Nov 27, 2018 | Community Stories
Read this indepth article about Dr. Joy DeGruy’s recent visit to Muskegon, courtesy of Anna Gustafson, Muskegon Times. https://muskegontimes.com/2018/11/20/moving-toward-healing-how-slavery-still-impacts-our-country-and-fighting-racism-in-muskegon/
Oct 26, 2018 | Community Stories
Mildred “Millie” Majeski (photo) was an early activist in the Save Our Shoreline efforts. As her daughter Joan Majeski recalls, when Millie was working to prevent a new steel mill on the Muskegon Lake shoreline, her boss told her “Millie, you need to stop fighting...
May 30, 2018 | Community Stories
In 1998, the Community Foundation was surprised and honored to learn from a trust officer at Huntington that it had been left $1.8 million as the result of a Charitable Remainder Trust established by Alta Daetz. Ms. Daetz was a second-grade teacher in Muskegon Public...
May 25, 2018 | Community Stories
Carl Orton lived a quiet, honorable life. Born in 1914, he served his country in WWII and then worked for Brunswick for forty years, while living at the YMCA at Third and Clay until it closed in the 1980s. Material things didn’t matter to him: he never owned property,...
Apr 26, 2018 | Community Stories
During his abbreviated high school career, Joey Hekkema loved being a drummer in the Mona Shores Marching Band. When he passed away six years ago, his family and friends created the Joey Hekkema Memorial Fund to help other Mona Shores band students. Recently, we...
Apr 26, 2018 | Community Stories
Read this extraordinary story from The Muskegon Times about “All My Relations,” downtown Muskegon’s newest sculpture....
