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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Poetry instructor, Holland Area Arts Council, Fall 1988 to Spring 1991,
Fall 2001 to present.
- Writer-in-Residence, CASA Program, Hope College, Summer 1999 to Summer 2000.
- Active in ArtServe/Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs' Creative
Writers in the Schools Program, 1989 to present.
- Visiting instructor/reader for PATH classes held at Hope College for junior
and senior high school students.
- Regular participant in Humanities Day activities at Hope College, readings
for students from around the state.
- Visiting Writer, Young Authors' Day, Grand Haven Junior High School, 1989
and 1994.
- Judge and guest writer, SPARKS Poetry Competition, Grand Haven Schools,
May 1991.
- Creative writing instructor, Quest Program, Holland Public Schools, summer
1990.
- Workshop leader, Manuscript Day, Western Michigan University, March, 1989.
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