Michigan Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation sees long term opportunity in virtual format
Our mission hasn’t stopped because of the pandemic. Our fundraising and engagement efforts can’t either.
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Covenant House Michigan gets creative with social activities to help at-risk youth
At Covenant House Michigan, our goal is centered on helping homeless, runaway, or at-risk youth.
Brilliant Detroit aims to bridge the divide in literacy and equity furthered by COVID-19
We care fiercely. We listen, act, and do the work to help these families. I always say I bring my head, heart, and shoulders into this job because it’s on us.
Creative shift has The Anton Art Center seeing the pandemic from a new perspective
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.
GVSU President Philomena Mantella on a year of accelerating initiatives and creativity amid crisis
Having spent over half of her tenure thus far leading a major university amid a global pandemic, Grand Valley State University President Philomena Mantella, Ph.D. is hard at work implementing and accelerating initiatives that she hopes will create lifelong learners through relationship-based teaching, whether this occurs remotely, or in small groups on campus.
The big view: Saving Holland’s Mt. Pisgah for future visitors
Hollan's Mt. Pisgah sand dune was loved a little too well -- its visitors were causing severe erosion. Then the local community and state partnered to help preserve it for future generations.
Community leans in to help Detroit ice cream entrepreneur through COVID-19
Detroit entrepreneur KaToya Scott has witnessed the joy her truck's ice cream can bring people, but she never expected her community to respond with an outpouring of support to help her business survive COVID-19 setbacks. "You don’t think people care and here are people saying ‘hey we see you.’ "
Building partnerships to redevelop riverfronts in Flint and Detroit
Putting together accessible and popular open-spaces can be difficult for cities that have experienced financial setbacks, particularly when dealing with the expensive and complicated tasks of redeveloping once industrial waterfronts.
Way up north: Preserving the majesty of Michigan’s Tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula
Keweenaw County is Michigan's least populous county and is defined by sprawling, diverse wilderness.
Michigan’s nonprofits fight for their financial future amid pandemic
How has the pandemic been affecting Michigan's nonprofits, financially speaking? Well, perhaps not surprisingly, the answer's complicated.
