The Tri-Cities Historical Museum is celebrating the special and longstanding connection Grand Haven has had with the U.S. Coast Guard with its exhibit Picnics and Parades: 100 Years of Grand Haven’s Coast Guard Festival.

Tri-cities Historical Museum celebrating 100 years of special connection with Coast Guard

The Tri-Cities Historical Museum is celebrating the special and longstanding connection Grand Haven has had with the U.S. Coast Guard with its exhibit Picnics and Parades: 100 Years of Grand Haven’s Coast Guard Festival opening Saturday, May 18, and running through the summer.

Roel Garcia walks into the Library for the Visually Impaired and Physically Disabled in Muskegon.
Step inside an award-winning Muskegon library for people with disabilities

Roel Garcia shares what it's like to visit the Library for the Visually Impaired and Physically Disabled in Muskegon. Part of the Muskegon Area District Library, it is a fully functioning library specializing in additional services for people with disabilities.

Award-winning Michigan doulas Alyssa Veneklase and Kristin Revere (left to right), founders of the doula agency Gold Coast Doulas.
Q&A: West Michigan doulas deliver new parenting book

Award-winning Michigan doulas Kristin Revere and Alyssa Veneklase, founders of the doula agency Gold Coast Doulas, are delivering their own parenting book, "Supported: Your Guide to Birth and Baby"

High school students raise awareness of the importance of vaccines

Shielding Generations, a group of high school students, is on a mission to bridge the gap in health equity for people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

Mobile clinics offer model of health care that treats patients where they are

Mobile clinics offer a model of health care for people who otherwise face barriers to accessing health care. This on-demand service helps seniors and people with disabilities to get vaccines and other care.   

Veterans group honors Muskegon business owner for ‘excellence in community’

Sue Sanborn-Poulin, the owner of Sanborn’s Jewelers in Muskegon, was recently honored by WINC: For All Women Veterans for her support of military events and services. 

Homg Miller leads a fitness class for in person participants at the Detroit office of the Association of Chinese Americans and participants on Zoom.
Metro Detroit project focuses on culturally relevant home care for older Chinese Americans

The Metro Detroit-based Association of Chinese Americans is developing a training program to address the shortage of direct care workers equipped to serve older Chinese Americans in Southeast Michigan. 

Allegan County Transportation recently purchased its first fleet of seven propane-powered buses.
Allegan County hosts transportation open house

Allegan County Transportation is inviting the public to an open house on May 10 to celebrate its  growth, additions to the fleet, new technology, and expanded opportunities to serve residents. 

Sara Simmonds and staff
The many faces of public health

The work of employees of the public health departments is heavily based on the communities they serve and the safety of the people that live in them. Prevention, protection and promotion is the name of the game for the workforce in this field.   

Holland is home to top miller in the world

Holland resident Alisa Crawford passed her exams in Dutch and is the only miller in the world to hold all three of the miller certifications, according to the Guild of Millers and Artisan Grain Millers' Guild.

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