Aisha Sanders, owner and creator of Wicksup Candle Co. in Oak Park, explains the candle making process to a Food and Friendship Connections group.

Program brings friendship, needed resources to older adults living with HIV in Detroit and Lansing

Seventy-five Detroit- and Lansing-area residents have benefited from a pilot program called Food and Friendship Connections, which offers meals, transportation, and community for older adults living with HIV.

Summit Pointe’s First Step program operates out of their facility on College Street in Battle Creek.
First Step Psychiatric Urgent Care Center a stepping stone to mental wellness

First Step Psychiatric Urgent Care Center provides services when people need them most. The 24/7 facility treats patients of all ages, irrespective of insurance.

Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid helps people experiencing symptoms and crises

Mental Health First Aid prepares people to assist somebody who's experiencing a mental health crisis or beginning to experience signs and symptoms of a mental health challenge.

Aviation Camp at Muskegon County Airport aims to help make school relevant for kids, giving middle school students an opportunity to learn about various aviation career paths.
Aviation Camp inspires curiosity, helps Muskegon County students soar

Aviation Camp at Muskegon County Airport aims to help make school relevant for kids, giving middle school students an opportunity to learn about various aviation career paths. Leaders say it’s a great way to help kids connect their skills and dreams with their futures.

When malls threatened downtown Holland's future, the city and the merchants got creative.
Holland history: The rise and fall (and rise) of shopping malls

Innovative “streetscape” enhancements kept Holland's Eighth Street viable. Support for the improvements came through joint partnership between City Hall and the business community.

Part of the streetscape of downtown Wayland.
Wayland is among small towns across Michigan embracing placemaking

Wayland is among Michigan’s small downtowns working to improve their cores to attract new residents, businesses and tourists. The Allegan County community's location off U.S. 131, between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, and its proximity to the expanding Gun Lake Casino, make it an easy destination for people to visit.

EV Construction will host its eighth annual Safety Symposium on March 13-16, during Construction Safety Week.
Construction symposium adds mental health to safety topics

EV Construction will host its eighth annual Safety Symposium on March 13-16, during Construction Safety Week, with a focus on mental health and self-care as part of its effort to reduce deaths and injuries in the field.

‘Considering Matthew Shepard’ to have West Michigan premiere

The West Michigan premiere of Grammy-nominated "Considering Matthew Shepard" will be performed by the Holland Chorale and the Park Church Choir on Feb. 25-26. 

Chamber, GHACF partner on ‘Envisioning Our Community’s Future’ series

The Chamber of Commerce Grand Haven, Spring Lake, Ferrysburg, in partnership with the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, is inviting the community to learn about and discuss critical issues impacting Northwest Ottawa County and strategically plan for a shared future through a six-part breakfast speaker series, “Envisioning Our Community’s Future.”   

Breastfeeding education materials at the Black Mothers' Breastfeeding Association in Detroit.
Michigan’s breastfeeding networks educate parents, address disparities, advocate for parent rights

Support networks for breastfeeding parents are helping more little Michiganders get their best start in life.

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