advocacy
Judge Smolenski rallies support for West Michigan's hungry
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 05-22-2013 under NONPROFITS
West Michigan hunger hasn’t gone away. In fact, year to date, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank has distributed 14 percent more food this year than it did in 2012. To meet the growing demand for its services, Feeding America West...
National Right to Literacy Scroll Comes to Grand Rapids
by (LiteracyCenter)
Submitted 09-11-2012 under NONPROFITS
The Literacy Center of West Michigan has received the national Right to Literacy Scroll and will seek signatures from Grand Rapids residents to show their support for literacy and volunteering. The Scroll has traveled to over 100 cities and...
Hunger Action Week 2012 kicks apathy with awareness
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 08-27-2012 under NONPROFITS
Hunger Action Week returns for its second year this September. The annual series of events, organized by the Food and Nutrition Coalition, a subcommittee of Kent County’s Essential Needs Taskforce, boasts a revamped itinerary and a sharper...
A Year in our Neighborhood: Visual highlights from 2011
by (crestongr)
Submitted 04-18-2012 under NONPROFITS
2011 was an eventful year in the Creston neighborhood for artists, environmentalists, advocates, businessmen, and neighbors alike. In this photo essay, you will see the following stories of the Creston neighborhood unfold. Neighbors gathered to...
Catalyst Radio: Annual Bikestock festival promises vintage bikes, bike polo and more in the midst of a criterium race
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 08-12-2011 under NONPROFITS
Don't have time to listen right now? Download the MP3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW (10:12) Josh McBryde, a board member of the Greater Grand Rapids Bicycle Coalition, wrench head at local Ada Bike Shop and co-organizer of the...Cultivating Community and Vegetables
by (jmoord)
Submitted 09-14-2009 under LOCAL LIFE
In four Grand Rapids neighborhoods (Baxter, Garfield Park, Eastown, SECA) there are residents looking at the partnership between household vegetable gardens and the urban community. An organization facilitating this unique pairing is Our...- « first
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