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Register Now: Golf Clinic & Scramble

Register Now: Golf Clinic & Scramble

The West Michigan Woman Golf Clinic & Scramble takes a typical golf outing to a whole new level, appealing to novice and expert golfers and everyone in between! The game of golf can be a wonderful tool for networking, building relationships, getting active, and...

Kelly Braman Photography: Modern + Vintage

Kelly Braman Photography: Modern + Vintage

Kelly Braman is a custom wedding, family, and commercial photographer based in Grand Rapids. She loves a mix of modern and vintage styling, capturing life in between the stuffy shirts and forced smiles. It's there she finds the sweet, candid moments. Kelly has an eye...

Friendship Through Cancer

Friendship Through Cancer

It's been just over a year since I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Someone told me at the beginning that it would be a journey, and that it would look something like a roller coaster ride. Boy, were they right! One constant during all of the ups and downs...

Alternatives to Pet Ownership

Alternatives to Pet Ownership

The benefits of owning a pet are truly incalculable—warm cuddles during the cold Michigan winter, wet kisses when pick-me-ups are running short, an exercise buddy to push you the extra mile your legs won't, and infinite, indiscriminate love to last a lifetime....

Call in the Experts!

Call in the Experts!

With numerous travel-related websites available online, consumers are sometimes surprised to find that travel agents still exist. Not only do they exist, but the amount of value they provide is hard to overstate. Often people assume that if they do the shopping...

CASA of Kent County: Fighting for Children Without Advocates

CASA of Kent County: Fighting for Children Without Advocates

When my children were in elementary school, teachers discovered that they both had unique learning styles; styles that perhaps required more attention than a typical classroom could offer. We were very fortunate in that our school district was progressive, and the...

Talk Tulips with P. Allen Smith

Talk Tulips with P. Allen Smith

Award-winning garden and design expert P. Allen Smith will be in Holland during the Tulip Time Festival to share ideas and inspiration with gardening enthusiasts. "Holland's Tulip Time is one of my 'bucket list' destinations," Smith said. Smith is the host of public...

Deb Bailey: It’s About ‘We,’ Not ‘I’

Deb Bailey: It’s About ‘We,’ Not ‘I’

Deb Bailey, director of global corporate relations at Steelcase, has made a positive impact on the Grand Rapids area in so many ways that it's difficult to imagine how she has time to sleep or eat, let alone balance a corporate career with her community commitments...