Morning Buzz: October 1 [Video]

1. Are you looking to make a difference in a child’s life? If so, Affinity Mentoring could use your help.

They’re looking for volunteers. No prior mentoring experience is needed, and they match people based on their interests, personalities, and background. The online application takes less than 10 minutes. Your commitment would only be one hour per week during the school day for one school year.

For more information and to register go to affinitymentoring.org.

2. It’s officially October, which means it’s brown bag decorating month for Kids’ Food Basket!

The organization is partnering with Fox 17 hoping to collect 100,000 decorated bags in October.

They’ll use those bags to provide students all over West Michigan with free “sack suppers” to take home filled with healthy, nutritious food.

KFB provides more than 10,000 meals every day to children in Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa, and Allegan Counties. Those kids feel extra special when they get a fun, decorated bag. It’s such …