Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore announces the premier of That’s Entertainment, a special fundraiser showcasing West Michigan media personalities’ hidden talents. The event is on Thursday,...
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Posted: 15 years 1 week
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: awareness, down syndrome, education, language, non profit, trisomy 21
Words Shape Attitudes – People First Language
The words that people use can help all individuals to lead more complete and enriching lives. Words can also create...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: down syndrome, DSAWM, non-profit, trisomy 21
Facts about Down syndrome
• Down syndrome occurs when an individual has three, rather than two, copies of the 21st chromosome. This additional...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Buddy Walk, Community, down syndrome, DSAWM, event, fundraiser, non-profit, trisomy 21
BUDDY WALK HELD TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DOWN SYDROME
Annual Event Brings Education, Advocacy, and Funding to the Forefront
The Down...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Community, compassion, faith, GRACE, Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism, homelessness, justice
At its September 16, 2009 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Grand Rapids Area Center for Ecumenism (GRACE) voted unanimously to name Lisa H. Mitchell...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: awards, nonprofits, YNPN, young leaders, young professionals
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Greater Grand Rapids (YNPN-GGR) will host the YNPN Leadership Awards on October 15, 2009 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wealthy Street Theatre...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: business, buy local, communities, Community, economy, Grand Rapids, Local, local business, local economy, Local First, shop local, sustainability, volunteer opportunities, volunteering, Volunteers, West Michigan
Are you interested in supporting local business, encouraging sustainability, and strengthening community? If so, Local First wants YOU to join its volunteer team! We are a non-profit organization...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Good Read, Used Book Store
I am always struggling to find “The book” to share a relaxing Sunday afternoon with. Most people would head to the nearby mega book store, which is what I decided to do as well. The crazy traffic...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Center for Community Leadership, DCT, Leadership
The Center for Community Leadership (CCL), the community leadership program of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, is currently accepting nominations for the 2010 Distinguished Community...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: art, artprize, Events Downtown Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Public Library, kids activity, Red Cross
Kids say (and draw) the darndest things -- including works of art, inspired by the Red Cross, and including superheroes, snipers, and someone named Kirby.
Come stop by the Grand Rapids...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Creston, LISC, Murals, Public Art
On Monday, September 21st, the Creston Neighborhood Association (CNA) unveiled its newest murals.
Through a competitive selection process, CNA chose internationally recognized Creston...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, Healing, Illness., Living With Grace, recovery, Reflections, Sr. Yvonne Greiner, Y.M. Foster
By Rosemary Steers
Y.M. Foster (a/k/a Sister Yvonne Greiner OP) grew up in Hart, Michigan, the youngest of eight children born to Carrie (Foster) Greiner and Leo H....
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: anonymity, citizen journalism, Rapidian
When working with community volunteers to design The Rapidian, we faced some very interesting questions and choices. What should The Rapidian look like? What should it encourage? What should we...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: Cooley Law School, Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids, English as a Second Language, Grand Rapids First United Methodist Church, JFON-West Michigan, Justice for our Neighbors, Steepletown Center., Volunteers, WORD Project ESL
Three groups of extraordinary local volunteers have been working together to assist adult immigrants gain the skills needed to become US citizens. The WORD Project ESL, Justice for Our Neighbors (...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
Tagged: AB coconut Brown, art, Billys Lounge, Deep Couch, Eastown, Eastown Community Association, ECA, festival, Grand Rapids, IGE, music, Street fair
For the last 36 years Eastown has turned Wealthy street from Atlas to Lake Drive into a cultural mecca, this year they've out done themselves. Organized by the ...
Posted: 15 years 1 week
The annual event known as Park(ing) Day originated with the artist collective Rebar in San Francisco...
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A bike tour of a few of Grand Rapids' Parking Day spots. Chatting with parks advocates and other people participating in the event.
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: Ann Marie Weinert, Chicago, Corey Ruffin, End of Times Orchestra, Entertainment, Fred Meijer, Gerald Ford, Grand Rapids, Red Hot Annie, Super Happy Funtime Burlesque, The Riviera, Three Rivers
Is Grand Rapids prepared to strip down to the bare essentials? Ready or not, the Grand Rapids art scene has grown to include revealing the unclothed human body paired with provocative social and...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: artprize, Olsen Olsen, paper airplanes, Rob Bliss, Sigur Ros
By now you may or may not have heard of Rob Bliss, but he has left his mark in Grand Rapids. When he posted his event for a pillow fight in Rosa Park Circle on Face book last year, he was...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: Dominican Sisters, Grand Rapids, Jubilarians, Jubilee, Religious Life
The six Sisters you see in this interview have accumulated 420 years in service to others. You will enjoy their seriously thoughtful, and occasionally humorous, reflections on religious life and...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Every Sunday from 11am to 3pm The Fulton Street Farmer's Market, located on Fulton at the corner of Fuller, is taken over by talented artisans. They sell paintings, photos, jewelry, pottery,...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: Community, Southeast Neighborhood
The 36th Annual Eastown Streetfair will take place on Saturday September 19th, along Wealthy Street between Atlas and Lake, and on the first block of Ethel Street. The event commences...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: art, artprize, austrailian rules football, collaboration, Community, competetion, cooperation, digital conversion, Grand Rapids, lip gloss, monkey, PBS, sandy feet
The recent conversion to digital broadcast television has tripled my television viewing options from one PBS station to three PBS channels. I do not watch much TV but, occasionally, I flip it on...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: economy, film incentives, film industry, filmmaking, legislation, taxes
It’s no secret that Michigan is in a financial mess. Rumors have been flying this summer about proposed cuts or caps for the Michigan film incentives. The...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: autism, disabilities, disability, down syndrome, Easter Seals, leyla kayi, lkayi, sensory integration, therapy
On my way to Easter Seals to conduct the interview for this article, I had some time to kill so I swung by Barnes and Noble. There, I ran into my little buddy Andrew...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: cash for clunkers, democratic party, democrats, demonstration, health care, labor, medicare, organizing, protest, public option, tea party
August 29, 2009
This Sunday a group of around 250 gathered outside of the Ford Federal Building to support health care reform. The...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: chili cook-off, craft vendors, farmers market, Oct. 10, October West, Octoberfest, street fest, Westside
The 3rd annual OctoberWest – the festival highlighting Grand Rapids’ Westside – is planned for Saturday, Oct. 10, and this year’s event is shaping up with a slate of fun fall activities even...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: artprize, Catholic Central High School, fire, GR, Grand Rapids, Michael Glenn Monroe, Sharing Tree Project, Woody
(Video) Michael Glenn Monroe was welding his The Sharing Tree (fondly known as "Woody") Project for ArtPrize at the...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: East Hills, local business, Restaurants, Shops, store front, Wealthy Street
A late summer stroll down Wealthy Street:
- Wealthy Bakery
- The Winchester
- Wealthy at Charles
- La Esperanza
- ABC Nails
- Armenta Studio
- ...
Posted: 15 years 2 weeks
Tagged: aag, art, artprize, artprize 2009, erwin erkfitz, mural, outdoor art, photography, slideshow, thomas woodhouse
ArtPrize, the biggest art venue to hit Grand Rapids, is just around the corner. Hundreds of artists from all...