GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 29, 2016—The Van Andel Institute joins the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen Michigan, and Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids as a charity partner in West Michigan Woman’s “Wine & Wig” – the premier party in West Michigan of Breast Cancer...
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