Putting the focus on Kalamazoo volunteers
Helping others should be fun, says Tinashe Chaponda. He started FOCUS Kalamazoo to prove it could be done.
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Families who play together, stay together at Family Center of Arts
At the Family Center for the Arts in Portage everyone in the family has a role to play.
Starting a conversation about keeping babies alive
Why is the infant mortality rate for black babies higher than those of white babies in Kalamazoo? Grace Lubwama, the new chief executive officer at Kalamazoo's YWCA will be working on bringing those numbers down.
BRAIN Lab: Putting scholarship and hearts in the right place
Together experts in occupational therapy, psychology, social work, exercise physiology, neuroscience, biological sciences, and medicine neurology and music therapy are learning how music can help those with neurological disorders.
Buying a meal will feed a hungry neighbor at Feed the World Cafe
Patrick Mixis was appalled to find out how many hungry people there are in Kalamazoo. So he set about opening a restaurant that will help feed them as its customers get fed. Zinta Aistars has the story on Feed the World Cafe.
GS Custom Bullets helps you hit ’em with your best shot
Making bullets is part of the family business for the Schultzes. Today Gina Schultz runs the custom bullet business started by her father, a gunsmith and bulletsmith in South Africa. Zinta Aistars reports on bullets designed to order.
The littlest entrepreneurs: Money and teachable moments
Stanley Steppes got his start in business at age 9. Now he's teaching children financial wisdom. Zinta Aistars reports.
Green between the tracks: An Urban Nature Park
Turning brownfield to green space is the point behind the Urban Nature Park now being created in downtown Kalamazoo.
Hard cider business is one way this family farm keeps changing
Diversity at Schultz Fruitridge Farm means more than 20 varieties of apples, grapes, peaches, asparagus, and more. Bill Schultz talks about the latest innovation for the farm: turning its apples into hard cider.
