Our community is filled with hundreds of role models that lead the way through a lifetime of service. Samuel Carpenter is certainly one of those leaders. Playing the piano for “as long as he can remember”, Samuel began dedicating his [...]
The Soldiers at the Navy Operational Support Center at Ft. Custer Military base here in Battle Creek spent the month of March collecting books for the Read N’ Give campaign. This act of community service showcases the dedication these men [...]
In an effort to promote literacy in our Battle Creek schools for Reading Month, Lindsey Westfall and Ethan Daley, our AmeriCorps*VISTAs, are organizing a program called Read N’ Give. Read N’ Give is a program where local schools and businesses [...]
Through Handson’s online database, which allows volunteers to choose service opportunities and nonprofits to post their needs, the Battle Creek YMCA Literacy program was able to post their need for volunteer tutors. Tutors were need to come in and help [...]