500.00 $900.00 Dimensions (W x H in inches) 5 X 3 or 2.5 X 6.5 5 X 4 5 X 6.25 5 X 13 or 10.25 X 6.5 10.25 X 13 CONTACT US Story and photo submissions: submissions@groundcovernews.com Advertising and partnerships: contact@groundcovernews.com Office: 423 S. 4th Ave., Ann Arbor Mon-Sat, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Phone: 734-263-2098 @groundcover @groundcovernews DONATE, LISTEN TO OLD ISSUES + LEARN MORE www.groundcovernews.org PACKAGE PRICING Three Months/Six Issues: 15% off Six Months/Twelve Issues: 25% off Full Year/Twenty-four Issues: 35% off Only run for two weeks/one issue: 40% off Additional 20% discount for money saving coupons
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