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Feeding America West Michigan distributes 400 millionth pound of food

Submitted 04-09-2014 under NONPROFITS

The Grand Rapids-area food bank passes a milestone in West Michigan hunger relief.

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Clothing startup sends 2,900 meals to local families

Submitted 04-01-2014 under NONPROFITS

Live. Love. Michigan. supports local nonprofits by designing and selling apparel.

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Hope on their sleeves: clothing startup believes in Michigan's resilience

Submitted 03-17-2014 under NONPROFITS

Driven by a passion for design and a fierce loyalty to their home state, Live. Love. Michigan. strives to make it in the clothing business and bring Michigan up with them.

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Rediscovering Merze Tate: A remarkable African-American woman who grew up in our own backyard

Submitted 03-10-2014 under NONPROFITS

Discover how an African-America girl growing up in rural Michigan during the early 1900s overcame hurdles to achieve phenomenal success as an educator, world traveler and more -- an amazing story almost lost in the dusty archives at WMU.

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Women at the Bar: Grand Rapids Attorneys in the 1870s - 1970s

Submitted 03-05-2014 under NONPROFITS

Learn about the pioneering female attorneys in Grand Rapids who were among the first to venture into the male-dominated legal profession in a presentation March 13 by GVSU professor Ruth Stevens.

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