Student and family poverty negatively effects educational proficiency and children ability to learn.
Written by: Joshua Fik, Daina Salayon, Kenny Spicer, Bob Hutek; Frederik...
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Posted: 14 years 21 weeks
Tagged: Children, Economics, education, Elementary, Grand Rapids Public School, GRPS, Poverty, Schools, students
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: community awards, fundraiser, Lighthouse Communities
(For non-profit organizations in Kent County)
The world around us is filled with leaders, sometimes vibrant, outgoing people, sometimes quiet, extraordinary...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: afterschool, art, arts & crafts, boys & girls club, ceramics, drawing, Grand Rapids, grand rapids youth commonwealth, kids activity, painting, seidman, steil, youth
Portrait sketches being drawn by a Steil Club employee, glittery gak covering the hands of curious children, and amazing artwork hanging in the gallery. On Friday, Dec. 4th, Boys &...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: body mass index, disease, exercise, genetics, Grand Rapids Public Schools, habits, Healthcare, Kent County, Kevin Den Dulk, nutrition, obesity, overweight, Schools, taboo, youth
Written by: Tammy Weeks, Logan Brenk, Afton Seeley, and Christopher Brinks, Frederik Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University
... Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Avenue for the Arts, dec09, deck the avenue, division avenue, Dwelling Place, holidays, urban lights
Volunteers last Tuesday, December 1st, helped DwellingPlace haul out the holly, untangle the lights, and dust off the holiday cheer while wielding tempera saturated foam brushes at 13...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: dec09
Ho,ho, howdy!
I have shamelessly blaring holiday music in...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Children, D.A. Blodgett for Children, dec09, Grand Rapids, help, mentor, support, volunteer
Submitted By: Carrie Lyzenga, Special Events Coordinator & Marketing/PR Manager
- Sponsor a child for Christmas. Many children are not...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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The Division Street Business District is holding its annual Urban Light Event along South Division Avenue December 11th from 6 until...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls club, donate, Grand Rapids, holiday, JCPenney, round-up, Shopping, volunteer, woodland mall, youth
100 Percent of Donations Raised at Local JCPenney will Benefit Grand Rapids Youth
From December 4-13, shoppers at the JCPenney at...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls club, donate, fundraise, Grand Rapids, grandville, help, holiday, rivertown crossing mall, Shopping, snow, snowmen, toys, volunteer, younkers, youth
Whether sledding or skating, winter fun is always doubled when enjoying it with a friend. And Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., who operates Bergner’s, Bon-Ton, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott,...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: at-risk, boys & girls clubs, coat, donate, food, Grand Rapids, help, kids, taco bell, volunteer, West Michigan, winter, youth
Bring in any new or gently used coat to a participating West Michigan Taco Bell and receive a FREE Combo!
Grand...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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By Mia Cheema, Robbie Sullivan, Michael Wilson and Dan Michniewicz, Frederick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Amy Price, Avenue for the Arts, Carl Furrow, Christmas, Commute Bicycle shop, CommuteGR Bike Shop, Dan Koert, dec09, division avenue, Dwelling Place, Emily Stoddard Furrow, Teresa Zbiciak
To give community members the opportunity to participate in the Heartside neighborhood and to spread holiday cheer along South Division (from Wealthy and Fulton), Dwelling Place hosted Deck the...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
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Partners for a Racism-Free Community is a movement of committed citizens and organizations working to move Greater Grand Rapids from “that’s the way it is” to “racism-free” through...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: 45 Ottawa Building, Art Prize, artprize, curate, curator, Holly Bechiri
ArtPrize 2010 should award the "Best Curation of an Unconventional Art Space."...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: Grand Rapids, Leadership, programs
For more than 20 years, the Center for Community Leadership (CCL) has helped community members become community leaders through its Leadership Grand Rapids program.
In...
Posted: 14 years 22 weeks
Tagged: AED, American Red Cross, CPR, First Aid, Grand Rapids, Red Cross, safety
It was the night before Thanksgiving and one of our Red Cross staff members, Ashley, was having dinner with some friends at Olga’s. She had been sitting with her friends for a few minutes when she...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Baxter, Cherry Street, Clinics, health, Maternal Infant Health Program, MOMS, Mothers, Nurse-Family Partnership, pregnancy, Prenatal
By Eric Nodge and Jenna Martens, Fredrick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University.
Part three of a...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Downtown, opening, restaurant, thai
It was standing room only as more than 50 people enjoyed a complimentary all-you-can-eat eat buffet at the Grand Opening of Angel’s Thai Café, located at 136 Monroe Center NW.
Angel's...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Birth-weight, health, Kids Count, Medicaid, MIHP, Mothers, pregnancy, Prenatal, WIC
By: Annie Hakim, Frederick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University
Part two of a ...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Bicycle helmet, Bicycles, Commute Bicycle shop, Daniel Koert, dec09, GGRBC, Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition, saftey, The Motion Initiative, Thomas Fish
More and more Grand Rapidians are choosing to give up the automobile for the bicycle. They are learning that if you are equipped correctly, you can ride your bicycle year round. Drivers expect...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Wednesday, December 16th 2009 6-7:30pm
Baxter Community Center
...Baxter Community Center
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Baxter, Cherry Street, Healthcare, MDCH, Mothers, Nurse Family Partnership, Pre-natal, pregnancy, Pregnant, Prenatal
By: Tyler Oatmen and Sarah Loveland, Frederick Meijer Honors College, Grand Valley State University
First article in a...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: 76 Coffeeshop, Aaron Young and His Night Jars, Ben Davey, Book, Dan Climie, Hailey Wojcik and Her Imaginary Friends, Kalamazoo, literary, Literary Life, litribune, Lori Slager, Michigan News Agency, Minutes, project, publication, Schuler's, Sparrows, Strutt, Vertigo, zine
After seeing and hearing about The Litribune at Literary Life's National Bookstore Day, I decided to...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: art, Exhibitions, family, holiday
A special evening in downtown Grand Rapids is scheduled for December 4, 2009, where several businesses and organizations collaborate to offer an expanded holiday experience in the city...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Book, Calvin College, cultural criticism, Ladies Literary Club, lecture, rock, Spoelhof Atrium
Noted author and cultural critic, Jessica Hopper, will make two stops in Grand Rapids tomorrow afternoon in support of her book The Girls' Guide...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: Kevin Den Dulk, recycling, Urban Sustainability
An Examination of Grand Rapid’s Recycling System by Frederick Meijer Honors College students at Grand Valley State University, Kevin Bergy, Kurt O’Hearn, Britta Stifler, Emily Schneider, and...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: boys & girls clubs, charity, Children, family, giving, Grand Rapids, kids, saint stephens, steil club, thanks, Thanksgiving, turkey, Volunteers, youth
Article written by Sara Schneider
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Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: after school, boys & girls clubs, Children, development, emotional, family, fun, Grand Rapids, kids, parent, program, social, youth
What exactly is “Youth Development”? How do you know that programs serving youth are really making an...
Posted: 14 years 23 weeks
Tagged: art, audria larsen, dec09, Dr. Sketchy's, life drawing, sazerac lounge, the saz, vivacious miss audacious
On the last Saturday of every month, The Vivacious Miss Audacious (Audria Larsen), invites art monkeys, as she calls them, to join her...