Grand Rapids
Seidman Club Director carries on a Youth Commonwealth tradition of caring
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Bob and Aleicia Woodrick Diversity Learning Center at Grand Rapids Community College recently announced the winners of their annual Giants Awards. This year, Seidman Boys & Girls Club Director Mike Remo will be joining the many prestigious...
Motivated Union High School junior prepares for Michigan Youth of the Year Competition
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
Club members from the Steil and Seidman Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids recently submitted applications for this year’s Youth of the Year scholarship competition. After reviewing applications and holding interviews, This January, Cesar Vargas...
Sister Musician returns to Grand Rapids
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
Since 1999, Grand Rapids Dominican Sister Joan Thomas has been working as Programs Coordinator at World Library Publications (WLP) in Franklin Park, Illinois. Her job there involved overseeing and assisting composers and artists in keeping track of...
No Worker Left Behind; One Rapidian's experiences
by (scott warren)
Submitted 01-11-2010 under OPINION
Over the last several years I have basically skated through life and my career never worrying about the incomplete degree that I knew I shouldn't be neglecting. Now, I have found myself in the unenviable position of having to jump back into the...
The great cathedrals of Grand Rapids
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 01-11-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids is sometimes called the “City of Churches”. As you walk through the streets of Downtown Grand Rapids you can’t help notice the many beautiful cathedrals sprinkled around this great city. I have limited knowledge about these...
Community Re-investment Vocab Primer
by (markrumsey)
Submitted 01-10-2010 under OPINION
Grand Rapids has gained the attention of many urbanists, locally and nationally in the past decade based upon its successful community re-investment strategies. Grand Rapids has been doing many things right but people consistently get the...
Regional Indie Sounds Featured at The DAAC
by (markrumsey)
Submitted 01-09-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
On Saturday, January 9th the indie music sounds of the Great Lakes region will merge in Grand Rapids. Starting off the trip are local pop-folksters Ribbons of Song, then a visit with our K-zoo neighbors Glow Friends, and finishing off our journey...
West Michigan Taco Bell patrons donate over 500 winter coats in 10 days
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 01-07-2010 under NONPROFITS
Over a span of only ten days, West Michigan residents succeeded in making winter a little warmer for over 500 members of Boys & Girls Clubs in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Holland, and Battle Creek. Fifty local Taco Bell restaurants collected...
Sculpture Garden - Finding Quiet Space
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 12-19-2009 under NONPROFITS
We often carry with us a deep longing for a quiet space away, where we can see the beauty of the wilderness and listen to the songs of nature--a place of renewal and peace where we can take time out to hear the voice of God in our lives. A site such...
Hiroshima: Repentance & Renewal
by (grdominicans)
Submitted 12-14-2009 under NONPROFITS
The movie, Hiroshima: Repentance and Renewal, will show on December 20, 2009 at the Dominican Center at Marywood. The 38-minute movie will show at 12:15 p.m. (after the Sunday liturgy) and again at 3:00 p.m. at Dominican...