by admin | Nov 10, 2023 | Community Matters, Episodes
As Stephanie Cornish and her crew of volunteers from the Harper Creek Optimist Club prepare for the annual Battle Creek Christmas Parade, she made a decision: Let the entrant count go for a bit and see how many actually come in. Speaking to Community Matters a week...
by admin | Nov 10, 2023 | Community Matters, Episodes
After asking for nominations of military veterans in southwest Michigan, a local business chose a 90-year-old veteran from Marshall, Michigan to win its professionally installed holiday light display. Chuck Barnes of the west Michigan firm Decorate with Lights...
by admin | Nov 10, 2023 | Creating Dementia Solutions, Episodes
Back in episode 13 of Creating Dementia Solutions, Michigan State University researcher Dr. Graham Atkin helped us learn that dementia may not be what might be going on with a loved one. In this episode, Miles for Memories lead volunteer Sherii Sherban elaborates,...
by admin | Nov 8, 2023 | Episodes, Summit Pointe
Summit Pointe Veteran Navigator Michele Pascoe and Battle Creek Veterans Administration Local Recovery Coordinator Russell Bell are both working to help area vets receive services to which they are entitled. But, as we learn from both of them, the partnership formed...
by admin | Nov 3, 2023 | Community Matters, Episodes
The Battle Creek Community Foundation will find a successor for a 30-year CEO in 2024, after Brenda Hunt retires. After community listening sessions, the BCCF CEO Transition Committee has now formulated a job description and expects to interview and recommend...
by admin | Nov 3, 2023 | Community Matters, Episodes
You have no doubt heard about concerned folks at home, worried about their loved ones in Israel and Gaza when war broke out in the fall of 2023. That made us wonder what a travel professional would say to someone who might want to travel to the region. In fact, what...
