Gleaners Community Food Bank is working to bolster nutrition security by actively sourcing a variety of fruits and vegetables for food pantries, and by providing nutrition education information for pantry guests.
A $59 million investment in the complete overhaul of Battle Creek's McCamly Plaza Hotel will also pay huge dividends to area high school and college students interested in pursuing careers in the hospitality industry.
Even as mental health issues have risen worldwide, Michigan has fallen behind on having enough health professionals to address that trend.
“We’ve learned that we are held to timelines beyond our control -- pandemics, supply chains, logistics, site availability, funding,” says Michelle Davis, Executive Director of Housing Resources Inc. as they work to establish a community in Kalamazoo of temporary, longer-lasting housing “pods” for those without houses.
Second Wave listened in as Western Michigan University's Walker Institute led discussions on the ideas put forward in "Bleeding Out" and examines what police and community members alike can do about gun violence.
Los servicios de salud mental ya no se limitan a los centros de asesoramiento de las universidades; un enfoque holístico es la mejor práctica para atender las necesidades de los estudiantes, dicen los responsables de la WMU, el Kalamazoo College y el Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Mental health services for college students are no longer isolated to university counseling centers. A holistic approach is the best practice to address the needs of students, say officials at WMU, Kalamazoo College, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
A teen center and homeless shelter for youth who need a temporary place to stay developed through Cool People, a nonprofit founded in 2009, is in the works as part of the Washington Heights Entrepreneurial Fund initiative in Battle Creek.
Connor Tierney learned to make chocolate for himself, using only beans that came from ethical sources and processes that don't cut corners on flavor. His chocolate from Kalamazoo's lone small-batch bean-to-chocolate company will be on sale at the Farmers Market.
"It just takes one person to change another person’s entire life." That's the theory behind the Mylestone Project where they aim to be the one that changes a young person's life in a positive way.
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