Let's go out.

We'd like 20% of your beer. Or your pizza. Or your crepes. Or, in fact, 20% of whatever you spend when you're out at the Red Jet Cafe on November 5!

From 3-8 p.m., thanks to the generosity of our hosting sponsor Red Jet Cafe, 20% of everything that they take in will be given right back to supporting The Rapidian.

In our first ever "Night Out for The Rapidian," the community is encouraged to join us in supporting The Rapidian by going out and supporting your local restaurant, Red Jet Cafe (1431 Plainfield Ave NE).

While there, Rapidian staff and volunteers will be available to take donations. Donors will receive Rapidian swag like reusable bags, reporter notebooks and t-shirts as a way of saying thank you for your donation-and a way for you to show off your Rapidian love! 

Those who are not able to attend can still be a part of supporting us by donating online. 

The Rapidian, a proud service of the Community Media Center, was started thanks to generous grants from the Knight Foundation and our local Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

Now that those grants are completed, we need your help to keep The Rapidian going. The Rapidian provides a platform for all voices in Grand Rapids, sharing local news, information and perspectives by empowering anyone in the community to become a citizen journalist.

Citizen journalists are provided with tools, training and individual mentors to help them along the way-and in return they provide us with all sorts of stories about what is going on in our community.

We're looking forward to seeing you all out and helping us keep community news available in the greater Grand Rapids area. Come on down and say "hi" -and don't forget to thank Red Jet for their generous support of our efforts!