Throughout the year, Small Talk hosts events to ensure families in the community are connected to the right resources. Resources like counseling, support groups or basic needs.
Whether it’s baby steps or monumental ones, healing from trauma starts with some small talk. Small Talk offers kids under the age of 18 free counseling services. No matter what age, each session is tailored to their specific need.
Thousands of children face some sort of sexual or physical abuse every year. A local non-profit is helping child victims of abuse recover and speak out.
It’s part of a nationwide distribution of funds for GM’s Community Impact Grants program, which will distribute $3 million to nonprofits across the United States.
It was a part of the 2023 Civic Engagement Leadership Institute, a program that brings student leaders together from different colleges to explore topics such as culture and economic development.
The library is accepting food donations, including condiments, cereal, canned goods such as fruit and soup, as well as new household goods like tissues and toothbrushes.
Michigan State University basketball player Mady Sissoko is making headlines not just for his skills on the court, but for his philanthropic endeavors in his small village in Africa.
"While my ancestors can't go repair the damage they did, I have certainly benefited from everything through the generations and I can do the work that they can't do."
It took more than a year to bring 2-and-a-half-year-old Jessie on board, and the timing was a blessing. She arrived at Ingham County 911 just two months before the mass shooting at Michigan State University.
Schools across the area are trying to find enough teachers to put in classrooms. The Capital Area Community Services Head Start in Lansing is no different.
When most people think of Head Start, they think of children in preschool, but for Capital Area Community Services, Head Start is for the entire family.
A mid-Michigan doctor is dedicating his life to ensuring that families have access to the best pediatric care for their loved ones in their time of need.
Miracle child, Ryan, just celebrated his thirteenth birthday and is playing video games, riding bikes and his hover board. But the chance of survival when mom, Becky, was admitted to a hospital on a trip up north didn’t look good.
After three long years of being held virtually due to the pandemic, the popular “Books, Bites, and Bids” fundraiser and silent auction returned to the East Lansing Public Library.
What started as a way for teaching center staff to come together and heal has now turned into a public event where anyone is welcome to come and de-stress by petting cows and goats.
The program is designed to help women working in local government advance their skills and leadership abilities on the path to becoming strong local government managers.
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