Before we launch into another year of stories about the issues, people and programs that impact Grand Rapids' children, we wanted to revisit the best-read 2016 Michigan Nightlight stories from Rapid Growth.
An epidemiologist and a rock star walk into a summit about good food throughout Michigan. It's no joke. People from across Michigan are coming together to make sure people in the state have access to food that’s affordable, healthy, green, and fair.
When one Grand Rapids principal saw a student taking scraps from a lunchroom dumpster, she knew the school needed to address the hunger that so many of their children faced. Working with Kids Food Basket, her school began providing sack suppers for its students - and the change that followed has been transformative.
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