Financial Plus Credit Union is pleased to announce they have raised a gross of $77,739 from their 2015 Pink Night fundraising efforts. A net total of $69,300, will be donated to American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The 9th annual “Pink Night” event was held Thursday, October 1st, 2015 in downtown Flint at

They are not only cute little kittens; they are kittens that nobody wanted. Some of them have behavioral issues or medical problems, a missing eye or limb. Some are in their senior years and others have suffered injuries. These are the animals that are taken in by Lucky Day Animal Rescue in Grand Blanc. Lucky

Photography provided by the Universal Kidney Foundation With four world championship belts, three Olympic medals and a combined 152-9-2 career record, Chris Byrd, Claressa Shields, and brothers Anthony and Andre Dirrell are arguably the four most accomplished boxers Flint has ever produced. The four will come together for an outstanding cause September 12 when they

Mid Michigan AMBUCS gave away custom hand/foot therapy tricycles for disabled children and disabled veterans on August 30th, 2015. This past Sunday, several received the highly-anticipated therapy tricycles: Jaidyn Grundy, Blake Noto, Noah Thomson, Greg Cook, Bear, and Dennis Kuehn. At the beginning of August, 300 bikes were registered for the fundraiser, and 500 people

For most of his 17 years, Undray Lewis has not had a normal childhood. He was in and out of foster homes in the Detroit area since he was a tiny baby, found by authorities at a meth lab. As he grew up, the families who fostered him lacked the time, patience and resources to

When it comes to giving back to their communities, car dealerships are well-known for their generosity. Grand Blanc Motorcars LTD, a dealership that sells and services new and pre-owned Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW vehicles, is one that goes above and beyond. For the last three years, the sleek and state-of-the-art facility has been the premier

For many of the retired volunteers who arrive at Riverside Tabernacle in Downtown Flint early every Monday morning to sort and pack food for people in need, reaching retirement age gave them new choices. With so many ways they could choose to commit their time, they each decided to come to Riverside Tabernacle to help

t’s frigid outside, but in the basement of Catholic Charities’ Center for Hope, it’s toasty warm. “That’s no exaggeration,” CEO Vicky Shultz says wryly. “The boiler only has two settings: off and on, so when it’s on, it’s hot!” For thousands of the area’s homeless, the Catholic Charities warming center is a safe haven from

hat’s your go-to store for holiday shopping? What about Genesys Regional Medical Center? Thanks to an army of volunteer forces, Genesys is a secret shopping spot for those in-the-know, with an added benefit that makes it something special: giving back. Inside the main atrium at Genesys, window displays filled with twinkling lights and sparkling ornaments

hristmas is a time of giving and sharing with those less fortunate. The Genesee County Bar Association (GCBA) is busy preparing for its 24th-annual Community Holiday Dinner on Thursday, December 18 from 4-7pm. The dinner, which is open to everyone in the community, has been held at Battiste’s Temple Dining Room in Downtown Flint every

you ask Chaplain Al Novak, Director of Forgotten Man Ministries at the Genesee County Jail, he’ll say that the GRO (God Restoring Offenders) Pod is the result of unrelenting prayer. “We prayed for the GRO Pod for six years before it became a reality,” Novak told MCM. “The Kent County Jail had been doing it