by GHACF team | Nov 16, 2018 | YAC, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
Youth Are Creative. It’s no secret that our community’s youth are engaged in a wide variety of activities and according to the 2017 Youth Assessment Survey, 94% of teens in Ottawa County report participating in a community activity this year. As our Youth Advisory...
by GHACF team | Oct 23, 2018 | Definitions, Education, Scholarships, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
If you read articles or follow the news about postsecondary education, you’ve surely been inundated with the message that college costs are still on the rise. In the state of Michigan, the average cost of a public 4-year university is almost $18,000 per year. How do...
by GHACF team | Oct 9, 2018 | ACF, Arts, Culture & Diversity, Behind the Scenes, CACF, Community Foundation News, Community Foundation Stories, Diversity & Inclusion, Donors, Economic & Community Betterment, Education, Environment, Funds, Giving, Grant Impact Stories, Grants, Health & Human Services, Legacy, Scholarships, Team, Trustees, Who We Are, YAC, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
Our annual publication is now available! Our theme this year is For Impact, and we’re excited for this new way of thinking. Our sector has always been identified as the “nonprofit” sector. The two others are the private (business) and public...
by GHACF team | Sep 4, 2018 | Who We Are, YAC, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
As our Youth Advisory Council gears up for another year of programming and engagement, we’re taking some time to reflect on our purpose, as well as how we’ve adapted and shifted our programming to meet the current needs of youth. As we all know, the world is...
by GHACF team | Jul 24, 2018 | Community Foundation Stories, Who We Are, YAC, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
This summer, three returning YAC members (Habeeb El-amir, Ben Garretson, and Jackson Schulte) attended the 2018 Youth Summer Leadership Conference hosted by the Council of Michigan Foundations and the Michigan Community Foundations YOUTH Project. Over the course of a...
by GHACF team | Jul 18, 2018 | Education, Grants, Scholarships, Youth, Youth Impact Stories
Last Wednesday, we celebrated this year’s scholarship recipients and the donors who made the scholarships possible. Madison Miller, who received the Erickson Scholarship, and Lacey Lemke, a two-time recipient (undergrad in 2008 and now for her master’s...
