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,
Last Friday, while volunteering, a 7th-grade boy saw the pile of blankets and asked if he could take one. He chose one for himself. He then asked if he could have another for his sister and then asked for his dad. He was pretty talkative, so I complimented him on
Give a Kid a Chance: Empowering Hungry Students through a Food Drive In today’s world, millions of children face hunger and food insecurity, leaving them unable to reach their full potential in academics and beyond. Here in Emmet County schools, 44% of families qualify for free and reduced lunch.
Our Teens Are Hungry Nine million children in the U.S. are living with hunger. That’s 1 in 8 young people. Hunger is a serious problem in this country, and although research has shown that households that have older kids experience higher rates of food insecurity than households with younger children,
At Northmen Den Youth Services, we’re fortunate to receive funding, services, and additional support from our amazing network of individual donors and volunteers, as well as other agencies and foundations. We know that our programming would not be possible without this community support, and we do our very best to
It’s Smoothie Summer – Let’s Get Nutritious! June 21 is National Smoothie Day. Let’s look at easy, inexpensive smoothie recipes we can use to celebrate AND add nutrition into our summer diets! In today’s fast-paced world, it’s essential to find quick and nutritious solutions to fuel our bodies. At Northmen
Creating a Culture of Kindness: Partnership Gives Renewed Life to former ‘Cheetos Club’ Northmen Den Youth Services is partnering with Cheetos Club – now Plan to be Kind – as a fiscal sponsor and active program partner, focused together on empowering youth in Emmet County. While a funeral inherently signifies
Northmen Dens Youth Pantries helps break the cycle of poverty. In Michigan, 1 in 5 kids struggles in poverty. Here in Petoskey, 1 in 3 children are dealing with hunger daily. In rural areas like Emmet County, parents tend to have less education and are more often underemployed, meaning children
The Sandwich Lunch Brigade at Concord Academy is truly a community program with a lot of emotional appeal.
