charity

The winner said that before the tournament she decided she would donate a portion of her winnings if she won. She kept her promise.

With 400 dogs in attendance, it was sometimes hard to focus on the game because of all the adorableness.

Today is the time to open your hearts and give to your favorite non-profit and cause.

Meet the Helminen family.  They plan to bike 1,200 miles across the state of Michigan to help raise money to fight cancer.  They’re doing as part of The Great Cycle Challenge USA.
The three plan to start by biking along the east coast of Michigan to the Upper Peninsula...

In 2015, over 2,000 Michigan residents gave $36,372 to an organization to fight breast cancer. The organization that raised the money is being accused of giving all of the funds to pay its president and professional fundraisers.

A company operating 318 clothing donation bins in Michigan is being told stop operating the bins or face legal action for misleading the public on how the donations are being used.
The donations go to a professional fundraising company, not to charity.

I like this idea, it’s real multitasking...  a haunted car wash has opened in Muskegon.  Think about it, you get your scare on while washing the car -and you help charity; win-win-win!
It’s happening at Van’s Car Wash on Apple Avenue…

A Michigan-based charity, which claimed to be giving support to firefighters and victims of fire, passed along less than 10 percent of donations received. They did not offer any food, shelter, or clothing to families burned out of their homes.
The charity has agreed to cease operations.

The holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, can be the happiest times of the year. But, they can also be the loneliest.

It is common knowledge that increasingly, we doesn’t carry cash, or much of it when we're shopping.  Instead we rely on our debit and credit cards for when shopping. With the holidays just around the corner, that can have a big impact for the Salvation Army as they embark o…

Wine & Wig is this weekend, and Andy sat down this week to wear a wig, and talk all about this great event.
This year the event benefits Susan G. Komen Michigan, the American Cancer Society, and Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids.

You would think that you'd have to be a big-wig or something to be able to afford a private performance from your favorite singer.
Ordinarily, that is the case.
But John Legend is offering a performance by him as a prize in a charity raffle.