The idea behind Warmline is that it is a peer-run listening line to prevent a crisis, designed to offer support and to connect people with the resources they need. It is provided by Gryphon Place, ASK Family Services, and Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health.
Sally Berglin came out of retirement after she stepped in at Senior Care Partners P.A.C.E. “Her love for the organization shows, along with her enthusiasm, and it’s contagious. People respond to her in kind,” say those she works with.
CAST was developed in Kalamazoo to strengthen a growth mindset in youth and to help the participating students envision what they want their academics to look like, to think about their careers—whether in the workforce, the military, or continuing on in college or in the trades.
In a session that is a collaborative effort between Spectrum Health Lakeland and the Berrien Community Foundation health policy expert Daniel Dawes tells how political decisions and public policy create community conditions that harm our nation’s health unless people take action.
What does one do when they have time on their hands? Open a restaurant, of course.
Do you know what food hubs are? They help bring together farmers and consumers and make it easier to eat what is good for us.
When you think of Earth First! do environmentalists taking on loggers in Oregon come to mind? Then you might be surprised to find Earth First activists fighting to protect Michigan's wetlands and waterways.
These Kalamazoo publishers are creating books that tell the Black history you've never heard before.
WMU Alumna Deb Droppers event planning organization provides students with valuable ‘experiential learning.’
The buy local trend, married to the know-your-local-meat-farmer trend, has made for good business for family owned and operated Galesburg Meat Company, where custom meat is the business model.
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