Thank you to these amazing donors and sponsors from 2024! Each and every gift makes a difference in the lives of our youth. Check out this amazing community support! $10,000+ Petoskey Harbor Springs Area Community FoundationPetoskey Public Schools $5,000-$9,999 Petersen, Kathy and ToddLongworth, ReginaldBaiardi Family FoundationCharlevoix County Community FoundationDeVos Family
Doing better for our kids. Promoting Healthier Foods Introducing our new Nutrition Matters initiative There were 13,250 children in middle and high school who visited our 14 Emmet County School-based Youth Pantries in the 2023-2024 school year. In our Spring 2024 surveys, we heard from our children: “More fruits,
Meet Samantha – one of our Northmen Dens success stories because of you, your donation provided weekend food for herself and her family. She visited the MS and HS Northmen Dens weekly since middle school. She graduated this June, 2021. She loved the food, the brand-name shampoos, deodorant, Tide detergent,
When I was growing up, my parents took a “divide and conquer” approach to helping me with homework. Mom helped with English and History, Dad helped with Math and Science. This worked rather well for a while, but eventually Mom didn’t know how to write a literary analysis and Dad
One important misconception that teachers must address is the notion that children in poverty do not come from loving homes. It is easy, sometimes, to fall into a savior-complex where we believe it is our responsibility to save children from the horrors of their homelife. However, this way of thinking
