A simple conversation between a Buckley Community Schools principal and Traverse Bay Area ISD officials planted the seeds for a farm to school initiative that combined nutrition education with a new community garden at the school.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many health challenges, but it's also made it easier than ever for Michiganders to get healthy, local food, as many farmers and farmers markets have started reaching customers online.
Livingston Educational Service Agency's Healthy Habits Start Now (HHSN) program helps families understand the importance of eating more fruits and vegetables every day and the benefits of being more physically active.
If you have a park that doesn't look great and hasn't been renovated in many decades, that can be the thing that drags down the entire feeling of the neighborhood. Here's how the city is fighting against time to maintain the city's parks.
Wheelchair-accessible paths and boardwalks, ADA-compliant restroom facilities, and universally accessible kayak launches are just a few development projects that can bring new visitors to parks.
This isn’t the first plague to shut down venues. Live theatre as an art form has survived thousands of years and the “the show must go on” isn’t new. But the struggle is real and nothing about theatre is easy right now.
Sometimes, issues like systemic racism can feel so deeply rooted and overwhelming that it’s hard to know where to even begin chipping away at it. But that’s when we must remind ourselves that all journeys begin with a single step.
For Black infants, racism's impacts begin at birth – and may be deadly. But practitioners across Michigan are coming together to address it through a proposed expansion of the state's Healthy Moms Healthy Babies program.
I’m reluctant to say there is a greater need for the arts as a result of the pandemic – the need has always been great. They’ve always been important because they support mental and emotional health education, self-esteem, and confidence, and I feel that people are starting to realize that now in ways they may not have before.
Girls come to us with all the normal fears and insecurities about talking to people they don’t know, taking initiative, and understanding business processes. Through patient coaching, they are soon happily approaching customers, confidently answering the phone, and thoughtfully contributing to the sales team.
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