A creative way to increase your return this tax season
Submitted 01-25-2010 under NONPROFITS
GRAND RAPIDS, MI: Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently signed an extension to continue the tax credit for vehicles donated to charitable organizations. This tax credit is incentive for people to donate their motorized vehicles to local...
FTC regulations mirror The Rapidian's emphasis on disclosure
Submitted 01-19-2010 under OPINION
From Rapidian staff: In a blog entry by Whitney Hoffman, she frames blogging in a media-saturated world as a Mom & Pop operation. In October 2009, the Federal Trade Commission put a law in place that just went into effect last month: Full...
Girls can create
Submitted 01-16-2010 under NONPROFITS
Smart and blue. Creative and glitter. Loud and markers. Or just "Don Diva." This week the GET girls presented their posters. The posters represented a fellow member that they had interviewed. With questions like, "What...
When Time Stopped
Submitted 01-15-2010 under NONPROFITS
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB PHOTO POSTER EXHIBITION From February 21 through March 14, 2010, the Culture of Peace Committee of the Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids is sponsoring several events organized by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in...
Seidman Club Director carries on a Youth Commonwealth tradition of caring
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
The Bob and Aleicia Woodrick Diversity Learning Center at Grand Rapids Community College recently announced the winners of their annual Giants Awards. This year, Seidman Boys & Girls Club Director Mike Remo will be joining the many prestigious...
Driving in Droves
Submitted 01-14-2010 under OPINION
I’ve been a little under the weather lately so it’s been a slow start to the new year but here we are! A whole new year of WOTS! There is tons of stuff to do this weekend so don’t delay, never dilly dally, get on the dial and drive in droves...
Listen!
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus (or Diogenes according to some sources) This is the first in a series of eight brief reflections written by Sister Mary Navarre, OP. A long-time...
Motivated Union High School junior prepares for Michigan Youth of the Year Competition
Submitted 01-14-2010 under NONPROFITS
Club members from the Steil and Seidman Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids recently submitted applications for this year’s Youth of the Year scholarship competition. After reviewing applications and holding interviews, This January, Cesar Vargas...
Student and Tutor Spotlight: The Literacy Center of West Michigan Adult Tutoring Program
Submitted 01-12-2010 under NONPROFITS
Ronald Jenkins works over forty hours a week as a dedicated Craftsman for Woodsource Inc., rides the bus to and from work, and barely has time for himself. Although he is passionate about taking care of elderly people, working hard, and...
The great cathedrals of Grand Rapids
Submitted 01-11-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids is sometimes called the “City of Churches”. As you walk through the streets of Downtown Grand Rapids you can’t help notice the many beautiful cathedrals sprinkled around this great city. I have limited knowledge about these...