Collaboration seeks to reduce opioid overdoses throughout Michigan
The Grand Rapids Red Project and NEXT Distro have collaborated to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths across Michigan through free online training and mail-order naloxone.
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Summit brings LGBTQIA+ youth together to create a more tolerant tomorrow
On Saturday, March 12, the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOASH) hosts a statewide virtual conference, Building a Movement for Michigan (BAMM) Pride Summit that will unite LGBTQIA+ middle and high school youth from the Greater Grand Rapids area and across the state to learn, find support, and feel affirmation that they may not experience in their daily lives.
Vaccination effort spurs massive collaboration between Kent County and local health care providers
The Kent County Health Department and local health care providers are collaborating on what may be the biggest inter-organizational vaccination effort in Michigan’s history.
Puertas Abiertas helps Latinx abuse victims find safety
Puertas Abiertas, a West Michigan community-based program, offers cultural specific services to victims of any type of abuse — domestic abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse, trafficking, providing a safe place where they can find all of the resources they need to have a better life.
Bills will help B-corps do more good
A comprehensive four-bill package introduced on October 14 will allow legal recognition of certified benefit corporations (B-corps) in Michigan. B-corps balance purpose and profit by considering their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment as well as financial success.
BruceMichael Wilson aims to shift the narrative for Black farmers
BruceMichael Wilson, owner of Groundswell Farm in Zeeland, has as his next endeavor, Dunyun, an enterprise that will train Black youth to be the farmers of a more equitable future.
Young Professional of the Year praises group for opportunities
Rebekah Bakker was recently named the Young Professional of the Year by the Holland/Zeeland Young Professionals. She credits the group for unique experiential learning opportunities.
Ottawa County program preserves farmland for future generations
Seeing farmland broken up to build houses saddens farmer Tim Kruithoff. The Ottawa County Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program allowed him to permanently protect his 148 acres.
Zeeland challenges residents to be great neighbors
City asks residents to take the Good Neighbor Pledge and pick up a pennant to display outside their homes. With the pandemic keeping many people inside, leaders decided there was no better time to join the national campaign and strengthen Zeeland’s "great neighborhoods."
Downtown Holland extends popular outdoor expansion program
The successful program that allows shops and restaurants to conduct their operations outside was set to expire Sept. 7. However, the Holland City Council has voted to extend the arrangement, developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through Dec. 1.
