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City, health officials show up to talk Westside cancer concerns to sparse resident attendance
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 07-20-2018 under NEWS
Regional health officials and local City employees came in numbers for two neighborhood meetings Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Servants Community Church on the west side of Grand Rapids, but very few neighbors did. “The Westside usually shows up...
City meeting hears concerns over rental application fees, stories from Westside Cancer Crisis group
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-07-2018 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids City Commission held its quarterly Night Out on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Harrison Park Elementary School. Public comments on agenda items began with Jolanda Howe from Grand Rapids Homes for All. Howe said that while she was...
Westside neighbors work with health department, press for answers over cancer concerns
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 06-05-2018 under NEWS
A lot has happened since cousins Shane Smith and Jammie Danner began talking with former neighbors in southwest Grand Rapids about why so many of their loved ones were getting cancer. Since bringing their group's conversations to the public on a...
Westsiders raise concern over cancer crisis among neighbors from childhood block
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 05-11-2018 under NEWS
On Monday, May 7, 2018 Shane Smith took his worries about the high rates of cancer among the family and neighbors he grew up with on the block of Indiana Avenue SW between Butterworth and Wealthy public. What had been a sometimes grim joke and...
Local writer battling brain cancer seeks help to write his story with Kickstarter campaign
by (NGarbaty)
Submitted 07-09-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
A Grand Rapids man with an inoperable brain tumor turned to Kickstarter, an online fundraising service, to help write his life story. David Wenzel, a 33-year-old writer, wants his story to serve as an advisory narrative for the millennial generation...
Story Matters: Betty Anne Hevel shares journey as a Gilda's Club volunteer
by (GRTV)
Submitted 03-16-2015 under NONPROFITS
We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. STORY MATTERS. is a story collecting project from The Rapidian and GRTV. This story was...
Story Matters: LaughFest volunteer Sarah Veselenak encourages us all to "find our funny"
by (GRTV)
Submitted 03-16-2015 under NONPROFITS
We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. STORY MATTERS. is a story collecting project from The Rapidian and GRTV. This story was...
Story Matters: Three-time cancer survivor shares volunteer experiences at Gilda's Club
by (GRTV)
Submitted 03-13-2015 under NONPROFITS
We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. STORY MATTERS. is a story collecting project from The Rapidian and GRTV. This story was...
Women under 40 urged to take control of breast health
by (PPMI)
Submitted 10-08-2012 under NONPROFITS
Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan (PPWNM) is encouraging women under 40 to take control of their breast health during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. "Early detection saves lives," said Vice...
Stick-to-it-ive-ness speaks to human struggle, says artist Richard Morse
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 10-05-2012 under NEWS
Richard Morse’s ArtPrize entry,“Stick-to-it-ive-ness; Unwavering Pertinacity: Perseverance,” or as most people are calling it “the horses in the river” has generated a lot of attention this year. Constructed of wood...