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In Season: October 21, 2017

Submitted 05-29-2012 under NONPROFITS

A list of locally grown fruits and vegetables along with locally produced products available at your local farmers markets.

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Literacy Center's Spellebration highlights a second chance for participants

Submitted 05-29-2012 under NONPROFITS

Adult learners share their educational journey.

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I Believe I Become Family Fun Night takes advantage of sun and warm weather

Submitted 05-24-2012 under NONPROFITS

Parents and children from the I Believe I Become Central zone gathered to enjoy an evening filled with games, food, golf, tattoos and facepainting.

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9th Annual Market presented by The Avenue for the Arts: Call for Volunteers

Submitted 05-23-2012 under NONPROFITS

The Market presented by the Avenue for the Arts is back and bigger than ever. There are so many ways you can get involved this year! Right now, The Avenue is looking for ten volunteers for our street team and fifty volunteers to help the day of the event!

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Glance at the Past - The Shipyard Forge

Submitted 05-23-2012 under NONPROFITS

The shipyard forge, located where the Amway Grand Plaza stands today, was the site of the boatyard where boats were built that ran on the Grand River.

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KVO / CBOT students share dance classes with volunteers from Northview High School

Submitted 05-23-2012 under NONPROFITS

The Kent Vocational Options and Community Based Occupational Training program would like to thank our community partner, Northview High School, for being a part of our 2012 KVO/CBOT prom.

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Conductive Learning Center to compete in Art Van social media challenge

Submitted 05-22-2012 under NONPROFITS

The Conductive Learning Center (CLC) is asking for your support - not in dollars, but in votes.

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Glance at the Past - Lettuce Under Glass

Submitted 05-20-2012 under NONPROFITS

In this episode of Glance at the Past, take a gander at Grand Rapids under glass: the beginnings of greenhouses and forced seed propagation. Eugene Davis was the father of forced lettuce. These seeds became the standard of lettuce throughout the nation's markets.

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World Refugee Day bio: That Wah

Submitted 05-17-2012 under NONPROFITS

In honor of the upcoming World Refugee Day event on June 23rd, Bethany Christian Services refugee resettlement program (PARA) is posting weekly biographies of families and individuals that are being helped in the adjustment to their new lives in Grand Rapids.

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Glance at the Past - Tiger Baseball and WWII

Submitted 05-17-2012 under NONPROFITS

Unlike today, professional baseball, including the Detroit Tigers, was severely affected during Word War II by travel restrictions and the loss of players who had either enlisted or been drafted.

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