Noorthoek Academy, an organization that works with GRCC to provide a college experience for people with special needs, is seeking walkers and sponsors for the 2019 Big Step Walk.
The Big Step Walk is scheduled for 10 a.m. on April 27 at Aquinas College.
Funds raised from the event support field trip costs and tuition assistance for Noorthoek students.
You can learn more – and sign up – online.
Food Drive for Kids’ Food Basket – pick-up scheduled for noon tomorrow (Wednesday, April 17)
As the semester nears its end, the last food drive of the academic year (organized by the GRCC chapter of the International Geographical Honor Society) takes place on the GRCC campus with the intention of ameliorating hunger for West Michigan children. Kids’ Food Basket is the designated recipient of this week’s food drive. If you have time to pick up an item or two listed below, please do so:
Main Campus delivery location: Dean’s Office – 310 Raleigh J. Finkelstein Hall (formerly The Main Building)
DeVos Campus delivery location: Social & Behavioral Sciences Department, second floor of White Hall
If you don’t have time to participate in this food drive but would still like to support the organization, visit the Kids’ Food Basket Find Your Opportunity page online.
GRCC’s Honors Program and the Office of Student Life are hosting Michigan Blood for a blood drive TODAY from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room (SCC 234) of the Student Center.
Walk-ins are accepted, and you may also make an appointment online.
Donors can receive a free pizza voucher for Hungry Howie’s. Direct any questions to Joe Courtade at josephcourtade@grcc.edu.
GRCC’s Honors Program and the Office of Student Life are hosting Michigan Blood for a blood drive next Monday, April 1, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room (SCC 234) of the Student Center.
Walk-ins are accepted, and you may also make an appointment online.
Donors can receive a free pizza voucher for Hungry Howie’s. Direct any questions to Joe Courtade at josephcourtade@grcc.edu.
The GRCC Foundation held its 11th annual Creating Connections breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 14. This wonderful morning was spent with scholarship “owners” connecting with their scholarship recipients. Donor Till Peters was featured. Guests were treated to a hot breakfast, a warm welcome by Dr. Mullins and Dr. Pink, and heard from GRCC students Karl Blessing and Dominique Richards. To view the compelling student speeches, click here.
Special thanks to Facilities, Bayard Brooks, Brian Morris, Eric Tanner, Luba Petrash and her team, and Klaas Kwant for their hard work in making this event spectacular for our donors and students!
GRCC Lakeshore students donated their time and energy last week at the Midtown Center in Holland. Jason Stevens, Phil Flipse, Esmeralda Hernandez, and La’teju Simmons met on December 4 to help pack hygiene kits for students at Narrow Gate, a residential facility for drug rehabilitation.
The hygiene kits were distributed to Narrow Gate students on December 7 in Marcellus, Michigan.
Kudos to both our students and also event organizer Gwen Rubio, Adult Ed and ESL instructor for the Zeeland/Holland Adult Education Program.
The APSS employee group and the Campus Police are collecting donations of new items through December 13 for a holiday gift to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. The final Friday for donations is this Friday, December 7, 2018.
Items needed:
Donations will be accepted at the following locations:
Donations will be collected each Friday. The total collection will be delivered to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on Thursday, December 13. Please help us support our Veterans. Thank you.
Have you given to GRCC’s United Way Campaign?
Donations to the GRCC United Way Campaign support struggling families, veterans, and seniors right here in our community. You can even designate a specific charity that is near and dear to your heart.
For those of you that have given, Thank YOU! We have currently raised 34% of our $40,000 goal.
Visit the Heart of West Michigan United Way website and enter your username (GRCC email address) and your password (employee ID) to get started.
If you would rather have a hard copy donation form, please contact Misty McClure-Anderson (mmcclure@grcc.edu or x3901).
As you already know, today is Giving Tuesday, and we hope that you will join us in supporting the GRCC Foundation on this important day of national philanthropy.
You have many opportunities to give today, and you have probably received several emails already this morning asking you to give to various non-profits in our community. But, today, we hope that you consider giving right here at home, at GRCC, where 100% of your donation will be designated for student scholarships.
Scholarships are critical to the success of so many students on our campus. Scholarships remove barriers for students and they increase a student’s ability to persist, transfer, and complete. Students have told us that the scholarship they received meant that they didn’t have to work two or more jobs to pay for their tuition. The scholarship afforded them the opportunity to successfully balance work, family, and school. Scholarships offer hope for our students.
Please take a minute to watch the student testimonial videos below, and you will see and hear from our students how important this gift of education is, and specifically how GRCC transformed their lives and the lives of their families forever.
YouTube Links:
https://youtu.be/alOWMr3pXa4
https://youtu.be/H8ZnrkiBcTA
https://youtu.be/77x7B7t_7GA
No other institution of higher education in our community does this important work the way WE do it, so thank you for all you do for our students!
Please join us TODAY in transforming the lives of our students. Donating is easy – simply click Donate Now. And remember, 100% of your donation goes directly to student scholarships!
The APSS employee group and the Campus Police are collecting donations of new items through December 13 for a holiday gift to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
Items needed:
Donations will be accepted at the following locations:
Donations will be collected each Friday. The total collection will be delivered to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on Thursday, December 13. Please help us support our Veterans. Thank you.
The APSS employee group and the Campus Police will be collecting donations of new items beginning today through December 13 for a holiday gift to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
Items needed:
Donations will be accepted at the following locations:
Donations will be collected each Friday. The total collection will be delivered to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on Thursday, December 13. Please help us support our Veterans. Thank you.
The APSS employee group and the Campus Police will be collecting donations of new items for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans from October 15 through December 13 for the holiday season.
Items needed:
Donations will be accepted at the following locations:
Donations will be collected each Friday. The total collection will be delivered to the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans on Thursday, December 13. Please help us support our Veterans. Thank you.
Let’s extend our hearts to Puerto Rico!!! TRIO/Student Support Services is partnered with the TRIO/SSS Program at the Universidad del Turabo – Puerto Rico! Their needs are extensive – their situation still devastating!!!
For TRIO’s Love Puerto Rico Flash Campaign, we are sending out the request list that came from the program:
We can pick-up your donations from your offices, or you can drop them by our offices located on the 3rd Floor of the Student Center – Room 332! Let’s Love Puerto Rico today!!!! Contact Email: aclark@grcc.edu
On Valentine’s Day – Let’s extend our hearts to Puerto Rico!!! TRIO/Student Support Services is partnered with the TRIO/SSS Program at the Universidad del Turabo – Puerto Rico! Their needs are extensive – their situation still devastating!!!
For TRIO’s Love Puerto Rico Flash Campaign, we are sending out the request list that came from the program:
We can pick-up your donations from your offices – or you can drop them by our offices located on the 3rd Floor of the Student Center – Room 332! Let’s Love Puerto Rico tomorrow!!!! Contact Email: aclark@grcc.edu
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