How a Black-owned barbershop and beauty business are surviving and thriving amid the pandemic
Despite the mounting challenges, in Flint, some local Black-owned small businesses have found a way to survive and soar above the struggles.
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Michigan’s Meals on Wheels programs adapt to surging demand and new safety protocols during pandemic
Urgent pandemic-era changes have affected Meals on Wheels programs in differing ways, and each one has come up with unique strategies to rise to the challenge.
Travel by water trail
Water trails are a relatively recent phenomenon in Michigan, having proliferated across the state over the past 10 to 15 years. Water trail advocates chalk that up to a variety of factors: the ripple effect of growing public interest in land-based trails, the establishment of the National Water Trails System in 2012, and a growing population of older adults that appreciate low-impact exercise like canoeing and kayaking.
Manistique Community Treehouse serves the Jefferson Chalmers community during the pandemic
We knew when the pandemic began that people were going to need food, need masks, so the very first week of the pandemic we started a project called the resource table at the community treehouse where people could give and take food and personal protective equipment.
Brilliant Detroit focuses on staying connected to the families it serves through the pandemic
Brilliant Detroit is set up to serve people and build relationships. And for us, relationships have been able to stay at the forefront of what we do, and it is the reason we were able to carry on right now and actually serve people.
Connecting with the community during COVID-19 means finding new ways to serve our neighbors
"We're trying to figure out how we can offer the same quality of connection and programming so that we’re able to continue to build relationships but not put anyone in danger or at risk."
How Michigan became a land of trails
"These are investments that are going to pay dividends for generations. You don't get a chance very often to make these things happen."
Weathering the storm to protect at-risk youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
While the pandemic forced schools, businesses, and countless social institutions across the globe to close mandating everyone to stay home and off the streets, it compelled Covenant House Michigan, with great urgency and determination, to remain open.
Running an arts nonprofit during COVID-19 is not impossible. It just requires some creativity.
COVID-19 has required a big shift in our thinking in terms of virtual programming when what we've done for so long is rely on that in-person experience. I think we've done a really good job with that, though it hasn't been without its trial and error.
Partner Partner Content National Kidney Foundation of Michigan introduces nutrition and fitness to classrooms
Presenting a program called PE-Nut in classrooms, the foundation uses a whole-school approach to motivate students, parents, and educators to eat healthier and be physically active.
