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Spring Spruce-Up at Clemente Park
by (kylevanstrien)
Submitted 05-02-2014 under
Join Friends of Grand Rapids Parks for a City-wide Spring Spruce-Up event on Saturday, May 31 from 9 am to 12 noon. Our goal with the event is to ensure that our parks are clean and beautiful for Spring and Summer, and to raise awareness...FGRP Spring Spruce-up at Roosevelt Park
by (kylevanstrien)
Submitted 05-02-2014 under
Join Friends of Grand Rapids Parks for a City-wide Spring Spruce-Up event on Saturday, May 31 from 9 am to 12 noon. Our goal with the event is to ensure that our parks are clean and beautiful for Spring and Summer, and to raise awareness...FGRP Spring Spruce-up at Roosevelt Park
by (kylevanstrien)
Submitted 05-02-2014 under
Join Friends of Grand Rapids Parks for a City-wide Spring Spruce-Up event on Saturday, May 31 from 9 am to 12 noon. Our goal with the event is to ensure that our parks are clean and beautiful for Spring and Summer, and to raise awareness...
East Hills BlowHards organize to keep sidewalks clear
by (erictank)
Submitted 01-21-2014 under NEWS
The East Hills BlowHards, a volunteer group of individuals from the neighborhood and Brewery Vivant staff, have organized to help keep nieghborhood sidewalks clear of snow and ice. The group formed as a response to East Hill's ...
Mentoring matters: helping those in need
Submitted 01-15-2014 under NONPROFITS
This January our country celebrates the 13th annual National Mentoring Month, and D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s is participating in this campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring programs to connect more of our community’s young...
Worsening hunger challenges Feeding America West Michigan's capacity
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 12-18-2013 under NONPROFITS
In 2013, Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank was forced to retire four trucks from its 22-vehicle fleet. In a year that has seen its food distribution spike by 10 percent, that lack of transportation is limiting the organization’s ability...
With demand rising, Food Bank issues plea for more volunteers
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 10-15-2013 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank is making a plea for more volunteers. Last year the Comstock Park-based hunger-relief organization was assisted by more than 2,300 volunteers in distributing 23.8 million pounds of food. They are on track to...
ArtPrize seeks volunteers for fall event
by (Holly)
Submitted 08-06-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
The ArtPrize staff are getting ready for another year of their fall event- and they will once again be in need of over 1000 volunteers to make it happen. This year, their kickoff event for volunteers on August 14, the "Volunteer Field Camp,...
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...
Volunteers needed for national hunger study
by (Feeding America...)
Submitted 04-12-2013 under NONPROFITS
Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank is participating in Hunger in America 2014, an in-depth survey of food insecurity conducted once every four years. Food banks around the country will interview their clients in order to assess the severity of...