Grand Rapids
Mix in a Little Red (Cross) with Your Holiday Green This Year
by (RedCrossGGR)
Submitted 11-13-2009 under NONPROFITS
While we haven't even seen a glimmer of white on the ground yet, many people are already feeling the holiday spirit creep up. Get ahead of the curve this year and check "get tree" off of your eternally long “Holidays To Do” list today!When you order...
Pedal Power! Audio Interview With a Pedicab Driver
by (silverman)
Submitted 11-10-2009 under LOCAL LIFE
On a busy night downtown people are out having a good time and enjoying an unusually warm November. The usual car traffic is buzzing throughout downtown now mixed with bicycles converted to taxis. Pedicabs are a fun and green option to get around...
Turning time into money, helping plan 2010 Special Events
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 11-10-2009 under NONPROFITS
Time is often a commodity taken for granted. The average person wants to do a bucket list full of things but usually ends up not being able to find the time. With the economy as it is today, there is no better time to commit the time to making a...
Camp O’Malley aiming to achieve another successful summer in 2010
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 11-09-2009 under NONPROFITS
Despite the completion of another successful summer, Camp O’Malley’s camper attendance numbers dropped a little over two percent this year. The number of youth attending in 2009 was 484, while in 2008 there were 495 campers. Although, this drop does...
New Entrepreneurs: The Key to our Future
by (LCirivello)
Submitted 11-03-2009 under OPINION
Everybody I know is tightening their belt right now. Many have lost jobs ,and others worry about the possibility. I see less impulse spending and more talk of home cooking and low-cost entertainment. But while there is plenty of uncertainty...
AmeriCorps VISTA members help to supplement Boys & Girls Clubs’ development needs
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 11-03-2009 under NONPROFITS
The current economic situation is leaving businesses and non-profits alike struggling to maintain their already-existing staff, shutting the door completely on the possibility of hiring newcomers to fill much needed positions. Thankfully, AmeriCorps...
Who's Your Lifesaver?
by (RedCrossGGR)
Submitted 11-03-2009 under NONPROFITS
As we go about our lives each day, we too often miss the seemingly small stories with the biggest impacts. A ride to a therapy appointment, a call to a solider overseas, learning skills in a CPR class, or the gift of a bed when your home is...
1st Annual Steak & Burger Dinner raises $62,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of GR
by (BGC Grand Rapids)
Submitted 10-29-2009 under NONPROFITS
Forty tables surrounded by caring faces and eager minds, all there to help support each other. At this year’s First Annual Steak & Burger Dinner to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth, the community stood...
Don't Let the Flu Join Your Trick-or-Treating
by (RedCrossGGR)
Submitted 10-29-2009 under NONPROFITS
With Halloween right around the corner, and H1N1 flu widespread across the country, the American Red Cross offers tips to help parents and children celebrate safely this year. “We don’t want anyone to go out trick-or-treating and come home sick,”...
Meet a candidate for 3rd Ward commissioner
by (aimbo333)
Submitted 10-28-2009 under NEWS
In 1971, Volunteers In Service to America sent a young Carol Townsend to Grand Rapids. Having seen the bright lights of two big cities, Carol was bummed to be here. Early disappointment soon evolved into deep appreciation. “If I had stayed in...