Gleaners Community Food Bank receives $50,000 Morgan Stanley Grant
Gleaners is one of 35 food banks across the U.S. who has received funding from the Morgan Stanley Foundation. The $50,000 grant will fund its School Food Mobile Pantry...
Credit union promotes ‘The Future Is Yours’ During National Credit Union Youth Month
Looking for a way to get your employees to open a 401(k), save more or set up an emergency fund? One East Lansing credit union recently created a campaign...
Tuft & Paw Donate a Bed Program
Tuft & Paw, an ecommerce seller of high-quality cat furniture, offers buyers of cat beds a 50% discount if they donate the cat bed to an animal shelter. Its...
Gleaners awarded for ‘outstanding community impact’
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy honored Gleaners’ efforts to overcome the logistical challenge of getting refrigerated milk to families in need. Milk is one of the most requested...
Lambert teams with HarperCollins Publishers to donate gifts to Flint Schools
Lambert & Co., Michigan’s top-ranked public relations firm and a top-50 PR firm nationally, recently partnered with long-time client HarperCollins Publishers to donate 5,000 early-reader books to students at...
Street Law Stand Down helps Lansing area homeless
On May 11, WMU-Cooley Law School and Lansing-based Cardboard Prophets joined together for the second “Street Law Stand Down” in Lansing’s Reutter Park. In addition to legal services, governmental...
Bowlapalooza event raises funds for TrueNorth Community Services TrueMentors Program
More than $15k was raised by 117 bowlers for TrueNorth Community Services TrueMentors program at its three day Bowlapalooza event in April. TrueMentors pairs adults and kids in a...
Troy native supports critical Navy mission in the Middle East
Erinn Chang, a Troy, MI native and Avondale High School graduate, is a surface warfare officer at U.S. 5th Fleet, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.
“We all put in long hours...
Opioid use plummets for Michigan’s population
Priority Health recorded a dramatic decrease in opioid use among the company's membership across all business lines, a positive step forward in the ongoing opioid epidemic sweeping through the...
Comerica Bank Women’s Business Symposium to highlight equality, productivity
Women often find gender-based challenges at the workplace, and having an organization or community stand with them as they rise to meet these challenges is an essential part of...
Comerica aids Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County in raising over $50,000
Comerica Bank sponsored the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County’s Rise and Shine for Kid’s Sake! Breakfast, which initially generated $50,000 for 2019 (additional $73,000 for next...
Comerica Bank hits record number of prom dress donations for local nonprofit
Prom remains one of the most memorable events in a high school student’s life, and two organizations are doing their best to ensure teens from all walks of life...
University of Detroit Mercy establishes the Charlton Center for Responsible Investing
University of Detroit Mercy announces the creation of a new center of excellence in the College of Business Administration (CBA): The Charlton Center for Responsible Investing, funded by alumnus...
Science Gallery Detroit receives $200,000 grant from Science Sandbox
Michigan State University’s Science Gallery Detroit proudly announces that it received a $200,000 grant from Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons
Foundation. The contribution will help fund programming for...
Gleaners named Feeding America’s Food Bank of the year
Gleaners Community Food Bank, serving Southeast Michigan, has been named 2019 “Food Bank of the Year" by Feeding America, a national association of more than 200 food banks. Feeding...
Zeal Credit Union awards $22,000 in scholarships to 11 members
2019 scholarship recipients attending Zeal Credit Union’s 65th Annual Membership meeting included, from l. to r., Julia Lucas, accepting on behalf of her son Christopher Lucas, Ahmed Dakhlallah, Jeswin...
Healthmark Industries celebrates 50th year anniversary
Since 1969, Healthmark Industries Company, Inc. has developed and marketed innovative solutions to aid healthcare facilities in their delivery of surgical instruments and other lifesaving medical devices to patients....
College students connect with seniors
Many university students have lived in dorm rooms, but few can say they've lived in a retirement community. Calvin College and Western Michigan University students are doing just that...
13th Annual Threads For Success Event
Threads For Success held it's 13th annual program where 60 high school male seniors were given a free tailored business suit, shirt, and tie. Along with receiving these items...
Breakfast of Champions: Game on Cancer Kicks Off 2019 Campaign
Game on Cancer – a partnership among Henry Ford Health System, The Detroit Lions and The Detroit Pistons that provides assistance to cancer patients and critical cancer research funding...