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Buckeye Sports Center opens second Ohio location in Huron

One of the top water sports specialists, as ranked by Boating Industry Magazine, opened its second Ohio location this month. The Buckeye Sports Center is located in Huron.

How Memphis Fashion Week champions the next generation of Memphis fashion designers

Time is running out for Memphis fashion designers to apply for the Emerging Memphis Designer Project. This year's Memphis Fashion Week is scheduled for May.

Summer Berman, executive director of Fresh Start Clubhouse
Reshaping how people with mental health challenges see themselves

At the Fresh Start Clubhouse, members are actively involved in running the organization, building their sense of self-confidence. The Clubhouse model engages members in meaningful ways, using their skills and talents toward the greater good, and creating a sense of belonging to combat social isolation that people with mental health challenges often experience.  

OnPoint provides care at its facilities and also via mobile crisis response.
OnPoint’s mobile crisis team brings help to Allegan County residents with urgent mental health needs

OnPoint’s Community Mental Health Mobile Crisis Intervention Program is available 24/7/365 with a supervisor and two clinicians on-call at all times. 

Help is just a phone call away.
Community mental health meets Northern Michiganders where they’re at with mobile crisis intervention

The Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority mobile crisis intervention services reach across Crawford, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Missaukee, Roscommon, and Wexford counties.    

Dr. Melissa Collins gives instructions to her class at John P. Freeman Optional School in Whitehaven in 2018.
These 7 Memphis schools were just awarded STEM Grants from the TVA

“This opportunity can make the difference for educators and students as they incorporate 21st-century skills and real-world problem-solving. It is a privilege to work with this partnership year after year and continue to serve the incredible educators of the Tennessee Valley,” says Gretchen Brown, operations director at Battelle.

Susan Sheppard, COO of Arbor Circle, which recently facilitated a statewide collaboration to better support medically fragile foster children.
Michigan project highlights needs of medically fragile foster children

A recent collaboration is working to address the many challenges faced by medically fragile foster children, who may live with chronic disorders or developmental disabilities.

The LeMoyne-Owen College Gospel Choir in 2016.
Application window opens for Memphis City Council’s $1M HBCU scholarship fund

“As a graduate of an HBCU, I understand how valuable these particular institutions are for developing young people so that they are able to return to the City of Memphis and make a lasting, positive impact in their community,” says Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones.

Alejandra Gomez, UNI education initiatives director
Bringing education and enrichment to Southwest Detroit youth

When she was 12 years old, Alejandra Gomez, started participating in afterschool activities in Southwest Detroit at United Neighborhood Initiatives. Today she leads afterschool and out-of-school programming for the agency, bringing creativity, heart and expertise to her work with young people.  

Third-grade students at Neinas Dual Language Learning Academy in Detroit trying a yummy fruity roll-up tasting.
Detroit Public Schools Community District Farm-to-School initiatives grow through SNAP-Ed

The DPSCD Farm-to-School initiative increases the amounts of locally grown fruits, vegetables, and legumes used in school breakfasts and lunches.

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