Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lakeshore wins our donations this quarter

This quarter's donations go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lakeshore. This outstanding organization's mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. BBBS Lakeshore also earned our donations at our first anniversary meeting back in December 2012.

Other nominees this quarter were June 2017 winner Kids' Food Basket and two-time winner Men and Ladies of Honor. 

If you're a member of Men Who Care, please send your checks made out to BBBS Lakeshore promptly. If you're not a member, why not? Sign up here and help us cross the $300,000 mark this year. It takes only an hour and a hundred bucks four times a year.

HEY Radio Wins! (Finally!)

The fifth time was the charm this past Wednesday for Muskegon Community Radio (Hey Radio), which won our donations for the first quarter of 2018. They plan to use the donations to buy and have installed a backup generator to keep the station on the air during power outages.

Other nominees this quarter were Family Promise of Muskegon County, which has won twice but most recently in 2013, and our June 2014 winner The Arc Muskegon.

Come join us in June and put your name and favorite local charity in the mix!

$10,700 to Step Up

We've given $10,700 to our December 2017 selection, Step Up, bringing our total donations to $260,200. This fine group, which also earned our donations in March 2016, works to provide mentoring, housing, educational guidance and a community with accountability to young adults ages 18-24, primarily those who have aged out of foster care.

Other nominees in December were Family Promise of Muskegon County, which was our second recipient way back in March 2012 and earned our donations again in September 2013, and Muskegon Community Radio (Hey Radio).

A Quarter of a Million Dollars!

Donations to our latest winner, The Hope Project, are still rolling in, but they have already raised the total contributions we've made to local charities to $250,000!

If you're already a member and send in your $100 every quarter, thank you! -- and bring a friend to our December meeting! If you're not yet a member, head on over to our Join page and sign up today! Just one hour and $100 every three months makes a big difference right here at home, and you can help us roll that total up even faster.

Hope Project Wins September '17 Donations

The Hope Project, which won our donations in December 2015, has won again in September 2017. These good people raise awareness about human trafficking and help victims heal. Check them out at hopeprojectusa.org or at their Facebook page.

Other candidates this quarter were Muskegon Community Radio and first-time nominee USS LST 393 Veterans Museum. If you're looking for a worthy cause to donate time or money to, try any of these three or the dozens of other local charities on our Recipients page.

June '17 Donations Go to Kids' Food Basket

Our donations this quarter go to the Muskegon branch of Kids' Food Basket, whose mission is to attack childhood hunger to help kids learn well and live well. Their strategy for fulfilling that mission is simple too: They feed kids. Over 800 kids every weekday in Muskegon and Muskegon Heights. 

Other nominees this quarter were Canteen 450, which serves coffee, water, sandwiches and snacks to firefighters and other first responders at emergency scenes, and our December 2015 winner the Hope Project, which works with the victims of sex trafficking.

Hope to see you at our next meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, at the Sherman Bowling Center. Come join us as we cross the quarter-million-dollar threshold! 

YMCA's "Pool School" Earns Our March '17 Donations

The Muskegon YMCA wins our donations this quarter for their Safety Around Water program. Also known as "pool school", this program teaches water safety to third-graders around the county. That's an important topic in a community like ours where our "swimming pool" is a Great Lake and where drowning is the number two cause of death among children in the county, and we're proud to support them.

Other nominees at our March meeting were Muskegon Community Radio and the Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership.

We'll be very happy in our new home, the Platinum Room at the Sherman Bowling Center. The facility is terrific, the sound system perfect, and the staff are very friendly and helpful. We're very grateful to General Manager Don Veltman and Event Coordinator Danielle Samuel for donating the space, without which we could not continue to do our good work. Stop in and bowl a line sometime to say thanks!