helen devos children's hospital

This weekend we have a lot of Sporting Events, Music, Video Games, Photographs, Holiday Gifts, an Ethnic Heritage Festival, a Healing Body, Mind & Spirit Expo, a .1K Race for Charity...and the weekend is an hour longer because of the time change! (Don’t forget to set your clocks back an h…

One of Grand Rapids' most recognizable figures passed away yesterday at the age of 90. Helen DeVos, wife of Amway founder Richard DeVos and namesake of the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, passed away Wednesday, October 18th.

If you were driving along US 131 late Sunday morning, you likely saw firetrucks on most of the overpasses as you went through Grand Rapids, and Wyoming honoring someone or something, but what was it?
Well, fortunately, it wasn’t a funeral as many speculated; instead it was the annual …

The 39th Annual Huntington Reeds Lake Run is approaching fast, next weekend, actually. Thousands of runners, walkers handcyclists, wheelchair racers and dog walkers, yes, I said dog walkers, will test themselves on the banks of Reeds Lake, next Saturday, June 24.

The king and queen of the Netherlands, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, visited Grand Rapids today as part of their 3-day tour of the United States.
View a recap of today's visit.

Tomorrow night, Saturday, March 2nd is the evening to help kids with cancer.
It's the 28th Annual Benefit and Dance sponsored by the We Do Care, a licensed 501c3 organization, at Lincoln Country Club, 3485 Lake Michigan Dr., NW., from 7 p.m. to Midnight.

I love "feel-good" news.  Too often, the news we do hear is a real downer.  You know, the news anchor on TV will open with "Good Evening," and proceed to tell us why it's not.  (You're supposed to laugh here :))

The guys over at Modern Window Cleaning had a special surprise for the kids at Helen Devos Children's Hospital on Halloween.  The window washing crew dressed up in super hero costumes while they worked on washing the hospital's windows.  The idea originated from a group washing the Memphis Children'…

The Fifth Third River Bank Run has always been filled with inspirational stories of courage.
Our news partner, WZZM 13 found one that will really tug at your heart.

The golf season is almost upon us.  Actually, with all of the warm weather we had at the end of winter and beginning of spring, one would have thought it was already here.
With the golf season comes golf outings.  Outings designed to raise money for charities and worthy causes.  And, there probably i…

To celebrate National Pancake Day IHop - International House of Pancakes and the Children's Miracle Network are celebrating the 7th annual National Pancake Day today until 10:00 p.m.
All IHOP diners are offered a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes...

Helen Devos Children's Hospital will offically opens its doors Tuesday.  After years in the planning stages, it is a big day for health care in West Michigan.  Hospital workers will move patients Tuesday from the old hospital to the new hospital.  It took hospital officials one y…